Dates: 1798-1970.

Confederate currency is restricted.

 
Biography:

Smith Coffee Daniell IV

Smith Coffee Daniell IV was born at Windsor Plantation, Claiborne County, Mississippi, on March 11, 1885. He was the last person born at Windsor before the mansion was destroyed by fire. Daniell was educated at Chamberlain-Hunt Academy, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of Virginia, and Auburn University. During World Wars I and II, he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, finally attaining the rank of major. In civilian life, Daniell was a civil engineer and land surveyor. He was a descendant of some of the oldest families in Claiborne County.

 

Scope and Content Note:

There are two Spanish land grants to Peter Brian Bruin dated 1796; two indentures involving William Christie dated 1813; and papers of Eden Brashear and Benjamin Hughes. There is also a letter from Henry Watkins Allen, governor of Louisiana during the Civil War. Daniell's grandfather, William Hughes, was the brother of Henry Hughes, who wrote the first book on sociology in 1854. The passport Hughes used to travel to Europe to study is in this collection. There are family photographs and miscellaneous genealogical notes and charts.

Also included are genealogical notes on the following families: Brashear, Briscoe, Calvit, Christie, Coffee, Crane, Daniell, Dant, Evans, Eyton, Fleming, Freeland, Frisby, Howard, Hughes, Hunter, Magruder, Montgomery, Moore, Orme, Skinner, Smith, Watson, and Wollforth. This collection contains land surveys and drawings and notes, memorabilia, Auburn University alumni material, miscellaneous material from various historic and hereditary organizations, nine calendars and notebooks, and two scrapbooks.

The correspondence dates from 1904-1969; military papers, 1917–1949; business papers, 1919–1970; deeds, mortgages, and legal agreements, scattered dates; Vicksburg National Military Park, 1933–1934; and Civilian Conservation Corps, 1935–1937. This collection also includes various issues (1956-1962) of the bimonthly newspaper, Common Sense, published at Union, New Jersey.