Early in 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Nichols announced Fuller Institute was the new name of Greenwood Female Academy, named after a prominent Baptist minister Rev. Richard Fuller, and the next session would start the first Monday in February. 9 An April 1 fire interrupted this session. The school building was destroyed. Rev. Chiles announced the session would continue at another location and appealed to the public for help and financial contributions. 10 At that point, the school had operated continuously under the direction of the same principals and in the same building for two full school years and part of a third. Undaunted by the fire, the trustees persevered. They built a larger and brick building on the same site and announced the next session would begin 15 January 1850 under the direction of Rev. Chas. A. Raymond. 11 However, turnover at the top began with Rev. Raymond’s tenure. During the next nine years, the names of four more principals are known: Miss M. Cornelia Pelot; 12 Rev. T.J. Pearce; 13 J.E.B. Evans M.D.; 14 and Miss Annie C. Gott. 15 Other principals possibly served during those years but their names are not known. The Edgefield Advertiser and The Abbeville Banner , the principal newspapers that carried news articles and notices about the school, did not mention Fuller Institute between 12 January 1854 and 15 December 1858. 9 “Fuller Institute, Greenwood S.C.,” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Banner , 20 January 1849, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 2 December 2020), p. 3, col. 3. Also, “Miss Lander Tells of Earliest Schools of Section at Club Meet,” The (Greenwood, South Carolina) Index-Journal , 11 February 1940, online archives (http://www.newspapers.com : 28 February 2021), p. 12, cols. 4-5. 10 “To A Liberal Public,” Edgefield (South Carolina) Advertiser , 11 April 1849, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 27 April 2018), p. 2, col. 4. 11 “Hodges and Fuller Institutes,” Edgefield (South Carolina) Advertiser , 12 December 1849, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 2 December 2020), p. 3, col. 1. [Add Bailey obit] 12 “Hodges & Fuller Institutes,” Edgefield (South Carolina) Advertiser , 25 September 1851, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 2 December 2020), p. 3, col. 7. 13 “To the Public, Hodges and Fuller Institutes,” Edgefield (South Carolina) Advertiser , 1 January 1852, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 4 December 2020), p. 2, col. 6. Also, “Communications,” Edgefield (South Carolina) Advertiser , 17 June 1852, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 4 December 2020), p. 2, col. 4. Also, “Fuller Institute, Greenwood, S.C.,” The Charleston (South Carolina) Mercury , 25 December 1852, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 4 December 2020), p. 2, col. 6. 14 “Fuller,” The Abbeville (South Carolina) Banner , 12 January 1854, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com : 27 April 2018), p. 4, col. 3 15 “School Notice,” Edgefield (South Carolina) Advertiser , 15 December 1858, online archives ((https://www.newspapers.com : 1 December 2020), p. 4, col. 4.
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