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| Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 190 items) |
| Abstract | Family members include Hardy Murfree, hero of the Revolutionary War attack on Stony Point, N.Y., and incorporator in 1787 of Murfreesboro, N.C., who moved to Tennessee in 1807 and for whom Murfreesboro, Tenn., is named; his son Wiliam Hardy Murfree, attorney and North Carolina legislator, who settled in Tennessee around 1823; William Hardy Murfree's brother-in-law David Dickinson of Tennessee; Thomas Henry Maney, who was a businessman in Nashville, Tenn.; Eliza Maney Cook and her husband Ed C. Cook, Confederate acting brigadier general killed in action in 1864; Mary Noailles Murfree, novelist who wrote under the name of Charles Egbert Craddock; and other members of the Brickell, Dickinson, Maney, Maslin, and Murfree families. Early materials are deeds, indentures, bills, receipts, and a few family letters, chiefly relating to the Dickinson family. Routine Murfree and Maney family materials appear by the 1830s. In the 1860s, most materials relate to Eliza and Ed C. Cook, and include several detailed letters about camp life and military campaigns to and from Ed Cook and friends in various camps in Virginia and other locations. There are also Civil War materials relating to members of the Maney, Maslin, and other families, including a small diary of William H. Maslin with copies of poems, orders, and short diaries entries, 1862-1864. Later materials are chiefly general family letters of the Murfree, Maney, Maslin, and other families. There are also items relating to Eliza Cook's finances and to novelist Mary Noailles Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock). Also included are newspaper clippings, 1864-1917, relating to various family members; genealogical materials; and pictures, including a signed 1869 photograph of Robert E. Lee and an undated photograph of "Mammy Kate," an African-American woman. |
| Creator | Murfree (Family : Murfree, Hardy, 1752-1809) |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Early materials are deeds, indentures, bills, receipts, and a few family letters, chiefly relating to the Dickinson family. Routine Murfree and Maney family materials appear by the 1830s. In the 1860s, most materials relate to Eliza and Ed C. Cook, and include several detailed letters about camp life and military campaigns to and from Ed Cook and friends in various camps in Virginia and other locations. There are also Civil War materials relating to members of the Maney, Maslin, and other families, including a small diary of William H. Maslin with copies of poems, orders, and short diaries entries, 1862-1864. Later materials are chiefly general family letters of the Murfree, Maney, Maslin, and other families. There are also items relating to Eliza Cook's finances and to novelist Mary Noailles Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock). Also included are newspaper clippings, 1864-1917, relating to various family members; genealogical materials; and pictures, including a signed 1869 photograph of Robert E. Lee and an undated photograph of "Mammy Kate," an African-American woman.
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Series 1. Correspondence and Related Items, 1779-1935 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Early items relate chiefly to David Dickinson (1774-1848) and his wife Fanny Noailles Murfree Dickinson (1783-1843), daughter of Hardy Murfree (1752-1809) and Sally Brickell Murfree (1757-1802). Dickinson family materials continue through the 1840s. Murfree and Maney family materials are present by the 1830s. Most of these materials are deeds, indentures, bills, and receipts, although there are a few family letters.
In the 1860s, most materials relate to Eliza Maney Cook (1841-1925) and her husband Ed C. Cook (d. 1864), lawyer and member of the Tennessee legislature, who was killed at the Battle of Culps Farm, Ga. Included are several detailed letters to Ed Cook from friends in various camps in Virginia and other locations. Many of these letters, chiefly relating to camp life and campaigns, have typed transcriptions provided by the donor. There are also Civil War materials relating to members of the Maney, Maslin, and other families. Included is a small journal, handwritten transcription provided by the donor, of William H. Maslin with copies of poems, orders, and short diaries entries, 1862-1864, describing life in various military camps and scenes of battles in which Maslin participated.
Materials from 1870 to 1935 are chiefly general family letters of the Murfree, Maney, Maslin, and other families. There are also items relating to Eliza Cook's finances and to Mary Noailles Murfree (1850-1922), novelist of Murfreesboro, Tenn., who wrote as Charles Egbert Craddock, including a few to editors at The Atlantic Monthly, where some of her stories were published.
| Folder 1 |
1779-1805 |
| Folder 2 |
1809-1858 |
| Folder 3 |
1860-1865 |
| Folder 4 |
1867-1869 |
| Folder 5 |
1870-1887 |
| Folder 6 |
1890-1935 |
| Folder 7 |
Undated |
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Series 2. Other Materials, 1864-1960 and undated.
| Folder 8 |
Clippings: Newspaper clippings, 1864-1917 and undatedRelating to various members of the Murfree, Maney, Maslin, and other families, including wedding announcements and obituaries. About 30 items. |
| Folder 9 |
Genealogical materials: Notes and other family history materials, undatedRelating to the Murfree, Maney, Maslin, Morris, Brickell, Dickinson, and other families. About 25 items. |
| Folder 10 |
Miscellaneous materialsIncluded are an 1879 yellow fever proclamation from Memphis, Tenn., and an advertisement for "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," a story by Mary N. Murfree (Charles Egbert Craddock) that was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly. |
| Image P-2066/1 |
Signed photograph of Robert E. Lee, 1869 |
| Image P-2066/2 |
Photograph of "Mammy Kate," undated |
| Image P-2066/3 |
Photograph of painting of Martha Ann Murfree Maney (1801-1868), undated |
| Image P-2066/4 |
Murfree House, Murfreesboro, N.C., circa 1960 |
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Military parade photograph, undated |
| Image P-2066/6 |
Postcard, "Old Smoke House, Scene of the Battle of Franklin [Tenn.]," undated |
| Reel M-2066/1 |
Microfilm |
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