Schools

School Name	Location per GNIS			Links to GA Archives Virtual Vault
Anvil Block School (Historical)	333727N	0841545W	Jonesboro
Austin Road Elementary School	333624N	0841103W	Stockbridge
Austin Road Middle School	333633N	0841102W	Stockbridge
Beersheba School (Historical)	332803N	0840041W	Ola
Bethlehem Elementary School	332259N	0840842W	McDonough
Bible Baptist Christian School	332559N	0841634W	Hampton
Chimney School (Historical)	332530N	0840341W	Ola
Community Christian School	332850N	0841340W	McDonough
Cotton Indian Elementary School	333343N	0841204W	Stockbridge
Creekside Christian Academy	332807N	0841236W	McDonough
Crossroads School (Historical)	332647N	0841349W	McDonough
Daniel School (Historical)	332330N	0840619W	Ola
Dutchtown Elementary School	332801N	0841508W	Hampton
Dutchtown High School	332815N	0841511W	Hampton
Dutchtown Middle School	332812N	0841449W	McDonough
Eagles Landing Christian Academy	333021N	0841102W	Stockbridge
Eagles Landing High School	332926N	0841231W	McDonough
Eagles Landing Middle School	332917N	0841231W	McDonough
East Lake Elementary School	333032N	0840758W	Stockbridge
Fairview Elementary School	333634N	0841342W	Stockbridge
Faith Academy	333240N	0841339W	Stockbridge
Ferguson School (Historical)	333001N	0840429W	Kelleytown
Flippen Elementary School	332939N	0841200W	McDonough
Foster School (Historical)	332733N	0841145W	McDonough
Gordon School (Historical)	333720N	0841142W	Stockbridge
Hampton Elementary School	332324N	0841715W	Hampton	Photo
Hampton High School (Historical)			Hampton	Photo 1, Photo 2
Hampton Rosenwald Elementary & Junior High (Historical)			Hampton	Photo 1, Photo 2
Henry County Academy
Henry County Evening Academy	333020N	0840810W	Stockbridge
Henry County High School	332658N	0840800W	McDonough
Henry County Middle School	332546N	0840924W	McDonough
Henry County Training Elementary & High School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo
Hickory Flat Elementary School	333025N	0841009W	Stockbridge
Jackson Academy
Lake Dow Christian Academy Established 1977 as Tabernacle Christian School, name changed to Lake Dow Christian Academy in 2002	332634N	0840632W	Ola
Lemon Elementary School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo 1, Photo 2
Liberty Hill School (Historical)	332537N	0841635W	Hampton
Locust Grove Elementary School	332020N	0840632W	Locust Grove
Locust Grove Institute (Historical)
Luella Elementary School	332245N	0841147W	McDonough
Luella High School	332240N	0841200W	McDonough
Luella Middle School	332226N	0841214W	Luella
McDonough Christian Academy	332756N	0841321W	McDonough
McDonough Collegiate Institute (Historical)	Unknown	Unknown
McDonough Elementary School	332703N	0840810W	McDonough
McDonough Elementary & High School (Historical)			McDonough	Photo 1, Photo 2
McDonough Middle School	332650N	0840817W	McDonough
McDonough Presbyterian Childrens Academy	332713N	0840800W	McDonough
Meadowlands Montessori School	332523N	0841237W	McDonough
Metro Heights Baptist Christian Academy	333449N	0840941W	Stockbridge
Morris Grove School (Historical)	333445N	0841258W	Stockbridge
Mount Bethel Elementary School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo 1, Photo 2
Mount Carmel Elementary School	332626N	0841604W	Hampton
Mount Olive Elementary School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo (Same photo as Lemon Elementary above)
Mount Vernon Christian School	333617N	0841112W	Stockbridge
New Creation Center	332625N	0840643W	Ola
New Hope Elementary School	332405N	0840128W	Ola
New Testament Christian Academy	333311N	0841351W	Stockbridge
North Henry Academy	333355N	0841153W	Stockbridge
Oak Grove School (Historical)	332436N	0840709W	Ola
Oakland Elementary School	332548N	0841150W	McDonough
Oakland School (Historical)	332536N	0841257W	McDonough
Ola Elementary School (Historical)	332631N	0840223W	Ola	Photo
Ola High School	332648N	0840237W	Ola
Ola Middle School	332646N	0840257W	Ola
Pates Creek Elementary School	332950N	0841438W	McDonough
Patrick Henry Evening Academy	333230N	0841350W	Stockbridge
Patrick Henry High School Main Campus	333229N	0841350W	Stockbridge
Patrick Henry High School South Campus	332645N	0840228W	Ola
Patrick Henry Middle School Main Campus	333230N	0841350W	Stockbridge
Patrick Henry Middle School South Campus	332644N	0840228W	Ola
Peoples Baptist Academy	332615N	0841229W	McDonough
Pine Hill School (Historical)	332555N	0835939W	Worthville
Pleasant Grove Academy
Pleasant Grove Elementary School	333301N	0840822W	Stockbridge
Pleasant Grove School (Historical)	333308N	0840705W	Kelleytown
Pleasant Hill School	332531N	0841116W	McDonough
Progress School (Historical)	332832N	0841520W	Hampton
Red Oak Elementary School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo
Riverview School (Historical)	332658N	0840215W	Ola
Rock Spring Elementary School	332520N	0835904W	Worthville
Rock Springs School (Historical)	332727N	0835718W	Worthville
Rocky Branch School (Historical)	332810N	0840530W	Ola
Saint Paul School (Historical)	332238N	0841326W	McDonough
Sharon School	332702N	0840228W	Ola
Shoal Creek Elementary & Jr High School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo
Smith - Barnes Elementary School	333216N	0841409W	Stockbridge
Springfield Elementary School (Historical)			Henry County	Photo 1, Photo 2
Stockbridge Elementary School	333235N	0841353W	Stockbridge
Stockbridge Elementary & Jr High School (Historical)			Stockbridge	Photo
Stockbridge High School	333350N	0841210W	Stockbridge
Stockbridge Middle School	333329N	0841318W	Stockbridge
Stockbridge Rosenwald School (Historical)			Stockbridge	Photo
Strong Rock Christian School	332032N	0840755W	Luella
Timber Ridge Elementary School	333016N	0840437W	Kelleytown
Tussahaw Elementary School\|	332335N	0840649W	Ola
Union Graded School (Historical)	332519N	0840525W	Ola
Union Grove High School	333020N	0840811W	Stockbridge
Union Grove Middle School	333022N	0840747W	Stockbridge
Union Grove School (Historical)	333027N	0840726W	Kelleytown
Unity Grove Elementary School (Historical)	332228N	0840430W	Locust Grove	Photo
Walnut Creek Elementary School	332808N	0840918W	McDonough
Wesley Lakes Elementary School	332651N	0841012W	McDonough
Woodland Elementary School	333403N	0840928W	Stockbridge
Woodland High School	333344N	0840911W	Stockbridge
Woodland Middle School	333357N	0840924W	Stockbridge

