The Continuing Saga of Burgess Daniel (1804-aft 1880), Seaborn Daniel (1828-1905) & John B. Daniel (1849-1911), Father, Son & Grandson.
CG # 6: Case Study: Conflicting or Indirect Evidence – September 2006.
As Amended July 2010
By
John Clay Patterson, CG
Author’s note: Please lay the Excel document "Daniel Family Chronology" alongside the Reference Documents for the "Saga of Burgess Daniel" when reading this report for a better visual on the chain of events that are herein described.
For my portfolio, submitted in the fall of 2006, for selection to become a Certified Genealogist, I chose the Seaborn Daniel family of Georgia and Alabama as my topic on the use of Conflicting or Indirect Evidence. While the judges determined this study to be „Satisfactory‟, one was a little dubious as to whether I had genuinely extended myself to search for all possible information that could have further contributed to the conclusions rendered.
I suppose I let this thought settle in on my conscience for a couple years before I decided to let the judge‟s concerns stir me to action to see if I could do a better job. In June of 2009 I made a research tour through the Georgia counties of Polk, Paulding and Haralson as well as the Alabama counties of Cleburne and Marshall. These counties represent the various residences, after the Civil War, of the families of the three men noted above.
As will be detailed below, I was successful in placing all three men in a close proximity at a point in time where otherwise, I simply had three disjointed men who, while clearly making sense of their relationships together, didn‟t actually ever seem to cross paths with each other.
However, for the following twelve months, I was not content that I had put the finishing touches on the life of Burgess Daniel. That is, I didn‟t know where he died or where he was buried, nor had I ever genuinely placed all three men in the same county at the same time. Thus, another trip to Georgia this week was in order to go back to Floyd County where this pursuit first began in 2001 while trying to determine who John B. Daniel‟s father was. It occurred to me that, back then, I had no idea who Seaborn and Burgess were and therefore did no research for them.
We‟re going to pick up this report by placing all of the star players on the 1860 U.S. Census and then move on from there. Almost like playing a board game, the reader will need a chart and a map to follow along. First, be sure to lay out the color-coded Daniel Family Chronology (excel
spread sheet) that has a wide column for each of the key Daniel men and has their county of location color coded for each reference. Then, also be sure to lay out the map of Eastern Alabama & Western Georgia on it. Both of these will be necessary to follow along as this story has more twists and turns than a back country horse race.
But first, let‟s identify each of the key men in the story. Burgess Daniel was born about 1804, probably in Warren Co., Georgia. He married Katherine Nelson in Fayette Co., GA on the 7 th of February 1826. As each decade goes by Burgess is found on every census from 1830 to 1880 but in a different county each time. To make matters more confusing, particularly if settling for only the census reports, he also is never found in the same county with his son or grandson. Burgess was a farmer throughout his life..
Seaborn Daniel was born 3 January 1828 in Fayette Co., GA. His brother, Elijah, who figures into this story, was born little more than a year later. Seaborn was a stone and brick mason and thus moved frequently to where the work was. He married Narcissa Clay in Cobb Co., GA in 1848 and his first child was John B. Daniel. Narcissa died in 1863 while living in Atlanta during the Civil War. Family legend has it that she was buried under the front porch so her passing would be unknown to the soldiers. Seaborn lived next door to his brother Elijah on the 1860 census. Seaborn married Nancy Powell in 1864 and began raising a second family.
John B (Burgess) Daniel was born in Cobb Co., GA 22 July 1849 and must have been an interesting child. He became known as „Bird‟ Daniel for reasons unknown. John was a farmer who married Nancy O. Hambrick in 1870. Nancy died after giving birth to her fifth child, Martha Luella in December of 1880. John married Martha Melissa Miller in January 1884 and also began raising a second family.
We pick up the story of Burgess, Seaborn and John as we find them in 1860. Be sure you‟ve got your excel chart and map laid out in front of you. They are found following this report before the documents that are added and footnoted below.
6 January 1859
MARTHENA DANIEL , daughter of Burgess & Katherine Daniel is married to William Gore.1 This event is primarily notable to locate Burgess and his family in Polk County by this date, having moved from his residence in DeKalb Co., GA in 1850, As I am not particularly interested in researching Marthena, I saw no reason to drive back to Cedarville to collect the certificate copy but did want to establish residence in Polk County on the far western border of Georgia adjacent to Alabama.
