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Orange County’s nineteenth-century academies

Hillsborough Academy, the Bingham School, the Burwell School, the Nash and Kollock School, and the other schools that made the county an educational center before the public system.

In briefMeeting at Halifax on February 12, 1779, the General Assembly chartered an academy near Hillsborough named Science Hall, naming William Hooper, Thomas Burke, Nathaniel Rochester, James Hogg and others as trustees, with the same powers as those of Liberty Hall in Mecklenburg County. Jesse Benton, who supported the school, was secretary-treasurer of its trustees in 1784, and some years later he gave it the 50 pounds damages he won from Colonel William Sheppard for an assault. The school opened about 1785 as Hillsborough Academy in the old Anglican church, which an act of the 1784 Hillsborough session had ordered repaired for a school and a free meeting house, but it never thrived and closed in 1790. Pender lists a school kept by Joseph Dunn Hughes near Eno Presbyterian Church in 1785, the earliest of the Hughes family schools that later produced Cedar Grove Academy, and in September 1790 Richard Stanford, who had come to the Hawfields from Maryland in 1789, opened an academy there, with Thomas Hart Benton among his early pupils. At New Hope church William F. Thompson urged the congregation in 1795 to take up schooling, and the church generally kept a school for many years after. Hillsborough Academy opened on a larger plan under Andrew Flinn in October 1801 and grew under William J. Bingham, principal from 1827 until 1844, when he left to open his own school at the Oaks. The Burwell School for girls ran from 1837 to 1857. The Nash and Kollock School opened in 1858 and Hillsborough Military Academy in January 1859. The military academy closed for a time in 1865 at the end of the Civil War.

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The Burwell School and the Burwell household1837–1857 · 46 events · Anna Burwell opened a school for girls in Hillsborough in 1837 that ran until the family moved to Charlotte in 1857. In the same household Elizabeth Hobbs, later Elizabeth Keckly, was enslaved from 1835, beaten at Anna Burwell’s urging and subjected to years of sexual coercion before being sent back to Virginia in 1842; she bought her freedom in 1855. The Caldwell Institute at Hillsborough, 1845–18511845–1851 · 9 events · Hillsborough won Orange Presbytery's Caldwell Institute in 1845 and kept it only five years. The presbytery chose the town over Yanceyville and Oxford, and a town meeting chaired by Dennis Heartt pledged the town's support. The institute opened that July under Alexander Wilson in the Hillsborough Academy building, absorbing the older school, and townspeople paid to repair and enlarge the building. Incorporated in 1847, it saw enrollment peak at 100 in 1848 and fall the next year, and the trustees voted in 1850 to discontinue it. Wilson and Ralph H. Graves then opened a classical school, and Benjamin R. Huske and Graves revived the Hillsborough Academy, which ran until 1858. Caldwell Institute at Caldwell, 1877–19051877–1905 · 22 events · Caldwell Institute, a school in Little River Township, drew at least 800 people to its closing in 1877, lost its building to a fire thought to have been set in 1886 and went on under a series of principals. In 1890 the trustees gave J. H. McCracken the use of the building, a new one was nearly done by December, and the spring term of 1891 opened with 53 pupils, the largest session yet, the trustees said. The 1899 legislature chartered the institute, which recovered under Prof. Roberts after two unsettled years. In 1902 the county formed a large Caldwell district, whose voters approved a local tax for a rural graded school in 1903. The Bingham School at Mebane after the 1890 fire, 1890–19131890–1913 · 12 events · After fire destroyed the Bingham School's academy building near Mebane on December 24, 1890, and Robert Bingham moved his school to Asheville in 1891, the old grounds became home to a school backed by William Bingham's family, which ended in court over the Bingham name. Orange Presbytery leased them for a Presbyterian High School opening in 1893, with William Bingham's widow paying most of its costs, by the 1905 catalogue's account. In 1897 Preston Lewis Gray, married to William Bingham's daughter, took over and called it the William Bingham School. Robert Bingham sought an injunction, but in April 1898 Judge W. A. Hoke ruled that the family could call their school the Bingham School.