School Legislation

Henry County Academy

Legislation Concerning Henry County Academy
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1824 Vol. 1 -- Page: 13

Sequential Number: 008
Type: AN ACT

Full Title: To authorise the justices of the Inferior Court of Henry county to convey to the trustees of the Henry county academy a part of the lands heretofore purchased for county purposes for the purpose of erecting thereon an academy [Illegible Text].

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, [Illegible Text] it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the justices of the inferior court of Henry county be authorised and empowered out of any lands by them heretofore purchased for county purposes, and not otherwise disposed of, to convey to the trustees of the Henry county academy in [Illegible Text] simple, such portion thereof as may be thought necessary for the purpose of erecting an academy edifice thereon, and such other lot or lots of land as the said justices of the court may think proper to convey to the said trustees aforesaid by way of donation or otherwise.

JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate.
G. M. TROUP, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 9, 1824.

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1824 Vol. 1 -- Page: 28

Sequential Number: 020
Short Title: To incorporate the Henry County Academy, and to appoint Trustees for the same.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Griffin, Samuel Johnston, William L. Crayton, John Wood, William Hardin, John Lovejoy and Joseph [Illegible Text] be and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees of the Henry County Academy, with the privilege of using a common seal.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate in the manner they may think best calculated to promote the interest of the aforesaid institution, and to erect suitable edifices for the promotion of literature, all money and specialties or other valuable effects whatsoever belonging to, or in anywise appertaining to the said institution.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid trustees and their successors in office, or a majority of them, are hereby authorised to make such bye-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government of said academy. Provided, such bye-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state; and the said trustees shall be entrusted with all manner of property, both real and personal, all donations, grants, gifts, privileges and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution by virtue of this act, or which may hereafter [Illegible Text] made, conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same: Provided, that nothing in this act contained shall operate to impair or destroy in any-wise the superintendence and control given by law to the [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text] of this state, over public schools instituted or supported by public monies or funds of the same.

