Donaldson Academy
School in North Carolina
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Donaldson Academy (1832 - ?) in Fayetteville, North Carolina was incorporated in 1833 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly.[1][2]
Elijah Frink Rockwell taught at the school.[3]
History
The school was planned at Hay Mount, North Carolina near Fayetteville.[4] Manual labor was dropped after its second year.[5]
Simeon Colton served as its principal.[6] During that period, he was tried for heresy before the Presbyterian over his teachings about marrying the sisters of wives who died. Students attended the trial.[7]
Alumni
- Charles Manly Stedman[3][8]
- James Cameron MacRad, judge, law professor, and author[9]
Donaldson Military Academy
- Clement Read Strudwick (1900–1958), artist[3]