WILLIAMSBOROUGH PREPARES FOR UNIVERSITY.
WTLLIAMSBOROUGH ACADEMY.
The subscriber continues to have charge of this Institution. He pledges himself to make every exertion in his power for the advancement of the Young gentlemen intrusted to his care, both in morals and literature. * * * Students may here be prepared for the Freshman or Sophomore Class in the University. * * *
Williamsboro, June 7. Alex'r Wilson.
—Raleigh Register, June 11,1824
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)