?? I had to use DNA (Y) to connect my Josiah Daniel b 1805 NC to the Capt. William Daniel of Middlesex Co., VA, line. Not having any brothers, I found a Daniel male 1st cousin to do the test, then another man did it for us as he had his paper trail to share and that’s what I was lacking. He descends from a brother of my Josiah. We were one marker off on a 37 marker test and it was a “volatile” marker that can mutate in a 200 year period of time. It seems that it was exactly at our Josiah where that mutation took place as we remain one marker off from many other descendants of Capt. William (back to the 1600’s). A proven 3rd cousin then did the DNA test and matched my 1st cousin perfectly. I have a cousin who is working with DAR to see if they will accept the DNA match as we still cannot find one scrap of paper to prove that our Josiah was b in Caswell Co., NC. The process of elimination helped as we can’t find any other Daniel family in NC during the right time period who has an unidentified son b 1805. We also have the naming pattern where Josiah used his mother’s maiden name as a middle name for one of his sons and named a daughter Sarah after his mother (Sarah “Salley” Brown who m James Key Daniel). The 1st son was named James. Census records show Josiah b NC and parents b VA. James Key Daniel and Sarah “Salley” Brown were both b in VA and moved to NC.
???Maybe if you can find a descendant of Woodson who has done the DNA test it would help you.
