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James McDaniel or McDonald

Male 1762 - 1820  (57 years)


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  • Name James McDaniel or McDonald 
    Born 24 Feb 1762  of, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Jan 1820  , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I455  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Zibiah McCarley,   b. 19 Dec 1786, , , Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1860, Calhoun Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1805  , Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Electa Sally or Sarah McDaniel,   b. 26 May 1806, Raccoon Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1857, Trader's Point (now Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     2. Martha McDaniel,   b. 24 Feb 1808, Raccoon Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1873, Trader's Point (now Council Bluffs), Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     3. Jane McDaniel,   b. 24 Feb 1810, Raccoon Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1890, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     4. John McDaniel,   b. 10 Jun 1812, , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1884, Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     5. William James Thomson McDaniel or McDonald,   b. 12 Feb 1816, , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1885, Calhoun, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1820 US: Madison Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 192, township had a little over 40 families; related families of Michael Stoker and Michael Graybill are in neighboring Bloomfield Township; columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+:
      David Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,0//1,0,0,1,0.
      Peter Grabill: 1,0,0,1,0,1//0,0,2,0,1.
      Nancy Henson: 0,1,0,1,0,0//0,1,1,1,0.
      James McDaniel: 0,0,0,0,0,1//3,2,0,0,1. [I assume this could be the same James as this database.]

      2. The book "The Henry McDaniel family, 1755-1975," by Esta McDaniel Lee, 1975, FHL 929.273 M141L, p. 82: "Other McDaniels of Gallia and Jackson Counties, Ohio. David McDaniel, b. ca. 1738 m. 5 March, 1801, Elizabeth (Betsy) McCarley in Washington County, Ohio. Gallia County was a part of Washington County at that time. David McDaniel was in Ohio long before it became a state for a son James McDaniel was born in what is now Jackson County, 24 Feb. 1762. He married 19 Dec 1805 Zebiah (Sibby) McCarley, b. 10 Dec 1786, Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of John McCarley. She died 5 Feb 1860. James died in Jackson County, 1820. They had the following children:
      1. Sarah McDaniel, b. 26 May 1806, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 7 Mar 1857, m. John W. Stoker, 13 Mar 1827.
      2. Martha McDaniel, b. 24 Feb 1808, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 4 Feb 1877, m. 1828/29 Michael Stoker.
      3. Jane McDaniel, 24 Feb 1810, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 20 Jan 1890, in Bountiful, Utah, m. 1836, John Stoker.
      4. John McDaniel, b. 10 Jun 1812, Jackson Co., O., d. 11 Nov 1884, Alpine, Utah, m. Christina Stoker.
      5. William McDaniel, b. 1814, Jackson Co., O., d. 1889 unmarried.
      There could have been others."
      Page 83: "Jackson County Marriage Records. C.D. Massie:
      19 Apr 1827 Electa Sally McDaniel to John W. Stoker."

      3. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on pages:
      174: James McDaniel, Zibiah McCarley, children:
      Martha McDaniel (Stoker), b. July 24, 1808, Galia Co., Ohio, Raccoon Township, died July 4, 1873, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
      Sarah McDaniel (Stoker), b. 26 May 1805, Galia Co., Ohio, Raccoon Township, died Mar. 7, 1857, Trader's Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa.

