Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1857-03-24
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No. e--eThe AcademY and its ronnae..

AU'Ofs q t7e SP'TIt Of JeGerSbn:
AS expect very soon, to bring these Noes Il, n
c'ose II may be we'll TO reilesatc few observations
mace either substantially or byimplication already
in oroer that those who may not have seen nv pre
S'ouS Notes. may understand the objects Gaining
az 'ne general good--both of rich and poorl-,bst
t"pet me- from the time first took up my pen.
''le Snow-slorn1 to c1ndense these reminis-
cences-my aim has been to set the pc ple of 1affsr
Son county to inquiring-
Whether the District School System of Ieefarsor
eoanty be, or be not, worthy of all that II cos,s
ana tenfo'd more than it has vet cost provided :,
eFentoate' even half century hence in carrv;,g
'"e 'acihIes OF thorough education, in LANGUAGE
anu SCIENCE to the doors of the most ili,erste and
vicious ofour population
Whether it would be, or would not he of INV IN.
rest TO each of the 81 School Districts to keen nm
"'nih It's limits or convenient tiereo thoronphiv
educated teacher able to teach pupils at lea the
elements OF Latin, Greek, Metaphysics and Natural
Science. In other words
"nether the time has arrived, or has not when
the Commissioners might safely recommend to the
people resident in the tour great centres of
our population, to-wit: Sheprerdstown CharIestovn
Harpers- Ferry and SmthGeld, the erection. at once
OF four High Schools-oue in etch of those fur
paces-at the expense OF the county-with a sniff
Gent number of teachers teach the higher branch
es both useful and ornamental to both DOOR and
rich on equal terms.
hefhcr the poor chill ren, both in town and
co"ntry' ought or ought not to be sought out, and
placed IN school, in a quiet manner, so as not to
wound those delicate seusibilitics which belong to
genins, and sometimes most delicate when crushed
down by penury.
Whether such, even if discovered on the slopes Of
the Blue Ridge, in rags and filth. might or mi,,h,
not be so generously provided for as TO secure IN
them opportunity for progressing as far up the "Hl
OF Science" as :hey would be willing to go. And
finally
whether 1t was, or was not, prom incnt design
win the torefathers of this community, in 1885 to
found an Academy where ample provision sbon1d
by made for the gratuitous education of the children
of the poor.
As TO Tie last point, 1 have already replied bv
quoting, i'll former notc the very first section of
the rNIes aud regulations, adopted first but il is
worthy OF being repeated, and is as follows: "H
ShGhL6e kept in riec future~object of the j<,L
t'O", TO be carried lntO effect uchen The funds shah ~
t0O Of ii TO admit conrenient number of nouhs to
be taught gratis"
proceed now with the sketches; and will hasten
to the end of the list.
XV-Jamcs Bite-Tbis gentleman ,res tho f,,Lo.
of Col. Thomas Hite aud resided on the same state
on which the latter now lives He in active SER
vice in the of 1912, as an officer of our militia
and was in command of the Jefferson Regiment (be
55Lh " NJ for many years afterwards
: XVl-Chris. ColIins-Faher of Capt Thomas
HammOnd;S SECOND " fe, and grand father OF Mrs
Dr. Burnett He was Baptist Mi lister: and had
a,school OF hish lepute, about % miles north OF
CharlestOwn.
XVII-Matthew Framc.-Long known here as
prosperous merchnut, and previously engaged in
merchandising at Eeelel' Mill where n yerv active
business was done more than hree-tourtls ofa cen
fIIFC m E,oI
married here. and reared family. His only SON
John James Fralue-was thrown from a gi9 ard
killed, in 1884 The daughters married Fayette
Washington Dr.. S. G. Snyder and -- Beall--
Mr. Frame lived to good old age-and died but a
few Years ago. Tie mansion, SO long occupied bv
Mr.. r. is no" the property and residence of james
XVlII-Magnus Ta:e.-Of this gentleman. all
know s, that be lived in Martnsburg-was br III !
er OF "m Tate, whose widow (AbigaI North Tate)
lives now at Belvidere, CEarIcstown aud that
among the sisters of these two gentlemeu were Mrs
Daugherty, wife of the late Cap: Patrick Daugher-
", aud another lady long since deceased Mrs Muse
tn" mother of Mis-. lIierome L.. Opie senior and oi
Mr.. DR.. John H. Lewis, and OF Mrs. VIM. C. Wal
ton. -,
[ERRATUM-I have been recrntlr informed, by
Mis-. Anna kcarsley that it was more probably the
father OF both " illiam and Magnus. land grand
father of the present DIR. John George Tate1
whose name appears on this ancient list The house
where he lived WAS father towards the Spring on
that beau itu slope where Bevidere was afterwards
built by his son William. Bevidere, by the way,
is supposed by many TO be one of the most beauti.
iul situations within the limits of this beautiful
county ; and to this opinion, see cause 10, OBJ
ject
XiX-Edward Gantt-Nothing known of this
gentleman except that he lived on Bul.skin near
McCurdys Mill.
XX.-John ST. Clar.-No'hing known of this
name but 1t is supposed to be the written
Sinclair. Wm Z. Sinclair, of Bullskn-related to
DR.. R. S. Blackburn-is supposed to have been a
relative of his
XXI.-Jarlcs Hammond.-XXGI-Jos Dean,-
Nothing known OF thEse gentlemen.
XXIII-ThOmas Rutherford jr.-This gentleman
married Mary Darke, daughter OF The celebrated
General who will come under review at No. xxx,
of this table. "A daughter of this marriage now re-
sides at her family mansion, Piedmont. Mrs. Sarah
BriscOe, widow of the late DIR. John Brscoe The
widow OF Mr.. Rutherford afterwards married Capt.
Manning, the father of Nathaniel W Manning, Jacob
Manning, Monroe Manning, and futher-in-Iaw of DR..
Waugh.
XXIY.-Jchn Bate-Nothing known of this
name. Small,y Bates, of Louis: lille, and the late
Bate Wager, Gerard Bond Wager, and mother-in-
law of Noah H. Swayne, of Columbus, Ohio were
probab relatives Of his.
XXV.-Andrew laws Lived on BulIskin, near
VIM. Lees estate Nothing further known of
him:
XXVI.-William Cherry--Ihis gentleman, known
as Capt. Cherry, was an Englishman.~ He kept
tavern il the Oldest house of Charlestown-which
house is still standing, in lot adjoining Mr.. Ttos
Rawns' reside ce and is his property. The dag
is owning to the fact. that the publi road, 'JTom
Winchester GOrn belO1D, passed. in colo nial times
along there, before the town was laid Out-and the
house being erected parallel to The highway, conld
not possibly accommodate itself to the new fan
gled lanes, streets and alleys, of Capt Chas Wash
ington's town-speruatj Venerable house Let
every son of CharlestOwn hold thee up, shouldst
thou ever begin to ,totter down