1 Floyd County Library, Rome, GA "Polk County, Georgia Marriage Records." Marriage Abstracts. Listing of marriage of Marthena Daniel to William Gore, 6 Jan 1859, Polk Co., GA. Marriage Book A, Page 157. Notation acquired from source, 30 June 2010.
9 June 1860
SEABORN (Scabone Daniell, sic) DANIEL is found on the 1860 U. S. Census in Atlanta City, Ward 1, Fulton Co., GA.2 He is noted to be a 31 year old brickmason born in Georgia. His wife, Narsisa is noted to be 27, also born in Georgia. The couple has five children, the oldest of whom is John Daniel, the third party of primary interest in this research document. Also listed are Jessee 9, Catharine 7, Jane 5, and Frances 3. John & Jessee are noted to have attended school during the year. Apparently all can read and write as there are no notations indicating otherwise. Seaborn and Narsisa are the bottom two names on the page while the children are on the next page above the listing for Elijah, brother of Seaborn.
2 "1860 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 27 May 2009) entry for Scabone Daniell, [b] 1829, Fayette Co., GA.
3 "1860 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 27 May 2009) entry for Elijah Daniell, [b] 1830, Fayette Co., GA.
4 "1860 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 6 Jul 2010) entry for Nancy Powell [b] 1832 GA.
Residing immediately next door is Seaborn‟s brother, Elijah W. Daniel. 3 Although listed as 31, Elijah would barely be 30. His wife Selvey is noted to be 24 although if consistent with the 1850 census, she would be 26. Living with them is their son William, age 1 and Elijah‟s (and Seaborn‟s) brother, Jessee, also noted to be 31. Odd all three brothers are listed as being 31 years of age on these two pages. Another brother, Robert, is listed two pages further on.
Family legend notes that Seaborn‟s wife, Narsisa Clay Daniel, died by 1862 and was buried under the front porch to hide her death from the soldiers. There is little other information to support this but is of interest nevertheless. Seaborn married Nancy Powell by 1863-4, a fact not substantiated other than by the 1900 census which indicates the couple has been married for 36 years.
For many years researchers in the Daniel family had believed that Narsisa, shown as such on the 1850 and 1860 census, had simply begun to use the nickname „Nancy‟ by 1870 and later census entries and deed information. It is pretty clear though, that there are two different sets of children in Seaborn‟s life, thus by two different mothers.
27 June 1860
NANCY POWELL is found on the 1860 U.S. Census in Haralson Co., Georgia, Buchanan post office.4 She is a 28 year old weaver living with her parents, 67 year old Presley Powell & 57 year old Elander Powell. Also living with the family is Nancy‟s sister, Lucinda 18, and brother, William 13. As the Buchanan post office is also the nearest post office to the land Seaborn bought in Haralson County in 1868, this plus the 1900 census indicating their wedding date of 1863-4, would substantiate that Seaborn had moved to western Georgia, Haralson County, by 1863.
2 July 1860 BURGESS DANIEL is found on the 1860 U.S. Census in Polk Co., Georgia. 5 He is noted to be 52 years old which differs by four years from the consistency of all other census reports for him. He is a farmer who apparently does not own his own land but does have $300 in personal property. He can neither read nor write. His wife, Catherine is also shown to be 52 and is noted to be a domestic, or housekeeper for the family. She too can neither read nor write. Two children reside with the couple: William, 17, who works on the farm; and James, 14. The census does not indicate that either boy has attended school within the year.
5 "1860 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 6 May 2009) entry for Burgess Daniel, [b] 1804, GA.om 6 May 2009.
6 Cleburne Co., AL Probate Court, Marriage Book A, page5. Copy of Marriage License for James Daniel and Harriet A. Grubbs. Accessed. 21 June 2009.
7 Haralson Co., GA Courthouse, Office of Deeds; entry for deed from Edmond D. Johns to Seaborn Daniel. Copy of deed secured 20 June 2009.
