MACON COUNTY, GA - HISTORY  EARLY ACADEMIES

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EIGHT EARLY ACADEMIES ESTABLISHED

The Acts of General Assembly created the following Early Academies:

1) Dec 31, 1838 pg 4
Lanier Male and Female Academy
Trustees: John Sturdevant, Slaughter Hill, Eli Taunton, Robert Green
[disbanded in 1868 - last trustees were James D. Frederick, Caleb hill, Isaac Jessup, John Sligh, and Edmund Killebrew]

2)Dec 31  1838
Traveler's Rest Academy
Trustees: David Johns, Martin Jenkins, George Knowles, Miles R. Harmon, Daniel S. Harrison, and Jeremiah Lumpkin

3)Dec 31, 1838  pf 3
Flint River Academy
Trustees: Walter L. Campbell, William Felton, William L.N. Crocker, Jacob Fudge, and Robert Peacock
[probably east of Flint River]

4) Dec 8, 1841
"new" Academy
Trustees:
James S. Hollinshed, Jacob Fudge, John C. Helvinston, James Whigham, and Alexander Fitzpatrick

5) Dec 20, 1849
Weelington Academy
Trustees: Icabod Davis, Matthew, Leggettt, John Young, Shadrack R. Felton, John C. Peck, B.Alston Hudson
[located 1 mile NE of Spalding]

6) Feb 1, 1850
Union Academy
Trustees: James Hannon, Gideon Smith, Henry Corbin, James Marshall, and Benjamin F. Newsom
[probably located in present day Taylor near Reynolds]

7) Jan 15, 1850
Marshallville Academy
Trustees: Daniel F. Wade, Solomn Fudge, Reuben H. Slappey, Littleberry Mulkey, Isaac Johnson, Gideon Watson, and James N. Taylor

8) 1850
Oglethorpe Academy
Trustees: Benjamin Harris, Calvin D. Summerlin, John Shealy, Theoderick W. Montfort, Daniel S. Harrison

Source: Mrs. Louise Hays History of Macon County
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