| Chaneysville-Cove Timeline |
| 1728- The first 13 settlers moved into this area 1764- Mason and Dixon were commissioned to survey and mark the boundry between Maryland and Pennsylvania 1758- Indians invaded Chaneysville 1799- Southampton Township was organized 1806- First log school was built 1830- Thomas Chaney Jr. built his house in Chaneysville, his family had moved here in 1786 from Washington Co., MD 1862- Confederate cavalry scouts entered Black Valley from Flintstone, MD and camped near Chaneysville 1869- New frame schools were built 1981- David Bradley wrote the novel "The Chaneysville Incident", a story of 13 runaway slaves who passed through Chaneysville 1989-"In the late 1980's, a BLACK panther paid visits to Chaneysville Cove School grounds, witnessed by law enforcement, 6 teachers & 30 students who have never forgotten those events." (Quote on cryptomundo.com) 2007- Feb. 15th the Everett Area School Board voted to close Chaneysville-Cove Elementary School at the end of the school term. 2007- March 14th Headlines from the Bedford Gazette read "Chaneysville parents file complaint; Group hires lawyer to review closing of elementary school" 2007- Friday, July 13, the Honorable Judge Howsare ruled the Everett school board's action was "an abuse of discretion" and Chaneysville-Cove Elementary will remain open 2007- The following week the school board put an automatic supersedeas on Judge Howsare's July 13 ruling, thus the school will be closed and the children wiill be bused over Tussey Mountain, unless... 2007- August 17th Save Small Schools won once again against the school board when the Honorable Judge Howsare ordered the automatic supersedeas would be lifted and Chaneysville-Cove Elementary would be opened August 29th 2007- August 29th the doors of Chaneysville-Cove Elementary opened as they had since 1954. The only difference is the bus routes. "Timeline" is courtesy of Mrs. Regina Williams, local historian and Save Small Schools member. |