OXFORD ACADEMY TEACHERS, 1823
The exercises of this seminary have commenced, the male department under the special charge of Mr. James D. Johnson, principal the last year; the female under the care of Miss Emma Stansbury, daughter of the Rev. A. Stansbury, late of Albany.
Jan. 23. Wm. M. Sneed, Sec'y.
—Raleigh Star, January 31, 1823
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)