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  1. General Assembly charters an academy near Hillsborough named Science Hall Meeting at Halifax, the General Assembly passed an act to establish an academy in the neighborhood of Hillsborough, naming William Hooper, Thomas Burke, Nathaniel Rochester, James Hogg and others as trustees. The act named the school Science Hall and gave its trustees the same powers as those of Liberty Hall in Mecklenburg County. People: Alexander Martin, Nathaniel Rochester, Thomas Hart, James Hogg, Thomas Burke, William Hooper, William Johnston, John KinchenDocumenting the American South: Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1779 (Colonial and State Records, vol. 24)
  2. Jesse Benton serves as secretary-treasurer of the Science Hall academy's trustees Jesse Benton supported the academy called Science Hall that was trying to get started at Hillsborough, and in 1784 he was secretary-treasurer of its board of trustees. Some years later he gave the school the 50 pounds damages he won from Colonel William Sheppard for an assault. Chambers found that the school disappeared from the record about 1790. People: Jesse BentonInternet Archive: William N. Chambers, "As the Twig Is Bent: The Family and the North Carolina Years of Thomas Hart Benton, 1752-1801", North Carolina Historical Review 26 (1949), p. 400
  3. Hillsborough Academy opens in the old Anglican church The school chartered as Science Hall opened as Hillsborough Academy in the old Anglican church, which an act of the 1784 Hillsborough session had ordered repaired for a school and a free meeting house. It never thrived and closed in 1790.NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Hillsborough Academy (G-37)
  4. Joseph Dunn Hughes keeps a school in the Eno Church community Pender lists a school run by Joseph Dunn Hughes near Eno Presbyterian Church in 1785, the earliest of the Hughes family schools that later produced Cedar Grove Academy.DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 16
  5. Richard Stanford opens an academy in the Hawfields Richard Stanford, who had come to the Hawfields district of Orange County from Maryland in 1789, opened an academy there. Thomas Hart Benton was among his early pupils.Search the index · NCpedia: Stanford, Richard (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
  6. A school begins to be kept at New Hope church Thompson urged the congregation to take up schooling, and after his time the church generally kept a school for many years. His successor James H. Bowman is said to have taught school there while supplying the pulpit. People: William F. ThompsonSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: D. I. Craig, Historical Sketch of New Hope Church in Orange County, N.C. (1891), p. 23
  7. Hillsborough Academy reopens for boys and girls under Andrew Flinn The academy's trustees announced that it had reopened on a larger plan for youth of both sexes under the Rev. Andrew Flinn, teaching Latin, Greek, English, mathematics and bookkeeping. People: William Kirkland, Duncan Cameron, William Cain Sr., Walter AlvesInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
  8. Hillsborough Academy trustees engage Thomas Baron after George Johnston fails to arrive The academy trustees, Walter Alves among them, announced that George Johnston had not taken charge as promised and that they had engaged Thomas Baron, a Harvard graduate, to teach languages, arithmetic, geography and mathematics. People: William Kirkland, Duncan Cameron, George JohnstonSearch the index · Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840 (1915)
  9. Richard Henderson becomes head of Hillsborough Academy In 1804 Hillsborough Academy announced Richard Henderson, formerly a professor at the university, as its head.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 133
  10. Grammar school under William Paisley opens west of Hillsborough A grammar school under the Rev. William Paisley was announced to open in January 1809 about ten miles west of Hillsborough, teaching Latin, Greek, geography and philosophy for sixteen dollars a year.Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
  11. John H. Pickard is principal of Hawfield Academy Hawfield Academy, about ten miles west of Hillsborough, had John H. Pickard as principal from 1812 to 1814. The school had earlier been led by William Paisley.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 135
  12. Rev. William Bingham takes charge of Hillsborough Academy The trustees announced that the Rev. William Bingham had taken charge of Hillsborough Academy, with exercises to begin on February 3 and Elizabeth Russell in charge of a female department.Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
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  1. Hillsborough Academy is rechartered Hillsborough Academy received a new charter from the General Assembly in 1814.NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Hillsborough Academy (G-37) · Also: Open Orange: Hillsborough Academy
  2. A Mr. Graham and Miss Farley take charge of Hillsborough Academy After William Bingham left in 1815, Hillsborough Academy was run for a time by a teacher named Graham, with Miss Farley presumably over the female department.DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 14
  3. William Bingham runs his school at Mount Repose northwest of Hillsborough After leaving Hillsborough Academy, the Rev. William Bingham kept his own academy at Mount Repose, in a house on Back Creek about ten miles northwest of Hillsborough. His son William James Bingham closed it in 1826 when he took over Hillsborough Academy. People: William James BinghamInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
  4. William Norwood becomes a trustee of Hillsborough Academy William Norwood was a trustee of Hillsborough Academy by 1816 and chaired its board in 1826.Search the index · NCpedia: Norwood, William (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
  5. Witherspoon takes charge of the Hillsborough Academy Returning to Hillsborough at twenty-five, Witherspoon took a double charge: the pastorate of the newly built Presbyterian church and the principalship of the closely allied Hillsborough Academy. He gave up the academy sometime after 1819.In the index: Hillsborough Academy, Hillsborough, N.C · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Witherspoon, John Knox
  6. Dr. James Webb deeds land for Polly Burke's log schoolhouse On November 6, 1817, Dr. James Webb deeded to his neighbor Mary W. Burke a strip of his lot on East Queen Street, where a log schoolhouse was built for her to teach the Webb children. Known as Miss Polly Burke's School, it took neighborhood children from about 1818 to 1834 and is cited as a forerunner of the Burwell School. People: James WebbSearch the index · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Burke, Mary ("Polly") Williams
  7. Mary Mendenhall keeps Union School near Woody's Ferry on the Haw In 1818 Union School, about a mile south of Woody's Ferry on the Haw River in Orange County, was in the charge of Mary Mendenhall.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 135
  8. Hillsborough Academy publishes its rules for students Under principal John Witherspoon, Hillsborough Academy printed its rules of conduct in the Raleigh Register. Students had to attend daily worship, stay out of stores and taverns, avoid liquor, and keep the Sabbath. People: John Knox WitherspoonLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 133
  9. Elijah Graves announces Mrs. Graves' Female School at Long Meadows In 1819 the Rev. Elijah Graves announced Mrs. Graves' Female School at Long Meadows, six miles northwest of Hillsborough. People: Elijah GravesLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 135
  10. The university closes its grammar school and makes Hillsborough Academy its preparatory school When Abner W. Clopton gave up the grammar school the university dropped it. Caldwell arranged for Hillsborough Academy, under John Witherspoon with John Rogers teaching, to prepare boys for the university, whose faculty could attend its examinations and admit its top pupils on certificate. People: Abner Wentworth Clopton, John Knox Witherspoon, Joseph Caldwell, John RogersDocumenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. I (1907), p. 283
  11. William A. Graham enters Hillsborough Academy to prepare for the university Joseph Graham of Lincoln County sent his youngest son, William A. Graham, then nearly fifteen, to Hillsborough Academy in 1819 as his last step before the university. The academy was under the Rev. John Witherspoon, assisted by John Rodgers, and Graham studied there about eighteen months. People: William A. Graham, Joseph Graham (1759-1836), John Knox WitherspoonInternet Archive: Max R. Williams, "The Education of William A. Graham", North Carolina Historical Review 40 (1963), p. 5
  12. Eagle Lodge votes money toward a male academy in Hillsborough A year after its revival, Eagle Lodge voted to put money toward building a male academy in Hillsborough.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 319
  13. A new seminary opens on Jane Burrough's land in Orange County under Ashbourn Davey A seminary lately set up on Mrs. Jane Burrough's land in Orange County was running under Ashbourn Davey, with a course meant to prepare pupils for the university and trustees setting its sessions.Hillsborough Recorder, May 17, 1820, p. 3
  14. Chapel Hill Academy prepares boys for the university under James A. Craig James A. Craig announced that the Chapel Hill Academy would begin its session on June 20, 1820, with a course arranged as preparation for the University of North Carolina and sessions matching the university's. People: James A. CraigInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
  15. Tavern keeper William Adams builds the house that became the Burwell School William Adams, a Hillsborough tavern keeper and businessman, builds a two-story house with two rooms on each floor facing West Union Street in 1821. Those rooms survive as the south rooms of the Burwell School.NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 319 North Churton Street, Burwell School
  16. A committee seeks builders for a brick academy in Hillsborough The Hillsborough Academy building committee advertised for contractors to put up a brick academy large enough for about 150 students, taking proposals until the first Monday in December; Joseph A. Woods was its secretary and held the plan.Hillsborough Recorder, October 31, 1821, p. 3
  17. William H. Adams buys the lots that became the Burwell School site Hillsborough sold lots in the old North Town Commons pasture, advertising the town as a healthy place to live and to school children. In November 1821 William H. Adams took the deed for lots 152 and 153, an acre each, for $216.Elizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline
  18. John Rogers runs Hillsborough Academy John Rogers ran Hillsborough Academy from 1822 to 1826, when W. J. Bingham succeeded him. People: William James Bingham, John RogersLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 133
  19. Hillsborough Academy pupils are examined before the university faculty At an examination held in the presence of the university faculty, fifteen Hillsborough Academy pupils were approved for the freshman class and six for the sophomore class. Principal John Rogers also announced an assistant who had taught for several years at a Maryland classical school.Search the index · Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915), p. 284 (Raleigh Register, June 20, 1823)
  20. The General Assembly passes a bill incorporating the trustees of the Female Academy in Hillsborough Mr. Scott brought a bill into the House of Commons on November 20 to incorporate the trustees of the Female Academy in the town of Hillsborough, and the House sent it to the Senate, which read it three times, passed it and ordered it enrolled on November 23.Hillsborough Recorder, December 1, 1824, p. 3
  21. Sarah Grove buys lots 152 and 153 for $800 Adams sold the two lots to Sarah Grove for $800, a rise that suggests he had built the first four-room house and its outbuildings. About eighteen months later she sold them to the attorney Nathaniel J. Palmer for $1,200.Elizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline
  22. John Rogers and William Hooper take joint charge of Hillsborough Academy The trustees put the academy under Rogers and the Rev. William Hooper as a classical school preparing boys for the university's sophomore class, at thirty dollars a year. When Hooper was made a university professor that July, the trustees kept him on as joint manager while Rogers taught.Search the index · Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915), p. 285 (Raleigh Register, June 21 and July 12, 1825)
  23. Hillsborough Female Seminary opens under Lavinia Brainerd A female seminary was to open in Hillsborough on August 1, 1825; a notice put the start of classes back to Monday, August 8. It was taught by Lavinia Brainerd under the supervision of the Rev. William M. Green. DNCR says the Hillsborough Female Academy had been incorporated apart from the male academy in 1824. People: William Mercer GreenInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915) · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, July 27, 1825, p. 3
  24. John Witherspoon opens a private boarding school The Raleigh Register announced the Rev. John Witherspoon's Private Boarding School for opening in 1826. The school seems to have run until 1830 or later. People: John Knox WitherspoonLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 136
  25. Rev. William Bingham dies at his Mount Repose academy The Rev. William Bingham, who had kept an academy at Mount Repose northwest of Hillsborough for years, died after a few days' illness in his 73rd year. His son William J. Bingham carried on and in 1827 moved the school to Hillsborough.DigitalNC: Carolina Observer, February 15, 1826, p. 3 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, February 17, 1826, p. 1
  26. William James Bingham becomes principal of Hillsborough Academy After John Rogers resigned, the trustees engaged William James Bingham as principal of Hillsborough Academy, where he taught until he moved his school to the country in 1844. He had carried on his father's Mount Repose school since February 1826. People: William James Bingham, John RogersInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
  27. Bethlehem School on Cane Creek offers college preparation under George W. Morrow Bethlehem School, on Cane Creek twelve miles from Hillsborough, offered studies to prepare boys for college under George W. Morrow in 1829.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 136
  28. Elijah Graves opens a female school at Walnut Grove In 1829 Elijah Graves advertised a school for girls that he would run at Walnut Grove, near the Pittsboro road and twelve miles from Hillsborough. People: Elijah GravesLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), pp. 135-136
  29. W. Anderson opens a female boarding school near Hillsborough In 1830 W. Anderson announced Anderson's Female Boarding School within a mile of Hillsborough. It took a limited number of pupils and ran at least through 1836.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), pp. 136-137
  30. Orange County counts twenty-one academies By 1832 Orange County had twenty-one academies, among them Hillsborough Academy, the Bingham school and Cedar Grove Academy, a pace of school founding somewhat ahead of the state as a whole.NC Digital Collections: Historic Resources of Orange County, National Register multiple property documentation form (1993), p. 21
