Old Burwell School, Hillsboro
Burwell’s Female School 1837-1857
file contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Louise Overton
Mr and Mrs Burwell’s Female School, 1837-1857, Hillsborough, N.C.
Students and where they were from:
Fanny AMIS … Granville Co. NC
Ellen ANDERS… Bladen Co. NC
Anna E. ASHE… Wilmington, NC
Eliza ASHE.. Wadesborough, NC
Sally ATTMORE…. Newbern NC
Sally BARTON… Caswell Co NC
Elizabeth BERRY… Hillsborough, NC
Josephine BERRY… Hillsboro, NC
Rosanna BERRY… Hillsboro, NC
Bettie C. BROWN.. Salisbury, NC
Charlotte BROWN… Hillsborough, NC
Mary L. BUNTING.. Sampson Co. NC
Fannie BURWELL… Hillsborough, NC
Nannie BURWELL… Hillsborough, NC
Kate CHAPMAN… Newbern, NC
Mary CHAPMAN…. Newbern, NC
Lavinia E. COLE… Newbern, NC
Emily COOLEY… Hillsborough, NC
Mary C. COOLEY… Hillsboro, NC
Amelia FAISON… Sampson Co NC
Eliza FAUCETT… Alamance Co NC
Martha FAUCETTE… Orange Co NC
Mary FREELAND… Hillsborough, NC
Virginia FULLER… Hillsborough, NC
Victoria GARLAND..Caswell Co. NC
Fanny GILCHRIST… Fayetteville, NC
Susan GILCHRIST… Fayetteville, NC
Sarah GRICE… Sampson Co NC
Cassandra HARRISON.. Newbern, NC
Henrietta HOLDITCH… New York
Janet HOLLISTER… Newbern, NC
Bettie A. HOLMES… Fayetteville, NC
Annie HOLT… Alamance Co NC
Frances HOLT… Alamance Co NC
Margaret HOOKER…. Hillsborough, NC
Emily HOWERTON… Hillsborough, NC
Maria HOWERTON… Hillsborough, NC
Mary E. JEFFREYS… Caswell Co NC
Annie KIRKKLAND…. Hillsborough, NC
Annette LINDSEY… Greensboro, NC
Mary LINDSEY…. .Greensboro, NC
Helen LONG… Hillsborough, NC
Margaret LONG…. Hillsborough, NC
Lizzie LYNCH…. Hillsborough, NC
Catherine McDIARMED…. Cumberland Co NC
Flora McKAY…. Memphis, Tenn
Isabella McKAY…. Cumberland Co NC
Margaret McKETHAN… Cumberland Co NC
Margaret McLESTER…. Hillsborough, NC
Martha F. MEBANE… Orange Co NC
Jemima MIDDLETON…. Duplin Co NC
Maria MONTGOMERY…. Alamance Co NC
Mary MOORE… Hillsborough, NC
Rebecca MOORE… Chapel Hill, NC
Bettie MORRIS… Hillsborough, NC
Virginia MOSELY… Tallahassee, Fla
Kate MURCHINSON… Cumberland Co NC
Margaret MURCHISON….. Cumberland Co NC
Julia SPOON…. Sampson Co NC
Mary B. MURPHY ….. Sampson Co NC
Susan M. MURPHY… Sampson Co NC
Lizzie S. NASH…. Hillsborough, NC
Emma NEWKIRK…. N. Hanover Co NC
Margaret NORWOOD….Hillsborough, NC
Robina NORWOOD… Hillsborough, NC
Sally NUNN … Orange Co NC
Eliza PALMER… Hillsborough, NC
Jane PARKER …. Hillsborough, NC
Maria PARKS…. Hillsborough, NC
Annie PEARCE… Hillsborough, NC
Mary PEARCE … no residence given
Sarah C. RAY …. Fayetteville, NC
Susan ROBERTS… Orange Co NC
Emma SCALES… Rockingham Co NC
Frances A. SELLARS…. Sampson Co. NC
Margaret JOHNSON… Orange, NC
Fanny JONES… Hillsborough, NC
Frances JONES…. Wadesborough, NC
Lizzie A. JONES… Hillsborough, NC
Margaret SHEPPARD… Newbern, NC
Bettie SMITH… Cumberland Co. NC
Fanny SMITH… Caswell Co. NC
Isabella SMITH…. Cumberland Co. NC
Julia SMITH… Cumberland Co. NC
Mary SMITH…. Granville Co NC
Rosa B. SPOTSWOOD… Petersburg, Va
Eliza STEDMAN… Fayetteville, NC
Lizzie STEVENSON…. Newbern, NC
Ann THOMSON…. Hillsborough, NC
Narcissa UNTHANK… Greensboro, NC
Emily VANDERFORD…. Hillsborough, NC
Isabella VENABLE… Granville Co NC
Martha VENABLE…. Granville Co NC
Maria E. WADDELL…. Hillsborough, NC
Caroline WALTERS… Wilmington, NC
Anne H. WEBB…. Greensboro, Ala.
