Mabry, Daniel

Daniel, like his brother, Phillip, is something of a mystery. Daniel wasa witness, along with Patrick Mabry and Thomas W. Mabry, on 5 December1807 when Thomas and Mary Westbrook of Jackson County sold 275.5 acres onLittle’s Creek to Samuel Shannon of Franklin County. Thomas Westbrook wasthe father of Elizabeth Westbrook who married Daniel’s brother, Walter5Mabry. He is probably not the same Daniel Mabry who married BetsyRobertson in Monroe Co GA on 20 February 1808. He is, however, the DanielMabry who appeared on the 1809 Tax list in the 9th Dist. of MorganCounty, along with Thomas Westbrook and Walter Mabry. On 20 March 1812Daniel Mabry and his brother, James Thomas Mabry witnessed a deed fromtheir father, Joel, to _____ Hawthorne for lot 103 in Baldwin (laterJasper) County. By 1816 Daniel and his brother, Walter, had moved to thatpart of the Mississippi Territory which, a year later in 1817, became theState of Alabama. The special territorial census shows Walter in ClarkCounty and Daniel just across the line in Monroe County. It seems likelythat Daniel Mabry died shortly after this 1816 census, as no furtherrecord has been found of him anywhere. However, there is reason tobelieve that he was married and that he left at least three children. Oneof these, Joel Mabry is found in the 1840 census of Dale County, AL. By1850 this Joel Mabry, born about 1815, was in Van Zandt County, TX. Onthe same page is Joel’s brother, Daniel Mabry, born about 1817.