OXFORD ACADEMY UNDER THOMAS H. WILIE.
The Trustees of Oxford Academy congratulate the citizens of Granville and the public in general, that their exertions to rear and establish a Seminary of Learning have been crowned with success. An elegant two story Building, 50 feet long and 32 wide, is nearly complete, and will be ready by the second Monday of January next, at which time the Exercises of this Institution will commence. They have employed as Principal Mr. Thomas H. Wilie, a Gentleman who, by his sobriety, assiduity and long acquaintance with the duties of his profession, has acquired a character equalled by few, and surpassed by no person in this part of the country. This Gentleman has for two years last past superintended the Nutbush Mineral Springs Academy; he has taught in several other parts of the State. * * *
December 1. Wm. M. Sneed, Sec.
—Raleigh Register, December 17, 1813.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)