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Notebook from the Crossroads School established in ca. 1833-34 by neighbors, James Hutchison – Teach.
    List of pupils in 1833 - see list in text, this page.
  • List of pupils in 1833 - see list in text, this page.
    • Click on image to pan and zoom. Samuel Schooley's names and others listed on the pages of this notebook.
  • Samuel Schooley's names and others listed on the pages of this notebook.
    • Click on image to pan and zoom. Agreement signed Jan. 17, 1833 between James Hutchison and the subscribers to the Cross Roads school. The document describes the courses and schedule. No subscribers names provided. Hutchison Group 2021
  • Agreement signed Jan. 17, 1833 between James Hutchison and the subscribers to the Cross Roads school. The document describes the courses and schedule. No subscribers names provided. Hutchison Group 2021
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Cross Roads Antebellum School – James Hutchison, Teacher

City Directories and History: The records of the Hutchison Group 2021, show several original papers and a notebook related to the formation of the Crossroads School near Nations Ford.  These papers include a list of students: Ellis, Clawson, T. Hamilton, Schooley, W. Sturgis, B. Sturgis, Mrs. Hart, W. Camp, E. Harmon, and E. Biggar. Another separate document records that in 1833, James Hutchison is being hired to serve for one year as the teacher at the Crossroads School.

R&R Note:  It is noteworthy this school location and building, was “perhaps” used as the location for the signing of the Catawba Treaty at the Crossroads…..

Document Notes: Notebook of James Hutchison for a school which commenced in September 1833.  He is listed as a teacher in the Lower Academy.  Includes a page with student names as follows: Ellis, Clawson, I. Hamilton, Schooley, W. Sturgis, Mrs. Hart, W. Camp, E. Ham(?), and E. Bigger.  In the back is a page of expenses for 1846, including T. S. Moore & Sons, F. W. and A. B. Simril, and Wood & Beatty.  On inside back cover are signatures of Samuel Schooley and Samuel Barron.

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