GEORGIA HISTORY - EARLY ACADEMIES 1837 ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Galileo 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 G Ward, Wm. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] Alfred Franklin be, 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.