KILPATRICK'S SCHOOL, 1809.
A SCHOOL
For the instruction of young men in the Latin and Greek Languages, English Grammar, Geography, etc. will be opened on the first of March next, in Rowan county, about fifteen miles above Salisbury, under the immediate direction of the Rev. Joseph D. Kilpatrick.—The price of Tuition will be Twelve Dollars, and of boarding, Forty Dollars per year. Boarding may be had in genteel houses in the neighborhood, and tolerably convenient. The utmost care will be taken to preserve the morals of young men who may be sent to this place for instruction.
February 20th, 1809.
—Raleigh Star, March 9, 1809.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
