My Great Grandfather, Hugh Holmes McGuire was the son of Dr. McGuire and Ann 
Eliz Moss McGuire and grew up in Winchester.  He attended Washington 
University (later W&L) though he did not graduate.

Sewanne was established in Sewanee, TN to educate ministers.

I don't think Edgar Allen Poe, who attended the University of Virginia, was 
from the Planter Class, unless you expand the definition of "Planter Class" 
to ALL white folks who were not sharecroppers and/or chopped cotton.

It appears to me that the statement about the colleges being exclusively for 
the Plantation Class must come from the same ilk at those lordly New 
Englanders who claim they have the first Thanksgiving.

To resolve this, I suggest you call upon the panel of good folks at Newberry 
since that group seems to be regarded as a (the?) voice of authority on such 
matters.  :)))))))

Randy Cabell


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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 9:13 PM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Southern Colleges


> In a discussion about "The Education of Henry Adams", someone remarked 
> that the colleges in the south were exclusively for the plantation class. 
> Can someone provide examples of southern non-planter sons who attended 
> college prior to the Civil War?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Anne
>
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