Blood in the Earth

James L. Daniel

Male 1842 - 1925


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  • Born  18 May 1842  Choasta, Marion, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  18 Mar 1925  Lurton, Newton, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I53  My Genealogy
    Last Modified  20 Jan 2015 

    Father  Josiah Daniel,   b. Abt 1808, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1870, Union County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Dicey Elizabeth Woods,   b. 1809, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1873, Choestoe District, Union, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F26  Group Sheet

    Family  Nancy Adeline West,   b. 4 Dec 1845, Union County, GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1928, Newton County, AR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. George Jeffers Daniel,   b. 12 Jan 1880, Nashville, TN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1960, Henrietta, OK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  9 May 2012 
    Family ID  F25  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • James and wife, Nancy Adaline West (M. 12/30/1860, Choastoa, GA; daughter of Alfred West and Elizabeth Ingram) had nine children:
      Sarah Elizabeth Daniel, b. 2/18/1862, Union Cty., GA. D. 9/5/1962, Birmingham, Ala. M. George Washington Brown.
      Mary Ann Daniel, b. 7/28/1866, Union Cty., GA. D. 3/14/1929, Lurton, Newton Cty., Ark. M. James Pleasant Daniel.
      Rutha Luticias Daniel, b. 12/28/1868.
      William Newton Daniel, b. 11/12/1871. D. 12/31/1944, Buck Mountain, Phoenix, Pope Cty., ARK. M. Lula Elizabeth Starkey.
      David Walter Daniel, b. 12/6/1876, Tennessee. M. May ?
      George Jeppers Daniel, b, 1/12/1880, Nashville, TN. D 3/11/1960, Henryetta, OK.
      Henry Arthur Daniel, b. 2/6/1883, TN.
      James Miley Daniel, b. 4/19/1886, TN.
      Naomi Daniel, b. 3/3/1893, ARK. D. 1973, Lurton, Newton Cty., ARK.

      Notes for James:
      Traded 40 acres for 100 acres in W. Oklahoma (no man's land). He was believed to be of English descent. His mother's maiden name was possibly Woods or Westin. Her family was from Holland - referred to as 'Black Dutch.' An aunt said that Nancy was born on the ship which brought her and her family to America. Port unknown. (info uncomfirmed).

      37,000 Early Georgia Marriages (Maddox & Carter) listed James and Nancy A. West as being married in Union Cty., GA 12/30/1860.

      James fought in the Civil War. He was in the Union Army, Company I, 12th Regiment, Tennessee Calvary Volunteers, commanded by J. P. Crooker. he enlisted in Nashville, TN.

      James is buried in the Tarlton Cemetery, Lurton, Newton Cty., ARK. Other Daniel family members are buried there also.