Obadiah Daniel was mentioned in the 27 February 1722 will of his father William Daniel. He received a share of Jemeco Land, a share in a feather bed, and a share in a slave named Kate. He was named an executor. [Middlesex County, Virginia, Will Book B, 1713–1734, pages 267–268.]

Data from Middlesex, Virginia, Daniel Descendants, by Robert Neville Mann and Cathrine Cleek Mann of Cedar Bluff, Alabama, published by Whitener’s Lettershop of Rome, Georgia, in 1959.

Obediah and Sarah “moved to Goochland County, Virginia, where he left a will dated July 17, 1777; proved June 15, 1778; recorded in Will and Deed Book 12, page 147, Goochland County, Virginia.”