Draft:Vine Hill Academy
Appearance
Notable as a historic school where various high profile and leading figures were schooled including a governor and legislators
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Vine Hill Academy was in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.[1][2][3]
It advertised teacher openings.[4]
An "Announcements, Bulletins, Programs, Etc." publication was made.[5]
Franceway Ranna Cossitt served as principal.[6]
Alumni
[edit]- William Horn Battle, state supreme court judge[1][7]
- William Walton Kitchin, governor[1][8]
- Bartholomew Figures Moore, lawyer, state legislator, constitutional convention delegate, Attorney General, and advisor to Andrew Johnson
- Charles Brewer, president of Meredith College
- Claude Kitchin, legislator[1]
- Louis Round Wilson, head of the University Library at Chapel Hill[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Vine Hill Academy | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- ^ "Vine Hill Academy Papers, 1812-1893".
- ^ "An Act to Authorize the Trustees of Vine Hill Academy, in the County of Halifax, to Sell a Part of the Lands Belonging to the Institute". www.carolana.com.
- ^ Coon, Charles Lee (April 11, 1915). "North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History". Edwards & Broughton printing Company, state printers – via Google Books.
- ^ Announcements, Bulletins, Programs, Etc.
- ^ Wilson, Joseph M. (1867). "The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church - Joseph M. Wilson - Google Books".
- ^ Instruction, North Carolina Department of Public (April 11, 1898). "Report" – via Google Books.
- ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (April 11, 1904). "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ..." Biographical Society – via Google Books.