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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, shall and they are hereby declared to be capable of suing and being sued, to plead and be impleaded, [Illegible Text] of using all other necessary and lawful means for [Illegible Text] and defending any property, debts, or demands whatsoever which they may claim or demand in right of said institution.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any vacancy happen by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, of any of the trustees of said academy hereby authorised and established, it shall be filled in such manner as a majority of the remaining trustees may [Illegible Text] out in their regulations at their first meeting after the passing of this act, or at any meeting thereafter. Provided, That it shall be the duty of said trustees, at the earliest practicable period after any vacancy, to cause the same to be filled.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall have power to elect a treasurer, who shall give bond with approved security to the said trustees for the time being, and their successors in office, in the sum of two [Illegible Text] dollars, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws militating against the true intent and meaning of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

JOHN ABERCROMBIE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ALLEN B. POWELL, President of the Senate.
G. M. TROUP, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text]

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ACTS OF THE General [Illegible Text], OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, [Illegible Text] IN [Illegible Text] AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOV. AND DEC. 1826.
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Academies.
1826 Vol. 1 -- Page: 12

Sequential Number: 010

Full Title: AN ACT to amend and explain an act, entitled an Act to incorporate the Henry County Academy, and to appoint trustees for the same -- passed the ninth of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said act shall be so construed as to authorise and empower the trustees of said Academy and their successors in office, to sell and convey in fee simple titles, any lot or lots of land or real estate, which they do now, or may hereafter possess, by virtue of any private donation whatever, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to the benefits of said institution, as by said act of incorporation provided for.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the said act, and all other acts as militate against the true intent and meaning of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Approval Date: Assented to 20th Dec. 1826.

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1834.
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ACADEMIES.

1834 Vol. 1 -- Page: 3

Sequential Number: 001

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain Academies therein named and to appoint Trustees for the same, and to confer certain powers, rights, and privileges upon the same.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Jinkin Wilson, Eaton Bancks, Henry S. Smith, Richard Turner, and Trige M. Hardwick, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Pleasant Academy in the county of Jasper; who shall have full power to fill all vacancies which may happen in their Board, and to be entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities which are conferred by this law upon any Academy.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Cullin Lockett, William H. Pritchard, Alexander Spencer, James J. Bancks,

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Robert Tripp, John Sneed, and Thomas Stanford be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Female Academy in the town of Culloden, with power to add to their number, if desired by the Board, and to fill such vacancies as may occur in the Board, and to have all the rights, privileges, and immunities which by this law are conferred upon any Academy.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Gibson Clarke, Bushrod Pettit, Guy W. Smith, Henly Varner, Thomas D. Johnson, and Jonathan M. Peck be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Henry County Academy at the town of McDonough, in addition to the number already allowed by law; and the said Commissioners herein named, and their successors in office, shall be vested with the privileges, immunities, and legal authorities from the passage of this Act which are by law vested in the Trustees of said Academy by the Act incorporating the same.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Richard Pace, John Martin, Elisha Perryman, Isham Broocks, and William Maddox, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared Trustees of Pace's Academy in the county of Putnam, and as such are hereby declared to be a body corporate, with the power of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of having, holding, and conveying property real and personal belonging to said Academy, of making and using a common seal, and of doing all other things appertaining to said Corporation.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Trustees of said Academy shall have full power and authority to adopt such by-laws and regulations for the government of the same: Provided such by-laws and regulations are not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of the State or of the United States.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That any vacancies which may happen in said Board of Trustees by death, resignation, or otherwise, the subscribers shall, upon ten days public notice, assemble at the said Academy, and by ballot elect Trustees to fill any such vacancies: Provided that any two or more freeholders, residents of said county and not subscribers, shall preside at said election; and Provided that said election shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the subscribers present and voting.

