In 1838 Ely Gholson and several other men living in the area, organized a school district. They built a log schoolhouse on the east side of the north-south roadway, of the Gholson Cemetery near the big oak tree. It became known as the Rector School.

Mr Will Owen said the seats were made of small logs cut in half, flat side up, and legs attached to the bottoms. The desk was made of larger logs the same way. Near the door was a wooden water bucket with a gourd for a dipper. There were pegs for hanging up coats and hats. In the corner was a good supply of switches in case there were needed.

School was held there for 27years. Then a new one was built near Broughton on the property of Samul B. Allen. The log school was sold to a farmer who removed it a short distances southwest and used it for a house. He later sold it a second time, and it was moved to a location one-fourth mile north and one-fourth mile west of the place where RT 142 crosses the Hamilton-Saline county line, where it continued to be used as a house. A number of families lived there, the last 'being Frank Dillsworth, in the 1930's. After that it was owned by Wayne Porter and used for storage until it was torn down 105 years later in 1943.