Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin DANIEL425,719,975, M
Birth Date18 Oct 1769425
Birth PlaceCaroline County, Virginia
Death Date19 May 1843425 Age: 73
Death PlaceMercer County, Kentucky
FatherWilliam DANIEL , M (1734-1817)
MotherMary SNEAD , F (~1744-1789)
Spouses
Birth Dateca 1770
Death Date15 Feb 1857 Age: 87
Death PlaceMercer County, Kentucky
FatherBerryman BROWN , M (1743-)
MotherMary NOELL , F (1746-1824)
Marr Date8 Sep 1790719
Marr PlaceCaroline County, Virginia
ChildrenColeman , M (1791-1863)
 Mercer , M (1796-1849)
 Mary , F (1806-1850)
 Eliza Phenton , F (~1793-)
 Osway , M (~1803-)
 William , M (~1805-)
 Martha , F (~1805-)
 John , M (~1809-)
Notes for Benjamin DANIEL
Benjamin and Margaret came to Mercer Co., KY after they married.719

Benjamin Daniel did not leave a will, but other records show division of his property and other records which reveal names of his wife and children. One daughter, Phenton Daniel, had married Henry P. Smart in Mercer Co., in 1810 and the 1830 Census of Mercer shows them with 8 children, two of whom would be Ann Eliza, wife of Matthew A. Hall and Elizabeth, wife of Fielding Mace Hall.425

He is listed on the 1810 Census of Mercer County, KY.977
1 male under 10
1 male 10 to 16
1 male 26 to 45
1 male over 45
3 females under 10
1 female 16 to 26
1 female 25 to 45

He is listed on the 1830 Census of Mercer County, KY. 720
1 male 30 to 40
1 male 60 to 70
1 female 15 to 20
2 females 20 to 30
1 female 60 to 70

There were two other children named, but there has been no other source that has identified them. It is questionable if they are of this family. They were: Eliza Daniel Graves and John Daniel.719 These to were not listed in the will book for Benjamin.721
Notes for Margaret “Peggy” (Spouse 1)
She is listed on the 1850 census for Mercer Co., KY at the age of 80.978 She is living next to a 50 year-old femail named Affiah Daniel who was born in Kentucky. It is her daughter-in-law.
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