Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #3967-Z
                       DAVES FAMILY PAPERS
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Scattered family papers and data pertaining to the
           descendants of John Daves (1748-1804) of New Bern,
           N.C., and to related branches of the Haynes, Pugh, and
           Collins families.  Correspondence includes letters,
           1803-1818, received by Josiah Collins, Jr. (1768-1839)
           of Edenton, N.C., from relatives in New Bern, N.C.,
           concerning business, banking, and family matters; a
           deed of sale for slaves, Craven County, N.C., 1816;
           and letters, 1855, to Edward Graham Daves (1833-1894)
           of Cambridge, Mass., concerning the illness and death
           of his brother Jack.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Collins family--Genealogy.
   Collins, Josiah, 1768-1839.
   Daves, Edward Graham, 1833-1894.
   Daves family--Genealogy.
   Daves, Jack.
   Daves, John, 1748-1804.
   Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
   Haynes family--Genealogy.
   New Bern (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
   North Carolina--Genealogy.
   Pugh family--Genealogy.
   Slave bills of sale--North Carolina.

Size:  44 items (3 folders).

Provenance:    Loan from Mrs. Henry M. Larson of Morristown,
               N.C., in May 1973.

Access:        No restrictions.  Microfilm copy available.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.  

Copyright:     Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
               or their descendants, as stipulated by United
               States copyright law.

Table of Contents:
   Description

                           DESCRIPTION

   Family data on descendants of Captain John Daves, who was born
in Mecklenburg County, Va., in 1748 and died in New Bern, N.C.,
1804.  

Folder 1   1803-1900, Daves and Collins family correspondence and
           other papers.  Family and biographical data with
           miscellaneous genealogical notes and data on Daves,
           Eaton, and Haynes families in North Carolina.  There
           are also items concerning William Eaton (d. 1759) of
           Granville County, who died in 1759, and a biographical
           sketch of Graham Daves (1836-1902) and a clipping
           about Myer Myers, an early New York goldsmith.  There
           is also a copy of "A Register kept by Thomas Haynes,
           Jr.," begun in 1708 when he married Martha Jones and
           continued by other members of the Haynes and Pugh
           family to 1797 with births and deaths.

Folder 2   1803-1818.  Mainly letters to Josiah Collins, Jr.
           (1768-1839) of Edenton, N.C., from relatives in New
           Bern, N.C., about business, banking, and family
           matters.  Also included is a deed of sale for slaves,
           1816.

Folder 3   1855-1900.  Seven letters from 1855 to Edward Graham
           Daves (1833-1894) in Cambridge, Mass., concerning the
           illness and death of his brother Jack.  There are also
           scattered family items including a certificate from
           the Society of the Cincinnati, 1893, relating to the
           service of Captain John Daves.