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105. Daniel Donnell (Married Mary (Polly) Ervin (106) in 1778 & then Catherine Gorrell in 1816).

Born: 1755 in Chester County, Pennsylvania (Another source says in Ireland) of Robert Donnell, II (209) & Mary ? (210).

Died: 22 January 1835 in 80th year in Guilford County, North Carolina. According to Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Greensboro, North Carolina, compiled by Raymond Dufau Donnell in 1996, p. 20, Daniel is buried at 5E-6E/5D- 6D. (His gravesite was verified during a visit to the cemetery on 29 September 2005 by Susan Snyder (#2) and her cousins Sandra Henson and Mary Lue Finch.)

[His siblings included:

William Donnell (Married Mary Bell in 1773) Born: ? Died: 1798 (Ruling Elder, Buffalo Presbyterian Church. He was in Captain Bell’s Company, Revolutionary War. Moved to Tennessee in 1797);

Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Donnell (Married Robert Donnell, son of Thomas Donnell, Sr., 1775) Born: 1756 or 1757 Died: 18 August 1844 aged 87 yrs. Her tombstone reads, "In Memory of ELISABETH DONNELL CONSORT OF R DONNELL WHO DIED AUGUST 18th 1844 IN THE 87th YEAR OF HER AGE. (Susan Snyder (#2) took a picture of her tombstone and her husband's at Buffalo Presbyterian Church on 29 September 2005) His tombstone has a heart insignia with "Here lies the BODY of ROBERT DONNELL Who Departed THIS LIFE ON THE .... (unreadable) ;

Samuel Donnell Born: about 1760 in York County, Pennsylvania. Died: ? (Came to North Carolina with father, 1771. In Revolutionary War. Became Presbyterian minister and pastor, Spring Creek Church, Tennessee);

Sarah "Sallie" Donnell (Married John Donnell, son of Robert Donnell, Sr., 1779) Born: Circa 1759 in York County, Pennsylvania Died: after 1803 and is buried at Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery (The blue information about Sallie is from page 75, Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1996, by Raymond Dufau Donnell.;

Robert Donnell (Married Jennie Morrison, 1790 and Mrs. Nancy Cabe Latta, 1820) Born: 1766. Died: 1847. (Major, Revolutionary War. Long Ruling Elder, Buffalo Presbyterian Church and Trustee 1832-1847);

George Donnell (Married Lydia Forbis) Born: Between 1765 and 1771(When his mother died) Died: ? (Located on the Reedy Fork, N. C.)] (Much of the information about Daniel’s siblings and the miscellaneous information in black below, by Russell Leach's (#3) genealogical research, has been verified by Susan Snyder (#2). Reference source is History of Buffalo Presbyterian Church And Her People, Greensboro, N. C. by Rev. S. M. Rankin, 1934.]

Miscellaneous: He lived east of Buffalo Presbyterian Church, where he was Ruling Elder, on the north side of North Buffalo. He was in the Revolutionary War and later pensioner- Colonial Records, Volume 22, page 63. He is buried at Buffalo Church.

In the North Carolina 1810 Federal Census Index, p. 175, a Daniel Donnell lived in Guilford County. His ID # is NCS1a898602. In the North Carolina 1830 Federal Census Index, p. 166, a Daniel Donnell lived in Guilford County. His ID # is NC56057939.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 73, p. 183 states: Daniel Donnell (1755-1835) was engaged in the battle of Guilford Court House under Gen. Nathaniel Greene. He was born in Ireland; died in Guilford County, N. C.

According to Guilford County, North Carolina Land Grants 1778-1934 by Elizabeth “Pat” Shaw Bailey, p 73, there was a Daniel Donnell living along the waters of the Little Alamance River before 1813.

Daniel and Mary had 2, perhaps 7 children: Robert, Martha, Joseph, Mary, Ervin (53), Daniel, and Mary. (Further research is needed to confirm names in red).

The Guilford Genealogist, published by the Guilford County Genealogical Society of N. C. Vol. 21, No. 3, Spring 1994, Number 65, page 113 states that, “Guilford County, Court of pleas & quarter sessions, February Term 1835. Petition for sale of Negroes belonging to the estate of Daniel Donnell (105) deceased. Robert Donnell, Joseph Donnell and Erwin Donnell (#53), against Daniel Donnell and Sampson Smith and wife Martha. In this case it appearing to the Satisfaction of the court that the defendants Daniel Donnell, Sampson Smith and wife Martha, are non-residents of this state, and that they reside beyond the limits of the same,...and are tenants in common with the petitioners in said negro slaves. It is therefore ordered...that publication of the pendency of this petition be made in the Greensborough Patriot for six weeks successively... A. E. Hanner, C.C.C.

The Guilford Genealogist, published by the Guilford County Genealogical Society of N.C. Vol. 21, No. 3, Spring 1994, Number 65, page 139 states that the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, May Term 1783, p. 62 states: “At a County Court of Pleas & Quarter sessions begun and held for the County aforesaid (Guilford) the third Monday in May A.D. 1783 (being the 20th day), Daniel Donnell app. O. Rd. (overseerer of the road) r.o. (instead of) Abraham McElhatton--.

 

Left: Daniel’s tombstone at Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery. (GPS 36° 6.596 minutes N, 79° 46.78 minutes W). This picture was taken on 29 September 2005. His tombstone reads:

In
Memory
of
Daniel Donnell
Died
Jan’y 22, 1835
In the 80th year of
HIS AGE
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