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The Book of Burwell Students
Read about the lives of the students who attended the Burwell School
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 The Book of Burwell Students offers a rare glimpse into the world of
women's education in the antebellum South.
From 1837 to 1857, Anna and Robert Burwell ran the Burwell Female School in Hillsborough, North Carolina,
educating more than two hundred young women. The Book of Burwell Students illuminates a time and place, now
preserved as the Burwell School Historic Site. The late historian and genealogist, Mary Claire Engstrom, wrote informative
biographical sketches of many Burwell students, offering insight into life in antebellum Hillsborough, inside
and outside of school, and the seminal role of Anna Burwell in shaping the students' lives.
The revised roster of 201 names of authenticated Burwell School students listed alphabetically below includes
the 107 names published by the Burwells in their 1848 catalogue, plus 94 additional names discovered in Mrs. M.A.
Burwell's letters, her diaries, various student letters, autograph albums, and keepsake books, acquired from the
descendants of students. It is certain that the roster given here is by no means complete. The present list records
all students authenticated through genealogical research as of May 1983. The roster form used below lists students
alphabetically; otherwise the form used in the Burwells' catalogue has been followed:
Alston, Anna - Chatham County, North Carolina
Alston, Eugenia - Chatham County, North Carolina
Alston, Lavinia M. - Chatham County, North Carolina
Alston, Sally - Chatham County, North Carolina
Amis, Fannie J. - Granville County, North Carolina
Amis, Rosa - Granville County, North Carolina
Anders, Ellen - Bladen County, North Carolina
Ashe, Ann Eliza - Wilmington, North Carolina
Ashe, Annie - Waynesborough, Virginia
Ashe, Annie R. - Wadesborough, North Carolina
Ashe, Eliza - Wadesborough, North Carolina
Ashe, Maria - Waynesborough, Virginia
Attmore, Sally - New Bern, North Carolina
Barton, Sally - Caswell County, North Carolina
Bell, Emily Rowena - Plymouth, North Carolina
Bell, Jane Williamette - Plymouth, North Carolina
Benners, Julia - Waynesville, North Carolina
Berry, Elizabeth Ann - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Berry, Josephine - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Berry, Rosanna - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Bridges, Sally - Richmond, Virginia
Bridges, Virginia (Jenny) - Richmond, Virginia
Brook(e)s, Harriet - Halifax, Virginia
Brookes, Sallie - Halifax, Virginia
Brown, Bettie C. - Salisbury, North Carolina
Brown, Charlotte Ann - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Brown, Laura H. - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Bunting, Mary L. - Sampson County, North Carolina
Bunting, Sally - Sampson County, North Carolina
Burwell, Fanny - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Burwell, Mary - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Burwell, Nannie - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Cameron, Annie Ruffin - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Carrington, Betty - Halifax, Virginia
Chapman, Kate - New Bern, North Carolina
Chapman, Mary Snead - New Bern, North Carolina
Coit, Elizabeth - Cheraw, South Carolina
Coit, Martha - Cheraw, South Carolina
Cole, Harriotte Middleton Gillespie - New Bern, North Carolina
Cole, Lavinia Ellis - New Bern, North Carolina
Cooley, Emily Eliza - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Cooley, Mary Cain - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Cowan, Caroline E. - New Bern, North Carolina
Craig, Martha Jane - Orange County, North Carolina
Davis, Anna - Pittsborough, North Carolina
Davis, __ - New Hanover County, North Carolina
Davis, __ - New Hanover County, North Carolina
Douglas, Margaret - Orange County, North Carolina
Easley, Mary Bailey - Cluster Springs, Virginia
Faison, Amelia - Sampson County, North Carolina
Faison, Sallie E. - Sampson County, North Carolina
Faucette, Eliza Jane - Alamance County, North Carolina
Faucette, Martha - Orange County, North Carolina
Faucette, Sally - Orange County, North Carolina
Freeland, Mary - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Fuller, Virginia Ann - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Garland, Victoria - Caswell County, North Carolina
Garrett, Bettie - Chatham County, North Carolina
Garrett, Mary L. - Chatham County, North Carolina
Gilchrist, Fannie - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Gilchrist, Lucy - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Gilchrist, Susan - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Glass, Lizzie - Graham, North Carolina
Grice, Sarah - Sampson County, North Carolina
Hall, S. - New Bern, North Carolina
Hammond, Ella - Waynesborough, Virginia
Harrison, Cassandra - New Bern, North Carolina
Hawks, (Hannah?) - Washington, North Carolina
Holditch, Henrietta - New York, New York
Hollister, Janet - New Bern, North Carolina
Holmes, Bettie A. - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Holt, Annie - Alamance County, North Carolina
Holt, Frances - Alamance County, North Carolina
Hooker, Margaret Parthenia Evelyn - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Horner, (C.?) - Granville County, North Carolina
Howerton, Emily - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Howerton, Maria Louise - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jeffreys, Mary E. - Caswell County, North Carolina
Johnson, Margaret - Orange County, North Carolina
Johnston, Harriet - _____
Jones, Eliza Adam (Lizzie A.) - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jones, Fanny Iredell - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jones, Frances - Wadesborough, North Carolina
Jones, Mary Albertine - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jones, Mary Cameron - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jones, Mary Rebecca - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jones, Sally Rebecca - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Jordan, Ann (Nan) - Orange County, North Carolina
Jordan, Elizabeth (Bet) - Orange County, North Carolina