Before 1866
BURGESS DANIEL and family had apparently moved only a few miles to Cleburne Co., AL by this time. Later in this report, a deed will be entered in 1874 where Burgess has sold a parcel of farm land in this county. However, there is no entry in county records for the purchase of the land. This would likely substantiate that the purchase was made prior to 1866 as this is the date that the courthouse of Benton Co., AL burned as did all records inside it. The county was reorganized at that time with the portion of Benton Co. on the border of Georgia becoming Cleburne County, Alabama.
However, this sets off a chain of events that substantiates the relationships between Burgess, Seaborn and John B. Up till this point, other than the belief that „B‟ in John‟s name stands for „Burgess‟, there has been little to hang your hat on. We can tie Elijah to Burgess in Henry Co., GA during the same time frame in the 1840‟s; and we can tie Elijah to Seaborn in Atlanta City in 1860. But we‟ve not found a reasonable proximity of location before due to: 1) Burgess having moved by each census from 1830 to 1880; 2) Seaborn, being a stone and/or brick mason, followed the work, lived in cities where work was being done, and apparently owned no land. However, the next several events place all three men, Burgess, Seaborn & John B., in a very close proximity.
5 October 1867
JAMES DANIEL , son of BURGESS DANIEL, acquires for a license to marry Harriet A. Grubbs in Cleburne Co., AL.6 This information places Burgess‟ family as living in the county.
30 April 1868
SEABORN DANIEL purchased lot #157 on the East side of the Tallapoosa River in the 2nd district of Haralson County, GA, containing 8 acres.7 He bought the land from Edmond D. Johns
of Cleburne Co., AL, the county in which his father, Burgess Daniel, is now living. It can only be assumed that Seaborn and his family were living on this land, yet there is no way to be sure. It is probably safe to consider that a home would have been located on this portion of a major river.
A Haralson County land/lot map is attached to give a precise location of Seaborn‟s purchase. 8 A quick look at this map will show the exact location in which Seaborn‟s 8 acres is located. Lot #157 is immediately above Lot #156 shown by an + on the lower portion of the map. The land „east of the river‟ and within the area marked above the + would be the location of the land.
8 Haralson Co., GA Tax Office; Map of land lots in Haralson Co.; accessed 20 June 2009.
9 Delorme’s Georgia Atlas & Gazateer. Map including Cleburne Co., AL & Haralson Co., GA. accessed 30 June 2009.
10 Haralson Co., GA Courthouse, Office of Deeds; Deed from Seaborn F. Daniel to Chas. W. Avery; accessed 20 June 2009.
11 "1870 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 6 May 2009) entry for Seaborn F. Daniel, [b] 1804, GA; accessed 6 May 2009.
12 "1870 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com (http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 6 May 2009) entry for Daniel Burgess (Burgess Daniel), [b] 1804, GA.
Another map, a modern one from Delorme‟s Georgia Atlas & Gazateer shows the location of both Seaborn‟s land purchase and that of his father, Burgess, in Cleburne Co., Alabama. 9 These sites have been marked by red dots in the top left corner of the map. Using the scale of the scale of 1" = 2.9 miles, the distance between the two properties is approximately 7.8 miles.
7 June 1869
Apparently country living, or farm work, did not agree with SEABORN DANIEL and his family. Perhaps he needed to be closer to his work as a stone or brick mason. Nevertheless, he sold his land to Chas. W. Avery for the same $50 he paid for it.10 A copy of the deed is attached.
29 June 1870
SEABORN DANIEL is found on the 1870 U.S. Census in Militia District 1078, Haralson Co., Georgia.11 He is listed as 46 years of age (real age 41), a stonemason, and is shown as having $900 in real estate although no deed is registered in the county deed office. He also notes $465 in personal property. Also living in the household are: Nancy 38, Keeping house; Bird (John B) 21, farm labor; Catharine 17, working on farm; Jane 16, working on farm; Francis 14, working on farm; Luella 3, and James 10/12.
21 July 1870
BURGESS DANIEL is found on the 1870 U.S. Census in Township 15, Range 12, Cleburne Co., AL, Edwardsville Post Office.12 Erroneously listed as „Daniel Burgess‟, this listing is clearly for our Burgess Daniel and his family. Apparently, Katherine has passed away by this time as she is not listed. Burgess has his daughter, Marthena (Martha) living with him as well as her four children: Elizabeth 12; Thomas 7; Robert 5; and Mary 2. They are all listed to have the
last name of Burgess but they real surname is Gore. Nothing is know concerning the whereabouts of Marthena‟s husband, William Gore. The family is living on Burgess‟ land in the far northeast corner of Cleburne county near the Georgia state line. Burgess is noted to be a farmer while Marthena (Martha) is keeping house. The children are all listed as „at home‟. Burgess and Marthena are both noted to not being able to read and write. Burgess is noted to own $600 in real estate and $300 in personal property.
