Diane, Yes, I know what that Effingham County, GA record says but someone submitted to the list a will or deed which lists her first husband as Samuel TYSON, Sr. born 1744 the son of John TYSON and Bethany HINES of Pitt County, NC and this Samuel, Sr. died in 1771 in Beaufort District, SC. They had a son, Samuel TYSON, Jr. b. ABT 1770, who married Elizabeth STAFFORD. I am pretty sure the MAY-DANIEL marriage was also confirmed by Koy JOHNSTON in his 1976 letter to Mrs. Lucy GRAY. He was a direct descendant of Col. Amos JOHNSTON who married Josiah and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth DANIEL. As I remember, they were not married in Effingham County, GA. They were married over in SC, as I remember. A Black Swamp Church or something like that. Now, I believe that is the way it went. The problem with genealogical information in that area of SC is the Yankees burned all of the courthouses, much as they did in Washington, Burke and Jefferson County, GA and there are no civil records for the period prior to the CW and where they are no records - there are those who find a way to create them. John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Carrington Bradford" <wdbradford@mindspring.com> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:27 AM Subject: RE: [DANIEL-L] Seth DANIEL - SC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack V Butler [mailto:JackVButler@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 6:50 PM > To: DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] Seth DANIEL - SC > > > > "Other Daniels getting married early in that County were Josiah > Daniel and > Elizabeth DIXON in 1772, .... (John, I suspect that the reason that > folks have her as a DIXON is because that is how it is transcribed in > Effingham Co, GA MARRIAGES From 1754 to 1850, page 3. I am assuming > that > you have a better source?)" > > > It was written as Elizabeth "DISON" in the "EBENEZER RECORD BOOK > 1754-1781: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Jerusalem > Evangelical Lutheran Church of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly > Known as Ebenezer Church." This book was translated and edited by > George F. Jones and Sheryl Exley, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. > Baltimore, MD, 1991. And I quote: > > "1772....Josiah Daniel and Elisabeth Dison both of Carolina, have been > lawfully married on the 23 Day of April. (In English)" > > This book was a translation and compilation of the records kept by the > capable and well educated ministers of Ebenezer Church in those early > years. The notation in parentheses at the end of this particular > entry "(In English)" meant that the entry in the record book was > written in the English language, NOT their native German language, so > there was in fact NO "translating" that the editors of this book had > to do on entries bearing that "In English" notation. > > Diane Carrington Bradford > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > DO NOT FORGET: This is a Genealogical Mailing List and the posting of messages that do not relate to the DANIEL Family, its collateral families or those of a historical nature relating to genealogical research -- are not allowed on this list. > >