Benjamin Franklin Daniels (1774 - 1857)

Born 11 May 1774 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Devault) Daniels — married 19 May 1831 in Ross County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1857 at age 83 in Seal Twp, Pike Co. Ohio

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Biography

Major Benjamin Daniels Benjamin Daniels served in the Ohio Militia in the War of 1812
Service started: 1812
Unit(s): 1st First Odd Battalion
Service ended: August 12, 1813

BENJAMIN DANIELS was born circa 1774 in Virginia (1850 census), first appears as a head of household on the 1790 census in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, was living in Pike County, Ohio by the 1820 census and as late as 1850. He served as a major in the War of 1812 in the First Odd Battalion of the Ohio Militia (History of the Lower Scioto Valley, 504). He was Commissioner for Pike County, 1825-1832 (History of the Lower Scioto Valley, 119). He was an Associate Judge in Pike County, Ohio, 1829-1835 (Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, xxviii. 403; xxxiv. 214). According to his grandson, Cyrus Boiler, he had once been mayor of Waverly, Ohio (Biographical History of Pottawottamie County, sub Cyrus Boiler).

Benjamin Daniels went to Ohio about 1803 or 1804 with brother Dennis. Benjamin purchased a large tract of land near Piketon, Pike County, Ohio. He purchased a Quarter Section of land from the US Government on April 1, 1800. "Jackson County began its military history by sending a company to the war with England, in 1812. The third auditor of the Treasury Department has kindly furnished a roll of this company, as follows :

Muster Roll of Captain Jared Strong’s Company, Ohio Militia, of the First Odd Battalion, Second Brigade, Second Division, late in the service of the United States, commanded by Major Benjamin Daniels, from the 29th of July, 1813, to the 19th of August, 1813, inclusive "

Major in War of 1812, he served until August 12, 1813. Ohio Militia, 1st Battalion, 2nd Brig, 2nd Div. He received a pension of $300 per year and 160 acres of bounty land. When Benjamin was permitted to return home he was shot in his left leg by Indians and so severely wounded that he did not reach home for three months.

Census

Date: 1820

Place: Seal Twp, Household No. 284

Date: 1850

Place: Seal Twp,Page 296B Household No.488

Burial

Burial:

Place: Daniels Cemetery

Sources

• History of the Lower Scioto Valley INTER-STATE PUBLISHING CO. 1884 https://archive.org/stream/historyoflowersc00inte/historyoflowersc00inte_djvu.txt CHAPTER XXYI pg 513
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-MBFD : 11 March 2016), Benjamin Daniels, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 52; FHL microfilm 882,570.
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH56-H95 : 9 September 2017), Benjamin Daniels, Seal, Pike, Ohio, United States; citing 131, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 138; FHL microfilm 337,949.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRR-BZS : 20 August 2017), Benjamin Daniels, Pike, Ohio, United States; citing p. 7, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 421; FHL microfilm 20,174.
• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5R-YYMM : 1 March 2021), Benjamin Daniels, 1 Jun 1840; citing Military Service, Seal Township, Pike, Ohio, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 005732444.
• 1850 Census Page 296B - 28 Aug 1850, age 76, house # 488, family # 488. Living with Sarah Hoover, age 65, Sarah Daniels age 26, Harriett Daniels age 11, Esuman Daniels age 2.

Notes

1840 Census shows sons John, Benjamin Jr., Edward, Phillip, and Dennis with families.

• Daniels cemetery is located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Brookside Drive and Schuster Road (County Road 81). The cemetery is located in Seal Township, Pike County, Ohio, and is # 9842 (Daniels Cemetery) in “Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003”, compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society.
• The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1039572 (Daniels Cemetery).