Teaching started early in the township. Hiram T. Craig taught as early as 1820 and later classes were taught by Mr. Collins. The first schoolhouse in the county was a log structure built in 1827 at Stott's Creek. The Bible was used for reading and writting was done with goose quill pens. Early school trustees were; Willard Egbert, Fred Sanders, William Adams, Marion Sanders, Steve Cain, Manford St. John, and James Abraham.

     Brown School was a brick building used as a church since retirement, at 8240 New Harmony Road. In 1928-29 the teacher was Herman Hedrick and some of his students were Bobby Williams, Harold Cragen, Robert Wampler, Lloyd Deer, Earl Reeves, and Walter Bailey.

     Green Township Elementary School was built in 1938 and has had several additions over the years. In 1940, Principal Kenneth Lee, and three teachers supervised 119 students. Green Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville and students attend Martinsville Middle and High Schools.

WILLIAM CAIN was born in Brown County, Indiana on January 7, 1850. His parents, natives of Pennsylvania, were William Cain Senior, born February 12, 1812, and Lydia (Shroyer) Cain, born November 17, 1816. The couple moved to Ohio and then Brown County, Indiana. They parented; Mary, Jacob, Barbara, Marvin, Lewis, Elizabeth, Jones, Hannah, and our subject William Junior. William Jr. married Miss Mary E. Gillaspy, daughter of James H. and Rebecca A. Gillaspy. She was born in Morgan County, Indiana on March 20, 1848. The couple had six children; Ida, Lucinda, Ella, John M. Rebecca A., and George I. Cain.

JOSEPH EGBERT was the son of James Egbert, born in 1798, and Sarah (Brandenburg) Egbert, born November 3, 1808, both from Pennsylvania. His paternal grandparents were John, a Revolutionary War Veteran, and Elizabeth (Bowman) Egbert. James married Catherine Pauley in 1821. She died leaving Lydia E., George W., John P., and Catherine motherless. After Catherine's death, James married Joseph's mother, Sarah, and she bore ten children. Israel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jonathan, Celia, Elvy, Martha, James, and Thomas were Joseph Egbert's siblings. The family moved to Morgan County, Indiana in 1838. On November 1, 1859, Joseph married Miss Julia A. Bain, who was born on April 5, 1839 in Morgan County. She was the daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Brian.