|
Year County Established |
County Webpage Herein |
County Seat Webpage Herein |
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1668 |
Currituck
County |
Currituck |
| In 1789, the North Carolina General Assembly
passed an Act - Chapter
XVIII - naming the trustees of the Currituck Seminary of
Learning for "establishing and endowing the said seminary
of learning in the county of Currituck, building or purchasing
suitable and convenient houses, purchasing a library and philosophical
apparatus, and supporting and paying the salaries of the Provost
and such number of professors and tutors as to them shall seem
necessary." The trustees were also authorized to appoint a
President, Treasurer and Secretary for the seminary. |
| On December 21, 1810, the North Carolina General
Assembly passed an Act
to revive and amend the above-referenced Act that established
the Currituck Academy. Eleven (11) new trustees were named in
the Act. |
| On December 22, 1835, the North Carolina General
Assembly passed an Act
to establish Pleasant Grove Academy in Currituck County. Four
(4) trustees were named in the Act. |
In the Biennial Report of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction for the scholastic years of 1889 and 1890,
it was reported that there were four (4) private schools for
white children in Currituck County:
|
Private School |
Town/Village |
Principal |
No. of Students |
|
Shawboro High School |
Shawboro |
Miss C.K. Poindexter |
24 |
|
Courth House Private School |
Currituck |
Miss Edmonia Boothe |
23 |
|
Hall's School |
Coinjock |
Miss E.V. Sydnor |
12 |
|
Bray's School |
Tulls |
Miss Grace Coggin |
9 |
|
In the Biennial Report of the Superintendent
of Public Instruction for the scholastic years of 1899 and 1900,
it was reported that there were two private schools in Currituck
County:
|
Private School |
Town/Village |
Principal |
No. of Students |
|
Private School |
Coinjock |
Miss Minniel Hall |
12 |
|
Private School |
Coinjock |
Miss Lula Owens |
8 |
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