Kirkland, Annie Ruffin - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Kirkland, Susan Mary - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Kollock, Sara(h) Jane - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Lindsay, Annette Eliza - Greensboro, North Carolina
Lindsay, Mary Virginia - Greensboro, North Carolina
Long, Helen Caldwell - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Long, Margaret Taylor - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Lunsford, Frances Elizabeth - Roxboro, North Carolina
Lunsford, Virginia - Roxboro, North Carolina
Lynch, Elizabeth Palmer - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Lynch, Mary Jane - Hillsborough, North Carolina
McAuley, Caroline - _____
McDiarmid, Annie - Cumberland County, North Carolina
McDiarmid, Catharine - Cumberland County, North Carolina
McKay, Flora - Memphis, Tennessee
McKay, Isabella - Cumberland County, North Carolina
McKeithan, Margaret - Cumberland County, North Carolina
McLester, Margaret - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Mangum, Sally Alston - Orange County, North Carolina
Mebane, Martha F. - Orange County, North Carolina
Mebane, Mary E. - Orange County, North Carolina
Middleton, Jemima - Duplin County, North Carolina
Mitchell, Eliza N. - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Montgomery, Barbara Maria - Alamance County, North Carolina
Moore, Ann - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Moore, Julia Rebecca - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Moore, Mary (Mitty) - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Morris, Bettie S. - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Morrow, Martha - Oaks, Orange County, North Carolina
Moseley, Virginia - Tallahassee, Florida (Centerville, Florida)
Murchison, Kate - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Murchison, Margaret - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Murphy, Julia - Sampson County, North Carolina
Murphy, Mary Bailey - Sampson County, North Carolina
Murphy, Susan Moseley - Sampson County, North Carolina
Nash, Elizabeth Simpson - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Newkirk, Emma - New Hanover County, North Carolina
Norwood, Annabella Giles - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Norwood, Margaret Yonge - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Norwood, Robina - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Nunn, Sally - Orange County, North Carolina
Owen, Mary - ____
Owen, Sally Roberta - Mayo, Virginia
Palmer, Eliza - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Parker, Jane Rebecca - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Parks, Maria L. - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Pearce, Annie Blount - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Pearce, Mary Huske - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Perkins, Henrietta (Martin) - Caswell County, North Carolina
Pointer, Margaret - Person County, North Carolina
Primrose, Mary Anne - New Bern, North Carolina
Ray, Sarah C. - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Roberts, Susan - Orange County, North Carolina
Robinson, Mary Elizabeth - Bladen County, North Carolina
Ruffin, Rebecca Edwards (Beck) - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Ruffin, Susan Mary - Orange County, North Carolina
Sanders, Bettie - Johnston County, North Carolina
Sanders, Laura - Johnston County, North Carolina
Scales, Emma Jane - Rockingham County, North Carolina
Sellers, Frances A. - Sampson County, North Carolina
Sellers, Rosa - Sampson County, North Carolina
Shepard, Margaret - New Bern, North Carolina
Shepard, Mary - New Bern, North Carolina
Smith, ___ - Caswell County, North Carolina
Smith, ___ - Caswell County, North Carolina
Smith, Bettie - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Smith, Fanny - Caswell County, North Carolina
Smith, Isabella - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Smith, Julia - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Smith, Lou - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Smith, Mary - Granville County, North Carolina
Smith, Sarah - Granville County, North Carolina
Smith, Sarah - Smithfield, Virginia
Speed, Jennie - Granville County, North Carolina
Speed, Nannie Taylor - Granville County, North Carolina
Spotswood, Rosaline Brooke - Petersburg, Virginia
Stedman, Eliza - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Stevens, Jane Ellen - Sampson County, North Carolina
Stevenson, Elizabeth - New Bern, North Carolina
Thompson, Ann - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Unthank, Narcissa - Greensboro, North Carolina
Vanderford, Emily - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Venable, Isabella - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Venable, Martha - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Waddell, Bella - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Waddell, Maria E. - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Walker, Margaret Isabella - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Watkins, ___ - Farmville, Virginia
Watkins, Elizabeth - Farmville, Virginia
Watters, Caroline J. - Wilmington, North Carolina
Webb, Anne H. - Greensboro, Alabama
Webb, Elizabeth G. - _____
Webb, Fannie - ____
Webb, Henrietta - Orange County, North Carolina
Webb, Martha Ann - Granville County, North Carolina
Webb, Mary - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Webb, Mary Caroline - Orange County, North Carolina
Webb, Susan A. - Orange County, North Carolina
Whitted, Elizabeth - Orange County, North Carolina
Williams, Bell - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Williams, Cornelia - Person County, North Carolina
Williams, Kate - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Williams, Martha K. - Cumberland County, North Carolina
Williams, Phi - ____
Wilson, Mary - Morganton, North Carolina
Witherspoon, Denah McEwen - Camden, South Carolina
Witherspoon, Mary Nash - Hillsborough, North Carolina
Womack, Fanny - ____
Woodrow, Mary - ____
Woods, Sarah - ____
Wortham, Mary - Granville County, North Carolina
Yonge, Annabella - New Hanover County, North Carolina
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