Burgess‟ son, James, is listed on the previous census page as being Dwelling #51, family #41. His wife, Harriet, is 19, with children: Melinda 2, and Mary 7/12s. James is a farmer but does not own the land he lives on. He has $200 in personal property.
22 July 1870
NANCY HAMBRIC , age 17, is found on the 1870 U.S. Census in Township 15, Range 12, Cleburne Co., AL, Edwardsville post office.13 She is living with her parents, 46 year old Newton Hambric and 41 year old Lucy A. Hambric. Ten other children are shown on this census record. This record is found on census page 8 (Dwelling #67) vs. census page 7 for Burgess Daniel (Dwelling # 52) and his family. Nancy would marry Bird (John B.) Daniel a few months later, also in Cleburne county. It is hard to imagine that Bird would not have met Nancy while in the area to visit, or possibly work for, his grandfather.
13 "1870 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 6 Jul 2010) entry for Nancy Hambric, [b] 1854,AL
14 Cleburne Co., AL Courthouse, Probate Office: Marriage License for Bird Daniel & Nancy O. Hamrick. Accessed 30 Jun 2009.
15 Haralson Co., GA Office of Deeds; Deed of sale of land from Burgess Daniel to C.J. Hamrick; accessed 30 Jun 2009.
21 December 1870
BIRD (JOHN B.) DANIEL received a license to marry Nancy O. Hamrick (sic) (Hambrick) in Cleburne Co., Alabama, the county in which his grandfather, Burgess Daniel, lived.14 Remember, Cleburne Co. is just across the state line from Haralson Co., Georgia where John B. (Bird) is found on the census with his father, Seaborn, some six months earlier. They were married two days later on the 23rd of December by Robert T. Speight, M.P.
15 January 1874
BURGESS DANIEL sold his land in Cleburne Co., Alabama to C.J. Hamrick.15 The locations of buyer and seller is of importance here as the deed notes that Burgess Daniel is now from Floyd County, Georgia and that C.J. Hamrick is from Harrison County, Georgia (probably Haralson) while the deed is performed in Haralson Co., Georgia regarding a property in Alabama.
A search of the 1870 census in these counties does not turn up a C.J. Hamrick but it is notable that Charles Hamrick (now age 24) is listed as a son of Newton Hamrick on the 1870 census in Cleburne Co., AL. Charles is brother to Nancy O. Hamrick Daniel, now wife of Bird (John B.) Daniel. Did Burgess sell his land to his grandson‟s brother-in-law?
Either way, the greatest significance here is that Burgess is now a resident of Floyd County, Georgia where John B., Daniel will be a resident between 1875, when his third daughter was born in Alabama, and 1879 when his son Jesse Richard is born in Floyd Co., GA.
4 April 1877
JESSEE DANIEL , son of Seaborn Daniel & Narsisa Clay Daniel, married Ellen Pentecost in Floyd Co., Georgia.16 While this marriage doesn‟t necessarily place Seaborn and his family in Floyd County at this time, they have shown to be close and are probably near by.
16 Floyd Co., GA Library; "Floyd County Marriages, Volume 1." Abstract listing of the marriage of Jessee Daniel to Ellen Pentecost; accessed 7 Jul 2010.
17 "1880 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com (http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 8 Jul 2009) entry for John B. Daniel, [b] 1854, Cobb Co., GA
18 "1880 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 8 Jul 2009) entry for Martha M. Miller, [b] 1854, GA
2 June 1880
JOHN B. ‘Bird’ DANIEL is found on the U.S. Census in Floyd Co., Georgia.17 He is located in Vann‟s Valley in the Chulio District which is situated in the south central area of the county, only a few miles from Polk County to the South and Haralson County to the Southwest. This location is probably no more than 15 miles from his father‟s (Seaborn) former property in Haralson County and about 23 from his grandfather‟s (Burgess) former property in Cleburne Co., Alabama.
