FORD CREEK ACADEMY FOR 1840.
The Exercises of this School, located in Granville County, twelve miles South of Oxford, will be resumed on the Second Monday in January next, by Wm. P. Forrest, who has, by his close attention and skill in teaching, given entire satisfaction, the present year.
Board can be obtained at low rates, either with the Principal, or other respectable families in the neighborhood.
Terms of Tuition, per Session of fire months:
Latin and Greek..............................$12.50
English Grammar & Geography................. 7.50
Lower Branches of English.................... 6.00
Jas. Wyohe,
W. Cannaday,
P. Floyd,
Trustees.
Day Scholars are excluded, and no Student will be taken for a less time than one session. December 7, 1839. W. P. Forrest.
—Raleigh Register, December 14, 1839
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)