Theodore Davidson Morrison papers, 1843-1896 [manuscript].

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Theodore Davidson Morrison papers, 1843-1896 [manuscript].

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Scattered papers of and about the Davidsons and other families of Buncombe and Haywood counties, N.C. Among other items are a narrative, written in 1898, by John Mitchell Davidson (b. 1829) of the the years 1843- 1847 during which his family emigrated from North Carolina to Texas by way of Illinois, describing in detail the journey and life and society in widely scattered areas of Texas; two letters, 1881, from Sen. Zebulon B. Vance about the possibility of Prohibition and other political matters; and five letters (typed transcriptions), 1861-1865, from family members in Buncombe County to John Evans Brown in Australia and New Zealand where he apparently had gone seeking gold. The letters to John E. Brown are from his father, William John Brown, his brother, and his step-mother; they are extremely long, colorfully written discussions of family, community, and public life, including reflections on the sadness and difficulties brought on by the Civil War.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Brown, William John, fl. 1861-1865.

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Brown family.

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Brown, John Evans, 1827-1895

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Davidson, John Mitchell, 1829-1917.

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John Mitchell Davidson, merchant and soldier, was born 21 October 1829 in North Carolina, and died 17 January 1917, place unknown. He was a shopkeeper in Copperhill, Tennessee (1856-1861), and served (1862-1864) as a lieutenant in Company C, 39th Regiment, North Carolina Volunteers. While Davidson was in the Confederate Army, his wife Julia Dunn Davidson lived in Atlanta, where her family operated a hotel. After the war, Davidson became a station agent for the Western & Atlantic Railroad. ...

Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894

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Confederate general; governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Washington], to William F. Vilas, 1888 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574072 Confederate Army officer, governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator from North Carolina. From the description of Papers, 1857-1893. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20460648 Zebulon Baird Vance, a native of Buncombe County, N.C., was go...

Morrison, Theodore

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Davidson family.

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