Webb Family

The Book of Burwell Students offers a rare glimpse into the world of women's education in the antebellum South. From 1837 to 1857, Anna and Robert Burwell ran the Burwell Female School in Hillsborough, North Carolina, educating more than two hundred young women. The Book of Burwell Students illuminates a time and place, now preserved as the Burwell School Historic Site. The late historian, Mary Claire Engstrom, wrote informative biographical sketches of many Burwell students, offering insight into life in antebellum Hillsborough, inside and outside of school, and the seminal role of Anna Burwell in shaping the students' lives.

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George Webb married Nancy Knuckles, daughter of John Knuckles, 13 February 1795 in Botetourt County, Virginia. They had two children. He married Caroline Ritchie, widow of John Ritchie, and they had one child. He died in about 1821 in Tazewell County, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio.