Bastrop Academy

On arrival, Hancock built what is now referred to as the Allen-Fowler House at 1404 Wilson Street,[2][3] not only for him and his family, but also for student boarders.

Administrators built a two-story pine building for $15,000; it had separate male and female study halls and a library of 1,000 volumes.

[2] During the American Civil War, enrollment at the Bastrop Military Institute a significant decline.

He was superintendent, business manager, and professor of philosophy and mathematics; his father and brothers, Charles and Fleming Wills James, assisted him in the enterprise.

On June 10, 1870, the relocated Texas Military Institute officially commenced operations in its new Austin location.

[1] By 1872, the value of the institute's physical facilities had reached $50,000, including a cadet barracks capable of housing 400 students.

In that year, President John Garland James and the faculty left to join the staff of Texas A&M University.