      4. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article:
      "The Stokers join the LDS Church.
      Mormon missionaries come.
      During the fall of 1833 Michael Stoker (1762-1838) and his family, living in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio first heard the preaching of the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These missionaries exhorted them to join the new church and told them about Joseph Smith receiving inspired revelations from God. In addition the Church was noted for its new scripture, the Book of Mormon.
      The Stokers were drawn to the message. Many accepted baptism before the end of 1833. They included sixteen-year-old John Stoker (1817-1881) who was baptized November 13, 1833 by Seymour Brunson(1) and four days later his double cousin, fifteen-year-old Joseph Levi Graybill, who was baptized by John A. Fisher.(2) These two grandsons of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) were among the first of the Stoker family to embrace the new church.
      In 1834 Seymour Brunson moved his family to Bloomfield and organized a branch of the Church.(3) John's parents, David (1795-1852) and Barbara Graybill Stoker, joined the branch during that year. David's younger brother, Michael, Jr., (1805-1858) was affiliated with the Mormons. Evidence of his affiliation with the church comes from the fact that his son, born on July 10, 1834 was named, "William Moroni." Clearly the name Moroni marked Michael as having read the Book of Mormon. Moreover, in his journal Michael, Jr., writes, "The names of the members who were baptized by me in February, 1836. Baptized James Toinbuson and ordained him an elder." He also baptized William and Barbara Stoker that year.(4) Michael held the Mormon priesthood to officiate in these ordinances. The Stokers and their relatives were very enthusiastic about their new church. They contributed to its growth and sustained its leadership.
      The McDaniel connection.
      The children and grandchildren of MIchael Stoker (1762-1838) had an affinity to marry the children of James McDaniel and Zibiah McCarley, neighbors in Jackson County. John W. Stoker (1802-1857) married Electa Sarah McDaniel (1806-1857) on April 19, 1827. Michael Stoker, Jr., (1805-1858) married her sister, Martha Carr McDaniel, on Jan 1, 1829. A grandson, John Stoker (1817-1881), and a granddaughter, Christine Stoker (1815-1854), children of David Stoker (1795-1852), married Jane McDaniel (1810-1890) on January 21, 1836 and John Riley McDaniel on February 8, 1835. Nineteen-year-old John, in addition to marrying Jane, also adopted her son, Alma. Family tradition says that Alma's father would not consider joining the LDS church so Jane left him. About a month after her son's birth, Jane married John Stoker, the nephew of her two brothers-in-law.
      The Kirtland Temple is dedicated.
      In the spring of 1836, some members of the Bloomfield branch made the 200 mile trip north to Kirtland, Ohio to attend the dedication of the temple. In that group was Michael Stoker's son-in-law and grandson, Michael Graybill, Sr., and Joseph Levi Graybill. Michael Graybill's wife, Polly Stoker (1792-1864), was expecting the birth of her eleventh Child, a son who was born April 6, 1836. She didn't go with them. Michael Graybill while at the conference and temple dedication at Kirtland was impressed by Sidney Rigdon's two and a half hour sermon. Upon returning to Bloomfield, he named his newly born son, Sidney Rigdon Graybill.(5)
      Picture p. 3: "Barbara Graybill and her son, John Stoker."
      Footnotes
      1. "The Life of John Stoker," compiled by Eunice Stoker Southwick
      2. "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Vol. III G.K. compiled by Susan Easton Black. Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993. p. 149.
      3. "Seymour Brunson," LDS Biographical Encyclopedia Vol. 3 compiled by Andrew Jenson. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901. p. 331.
      4. "The Howard, Leytham, Stoker, Von Dollen Family Histories and including the Bell, Teeple, Mackland, Bardsley, Graybill, Eller, Dick, Oman, Smith, and Koons Families," compiled by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. p. 92.
      5. Vivian Graybill, "Michael Graybill, Sr." Typescript sent to Jim Stoker by Alice Graybill Russell, 6120 Wincanton Dr., Shreveport, LA 71129 on October 6, 1993."

      5. Gallia County was formed on March 25, 1803 from portions of Adams and Washington counties. Jackson County was formed March 1, 1816 from Ross County. Both Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co. and Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co. adjoin each other.

