Hi, folks,
Some record collation shows:
John Daniel, the s/o Samuel (1729-1798) s/o Robert (1691-1742) s/o Robert (d. 1720) s/o Capt Wm of VA Middlesex has been conflated with or has been replaced in error on most trees by the John Daniel who married Susanna Couch.
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Some records for John Daniel (d. Aug 1807, md. Mary S. Walton, brother of Robert T., Lunsford, George, and William Daniel ), showing him to be the son of Samuel (VA Middlesex to NC Orange) show:
NC Orange DB 2-382 Robert Campbell and wf Mary, of Orange, to Samuel Daniel (no origin), wr 11 Jul 1782, ?5000 current money of NC, 620a, one New Hope Ck, [metes/bounds], bounded by the Ck, James Trice, John Davis old deeded land, Christopher Barbee, John Barbee, John Davis old deeded land, on E side of New Hope. Witnesses: Lunsford Daniel, George Daniel, John Daniel.
[Lunsford and George Daniel are other sons of Samuel Daniel.]
NC Orange WB B94 Samuel Daniel of Orange to son John Daniel, for pure love & affection, Negroe girl Delphia. Wr 17 Feb 1790, wits Edward Trice, Robt T. Daniel, recd May 1790 term.
[Robert T. Daniel is another son of Samuel Daniel.]
NC Orange WBC105-106 Samuel Daniel of Orange, for 100 [doesn't say ?], sale of slave Prudence about 37 and her sucking child Mary to John Daniel of Orange. Wr 12 Sep 1797, wit Thomas Trice, Robert T. Daniel, pr Feb 1798.
[Note: John Daniel's estate records of 1807-1810 include slaves Prudence and Mary.]
The early tax lists of Orange are scarce, but most often show a separation of the two John Daniels, one John Daniel closer to the Samuel/George/Lunsford/Robert group, the other John (with 427 acres) with the Christopher/Roger/Patterson Daniel group.
John married Mary Walton, daughter of Edward Walton on 16 Sep 1805.
Bond at
Their marriage was also announced in the newspapers:
Daniel: M. On the 7th inst., in Orange county, Mr. John Daniel, living near Chapel Hill, to Miss Mary S. Walton of said county. TM Mon 16 Sept 1805 3:3.
-------- MB. Orange Co. ____ ____ 7 Sept 1805 Edwd. Walter [Walton] (w) J. Taylor
[from Abstracts of Vital Records from Raleigh, North Carolina, Newspapers 1799-1915 Vol. 1 1799-1819. by Lois S. Neal]
Film 2057433 NC Orange Estate records 1754-1944 Crawford, John - Davis, John
John Daniel 1809 [These are notes on the file. I've put the papers in order here.]
--23 Nov 1807 bond of Mary Daniel as admrx, sec Edward Walton Senr and Edward Walton Jr, to do inventory. Sigs: Mary S. Daniel and both Waltons [her fa and bro].
Inventory includes: 11 negroes: Mungo, Prudence, Mary, Nancey, Ben, Eliza, Lucy, Nelson, Patience, Hannah, Billy. [Note: Prudence and Mary of the deed in 1798.] There is a great list of property. Signed by Mary S. Daniel.
--Nov Ct 1807, Mary Daniel is widow and relict of John Daniel. He d. intestate August last, she requests laying off of provisions for her AND HER FAMILY [It's possible a child was born in the year and a half marriage. I thought I could prove one with the census, but not clear enough yet to propose.]
--4 Jan 1808 Sale account sig Mary S. Daniel. Buyers: Mary Daniel, Edward Walton, Charles Barker, William Loftin, Pleasant Henderson, James Hogg, John Taylor, John Adams, Abner W. Long, Edward Robson, John Craig, John Moore, Charles Parten, Hekiah [sic] Clark, Tignal Owen, Walter Herndon, John Connolly, Jarat Yeargin, Edward Walton Senr, Selas Clark, John Pendergrass, Lewis Parten, Thomas Barton, John Sparrow, a bond of Burton Clark, a note on P. Henderson,
--4 Jan 1808 widow's one year allotment by Benja Yeargin, C Barbee, B Ki—ell, John Taylor, nice list.
--4 May 1809 another bond to appear and pay, same claimants [file may be missing papers or it's a previous part of the next].
--28 Aug 1809 bond of Burton Clark, sec Henry Burch and John Searcott. Clark to appear 4th Monday inst to answer to Charles Merriweather and Mary his wf, which sd Mary is admrx of goods and chattels wrights [sic] and credits of John Daniel Decd...that he pay them $$ he detains from them to their damage.... [Note: Charles Meriwether md. Mary Daniel 25 Sep 1808 VA Halifax. They went to KY Christian, then settled in Todd County.]
--27 Mar 1810 summons for bodies of Benjamin Yeargin and Loftin William M. [later William M. Loftin], same claimants as above, they owe $$.
--11 Apr 1810 another bond to appear, same claimants.
And then, the important POA that ties the brothers of John in with the estate of John Daniel who married Mary S. Walton:
NC Orange DB 13-237 15 Jun 1808 George Daniel of Granville Co NC, William Daniel of Wake Co NC, and William D. Shackleford of Middlesex Co VA, to Robert T. Daniel of Wake co NC, re debts due them in Orange and Chatham cos NC, [and to handle much more]. POA is to “extend alone to the possessions of the late John Daniel Deceased and to none other”. Wits Jno Craig, C. P. Patterson, Edward Walton Senr.
[Note: William D. Shackleford is part of this POA in right of his wife, Elizabeth Hurt Daniel, daughter of Lunsford and Lydia Daniel, Lunsford being the deceased son of Samuel Daniel, the brother to the other Daniel parties. Elizabeth had md. William D. Shackleford on 10 Jul 1777 in VA Middlesex. Her father Lunsford had gone to Orange with his father, but returned to Middlesex. His estate is probated there and shows he died by 28 Apr 1794.]
I've put this up on the familysearch tree with a note that I'll be detaching the other John Daniel from Samuel on 1 April.
Regards, Happy Spring to you all,
Pam in CA
