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Col. Daniel MCCARTY

Col. Daniel MCCARTY

Male 1727 - 1791  (64 years)

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  • Name Daniel MCCARTY  [1
    Prefix Col. 
    Born 1727  Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Property 15 Oct 1763  Mecklenberg County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Deed Abstract 
    Died 14 Aug 1791  Richmond, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Alt. Burial 1792  Pope's Creek, Westmoreland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    FamilySearch ID LT5S-DHJ 
    Title   [2
    Col and Rev 
    _UID 04639EF902244E619C382ACB2D00CE0AA124 
    Buried Lincoln County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2263  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2023 

    Father Major Dennis Sutton MCCARTY,   b. 7 Nov 1704, Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1742, Fairfax, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Sarah Martha BALL,   b. 13 Jan 1705, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1744  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1724  Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Some records {including Wayne Greene} indicate place of marriage as Westmoreland County, Virginia, American Colony. {REF: FGR for Dennis McCARTY - AFN:VDPM-DK} [LDK]

      Donahue GEDCOM file references "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. III, p 588 in listing wedding date as 22 Sept 1724. [LDK]

      Darlene Homme record indicates marriage occurred at Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co.,VA. [SOURCE: "The McCarty Family" by Darlene Homme]

      WFT Vol.3, Ed.1, Pedigree #3918 indicates marriage was in Lancaster County, Virginia. [LDK]
    Family ID F1299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Agnes Ganes LEE, McKinney,   b. 1733, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1790, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Children 
     1. Olivia "Olley" MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1740, Lincoln County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1791, Richmond County, Augusta, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
     2. Jacob MCCARTY, Sr.,   b. 12 Aug 1749, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1812, Stewart County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. John MCCARTY,   b. 1754, Lincoln County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1806, Columbia, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     4. Cornelius MCCARTEY,   b. Abt 1758, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Daniel MCCARTY, Jr.,   b. 1762, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1791, Wilkes County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     6. "Baker" MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1764, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Jemimah MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1766, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Ann MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1767, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790  (Age ~ 23 years)
     9. "Kelly" MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1769, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
     10. Susannah MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1770, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 3 Aug 1804, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1101  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sinah BALL,   b. 14 Feb 1728,   d. 1798  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 1745  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah MCCARTY,   d. 25 Jun 1826
     2. Capt. David MCCARTY,   b. 24 Aug 1744, Shenandoah, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Shenandoah, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Colonel Daniel MCCARTY,   b. 5 Jan 1757, Cedar Grove, Fairfax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1801, Fairfax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     4. Mary MCCARTY,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Sinah MCCARTY,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F1102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • When Col. Daniel McCarty was born in 1725, in Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Major Dennis Sutton McCarty, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Martha Ball, was 20. He married Sinah Ball in 1744. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 10 daughters. He died on 14 August 1792, in Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia, United States.

      Daniel McCarty fought Cherokee Indians in Lincoln County.
      According to the Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina, Chapter II 1759-1774, page 15, Daniel McCarty was in a company of men who fought the Cherokee Indians under Captain Frederick Hambright.


      Daniel McCarty's WILL dated Aug 14, 1782, recorded in Book I, 1777-1798, pg 69, Drawer 48, Box 72, Richmond County, Georgia: Daniel requests the estate of Corneleus, deceased, formerly of St. Helena, Georgia, be divided among the following: Agnes (wife of Daniel), 1. a daughter, 2. a daughter, 3. Jemimah, 4. John, 5. Jacob, 6. Olley, 7. Ann, 8. Daniel, 9. Corneleus, 10. a daughter. [LDK]

      Will of Daniel McCarty, By Linda Essary
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      [lWill of Daniel McCarty.]
      Richmond Co., GA Book I, 1777-1798, Drawer 48, Box 72.

      I also leave to my sons John McCarty and Jacob McCarty & Son in laws David Tomlinson John Kelly and Samuel Johnston and my widowed daughter Ann Bennet the whole of the Estate of Cornelius McCarty Deceased formerly living on Santilena [St. Helena] Island to be Equally divided by the Executors of my Will


      Assumption: The Corneleus referenced in Daniel's WILL is {probably} his brother , b. Abt 1726 in Virginia and died in South Carolina. [LDK]

      Bill McCarty record indicates place of birth as: Of Bewdly, Fairfax OR Lancaster, Virginia. [LDK]

      Donahue GEDCOM file report indicates place of death for Daniel as Fairfax County, Virginia. Donahue references source "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. III, p 591. He lists only ONE wife (Sinah BALL). [LDK]

      Occupation: planter
      Occupation: Colonel and County Lieutenant
      Education: Justice of Fairfax County Court from 1770
      Religion: 1774 Vestryman of Pohick Church, Truro Parish

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Ancestral File - Family History Department - FGRs & IRs, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [Various submitters], (Genealogical information submitted to FHD since 1978), AFN:PTRD-LK (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Daniel McCARTY, person ID LT5S-DHJ. (Reliability: 3).