During the Kentucky General Assembly sessions of 1792 through 1816, land was set apart in various counties throughout the State for building seminaries and academies. Following is the list of the academies created. This is courtesy of Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 27, No. 3, 1992. The Kentucky statute book and page number is shown in brackets. GLASGOW ACADEMY. Barren County. Established by act approved 23 Dec 1809. Trustees: Henry Crutcher, Hardin Davis, Richard Garnett, John Gorin, William Logan, John McFerren, John Monroe, Samuel Murrell, Joel Yancey, John Yates and Robert E. Yates. [Vol 5, p. 325] GREENUP ACADEMY: Greenup County. Established 23 January 1810. Trustees: Jesse Boone, William Dupey, William Fugued, John Pogue, Francis Waring, Sr. [Vol. 4, p. 127] GREENVILLE ACADEMY. Muhlenberg County. Established 18 January 1810. Trustees: David Campbell, William Campbell, Jeremiah Langby, Alney McClean, Jesse Reno, Clairborne Rice, John C. Russell, James Weare, Charles F. Wing. [Vol. 4, p. 113] HARDIN ACADEMY. Hardin County. Estabished 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: Bladen Ashby, Patrict Brown, John Canihaw, Sr., Benjamin Helm, Thomas Helm, Robert Hodgins, Jacob Larue, John Paul, Stephen Roling, John Vantreese. [Vol. 2, p. 242] HARRISON ACADEMY: Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: William E. Boswell, Henry Coleman, Samuel Cook, Benjamin Harrison, Robert Hingson, Samuel Lamb, Samuel McMullin, Hugh Miller, Sr., John Wall. [Vol. 2, p. 241] HARRODSBURG ACADEMY: Harrodsburg, KY. Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: John Adair, Peter Bonta, George Bohannon, Matthias Bush, Philip Bush, Peter Casey, Samuel P. Duval, Augustine Passmore, Gabriel Slaughter, Samuel Taylor, John Thomas, George Thompson. [Vol. 2., p. 240] HARTFORD ACADEMY: Hartford, KY. Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: Alexander Barnet, Stephen Clever, Jesse Cravens, Joshua Crow, Aquilla Fields, Benjamin Fields, David Glenn, Ignatius Pigman, William Bailey Smith, Harrison Taylor. [Vol. 2, p. 242] HENDERSON ACADEMY. Henderson, Henderson, KY. Established 31 Dec 1813. Trustees: William R. Bowen ,Joseph Fuquay, Richard Henderson, James Hillyer, Wyatt H. Ingram, Daniel McBride, Adam Rankin. [Vol 5, p. 72] HENRY ACADEMY. Henry County. Established 1 Feb 1814. Trustees: James Bartlett, Joseph Bunker, Isham Henderson, Rowland Thomas, Robert Thurston. [Vol. 5, p. 134] JEFFERSON SEMINARY. Estill County. Established 10 Feb 1798. Trustees: Richard Clough Anderson, Alexander S. Bullitt, Henry Churchill, William Croghan, James Meriwether, William Taylor, John Thompson, John Turston. [Vol. 2, p. 108]. Additional trustees appointed 4 Dec 1800: Robert Breckenridge, Fornatus Cosby, Abner Field, Abraham Hite, Gabriel J. Johnson, James F. Moore, Samuel Oldham, John Speed. Approved 18 Dec 1800: Richard C. Anderson, Thomas Barbour, John Bates, Robert Breckenridge, Alexander S. Bullitt, Henry Churchill, Abner Fields, Abraham Hite, Gabriel J. Johnson, Samuel Oldham, Jonathan Taylor, David L. Ward. [Vol. 3, p. 207]. Name changed to Estill Seminary. [Vol 5., p. 509] KENTUCKY ACADEMY. Established 12 Dec 1794. Trustees: Cary Allen, James Blythe, John Caldwell, James Camper, Notly Conn, James Crawford, Robert Finley, Jacob Froman, William Henry, Robert Marshall, Andrew McCalla, John Miller, David Rice, Samuel Shannon, Terah Templin, James Thompson, Caleb Wallace, William Warren. [Vol. 1, p. 228]. See TRANSYLVANIA SEMINARY. KENTUCKY SEMINARY. Franklin County. Established 17 Dec 1800. Trustees: Otho Beatty, James Blair, Anthony Crockett, Joseph H. Daviess, Baker Ewing, Isaac E. Gano, William Hunter, John Logan, George Madison, William P. Murry, Bennett Pemberton, John M. Scott, Isham Talbot, Thomas Todd, William Trigg, Thomas