FIRST GENERATION

1. Calaway DANIEL was born in 1800 in Newbern, , North Carolina. He died on 21 Jan 1863 in Lincoln, Tennessee. He was buried in Daniel Cemetery, , Moore, Tennessee.

He was married to Lucinda COOK (daughter of James Watson COOK and Mary RIDDLE) about 1822 in Franklin, Tennessee. Lucinda COOK was born in 1805 in Greenville, South Carolina. She died on 27 Jan 1847 in Lincoln, Tennessee. She was buried in Daniel Cemetery, , Moore, Tennessee. Calaway DANIEL and Lucinda COOK had the following children:

+2 i. Robert M. DANIEL.
+3 ii. Louisa DANIEL.
+4 iii. James A. DANIEL.
+5 iv. Caroline DANIEL.
+6 v. Adeline J. DANIEL.
+7 vi. Elizabeth E. DANIEL.
+8 vii. Wiley Butler DANIEL.
9 viii. Lemuel Austin DANIEL was born in 1844. He died in 1863. !Died of illness while in service in the Civil War.
+10 ix. Finetta Josephine DANIEL.
11 x. Jasper Newton DANIEL (photo) was born on 5 Sep 1846. Birth date is recorded in many places as 1850. But since Jack's mother died in 1847, the date of 5 Sep 1846 is posted here. He appeared on the census in 1850 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.⁽¹⁾ Jasper Daniel, 1, M, born in TN. Listed in home of Calaway Daniel. He appeared on the census in 1880 in Moore County, Tennessee. ⁽²⁾ Jack Daniel, 30, WM, single, Farmer, born in TN, father born in NC. Also living with Jack where brother-in-law J.S. Conner, sister Bettie E. Daniel, Hired hands Nick Evans and Lu Motlow. He signed a will on 20 Apr 1907 in Moore County, Tennessee.⁽³⁾ Jack Daniel Will. 20 Apr 1907. My nephew and namesake Jack Daniel Motlow. Nephew F.C. (Dick) Daniel. Nephew Lem Motlow. Sister Mrs. Bettie Conner, widow of James Conner, dec'd. Children of my brother W.B. Daniel. Children of my deceased sister Nettie Motlow. Children of my sister Mrs. Louisa Rutledge. 6. James Daniel, son of my brother Wiley Daniel. Nieces Hulda Motlow and Bettie Whitaker, daughters of Wiley. Nephew William Baldwin, son of my sister Addie Baldwin. Niece Odena Warren, wife of Doc. Warren and daughter of my sister Addie Baldwin. Tom Motlow, Jesse Motlow, Wm. G. Motlow, Felix Motlow and Lillie Tolley, five of the children of my deceased sister Nettie Motlow. To my nieces Mamie Motlow and Ethel Motlow, to nephews Isaac, Frank and John Rutledge, three of the sons of my sister Louisa Rutledge. To James Rutledge, another son of my sister Louisa, and Mrs. Laura Evans, a granddaughter of my sister Louisa Rutledge. Two other children of my deceased sister Nettie Motlow. Dora Stephens, daughter of my half sister Sena Enochs, deceased. To George Heath, Horace Heath, Blanch Schasteen, Pearl Cobble and Ethel Heath, the six children of my half sister Belle Heath, deceased. To my niece Jennie Mullican of Dallas, TX, daughter of my brother James Daniel now deceased. To my niece Mary Orr, another daughter of my brother James Daniel, deceased, of Texas. To nephew F.C. (Dick) Daniel, son of my brother Wiley Daniel. Balance of my estate to my nephews and nieces of the whole blood, Tom Motlow, Jesse Motlow, Wm. G. Motlow, Felix Motlow, J.D. Motlow, Lillie Tolley, wife of John L. Tolley, Mamie Motlow, Ethel Motlow, Isaac Rutledge, Frank Rutledge, James Rutledge, John Rutledge, James Daniel, John Daniel, Hulda Motlow, wife of Robert Motlow, Bettie Whitaker, wife of Larkin Whitaker, William (Billy) Baldwin and Odena Warren, wife of Doc Warren. To the nephews and nieces of the half blood Dora Stephens, Geo. Heath, Ed Heath, Horace Heath, Blanch Schasteen, Pearl Cobble and Ethel Heath. Executors, nephews Lem Motlow and F.C. (Dick) Daniel. Witnesses R.A. Parks and H.B. Morgan (in Minute Book 8, page 216-217) Prob. 28 Oct 1911. He died on 9 Oct 1911 in Moore County, Tennessee. He was buried in Lynchburg Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee. He was also known as Jack.

He was married to Matilda VANZANT in 1852. Matilda VANZANT was born in 1818. She died in 1876. Calaway DANIEL and Matilda VANZANT had the following children:

12 i. Abraham C. DANIEL was born in 1853. He died in 1858.
+13 ii. Sena DANIEL.
+14 iii. Belle Thada DANIEL.

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