1/1: Letters, 1856-1860

• "Son" Daniel McDaniel [?] from Morries McDaniel, 2 pages, October 21, 1855
• "Son" Daniel McDaniel from Morries McDaniel, 2 pages, November 23, 1855
• "Nephew" [?] from A. D. Koonce, 2 pages, 2 pages, June 16, 1856
• Sister [?] from E. J. McDaniel, 2 pages, September 14, 1860

1/2: Letters, 1870

• "Cousin" from [?] in Marshall, Texas, 4 pages, October 18, 1870
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Nannie [?], 4 pages, November 1, 1880
• John McDaniel from John Brandon, 1 page, October 30 1870 [?]
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Mary Franklin, 2 pages, October 30 1870 [?]
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Rebecca Franklin, 1 page, October 20, 1870
• "Mother, brother, and sister" [?] from Sallie L. McDaniel and family, 1 page, October 6, 1870
• Sylvester McDaniel from James H. Brandesburg, 4 pages, June 26, 1870
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Marcella Huckabee, 4 pages, May 26, 1870
• "Mother, brother, and Sister" from E. J. McDaniel, 2 pages, May 8, 1870
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Mary A. Franklin, 1 page, May 5, 1871
• John McDaniel from John Brandon, 1 page, May 5, 1870
• "Cousin" from Daniel Koone, 4 page, March 14, 1870
• "Friend" from Marcella J. Huckabee, 4 pages, March 5, 1870
• "Mother, sisters, and brother", 3 pages, January 22, 1870

1/3: Letters, 1855-1860

• "Mother and All" from E. J. McDaniel and D. McDaniel, 3 pages, November 4, 1871
• M [?] Carrie McDaniel from K [?] G. K [?], 2 pages, August 18, 1871
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Dan K [?] Marshall, 4 pages, June 24, 1871
• P [?] [?] from "Sister" E. J. McDaniel, 4 pages, June 21, 1871
• "Mollie and Sallie" from Marcella J. Huckabee, 4 pages, May 9, 1871
• Carrie McDaniel from Nannie G. Haynes, 2 pages, May 27, 1871
• Mattie [?] from Danielle K., 4 pages, May 12, 1871
• "Friends" from R [?] Kyde, 2 pages, September 23, 1871
• Poseby from D. McDaniel, 4 pages, April 15, 1871
• Mollie E. McDaniel [?] from M. Kooner, 2 pages, April 4, 1872
• Hillie [Mollie?] McDaniel from [?], 4 pages, March 24, 1871
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Sarah H. McDaniel, 4 pages, March 26, 1871
• "Cousin" from Ann Kigginbottam, 1 page, October 2, 1870
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Nannie Haynes, 2 pages, March 20, 1871
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Nannie G Kaynes, 4 pages, January 10, 1871
• Mollie E. Mc Daniel [?] from Koones, 3 pages, March 23, 1871 [?]

1/4: Letters, 1872

• "Dear Mother, brothers, and sisters", 3 pages, March 13, 1872
• Sallie L. McDaniel from L. S. M [?], 2 pages, August 3, 1872
• McDaniel from Dan [?], 2 pages, July 28, 1872
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Daniel Roony O [?], September 6, [?]
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Dan Koonce, 2 pages, July 28, 1872
• "Cousin" from J. H. Brown, 2 pages, May 27, 1872
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Dan Koones, 2 pages, May 20, 1872
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Dan Koonce, 4 pages, April 6, 1872
• "Cousin" from Mollie A. Brown, 2 pages, April 4, 1872
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Dan Roonce, 1 page, October 5, 1872
• "Brothers" from "Sisters", 2 pages, July 8, 1872
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Dan Koones, 2 pages, June 5, 1872
• "Cousin" from Mollie E. McDaniel, 2 pages, March 4, [?]
• Mollie E. McDaniel from [?], 2 pages, September 26, 1872

1/5: Deed of Gift, Daniel Roonce to Elizabeth Roonce; D. Koonce from H. [?], 3 pages, May 29, 1858

1/6: Will of Isaac Edward, 4 pages, December 1854

1/7: Letters, 1861-1865

• "Dear Cousin" from J. W. Koonce, 3 pages, 1864-1865 [?]
• [?] McDaniel from J. McDaniel, 2 pages, October 15, 1864
• Mollie E. McDaniel from J. McDaniel, 2 pages, 1864
• Mitchel McDaniel from R. A. McDaniel, 2 pages, 1864
• "Father" [?] from [?], 4 pages, September 27, 1864
• "Father" from R. A. McDaniel, 4 pages, July 12, 1864
• "Sister" from McDaniel [?], 4 pages, August 1864