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SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees as a body corporate shall be capable of accepting and being vested with all manner of property real and personal, all donations, gifts, grants, bequests, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institution, or to be hereafter conveyed to them and their successors in office, to have and to hold the same to the proper use, benefit, and behoof of said Academy.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That William Murphee, Matthew Jones, Jesse Cox, Fielding J. Brown, Allen Junning, Addison E. Harris, and James Grubbs, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Bark Camp Academy in the county of Burke; and that when any vacancy shall happen in the Board of Trustees to fill the same by a majority of the Trustees; and they shall be entitled to receive a portion of the Academy fund of the county of Burke, and shall have all the immunities and rights conferred by this Act upon any other Academy therein mentioned.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That William Fish, Alexander Irwin, Benjamin Sessions, Benjamin Tarberton, and William B. Glenn, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for Union Academy in the county of Washington, to be entitled to all the privileges and benefits, and under the same provisions of other incorporated Academies in said county.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That Moses Jones, William W. Welbourn, Drury Kindrick, William O. Rutledge, Abraham Miles, John P. Hardy, and Nathaniel J. Scott, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the style of the Trustees of the Prospect Academy in Harris County; and they are as such declared to be capable of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, of pleading and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity in this State, of receiving and holding for the use of said Academy all donations, gifts, grants, and bequests, of executing and receiving titles to property, of executing and receiving acquittances, for making such by-laws, not contrary to the Constitution and Laws of this State, as they may deem proper for the government of said Academy, of removing, by a vote of the majority, all officers for a neglect of duty or improper conduct, and of filling all vacancies that may occur by death, resignation, or otherwise.

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SEC. 11. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Daniel Malone, Allen Green, John Drury, William D. Ethridge, Jeremiah W. Stokes, Francis Tufts, and John W. Gordin be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Blountsville Academy in the county of Jones: That James R. Cox, Robert Burt, Davis Dawson, William Barron, and Ichabod Davis be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of Blountsville Academy in the county of Upson: That Live R. Bullard, William Irwin, John Driver, William Prior, and John Meacham be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Union Academy in the county of Pike.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That Joseph I. Singleton, Asa Varner, William Bell, Sterling Combs, and Walter S. Mitcheal, and their successors in office be, and they are hereby appointed and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and style of the Trustees of the Prospect Academy of the county of Jackson.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said several Boards of Trustees and their successors in office be, and they are hereby appointed and declared to be bodies corporate and politic, under the several names, and as such shall be capable and liable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be authorized to make such by-laws and regulations as may be necessary for the government thereof; Provided such by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this State; and for that purpose may have and use a common seal, and appoint such officers as they may think proper, and remove the same from office.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the said Trustees shall be capable of accepting and being invested with all manner of property both real and personal, all gifts, donations, grants, rights, privileges, and immunities whatsoever, which may belong to said institutions, or which may hereafter be conveyed or transferred to them or their successors in office, to have and to hold the same for the benefit of said Academies.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the present Board of Trustees of the Walton County Academy, Waters Brisco, Peter G. Morrow, Orin Stroud, Paul T. Willis, and Reuben Weaver, sen. be, and they are hereby appointed as Trustees for said Academy, with the same

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powers and privileges of those formerly constituting the Board for said institution.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That Lewls Leroy and William B. Wafford be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the Clarksville Academy in the county of Habersham, in addition to those already appointed.

SEC. 17. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Frederick Sims, Elijah Catter, Elijah Matthews, Matthew Hughs, and John McMurrain be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office are declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees of Bibb Academy.

SEC. 18. And that Anderson Rice, Henry S. Catter, James R. Lowry, George B. Wardlaw, Eleazer McCall, David Flanders, and Joseph Willet be, and they are hereby appointed, and they and their successors in office are declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the Trustees of the Marion Academy in the county of Bibb: and that the Trustees of said Academies respectively be, and they are hereby vested with all the authority and powers, and subject to the same liabilities as the Trustees of the Lake Academy in the county of Bibb.

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted by the authority of the same, That Gideon Strange, English Smith, Isaac R. Youngblood, Lewis Dupree, Wiley W. Cullins, and Frederick Cullins be, and their successors in office, are hereby appointed Trustees of the Farmer's School in the county of Washington, under the same rules and restrictions, and entitled to the same benefits, of the other incorporated Academies in said county.

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That Hudson Wade, William Hanson, William Perkins, William Stallings, and Nathan Aldridge be, and they are hereby made a body corporate, under the name and style of Commissioners of Union Academy in the county of Morgan.

