OXFORD ACADEMY MUSIC DEPARTMENT, 1819.
The Trustees have engaged Mr. J. D. Plunkitt to superintend the Musical Department of this Institution. He will also teach 10 or 12 Students the French Language. * * *
June 26.
—Raleigh Register, July 2, 1819.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)