This article was previously posted in our newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, Vol 6.4, Summer 2023  under the title  A Useful Find: NC Schools & Academies, 1790-1840.  I often discover interesting records by accident as I am researching other things. I found a lot that I was not looking for as I researched things for the Wake Cemetery Survey. This record is one you will find interesting if you have early NC ancestors. - CD  You will find a digitized copy of North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, A Documentary History at NCDigital for your research and browsing pleasure. Created by Charles Lee Coon and published in 1915, “ North Carolina Schools. ..” is a collection of education related postings that appeared in the weekly Raleigh Register during the 1790-1840 time frame. The book is an attempt to portray education as it existed in North Carolina during the fifty years immediately succeeding 1790.  While the volume covers all NC counties of that time...