SEC. 21. And that said Commissioners be, and they are hereby empowered, as a body corporate, to use a common seal, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in the several courts of law and equity in this State, make all by-laws which may be necessary to the government of said Academy not contrary to the laws of this State, appoint their successors,

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fill vacancies, make, receive, and execute all conveyances, acquittances, and receipts, hold property real and personal, and any and all things do in reference to the interest of said Academy which may not be contrary to the Constitution and Laws of this State.

SEC. 22. And be it further enacted, That John Hunter and Alexander Duncan be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees for the Blairsville Academy in the county of Union, in place of John Lander and R. Holden, removed.

THOMAS GLASCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JACOB WOOD, President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, 22d Dec. 1834.

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Act/Resolution 33 of 503
ACTS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, 1849-50.

1849 Vol. 1 -- Page: 31

Sequential Number: 033

Full Title: AN ACT to reduce the number of the Trustees of the Henry County Academy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That immediately after the passage of this act, that the number of Trustees of the Henry county Academy be five, and that Adam C. Sloan, Humphrey, Tomlinson, Leonard T. Doyal, Lewis L. Ledbetter and Daniel Nolley be, and they are hereby appointed Trustees of the said Henry County Academy, and that they have full power to fill any vacancy that may occur in that body, by death or otherwise, and that all laws and parts of laws contrary to this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Approval Date: Approved, January 18, 1850.

Jackson Academy

Legislation Concerning Jackson Academy

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1832.

1832 Vol. 1 -- Page: 3

Sequential Number: 001

Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate certain academies therein mentioned, and to appoint trustees for the same, and to appoint trustees for others therein named, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Ebenezer Torrance. Davis Cox, Steven Kervin, Willis P. Baker, and Samuel W. Langston, and their successors, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of Upatoy academy, in the county of Muscogee.

That Jesse H. Garrett, Stephen D. Heard, and Joseph Sturgess, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees to the Thomaston academy, in the county of Upson, in addition to those already appointed.

That John W. Cooper, William Griggs, Charles D. Kennon, James Smith and Jeremiah Hullum, and their successors, be appointed trustees of Union academy, in the county of Harris.

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That Thomas Feagan, William M. Jordan, James M. Williams, Alexander B. Taylor and James McMurray, and their successors, be appointed trustees for Mount Carmel academy, in the county of Crawford.

That Cornelius Atkinson, Jno. M. Pearson, Thomas Moore, Jason Greer, and Francis Douglass, and their successors, be appointed trustees of the Cool Spring academy, in the county of Butts.

That Green Talbot, W. C. Cleveland, Bennett Lawrence and Asahel Gaston and their successors, be appointed trustees for Fellowship academy, in the county of Merriwether.

That J. J. Slaughter, Julius M. Mitchell, Wm. Mitchel, J. Hubbard and V. H. Walker, and their successors, be appointed trustees for Jackson Academy, in the county of Harris.

That Archibald Gray, Joseph Riley, James B Hooten, Dennis Sheridan and Samuel Cox, and their successors, be appointed trustees of Mount Pleasant academy, in the county of Talbot.

That R. G. Crittenden, Daniel Owens, Peter F. Mahone, John Robinson and John Allums, and their successors, be appointed trustees for Jackson academy, in the county of Talbot.

That Joseph Reese, Jesse George, Thomas Wood, George W. Turrentine and W. B. McKenney, and their successors, be appointed trustees for Corinth academy, in the county of Heard: Provided, That said trustees shall not draw any part of the academic funds of the county of Heard.

That T. J. Warthen, Eli Cummins, John Wicker, Thomas Wicker and Richard Warthen, and their successors, be appointed trustees for Bethlehem academy, in the county of Washington; to be entitled to all the benefits, and under the same provisions of the other academies of said county.

That Joseph Washburn, Isaac Harvey, Edward W. Wright, Christopher B. Strong and Charles J. McDonald, and their successors, be appointed trustees for the Bibb county academy.

That Robert McGough, Alexander Russell, Reddick B. Perry, William Turner and Robert Winn, and their successors in office, be appointed trustees of the Pine Grove Grammer school, in the county of Monroe.

That Samuel M. Devereux, James L. Daniel, Thomas J. Sanders, Joseph McCulloch, and Thomas W. Barton, and their successors in office, be appointed trustees of the Farmers' academy, in the county of Hancock.