Caroline WEBB…. Orange Co. NC
Henrietta WEBB…. Orange Co. NC
Martha WEBB…. Granville Co. NC
Susan WEBB…. Orange Co NC
Bettie WHITTED… Orange Co NC
Kate WILLIAMS… Cumberland Co NC
Martha K. WILLIAMS…. Cumberland Co NC
Mary WILSON… Morganton, NC
Denah WITHERSPOON…. Camden, SC
23 Additional Names Of Burwell Students
(found in letters, albums, and assorted records)
Lavinia ALLSTON … no residence given
Jane Williamette BELL… Plymouth, NC
Emily Rowena BELL….. Plymouth, NC
Harriotte Middleton Gillespie COLE….. New Bern, NC
Martha Jane CRAIG…. New Hope, NC
Fannie EASLEY … no residence given
Harriet EASLEY….no residence given
Mary Bailey EASLEY… no residence given
Mittie EASLEY…. no residence given
(Hannah) HAWKS… New Bern, NC
Caroline HEARTT…. Hillsborough, NC
Henrietta HEARTT…. Hillsborough, NC
Harriet JOHNSTON …. no residence given
Mary Albertine JONES…. Hillsborough, NC
Sara KOLLOCK…. Hillsborough, NC
Frances Elizabeth LUNSFORD…. Roxboro, NC
Virginia LUNSFORD….. Roxboro, NC
Sally Allston MANGUM …. Orange Co NC
Annabelle NORWOOD…. Hillsborough, NC
Mary Anne PRIMROSE…. New Bern, NC
Fanny S—-(Smith?)…. no residence given
Sarah SMITH … no residence given
Mary WEBB….. Hillsborough, NC
This concludes the list of students enrolled at Burwell Female School,
Hillsborough, NC from the years of 1837-1857
Who the Burwell’s were…..
The Reverend Robert Armistead Burwell (1802-1895) and his wife, Margaret Anna Robertson (1810-1871) were both Virginians of distinguished ancestry from the Petersburg area (Orange, Chesterfield, and Dinwiddie counties).
Robert was the son of Col. Armistead Burwell (1777-1841) and Mary Cole Turnbull, and traced his descent back to Major Lewis Burwell 1 (1621-1658) who came to Virginia in 1640.
Margaret Anna, or Anna as she was always called, was the daughter of Ann Spotswood (1792-1869) who had married William Bruce Robertson, a Scots merchant. Ann Spotswood was a direct descendant of Gov. Alexander Spotswood, Kt. of Virginia (1676-1740) and Anne Butler Brayne of London.
The Burwell children:
(1) Mary Susan Burwell….b. 17 Dec 1832; d. Choctaw Co. Ala on 3 July 1859. Married Frederick Nash Strudwick 1 (1833-1890) in Hillsborough, NC on 27 June 1854.
