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Daniel Carmichael (M)


Daniel Carmichael was a shepherd from Appin, Scotland according to family tradition. Daniel is believed to have immigrated to Wilmington, NC around 1773 with his second wife, Sarah "Sallie" McCall and his six children. Little information is known about Daniel's first wife, except that they had a son, also named Daniel (children unknown).

Daniel Senior (1736 - 1822) and Sallie McCall (1752 - 1840) had five children: Malcolm, John, Christian (1775-1844), Mary (1780-1826) and Sarah. Malcolm and Mary both died unmarried. Christian married Charles Calhoun in NC. Sarah married Archibald Henderson. Daniel Senior died 5 Jan 1822 in Richmond Co, NC and is buried in the Stewartsville Cemetery near Laurinburg, NC. At the time of his death, Sallie and all children except Malcolm were still living, and mentioned in his will. Sallie and their daughter Mary are also buried at Stewartsville Cemetery.

Daniel and Sallie's second son, John Carmichael is believed to have been born in Scotland around 1761, according to some sources, and immigrated with his parents to NC. John married Mary McEachin (1786-1836) in Robeson Co, NC. Mary was the daughter of Peter McEachin, according to The Scottish Highlander Carmichaels of the Carolinas. Peter mmigrated from Kintyre, Agryllshire, Scotland in 1765, and was reputedly one of a band of Tories captured by Francis Marion (aka The Swamp Fox) during the Revolutionary War. He was a blacksmith and, during captivity, was "chained to an anvil and forced to shoe horses for the Americans." According to Jeffrey D. McEachin, who is a McEachin researcher, Peter's given name was actually Patrick Henry, and he eventually settled in Robeson Co, NC. More information on the McEachins can be found on Mr. McEachin's web page - Peter McEachin Family History.

John Carmichael was living in FL in 1850, having moved there in the 1840's. The 1850 Madison Co, FL Federal Census lists a John Carmichael, farmer, age 73, who was born in Scotland. He is living with a Mary Carmichael, age 31, born in NC, in a household with four or five other seemingly unrelated families. This Mary Carmichael is of an age to be John's daughter, Mary. If this is indeed the same John Carmichael, his birth would be closer to 1777. There is obviously some question as to either the date of Daniel's immigration, the birth dates of his children, or the fact that they supposedly immigrated with him, as none of his childrens' stated birth dates were early enough for them to have immigrated in 1773.

Daniel Carmichael (M21),
grandson of immigrant
Daniel Carmichael and Sallie McCall
 John and Mary McEachin had six children: Daniel, John E. (1812-1902, never married), Mary (born 1817, never married), Peter (1820-1820), Sarah (born 1824, no issue), and Malcolm (born 1814, died during Civil War).

Daniel, son of John and Mary McEachin, was born 11 Nov 1810 in Richmond Co, NC. He married Margaret Monroe on 21 Apr 1841 in Talladega Co, AL, probably at Hatchett Creek Presbyterian Church, and died in 2 Oct 1892 in Goodwater, AL.
Margaret was the daughter of Duncan Monroe and Nancy Tedder. She was born 5 Jul 1813 in Robeson Co, NC and died 11 Nov 1893. Daniel and Margaret had the following children: Mira Amelia (1842-1844), Archimedes (1843-1844), John Duncan (1845-1924), Daniel Munroe (1848-1928), Josiah Clayton (1850-1938), Mary Ann (1852-1931), William Colin (1854-1941), Susan Alabama (1857-1943). Several of these children and other of their descendants are buried at Hatchett Creek Presbyterian.
Daniel Carmichael (M21) - A Later Photo
Daniel Carmichael (M21) and Margaret Monroe Carmichael are buried at Hatchett Creek Presbyterian Church, Clay County, AL along with many of their descendants.

It is worth noting that this pattern of Carmichael, Monroe and McCall intermarriage is repeated among other Carmichael lines in the group of Carmichaels who settled in the Cape Fear Valley of the Carolinas. While family tradition has always held that the immigrants were all related, we have never had any proof. This is one more indicator that the fact is likely.


Carmichael Homeplace - Clay County AL


Sources
  1. The Scottish Highlander Carmichaels of the Carolinas, Major-General Roderick L. Carmichael
  2. Will of Mary Carmichael dtd. 21 Nov 1826, NC State Archives
  3. Will of Daniel Carmichael Senior dtd. 6 Jan 1820, NC State Archives
  4. Transcript of Stewartsville Cemetery, near Laurinburg, NC
  5. 1850 Federal Population Census, Madison Co, Florida
  6. Monroe Genealogy of Cumberland, Moore and Robeson County, NC Web site ( www.monroegen.org )
  7. Monroe / Tedder / Carmichael Family Bibles (Elaine Nagel)
  8. Photos of Daniel Carmichael, Margaret Monroe Carmichael, and the old Carmichael homeplace courtesy of DeAnn Monroe Steely, a descendant of Daniel Carmichael and Sallie McCall Carmichael.
  9. Photos of Hatchett Creek Presbyterian Cemetery and Carmichael gravestones contributed by Jeanne Jenkins, a descendant of Daniel Carmichael and Sallie McCall Carmichael.
All errors are my own. Corrections and additional information always welcome.



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