Davis, Matthew Smart, 1830-1906

found: Matthew Smart Davis papers, 1851-1914(Matthew Smart Davis; educator and treasurer of Franklin County, N.C.; b. 1830; d. 1906)

found: Finding aid for Hill and Davis family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, May 26, 2020(Hill and Davis families of Warrenton, N.C. Daniel Shine Hill (1812-1873), planter and son of Charles A. and Rebecca Hill, married Susan Erwin Toole (1815-1878), daughter of Geraldus Toole, a planter, and Elizabeth King Toole. Among the Hills' several daughters was Sarah Louisa Hill (1836-1931), who married Matthew S. Davis (1830-1906), head of the Louisburg Male Academy and president of its successor, Louisburg College) - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04393/

found: Finding aid for Matthew Smart Davis papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, May 26, 2020(Matthew Smart Davis, son of Edward and Rebecca Pitchford Davis, was born near Inez in Warren County, N.C., on 3 October 1830. In June 1856, he married Sarah Louisa Hill, with whom he had nine children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Matthew Smart Davis received his A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1855 and his A.M. in the early 1860s. In 1856, he began teaching at the Louisburg Male Academy, where he soon became principal. Davis held this position for 25 years. For several years prior to 1880, he served as Franklin County superintendent of schools. In 1880, he left teaching for farming at the Egerton plantation called Little Egypt and at Green Hill, Sarah Louisa Hill's family's plantation, southwest of Louisburg. During this time, he also served three terms as Franklin County treasurer. In 1896, he became president of Louisburg College, which his daughters had attended when it was Louisburg Female Academy. Davis died in office in 1906) - https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04125/