six miles square in the territory hereby ceded, where existing 

 claims will allow the same, which shall be appropriated for the 

 use of schools for the instruction of children forever.' This pro- 

 vision imposed a duty on the State, but failed to vest the title in 

 the subordinate civil division. Tennessee had no series of civil 

 divisions of six miles square corresponding to the township. In 

 the meantime much of the land had been taken up by valid 

 claims, and, with the rapid stream of immigration which poured 

 in, the squatter preceded the surveyor. Many acts were passed 

 by the Legislature to protect the school lands, but from the vague 

 nature of the grant, and possibly from the failure to appreciate its 

 value, the opportunity to utilize it was lost." 



Another provision of the same act appropriated 100,000 acres 

 for the benefit of two colleges and 100,000 acres for the benefit of 

 academies, one for each county, the land to be sold for not less 

 than $2.00 per acre and the proceeds to be invested in funds for 

 the purpose aforesaid. 



Consequently charters were granted, according to a list re- 

 cently compiled by Mr. J. G. Cisco, of Nashville, to the follow- 

 ing academies : 



Ilarpeth Academy, Williamson county; Robertson Acad- 

 emy,, Davidson county; Bradley Academy, Rutherford county; 

 Trans-Montania Academy, Sumner county; Campbell Academy, 

 Wilson county; Geneva Academy, Smith county; Montpelier 

 Academy, Jackson county; Liberty Academy, Robertson county; 

 Rural Academy, Dickson county; Tracy Academy, Dickson 

 county (spelled Dixon in the Act) ; Overton Academy, Overton 

 county ; Dover Academy, Stewart county ; DufBeld Academy, 

 Carter county; Martin Academy, (rechartered), Washington 

 county ; Jefferson Academy, Sullivan county ; Rhea Academy. 

 Greene county; McMinn Academy, Hawkins county; Madison 

 Academy, Grainger county; Speedwell Academy, Claiborne 

 county ; Maury Academy, Jefferson county ; Anderson Academy, 

 Cocke county; Nancy Academy, Sevier county; Hampden-Sid- 

 ney Academy, Knox county ; Union Academy, Knox county ; 

 Union Academy, Anderson county; Rittenhouse Academy, 

 Roane county ; Porter Academy, Blount county, Franklin Acad- 

 emy, Campbell county. 



Valadolid Academy was established in Davidson county 

 about the year 1800, but was not chartered until Oct. 18, 1805. 



Fisk's Female Academy, established Sept. 11, 1806, was the 

 first chartered school for young women west of the Alleghanies. 

 Jt was located at Hilham, in Overton county. 



Washington Academy was established at Dover, Stewart 

 county, in 1807. 



Woodward Academy, Maury county, was chartered in 1809. 



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