The land for Cowley School was donated by Jesse Cowley who was born in the Republic of Texas in 1843.  Jesse was the son of James Cowley and his first wife.  The school served the communities of Daniels Chapel, Woodstock, and Red Bayou which are north of New Boston until those communities established their own schools.  The early school buildings are described, students and teachers are named, and teachers are named in a small booklet about Cowley School.  They even describe the kind of lunches that the children brought to school.  There are pictures of the former students and teachers that came to the reunion that was held in 1978.  The Cowley School ceased to exist when it burned in 1932.  At that time the students transfered to New Boston.  Cowley School was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Road 36N and FM 992.