Andersons of Colonial N. Carolina

I’ve had a recent comment on said McDaniel… and it resparked my interest. My original research on the McDaniel folks was prompted by a fact that an Anderson married the widow of Mr McDaniel in the 1730s near what is now modern Halifax County, NC. Since I are one of them Andersons I delved into said McDaniels and quickly lost my mind in research. I’ve been on the trail for over twenty years.

I am pretty well convinced Daniel was involved in the Indian Trade which was centered around the Occoneechee Neck area of Halifax… or I should say, the greater area of that region expanding to Chown River (at least). McDaniel was one of numerous rough and tumble characters who haunted that frontier area of North Carolina … such as: Thomas Whitmell, Colo James Millikin, James Nairne, Robert Lang…and numerous others (some bordering on notorious).

But back to my recent commenter who is curious to enter the fray of genealogy in a seemingly serious manner. Firstly, do not believe anything you hear and only half of what you see. Cancel any accounts that want your money on a monthly (subscription) basis. Subscribe to the (FREE!) Familysearch.org website. Check anything that causes any suspicion as to being a fact vs an opinion… (facts good, opinions bad). I spend most of my serious time on Familysearch. (The new “full” search feature is the greatest innovation in my arsenal). My buddy David Gammon brought me into the fold kicking and screaming… thank you David.

Once you become comfortable with Familysearch, then find every deed available of deeds for the McDaniels of Halifax County… (search my site for several of them I have located in Halifax… then research as far back in your personal history until you can find a link to one of the McDaniels of said County. Until you find a link… you are wasting your time.

Then you might find a male relative and do a DNA test.

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an aside…

I have recently found some tantalizing new clues concerning the likely Trading Post (termed a “Fort” in Colonial days) directly concerning Daniel McDaniel near the Roanoke River. I am in hot pursuit… and shall update the Page soon…