We are dealing with two distinct bunch of HUDSONs viz-a- viz the DANIEL connections, namely those of Elbert Co GA (TAIT-OLIVER connection) and the Burke/Bulloch/Effingham/Screven (BBES) Cos GA bunch of Rhoda DANIEL-Robert and Nathaniel HUDSON. I haven't researched (just some light reading on) the Elbert Co bunch but suspect the TAIT-OLIVER connected bunch belong to Cuthbert HUDSON of the so-called "Hanover Co" (VA) bunch. The BBES HUDSONs were from Henrico/Chesterfield Cos VA and are cousins to the Hanover Co bunch as are the Amelia Co VA bunch. - one great big happy family.... Somewhere along the line, someone has taken Rhoda DANIEL's Nathaniel HUDSON of Effingham/Screven Co and made him the same person as one of the Elbert Co Nathaniel HUDSONs (and there were several). If anyone has any evidence to show or even suggest the two Nathaniels are identical there are a lot of us - including the Hudson Family Association - that would welcome said data with open arms. There are book references to Nathaniel in Effingham/Screven Cos as a grandson of Samuel HUDSON (the grandfather of Rhoda Daniels' hubbie, Robert HUDSON, Jr) and that Rhoda and hubbie #2, Nathaniel HUDSON, moved from Eff/Screven to Elbert Co in 1804. Does anyone have the documentation to support either of these two claims? So far, I haven't found either. Ruth: can you share a copy of the pages from "Early Settlers of Alabama" regarding those HUDSONs? many thanks Joni Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 21:32:50 -0800 From: "Ruth Newlan" <ruthann@saw.net> To: DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DANIEL-L] Re: DANIEL-D Digest V03 #478 Hi Anne: I'd love to hear what you might be able to find at Baylor U - there should be quite alot on Charles Davis Daniel there, as that is where he graduated too. Talking about a missionary that was killed in China - Charles Davis Daniel's mother used the "Haseltine" name as her middle name - she was Mary Ann Haseltine Daniel - but, usually signed as Ann H. Daniel. I understand that the Haseltine's had been Baptist missonaries who had been killed or murdered in China. And, I've seen another Daniel woman who used Haseltine as her middle name, also. Regarding "Mayfield". What has recently peaked my interest is the name in connection with a couple of families that were collaterals of my Daniel family in Monroe Co., AL. My great+++ Aunt, Drucilla Daniel married Col. Asa Thompson Oliver in Brazil. I've recently been able to find out information about their son Asa T. Oliver, Jr., so I've been researching the Oliver line and the descendents of Rev. War Privateer Dioniysius Oliver who found Petersburg, Elbert Co., GA - which he named after his hometown of Petersburg, VA. And, in particular, the writing of Col. Edmund Sanders in his "Early Settlers of Alabama". Now, I know that not all in Col. Sanders works are accurate - but, I do give him credit for documenting a very interesting migration pattern, and a group of "hearding" families, of which the Olivers were one. There is only an occasional "Daniel" that marries into this group - but, there are a few of them. This is where the Hudson's connect, as part of this hearding family. The Mayfield's were also part of the heard. One - Martha Mayfield married Zimri Tate of Elbert Co. GA. There were also Maxwell's in this group, as were the Bibb's, Watkins, Winfrey, Williamson, Cobb, Banks, Webb, Cook, descendants of Christorpher Clark & Mildred Terrell, White's, McGeehee, Shelton, Shackelford, DeJarnette, Coleman, Colson/Coleson (just to name a few) - an interesting group of folks. And, most of them settled in Elbert Co for a while around 1800 or before, depending on the family. Take Care - Ruth in Portland, OR