  31. William H. Polk, brother of James K. Polk, arrives to attend Hillsborough Academy Sent by his brother, then a congressman from Tennessee, to prepare for the university, William H. Polk reached Hillsborough on Sunday, November 18, 1832, and began school under William J. Bingham. Bingham's rooms were full, so he boarded at Mrs. Burgwin's with his cousin and classmate George Polk; Bingham charged $10 a month for board with lodging, fuel, candles and washing. Polk later attended university classes in the August 1833 and January 1834 terms but never matriculated. People: James K. Polk, William James BinghamInternet Archive: North Carolina Historical Review 44 (1967), p. 192
  32. William E. Anderson and Samuel J. Johnston take over the female boarding school near Hillsborough The seminary for young ladies near Hillsborough, lately run by Walker Anderson, passed to William E. Anderson and Samuel J. Johnston, who said they would keep it on the same plan with the same music and drawing teachers. Their first session was set for early 1834. People: Walker AndersonThe Harbinger (Chapel Hill), October 29, 1833, p. 3
  33. Robert Burwell becomes pastor of the Hillsborough Presbyterian Church Burwell began a thirteen-year pastorate, and he and his wife opened a school for young women whose income let him serve the church on a small salary. He returned for a second term in the 1850s. People: Robert Armistead BurwellSearch the index · Pauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 135
  34. William Bingham, later head of the Bingham School, is born at Hillsborough William Bingham, son of the schoolmaster William J. Bingham, is born in Hillsborough. He taught in the family school from 1856 until his death in 1873 and was its head for his last eight or nine years. People: William Bingham (1835-1873)The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 15
  35. James Johnston Pettigrew begins his schooling in Hillsborough Pettigrew was sent from New Bern to Orange County and attended Hillsborough schools from 1836, studying under Mr. Bingham for about four years before he entered the university. At fourteen he lived in the family of a Hillsborough physician and read in his medical books. People: James Johnston Pettigrew, William James BinghamCornelia Phillips Spencer, The Last Ninety Days of the War in North-Carolina (1866), scan p. 287
  36. James Phillips opens a female school in Chapel Hill In 1836 mathematics professor James Phillips announced Phillips' Female School in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Phillips and a teacher from Emma Willard's seminary at Troy, New York, did most of the teaching. People: James PhillipsLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 137
  37. Hillsborough Presbyterian Church buys the house as its manse The church's trustees bought lots 152 and 153 in January 1836, renovated the house, and gave it to their minister, Robert Armistead Burwell, and his family, who had arrived from Virginia late the year before. People: Robert Armistead BurwellElizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline
  38. Mount Pleasant Academy, later Junto Academy, operates under Daniel W. Kerr Daniel W. Kerr ran an academy in northern Orange County, advertised as Mount Pleasant Academy from December 1836, with its spring session to open January 16, 1837, and by 1838 as Junto Academy, twelve miles northwest of Hillsborough and six miles south of Mason Hall.Internet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915) · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, December 2, 1836, p. 3
  39. Burwell School for young women operates Robert and Margaret Anna Burwell operated their Hillsborough school for girls from 1837 to 1857. People: Margaret Anna Burwell, Robert Armistead Burwell, Elizabeth Hobbs KecklyNCpedia
  40. Anna Burwell opens a school for girls in Hillsborough Anna Burwell advertised that she would open a female school in Hillsborough on July 17, 1837, teaching the usual English branches, with music available. She and her husband, the Rev. Robert Burwell, ran it in their home until 1857. People: Robert Armistead Burwell, Margaret Anna BurwellInternet Archive: Charles L. Coon, North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History (1915)
  41. James P. Clark opens Fairfield School northwest of Hillsborough In 1838 James P. Clark gave public notice of Fairfield School, which lay six miles northwest of Hillsborough.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 137
  42. Thomas W. Holden opens Holden's English School In 1838 Thomas W. Holden gave public notice of Holden's English School, kept at his home in Orange County.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 137
  43. Elizabeth Hobbs writes to her mother from Hillsborough Elizabeth Hobbs wrote to her mother Agnes Hobbs in Virginia asking for news of home and saying she did not expect to see her family again. She wrote that Anna Burwell planned to go to Petersburg without her and that she had been told she would belong to Elizabeth Burwell once that daughter married. She also wrote that she had been a bridesmaid at Ann Nash's wedding a week before Christmas 1837. People: Margaret Anna BurwellProject Gutenberg: Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes (1868), p. 16
  44. John R. Holt opens Union Academy in western Orange In 1839 John R. Holt gave public notice of Union Academy, a school in western Orange County.Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 137
  45. Maria L. Spear heads the Hillsborough Female Seminary When the Hillsborough Female Academy's session opened on January 14, 1839, it was under its principal, Miss Maria L. Spear, whose work over several years past, the trustees said, had met their highest expectations. Her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, taught music, drawing and painting. William M. Green's last announcement for the school had run in 1838. People: James Strudwick Smith, Cadwallader Jones, Hugh Waddell, William Mercer GreenLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 136 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, February 14, 1839, p. 3
  46. A Female School House is built for the Burwells' school As the school grew, subscribers in town paid for a 36-by-20-foot schoolhouse north of the Burwell home, built by the carpenter George A. Faucette.Elizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline
  47. Hillsborough Academy students print the constitution and laws of their Polemic Society Students of the Hillsborough Academy formed the Polemic Society for debate and speaking, with officers elected monthly, Saturday morning meetings and its own library, and had its rules printed in Hillsborough by Dennis Heartt. Only teachers and students of the academy could join. People: Dennis HearttPolemic Society, Hillsborough Academy, Constitution and Temporary Laws of the Polemic Society (1841), scan p. 5
  48. Hillsborough's town commissioners engage J. Odend'hal to teach the town's English academy Hillsborough's board of commissioners, which owned the town's English Male Academy and had advertised for a teacher at the start of January, engaged J. Odend'hal, a teacher of eleven years' experience, and put the school under the board's superintendence to open on February 1, 1841. People: Edmund Strudwick, Lemuel Lynch, Stephen Moore, William H. Brown, James M. Palmer, John BerryHillsborough Recorder, January 28, 1841, p. 3
  49. Hillsborough's female seminary engages Moses Ashley Curtis as superintendent The trustees of the Hillsborough female seminary, among them James S. Smith, Cadwallader Jones, William Cain, Hugh Waddell, Stephen Moore, Nathan Hooker and P. H. Mangum, engaged the Rev. M. A. Curtis as superintendent, kept the same women teachers, and set the next session to open on July 15. People: Moses Ashley Curtis, James Strudwick Smith, Cadwallader Jones, Hugh Waddell, Stephen MooreHillsborough Recorder, June 24, 1841, p. 3
  50. Frederick Nash and Hugh Waddell open a law school in Hillsborough Frederick Nash and Hugh Waddell gave notice on November 1, 1841 that they would open a school at Hillsborough to prepare young men for the bar from January 1, 1842, if at least eight students enrolled. People: Frederick NashSearch the index · NCpedia: Waddell, Hugh (1799-1878) · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, November 11, 1841, p. 3
  51. William James Bingham opens his school at the Oaks William James Bingham gave up Hillsborough Academy after its spring 1844 session and in May announced a select classical and mathematical school twelve miles southwest of Hillsborough, to open that November on the Oaks tract he bought the same year. It became known as the Bingham School and stayed at the Oaks until December 1864. People: William James BinghamNational Register of Historic Places nomination: Bingham School, Oaks (OR0003) · Also: NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Bingham School; Hillsborough Recorder, May 30, 1844, p. 3
  52. Hillsborough Academy appoints the Rev. John Witherspoon principal The academy trustees appointed the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D., principal in place of John A. Bingham and James H. Norwood, who had resigned, with the next session to open January 6, 1845, and Witherspoon to live in town and take boarders. Norwood announced a private classical school of his own half a mile south of Hillsborough for January. People: John Witherspoon, William A. GrahamHillsborough Recorder, December 5, 1844, p. 3
  53. Hillsborough citizens pay to refit the academy building for the Caldwell Institute Townspeople paid for the repair and enlargement of the Hillsborough Academy building so that the Caldwell Institute could move in from Greensboro. The older school was absorbed into the institute under Alexander Wilson.In the index: Hillsborough Academy, Hillsborough, N.C · NCpedia (Encyclopedia of North Carolina): Hillsborough Academy
  54. Richard Mayo, a free cabinetmaker of color, buys three town lots Richard Mayo paid $200 for three lots on Occoneechee Street between West Tryon and West Queen streets, and in 1849 gave them to Levi McCollum to settle a debt. His brother William later waited tables at the Burwell School.Elizabeth Keckly Center research database: Richard Mayo
  55. Samuel Wellwood Hughes opens a classical school for boys near Cedar Grove Samuel Wellwood Hughes opened his own academy in northern Orange County in January 1845. First called Cedar Grove Academy and later Hughes' Academy, it offered classical and mathematical courses modeled on the Bingham School and ran until his death in 1884.Search the index · NCpedia: Hughes, Samuel Wellwood
  56. Orange Presbytery votes to move Caldwell Institute to Hillsborough Orange Presbytery chose Hillsborough over Yanceyville and Oxford as the new seat of its Caldwell Institute, and a town meeting chaired by Dennis Heartt welcomed the school and pledged the town's support. The trustees named Rev. John A. Bingham professor of Latin. People: Dennis Heartt, James Webb Jr., John Wall NorwoodHillsborough Recorder, June 19, 1845, p. 3
  57. Caldwell Institute reopens in Hillsborough after leaving Greensboro The Orange Presbytery's Caldwell Institute, founded at Greensboro, moved to Hillsborough and began its first session there on July 9, 1845, with Alexander Wilson as president. It used the Hillsborough Academy building and absorbed that school. People: Alexander WilsonHillsborough Recorder, August 7, 1845, p. 3
  58. Mitchell asks the Burwells to sell his wife Mary Ann with him Mitchell, an enslaved man who had run from his owner, came to Robert Burwell asking that he and his wife Mary Ann, enslaved in the Burwell household, be sold together. He worked at the house for a week; then Burwell told him to go back to his master, and he left on February 17. People: Robert Armistead BurwellElizabeth Keckly Center research database: Mitchell
  59. Smallpox at the Turner house sends students out of town Anna Burwell wrote that William Turner had caught smallpox from the clothes of a brother back from medical lectures in Philadelphia. Twenty or thirty students of the Institute left town, and both Burwell boarders went home, though no second case followed. People: Margaret Anna BurwellBurwell School Historic Site Task Force: Antebellum Hillsborough, Slavery, and Enslaved and Free People of Color who Worked at the Burwell School, 1837-1857 (2019), p. 46
  60. Hillsborough hands the refitted academy building to the Caldwell Institute In the Institute chapel, before Orange Presbytery, students and townspeople, Henry K. Nash spoke for the town commissioners and delivered the keys of the newly finished building to the Caldwell Institute trustees. About seventy students were enrolled in the second week of the session. People: Henry Kollock NashHillsborough Recorder, July 23, 1846, p. 3
  61. A boys' preparatory school meets in Samuel Phillips's law office Samuel Phillips's small stuccoed law office on East Franklin Street reportedly housed a preparatory school for boys in 1847. Later in the century William Horn Battle taught law classes in the same building. People: William Horn BattleSearch the index · NC Digital Collections: Chapel Hill Historic Sites Survey: Final Report (1992), p. 36
  62. The legislature incorporates the Caldwell Institute at Hillsborough The General Assembly passed a bill, taken up in the Senate on the motion of Hugh Waddell, to incorporate the Caldwell Institute in Hillsborough. The school's spring session opened on January 7 with eighty-nine students, and the trustees' executive committee authorized hiring a teacher for an English department. People: Hugh WaddellHillsborough Recorder, January 21, 1847, p. 3
  63. Caldwell Institute enrollment peaks at 100 in Hillsborough Under Alexander Wilson the school reached a peak enrollment of 100 students in 1848. Attendance fell back to 68 the next year, and in 1850 the trustees voted to discontinue it.Search the index · NCpedia (Encyclopedia of North Carolina): Caldwell Institute
  64. Robert Burwell buys the house and has John Berry enlarge it Burwell resigned his pulpit and bought the two lots from the church for $800 and back pay. The builder John Berry added a central hall and two rooms and turned the house to face Churton Street. A deed of trust of July 16, 1850 shows Burwell still owing Berry $2,500 and the church trustees $800, secured on the lots and on enslaved members of the household. People: Robert Armistead Burwell, John BerryElizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline · Also: Burwell School Historic Site Task Force report
  65. Sarah Kollock becomes the Burwell School's teacher of French and drawing Sarah Kollock, one of the Burwell School's first pupils, had helped teach the younger children and in 1848 became its full-time teacher of French and drawing. By September 1851 Molly Burwell had taken her place and she was in Oxford.Search the index · Elizabeth Keckly Center research database: Sarah Jane Kollock
  66. Caldwell Institute closes in Hillsborough The Caldwell Institute ended in 1850 after five years in Hillsborough.NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Hillsborough Academy (G-37)
  67. Orange County has 15 academies with 470 pupils The count for 1850 found fifteen private academies in the county, teaching 470 students.NC Historic Preservation Office: Richard L. Mattson, History and Architecture of Orange County (1996), p. 16
  68. The old Burwell schoolroom is said to be moved to West Orange Street during John Berry's work on the Burwell School The west wing of the bungalow at 114 West Orange Street is reputed to be the old Burwell schoolroom, moved there in 1850 while John Berry was renovating the Burwell School. The house around it dates from 1922. People: John BerryNC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 114 W. Orange Street, house incorporating the old Burwell schoolroom
  69. Robert Burwell pledges Mary Ann and her children against his building debts A deed of trust set out Burwell's debts of $2,500 to the builder John Berry and $800 to the Presbyterian trustees, and offered as security the enslaved seamstress Mary Ann, her four children and any children born to her, and a girl named Ann. People: Robert Armistead Burwell, John Berry, Thomas WebbElizabeth Keckly Center research database: Mary Ann
  70. Hillsborough Academy is revived under Benjamin Huske and Ralph Graves After the Caldwell Institute closed, Alexander Wilson and Ralph H. Graves opened a classical school at Hillsborough on January 14, 1851. Wilson left for Burnt Shop in Alamance that spring, and on June 14 Benjamin R. Huske accepted the town's offer of the Academy building free of rent. With Graves he revived the Hillsborough Academy, which ran until 1858. People: Alexander WilsonNC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Hillsborough Academy (G-37) · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, December 25, 1850, p. 3; Hillsborough Recorder, June 25, 1851, p. 3; Hillsborough Recorder, January 29, 1851, p. 3
  71. The legislature passes a bill incorporating the trustees of Hillsborough Academy The state Senate passed the House bill incorporating the trustees of Hillsborough Academy, suspending its rules to give the bill its second and third readings the same day. Orange member B. L. Durham had introduced the bill in the Commons after the academy gave notice in September that it would seek a charter. People: John BerryHillsborough Recorder, December 8, 1852, p. 2
  72. Mary Burwell marries Frederick Nash Strudwick Mary Susan Burwell, one of her mother's first pupils and later a teacher at the school, married the neighbor Frederick Nash Strudwick in Hillsborough, with the Rev. F. K. Nash officiating, joining two families who lived a town lot apart. People: Frederick N. StrudwickHillsborough Recorder, June 28, 1854, p. 3
  73. Aunt Fariby saves Jane from burning Jane, a young enslaved servant at the Burwell School, caught fire. Anna Burwell wrote that she would have burned to death but for Aunt Fariby, who saved her life. People: Margaret Anna BurwellElizabeth Keckly Center research database: Jane
  74. Rev. John A. Bingham, former Latin professor at the Caldwell Institute, dies at his brother's home Rev. John A. Bingham died at his brother William J. Bingham's home in Orange County in his forty-first year. Raised and taught by his brother at the Hillsborough Academy, he had taught there with him, was licensed by Orange Presbytery in 1841, and was professor of Latin at the Caldwell Institute from 1845 until illness forced him to give up the post.Hillsborough Recorder, October 31, 1855, p. 3
  75. William Bingham begins teaching in his father's school Fresh from the university, William Bingham joins the Bingham School as a teacher in 1856 and stays until his death in 1873, the last years as its head. People: William Bingham (1835-1873), William James BinghamThe Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 15 · Also: NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Bingham, Robert
  76. William Bingham graduates from the university with first honors William Bingham graduates from the University of North Carolina in 1856 as one of five students awarded first honor in a class of forty-seven. The Bingham School's 1905 catalogue later called him first in a class of seventy. People: William Bingham (1835-1873)The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 15 · Also: Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 1, p. 671
  77. The first through trains run on the finished North Carolina Railroad, with mail trains at Hillsborough The North Carolina Railroad was finished on January 29, 1856, when the last rail was laid about four and a half miles west of Greensboro. Two days later the regular mail and passenger trains made their first through run from Charlotte to Goldsboro, with a westbound train due at Hillsborough each morning and an eastbound one before dawn, replacing the coach connection that had carried the Burwells' letters to their daughter Fanny in New York.Hillsborough Recorder, February 6, 1856, p. 2 · Also: Elizabeth Keckly Center research database: Bettie Payne
  78. The Burwells resolve to sell their cook Hannah Hannah, who had come from Virginia with the family and cooked for the school, had been drinking heavily through 1855. Anna Burwell wrote to her daughter Fanny that she had made up her mind: Hannah would be sent to Richmond to be sold. People: Robert Armistead Burwell, Margaret Anna BurwellBurwell School Historic Site Task Force: Antebellum Hillsborough, Slavery, and Enslaved and Free People of Color who Worked at the Burwell School, 1837-1857 (2019), p. 14
  79. Anne Call Cameron, piano teacher to Burwell School students, dies A widow known as Nancy, she gave piano lessons at the Burwell School to help pay for the care of her daughter Anna McKenzie Kirkland, whose illness followed her husband's death in 1843. She died in Hillsborough in June 1856.Elizabeth Keckly Center research database: Anne Call Cameron
  80. A Black child and then a student die of illness at the Burwell School Writing to her mother, the student Lizzie Glass mentioned a small Black boy who had died at the school the previous day, at a time when Nannie Burwell and three of the Burwell children lay sick. Within a few weeks Lizzie Glass herself died at the school.Burwell School Historic Site Task Force: Antebellum Hillsborough, Slavery, and Enslaved and Free People of Color who Worked at the Burwell School, 1837-1857 (2019), p. 45
  81. Burwell School closes as the Burwells move to Charlotte The Burwells closed their Hillsborough school in 1857, the same year they took charge of a girls' school in Charlotte. People: Robert Armistead Burwell, Margaret Anna BurwellDigitalNC: Burwell School Historic Site Materials Now Available on DigitalNC
  82. Robert Bingham becomes a partner in his father's school at the Oaks After graduating from the University of North Carolina in 1857, Robert Bingham was admitted in July as junior partner in his father's school at the Oaks, which took the firm name W. J. Bingham and Sons. His brother William was also a partner. People: William Bingham (1835-1873), William James BinghamSearch the index · NCpedia (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography): Bingham, Robert
  83. Charles Tew buys land west of Hillsborough for a military academy On December 18, 1858, Charles C. Tew of South Carolina bought from Cad Jones a 61 1/4-acre tract lying between the Greensborough road and the North Carolina Railroad, on what is now the west end of Hillsborough, for a military academy modeled on the Citadel. His advertisements, dated September 15, 1858, had already announced that the school would open at Hillsborough in January 1859. People: John Berry, Moses Ashley CurtisSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: The Commandant's House, National Register nomination (OR0006), p. 4 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, November 10, 1858, p. 1; NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey; Open Orange: Hillsborough Military Academy
  84. The Nash and Kollock School turns the old Nash law office into a music room After Chief Justice Frederick Nash died, his daughters Sally and Maria Nash and their cousin Sarah Kollock began holding their school's music lessons in his former law office on Margaret Lane. People: Sarah Kollock, Maria Nash, Frederick NashNC State Historic Preservation Office: Nash Law Office, National Register nomination (OR0012), p. 3
  85. The legislature charters the Hillsborough Military Academy In the last decade before the war military training found new favor, and the legislature chartered the North Carolina Military Academy at Charlotte in 1858 and the Hillsborough Military Academy in 1859. Boyd says each had a course of study above that of the average academy.Internet Archive: R. D. W. Connor, William K. Boyd and J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, History of North Carolina (1919), vol. 2, p. 357
  86. Hillsborough Military Academy opens Charles C. Tew, then superintendent of the state military academy at Columbia, South Carolina, opened the Hillsborough Military Academy in January 1859, holding its first classes in the old Hillsborough Academy buildings. His advertisements had set the opening for January 12. In October 1860 the Hillsborough Recorder reported that the academy's barracks, built to house 125 cadets, had been erected at a cost of $30,000. People: Charles Courtenay TewSearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: The Commandant's House, National Register nomination (OR0006), p. 4 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, November 10, 1858, p. 1; Hillsborough Recorder, October 24, 1860, p. 3; NCpedia: Tew, Charles Courtenay; Open Orange: Hillsborough Military Academy
  87. Samuel Wellwood Hughes opens his own school near Cedar Grove After fourteen years as founder and principal of Cedar Grove Academy, Samuel Wellwood Hughes opened his own classical school five miles northwest of Hillsborough, its first session beginning on the second Monday of January 1859. He taught there until his death in 1884; the surviving schoolhouse, dated about 1862, was later moved to Hillsborough and restored.Search the index · Hillsborough Recorder, January 5, 1859, p. 3 (Classical School advertisement dated December 10, 1858) · Also: Open Orange: Hughes Academy
  88. Nash and Kollock School for young ladies opens in Hillsborough After Chief Justice Frederick Nash died in 1858, his daughters Sarah and Maria Nash and their cousin Sarah Kollock opened a select boarding and day school for girls in the Nash home. People: Sarah Kollock, Maria Nash, Frederick NashHillsborough Recorder, April 20, 1859, p. 3 (advertisement) · Also: Open Orange: Frederick Nash House / Nash and Kollock School; Hillsborough Recorder, December 7, 1859, p. 2
  89. Masons lay a cornerstone at the Hillsborough Military Academy On Saturday, August 13, 1859, the Masons of Eagle Lodge, with the Orange Guards, the academy's cadets and a large crowd, marched from the court house to the site about a mile and a half west of town, near the railroad, and laid the cornerstone of the Hillsborough Military Academy's barracks. Henry K. Nash gave the address. People: Henry Kollock NashLefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), p. 319 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, August 17, 1859, p. 3
  90. The Hillsborough Military Academy holds its first annual examination The academy examined its cadets in arithmetic, algebra, geometry and French over two days at the close of its first annual session. A visitor whose report the editor adopted as his own praised the system and the teachers, and said the school's training and discipline had won him over to military schools. People: Charles Courtenay TewHillsborough Recorder, November 23, 1859, p. 2
  91. The Hillsborough Military Academy's commandant's house is built The academy's castellated brick superintendent's house, known locally as the Commandant's House, with a turret at each corner and crenellated battlements, was presumably built about the same time as the barracks, which were complete by 1860. It was the home of Charles C. Tew, his wife Elizabeth and their children. John Berry was its builder, to designs by the Columbia architect John A. Kay, and Henry Richards Sr. is credited as its brickmason. People: John BerrySearch the index · NC State Historic Preservation Office: The Commandant's House, National Register nomination (OR0006), p. 4 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, October 24, 1860, p. 3; Open Orange: Hillsborough Military Academy
  92. Joseph A. Tinnen opens a day school for boys in Hillsborough Joseph A. Tinnen opened the Hillsborough Male School, a day school for boys preparing them for college, on the second Monday of January 1860. By April a Hillsborough correspondent counted it among the new schools of the town and said it was "winning golden opinions."Hillsborough Recorder, April 18, 1860, p. 3
  93. Hillsborough Academy trustees seek a new school as Tew's cadets move out The trustees of the Hillsborough Male Academy, John W. Norwood president, announced that Col. Tew was about to move his military school from the academy buildings to his own new establishment, and invited classical teachers to propose schools for the vacant academy by July 10. People: John Wall Norwood, Charles Courtenay TewHillsborough Recorder, June 6, 1860, p. 3
  94. Hillsborough Military Academy cadets move into Colonel Tew's new barracks The cadets of the Hillsborough Military Academy paraded and marched out to the new barracks that Col. Charles C. Tew had built for them just outside the town limits, putting the whole school in its own buildings under his eye. The editor credited Tew's energy since he had settled in Hillsborough eighteen months before. People: Charles Courtenay TewHillsborough Recorder, June 13, 1860, p. 2
  95. Captain W. D. Gaillard, a professor at the Hillsborough Military Academy, dies Captain W. D. Gaillard, a 24-year-old South Carolinian who had taught for eighteen months at the Hillsborough Military Academy, died on the morning of July 3. On July 8 the cadets met, adopted resolutions of regret and agreed to wear mourning for thirty days.Hillsborough Recorder, July 4, 1860, p. 3
  96. Walter Clark enters Colonel Tew's military academy in Hillsborough Walter Clark, then fourteen, enrolled at Colonel C. C. Tew's Military Academy in Hillsborough. He left for Confederate service after the war began. People: Charles Courtenay TewSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Walter McKenzie Clark, 1846-1924 (from the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, by David Clark and Charles W. Eagles)
  97. The Hillsborough Military Academy's register lists 107 cadets from eight states The academy's semi-annual register, just published, counted 107 cadets entered since February, from North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi and Virginia. People: Charles Courtenay TewHillsborough Recorder, September 12, 1860, p. 3
  98. George Attmore Sparrow is a cadet at the Hillsborough Military Academy Sparrow, the teenage son of the Washington lawyer Thomas Sparrow, was enrolled as a cadet at the Hillsborough Military Academy in 1861 and 1862. He wrote home to his father from the academy through that period. People: Thomas SparrowSearch the index · East Carolina University: Thomas Sparrow Papers collection guide
  99. William H. S. Burgwyn enrolls as a cadet at the Hillsborough Military Academy Later in 1861 Burgwyn entered the Hillsborough Military Academy as a cadet. By the autumn he had been appointed drill master of the camp of instruction near Raleigh, and he was then elected a lieutenant in the Thirty-fifth North Carolina Regiment.Search the index · NCpedia: Burgwyn, William Hyslop Sumner
  100. The legislature incorporates the Hillsborough Military Academy The 1860-61 General Assembly passed an act to incorporate the Hillsborough Military Academy, Col. Charles C. Tew's school west of Hillsborough.Hillsborough Recorder, March 6, 1861, p. 2
  101. Col. Charles C. Tew leaves the Military Academy to command Fort Macon Col. Charles C. Tew, superintendent of the Hillsborough Military Academy, left Hillsborough on Thursday, April 18, 1861, to take command of Fort Macon. Capt. Lightfoot of the academy followed the next day after the Governor named him to his staff. People: Charles Courtenay TewHillsborough Recorder, April 24, 1861, p. 2
  102. The Hillsborough Military Academy counts 131 cadets in its new brick barracks The academy's annual register reported 131 cadets, new and old, entered between February 6 and April 1, in new buildings put up under Superintendent Charles C. Tew: a brick main building 215 feet long and three stories high, and a second long building holding the mess hall, kitchen, hospital, surgeon's office and society hall. Two literary societies had formed among the cadets. People: Charles Courtenay TewHillsborough Recorder, April 3, 1861, p. 3
  103. George Attmore Sparrow gets approval for his discharge from the Hillsborough academy Writing from the academy on 21 July 1862, Sparrow told his father he had approval for his discharge and would leave with other cadets when the session ended on 31 July. He was writing from the academy again that fall, through November 1862, and by April 1863 he was in camp with the Army of the Pamlico near Kinston. People: Thomas SparrowSearch the index · East Carolina University Digital Collections: Letter from George Attmore Sparrow to Thomas Sparrow, 1862-07-21
  104. The Collins family buys the former Burwell School and calls it the Beehive Members of the Collins family of Somerset Place, who had left Union-held eastern North Carolina, paid Robert Burwell $3,500 for the house and four lots. By 1863 about forty family members and enslaved servants lived there, and the family named it the Beehive. People: Robert Armistead BurwellElizabeth Keckly Center research database: The Collins family and the Beehive years
  105. Hillsborough meeting resolves to erect a monument to Col. Charles C. Tew A Hillsborough meeting chaired by M. E. Manly resolved to raise a monument to Col. Tew, killed at Sharpsburg, at or near the front of his Military Academy, and named Dr. Edmund Strudwick, Dr. Pride Jones and Thomas Webb to collect funds and build it. People: Charles Courtenay Tew, Edmund Strudwick, Pride Jones, Thomas Blount HillSearch the index · Hillsborough Recorder, December 17, 1862
  106. Two rooms are added to the Nash law office for music practice and Sarah Kollock's lodging Two rooms were built onto the west side of the old Nash law office to give the Nash and Kollock School more practice rooms and to house Sarah Kollock. People: Sarah KollockNC State Historic Preservation Office: Nash Law Office, National Register nomination (OR0012), p. 3
  107. William Bingham takes over the family school at the Oaks and incorporates it With his brother Robert in the army and his father in declining health, William Bingham was running the school at the Oaks by 1864. That year he incorporated it as the Bingham School, a military and classical academy, and in December moved it to Mebaneville. People: William James Bingham, Robert BinghamSearch the index · NC DNCR: Bingham School (G-39), highway marker essay
  108. Bingham School moves from the Oaks to Mebaneville William Bingham and Robert Bingham, sons of William James Bingham, moved the school, late in 1864 or in 1865, to a site east of Mebane's Station on the North Carolina Railroad, after the legislature incorporated it in 1864 as a military and classical academy. The highway marker's 1865 may be when classes began at the new site. People: Robert Bingham, William Bingham (1835-1873), William James BinghamNC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Bingham School (G-39)
  109. Hillsborough Military Academy closes for a time at the end of the Civil War After Charles C. Tew left for the army in 1861, the academy stayed open through the war under Maj. William M. Gordon. Its 1865 term began in February, but that spring, with Sherman's army in the adjoining county, the school closed for a time. It reopened on October 2, 1865, for its eighth academic year, without the military feature, under J. B. White, formerly superintendent of the South Carolina Military Academy. Gen. Raleigh E. Colston announced that it would resume under his direction on October 1, 1866, as a polytechnic school on a military basis. People: Charles Courtenay TewNC State Historic Preservation Office: The Commandant's House, National Register nomination (OR0006), p. 5 · Also: Hillsborough Recorder, July 29, 1863, p. 3; The Daily Journal (Wilmington), August 28, 1866, p. 1; Open Orange: Hillsborough Military Academy; Hillsborough Recorder, September 20, 1865, p. 3
  110. Bingham School circular sets its year, board and tuition The postwar circular describes a single forty-week session opening the first Wednesday of March in two terms, with board and tuition at $350 a year and $435 once uniform and book deposits are added. Boys lived in the superintendent's family, under a mile from the Mebaneville depot. People: William Bingham (1835-1873)The Bingham School, Orange County, North Carolina (circular, 1866), scan p. 2 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, June 23, 1866, p. 3
  111. General Colston takes charge of the reopened Hillsborough Military Academy After closing at the end of the war, the academy reopened with General R. C. Colston as superintendent. In 1868 he signed a lease with Col. Tew's widow to live in the superintendent's house, but his family later moved to Wilmington.National Register: The Commandant's House nomination (1972)
  112. The Collins women sell their shares of the Beehive to Dr. Thomas D. Warren After the war the Collins relatives who had lived at the Beehive left Hillsborough, and the women sold their shares of the house to Dr. Thomas D. Warren, who had married Elizabeth Alethea Collins.Elizabeth Keckly Center research database: The Collins family and the Beehive years
  113. General Colston offers the state free scholarships at the Hillsborough Military Academy Gen. R. E. Colston, superintendent of the Hillsborough academy, offered without charge one scholarship for a young man from each congressional district and one from the state at large, to be named by the governor. Governor Jonathan Worth laid the offer before the General Assembly in his annual message and asked it to help the poor young men chosen meet their other costs. People: Jonathan WorthHillsborough Recorder, December 5, 1866, p. 2
  114. Rock Spring Academy advertises under principal H. M. Cates The Hillsboro Recorder in 1867 praised Rock Spring Academy, then headed by H. M. Cates, who was also Cane Creek's church clerk, and noted special terms for disabled Confederate veterans. The school did not last much longer.Cane Creek Baptist Church Historical Research Committee, A Cane Creek Tapestry: A Picture History of Cane Creek Baptist Church and the Orange Grove Community (2003), scan p. 98
  115. The sheriff auctions the former Burwell School to David C. Parks Dr. Thomas D. Warren was deep in local debt, and the Orange County sheriff sold the house at auction to David C. Parks for $600. Parks and his brother Charles traded the property between them for the next quarter century. People: David C. Parks, Charles M. ParksElizabeth Keckly Center research database: The Collins family and the Beehive years
  116. Paul C. Cameron buys the Hillsborough Military Academy at public sale Two years after Elizabeth Tew's death in 1870, the academy property was sold at public auction to Paul C. Cameron. His heirs sold it to the Farmers' State Alliance in 1891. People: Paul C. CameronNational Register: The Commandant's House nomination (1972)
  117. William Bingham, head of the Bingham School, dies in Florida at thirty-seven William Bingham, head of the Bingham School at Mebaneville and author of a Latin grammar, an English grammar and a Latin reader, died in Florida in February 1873 at thirty-seven. A Fayetteville paper of February 25 put his death on Thursday the 20th; the school's 1905 catalogue gives February 18. His brother Robert and his widow then carried on the school together. People: William Bingham (1835-1873)The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 15 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, February 25, 1873, p. 2
  118. Horner & Graves's School issues printed rules setting a military regime for its boys The school printed ninety-four regulations organizing its students as a drilled infantry company with daily drill, guard mounting, roll calls and marching to meals, under a commandant. Students could not go into Hillsboro without leave and were barred from tobacco, liquor and cards.Horner & Graves's School, Rules and Regulations of Horner & Graves's School (1874), scan p. 5
  119. Horner & Graves's School lists 114 students for the 1874-75 year The school's catalogue for 1874-75 names 114 students, most from eastern and central North Carolina towns and some from Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. Board, tuition, washing and lights cost $157.50 a session, plus a $10 book deposit, over two twenty-week sessions beginning in January and July.Catalogue of Horner & Graves's School, Hillsborough, N.C. (1874), scan p. 11 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, July 10, 1874, p. 2
  120. Horner & Graves's School organizes a School of Applied Mathematics and Engineering The school set up a department of applied mathematics and engineering, citing the growing weight of technical training, to prepare boys as surveyors, levelers, draftsmen and machinists through field practice in surveying and road and railroad building, drawing and practical mechanics.Catalogue of Horner & Graves's School, Hillsborough, N.C. (1874), scan p. 17
  121. R. H. Graves Jr. begins teaching engineering and drawing at Horner & Graves's School R. H. Graves Jr., a former University of North Carolina student who had earned a science degree and the civil and mining engineer's degree at the University of Virginia, joined the faculty at the start of the school's second session of 1874 to teach engineering and drawing. The next year he joined the reopened university's faculty.Catalogue of Horner & Graves's School, Hillsborough, N.C. (1874), scan p. 28 · Also: Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. 2, pp. 81-82
  122. Horner and Graves move their boys' school from Oxford to the old Military Academy buildings at Hillsborough J. H. Horner and R. H. Graves Sr., who had run a school at Oxford, leased the Hillsborough Military Academy in 1873, the buildings Col. C. C. Tew had put up a mile and a half from town on the North Carolina Railroad, and opened there with the spring session in January 1874. Their next catalogue says the move had worked out better than they had expected.Catalogue of Horner & Graves's School, Hillsborough, N.C. (1874), scan p. 24 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, December 11, 1873, p. 3
  123. Maj. D. H. Hamilton takes charge of the military department at Horner & Graves's School D. H. Hamilton, educated at the Citadel in Charleston, who had spent two years helping C. C. Tew run the old military academy and had served through the Civil War as a Confederate major, ran the military department of Horner & Graves's School from its opening at Hillsborough.Catalogue of Horner & Graves's School, Hillsborough, N.C. (1874), scan p. 27 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, December 11, 1873, p. 3
  124. Horner's school beats Bingham School at baseball in Hillsborough The Independent baseball club of Horner & Graves's school beat the Boys in Gray club of Bingham School in a match on the Horner & Graves grounds at Hillsborough before a large crowd. The Independents had earlier lost a game to a Raleigh club.Hillsborough Recorder, April 22, 1874, p. 3
  125. A new academy building is finished at Caldwell A new academy at Caldwell, in Little River Township, was completed under the direction of Dr. J. L. Brower, its principal, and got its last coat of paint on Saturday, July 24. A correspondent described it as fitted for a high school and able to hold one hundred pupils, and by early August L. W. Hall was preparing to enlarge his house to board its students.Hillsborough Recorder, July 28, 1875, p. 3
  126. James H. Horner withdraws from the Hillsborough Military Academy James H. Horner withdrew from the Hillsborough Military Academy, the boys' school he and Ralph H. Graves had brought from Oxford to the old academy buildings, a loss the Recorder later said gave the school a serious shock; Graves and his assistants kept it going, and new pupils were reported weekly.Hillsborough Recorder, February 16, 1876, p. 3
  127. Ralph H. Graves, principal of the Hillsborough Military Academy, dies Ralph Henry Graves, principal of the Hillsborough Military Academy and a teacher for nearly forty years since graduating at Chapel Hill in 1837, died suddenly at Hillsborough in his sixtieth year, of what was thought a burst blood vessel in the brain; a Raleigh physician called in consultation arrived only two hours before his death.Hillsborough Recorder, May 17, 1876, p. 3
  128. D. H. Hamilton and Mr. Morson take charge of the Hillsborough Military Academy After Ralph H. Graves's death, his assistants Maj. D. H. Hamilton, a South Carolina Military Academy graduate who had served with Col. Tew at the first Hillsborough Military Academy, and Mr. Morson, a University of Virginia graduate, carried the school through the session and opened its next session in early August.Hillsborough Recorder, May 17, 1876, p. 3
  129. Hillsborough voters refuse to sell the town's old academy and lot At the town election Hillsborough voters turned down a proposal to sell the town-owned academy building and its lot, by a majority of three votes. The Recorder predicted the building would stand as an eyesore until it fell into ruin.Hillsborough Recorder, May 16, 1877, p. 3
  130. Caldwell Institute holds its closing exercises, with an address by Braxton Craven Caldwell Institute closed its session before a crowd of at least 800 people from Orange, Person, Caswell and Granville counties. Braxton Craven, president of Trinity College, spoke for about an hour on 'sowing wild oats' and on the need for education. Students gave declamations in the afternoon and a program of young ladies' compositions and music at night.Hillsborough Recorder, June 6, 1877, p. 3
  131. Mrs. V. C. Pell opens a school for girls in Chapel Hill Mrs. V. C. Pell, lately of the faculty of Davenport Female College, was teaching a school for girls in Chapel Hill, where she had recently made her home, and intended to make it a permanent institution. The Ledger counted several smaller girls' schools in the village that fall, kept by young women of Chapel Hill families.The Chapel Hill Ledger, September 14, 1878, p. 2
  132. Rev. J. F. Heitman opens a boys' academy in Chapel Hill At the request of leading citizens, the Methodist pastor J. F. Heitman added teaching to his ministry and opened a male academy in Chapel Hill. The Ledger called it a long-needed school, since there was no good preparatory school for boys nearby, and urged its patrons to secure a building so it could become permanent.The Chapel Hill Ledger, September 14, 1878, p. 2
  133. Bingham School opens its fall session with more boys than ever Bingham School near Mebaneville opened its fall session with more boys in attendance than ever before, under Major Robert Bingham and Captains Sharpe, Willis and Noble. Boys pledged at the start of each session not to drink. People: Robert BinghamThe Chapel Hill Ledger, October 11, 1879, p. 2
  134. The old Caldwell Institute building at Hillsborough is torn down Demolition of the old Caldwell Institute building in Hillsborough was nearly finished, with all the woodwork removed.The Chapel Hill Ledger, February 7, 1880, p. 2
  135. Fire destroys the Bingham School buildings near Mebaneville A fire that started in a cadet's quarters about 9:30 in the morning burned the barracks, office and library, the academy hall, the infirmary and the mess hall. About 175 cadets were in barracks, no one was hurt, and the loss was put at about $30,000. People: Robert BinghamDigitalNC: The News and Observer, May 2, 1882, p. 3
  136. Bingham School finishes new buildings after the spring fire Less than three months after the fire, the rebuilt Bingham School stood nearly complete, with timber cut and sawed nearby. Thomas C. Oakley of Durham was the builder. People: Robert BinghamOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 29, 1882, p. 2
  137. Samuel W. Hughes's school at Cedar Grove closes for his illness The school Samuel W. Hughes had kept at Cedar Grove for more than forty years closed because of its principal's poor health. Hughes resigned as county superintendent of public instruction later that summer for the same reason. People: Samuel Wellwood HughesOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 15, 1882, p. 3
  138. Bingham School reports its largest entering class Bingham School's 1882 catalogue reported 258 students for the year and 96 new students in the session just ended, the most in the school's history, despite the May fire. The rebuilt buildings were gas-lit and had a large gymnasium, and hot and cold baths were promised by February 1. People: Robert BinghamOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 23, 1882, p. 2
  139. The Rev. A. Currie opens a school at Caldwell Institute with 21 pupils The Rev. A. Currie opened a school at Caldwell Institute, his post office address, beginning with 21 pupils.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 19, 1884, p. 3
  140. Samuel B. Turrentine takes charge of the preparatory school at Union Academy Samuel B. Turrentine, who had graduated from the University with distinction that June, arrived to take charge of the preparatory school at Union Academy in western Orange in place of its principal, Mr. Powell, whose health had failed. People: Matthew AtwaterOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 23, 1884, p. 3
  141. Fire destroys the Caldwell Institute building in Little River Township A fire thought to have been set destroyed the Caldwell Institute building in Little River Township at night, together with about 4,000 pounds of tobacco stored in it by H. Y. Harris, the postmaster and merchant at Caldwell.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 10, 1886, p. 3
  142. David S. Payne marries Eliza Mayo The marriage joined two Black Hillsborough families tied to the Burwell School: Eliza was a granddaughter of the school's laundress Eliza Chavious, and David was the son of Bettie Payne and a grandson of Rev. William Payne, a founder of Dickerson Chapel.Elizabeth Keckly Center research database: David Sheppard Payne
  143. Julius I. Foust heads the Caldwell Institute at Caldwell The Caldwell Institute, a school for boys and girls in northern Orange County, advertised with Julius I. Foust as principal, offering primary through higher studies and music.DigitalNC: Person County Courier, August 4, 1887, p. 3 · Also: Person County Courier, February 9, 1888, p. 4
  144. T. J. Norcom opens a boys' school in the Hillsborough academy building Professor T. J. Norcom opened a school for boys in the Hillsborough academy building on Tuesday, October 11, but left town suddenly after teaching six pupils for about as many days.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 29, 1887, p. 3
  145. T. J. Norcom's new boys' school at Hillsborough closes when its teacher leaves Only weeks after it opened, Hillsborough's new boys' school closed when its teacher, T. J. Norcom, was suddenly called away and the schoolhouse stood empty. The Recorder hoped a new teacher would open a boys' school in January with 25 to 35 pupils.Hillsboro Recorder, October 27, 1887, p. 3
  146. Orange Academy closes its session with prize speaking and an address by Professor Henry C. W. Massey's Orange Academy closed its session on May 18 with a public exhibition before a large crowd: speeches by the small pupils, a declamation contest won by James W. Murdock, compositions by the older girls, and an address on education by Professor Henry of the University. Patrons and neighbors brought dinner for the crowd.Hillsboro Recorder, May 24, 1888, p. 3
  147. Caldwell Institute closes its session with an address by Graham College's W. S. Long Principal Foust's school at Caldwell Institute held its closing exercises on May 25, running from 3 in the afternoon until 10 at night. The Rev. W. S. Long, president of Graham College, gave the address, six students delivered declamations, and a string band from Hillsborough played.Hillsboro Recorder, May 31, 1888, p. 3
  148. Jule Gilmer Korner remodels the former Burwell School In the 1890s the old Burwell School house was remodeled by Jule Gilmer Korner of Kernersville, who gave it a bracketed cornice, a sawnwork porch, a new hall stair and new mantels, including a marble one in the parlor. Several of the older mantels were lost in the work, which was done for an owner thought to be Mrs. Charles M. Parks. People: Charles M. ParksNC State Historic Preservation Office: Burwell School, National Register nomination (OR0004), p. 3
  149. Col. Davis is asked to move his military school from La Grange to the Hillsborough barracks After Col. Davis's military school at La Grange closed over meningitis among the cadets, he was invited to bring the school to Hillsborough and use the empty barracks, and the Observer urged the town to work for it.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 15, 1890, p. 3
  150. Cedar Grove residents vote to build a school building to be called Cedar Grove Academy A meeting of Cedar Grove citizens decided to put up a large school building named Cedar Grove Academy, elected a board of trustees with John McCracken as chairman, and named an executive committee to buy a lot and build; the lot was bought and work begun at once, with completion hoped for by early summer.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 29, 1890, p. 3
  151. Cedar Grove citizens put up a new academy building and plan a chapel in memory of Samuel W. Hughes Citizens of Cedar Grove were building a handsome academy near the site of Samuel Wellwood Hughes's old school, now under Rev. J. R. Game of South Carolina. The trustees proposed a chapel beside it named for Hughes and asked his former pupils for a dollar or more each toward it. People: Samuel Wellwood Hughes, John Knox HughesOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 12, 1890, p. 2
  152. Caldwell Institute trustees give the school building to J. H. McCracken as principal Meeting on April 5, the trustees of Caldwell Institute gave J. H. McCracken the use of the building for a male and female school starting with the fall term, and he engaged Miss Mary R. Holeman to teach music. His notices set sessions to open the second Tuesday of August and of January. People: J. H. McCrackenOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 19, 1890, p. 3
  153. The Misses Nash and Miss Kollock's school closes its session with a concert Pupils gave a program of songs and piano pieces under Miss Kanouse at the school's closing exercises, which a correspondent praised for its training in music. The school announced its 63rd term to open September 4.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 21, 1890, p. 2
  154. Cedar Grove Academy opens its fall term in a new schoolhouse Under Rev. J. B. Game the academy opened in a newly built, painted and plastered schoolhouse with 40 students, and more enrolled in its first week.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 6, 1890, p. 3
  155. B. C. Patton gives up his Cedar Grove high school to go into business Patton, whose 'High School and Academy' at Cedar Grove had been advertised for a fall term, decided not to teach the coming session and to open a store at Cedar Grove instead. People: Benjamin C. PattonOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 16, 1890, p. 3
  156. Cedar Grove Academy is incorporated Simeon J. Hall, Robert H. Hughes and Artemus A. Compton incorporated Cedar Grove Academy before the clerk of superior court to run a school for the youth of the area, for thirty years, with $2,500 in stock in $5 shares. People: Robert Hughes, Samuel Mallett GattisOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 13, 1890, p. 3
  157. The Misses Nash and Miss Kollock's school opens its 63rd term with its largest enrollment in years The Hillsborough school for girls and young women began its 63rd term with the largest opening it had had in years, and its accommodations were nearly full.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 13, 1890, p. 3
  158. Cedar Grove Academy closes its first fall term in the new building with 80 students Principal J. B. Game reported that the academy's fall term closed on December 19 with 80 enrolled and a student entertainment that Friday night. He expected 100 in the spring term, planned uniforms for the boys and was thinking of hiring another teacher.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 3, 1891, p. 3
  159. Fire destroys the Bingham School academy building and hall The academy building and hall at the Bingham School burned on the morning of December 24, probably from a defective flue. The building was insured, and the school planned to carry on with classes in the barracks, which were not damaged.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 3, 1891, p. 3
  160. Caldwell Institute nearly finishes a new school building Principal J. H. McCracken reported that Caldwell Institute's new building, about 36 by 52 feet with a bay window, was almost done, and thanked the neighbors who had helped build it. The school planned public exercises for the night after Christmas. People: J. H. McCrackenOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), December 13, 1890, p. 3
  161. Bingham School leaves Orange County for Asheville After fire destroyed the academic buildings and dormitories at the Mebane campus in December 1890, Robert Bingham moved the school to Asheville in 1891. A Presbyterian High School then used the old grounds at Mebane, paid for mostly by Col. William Bingham's widow; his son Herbert became its principal in 1896, and in 1897 her son-in-law Preston Lewis Gray took it over and named it the William Bingham School. People: Robert Bingham, William Bingham (1835-1873)NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources: Bingham School (G-39) · Also: The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 16
  162. Nash and Kollock School closes as a boarding school The Nash and Kollock boarding school closed at the end of its 1890 to 1891 session after thirty-one years. The Misses Nash and Kollock went on with a day school from August 6, 1891. People: Sarah Kollock, Maria NashOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 11, 1891, p. 2 · Also: Internet Archive: Mrs. W. S. Primrose, A Sketch of the School of the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock, Hillsboro, North Carolina
  163. Caldwell Institute holds its commencement through a week of rain Rev. Mr. Crawford of Trinity College preached on Wednesday and spoke Thursday morning, W. W. Kitchin of the Roxboro bar gave the Thursday address and presented the medals, and pupils gave essays, music and dialogues that night. A correspondent credited Principal J. H. McCracken with building a school of about 80 pupils and a new schoolhouse in a year. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, J. H. McCrackenOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 20, 1891, p. 3
  164. The Misses Nash and Miss Kollock's school gives a musical entertainment The Wednesday night entertainment, directed by a music teacher, drew a large audience, and the Observer said it was much enjoyed.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 13, 1891, p. 3
  165. Cedar Grove Academy holds its 1891 commencement Rev. L. L. Johnson was to preach the commencement sermon on Sunday, and Judge R. W. Winston and W. W. Kitchin gave addresses. Irene Hughes won the principal's gold medal and C. C. McDade the silver, and the fall term was set to open August 27. People: Robert W. Winston, William W. (William Walton) KitchinOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 27, 1891, p. 3
  166. The Bingham School post office is discontinued and its mail sent to Mebane A school post office in Orange County was discontinued, and mail for it was to be addressed to Mebane. The post office appears to be the one at Bingham School, which left for Asheville in 1891.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 8, 1891, p. 3
  167. Caldwell Institute holds its 1892 closing exercises Over two days the school held a lecture, a pupils' concert with recitations and a calisthenics drill, an address, and a medal presentation, including a scholarship medal given by Julian S. Carr. A correspondent called the evening crowd the largest ever at Caldwell. People: Julian S. Carr, J. H. McCrackenSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 4, 1892, p. 2
  168. A Presbyterian high school takes over the old Bingham School grounds near Mebane After Robert Bingham moved the Bingham School to Asheville in 1891, Orange Presbytery leased the old grounds at Mebane in October 1892, elected trustees and a principal, and named the Rev. E. C. Murray principal of a Presbyterian High School that was to open January 1, 1893. The 1905 catalogue of the later Bingham School says William Bingham's widow paid most of its costs. Church control ended in 1897. People: Robert Bingham, William Bingham (1835-1873)The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 16 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, June 7, 1895, p. 1; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 29, 1892, p. 3; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 26, 1892, p. 3
  169. Caldwell Institute holds its commencement, with an address by Trinity College president John F. Crowell Caldwell Institute closed its session on May 18 before a large crowd. Rev. J. N. Cole of Raleigh preached the commencement sermon, Trinity College president John F. Crowell spoke on the restoration of rural life, and the school awarded its medals, one of them given in memory of a former student.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 27, 1893, p. 2
  170. Annie L. Hughes keeps Cedar Grove Academy Annie L. Hughes carried on a Cedar Grove Academy from 1894 until 1915, a decade after the death of Samuel W. Hughes ended his Hughes Academy. People: Samuel Wellwood HughesDigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 16
  171. Caldwell Institute holds its closing exercises Caldwell Institute closed its session with a sermon by Rev. L. J. Holden and an annual address by Rev. G. T. Watkins on life as a race, then gave the Medal of Progress to A. W. Kinion, a scholarship to Emma Woods and the society medal to F. W. McCracken. Principal J. H. McCracken announced that the next session would open late in August. People: J. H. McCrackenSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 9, 1894, p. 2
  172. Dr. John S. Spurgeon buys the former Burwell School The dentist paid Charles Parks $2,500 for lots 152 and 153. The Spurgeons, whose household included Carrie Waitt Spurgeon, daughter of a Burwell student, lived there for about seventy years and added electricity and plumbing. People: Charles M. Parks, John Sanford SpurgeonElizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline
  173. The Farmers' State Alliance buys the old Hillsborough Military Academy grounds The Farmers' State Alliance's executive committee bought the old Hillsborough Military Academy barracks and about 40 acres from the Cameron heirs on November 16, 1895, with 70 acres from D. C. Parks and 20 from James Webb Jr.; the deeds were delivered and paid for by the end of the month. A 1913 plat of the neighborhood labels the old barracks as the Farm Life School building. People: James Webb Jr.NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 14 · Also: Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 23, 1895, p. 2; Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 30, 1895, p. 2
  174. Fire breaks out in the Cedar Grove Academy building A defective flue set the third story of the Cedar Grove Academy building on fire and burned a hole about the size of a barrel in the ceiling before the pupils put it out and saved the building.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), February 29, 1896, p. 3
  175. Herbert Bingham becomes principal of the Presbyterian High School at Mebane Herbert Bingham, son of William Bingham and a recent graduate of the university, is chosen in March 1896 to succeed the principal of the Presbyterian High School at Mebane, who had resigned. The school stood on the grounds where his father had run the Bingham School, and Herbert had joined its faculty the year before. People: William Bingham (1835-1873)The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 16 · Also: The News and Observer (Raleigh), March 26, 1896, p. 1
