Record #:

10796

Author(s):

Jarett, Calvin

Abstract:

Charles Griffith, a clergyman and the first teacher in North Carolina, opened a school in Pasquotank County in 1705. His success with the town people was noted in a letter from missionary William Gordon to British officials in 1708. Griffith left the school in 1709 and later taught Indians along the Nottoway River in Virginia.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 24, May 1967, p10

Subject(s):

Griffith, Charles; Education--North Carolina