HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY UNDER GEORGE JOHNSTON.
The Trustees of Hillsboro' Academy respectfully inform the Public, that it will be again opened on the first Monday of January, for the Reception of Youth of both Sexes, under the Direction of George Johnston, A. M. lately from Edinburgh, who will teach the Greek, Latin, French and English Languages, with the plainer Branches of the Mathematics, Natural and Moral Philosophy, Arithmetic and Writing. The Price of Tuition will be the same as last year. * * *
Walter Alves,
Wm. Kirkland,
Wm. Whitted,
Wm. Cain,
Dun. Cameron
Hillsborough, Jan. 1. .
—Raleigh Register, January 3, 1803.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
