Draft:Donaldson Academy

Donaldson Academy and Manual Labor School, Donaldson Military Academy

Donaldson Academy (1832 - ?) in Fayetteville, North Carolina was incorporated in 1833 by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly.

Elijah Frink Rockwell taught at the school.

History
The school was planned at Hay Mount, North Carolina near Fayetteville. Manual labor was dropped after its second year.

Simeon Colton served as its principal. He was tried for heresy by the Presbytery over his teachings about marrying the sisters wives who died. Students attended the trial. In 1837 the school submitted a memorial to the general assembly seeking funding. A committee unanimously rejected the request instead recommending a state higher education agency be established and funds distributed to institutions throughout the state.

Alumni

 * Charles Manly Stedman
 * James Cameron MacRad, judge, law professor, and author

Donaldson Military Academy

 * Clement Read Strudwick (1900 - 1958), artist
 * George McNeill Rose I, military officer and state legislator