My Old Kentucky School, Ghent (Ghent College)
picture in the center, 1935;  on the right is 1912
Gen. Robert E. Lee was invited to speak at it's dedication.  His regrets are here.

The Ghent College Corporation voted on September 27, 1887 to dissolved and sell it's property. It eventually became Ghent High School, which consolidated with Carrollton in 1936. Lower grades continued to be taught in the old college building until it burned on January 1st, 1941.

Ghent votes for education in 1899.

Elementary School Construction, 1940	Elementary School, 1942

 

John William Knigga, age 12, baptized by Rev. Paul Wieland, (Ghent Baptist, 1929-1934).
Knigga died in WWII. From a Facebook post by Bill Davis

 

Ghent Christian Church	The Ghent Methodist Church	Ghent Methodist Church

Josie Brown North's history of the Ghent Methodist Church is here. (pdf)	Scoundrel poses as Methodist preacher
“Notice – Dedication. Rev. C. B. Parsons, D. D. , of Louisville, Ky., will dedicate the Methodist Church, at Ghent, Carroll County, Ky., on Sabbath, April 17, 1859, at 10½ o’clock, a.m. A cordial invitation is extended to the general public.“ Indiana Reveille (Vevay), April 6, 1859

“McCaul's” Bottom Baptist Church trustees authorized to sell the old church.
The General Assembly got the name wrong. It should be McCoul's.

Ghent Baptist Church, Inside and Out Courtesy Kentucky Historical Society Visit history.ky.gov regarding rights and reproduction		Ghent Baptist Church
A few words about Ghent Baptist are here.	A second account of the Church's beginnings is here.	This building was dedicated on October 19, 1883
Frank Master's history of the Baptist Church is here.
Yet a fourth, and more detailed, history of the church is here (pdf).

“It is rumored that a minister of the Christian denomination, who lived at Ghent, and who formerly
preached here, has left for parts unknown, taking another woman with him than his wife, whom he
left with several children, to take care of herself” Courier-Journal, February 8, 1870

Rev. S. T. Robinson, Pastor
 of the Second Baptist Church
 in Ghent, Ky. 1943

“Robert Turner of Ghent, Ky., died a few days ago. In 1850 he bought two slaves at auction and made $1500 by the transaction, and is now in his will directs this amount to be divided from his estate among the four African Churches in Ghent.” Indiana State Sentinel, January 23, 1889

J. W. Pickett, a Ghent school teacher on the job for a week, expresses opposition to slavery. Fired that afternoon.

 

The gym-less Ghent basketball team.
From a Facebook post by Lee Hanlon who has details.

 

At the Ghent School.  Note the expressions.	Ghent High School  Baseball Team	Ghent School, 1914

The Ghent Elementary School PTA's Cook Book? Yeah, we got that.(pdf)

 

The 1949 Ghent School Conservation Club