      6. Ancestry.com accessed 28 Feb 2013 from Claudia Ray
      "Zibiah Mc Carley.
      Also known as Sibby Mc Carley; Shebby Mc Daniel, Zibiah Birdino
      Zibiah was born 10 Dec 1786 to John Mc Carley and Martha Carr.
      She was born in Pennsylvania, moved with her family to Virginia and then to Ohio. In Ohio she met and married James McDonald the 19 Dec 1805 (film 0,317,652) here they spelled her name as Sibby Mc Carley. They were married in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio by Charles Buck Jr. They lived in Raccoon Twp near the Raccoon river in Gallia County, Ohio.
      They had five children, three girls and two boys. Electa Sarah, Martha, Jane, John and William, James died in 1820, leaving Zibiah with five children ages four to twelve years old. (1820 census.)
      The 20 of April 1823 Zibiah married Charles Birdino. Here she used the name of Shebby Mc Daniel. Her using the surname of Mc Daniel may indicate the Mc Donald clan using Mc Daniel for Church events. (Film 0,317652) They had two children, Nemiah Wood Birdino and Elizabeth Gabrielle Birdino.
      Charles had several spelling variations of his surname. It was spelled Birdino on his marriage certificate. Burdinano, Beirdneau and Birdino in the land grant papers. In the 1830 census his name was listed as Charles Burdino. His children always seemed to use the Birdno spelling.
      Charles Birdino had enlisted in the army and fought in the war of 1812. Because of this he received warrant no. 3809 for 160 acres of bounty land. I believe that his bounty land was located in Jefferson County, Ohio, because Charles Burdino, John Stoker, Michael Stoker and Michael Stoker Jr were all living in Steubenville; Ohio, in the 1830 Census.
      From the location of their residences next to each other Charles Birdino and Michael Stoker may have both receive bounty lands from the war of 1812. James Mc Donald may have also enlisted in the army for the war of 1812.
      The 1830 Ohio Census shows a Charles Burdino record with 1 male 5-10 Nehemiah Birdno, 1 male 10-15 William Mc Donald, 1 male 15-20 John McDonald-Mc Daniel, 1 male 60-70 Charles Birdno & 1 female under 5 Elizabeth Birdno, 1 female 20-30 Jane Mc Daniel and 1 female 40-50 Zibiah. (Census)
      This census proves that Zibiah did not have three more sons with James Mc Donald. If she did they would have been shown on this census record. The three extra sons Van D. Mc Daniel born 13 May 1815, John E. Mc Daniel born 5 Dec 1817 & Andrew G. Mc Daniel born 30 Mar 1820. If she did the census would have shown 2 Males 15-20 & 3 Males 10-15. These three never appeared as sons of James and Zibiah on any records until a computer match and merge was done to create the I.G.I. They should be removed as sons of Zibiah in the New Family Search.
      Next was the John Stoker family with one male under 5 one male 20-30 John & 1 female under 5, one female 20-30 Electa Sarah Mc Daniel.
      Next was the Michael Stoker family with one male 10-15, one male 15-20 John, one male 60-70 & one female 10-15 Christina, one female 50-60.
      Then the Michael Stoker Jr. family with one male under 5, one male 20-30 & one female 5-10, one female 20-30 Martha Mc Daniel. Charles Birdino had received a leg wound while serving in the war of 1812 while fighting in Canada. There was a military hospital in Kanawha, Virginia where he had gone to have his leg checked. He died in Kanawha in 1840 leaving Zibiah a widow again. This time most of her children were grown and married.
