Ball's Bottom School

Ball's Bottom School (sometimes called Wellon's Chapel School) was located in Scott's Gulf, on the north side of the Caney Fork River in the extreme southeast portion of White County. It opened in 1932, and closed in 1935.
Ball's Bottom held classes in a saw mill shack, apparently originally found on the southern side of the river, that had been converted into a house. The minutes of a March 9, 1932 Board of Education meeting contain the following reference:
: “A motion was made and carried to furnish nails, four windows, and tile for flue for Ball’s Bottom School if the patrons would move the building across the river and do the labor.”
The alternate name for the school suggests the building was also being used for worship at this time, though there is no further information available.
==List of teachers==
*Arless Wilson (1932)
*Maggie Wilson (1933)
*Charles Raper (1935)
==References==
*White County Retired Teachers' Association. Schools of White County Tennessee 1806-2006. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2006.
Category:Defunct White County schools
Category:Scott's Gulf