Clinton College was a private college in New Middleton, Smith County, Tennessee. It was established in 1830 as Porter's Hill Academy.
History Clinton College was founded as a college for young men by Francis Haynes Gordon in 1830 as Porter's Hill Academy and assumed the final name in 1833.Tennessee colleges that have closed, merged, changed names. Compiled by Ray Brown, Westminster College. Retrieved: 19 January 2015.Goodspeed's History of Smith County, Tennessee , 1887. Transcribed for the web by Timothy R. Meador, Jr. Retrieved: 18 February 2013.Timeline of Smith County History. Retrieved via Web Archive: 18 February 2013. By February 1842 Clinton College had failed.James X. Corgan, "Francis Haynes Gordon," The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
Notable alumni Edmund Pettus Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr.
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