Donaldson Academy (1832 - ?) in Fayetteville, North Carolina was incorporated in 1833 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly.An Act to Incorporate the Donaldson Academy, and Manual Labor School in the Town of Fayetteville, 1832-1833 - Chapter XL, Acts Passed by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina 1832-1833, pages 42-4.
Elijah Frink Rockwell taught at the school.
History The school was planned at Hay Mount, North Carolina near Fayetteville. Manual labor was dropped after its second year.
Simeon Colton served as its principal. 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.
Alumni Charles Manly Stedman James Cameron MacRad, judge, law professor, and author
Donaldson Military Academy Clement Read Strudwick (1900–1958), artist
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