Notes for Daniel Mason

Notes for Daniel Mason

!US Census 1850 (17 July) Missouri, Greene Co., Cass Township, page 69, lines 10-15: Martha Mason (b. 1787 - 63 - in NC - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $500 + $600). Children listed are: Jane Mason (dau b. 1817 - 33 - in TN); Susan Davis (dau b. 1820 - 30 - in TN - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $400 + $100) with child listed as Martha Davis (granddau b. 1846 - 4 - in MO); Robert Mason (son b. 1822 - 28 - in TN - Occ: Teacher); and Daniel M. Mason (son b. 1829 - 21 - in TN - Occ: Farmer)

!A Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 3 by Charles Brashear page 80: Daniel and Nathaniel Mason who were probably brothers, were the first of that name in Roane County. Their relationship to Col. George Mason has not been proven, but according to Goodspeed's History of East Tennessee "Daniel (1770?80??1839) came to Fort South West Point as a young man from the Potomac River in either VA or MD. Nathaniel Mason married (7?9?1901) