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GEORGIA  HISTORY - EARLY ACADEMIES  1837

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1837. ACTS OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN NOVEMBER
AND DECEMBER, 1837. 

ACADEMIES. 

1837 Vol. 1 -- Page: 3

Sequential Number: 001 

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain Academies
therein named, and to appoint Trustees for the same,
and to confer certain rights and privileges upon the
same.

STEWART Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same, That from and after the passage
of this act, that Samuel Williams, Lovet Bryan, John
Tolbert, John Rushing, and Richard Kidd be, and they
are hereby appointed Trustees of Van Witt Academy, in
the county of Stewart, in the twenty-fourth district
of said county.

COLUMBIA Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
William A. L. Collins, Washington W. Stone, Alfred
Sturgis, Albert H. Collins, and William Barnett be,
and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Red Oak
Academy, in the county of Columbia.

FLOYD Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That John H.
Lumpkin, Daniel R. Mitchell, Philip W. Hemphill,
Andrew J. Liddell, and James McIntyre be, and they are
hereby appointed Trustees of the Rome Academy, in the
county of Floyd.

COLUMBIA Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
Francis Taylor, Edward Hassell, Wm. S. Dunn, Thos.
Harden, and James Cartledge be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Citizens' Academy, in the
county of Columbia.

CAMDEN Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That Isaac
Tucker, William Cone, and Stephen McCall be, and they
are hereby appointed Trustees of the Centreville
Academy of Camden county; and that Isaac Bailey, P.
Cohen, and George W. Thomas be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Jefferson Academy, in the
county of Camden.

RANDOLPH Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That David
Holman, Oliver H. Griffeth, Alexander Hendry, Thomas
Jenkins, and Wm. Taylor be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Randolph Academy, in the
county of Randolph, and in the town of Cuthbert.

MONROE Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That Josiah
G. Jordan, James Harden, John Chewning, James Watson,
and Alexander Russell be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Russellville Academy, in the
county of Monroe.

STEWART Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That Henry
W. Jernigan, Jordan Reese, Samuel Quarles, Felix G.
Gibson, Wm. Stafford, John T. B. Turner, and Joseph
Reese be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of
the Florence Academy, in the county of Stewart, and in
the town of Florence.

HARRIS Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That Calvin
J. Beaman, Taliaferro Wells, Edmund Lyons, Wm. Heard,
and Toliver Jones be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of Mount Airy Academy, in the county of
Harris.

NEWTON Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That Edward
Nix, Wilson Conner, John H. Austin, Geo. W. Leak, and
John Franklin be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of the Starrsville Academy, in the county of
Newton; 

and that Isaac P. Henderson, Wm. C. Davis, Solomon
Zellers, Henry Gaither, S. C. Mitchell, Wm. Conneway,
and John Bass be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of the Farmers' Academy, near Gaither's
Mills, in the county of Newton.

FLOYD Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That Wiley
J. Garreard and Samuel Payne be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Vann's Valley Academy, in
the county of Floyd, in addition to those already
appointed.

TROUP Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That Beaman
H. Martin, Benjamin P. Robertson, Wm. Reid, Dickerson
Burnham, John M. Russell, John C. Webb, and Edward B.
Terrell be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of
the West Point Female Academy, in the county of Troup.

LEE Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That Jonathan
Davis, Geo. S. Oglesby, Needham W. Cotten, Wm. Janes,
and Leonidas B. Mercer be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Palmyra Academy, in the
county of Lee.

PUTNAM Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That
Benjamin Ward, Charles McLendon, Jacob Hearn, Richard
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and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the
Hearnsville Academy, in the county of Putnam.

MONROE Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That John
C. Baldwin, Absolum Joiner, John Davidson, Wm. Hollis,
and Wm. McGinty be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of the Farmers' Academy, in the county of
Monroe.

HOUSTON Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That John
Murray, Thomas Allen, James T. Davis, James Murray,
and Elijah E. Crocker be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Poplar Spring Academy, in
the ninth district of Houston county.

DOOLY Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That David
Jones, Martin Jenkins, George Knowls, Miles K. Harman,
Daniel S. Harrison, and Jeremiah Lampkin be, and they
are hereby appointed Trustees of Travellers' Rest
Academy, in the county of Dooly.

MONROE Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That Dr.
James D. Head, Littleton Johnston, Elihu N. Waldrup,
Dr. John Shanon, and Nathaniel T. Myrick be, and they
are hereby appointed Trustees of the Gulletsville
Academy, in the county of Monroe.

TALIAFERRO Sec. 19. And be it further enacted, That
Owen Holliday, Gilchrist Overton, Joseph Brooks, John
M. Anthony, and Aaron W. Grier be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Raytown Academy, in the
county of Taliaferro.

WILKINSON Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That Wm.
E. Carswell, Williamson Calhoun, John Smith, Samuel M.
Carswell, and Green B. Burney be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Lafayette Academy, in High
Hill district, in the county of Wilkinson.

CRAWFORD Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That
James Matthews, Benjamin Beeland, Lemuel Smith, Nathan
Johnson, James McMurray, and George Moon be, and they
are hereby appointed Trustees of the Union Academy, in
the county of Crawford.

COWETA Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That James
Bell, Sylvanus Bell, Wm. W. Boyet, Wm. L. Astin,
Burgess Gentry, Lewis Grant, Wm. Hearn, Agrippa A.
Steed, John H. Johnson, Charles B. Taliaferro, and
Dabney P. Jones be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of Mount Bethel Academy, in the county of
Coweta.

MUSCOGEE Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That
Joshua R. McCook, A. Watkins, and James Huckey be, and
they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Halloca
Academy, in the county of Muscogee.

HABERSHAM Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That
Turner H. Tripp, Samuel A. Wales, James Brannon,
Richard W. Habersham, and Thomas J. Hughes be, and
they are hereby appointed Trustees for the Clarksville
Academy, in the county of Habersham.

TALBOT Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That Wm.
Holt, Thos. Stephenson, Wright Shearward, Levi
Justice, Martin L. McPheason, and Chappell Cox be and
they are hereby appointed Trustees for the Franklin
Academy, in Talbot county.

WASHINGTON Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That
Jonathan Lyon, John Hardin, Solomon Harrell, John B.
Massy, Morgan Brown, John Williams, Wm. Slade, James
Jones, and Jabez Joiner be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees for Dee's Academy, in the county of
Washington.

JASPER Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That
Zachariah Franklin, Daniel McDowell, Jordan Compton,
G. B. Jackson, and T. D. Oxford be, and they are
hereby appointed Trustees of Planters' Academy, in the
county of Jasper.

MUSCOGEE Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That
Lovick Pierce, Wm. L. Wynn, Thomas J. Hand, and Isaac
Mitchell be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees
for the Wynnton Academy, in the county of Muscogee.

WARREN Sec. 29. And be it further enacted, That James
G. Swain, James T. Dicken, Benjamin B. Langham,
Septimus Torrence, and Jethro Darden be, and they are
hereby appointed Trustees for Birdsville Academy, in
the county of Warren.

BALDWIN Sec. 30. And be it further enacted, That Wm.
D. Scoggins, L. J. Smith, Thomas Raines, James Talbot,
and James Jolley be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of Corinth Academy, in Baldwin county.

HENRY Sec. 31. And be it further enacted, That John
Williams, Esq., Dr. Wm. Segar, Capt. Azeriah Doss,
Col. Thomas Allen, Dr. David Daily, Elijah D. Vaughan,
Esq., and Capt. Thomas Johnson be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees for Mount Pleasant Academy, in the
county of Henry.

TALBOT Sec. 32. And be it further enacted, That Hiram
Powell, Martin Stamper, John Branford, Chas. H.
Porter, and Samuel K. Crall be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees for Mount Jackson Academy, in
Talbot county; and that Felix Grune and John W.
Ransome be appointed Trustees to the Oak Ridge
Academy, of Talbot county.

BIBB Sec. 33. And be it further enacted, That Thomas
Gates, Henry Newsome, Joshua Jordan, Simon Parker, and
Lewis Laushe be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees for Warrior Academy, in the county of Bibb.

BIBB Sec. 34. And be it further enacted, That Aaron
Lessel, James R. Buzbee, James McElmurry, Zachariah
Cowart, and Green McDonald be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees for Rutland Academy, in Rutland's
district, in the county of Bibb.

BAKER Sec. 35. And be it further enacted, That Herman
Mercer, John Sikes, Saml. C. Clayton, Nelson Tift,
John Taylor, Green Sutton, and Jeptha C. Harris be,
and they are hereby appointed Trustees for Albany
Academy, in the county of Baker.

STEWART

Sec. 36. And be it further enacted, That Anderson
Holt, Robert Hatcher, Ezekiel McMichael, Allison
Culpepper, and Richmond A. Black be, and they are
hereby appointed Trustees for Indian Dam Academy, in
the county of Stewart.

WALTON Sec. 37. And be it further enacted, That Joseph
Moon, Cash Willingham, Thomas Butner, John Cronic, Wm.
H. Wilkinson, Charles D. Ohelly, and Jesse H. Davis
be, and, they are hereby appointed Trustees for Union
Hill Academy in the county of Walton.

Sec. 38. And be it further enacted, That Joshua
Morgan, James R. Atchison, Richard Humphrey, Abram
Meadows, James Lindley, Leonard B. Hays, and Wm.
Denson be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for
Beaver Dam Academy, in the county of Walton.

Sec. 39. And be it further enacted, That Joshua
Brantley, John L. Killgore, Robert Ellison, Joseph N.
James, and John Bean be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees for Pleasant Grove Academy, in the county of
Walton.

Sec. 40. And be it further enacted, That Job Smith,
Wm. Bankston, David Thompson, sr., Hope H. Camp, and
Alfred Whaly be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees for Mabry's Creek Academy, in the county of
Walton.

Sec. 41. And be it further enacted, That Samuel
Locklin, James Thompson, Thomas W. Robinson, Thomas J.
McGaughee, and Hardy Treadwel, be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees for Mountain Academy, in the county
of Walton.

Sec. 42. And be it further enacted, That James W.
Harris, James Richardson, Joseph Moss, Henry
Easterling, and John W. Dicken be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees for Jack's Creek Academy, in the
county of Walton.

Sec. 43. And be it further enacted, That Thomas M.
Stark, Samuel Williams, W. L. Anderson, Merriman
Herndon, Jacob Calahan, and John Blasingame be, and
they are hereby appointed Trustees for Rehoboth
Academy, in the county of Walton.

Sec. 44. And be it further enacted, That Wm. P.
Easley, Benjamin Hammock, Wm. L. Walker, John Flynt,
L. D. Cole, Pinkethman Harvey, and Daniel E. Jackson
be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for
Pleasant Green Academy, in the county of Walton.

DECATUR Sec. 45. And be it further enacted, That
Edmund Smart, and William Whitton be appointed
additional Trustees for Pleasant Grove Academy, in the
county of Decatur.

MUSCOGEE Sec. 46. And be it further enacted, That Wm.
H. Mayner, Jeremiah McCoy, Morris Jackson, and Jonah
J. Evans be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of
the Princeton Academy, on lot No. forty-two, in the
eighth district of the county of Muscogee.

CARROLL Sec. 47. And be it further enacted, That
Benjamin Barns, Jason McKleray, B. Huckabe, Leroy
Williams, and Chas. B. Hanton be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of the Union Academy, in the county
of Carroll, on lot of land No. 94, in the sixth
district of said county.

PUTNAM Sec. 48. And be it further enacted, That Robt.
Sparks, Thomas Grant, Richardson Black, Osborn R
O'Neal and Simeon O'Neal be, and they are hereby
appointed Trustees of New Salem Academy, in the county
of Putnam.

WALKER Sec. 49. And be it further enacted, That John
T. Storey, -- Hunter, James Gray, Samuel Poe, and
Thomas G. McFarland be, and they are hereby appointed
Trustees of the Valleyville Academy, of Walker county.

Sec. 50. And be it further enacted, That Richard M.
Aycock, John R. Williamson, Spencer Marsh, and James
Hoge be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the
Chattooga Academy, of Walker county, in addition to
those already appointed.

Sec. 51. And be it further enacted, That Wm. Quillen,
James Hoge, A. L. Barrey, Spencer Marsh, and David
Steward be appointed Trustees of the Lafayette Female
Academy, in Walker county.

TWIGGS Sec. 52. And be it further enacted, That Thomas
S. Chappell, John A. Nelson, Wm. Nelson, John C. Epps,
and James W. Collins, be appointed Trustees of Union
Hill Academy, in the county of Twiggs. 

And that Joseph R. Hand, John Asbell, Hardy Durham,
John H. Denton, Thomas Glover, Thomas W. Anderson, and
Joel Denton, be appointed Trustees of Richlaud
Academy, in the county of Twiggs, And that Richard S.
Rodgers, James Pearson, Abisha Anders, Wm. H. Read,
and Cornelius Hollingsworth, be appointed Trustees for
Pleasant Grove Academy, in the county of Twiggs. And
that Robert Radford and Benj. Bryan, be added to
Jefferson Academy, in the county of Twiggs, in
addition to those already appointed by an act of the
Legislature, of 1828, and to have the same privileges
as those already appointed.


MORGAN Sec. 53. And be it further enacted, That
Rehobothville Academy, in the county of Morgan, shall
be entitled to draw a proportionable part of the
dividends of the Academic Fund, which may hereafter be
set apart for the county of Morgan, and that said
Academy shall be upon the same footing, in every
respect, with the other incorporated Academies of said
county.

HEARD Sec. 54. And be it further enacted, That Jesse
Johnson, Young Wood, Berry D. Johnson, Philip Orr,
Silas Cheek, and their successors in office, be
appointed Trustees for Bethel Academy, Heard county;
Provided, That the said Trustees shall not draw any
part of the Academic funds of the county of Heard.

Sec. 55. And be it further enacted, That the said
Trustees, and their successors in office be, and they
are hereby declared to be a body politics and
corporate, by the name and style of the Trustees of
the various Academies mentioned in this act; and as
such, shall be capable and liable, in law, to sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded; and to make all such
by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the
government of said Academies: Provided, such by-laws
and regulations are not repugnant to the coustitution
and laws of this State.

Sec. 56. And be it further enacted, That the said
Trustees shall be capable of holding real or personal
estate, all gifts, grants, and immunities, which may
now belong to said institutions, or which may
hereafter be conveyed to them or their successors in
office, for the benefit of said institutions; and that
when any vacancy may happen, by death, resignation, or
otherwise, of any one or more of said Trustees, the
survivors, or a majority of them, shall fill said
vacancy, and do all manner of business appertaining to
said corporations.

TALIAFERRO Sec. 57. And be it further enacted, That
the said Trustees of Raytown Academy, in the county of
Taliaferro, may contract for the construction of a
suitable Academy building, at some suitable and
convenient place, in the vicinity of the village of
Raytown.

DOOLY Sec. 58. And be it further enacted, That the law
incorporating Rest Academy, in the county of Dooly,
be, and the same is hereby repealed -- together with
all laws and parts of laws militating against this
act.

MONROE Sec. 59. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be an election held at Gulletsville Academy, on
the first Saturday in January, in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty-nine, and on the first Saturday in
every year thereafter, for five Trustees of said
Academy, who shall act until the first Saturday in the
year thereafter; and that no person shall be entitled
to vote at said election, but those who may reside
within the captains of militia districts in which
Gulletsville Academy is situated; and are entitled to
vote for members of Legislature of said county; and
the said election may be held and managed by any three
freeholders of said district, and the polls of said
election shall be opened at eight o'clock in the
morning, and closed at four o'clock in the evening of
the same day; and the managers of such election shall
give to such persons as may get the largest or highest
number of votes, a certificate of their election as
Trustees, which certificates shall be a sufficient
authority for acting as trustees for said Academy for
the term hereinbefore specified.

JOSEPH DAY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

ROBERT M. ECHOLS,

President of the Senate,

GEORGE R. GILMER, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, 25th December, 1837.