      An article in the Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio Historical Society published in August 19?? gives the following information about the Graybeal and Stoker families. (In 1815 Peter Graybeal Sr and his wife left Ashe County with their son Michael, his wife Mary Stoker and their two young children. Their daughter Barbara Graybeal and her husband David Stoker, Mary's brother and their Stoker in-laws Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker. They were on their way to the Great Western Reserve, which would become Ohio. They selected a location in what became Bloomfield, Jackson County Ohio. Here they learned of the early Latter Day Saint Church and every member of this group of baptismal age became members in 1833. The spelling of their name was changed to Graybill to set them apart as Mormons.)
      Some books say that the Mc Donald clan was a violent clan so when they joined a church they would change their name to Mc Daniel.
      Because of the Mc Donald clan using the surname of Mc Daniel I believe that Zibiah and her children who joined the Church were baptized as Mc Daniel.
      Our John Mc Daniel was baptized in 1 February 1833 by Seymour Brunson. Seymour Brunson's diary says that he baptized a large number of people in Ohio. I believe that Zibiah and her children that were baptized and joined the Church used the name Mc Daniel.
      All of Zibiah's Mc Daniel children married Stokers except for William who never married, never joined the church and never used the surname of Mc Daniel.
      Zibiah's oldest daughter Electa Sarah was born 26 May 1806 (film 184,658). She married John W. Stoker. They joined the Mormon Church and came west to Nauvoo and then to Council Bluffs, Iowa where they both died in 1857. They died at Traders Point, Iowa
      Her next daughter Martha married Michael Stoker Jr. They also joined the church and came west to Nauvoo, and then to Iowa where they both died. Martha died in Council Bluffs, Iowa 4 Feb 1873.
      Zibiah, her sons John Mc Daniel, William Mc Donald and Nemiah Wood Birdino and daughter Elizabeth Gabriell Birdino also came west with the rest ofthe family as far as Iowa.
      In the 1850 Iowa census Zibiah and her daughter Elizabeth Birdino were living with Zibiah's son William Mc Donald. His surname was spelled Mc Donal in this census.
      Jeremiah Birdeno, his wife America and daughter Emily were living next door, or with them.
      Zibiah remained in Iowa where she died in 1860 at the age of 73 years 16 days and was buried in the Calhoun Cemetery, (film 1,579,041) which is in Harrison County. Harrison county had been a part of Pottawattamie county until 1855.
      William remained in Iowa and was a farmer. At his death an obituary was printed saying. (William McDonald came in 1854 with his mother, who was of the Mormon Faith. She went to Utah, but he refused to go. He remained in Calhoon township and lived a single life ever afterwards. He accumulated over fifty thousand dollars worth of property. He died in 1885 and his estate was sold at auction.) (film 0,934,944 pg. 454) The probate of William's estate can be found in the (film 1,510,110 pgs 493, 404-496, 504, 510).
      It tells the names of his sister's family coming to claim his estate.
      William is buried next to his mother in the Calhoun Cemetery. (Film 1,579,041) I don't think the people who wrote his obituary knew that Zibiah Birdno was the mother of William Mc Donald."

