The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-24
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TIE FIRST COLLEGE ~ NORTH
CARULlNA.

n no @til nc tntefesiei IN them. some
f.els srsprriing The early efforts Of Inc
81 gems Of The uppsr part az Nalh Caro-.
Iins Coz The edurssiSa ~ their ,oU,h.
Tie fifsl C.sll-ge az Iusiiiui N Ina, az
fevd enpplrie r.l.eee coarse ~ inslruc
naa. vas esistlisllrd slchalIaile. : snail
~ &c. tie county seat 81 MerkIsnburr
raaaIy. and sen. mo operation shaul lie
ysa I765, under The name 81 Queens
fsiegS. Ilwss isuadr.i b, lhr l.he..lhy
al vITaFts 81 The e, lsm. ms ~ .l,sI I. ri.r
r..unlrs. OF betaesn the YaIk;n and
Caissba nssr-, consulting slmass sx
eIusi.ely IL Scotch Insh Pseshylsrian.,
far The purpose ..f uaini,g their youth %
sssiulness and Cor rfps iualnR among
then descendants religion. n,ossIll,, ami
sound knpsirdgr IN ten seelud,d ben,.
age in lhr uids r.ess.
Isaac AlrSandrr. M. d.. &c the nnmsr.
ons family 81 Alexander. &c which, 10.
gelher wnh That 81 llsuls. II . said that
about The nmr .f the Revelation, they
consntui-.i y leass qnrr CO u shs county.
wss the hist Pr dent.
The father 81 The first President. Absa.
h,m Alexander. E,q.. l"r hong time the
presiding magistrate IL the cnuaiy. Was
chrirnsn II ibe eoawniian that met IN
chalstic. ani sit.r = npir ~ days de-
iibsisisa. is.ue me f.maas Aifrklsaburg
Declaration Of f,ldpen ieace. div s0fh.
l775. and sen, Il 10 Z ,ngrrss ~ Viz.
Junes jock, marr Than year bsfure The
National Dsrlar ,livn was made.
Atier this declaration &c independence.
the name Of The ins,ilution wss rhsnse5
iron Queens college 10 Liberty HaH.
When the lB,i ish frees advanced freal
Ssulh Carolina. N The uar sh.l lollsa ed
,l,e decIars ION % Independence. the cal
lege essrrises were suspended. the .tu
drnss scattered. aud tie bsild,ng orcupicd
by ihe inssd,rs'ss . haspi,si. TIE M
IN feas grsses in the rear of he College,
te.lsic 4. sIlsr the departure II he fare, s.
hos great had been titif Ias-. " csts.
Iry which. from the hair4sring of their
Isfse,ag psf,irs. and the difficulty 81 Oh
iaiaiag supplies. sven bv an armed iotse.
they named The formers Nesi.
Rev. Alexander McWho,ter, OF New
Jersey. WIS the lat President. By The
d,rrc,,nn u The Ssnod ~ New York and
phllsdrlphls. "a the year 1904. he had
...t.d that regi.n II c.uniry Is mis-
summary, Ia sdtnIni.ier the ordinances and
assist % ofg,ni z,ag congregations. and
adjusting The boundaries ~ th.se air, ady
turned. anil The nilaining OF al 'ers: aud
~s.'o acceptable 10 the congregations
that next year call, were made out from
ilapewell. Centre, Thya ira. tCa,b, s
seulemeni) sni Fourth creek, for him 10
become pastor. These aere declined;
but he slletwarl. b. came =, e.ldsnt af tie
College. Upon the breaking Up ol The
inslilu. ion BY the invasion uf CarolIna, lie
returned TO New jersey. shere he pa.s.d
the remainder Of long and useful life.
NJ The instruction gwen BY the President
hnd ,wo Professors embraced complete
literary cuurse. and ss much oi Tie nlatle-
malIcs sad natural philosophy. as vas
customary in any college 10 America.
There we're nrserany PEI maneni funds.
ku the College sassust,Intd by The ,pI.
ton lees and The dunaunns u Judi, idnals
The youth educated 10 that institution
have all slep, with their fathers, aud M
list OF their nsa,es remains. One OF the
degrees conferred is It'll ~ existence. in
the possession Of Mr.. J. 10. Graham, OF
Lincoln county.
A lev names al graduates are presented
in the memoirs uf the aged; as Cnl. Polk,
an officer in the Revolution. aud father oi
Bishop Polk. VI the Episcopal Church;
jain Graham, NJ d.. Francs Cum
mings. d. D., who l,hnrrd IN Georgia.
aud Thoma. Henderson. VI d.. Of Char.
loue. The three las, named. for the pur-
pose Of economy. KEEP, bachelors hall in
q small building erected for the purpose;
while the o,her students zero scconmo-
dated at The etc warts hall.
Thomas Henderson. NJ. D.. afier the
Revolution. occupied the college build
ingf High School. which he carried
on with great repual,on f"r many years.
OF the lew survivors az the pupils Of
this school, the venerable man from
whom these f,cis we're obtained, john
Robins ~. ID. ID long pastor Of Poplar
Tent. is one. Tue late DIR. Wilson, of
Rocky River. one of whose suns Is now
missionary in Area. and Mr.. james
Wallace. lung paslH Of Prov idencc. were
smang his'pupils.
No vesnse ofihs college buildings now
remains; the site il occupied BY the dwell.
ing af Mr.. Julius Alexander.
White Mr.. Ilsnders us High School
continued. il is MT known that efnts
ere made Tor College; thuse not salts
fiYd wilhI,,e amount nf abstraction obtain
ed At his school, went 10 Nassau llall M
New Jersey.
Af,er The time or Ilend rson, vsrmus
Efforts were made tn erect college for
that region nf country; a,d :, nnr ,lme =
rraris e vas obiainei from The Legislature
But nothing Efficient or permanent was