In a message dated 3/17/2004 6:10:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, jclarke@rose.net writes: Now, we are getting somewhere. I felt there was more in this little group of DANIELS in Edgecombe than the regular IOW clan. Give me what you think are Charles and Thomas' ancestors John, I still carry these boys as sons of William of Essex Co., Va. & Elizabeth COLEMAN. You will find Charles' name in many documents in Edgecombe and Halifax Co.'s because as stated in "The History of North Carolina Baptists": "He was reputed a knowing and wise man. and therfore often consulted in civil affairs" Mike Daniel