Daniel McDonald
1723 - 1797 (74 years)
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Name Daniel McDonald Birth 1723 Inverness, Scotland 
Gender Male Death 1797 Fredericksburg Township, South Carolina Person ID I133658 My Genealogy Last Modified 28 Jun 2015
Father Donald McDonald, b. 1700, Scotland d. Abt 1755, Williamsburg District, South Carolina (Age 55 years) Mother Mary ???, b. Abt 1700 d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F52455 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebecca Middleton, b. 1724 d. 1768 (Age 44 years) Marriage 1745 Probably Scotland Children 1. Middleton McDonald, b. 3 Nov 1746, Lancaster County, South Carolina d. 16 Jul 1810, Lancaster District, South Carolina (Age 63 years)2. Mary McDonald, b. 15 Jan 1748, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. 22 Aug 1779, Camden District, South Carolina (Age 31 years)3. William McDonald, b. 21 Nov 1749, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. Abt Mar 1808, Chester District, South Carolina (Age 58 years)4. Sarah McDonald, b. 7 Oct 1751, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana 5. Eleanor McDonald, b. 1 Feb 1758, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknown6. Hester McDonald, b. 1 Feb 1758, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. May 1818, Fairfield County, South Carolina (Age 60 years)7. Anne McDonald, b. 1 Oct 1760, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknown8. Nancy McDonald, b. Abt 1762, Lancaster District, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F52453 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Jun 2015
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Notes - Some historians claim the name McDaniel and McDonald were
interchangeable. The documents relating to this Daniel McDonald indicate
this was true. In some instances, Daniel McDonald signs legibly as
"McDonald" and again as "McDaniel". He signed his will as "McDaniel", but
refers in it to his eldest son as "McDonald". His will is in the
Charleston County Will Book dated 24 September, 1777.
"Katherine Fisher m. Thomas Steel and the Steels came to South Carolina
about 1745. Their first neighbor was Daniel McDonald, a Scotchman, who
had lived some fifteen or twenty years in his present home among the
indians in entire seclusion from any of the white race. McDonald was the
first pioneer into that district of the country. He amassed considerable
wealth and reared a large family of sons and daughters."
"The Women of the Revolution" by Elizabeth F.
Ellet
Volume 3, page 85.
Rosa Moore McMaster joined DAR on the basis of descent from Daniel
McDonald (DAR #202312),
Indent No. AA 5000, issued 29 August, 1785 to Daniel McDaniel for L6:10:0
in payment of 91 days militia duty as a private in 1781. There is no
actual document in this file, but there is in the entry the claim of
Daniel McDaniel sworn to on 15 July 1784 before Thomas Baker, Justice of
the Peace. The soldier's statement is attested by Colonel H. Hunter and
dated 21 July 1784. (S.C. Archives: Rev War Indent Records).
Daniel McDonald died in what is now Lancaster County, South Carolina.
Lancaster County was created in 1785, and included what is now Kershaw
County. Frefericksburg Township, where McDonald died, was in the part of
Lancaster County which became Kershaw County and part of Cleremont, which
was combined with Clarendon County in 1800 to form Sumter County.
- Some historians claim the name McDaniel and McDonald were