  176. Caldwell Institute holds its commencement, with an address by Rev. M. McG. Shields Caldwell Institute held its commencement before a crowd too large for the academy. Students, teachers and visiting ministers marched from the music hall to the academy, and Rev. M. McG. Shields of Burlington spoke for an hour on success and how to obtain it. People: J. H. McCrackenSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 6, 1896, p. 3
  177. Herbert Bingham dies months after taking charge of the school Herbert Bingham, principal of the Presbyterian High School at Mebane, dies of typhoid fever at his home there after ten weeks' illness, seven months after taking charge. His sister later gave a scholarship at the school in his memory.The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 16 · Also: The News and Observer (Raleigh), October 17, 1896, p. 1
  178. Preston Lewis Gray takes charge of the Mebane school and renames it the William Bingham School In 1897 the church gave up the Presbyterian High School at Mebane, and Preston Lewis Gray, a Virginia lawyer married to William Bingham's daughter, became its principal. By July he was calling it the William Bingham School, a name Robert Bingham of the Bingham School at Asheville sought an injunction against in 1898. Gray was still running it on the old grounds in 1905. People: Robert BinghamThe Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 16 · Also: The News and Observer (Raleigh), June 25, 1897, p. 5
  179. Caldwell Institute's trustees accept J. H. McCracken's resignation and elect Thomas T. Candler principal Caldwell Institute held its commencement on May 23 and 24, with a sermon by Rev. E. E. Rose and an annual address by Dr. Crawford of Trinity Park, Durham. That evening the trustees accepted principal J. H. McCracken's resignation and elected Thomas T. Candler, a young man from the University of North Carolina, in his place. People: J. H. McCrackenOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 3, 1897, p. 2
  180. Cane Creek Baptist Church gives part of its lot for an academy Under pastor J. F. MacDuffie the church voted to set aside church land for an academy and school, called Rock Spring in the motion. MacDuffie bought a house nearby and the school opened as Orange Grove Academy.Cane Creek Baptist Church Historical Research Committee, A Cane Creek Tapestry: A Picture History of Cane Creek Baptist Church and the Orange Grove Community (2003), scan p. 40
  181. R. G. Allsbrook moves the Hillsboro Male Academy into the Barracks Principal R. G. Allsbrook moved the Hillsboro Male Academy from the academy building to the Barracks in West Hillsborough.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), January 20, 1898, p. 3
  182. Robert Bingham sues to keep Preston Gray from using the Bingham School name at Mebane Maj. Robert Bingham, superintendent of the Bingham School at Asheville, sued out an injunction before Judge W. A. Hoke to stop Preston L. Gray from calling the former Presbyterian High School at Mebane the William Bingham School, saying the name invaded his school's charter. Gray claimed his was the true Bingham School. People: Robert BinghamOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), March 31, 1898, p. 2
  183. Judge Hoke rules that the Mebane school may keep the Bingham School name Judge Hoke dissolved the injunction Col. Robert Bingham had sought and ruled that Preston Lewis Gray and the widow and children of Col. William Bingham were entitled to call their school the Bingham School. Col. Bingham was left free to use the name as well. People: Robert BinghamOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 7, 1898, p. 3
  184. Caldwell Institute trustees vote to build a new academy At the Caldwell Institute commencement the trustees met and voted to build a new academy building, in appreciation of principal Thomas T. Candler's work. Several trustees pledged a hundred dollars apiece and others gave building materials, with work to start in the summer or fall.Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 26, 1898, p. 3
  185. The General Assembly incorporates the Caldwell Institute in Orange County Among the private schools chartered by the 1899 legislature was the Caldwell Institute at Caldwell. A bill to incorporate it had been introduced in 1891.DigitalNC: The News and Observer, March 11, 1899, p. 2 · Also: DigitalNC newspaper, February 22, 1891, p. 4
  186. Bingham School near Mebane reports its enrollment, courses and charges The school's catalogue lists 96 students from twenty-five counties for the session that ended May 17, 1905. At least ten were girls, and four of them completed courses that spring. For the coming year the catalogue set board, room and tuition at four quarterly payments of $59 and offered the school diploma in any of three courses: classical, scientific or commercial.Search the index · The Bingham School Catalogue, 1905-1906, scan p. 11
  187. Sarah Kollock dies and the Nash law office stops serving as a music studio The former Nash law office remained a music studio until the death of Sarah Kollock, the last of the teachers of the Nash and Kollock School. People: Sarah KollockNC State Historic Preservation Office: Nash Law Office, National Register nomination (OR0012), p. 3
  188. Maria Nash, teacher for 32 years and the town's oldest resident, dies Maria Nash, youngest daughter of Judge Frederick Nash and Mary Kollock, died at Hillsborough at 87. Born in the town in 1819, she taught for 32 years, was the last of the older generation of her family and the oldest resident of Hillsborough, and was buried in the Presbyterian churchyard. People: Maria Nash, Frederick NashOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 2, 1907, p. 3
  189. Preston Lewis Gray buys the Bingham School property near Mebane Superintendent Preston Lewis Gray and his wife bought the Bingham School property near Mebane, a purchase that added a large farm to supply the boarding department and the building known as Midlawn to the school.Search the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), October 15, 1908, p. 3
  190. The Bingham School in the old buildings near Mebane enrolls 53 students The preparatory school opened in the old Bingham School buildings on the Orange County side of Mebane after the original school left for Asheville had 53 students in 1913-14.M. C. S. Noble (University of North Carolina Bureau of Extension), The Teaching of County Geography (1915), scan p. 34
  191. The Farmers' State Alliance auctions off its old academy headquarters The Farmers' State Alliance had found the old Barracks property a burden since about 1901. On June 21, 1920 it was cut into lots and sold at auction, and John W. Hill got the parcel with the commandant's house.National Register: The Commandant's House nomination (1972)
  192. Former students place a memorial tablet to the Nash sisters and Sarah Kollock in the Presbyterian church Students of the girls' school kept by Sally and Maria Nash and their relative Sarah Kollock put up a tablet in their memory on the wall of the Hillsborough Presbyterian sanctuary. People: Sarah Kollock, Maria NashPauline O. Lloyd and Allen A. Lloyd, History of the Churches of Hillsborough, N.C., ca. 1766-1962 (1963), scan p. 135
  193. The Hillsborough Military Academy's brick barracks are torn down The academy's three-story brick barracks, later used by the Farm Life School, were dismantled in 1938. Only the Commandant's House and a frame dining hall survive, with parts of the barracks foundation in the woods south of the hall.NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 14
  194. Hillsboro citizens start a fund drive to restore the Nash-Kollock school as a community center At a meeting in the Hillsboro courthouse on May 17, town and county people took up a plan to restore the old Nash and Kollock school building on Margaret Lane as a countywide community center. Lawrence Robertson of Greensboro, who had worked on the Williamsburg restoration, said the building could be returned to its original appearance, and donations were offered. The project, approved by the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, was to be carried out through a county branch of that society.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), May 24, 1945, p. 1
  195. Farm leader H. S. Hogan buys the Nash-Kollock school property in Hillsborough The Cates heirs deeded the Nash-Kollock property in Hillsborough, lot and old school building, to H. S. Hogan, a director and secretary of the Farmers Mutual Exchange. The revenue stamps showed a price above $2,000, and the paper expected the Exchange to build a warehouse there while efforts to restore the decaying building had stalled. People: Henry S. HoganThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), October 10, 1946, p. 1
  196. The front porch roof of the old Nash-Kollock building collapses The roof of the front porch of the abandoned Nash-Kollock building on Margaret Lane fell in. The News called the building an eyesore and a danger to children and urged that it be torn down, while reporting talk that the lot had been sold for a warehouse.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), June 20, 1946, p. 4
  197. Hillsboro merchants are asked to raise $1,000 toward buying the Nash-Kollock building At the Hillsboro Merchants Association meeting, President R. O. Forrest read a letter from Jessie G. Parker proposing a $3,000 purchase of the Nash-Kollock property, a third each from Hillsboro, Chapel Hill and the county, and the association named a committee to meet with the State Society for the Preservation of Antiquities. People: Robert O. ForrestSearch the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 8, 1946, p. 1
  198. A bulldozer razes the old Nash-Kollock house on Margaret Lane The house that had held the Nash and Kollock boarding school was torn down after an effort the year before to raise money to restore it came to little. In the ruins workmen found Philadelphia newspapers of 1829 and 1830 addressed to Chief Justice Frederick Nash, one printing a Thomas Jefferson letter, with family letters of 1819 and a pupil's shipping tag.The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 23, 1947, p. 1
  199. Farmers Mutual opens its new farm supply warehouse on Margaret Lane The farmers' cooperative Farmers Mutual, Inc. opened its new Hillsborough warehouse with a ribbon-cutting by manager J. H. McAdams before a large crowd of county farmers. The building replaced a machinery shed the co-op had used for eight years to buy supplies and market grain, poultry and eggs.Search the index · The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 26, 1948, p. 1 · Also: The News of Orange County (Hillsborough), August 19, 1948, p. 1
  200. The Hillsborough Historical Society presents Ladies in the Making, a history of the Nash and Kollock School The society announced the publication of Ladies in the Making by Ann Strudwick Nash (Mrs. Frank Nash), an honorary member, the story of the Nash and Kollock School for girls, which ran from 1859 to 1890, and marked it with a program and exhibit at the new Courthouse in Hillsborough on January 24, 1964. The society counted 460 members on January 15.Internet Archive: "Historical News", North Carolina Historical Review 41 (1964), p. 300
  201. The Richardson Foundation makes a challenge grant toward restoring the Burwell School The Richardson Foundation of Greensboro presented sixteen challenge grants totaling $60,000, each from $1,000 to $10,000 and administered by the State Department of Archives and History, to North Carolina restoration projects. The Burwell School in Hillsborough was among them.Internet Archive: "Historical News", North Carolina Historical Review 42 (1965), p. 380
  202. The former Military Academy dining hall is turned into a church The one-story board-and-batten building beside Barracks Road, thought to be a surviving piece of the long frame service building that stood behind the barracks, became a church building in 1965.NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 40
  203. The Historic Hillsborough Commission buys the Burwell School The commission bought the house from the Spurgeon children and began restoring it to look as it had after the 1848 enlargement.NCpedia: Burwell School · Also: Internet Archive: North Carolina Historical Review 42
  204. Friends of Historic Hillsborough raise $14,000 toward the Burwell School The Friends of Historic Hillsborough raised more than $14,000, enough to qualify the Historic Hillsborough Commission for a $7,000 Richardson Foundation challenge grant toward restoring the Burwell School.Internet Archive: "Historical News", North Carolina Historical Review 43 (1966), p. 257
  205. Laurence E. Hensley is named supervising contractor for the Burwell School restoration The Historic Hillsborough Commission named Laurence E. Hensley of Durham supervising contractor for restoring the Burwell School. He was to work with A. L. Honeycutt Jr., restoration specialist of the State Department of Archives and History, and with the commission's restoration committee under James Webb of Greensboro, while an acquisitions committee headed by Mrs. George B. Daniel Jr. of Chapel Hill drew up a plan for furnishings.Internet Archive: "Historical News", North Carolina Historical Review 43 (1966), p. 377
  206. The first phase of the Burwell School restoration is finished At the Historic Hillsborough Commission's semiannual meeting on May 21, 1966, restoration committee chairman James Webb reviewed the completed first phase of work on the Burwell School and presented plans for a second phase to begin at once. Three high school seniors who had won the commission's 1966 history essay contest were guests. People: Mary Claire EngstromInternet Archive: "Historical News", North Carolina Historical Review 43 (1966), p. 463
  207. The Burwell School opens to visitors The restored house has been open to visitors every year since 1977.Elizabeth Keckly Center at the Burwell School: virtual exhibit timeline
  208. The Bingham School site at the Oaks joins the Study List The National Register Advisory Committee placed the site of the Bingham School at the Oaks on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. It went on the list for further study, pending an architectural assessment.NC State Historic Preservation Office: National Register Advisory Committee agendas, minutes and approved lists, p. 88
  209. The Hughes Academy schoolhouse is moved from near Lake Orange to Hillsborough The small two-room frame schoolhouse of the Hughes Academy, built around 1862 near Lake Orange in northern Orange County, was moved in 1994 to the grounds at 200 East King Street in Hillsborough and restored.NC State Historic Preservation Office: Hillsborough Historic District Additional Documentation, National Register (OR0077ad, 2014), 200 E. King Street (Hughes Academy)
  210. The survey proposes adding the Military Academy dining hall and grounds to the Commandant's House listing The report recommended the academy's surviving frame dining hall on Barracks Road, left out of the Commandant's House nomination, for the Study List as an expansion of that listing, with about 21.5 acres over three parcels. The land keeps the barracks foundation, old tree lines and a daffodil-lined path, and the Office of State Archaeology judged it likely to hold remains of the school. The National Register Advisory Committee added the dining hall and site to the Study List on October 12, 2017.NC Digital Collections: Heather Wagner Slane, Hillsborough Architectural Survey (2017), p. 40 · Also: NC State Historic Preservation Office: National Register Advisory Committee, October 12, 2017, list of approved properties

