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1863 | Born in Louisburg, North Carolina to parents Matthew and Mary Shaw
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| 1886 | Graduated from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania
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| 1888 | Established the Timothy Darling Presbyterian Church in Oxford, North Carolina
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| 1889 | Founded the Mary Potter Academy in OxfordD, North Carolina
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| 1890 | Completed a three year theological course at Auburn Seminary in New York with the Doctor of Divinity degree
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| 1890 | Married Miss Mary Elizabeth Lewis from Penn Valley, Pennsylvania
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| 1898 | First graduation for Mary Potter Aacademy- Three graduated in May of 1898- Jessie Speed, Edward Rogers and Margaret Tucker
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| 1904 | Erection of Albany Hall, a Girls’ Dormitory was built. ( three-story structure)
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| 1907 | Two cottages were purchased and named Lester Cottage and Yiesley Cottage for girls and for teachers. Wells Hall, a Girl’s Dormitory was built in this year.
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| 1912 | The Administration Building was erected.
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| 1921 | Home for Dr. and Mrs. Shaw was built. (Present location of the G. C. Shaw Museum)
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| 1925 | Pittsburg Hall erected for Boys. This was a state of the arts building.
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| 1927 | The Industrial Arts Building was erected that housed Industrial Arts and Home
Economics
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| 1927 | Mary E. Shaw Gymnasium was erected. (1926-29)
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| 1929 | By this time five substantial brick buildings as well as the Principal’s home and two cottages existed on twenty acres of land within the city limits of Oxford, North Carolina.
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| 1931 | Dr. Shaw’s book, John Chavis , 1763-1838 was published.
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| 1933 | The School became the Mary Potter-Redstone-Albion Academy. Dr. Herman S. Davis became Principal of the School.
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