CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - HISTORY - Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches Family Sketches - Daniel ----¤¤¤---- CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1926 By R. H. EARLY With Illustrations J. P. BELL COMPANY LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927 Daniel Many of the Daniel name appear in the parish register of Christ Church, Middlesex county, which seems to indicate that the family were Eastern Shore emigrants. A William Daniel, of different generations, is found there from 1678 to 1751, a James Daniel from 1704 till 1739. In the U. S. Census of 1785 James Daniel is listed as head of a family in St. Paul's parish, Hanover county; one in Orange, another in Prince Edward; William as head of a family in Shenandoah, one in Orange and a third in Cumberland. Samuel Daniel in 1758 was a soldier in a regiment for defense. In 1742 James Daniel patented 2O32 acres of land on the ridge between the head branches of Buffalo and Elk creeks: in 175O he patented 469 acres on south side of Staunton river. James Daniel was a Goochland justice in 1742 and sheriff from 1743 to 1744. When Albemarle was divided from Goochland he became a justice there from 1744 to 1745, and then sheriff of Albemarle, Dr. William Cabell becoming his security in both counties. In Albemarle two of Cabell's sons, William and Joseph, were deputy sheriffs under Daniel, and had charge of the business on the north side of the river. Daniel is given the title of captain. He married Elizabeth Woodson; Children: —Chesley, m. Judith Christian; —Abraham; —Josiah; —James, Jr., m. Hannah _____; —Mary; -Susannah. —John Minor in 1772 married Elizabeth Morton; his daughter, Nancy, m. Rev. Wm. Nelson Scott. James and Hannah Daniel, with four minor children, Rebecca, William, Jaspar and Hannah, moved in 1791 from Goose Creek Meeting to South River in Campbell. In 1799 Peter Daniel was granted 6OO acres on both sides of Bear creek by patent. Peter and Mary Daniel sold Patrick Ratekin 20O acres of land, 1OO acres being part of his 600 acre grant and the other 100 part of 282 acres granted William Reid by patent and made over to William Haythe, and from Haythe to William Gibson, and from Gibson to Daniel by deed, land lying on both sides of Bear creek. Peter Daniel died in 1781. Sons: Richard, Peter, William, John; and daughters; Lucy Trent, Sarah Dancy and Jemima Hunter. Marriages of Daniels: 1792, William Daniel m. Edith Sutterfield: 18O1, Thomas Daniel m. Polly Jones; 18O5, Robert Daniel m. Sarah Douglass: 1811, James Daniel m. Susanna Tanner. William Daniel, Sr., brother of James, Sr., of Goochland, had a son William, who was an ensign in the Revolutionary army; he married Martha, sister of Archer Allen, member of Cumberland Committee of 1775. His son, William, Judge of Campbell and Cumberland district, married Margaret, daughter of Dr. Cornelius and Mary Briscoe-Baldwin of Winchester. Judge Daniel moved to Lynchburg in 1819 and resided at first in the town: his children, -Mary C. B., m. Mayo Cabell of Union Hill., Nelson county; -Eliza, m. William J. Lewis Cabell (son of Dr. Geo. Cabell of Point of Honor); —Elvira A., m. Colonel Charles Ellet, Jr.; —Martha, m. Judge Wood Bouldin, of Charlotte county: -Judge William, Jr., (judge of Virginia Court of Appeals, 1846-65), m., 1st, Sarah A., dau. of John M. Warwick of Lynchburg; had two children, John Warwick and Sally (m. Major Don P. Halsey, Sr.); Judge Daniel, Jr., m., 2nd, Elizabeth H., dau. of Gov. Wm. H. Cabell of Richmond. He represented Lynchburg in the Virginia Legislature. William J. Lewis Cabell and bride died young. They did not occupy Point of Honor, as it was rented at the time of their marriage. Mrs. Cabell, dying last, inherited this Cabell property, and afterwards her father, Judge Daniel, Sr., heired it from her and resided there. He married, 2nd, Mrs. Hector Cabell, nee Pauline Cabell, daughter of Col. John and Paulina Jordan-Cabell, of Buckingham county. Judge Daniel, Jr., later built a suburban home, named Rivermont from its situation in view of river and mountain, which afterwards provided the name for the community that became annexed to Lynchburg. This occurred when Major E. S. Hutter owned and occupied the premises. Two grandsons of Judge Daniel, Sr., have represented Lynchburg in the Virginia Legislature: one, Mayo C. Brown, attorney-at-law, (son of Mrs. Robert L. Brown, nee Margaret, daughter of Mayo and Mary C. B. Daniel-Cabell, of Nelson county, and for some years principal of Lynchburg Female Seminary), a delegate from Lynchburg 1919, 1922-23. The other, Don. P. Halsey, Jr., (son of Major Don P. and Sallie Daniel-Halsey), who, when state senator in 19O3, was author of the bill placing statues of George Washington and Robert E. Lee in Washington Capitol as Virginia's representatives in Statuary Hall. In 191O he was again a state senator, and was then appointed by Gov. Mann a member of the commission to present a replica of the Houdon statue of Washington from Virginia to France, "The People of the First Republic": the copy was then made by the Gorham Company and delivered by Senator Halsey. Appointed in 1925 by Gov. Trinkle to the judgeship of the 6th. judicial circuit of Virginia, he was elected at the Legislative session of 1926 to fill out the unexpired term, made vacant by the death of Judge William R. Barksdale. Major Don. P. Halsey, Sr., was mustered into the service of the Confederate States together with his brothers, Major Stephen and Edward Halsey, at Forest Depot; became 2nd lieutenant of Co. "G", 2nd Va. Cav. Reg., commanded by Captain Winston Radford, under Colonel R. C. W. Radford. At the battle of Manassas he was promoted to 1st lieutenant, later commissioned aide on the staff of Gen. Samuel Garland; was wounded at Sharpsburg and taken prisoner, but soon exchanged and was placed on Gen. Iverson's staff, with title of captain. Late in 1864 on staff of General G. C. Wharton with title of major; captured at Waynesboro and imprisoned at Fort Delaware till June, 1865. This Halsey family is descended from Thomas Halsey, who came to America from England in 1633 and settled first at Lynn, Massachusetts. Seth Halsey, of Lynch-burg, a descendant of Thomas, married Julia D. B. Peters; was a successful tobacconist. His daughter, Aurelia Halsey, married Gen. John G. Meem, son of John Gaw Meem, Sr., and his wife, Eliza Campbell Russell, (daughter of Andrew and Anna McDonald Russell). John Meem, Sr., of the Greenway firm of Abingdon, Va., moved to Lynchburg "where he engaged in the merchandise business and acquired large landed estates: Strathmore and Mt. Airy in the Valley of Virginia being best known. Children: —William Campbell, m. Miss Matthews; died young. —Dr. Andrew Russell, m. Ann Jordan. —Gen. Gilbert Simroe, m., 1st, Gabriella Jordan; m., 2nd, Nannie Rose Garland. —Gen. John G., m. 1st, Nancy Esterbrook Cowan; m., 2nd, Aurelia Halsey. —J. Lawrence, killed at battle of Seven Pines. —Fannie Russell, m. Dr. Robert S. Payne, of Lynchburg. —Eliza C., m. General Samuel Garland, of Lynchburg. Andrew Russell, father of Mrs. Eliza C. Russell-Meem, was the son of Captain Andrew Russell, Sr., and Margaret, the daughter of Colonel William Christian and Mary Campbell, sister of General William Campbell. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________ File size: 7.6 Kb