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Woodland College for Boys

Kirvin, Freestone County

Marker Text

Established in 1863. Enrollment more than 300 students. Colonel L. R. Wortham donated ten acres of land for use as a campus, church and cemetery. Charter trustees: Col. L. R. Wortham, Thomas Lamb, Dr. Rueben Anderson, Oliver Carter, John I. Winn, D. L. Carter, Noland Womack, T. L. Sessions, G. A. Sessions. Prof. Hellery Moseley was its only president. Mattie, Mary and Thomas Dixon were its teachers. The college became a grade school at the close of the Civil War. Discontinued in 1905 and moved to Kirvin.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 2 mi. NW of Kirvin on FM 1449 at entrance to Woodland Cemetery
Marker # 9913
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Code educational topics
Latitude, Longitude 31.783992, -96.341848

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