According to some biographical accounts, Davie traveled to North Carolina has been found to confirm his studies at that short-lived academy in 1771, records to show that he enrolled at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1774.
According to some biographical accounts, Davie traveled to North Carolina at the age of fifteen to acquire higher education at Queen's College in Charlotte. While no period documentation has been found to confirm his studies at that short-lived academy in 1771, records to show that he enrolled at the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1774.