Hello list, While doing research on my McDaniel line in Carbon County I found a Mary McDaniel who was confirmed at Ben Salem Church in 1809. Following that find I located a marriage for Conrad Solt and Mary Mack Daniels in 1822 in Whitehall. Conrad appears in the 1850 Carbon census in Lehigton at age 58 with wife Mary age 47 and the following people: Elizabeth Kutz, age 18; Thomas Dreisbach, age 26; Maria Dengler, age 16; Henry Solt, age 13. Conrad Solt appears as sponsor in many of the baptisms at St. John's Towamensing church. He appears as a sponsor with Maria Kerchner at the 1837 baptism of Conrad Lewis Klotz, son of Carl Klotz and Katherine Greenzweig. He also appears as a sponsor for the baptism of Carl Dreisbach son of Johann Dreisbach and Elizabeth in 1823. A Robert McDaniel appears in Towamensing Twp. in the 1850 census with Elizabeth Green (Greenzweig is the actual surname). We are trying to connect this Robert McDaniel with the McDaniel family of Mahoning, earlier Penn Twp., Carbon County. Robert shows as age 30 in this census, making his birth year about 1820. In the "History of Carbon County PA", the following is found regarding the Solt family: "The earliest permanent settlers in the limits of what is now Franklin township were, without doubt, the Solt family, who settled on land part of which is now owned by Mrs. Maria Colton. Of this family John Solt was the father. In 1781 the names that appear on the assessment roll are John Solt, Sr., David, Daniel and John. John Jacob Solt lived on the farm now owned by Mrs. Maria Colton on Poho Poco Creek. He had sons, Jacob, Conrad, Peter and Daniel, and daughters, Eve (Mrs. David Shafer), Susan (Mrs. Daniel Arner), Polly (Mrs. Conrad Solt), Betsey (Mrs. Jacob Swank), Maria (Mrs.Daniel Solt). Jacob settled on part of the old homestead, and died in 1882 at the age of eighty-six years. He left two sons, Isaiah and Reuben. They are both living in the township. Two daughters, Sarah (Mrs. Franklin Klotz) and Elizabeth (Mrs. John Hill, both live in the township. Conrad remained unmarried and died many years ago." I believe that the Polly mentioned as Mrs. Conrad Solt is really John Jacob Solt's daughter-in-law, not his daughter and that since Polly is a nickname for Mary that this Polly is Mary McDaniel a heretofore unknown daughter of Robert McDaniel and wife Elizabeth Hicks of Mahoning Twp, especially since Conrad's wife is listed as Mary in the 1850 census. In Elizabeth Hicks McDaniel's 1844 obituary in the "Carbon Transit" newspaper, (Mauch Chunk, Dimmick Library), states that the couple had 9 children, 3 sons and 6 daughters, and 28 grandchildren. The children listed in Matthews and Hungerford's History of Carbon County only show Lydia, Elizabeth, Rachel, Nancy, James and Robert. A Charlotte McDaniel married a Stephen Roth in 1833 in Mauch Chunk. This couple shows in Mahoning in the 1860 census. age 43. This would make her birth year 1817. As yet we have not been able to definitely connect this McDaniel as one of the descendants of Robert and Elizabeth. Robert came to Carbon County in 1783, married Elizabeth Hicks about 1785. Any information about any of these people would be most appreciated. Sincerely, Judy McElderry