Hello All, One must remember the contributions which many church denominations provided in the teaching of reading in their Sunday schools, Reading the Bible was one of the prime sources of instruction for both male and females. Bebe and John Fox Researching Virginia and North Carolina Families -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 1:00 AM Subject: NCBERTIE Digest, Vol 1, Issue 54 Today's Topics: 1. Re: (no subject) ([email protected]) 2. Re: (no subject) ([email protected]) 3. Re: (no subject) (Paul Drake) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:55:50 EST From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] (no subject) To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Just remember..... Only the sons and young men went to these schools. The daughters were tutored at home by a governess. Women had no rights in those days. Here in N. C. there were a few boarding schools for wealthy girls scattered around. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:35:25 EST From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] (no subject) To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Reference: C. L. Coon_North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History_ pages175-177 Vine Hill Academy was a day school in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina. The University of NC has the school's papers ( Minutes of the board of trustees ) from 1812 to 1893. Mark James my mentor found the following history of Edgecombe County, Describing some school's in the near by Counties. " Vine Hill Academy in Halifax County offered courses in science, languages, preparatory for college entrance. In 1811, Daniel Adams of Connecticut was secured as principal, and Mr. Hawkins had charge of the English department. $50.00 was for board $12.00 tuition for reading, writing, arithmetic. $ 15.00 for grammar. $ 25.00 for geography and language. Vine Hill Academy Prospered until 1837 and had a male and female department. Vine Hill Academy existed until a time when my gg-grandmother, Mary Jane Hancock b. 1839 Aug.10 d. 12 May,1910, attended this Academy. In my possession is her Sampler from Vine Hill Academy date Aug. 28, 1850. This is some proof that at some time some women attended school's Amelia Tynes-Floyd Hall ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:04:46 -0600 From: "Paul Drake" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] (no subject) To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Very interesting; thanks much. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] (no subject) Reference: C. L. Coon_North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840: A Documentary History_ pages175-177 Vine Hill Academy was a day school in Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North Carolina. The University of NC has the school's papers ( Minutes of the board of trustees ) from 1812 to 1893. Mark James my mentor found the following history of Edgecombe County, Describing some school's in the near by Counties. " Vine Hill Academy in Halifax County offered courses in science, languages, preparatory for college entrance. In 1811, Daniel Adams of Connecticut was secured as principal, and Mr. Hawkins had charge of the English department. $50.00 was for board $12.00 tuition for reading, writing, arithmetic. $ 15.00 for grammar. $ 25.00 for geography and language. Vine Hill Academy Prospered until 1837 and had a male and female department. Vine Hill Academy existed until a time when my gg-grandmother, Mary Jane Hancock b. 1839 Aug.10 d. 12 May,1910, attended this Academy. In my possession is her Sampler from Vine Hill Academy date Aug. 28, 1850. This is some proof that at some time some women attended school's Amelia Tynes-Floyd Hall ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ To contact the NCBERTIE list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the NCBERTIE mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of NCBERTIE Digest, Vol 1, Issue 54 *************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.