The first school at Briery Branch was a one-room frame building located at the junction of the Ottobine and Brocks Gap-Mt. Solon Road in the western part of Ashby District. This school was built in 1884 and is indicated in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. Teachers at this one-room school are unknown. In 1908, a new consolidated school was built at Briery Branch and offered a one and two year high school program. This was one of the early consolidated schools in Rockingham County. The one-room school was sold to the trustees of the Briery Branch Church of the Brethren on December 26, 1908 for $128. The school at Briery Branch served the community until 1958 when it was consolidated with Clover Hill to form the new Ottobine school. Teachers known to have taught at Briery Branch are:

1908-09 C. C. Miller, Florence Soule, Maude Whitmore

1909-10 E. F. Chandler, B. G. Soule, Florence Soule, M. S. Miller

1910-11 B. G. Soule, John W. Chew, Leona Ruebush, Florence Soule

1911-12 C. C. Miller, Maude Whitmore, Florence Soule

1912-13 Frank R. Coffman, Maude Whitmore, Lillye Kaylor, Alda Lee Maiden

1913-16 (three sessions) Frank R. Coffman, Maude Whitmore, B. O. Thacker, Florence Soule, Edna Snyder

1916-17 Ray H. Flory, Edna Goode, Blanche Miller, Pearl Rodeffer, Florence Soule

1917-18 M. G. Lilly, Pauline L. Sipe, Olive M. Flory, Emma Landis, Fannie R. Miller

1918-19 M. G. Lilly, Ollie V. Kerlin, Annie Lee Jones, Fannie R. Miller, Mabel C. Miller

1919-20 C. L. B. Anderson, Ollie V. Kerlin, Fannie R. Miller, Mabel C. Miller

1920-21 A. J. Maiden, Charles E. Thacker, Hattie Wright, Fannie R. Miller,

Oma Cupp

1921-22 D. D. Fleshman, Charles E. Thacker, Dessie Fleshman, Fannie R. Miller

1922-23 D. D. Fleshman, Charles E. Thacker, Iva Miller, Mattie Miller

1923-24 Otis R. Kiracofe, F. Wise Driver, Edith Miller, Nannie Miller, Mattie Miller

1924-25 Otis R. Kiracofe, Hattie Hess, Edith Miller, Nannie Miller, Mattie Miller

1925-26 M. G. Lilly, Alvan Kerns, Edith Miller, Hattie Hess, Nannie Miller

1926-28 (two sessions) M. G. Lilly, D. D. Fleshman, Elmer Myers, Bertha Kiracofe, Tracie Cupp

1928-30 (two sessions) Galen R. Miller, D. D. Fleshman, Elmer Myers, Bertha Kiracofe, Tracie Cupp

1930-31 Galen R. Miller, D. D. Fleshman, Earl S. Wine, Stella E. Kiracofe, Tracie Cupp

1931-32 Galen R. Miller, Esther V. Pence, Earl S. Wine, Frances Diehl, Ruth S. Ours

1932-33 Galen R. Miller, Earl S. Wine, Lorene Wintermyre, Frances Diehl, Ruth S. Ours

1933-34 Paul G. Kline, Earl S. Wine, Ruth L. Miller, Frances Diehl, Ruth S. Ours

1934-35 Paul G. Kline, Earl S. Wine, Dorothy Miller, Frances Diehl, Ruth S. Ours

1935-36 Paul G. Kline, Earl S. Wine, Elizabeth V. Burner, Frances Diehl, Ruth S. Ours

1936-37 Justus G. Holsinger, Earl S. Wine, Irene Heltzel, Dessie W. Will, Frances R. Wise

1937-38 Justus G. Holsinger, Earl S. Wine, Ruth H. Wenger, Lois L. Wandless, Frances R. Wise

1938-39 Justus G. Holsinger, Earl S. Wine, Ruth H. Wenger, Christine Bolton, Frances R. Wise

1939-40 Earl S. Wine, Ruth H. Wenger, Christine Bolton, Frances R. Wise

1940-41 Earl S. Wine, Mildred V. Miller, Ruth H. Wenger, Christine Bolton, Frances R. Wise

1941-42 Earl S. Wine, Mildred V. Miller, Christine Bolton, Frances R. Wise

1942-43 F. Wise Driver, Mildred V. Miller, Ruth E. Miller, Christine Bolton, Frances R. Wise

1943-44 F. Wise Driver, Marie T. Cox, Ruth E. Miller, Christine Bolton, Frances R. Wise

1944-45 F. Wise Driver, Leroy S. Pellman, Ruth E. Miller, Christine Bolton, Vada P. Heatwole

1945-48 (three sessions) F. Wise Driver, Gail E.Trissell, Ruth E. Miller, Christine Crousehorn, Vada P. Heatwole

1948-55 (seven sessions) Gail E. Trissell, Ruth E. Miller, Christine Crousehorn, Vada P. Heatwole

1955-56 Gail E. Trissell, Jessie Myers, Ruth E. Miller, Vada P. Heatwole

1956-58 (two sessions) Gail E. Trissell, Ruth E. Miller, Vada P. Heatwole

1941-42

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