That Alexander Dennard, George Walker, Henry W. Fenn, Nathan Hodges and Thomas McGriff, and their successors

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in office, be appointed trustees of the Walnut Branch academy, in the county of Pulaski.

Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted, That Jefferson academy in Newton county, be entitled to receive one half of the nett proceeds of the academic fund of the county of Newton, and that Wm. Patrick, Jas. Bellah, Jas. McLaughlin, [Illegible Text] [Illegible Text], Robert Rakestraw, Joseph Livingston, Barzilla Graves, John Russel and John Chisolm, be added to the board of trustees to said academy.

That George Osborn, James McGehee, Taliaferro Wells, Springer Gibson, Thomas Whitehead, John Pasmore and Absalom Biddle, be appointed trustees for Jenkins academy, in the county of Harris, and they are hereby authorised to remove said academy buildings from lot number three, in the twenty-second district, to lot number two hundred and seventy-two, in the seventeenth district, formerly Muscogee, now Harris county.

That J. J. Slaughter, William Mitchell, Julius M. Mitchell, J. Hubbard and N. H. Walher, and their successors in office, be appointed trustees to the Jackson academy, in Henry county.

That David C. Rose, John Slayton, Abraham Hill, and Alfred Wilbourn, and their successors in office, be appointed trustees of the Warm Spring academy, in the county of Merriwether.

That Thomas Frayan, William W. Jordan, James M. Williams, Alexander B. Taylor and James McMurray, and their successors, be appointed trustees of the Mount Carmel academy, in the county of Crawford.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Abner Wimberly, Reddick Bryan, Thomas Gilbert, Henry Conyers, and James O'Bryan, be, and are hereby appointed trustees for the Houston county Ocmulgee academy. And be it further enacted, That said trustees may locate said academy building at any place in the eleventh or tenth districts of said county, that a majority of them may agree upon.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the poor school fund of said county, be authorised to pay to said commissioners of the Houston county Ocmulgee academies, one fourth of the academy fund of said county, for the ensuing two years.

And that Ralph Howard, Demsey Justice, Nathan Raines, James W. Alston, Jesse Moran, and [Illegible Text] successors in office, be and they are hereby declared to be trustees of the Union academy, in the county of Bibb.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That William A. Sharp, Elisha Davis, Jeremiah A. Sharp, William Davis and Thomas S. Chappel, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the trustees of Stone Creek academy, in the county of Twiggs; and that Joseph M. Evans, Thomas S. Bonner, James Evans, John G. Colbut and John Swann, Sr. and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and under the title of the commissioners of the Evansville academy, of Morgan county.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid commissioners of the Evansville academy, and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby declared to be, capable of using a common seal, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in the several courts of law and equity in this State; of receiving and holding for the use of said academy, all donations, gifts, grants and bequests; of executing and receiving titles to property and of executing and receiving acquittances; and of making by the vote of a majority, all necessary bye-laws for the government of said academy, and filling all vacancies that may occur in the board of commissioners.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That David Smith, Jas. T. Wafer, James S. Curray and William Wood, be, and they are hereby appointed additional trustees of the Heard county academy, and that Eli Brewer, Harris Johnson, John Griffin, Greenberry Ottery and A. F. Temples, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of Bluff Spring academy, in the county of Marion.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That James Polhill and Burwell W. Bracewell, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of the Hawkinsville academy, in addition to those heretofore appointed.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all rights and immunities herein extended to the Evansville academy, in the county of Morgan, be, and they are hereby extended to the [Illegible Text] hereby incorporated.

ASBURY HULL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS STOCKS, President of the Senate.
WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, Dec. 22, 1832.

Pleasant Grove Academy

ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,
PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN
DECEMBER, 1827
Academies
1827 Vol. 1 – Pages 28-30
Full Title: AN ACT to incorporate the Pleasant Grove Academy, in the county of Henry, and to appoint Trustees for same.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is enacted by authority of same, That Garry Grice, Cornelius McCarty , William Griffin, John W. Poyner, William Ellis, Woodson Hybbard, and Henry J. Williams, be and they are hereby appointed Trustees, they or their successors in office shall be and are hereby, declared to be a body corporate by the name of the Trustees of Pleasant Grove Academy, with the privilege of using a common seal.
Irby Hudson, Speaker of the House
Thomas Stocks, President of the Senate
John Forsyth, Governor
Approval Date: Assented to Dec. 21 1827

Contributed by Bob Ellis, Duluth Ga.