      7. Erroneous entries in the old LDS Ancestral File improperly added the following three sons to James McDaniel and Zibiah McCarley: Van D. McDaniel, John E. McDaniel, and Andrew G. McDaniel. According to the 1850 census for Morgan, Gallia, Ohio these three individuals were children (ages 16, 10, and 7 respectively) in another family with parents William McDaniel, b. 1806 Ohio, and Sarah ___, b. 1812 Virginia.

      8. Another perspective on the origins of James McDaniel/McDonald is provided by family researcher Kenneth McDaniel in his email to me dated 7 Sep 2016. Kenneth is a descendant through John McDaniel, son of this James:
      "As to your question [as to the proof of James being the son of a Henry in Virginia]. Hard evidence is missing. Land grants for Washington eventually Gallia and later Jackson county were destroyed when the British burned Washington D.C. during the war of 1812. Also, most births were never registered in rural areas. The only hard copies available are occasional church christening records (which only give the date of the baptism) and wills.
      The book you refer to [Esta McDaniel Lee's book] was based on one single document which has since, mysteriously, vanished. This document was a register of revolutionary war veterans, or militia, living in lower Eastern Ohio after 1795. Here were two names, David and James McDaniel, named. What their relation was, was not specified.
      A document discovered after 1975 shows both James and David had applying for Revolutionary War pensions and that James' father was named Henry. It does not state where these men were born.
      Who were James and David McDaniel? Speculation ranged on the LDS database from father (David) and son (James) to cousins.
      My father struggled with this until his death in 2003.
      Believe me, I have done everything in my power to find the original document mentioned in Esta McDaniel Lee's book. Yet, even though I am convinced it does (or did) exist, it does not prove the two men were born in Ohio.
      As a professional historian it appalls me how people can form such large theories on so little evidence. My first approach was to check the timeline.
      I have attached a document which gives a comprehensive timeline of the Ohio valley. Compare this with the following:
      - James McDaniel was born around 1762
      - Henry McDaniel was born around 1735
      In 1763, after the end of the French Indian War, was this part of Ohio transferred from the French to the English. There were white settlers in the area, but they were mostly French trappers. British settlers were more often than not chased out either by the French or the Native Americans. What is now called Jackson County was Salt Marsh and used by the Native Americans as a slave labor colony for prisoners of war.
      In 1770 George Washington surveyed the area for the first time. Even then the area was not considered safe for colonization. The area was opened for land grants finally at the end of 1787.
      It is thus extremely unlikely that James, and especially, Henry was born in Ohio.
      The McCarley family, into which James and David married two sisters, first arrived in 1798. This is documented and not disputed. They followed the same route from Western Virginia into Washington (Gallia) county as did most of the Scottish and Irish settlers. Notice that I don't use the word British. Many of the Scottish and Irish immigrants were descendents of Jacobite rebels – which is one theory I am following right now for my family roots. Because of this they tried to avoid any area controlled by British descendents.
      Legend (and I would like to strongly emphasize this as only legend) has it that James had a falling out with his father and refused to use the name McDaniel except on official documents. David, however, continued using his birth name until his death. This would appear to be supported by the will of Henry McDaniel where James – the oldest son by the way – was bequeathed only one dollar (a nominal sum used to preclude heirs from disputing an inheritance). The entire plantation was given to his wife and a younger son, Isaac.
      The names Henry and David in the McDaniel line are not very common in this period. Births of David's can be verified only twice – one in Missouri and one in Virginia – and both only because of the father's will. Henry McDaniel appears only once in Virginia. This is the only Henry with a son named David.
      Again, I reject any birth of Henry McDaniel in Ohio in 1735 unequivocally.
      To find a Henry having two sons named James and David, both sons later following proven and easily travelled even then migration routes into southern Ohio in the right time frame is far more believable than a fictional Henry living and raising a family in an area which, even for French trappers of the time, was barely inhabitable.
      As to the McCarley family. Elizabeth and Zibiah McCarley were sisters. Elizabeth was born in 1780 and Zibiah in 1786. David McDaniel married Elizabeth and James married Zibiah. Elizabeth married David in 1801 and Zibiah married James in 1805. Again, look at the dates. If James was born around 1762, he would be 43 and Zibiah 19 – not unrealistic for those times. If David was James' father he would have to have been born at least twenty years earlier which would make him at least 60 when he married Elizabeth who would have been then 21. Not impossible; but unlikely.
      As to those who disclaim the surname McDaniel as being a bastardization of the name McDonald – this is simply untrue. The McDaniel branch of the McDonald clan were the Northern Irish or Ulster cousins who existed, not because of a mispronunciation, but a difference in spelling of the same word between the two lands. MacDonnell is Scottish (from Gaelic MacDomhnail) while MacDannell is Irish (pronounced MacDah-nnell) the ‘ah' sound in Irish equating with the ‘o' sound in Scottish. The first McDaniel's started appearing outside of Ireland in about 1580 in the Netherlands. After this they appeared for the first time in Virginia and North Carolina between 1690 and 1720. They were mercenaries fighting for and against various European houses. The American McDaniel's were quite often deportees after being captured by the British in battle. In any case, once resettled, they never reverted to the use of McDonald with one, maybe two, exceptions.
      This is the evidence as it now stands. It is circumstantial, but stronger than anything else presented to date.
      Since no one has been able to present valid arguments to the contrary, I am continuing on the theory that Henry either arrived from Ulster in the mid-1700's (possible, but again according to the evidence at hand, unlikely) or was descended from one Bryan MacDaniel who was deported from Arklow, Leinster, Ireland in 1686 and settled in Virginia. This, I believe is the most probable.

