Sion Daniel

Male, #36204, (say 1760 - before Jan 1848)

ParentPeter Daniel (say 1735 - )
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Birth*say 1760 Sion was born say 1760. 
 He was the son of Peter Daniel. 
Revolutionary War*between 1778 and 1783 He provided service in the American Revolutionary War between 1778 and 1783
(See biography). 
Marriage*Feb 1786 He married Mary Culpepper at Nash Co., North Carolina, in Feb 1786. 
(executor) Will12 Feb 1788 In Elizabeth (?)'s will, Sion was named by Elizabeth to handle her estate on 12 Feb 1788 at Nash Co., North Carolina.
     Elizabeth's will reads as follows:
     In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth Culpepper of Nash County and State of North Carolina being in good Health of Boddy (sic) and of Sound and perfect mind and memory Praise be therefore given to Almighty God for it. I do hereby make and ordain this my present last Will and Testament in Manner and form following that is to say:
     First and principally I commend my Soul into the hands of the Almighty God hoping through the merrets, death, and passion of my Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, have fully and free parden and forgiveness of all my Sins and inherit everlasting Life and My Boddy I commit to the earth to be decently buried.
     At the discression of my Executors hereafter named and as Touching the disposition of all such temporal Estates as it Hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth;
     First I will that my debts and funeral charges should be paid and discharged;
     Item I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child John Culpepper one bay horse colt and also one Negroe Girl name Pegg. She and her increase to him and his heirs & assigns forever; also one cow & calf to said J. Culpepper His heirs etc.
     Item, I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Henry Whitehead one cow and calf to him his heirs and assigns forever.
     Then unto my Grand Child Nathan Whitehead one cow and calf to him his heirs and assigns forever.
     I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Mary Daniel one cow and calf to her her heirs and assigns forever.
     I give and bequeath unto my Grand Child Abier Whitehead one Chest to her and her heirs forever.
     I give and bequeath unto my grandchild Martha Manning one Side Saddle to her and her heirs forever.
     I also give and bequeath unto Natus [Nathan] Culpepper one bed and furniture to him and his heirs and assigns forever.
     My will and desire is that all the rest of my estate ungiven shall be sold and equally divided between my three daughters - Rahab Whitehead, Elizabeth Whitehead and Martha Manning and all of them to share equally and sharing alike
I also appoint my beloved friends Rahab Whitehead, executrix and Sion Daniel Executor of this my last will and Testament and I do hereby Utterly disallow and Revoke Disown asell? all and every other former Testament's and Wills by me in anyway before named and bequethed Rattifiing and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament in witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Twelfth Day of February in year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Eight. Signed in the presence of us:
     John Smedley ("x" his mark) [apparently the John Smelly in 1790 Nash census]
     Martha Smedley ("x" her mark) [wife of John & daughter of Mark & Elizabeth Mason]
     Cherry Powell ("x" her mark)
Signed: Elizabeth Culpepper ("x" her mark)
.
Nash County, May Court, 1789, the foregoing will was duly proven in open court by the oath of John Smedley.....1 
Death*before Jan 1848 He died at North Carolina before Jan 1848. 
Biography* The Revolutionary War pension application of Sion's widow, Mary, stated that Sion's father was Peter Daniel of Halifax County, NC.
     An August 1725 deed in Bertie County, NC, of William and Rachill Whitehead to Francis and Mary Parker, stated that the land being sold was adjacent to a PETER DANIELS. Joseph Culpepper was one of the witnesses. 2
This may have been too early to have been Peter, father of Sion.
     There were two Sion Daniels in early Halifax County, NC. One was Sion, son of Peter, and the other, Sion, son of Ambrose Daniel, who, according to Worth S. Ray, came to Halifax County from St. Mary's County, MD, around 1775.
     The Sion Daniel who was executor of the will of Elizabeth Culpepper of Nash County in 1788 appears to have been Sion, son of Peter Daniel.
(Names referenced above: Sion Daniel Sion Daniel). 

Last Edited 25 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. Transcribed by Lew Griffin from LDS Film: 1577511 Item 2.
  2. Bertie County NC Deeds, book B, page 14