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I am looking for information on John M. Daniel(s).? We think he may have been born before 1802, possibly in either South Carolina or Virginia. He married Eliza (Elizabeth) Jackson (b Abt. 1801 d 15 Aug 1839) on 13 Jan 1825 in Amite, MS.? He is listed in Williams Causey's Will as his grandson.? He was apparently brought to Amite, MS with William Causey, presumably from South Carolina, around 1805.? Our assumption is that his mother was a Causey and his father was a Daniels and that both of his parents had died before William Causey took him to Amite.? I have no information on either of his parents.? Since William Causey lived in South Carolina prior to going to Amite, MS we assume that is where John M. lived with his parents.? Unfortunately there are no South Carolina records for that time frame available.? It is believed that William Causey was in Virginia prior to going to South Carolina and so I think it is a possibility that his daughter may have met and married a Daniels while in Virginia.? John and Eliza named their first son William (although that could have been after William Causey) and their second son Josiah.? Neither of those names are in Eliza's immediate tree.? His first daughter was named Sarah, his second daughter was named Nancy, and his third daughter was named Elizabeth (more than likely after her mother.)? Family lore is that Sarah was named after John's mother, but we haven't been able to find any information on a "Sarah Causey."

I know this is a long shot, but I am reaching out anywhere possible to see if someone has a John M. Daniels in their family history that fits my John M. Daniels.

I have tested with Ancestry and uploaded to Gedmatch and FTDNA, although I don't have any idea how to make use of the DNA testing.

Thank yoiu,
Wendy Lovgren (Acton, CA)

Hi Wendy,
??? I don't have a John M. Daniels in my files who matches your John. I assume that by Amite, MS you meant Amite County, MS? I found J. M. Daniel in the 1830 Amite County, MS census. I did not find any Daniel/Daniels in the 1840 or 1850 censuses of that county. I also did not find any John, William or Josiah Daniel/Daniels in the 1850 or 1860 censuses that match them. Do you have a bit more information about them? I did find Causeys in the 1820, 1830 and 1840 Amite County, MS censuses.
?? Your DNA testing is all autosomal DNA testing which can only reliably determine matches about 3 to 4 generations back, if you have good primary record evidence, so your DNA tests will probably not be very useful. If you can trace a direct male Daniel/Daniels descendant of John, and get them to take a Y DNA test, that may show which Daniels lines you do, or do not, connect to. Y DNA is passed only from father to son, and changes very slowly over time, so is very useful for tracing direct paternal ancestry.

Best,

Kevin

Thank you for your response. Yes, I did in fact mean Amite County, Mississippi,? John and Eliza married in Amite County but after at least the first 3 children were born they ended up in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana where John died about 1836 and Eliza (after marrying 2nd James Ratcliff) died about 1838.? Initially Eliza's brother Willey Jackson took guardianship of the 4 children after not being well cared for by Eliza's 2nd husband, and later Josiah Causey took guardianship of the two girls, still minors.? Willey and Josiah were both in Amite County.

William married and he and his family moved to Dermott, Arkansas, and Josiah married and he and his family moved to Upsher, Texas.? Sarah married Remzen Jenkins (my 2nd g-grandparents) and after Remzen died she married her first cousin, Dr. Thomas Jackson.? She died in Amite County, as did her sister Nancy, who married Gardner Sleeper.? Elizabeth died at about the age of 3,? I am pretty confident on the generations below John and Eliza, I'm disappointed that I can't look any farther back based upon my DNA test so will look into any Daniels males that may be willing to help.?

I knew this was a long shot, but I am so curious about John's family.that it has become a mission for me to find out more information, lol.

I will keep digging.

Wendy