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'''Clinton College''' was a college in New Middleton, [[Smith County, Tennessee|Smith County]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>[http://collegehistorygarden.blogspot.com/2014/12/tennessee-colleges-that-have-closed.html Tennessee colleges that have closed, merged, changed names]. Compiled by Ray Brown, Westminster College. Retrieved: 19 January 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.drewa.com/John%20Gord%20&%20Related%20Family%20Documents.htm Goodspeed's History of Smith County, Tennessee], 1887. Transcribed for the web by Timothy R. Meador, Jr. Retrieved: 18 February 2013.</ref> The original '''Porter's Hill Academy''' was formed in 1830 and then reorganized as Clinton College in 1833–1834.<ref name="tnenc">James X. Corgan, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=560 Francis Haynes Gordon]," ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231307/http://www.smithcountychamber.org/area-historytimeline.htm Timeline of Smith County History]. Retrieved via Web Archive: 18 February 2013.</ref> Its main teacher was Francis Haynes Gordon.<ref name="tnenc" /> The school had failed by February 1842.<ref name="tnenc" /> |
'''Clinton College''' was a college in New Middleton, [[Smith County, Tennessee|Smith County]], [[Tennessee]].<ref>[http://collegehistorygarden.blogspot.com/2014/12/tennessee-colleges-that-have-closed.html Tennessee colleges that have closed, merged, changed names]. Compiled by Ray Brown, Westminster College. Retrieved: 19 January 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.drewa.com/John%20Gord%20&%20Related%20Family%20Documents.htm Goodspeed's History of Smith County, Tennessee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923033747/http://drewa.com/John%20Gord%20%26%20Related%20Family%20Documents.htm |date=2010-09-23 }}, 1887. Transcribed for the web by Timothy R. Meador, Jr. Retrieved: 18 February 2013.</ref> The original '''Porter's Hill Academy''' was formed in 1830 and then reorganized as Clinton College in 1833–1834.<ref name="tnenc">James X. Corgan, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=560 Francis Haynes Gordon]," ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231307/http://www.smithcountychamber.org/area-historytimeline.htm Timeline of Smith County History]. Retrieved via Web Archive: 18 February 2013.</ref> Its main teacher was Francis Haynes Gordon.<ref name="tnenc" /> The school had failed by February 1842.<ref name="tnenc" /> |
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==Notable alumni== |
==Notable alumni== |
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Revision as of 14:27, 9 August 2017
- For the defunct college in Clinton, Kentucky, see Clinton College (Kentucky).
Clinton College was a college in New Middleton, Smith County, Tennessee.[1][2] The original Porter's Hill Academy was formed in 1830 and then reorganized as Clinton College in 1833–1834.[3][4] Its main teacher was Francis Haynes Gordon.[3] The school had failed by February 1842.[3]
Notable alumni
References
- ^ Tennessee colleges that have closed, merged, changed names. Compiled by Ray Brown, Westminster College. Retrieved: 19 January 2015.
- ^ Goodspeed's History of Smith County, Tennessee Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, 1887. Transcribed for the web by Timothy R. Meador, Jr. Retrieved: 18 February 2013.
- ^ a b c James X. Corgan, "Francis Haynes Gordon," The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998.
- ^ Timeline of Smith County History. Retrieved via Web Archive: 18 February 2013.