Continuing to try to find out about history of the School for the Blind in Macon.... Found this in Legislative Documents -- but it doesn't give the location....so not sure if this first one (1852) may have been in Milledgeville. (Maybe someone will recognize these Trustees and where they lived. Full Title: An Act to incorporate and endow the Georgia Academy for the Blind 9. SECTION I. 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 Nathan C. Munroe, Absalom H. Chappell, John B. Lamar, Edwin B. Weed, James M. Green, Edwin Graves, and Robert A. Smith, Trustees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, and all who, according to the Constitution and Laws, are or shall become members thereof, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of "The Georgia Academy for the Blind," and by the same corporate name shall have perpetual succession, be capable to buy, hold, and sell real and personal estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to use a common seal, and to break or renew the same at pleasure.

The Blind School in Macon, Ga is still there and still used, lots of info in the Macon, Ga library, also you could probably get some from the school delilah evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Crilley" <varcsix@hot.rr.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:18 AM Subject: [GEORGIA] GA School for the Blind - Macon > Continuing to try to find out about history of the School for the Blind in > Macon.... > > Found this in Legislative Documents -- but it doesn't give the > location....so not sure if this first one (1852) may have been in > Milledgeville. (Maybe someone will recognize these Trustees and where they > lived. > > > Full Title: An Act to incorporate and endow the Georgia Academy for the Blind > > 9. SECTION I. 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 Nathan C. Munroe, Absalom H. Chappell, John > B. Lamar, Edwin B. Weed, James M. Green, Edwin Graves, and Robert A. Smith, > Trustees of the Georgia Academy for the Blind, and all who, according to > the Constitution and Laws, are or shall become members thereof, be and they > are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name and style of "The > Georgia Academy for the Blind," and by the same corporate name shall have > perpetual succession, be capable to buy, hold, and sell real and personal > estate, make contracts, sue and be sued, to use a common seal, and to break > or renew the same at pleasure. > > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >