“James Son of Robert and Margtt Daniell borne 5th November 1709.” [The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. from 1653 to 1812, Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company Reprints and Remainders, 1990, page 78.]

“James Daniel & Jenny Hicks Married Novemr ye 11 1725.” [The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va. from 1653 to 1812, Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company Reprints and Remainders, 1990, page 165.]

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.

“On May 6, 1735, James Daniel and his wife, Jane, executed a deed to Alexander Roane, in Middlesex County, Virginia. November 21, 1735, James Neville sold ‘James Daniel of Middlesex’ 400 acres of land, then in Goochland, now in Cumberland County ‘at the mouth of Watkins Creek, on the South Bank of the Fluvanna River’ - this being a part of the land patented to Neville, September 28, 1732. August 20, 1740 James Daniel acquired patents to an island of 16 acres in the river and 400 acres adjoining. Description is the same as in the deed from Neville November 21, 1735. November 14, 1741 James Daniel sold 95 acres of the 400 acres described as being adjacent to William Cannon’s land, and 400 acres bought from one Megginson in 1742 which also adjoined the land of William Cannon. In 1743, James Daniel bought 150 acres from Margaret Abbott ‘on the South side of Fluvanna river over against Tindall’s island.’ In 1748 James Daniel acquired by patents an island of 7 acres and 150 acres of Tindall’s or Burnt Island. This may have been the land he bought of Margaret Abbott. A few days after the execution of his will, James Daniel procured a patent for a large tract of land in Lunenberg County, Virginia. The land in Cumberland County, Virginia was owned by his son, Abraham Daniel from 1781 to 1798 and taxes assessed to him for the same. He also acquired land in Halifax County, which he sold in 1752.

“Albemarle County, Virginia was organized the 4th Thursday of February 1745, on the plantation of Mrs. Scott near the present Scottsville, where the next court was directed to be held. Among the first officers appointed were: Joshua Fry, County Lieutenant; Peter Jefferson (father of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, 1801-1809), Lieutenant Colonel; Allen Howard, Major; William Cabell, Joseph Thompson, Charles Lynch, Thomas Ballou, David Lewis, James Daniel, James B. Nevill and James Martin, Captains.

“Although James Daniel was never Sheriff of Goochland County, Virginia, he was Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia in 1751. His home was on one of the islands in the river, now in Fluvanna. After the organization of Albemarle County out of Goochland in 1745 he is always referred to as “James Daniel of Albemarle.” James Daniel is not shown to have lived in Goochland prior to 1741.

“Mr. Worth S. Ray in ‘Colonial Granville County and Its People,” page 242, makes the statement that the Sheriff of Goochland County, Virginia was the James Daniel who married Jean Kelso, and that all of their sons except one moved to Greene County, Georgia, and all three of his sons married Cunninghams and one of his daughters married Samuel Cunningham.

“The will of James Daniel was recorded in Will Book 2, page 94, Albemarle County, Virginia.”

The will mentions son, Chisley Daniel; son, Abraham Daniel; son, Leonard Daniel; son, Josiah Daniel; son, James Daniel; son, John Daniel; daughter, Susannah Bedford; son, Chisley Daniel; sons and daughters Abraham Daniel, Loenard Daniel, Josiah Daniel, James Daniel, John Daniel, Mary Daniel, Mercy Daniel. Exors: Chisley Daniel, Abraham Daniel, Leonard Daniel. Witnesses: Benoni Boatwright, William his X mark Boatwright, John Duglas. Signed Jas. Daniel on 30 October 1760. Proved in Albemarle County, Virginia, court on 12 February 1761.