MADISON ACADEMY, 1820.
The Trustees of Madison Academy are happy to inform the Public, that they have engaged Mr. James Franklin Martin, a late Graduate of the University of North Carolina, to take charge of said Academy as a teacher. This Academy is situated in the west end of Rockingham county, N. C. The Trustees can assure Parents and Guardians that Board can be had in good families at $30 per Session. The School will commence on the 4th day of July next.
June 15.                                                     Duke Scales, Secretary.
—Raleigh Register, June 28, 1820.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)