 At an unknown date, McMillan and Ross transferred their students from the log cabin to Canonsburg Academy.Canonsburg Academy was chartered by the General Assembly on March 11, 1794, thus placing it firmly ahead of its sister school, Washington Academy, which was without a faculty, students, or facilities.In 1796, Canonsburg trustees began petitioning the General Assembly to consider chartering the Academy as the first college beyond the Alleghenies.