David Caldwell
Caldwell Academy is named after David Caldwell. He was a Revolutionary War Era minister in Guilford County as well as an educator, farmer, statesman and physician. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1725 and came to the area in order to pastor Buffalo and Alamance Presbyterian Churches.
Along with his pastoral duties David Caldwell founded the David Caldwell Log-College. This served as the first schoolhouse in Guilford County.
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