John B. „Bird‟ Daniel is listed on this census with his wife, Nancy O. (Hambric) Daniel and their four children: Lucy N. age 9, Mary I. (Ida) age 7, Minnie L. (Lula) age 5, all born in Alabama, and Jesse R.(Richard) age 1, born in Georgia. Nancy is apparently pregnant at this time as her daughter, Martha Luella will be born on the 16 th of December, 1880.
Nancy O. (Hambric) Daniel is not found on any further documents after this point and it is presumed that she may have died in childbirth in December of 1880. However, as John did not remarry until January 1884, it is likely that Nancy died later. Three years was a long time for a father of four toddlers to remain unmarried on the frontier in this era.
John‟s 2 nd wife, Martha Melissa Miller is found living nearby on this same U.S. Census in June of 1880.18 The Hillyer C. Miller household of 13 children is found only two dwellings away from the Daniel home and on the next page on the census. As Martha was 25 years old and still
living with her parents & siblings in 1880, it would probably be a good guess that Nancy O. died only shortly before John B. married Martha in 1884. It was quite normal in those times for a widowed father of five children to seek a wife without long courtships. It was not only a way of life but a virtual necessity for a farmer.
12 June 1880
BURGESS DANIEL is found on the 1880 census living with his son, James Daniel, and daughter-in-law, Harriet A. Grubbs Daniel, as well as their five children.19 Burgess is listed as being 73 and the father of the head of household, James.
19 "1880 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 7 May 2009) entry for Burgess Daniel, [b] 1804, Fayette Co., GA
20 Floyd Co., GA Courthouse, Office of Deeds; entry for deed from E.D. Hightower to John B. Daniel. Copy of deed secured 26 Mar 2002. Deed Book H, page 471.
21 Polk Co., GA Probate Court, County Courthouse, Cedartown, Georgia. Marriage book A, page 133. Copy obtained 29 Jun 2010.
The family‟s location is the 1080 th militia district, Dallas. The town of Dallas, in Paulding County, is about thirty miles from grandson Bird‟s location in Vann‟s Valley, Floyd County. As farmers, of course, they do not live in the town of Dallas but rather in its militia district. As neither James nor Burgess are indicated on the census to be landowners we cannot definitely locate them but they may well live considerably closer to Bird than the 30 miles noted above.
29 June 1880
JOHN B. ‘Bird’ DANIEL purchased 160 acres of land in Vann‟s Valley, Floyd Co., GA,.20 This is perhaps even the land he was living on and working as a tenant farmer up to this point as might be indicated by the purchase price of only $10.00 for this much farmland. It is possible that he had sharecropped the land for as much as four to five years by this time.
19 January 1884
JOHN B. ‘Bird’ DANIEL married Martha M. Miller.21 The couple apparently ventured across the Polk County line for their license and marriage as Cedartown is only about four miles from Vann‟s Valley (Floyd Co. GA) compared to about 8 miles to the city of Rome. This marriage has been a mystery in the family for many years because there was no record of it in Floyd county. However, I recently found the Polk Co, GA marriage book in the Floyd Co. Library. I had not planned to search for this any further but the genealogy librarian fortunately knew of the book and showed the record to me. I immediately drove to Cedartown and collected the copy of the recorded document.
19 October 1884
JANE DANIEL , 29 year old daughter of Seaborn F. & Narsisa Clay Daniel, married James W. Hagan in Floyd County, Georgia.22 It is not known whether this is her first marriage but the record shows that she is recorded by her maiden name. However, family records obtained in Albertville, Alabama in 2002 clearly note that Jane‟s husband was Jim Hager (Hagan).
22 Floyd Co., GA County Library microfilm. Marriage entry for Jane Daniel (b) 1854 in either Cobb or Fulton Co., GA. Marriage book D, page 44.
23 Floyd Co., GA County Library microfilm. Marriage entry for Minnie Daniel (b) 1875 in Cleburne Co., AL. Floyd Co. Marriage book E, page 488.
24 "Floyd County, Georgia Marriages." Floyd Co., GA County Library. Marriage index entry for Ida Daniel [b] 1873 in Cleburne Co., AL. Floyd Co. Marriage book E, page 174.
25 "A Census Substitute", Floyd Co. Library, Rome, GA. Published in 1892 by Floyd County, GA. Page 24.
26 "Floyd County, Georgia Marriages." Floyd Co., GA County Library. Marriage index entry for Lula Daniel [b] 1880 in Floyd Co., GA. Floyd Co. Marriage book F, page 73.
The relevance of this marriage to this saga is because we have never been able to find Seaborn on the 1880 census and, as he was a stonemason/brickmason, he likely rented a house in town as he moved from one area to another. However, Jane‟s marriage in Floyd county, along with her brother Jesse‟s marriage in the same county in 1877, likely places Seaborn & Nancy Powell Daniel & family in Floyd county along with Seaborn‟s firstborn son, John B. „Bird‟ Daniel.
22 June 1890
MINNIE LEE DANIEL , 15 year old 3rd daughter of John B. „Bird‟ Daniel and Nancy O. Hambrick Daniel, married John Howington in Floyd County, GA.23
2 October 1891
IDA DANIEL (Mary Ida Daniel), 18 year old 2nd daughter of John B. „Bird‟ Daniel and Nancy O. Hambrick Daniel, married Robert Burkhalter in Floyd Co., GA24
1892
JOHN B. DANIEL is found on a census substitute for 1890 in Barker‟s District #924, P.O. Vann‟s Valley, Floyd Co., GA.25 Notice that Hilly C. Miller, Martha Melissa Miller Daniel‟s father, is also listed on this document.
18 August 1896
LULA DANIEL (Martha Luella Daniel), 15 year old 5th child of John B. „Bird‟ Daniel and Nancy O. Hambrick Daniel, married Milledge D. Smith in Floyd County26. Milledge would become a physician and set up his practice in Albertville, Alabama. This possibly the event that precipitated many of the Daniel family moving to the Sand Mountain area in Marshall County, AL at or around the upcoming turn of the century.
16 July 1899
J.R. DANIEL (Jessie Richard Daniel) 4th child of John B. „Bird‟ Daniel and Nancy O. Hambrick Daniel, married Annie J. Mooney in Floyd county.27 Annie‟s full name is Anna Mariah Jenny Lena Mooney. She is the daughter of John Morgan Mooney, a capitalistic Irishman, and Elizabeth Jane Thompson Mooney, a fiery Scotswoman.
27 Floyd Co., GA County Library microfilm. Marriage entry for J.R. Daniel [b] 4 Feb 1879 in Floyd Co., GA. Floyd Co. Marriage book F, page 464.
28 "1900 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 25 May 2009) entry for Seaborn F. Daniel, [b] 3 Jan 1829, Fayette Co., GA
29 "1900 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 8 July 2009) entry for John B. Daniel, [b] 22 July 1849, Fayette Co., GA
30 Photo of gravestone of Seaborn F. Daniel [b] 3 Jan 1829, Fayette Co., GA [d] 15 Jan 1905. Photo by Clay Patterson 18 July 2005.
31 Marshall Co., AL, Office of Deeds; Deed of sale of land from O.D. & Mary L. Street to J.B. Daniel; accessed 1 Jul 2009.
11 June 1900
SEABORN F. DANIEL and his wife, Nancy, are found on the 1900 census living with their son, William (James William Daniel) and his wife, Nancy.28 Seaborn is noted to be 72 and Nancy 61. According to their gravestones Seaborn‟s age is pretty accurate but Nancy would be 67. Their son William is 29 and his wife Nancy is 24. Eight year old Robert S. Howington is also living with them. This would appear to be Seaborn‟s grandson by Minnie Lee Daniel Howington, daughter of John B. „Bird‟ Daniel. William appears to be a farmer but Seaborn has no occupation listed.
11 June 1900
JOHN B. DANIEL and his wife, Martha, are found on the 1900 census living only five doors away from his father, Seaborn F. Daniel.29 They have five of their children living with them including: Grace T. 15, Maud, 14, Ethel 11, Benjamin F. 8, and John B. Jr., 3. It is really unknown whether young John is genuinely as „junior‟ by today‟s standards. The family generally accepts that the elder‟s full name is John Burgess Daniel, with the middle name honoring his grandfather, and his nickname has long since been „Bird‟. However, while no birth certificate exists to prove otherwise, young John B. has always claimed his middle name to be „Byrd‟.
