Georgia:  Hancock County:  Report of Powelton Academy
1 November 1835
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Report of Powelton Academy, Hancock County, 1835
Powelton, Nov. 1, 1835

To his Excellency, Governor of Georgia
In obedience to an act of the Legislature passed the 
2nd day of December, 1828, entitled an act for the 
better distribution and application of the poor school 
fund and to point out the mode of accounting for the 
disbursement of the academy and poor school funds, 
we submit the following report:
Dr,
To cash received from the state in 1834	$68.83
Cr.
By cash paid for repair &Teacher		$68.83

Name of Males	       Age				       Age

Archibald Battle	12	        Thomas Jones	        10
Cullen A. Battle	 8		Richard Johnson	        14
Stephen Bishop	         9		John Rudleson	        12
Solomon Barfield	13		Edward Rudleson	        14
Sampson Barfield	10		James Rudleson		 8
William Bynam 	        13		John Pettus		12
John Fouche	        16		James Willey		13
John Glover	        10		P. L.C. Marshall	18
Josiah Hilsman	        18		Joseph Rubis		18
Jeremiah Hilsman	14		Daniel M. Seals		17
Judge Hilsman	        12		William Shivers		12
John Jones	        12

Names of Females		Age					Age

Mary Battle	                16		Eliza Johnson		12
Julia L. Bass			10		Mary Jones		 9
Mary J. Battle			12		Julia M. Rabun	         9
Cornelia Ball			15		Mary Rudisel		10
Maranda Hardwick	        11	        Nancy Rudisel	        12
Mary Hilsman			13		Mary E. Rives		 9
Mariah Hilsman			 8		Sarah E. Seals		 9
Martha Hilsman	                10	        Martha Irwin	        15
Jane Veasy			14



Poor Children

Names of Males				Names of Females

William Simpson		 8		Elizabeth Burch		12
John Burch              12		Mariah Simpson		10
William Burch	         8


Respectfully submitted	A. E. Reeves, Secty.
Board of Trustees, Powelton Academy
45 Pupils
$54.90
Warrant drawn 8 Sept. 1836


Source:

The History Of Hancock County, Georgia by Elizabeth Wiley Smith
Volume 1, page 112