Mike, A couple of things. I do not carry Adam ALBRITTON as the husband of one of John CASON's daughters. I show that Eleanor CASON married James ALBRITTON, Jr on 16 Aug 1791 in Pitt County, NC. James married, first, a Mary ARNETT, and she must have died before 1791. In 1791 Eleanor would have been ABT 30-40 so she could have married an Adam ALBRITTON before marrying James, that I do not know but I also do not show an Adam as a brother of James ALBRITTON.. I do show that she had James had three children, Luke, Samuel and Thomas ALBRITTON. However, I think something is amiss in all of this and I do not know quite what it is. As for Eleanor CASON, she was not born until ABT the 1760 time frame. In 1790, Thomas has one free white male over 16 and one under 16. That, is a big spread to work with. One, we do not know when Thomas was born, do we? Some say ABT 1740 and others say ABT 1760. Since most of RLD's kids were born in the 1740-1760 time frame, this makes sense. We could be seeing two Thomas DANIELS, one about age 50 in 1790 or one about age 30 in 1790, with this last one the more plausible sine he had a kid under age 16. That puts his DOB in the 1760 time frame, well within the range of kids for RLD. Personally, I think RLD was born much later than most folks think. I think he was born closer to 1730 than the 1718 date often listed for him. This then makes sense that his mother was playing match maker for him with the Jemima in 1752 and why his kids were born in the post 1750 time frame. This matches up with his father who lived to be about age 65 and since we know he died in 1794 then this gives him a DOB of ABT 1730, which matches, does it not? I do not know who this Fnu CASON married. I do have the names of her sister's (Rachel CASON) children and none of the given names you listed are in them which tells me that if these were her children, they did not use CASON given names in this family. The one name I instantly recognized was the name Luke, a name from this ALBRITTON family. That is a WHITFIELD given name. Maybe she was a WHITFIELD because this family is collateral with the DANIELS. As for MAYO, I kind of doubt that. MOYE is the family all over this bunch but maybe this MAYO is a cobbled up version of MOYE. There is also some information that MAY may well have been MAYO at some point and this may be where this came from and we also know the MAYS are collateral with this bunch. There are four names that always travel in the same circles in Pitt County -- MOORE, MOYE, CASON and CANNON. That is the names I look for around this bunch if I see one of these names around a particular family... However, we have to go back to that 1779 Pitt County, NC complaint by Col. James ARMSTRONG against Robert DANIEL, Jr. because I think it is relevant. In that complaint, it states that Little Robert had to get rid of the slave because Hillary CASON was coming to dinner. Hillary was John's brother and it has to be that Robert's DANEL family that is tied to the CASONS. I just do not know the final disposition of that complaint and if I did I would know who that Robert DANIEL, Jr. was. Regardless, I think it was his father who was married to this CASON girl and Little Robert was worried that his uncle, Hillary CASON, would see the slave there and tell his father. Let's assume that Little Robert was age 15-20 in 1779, am age all of us got into trouble of some degree or another, which puts his DOB in the same range we have for the children of RLD, does it not? I think RLD had two wives. One may well have been Jemima, whomever, and the second was the CASON girl. This also accounts for all of the young kids he has on his census record of 1790. Then again, it could be a completely different DANIEL family that were the parents of this Little Robert. That, I do not know but what I am pretty sure of -- his uncle was Hillary CASON. There are just too many questions, here..... That, is my opinion on this matter. John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Runforf471@aol.com> To: <DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 4:29 PM Subject: [DANIEL-L] Pitt County NC DANIELS > Was Thomas DANIEL, son of Robert Lanier DANIEL, the son-in-law of John > CASON > and father of John's grandson Robert DANIEL? I think a good argument can > be > made for it. > > There is no question that Thomas married a Delilah LNU and left her as a > widow in 1818. Thomas DANIEL was listed as deceased in Oct 1818 in a deed > granting his widow Delila 600 acres dower. It is not clear to me who > Delila's father > is but she jointly transfers some property in 1818 with Harmon Mayo and > Luke > WARD (who married Lavinia MAYO). It appears this property may have been > from > the estate of John MAYO. There was also a distribution of Thomas's lands > in > 1821 as follows: > > CC65 11-9-1821 Thomas DANIEL, Dec. to Media DANIEL, heir, John DANIEL, > heir, > Rufus W. DANIEL, heir, Thomas DANIEL, heir, Susan DANIEL, heir, James > DANIEL, > heir, Sabria DANIEL, heir Division of land: 277 1/2 A to Media; 284 A to > John, > 284 A including house and plantation to Rufus W.; 123 A to Thomas; 277 A > to > Susan, daughter of Robert DANIEL, dec.; 190 A to James; 150 A to Sabria. > Former owner Robert Lanier DANIEL (Pat. 1782). > > It is clear that Thomas had a son Robert and it is clear to me that Robert > was born long before Thomas married Delila. On 1790 Census Thomas DANIEL > one > male (self) over 16, 1 under 16 and 2 slaves, no females in household > living > adjacent to Lanier and Robert (probably RLD their Pap; he listed 15 > slaves) and > Calston (Colson) ADAMS (maried John Cason's daughter Rachel) and five > houses > from John CASON. > > On 1800 Census Thomas lists 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26 and self, again no > females in household, and 4 slaves. > > On 1810 census a Robert Daniel 16-26 appears with one female 16-26 and 4 > slaves. Two houses down is Thomas with 3 males under 10, one male 45+, one > female > 45+ and five slaves. 1810 also shows another Thomas with 3 males under > 10, 1 > male 26-44, 1 female 26-45 and 4 slaves. This second Thomas lives 8 > houses > down from Lanier also listed as 26-44. I can't explain the two Thomas's > but > either now have a female in the household and several little persons. > > On the 1820 census "Della" DANIEL female 26-45 listed 2 males 0-10, 2 > 10-16, > 1 16-18, 1 16-26, 1 female 0-10, 1 female 26-45 and seven slaves living > next > to "Willa" DANIEL (believe its Willie, Thomas's brother) and John & Leven > James. Leven sold his property in 1827 and deed listed the property as > adjacent > to "Thomas DANIEL heirs & Willey DANIEL". I think this has to be Delila. > Both Thomas & Robert are gone in 1820. > > Thomas also deeded 175 acres to Robert on 2-9-1810 and although it wasn't > described as a deed of gift no apparent money was exchanged. This deed > was > witnessed by Adam ALBRITON, a son-in-law of John CASON, and a Luke > ALBRITON. > > I wonder if this Robert may have been the Robert of the slave stealing > incident. If so, his "Live fast, die young and have a good looking > corpse" > philosophy appears to have worked. > > Mike Daniel > > > ==== DANIEL Mailing List ==== > If you are have any problems receiving the DANIEL List, would like to > change your subscription method or email address or you have a suggestion > you think would improve the operation of the DANIEL list -- feel free to > contact me at any time - My email address is JClarke@rose.net > >