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Anna Burwell and the business of being a Presbyterian minister's wife in North Carolina, 1835-1857

Hoffert, Sylvia D. · 2019 · Historical Research Office, Office of Archives and History

Sylvia D. Hoffert's article on Margaret Anna Burwell, 1810 to 1871, and the work of being a Presbyterian minister's wife in North Carolina from 1835 to 1857, the years of the female school she and her husband kept in Hillsborough. Pages 245 to 275 with illustrations, facsimiles and portraits, issued by the Office of Archives and History in Raleigh in 2019.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Burwell, M. A. (Margaret Anna), 1810-1871.

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Antebellum Hillsborough, Slavery, and Enslaved and Free People of Color Who Worked at the Burwell School, 1837-1857

Historic Hillsborough Commission (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 2019

The Historic Hillsborough Commission's account of slavery in antebellum Hillsborough and of the enslaved and free people of color who worked at the Burwell School, the female school the Burwells kept in town, between 1837 and 1857. African American history in Hillsborough and the school's own history are its two threads. Published in 2019.

Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Mr. & Mrs. Burwell's Female School (Hillsborough, N.C.) -- History.

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 975.656 HISTORIC

The Book of Burwell Students

Engstrom, Mary Claire · 1979 · Historic Hillsborough Commission

Mary Claire Engstrom's biographical register of the young women who attended the Burwell School in Hillsborough, subtitled lives of educated women in the antebellum South. The school was kept by Margaret Anna Burwell and her husband, and the book bears on women's education in nineteenth-century North Carolina. Published by the Historic Hillsborough Commission, 1979, 256 pages with illustrations and portraits.

Included because: Catalog heading in the OCPL record: Burwell School.

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 371.82 ENG NC Cardinal UNC Durham

Dr. John Rogers, 1794-1832

Rogers, Ellen Stanley · 1966

Ellen Stanley Rogers's family history centered on Dr. John Rogers (1794-1832) and his connection to Hillsborough Academy. Compiled in 1966, 49 pages with bibliographical footnotes.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Hillsborough Academy, Hillsborough, N.C.

Duke NC Cardinal Library of Congress

The natural bent : the memoirs of Dr. Paul B. Barringer

1949

Memoirs of Dr. Paul B. Barringer, physician and educator, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 1949, 280 pages. Barringer attended the Bingham School in Orange County as a boy; he went on to a career in medicine and later headed the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. Subjects include physicians and Bingham School students.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.).

UNC Library of Congress

A Sketch of the School of the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock, Hillsboro, North Carolina

Primrose, Ella P. · 1926

Ella P. Primrose's short sketch of the school kept by the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock in Hillsborough, a select boarding and day school for girls in the nineteenth century. Printed in Raleigh in 1926, 13 pages with a single plate.

Included because: Catalog heading in the NC Cardinal record: Nash and Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.).

✓ Held at OCPL · NC 373.756 PRI UNC NC Cardinal
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An Historical Address Delivered in Saint Matthew's Church, Hillsboro, N.C., on Sunday, August 24, 1924

Cheshire, Joseph Blount · 1925

Address by Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire at St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough on 24 August 1924, marking the parish's hundredth anniversary. Printed in Durham in 1925 at the vestry's order, with a foreword by the rector. Cheshire discusses George Micklejohn, William Mercer Green and Moses Ashley Curtis.

Included because: The record names this subject alongside a heading for the county or its towns.

UNC Duke Durham DPLA

Parent, a word with you about your boy

1910 · Bingham School

Recruiting booklet from Bingham School, the private school in Orange County near Mebane, published in 1910: a word to parents about their boy, with the sentence begun on the cover completed page by page as reasons to enroll him. Signed at the end by Preston Lewis Gray, president of the school. Fourteen pages with illustrations in a small oblong format.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.).

UNC

Where can I send my boy to a safe school?

1907 · Bingham School

Promotional booklet from the Bingham School in Orange County, gathering testimonials from students, parents and others about the quality of its teaching and the way the school was run; the latest testimonials date from 1907. Twenty unnumbered pages with illustrations in a small 9 by 16 cm format.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.).

UNC

A few reasons why the Bingham School, Orange County, near Mebane, N.C. is the best place to educate your boy

1899 · Edwards & Broughton, printers and binders

Small promotional pamphlet for the Bingham School, the private boys' school in Orange County near Mebane, setting out reasons a parent should send a son there. Signed by Preston Lewis Gray on the last page and printed by Edwards & Broughton in Raleigh, around 1899. Ten unnumbered pages, 9 by 16 centimeters.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.).

UNC

Soiree musicale at the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock's School : Hillsboro, N.C., June 10, 1891

1891 · The School

Single-sheet program for a soiree musicale given June 10, 1891 at the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock's School in Hillsborough, a girls' school of the period. It lists the student performers and the music they played, a small record of a school evening and of Hillsborough printing in 1891. One unnumbered page, 22 by 13 centimeters.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Nash and Kollock School (Hillsborough, N.C.).

UNC

[Form letter] 1882 September 6, Mebaneville, N.C., Dear sir

Bingham, R. · 1882 · R. Bingham

Form letter from R. Bingham concerning the Bingham School, dated September 6, 1882 at Mebaneville, North Carolina, and addressed Dear sir. The family's boarding school was then in Orange County. A single printed sheet, 26 by 21 cm.

Included because: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Bingham School (Orange County, N.C.).

UNC

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Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this storyline. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled. Books marked Wider context cover the broader subject rather than this storyline itself.

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  • Foundational · NC 975.656 HISTORIC Antebellum Hillsborough, Slavery, and Enslaved and Free People of Color Who Worked at the Burwell School, 1837-1857 Historic Hillsborough Commission (Hillsborough, N.C.) · 2019

    The Historic Hillsborough Commission's account of slavery in antebellum Hillsborough and of the enslaved and free people of color who worked at the Burwell School, the female school the Burwells kept in town, between 1837 and 1857. African American history in Hillsborough and the school's own history are its two threads. Published in 2019.

  • Rebecca Wall Collection · NC 373.756 PRI A Sketch of the School of the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock, Hillsboro, North Carolina Primrose, Ella P. · 1926

    Ella P. Primrose's short sketch of the school kept by the Misses Nash and Miss Kollock in Hillsborough, a select boarding and day school for girls in the nineteenth century. Printed in Raleigh in 1926, 13 pages with a single plate.

  • Wider context · NC 373.756 COO North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History Coon, Charles L. · 1915

    Charles L. Coon's documentary history of North Carolina academies and schools from 1790 to 1840, published by the North Carolina Historical Commission in 1915. Its 846 pages reprint academy notices, legislative acts and items from the Raleigh Register and other papers, with a section on the colleges' beginnings. Hillsborough Academy trustees' notices are among them, and Coon's introduction notes how many academy principals came from the University in Chapel Hill.

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