Tunstall, Daniel Weisiger. [Vol. 2, p. 388]. Approved 6 Jan 1812: James Blair, John Brown, Christopher Greenup, William Hunter, Achilles Sneed, William Trigg, Daniel Weisiger. [Vol. 4, p. 319] LANCASTER ACADEMY: Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: William Bledsoe, John Boyle, Jr., John Bryant, William Campbell, Samuel Gill, John Harrison, John Jones, Benjamin Letcher, Henry Pawling, Benjamin Perkins, James Thompson. [Vol. 2, p. 242.] LEBANON ACADEMY. Christian County. Established 17 Dec 1810. Trustees: David Barty, Daniel Benham, Robert Coleman, Fines [Finis] Ewing, Young Ewing, Ephraim McClean, Samuel Moore. [Vol. 4. p. 193]. Additional trustees approved 29 Jan 1816. James Berry, John Davis, Elijah Garth, Lewis Leavel, Abraham McKinney. [Vol. 5, pp. 323-24.] LEWIS ACADEMY: Lewis County. Established 31 Jan 1809. Trustees. James Barclay, Winslow Parker, John Radford, Robert Robb, Aaron Stratton, Rowland Thomas, William Walker. [Vol. 4, p. 17.] LEXINGTON SEMINARY. Established 10 Feb 1798. Trustees: Peter January, Sr., David Logan, David McGee, Adam Rankin, William Robinson, James Scott, Richard Steele. [Vol. 2, p. 108]. LIBERTY ACADEMY. Casey County. Established 18 Jan 1810. Trustees: John Campbell, John Depau, Archibald Northcut, Moses Rice, William Scott, James Swegit, Job Sweeney. [Vol. 4, p. 114] LOGAN ACADEMY. Established 18 Dec 1804. Trustees: Samuel Caldwell, William S. Dallum, Feazin Davidge, Ninian Edwards, Reubin Ewing, Robert Ewing, Walter Jones, James M'Mahan, John Porter, William Reading, Maxwell Sharp, Moses Steele, William Wallace. [Vol. 3, p. 206] Trustees in stead of 21 Dec 1805: William S. Dallum, Rezin Davidge, Moses Steele. Also Amos Edards, Armstead Morehead, William W. Whitaker. [Vol. 3, p. 277] [See NEWTON ACADEMY] MADISON ACADEMY: Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: James Barnet, Robert Caldwell, Green Clay, Hickerson Grubbs, Matthew Huston, Christopher Irwin, Joseph Kennedy, John Millar, John Patrick, Robert Rhodes, James Speed, Archibald Woods. [Vol. 3, p. 278] Approved 1 Feb 1814. Trustees: Curtis Fields, John Patrick, Moses M. Price, Anthony W. Rollins, Archibald Woods. [Vol. 5, p. 133]. MANCHESTER ACADEMY: Established 31Jan 1809. Trustees: Abner Baker, Beverly Broadis, Daniel Garrard, John Hebberd, James Todd. [Vol. 4, p. 18.] MONTGOMERY ACADEMY: Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: Abijah Brooks, Bennett Clark, Joseph Hume, James McIllany, Jilson Payne, William Payne, James Pogue, Enoch Smith, William Robinson, James Ward. [Vol. 2, p. 241]. Approved 21 Jan 1808, additional trustees: Moses Bledsoe, James Crawford, James French, Joseph How, John Young. NEW ATHENS ACADEMY. Greensburg, Green, KY. Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: Elias Barbee, William Buckneer, William Casey, Jonathan Conrad, Robert Haskins, John Montgomery, Nathan Montgomery, Jonathan Patterson, John W. Sample, David Sims, Daniel Trabue, James Young. [Vol. 2, p. 242]. Approved 24 Dec 1805: James Allen, Robert Allen, William Barret, Samuel Brents, Daniel Brown, John Moore, Rev. David Rice, James H. Rice, Thomas K. Slaughter, A. M. Wakefield, Daniel White. [Vol. 3, p. 302. NEWPORT ACADEMY: Established 22 Dec 1798. Trustees: Washington Berry, Thomas Carneel, John Crittenden, John Grant, Thomas Kennedy, William Kennedy, Daniel Mayo, Charles Morgan, Thomas Sandford, Richard Southgate, Robert Stubbs, James Taylor. [Vol. 2, p. 240. To be continued. (c) Copyright 24 Aug 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios SCKY ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Surname Registry: http://sckyregistry.homestead.com/SCKYHome.html Merged Surname Registry all counties in South Central KY: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/files/surnames/surnames.txt