15 January 1905
SEABORN F. DANIEL passed away and was buried in Brashear‟s Methodist Chapel Cemetery on the north side of Albertville, Alabama.30
17 December 1906
J.B. DANIEL (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) bought 80 acres of land for $100. This land lies north of Albertville, AL and just south of Guntersville Lake.31
18 January 1908
J.B. DANIEL (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) purchased a parcel of land in Huntsville, Alabama for $456.26 from Anna Henderson of the Henderson Land & Development Company.32
32 Marshall Co., AL, Office of Deeds; Deed of sale of land from the Henderson Land & Development Co. to J.B. Daniel; accessed 1 Jul 2009.
33 Marshall Co., AL, Office of Deeds; Mortgage of sale of land to J.B. Daniel & Martha Daniel; accessed 1 Jul 2009. This document contains six pages.
34 "1910 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 6 May 2009) entry for Nancy (Powell) Daniel, [b] 6 Mar 1832, GA
35 "1910 U.S. Federal Census," (database, Ancestry.com ( http://ww.ancestry.com: accessed 8 July 2009) entry for John B. Daniel, [b] 22 July 1849, Fayette Co., GA
36 Marshall Co., AL, Office of Deeds; Deed of sale of land from John B. & Martha M. Daniel to Jessie R. Daniel; accessed 1 Jul 2009.
37 Photo of gravestone of John B. Daniel [b] 22 Jul 1849, Fayette Co., GA [d] 10 Dec 1911, Marshall Co., AL. Photo by Clay Patterson 18 July 2005.
11 March 1910
J.B. DANIEL (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) and Martha Daniel took out a mortgage for $1,300 to purchase 360 acres of land through the Scottish American Mortgage Company.33 The land was situated in Marshall Co., AL, Township Eight, Range four east.
15 April 1910
NANCY DANIEL (Nancy Powell Daniel) widow of Seaborn F. Daniel is found on the 1910 census living with their son, James W. (James William Daniel), and his wife Nancy.34 The elder Nancy is noted to be 74. Robert L. Howington, now 18, continues to live in this household.
16 April 1910
JOHN B. DANIEL (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) is found on the 1910 census living with his wife Martha and their son, John B. Jr. age 12.35 Also living in this household is the couple‟s daughter, Ethel Daniel Locklear, and her five children and apparent step-children, including 8 month old Seaborn Locklear. Ethel‟s apparent mother-in-law, Mary Locklear, age 61, also appears in the listing.
8 December 1911
JOHN B. DANIEL (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) and his wife Martha M. Daniel, sold 100 acres to John‟s son, Jessie R. Daniel, for $1,300.36
10 December 1911
JOHN B. DANIEL (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) passed away. He was buried in Brashear‟s Methodist Chapel Cemetery north of Albertville, Alabama.37 His grave is within the concrete curbed containment with his daughter, Martha Luella Daniel Smith, her husband, Dr. Milledge Smith and couple of their children.
28 May 1912
NANCY POWELL DANIEL passed away. She is buried beside her husband, Seaborn F. Daniel, in Brashears Methodist Chapel Cemetery north of Albertville, Alabama. 38
38 Photo of gravestone of Nancy Powell Daniel [b] 6 Mar 1832, GA [d] 28 May 1912, Marshall Co., AL. Photo by Clay Patterson 18 July 2005.
39 Marshall County Probate Court. Petition found on microfilm index & secured from film #2358826 18 Jul 2006.
5 December 1912
JOHN B. DANIEL ‟s (John B. „Bird‟ Daniel) estate settlement petition was filed with the Marshall County Probate Court.39 John apparently died intestate and it was determined that the value of his personal property, including the 80 acres that Martha still lived on north of Albertville, near Guntersville, was insufficient to pay the debts against the estate.
Martha moved to Oklahoma in 1812 with one of her children.
Summation: It is this writer‟s considered opinion that the compilation of corroborative material evidence presented, both direct and indirect, are sufficient to substantiate that Burgess Daniel [1804-abt 1881] is the father of Seaborn F. Daniel [1829-1905] and grandfather of John B. „Bird‟ Daniel [1849-1911].
Respectfully Submitted this 25 th day of 2010 at Dandridge, TN, USA.
John Clay Patterson, CG, FSA Scot
Certified Genealogist
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