      9. See above note on the origins of James McDaniel/McDonald as provided by family researcher Kenneth McDaniel . Kenneth also provided me a transcript copy of Henry's will. Kenneth purports Henry as the probable father of James:
      "In the name of God amen, I Henry McDaniel (his seal) of the County of Monroe and State of Virginia being sick and weak in Body but of sound mind Memory and understanding do make this my last will and testament in manner and form as follows: to wit - first of all I recommend my sole to God who gave it me, secondly at death my body be buried in a decent manner. first as to the raile part of my estate, I leave to my wife Caty the house I now live in together with the field adjoining the same also a gardin lot for her to have it During her time of life and give and bequeath unto my son Isack the Plantation whereon I now live- the part lying below a small branch at the head of a field known by the name of the Boyde field. I further wish and give to my son Isack that part of land that I leave with my wife Caty him to have at her desease and I give to my daughter Peggy the uper end of tract of land I now live on That is from the above named branch at the head of the Boyde field the devide line between Isack and Peggy is to Keep the coarse of ( ? ) Branch to the Backline of ( ? ) survey - and I give to my daughter Peggy one other survey of land of about one hundred and fifty acres adjoining the first mentioned part I give her and I also give unto her so much of my tract of land known by the name of the Cruked Run Survey at the lower end as will make her up three hundred acres of in hole of the land given - above mentioned and I also give unto her the hole of my land lying on the Stinking lick branch - the Balance of the cruked Run land that I have not named to my daughter Peggy I give to my son Isaac and as to the personable part of my estate I wish to be disposed with as hereunder written, first I leave with my wife Caty the hole of my Negroes her to ave them her time of life and at her death I give the hole of them to my son Isack - one only accepted which I give to my Daughter Peggy and she in that to have her choice and I give to my wife Caty two of my cows and one horse Beast and at her death my son Isaac to have them. and I desire the Land I give to my daughter Peggy together with the Negro not to be sold in her time with out her consent. I wish my wife to have her choice in the cows and horse also I leave with my wife the hole of my house hold furniture and as many of my sheep as she may think well to keep - and as many geese as she may think well to keep - her time of life the hole left to her in this my will I give it at her death to my son Isack and as to the Balance of my estate of Kind so ever it may be I give to my son Isack only so much as is hereafter mentioned - that I give unto my son James one Dollar to my son John one Dollar to my son Henry one Dollar and to my son William one Dollar also to my son David one Dollar and I give to my Daughters namely Mary - Nancy - Patsey - and Ann one Dollar to each of them to be paid out of my estate -- and I give unto my Daughters namely, -- hereby appoint Jacob Peck, George Walker gentlemen Executors of this my will together with my son Isack and I hereby Revoke all will or Wills heretofore by me made and declare this my to be my last will and testament as I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty first day of April 1819." Henry McDaniel (Seal) Test Joshua Butcher John Cantley Matt Farley At Monroe June Court."

      BIRTH:
      1. In the following census, James' son William notes his father's birth in Scotland:
      1880 US: Calhoun, Harrison, IA, p. 109B:
      Wm. McDaniel, 64, OH Sco Sco, farmer.
      Matilda Ratliff, other, KY, housekeeper.
      Stephen Vittito, 60 KY KY KY, farm laborer.
      Jared Stoker, nephew, single, 30, IL OH OH, farm laborer.
      Retta Butler, Gdau., 3m, IA IL unk.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Email dated 27 Feb 2013 from Claudia Ray with a scanned image of the following marriage entry (also available on Ancestry.com): "I do hereby certify that I have joined in the Bond of Matrimony according to Law James McDonald and Sibby McCarley on the 19th day of December Given under my hand the 29 day of December Anno Dom. 1805 State of Ohio Gallia county Gallipolis Township. Charles Buck J.P."