Cynthia, My McDonalds married into my Haywood line. I will copy what I have below. I know the family went by the name McDonald, not McDaniel because I have visited the grave site of my great-great-grandmother, Sarah Ann McDonald (buried in a Haywood family cemetery in Richmond Co. NC), and the name on the marker is clearly McDonald. Descendants of Zachariah McDonald 1 Zachariah MCDONALD b: Abt. 1802 . +WINCY b: Abt. 1804 .. 2 Coll MCDONALD b: Abt. 1825 (this relationship not proved yet) ...... +Temperance WILLIAMS b: Abt. 1831 m: Abt. November 06, 1848 in Montgomery Co. NC .. 2 Sarah Ann MCDONALD b: September 01, 1831 d: October 03, 1878 in Richmond Co NC ...... +James Duncan HAYWOOD, Jr b: November 14, 1821 in Montgomery Co. NC m: March 24, 1855 in Montgomery Co. NC d: August 16, 1906 in Richmond Co NC .. 2 James MCDONALD b: Abt. 1835 .. 2 Mary MCDONALD b: Abt. 1837 ...... +William H. ROBINSON b: Abt. 1801 m: August 25, 1873 in Montgomery Co. NC .. 2 Caroline MCDONALD b: Abt. 1839 .. 2 Howell G. MCDONALD b: Abt. 1842 d: Abt. April 20, 1865 in Civil War .. 2 Martin MCDONALD b: Abt. 1848 However, Zachariah and his family are shown in the 1850 Montgomery Co. census as McDaniel (see below). It took me quite a while to find them because I was looking for McDonald in the census index. From Montgomery Co. 1850 census: #183/185 McDaniel, Zach age 48 male farmer $300 born NC McDaniel, Wincy age 46 female born NC McDaniel, Sarah A. age 19 female born NC McDaniel, James age 15 male laborer born NC McDaniel, Mary age 13 female born NC McDaniel, Caroline age 11 female born NC McDaniel, Howell age 8 male born NC McDaniel, Martin age 2 male born NC I have another Montgomery Co. McDonald in my direct lineage -- Margaret McDonald who married Hector McKenzie. I haven't been able to connect her with any other McDonald (or McDaniel) in Montgomery Co. and would love to hear from anyone who recognizes her. She and husband Hector are buried in a McKenzie family cemetery outside of Pekin in Montgomery Co. Here's what I have on her: 1 Hector M. MCKENZIE b: 1779 in Cumberland Co. NC d: December 12, 1863 in Montgomery Co. NC . +Margaret MCDONALD b: 1789 d: November 15, 1865 in Montgomery Co. NC I would be glad to correspond with anyone else researching these lines. I am also researching Bowles and Haywood in Montgomery Co. Brenda Pflaum Hudson, OH