(2) John Bott Burwell…b. 3 Oct 1834; d. 26 Jan 1904. Married (1) Rebecca Irene Spragins (17 Dec 1957) (2) Mrs Mary F. Foster (died 5 Jan 1879) Educator, Principal, Peace Institute, Raleigh, NC
(3)Ann Robertson Burwell…b. 31 Aug 1836; d —-, 1895. Married William H. Crow, Raleigh, NC (27 Sept. 1866)
(4) Frances Armistead Burwell…b. 17 May 1838; d. 27 April 1855. Died on board steamer “Jamestown” returning from N.Y. to Norfolk, VA. Buried in Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough, NC.
(5) Armistead Burwell….b. 22 Oct 1839; d, 13 May 1913. Married Ella M. Jenkins, Charlotte, NC. Known as Judge Burwell.
(6) Robert Turnbull Burwell…b. 30 Nov 1841; d Feb or March 1864 of disease contracted in Army Camp.
(7) William Robertson Burwell…b. 7 Nov 1843; d. unknown. Married his cousin, Jane Stewart McKenney. Est. wholesale drug firm in Charlotte, NC
(8) James Webb Burwell…b. 7 July 1845; killed in battle of Cedar Creek, 19 Oct 1864. Buried near spot where he fell. Reinterred in Charlotte, NC 1886
(9) Dandridge Spotswood Burwell…b. 18 June 1847; d.—–. Married Mary Louise Cooke 1883. Resided in Norfolk, Va.
(10) Edmund Strudwick Burwell… b. 6 May 1848; d. 30 March 1887. Married Martha Wilkerson 1879. Est. wholesale grocery firm in Charlotte, NC
(11) Virginia Isabella Burwell…b. 9 Sept 1851; d. 1 Nov 1867 at age 16 years. Buried in Charlotte, NC
(12) Richard Spotswood Burwell…b. 8 July 1853; d. 6 Nov 1944 in Davidson, NC. Married (1) Marah Julia Blair (22 Oct 1884) (2) Blanch A. Franklin (6 May 1897). Presbyterian Minister
My sources for this material came from the Hillsborough Historical Society, Inc. which did the research on this old school. Miss Alice Noble of Chapel Hill, NC owns the original student lists. A xerox copy hangs in the old Burwell School, which has been restored and is open for tours.
Rev. and Mrs Burwell left Hillsborough, NC in October of 1857 to organize the Charlotte Female Institute, which later became Queens College in Charlotte, NC.
After Mrs Burwell died on 21 June 1871 in Raleigh, NC at the home of a daughter, Mrs W.H. Crow (Nan). the Rev. Burwell with his son, John Bott Burwell took a new position as new principals of Peace Institute in Raleigh, NC (now Peace College). Rev. Burwell retired from teaching in 1875. He died at the home of his daughter, Mrs Crow, on 5 March 1895. Mr John Bott Burwell continued as the Principle of Peace until about 1890. He died on 26 January 1904
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22 PATRONS OF THE BURWELL SCHOOL are listed in the Catalogue. “We would respectfully refer to the following gentlemen who have patronized the School”
Hon. William A. GRAHAM…Hillsborough, NC
Hon. A. W. VENABLE….Granville, NC
Rev. E. MITCHELL, DD…..Chapel Hill, NC
Hon. F. NASH…Hillsborough, NC
Rev. A. GILCHRIST..Fayetteville, NC
Rev. D. STRATTON…Newbern, NC
Rev. James O. STEDMAN….Wilmington, NC
Rev. Colin SHAW…Bladen Co. NC
Rev. A. WILSON, DD….Alamance Co. NC
Rev. Neil McKAY….Cumberland Co. NC
Rev. E. McNAIR…Cumberland Co. NC
Rev. F. NASH….Robeson Co. NC
Rev. Wm. S. PLUMER, DD….Balitimore, Md
Patrick MURPHEY, Esq…..Sampson Co NC
Dr. Thomas BUNTING…Sampson Co NC
Henry ELLIOTT, Esq…..Cumberland Co. NC
Dr. John T. GARLAND…..Caswell Co NC
Dr. Robert SCALES….Rockingham Co NC
John C. WILLIAMS, Esq…. Cumberland Co NC
John W. NORWOOD…Hillsborough, NC
Daniel McDIARMID, Esq…. Cumberland Co NC
Dr. Daniel MONTGOMERY….Alamance Co NC
