1740s. After just a few years of marriage, Chesley bought 1,250 acres on both sides of M OUNTAIN C REEK in Granville County, North Carolina. He and Judith sold their Lunenburg County property in 1764 and by August that year had moved to North Carolina. Tranquility Plantation was the name of the new Daniel home. For Chesley, putting down roots in Granville County included founding with others a Presbyterian church. This church likely was either Nutbush church or Grassy Creek church. Chesley died 1 October 1814. Judith continued to live in Granville County until her death 29 April 1825. Ann’s Daniel line continued through Chesley’s daughter Martha. Martha was born 24 February 1763 and moved with her parents to Granville County before age two. 1 She married George Daniel 13 March 1786. 2 Five of their children reached maturity: Chesley, Jane Beverly, Martha, Eliza and Anna (Ann). 3 Ann was born 10 April 1804 in Granville County, North Carolina. 4 Her father George Daniel died in 1812. 5 Two years later, her mother Martha moved with Ann and her sisters to South Carolina. 6 1 James Daniel Evans, History of Nathaniel Evans of Cat Fish Creek, and His Descendents (Williamsburg, Virginia: privately printed, 1905), 45-50; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org : 12 January 2019). Also, G. Payne Daniel, compiler, William Daniel of Middlesex County Virginia (n.p.: n.p., 2009), 1-73; digital image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org : 12 July 2021). Also, Tranquility Plantation of Granville County, NC – PA Miller (www.pamiller.net/genealogy/narr/tranquility/index.htm : 11 March 2019), unnumbered pp. 2-13, 24. Also, Woodson Daniel (attributed to), before 27 May 1853; photocopy of family genealogy, Box 1, Folder 1; Banks Family Papers, 1818-1923; Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library; University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries, Athens, Georgia. 2 Brent H. Holcomb, compiler, Marriages of Granville County, North Carolina, 1753-1868 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc. 1981), 80. 3 Evans, History of Nathaniel Evans , 48. 4 “[Ann] Turpin,” obituary, Southern Christian Advocate (Charleston, South Carolina), 26 June 1880, p. 7, col. 2; microfilm, South Carolina United Methodist Collection, Wofford College, Spartanburg. 5 “Granville County, North Carolina,” The Daniels of Early Virginia and Beyond (https://liveasfreepeople.com : accessed 22 November 2018), November Court 1812. 6 The Daniels of Early Virginia , November Court 1812. Also, Martha Daniel obituary, Southern Christian Advocate (Charleston, South Carolina), 31 May 1839, p. 199, col. 3; microfilm, South Carolina United Methodist Collection, Wofford College, Spartanburg.
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