Re: St. David's Academy - Robin K. Gillespie
Subject: Re: St. David's Academy
From: Robin K. Gillespie
Date: February 14, 2000

"......   St. Davids Society, which was established January 31,  1778 to
promote public education in St. David's Parish. The society  was founded
"purposely for the establishing and founding a Public  School in the
said Parish for educating youth of all Christian  denominations being
protestants in the Latin and Greek Languages,  writing, mathematics,
arithmetic, and other useful branches of  Literature...."
(Darlingtoniana: A History of Darlington County, Eliza  C. Ervin and
Horace F. Rudisill, eds.)

The only reference in the book Darlingtoniana  to Rev. Frame Woods is a
foot note : Col. Joseph Woods (1771-1845), son of the Baptist minister,
Rev. Frame Woods, was once District Sheriff:  Will Book 4, p. 35, Public
Records of Darlington County, SC

The History of the Old Cheraws by Alexander Gregg also has a few pages
on it.



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