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1. "In 1827 the Columbia Academy was established and incorporated on the lands of Joseph John Pippen....... and Joseph John Pippen (my great, great grandfather. BT) were the incorporators and founders. Columbia Academy grew to be one of the largest schools in the State and turned out men who afterwards achieved notable success." (See below.BT)

2. "In July 1869, Tarboro received 28 Swiss immigrants who had been induced by a Mr. Atkinson (kin to the Bishop? BT) to come to Edgecombe. These men were soon on the farms of Messrs. ..........John W. Pippen (my "copper, coffin" great uncle buried here BT)....... They did good work, and offered a more reliable source of farm labor than the emancipated Negro."

3. 1877. " In the meantime the fact that the Negroes constituted such a great majority gave indications that radical domination might continue. Especially this was true in regard to town administration. This field of activity offered a greater opportunity in exercising tact and ingenuity than that of county or state politics. To meet this political emergency arose William Pippen. (William Mayo, my great grandfather. BT) He conceived a plan by which the whites could control town affairs in Tarboro. The old citizens will recall that prior to1875, there were no wards or districts in the town of Tarboro; in fact, no such provision had been anticipated in the town charter. (1760) A census of the city showed that the Negroes had the majority and invariably elected all three commissioners. Mr. Pippen appeared before the State Legislature and succeeded in having the charter amended, dividing the town into three wards. The first and second wards contained the majority of whites in the central part of town, while the third ward included the suburbs, where the Negroes lived. This placed the Negroes in a position to carry only one ward, and the whites the remaining two wards, and Negro domination collapsed."

Edgecombe County, NC Columbia Academy - Act to Establish, 1827

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An Act to establish Columbia Academy, on the lands of Joseph John
Pippen, in the county of Edgecombe, and to incorporate the trustees
thereof

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Asa Jones,
Allen Jones, Frederick Jones, Kenneth Hyman, Kenneth C. Staton, Bythel
Staton and Joseph John Pippin, and their successors, be, and they are
hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, to be known and
distinguished by the name of the Trustees of Columbia Academy; and
by that name shall have perpetual succession, and they, or a majority
of them, by the name aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to
receive subscriptions and donations, possess all monies, goods and
chattels, that shall be given for the use of said academy, and by
gift, purchase and devise, take, possess and enjoy, to them or their
successors, any lands, tenements and hereditaments in trust for the
use of said academy, and apply the same according to the will of the
donor, and dispose of the same, when not forbidden by the terms of
the gift.

And be it further enacted, That the said trustees, or their successors
in office, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded in any court of law or equity within this State.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said
trustees and their successors, or a majority of them, shall have power
and authority to make, ordain and establish all such bye-laws, rules
and regulations for their own government, and for the regulation of
said academy, as to them may seem necessary for the promotion of
learning and good morals, and may do and perform all other acts and
things as are incident to and usually exercised by bodies politic
and corporate for the promotion of science, not inconsistent with the
laws of the State or of the United States; and upon the death, resignation
or refusal to act, or removal out of the State of any of the trustees
aforesaid, or in the appointment of a tutor or tutors for said academy,
the remaining trustees, or a majority of them, shall call a meeting of
all the stockholders or persons interested in the establishment of said
academy, who shall have power and authority to appoint a tutor or tutors,
and to fill such vacancies as may thereby be occasioned.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter CV
Page 74