Record #:

22833

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

The public school system was first started in NC in 1817, but later went down. This brought on an onslaught of local academies. The NC School Law of 1839 brought about improvements by providing funds and setting up school boards in each county. Alfred Moye was an early superintendent for the Pitt County schools. Comparing today's figures to the early days, teachers would actually think their occupation is one of the best. In 1849, there were twenty-nine districts in the county with only nineteen teachers serving them. The annual payroll for the previous year and a half (half of 1847 and all of 1848) was $1,321.97. In the 1850s, there were thirty-nine districts and an increase in payroll to $4,111.55 by 1859. The column lists the few teachers who taught in Pitt County between 1846 and 1864.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Feb 19-Mar 3 1992, p12

Subject(s):

Teachers--Pitt County; Moye, Alfred, 1793-1864