1/8: Letters: 1866-1869

• Mollie E. McDaniel from Mollie Koonce, 2 pages, April 7, 1869
• Sasha A. Lortinbery [?] from Mollie E. McDaniel, 2 pages, 1868
• Hall of the W. P. Mollew Lodge from J. [?] Jackson, 1 page, April 10, 1968
• M. Mc[?] and family from D [?] McDaniel, 1 page, March 14, 1867
• McDaniel from D. Giddens, 1 page, July 16, 1867
• "Cousin" from J. W. Koonce, 2 pages, September 15, 1867
• "To Wife and Father" from Morres McDaniel, 4 pages, August 22, 1866

1/9: Land Deeds, 1867-1881

• Brazos County Texas Land Deed, 1 page, 1867
• Grayson County Texas Land Deed, 2 pages, February 8, 1872
• Grayson County Texas Land Deed, 2 pages, January 1, 1872
• Montague County Texas Land Deed, 2 pages, July 14, 1881
• School Land Deed for Wise County Texas, 2 pages, January 10, 1881

1-10: Letters, 1873-1879

• "Mother and Family" from D. McDaniel, 3 pages, January 15, 1875
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Lamar McKrimmen [?], 3 pages, 1873 [?]
• To Sallie L. McDaniel from Laura M? Grimm, 2 pages, March 23, 1873
• "Mother and Family" from L. McDanie, 2 pages, April [?] 1, 1873
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Laura McFrimmon?, 3 pages, 1873
• "Mother, brother, and sisters" from D. McDaniel, 2 pages, July 14, 1873
• Sallie L. McDaniel from Laura Mcfrimmon[?], 3 pages, 1873 [?]
• "Mother, brother, and sisters" from E. J. Mc[Daniel?], 2 pages, September 1873
• "Mother, brothers, and sisters" from E. J. McDaniel, 4 pages, February 12, 1874
• "Mother, brothers, and sisters" from J. L. McDaniel, 2 pages, September 8, 1874
• Nettie McDaniel from Alice McDaniel, 2 pages, 1875 [?]
• "Mother, brothers, and sisters" from E. J. McDaniel, 4 pages, April 30, 1876
• "Cousin" from J. W. Koonce, 4 pages, October 17, 1878
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Rosanah [?], 4 pages, December 3, 1878
• Mollie E. McDaniel from Mary A. Looveh, 2 pages, February 21, 1879
• "Mother and family" from L [?] McDaniel, 2 pages, Undated
• Mollie E. McDaniel from [?], 2 pages, August 11, 1879
• Sallie E. McDaniel [?] from Marcella Huckaby, 2 pages, Undated

1-11: Sallie Hardove from Hettie Henderson, 4 pages, April 1, 1900

1-12: Webb vs. U.S., 1 page, 3 copies of letters 1912 from an unidentified attorney regarding a claim of a Dr. Webb for cotton confiscated in 1863-1865, October 3, 1912

1-13: Speech about the recall of state supreme court decisions, author unknown, 4 pages, circa 1910-1920

1-14: Appointment of Commission of Judges of Election in the Commissioners' court of February of 1915 in Montague County, TX for W. A. Smith, 1 page, fragile

1/15: Miscellaneous Financial Documents

• Check, June 15, 1916
• Spanish receipt, July 19, 1916
• Check, July 23, 1857
• Shopping receipt for Michael McDaniel, December 5, 1866
• Receipt, Undated

1-16: Various Recipes and Nostrums

• Dallas, Texas miles to [city?], Undated
• "Family Right and Recipe for W. A. Franc Diamond Preserving Process", Undated
• Recipe for making Bun, Undated
• Homemade delousing recipe for delousing chickens and hens, 2 pages, Undated

1-17: 5 stereographic view cards, Undated

1-18: Typed transcripts of McDaniel Family Papers [updated on March 6, 2000]

• Further McDaniel family history, post-1870s, described by Milt McDaniel [donated 2001]

This collection contains personal letters of the McDaniel family from 1855-1916 along with civil war letters from Confederate soldiers. The letters originate from the McDaniel family in Texas and Mississippi during and after the civil war. Many of the items in the collection are fragile, and transcriptions were made of the letters. This collection also contains family recipes, remedies, along with stereoscopic view plates.

The McDaniel family spans across Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. Julius and Minerva (Rodgers) McDaniel were farmers who lived in Ben Hur, Texas during the 1800s.