Posted on: Austin County, Tx Query Forum Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Austin?read=382 Surname: ------------------------- No, unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the old Sempronious Academy. I only have a few references to the school and the community. I have a very detailed state map put out by Texas A&M that shows "Sempronious Com.", and I have references in our Scales family Confederate service records to "Sempronia" and "the school at Sempronia". The Scales were in Austin / Washington / Waller County area from 1855 to the early 1900's. I have driven through the area within the past year, and all that remains in terms of structures are a few scattered farm houses and associated outbuildings, none of which I would associate with the older community that was once there. I do know that the Scales, Crumps, Alexanders, and others in the community were instrumental in fostering higher education, and that there were small "institutes" in Chappell Hill that were the fore-runners of Seoule University and subsequently Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas. I'm not sure what part the Sempronious Academy played in this, if any.