WESTRAYVILLE ACADEMY, 1809.
AN ENGLISH AND LATIN SCHOOL
Will commence at Westraysville, in Nash county, the first day of January next, under the superintendance of Mr. John Bobbitt, who will teach the English Language in all its various branches, with the Latin, Greek and French. The Subscriber has erected a large two-story house for that purpose on the road leading from Tarborough to Louisburg, five miles from Nash Court House. * * *
Nov. 14, 1809. Samuel Westray.
—Raleigh Star, November 28, 1809.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915) |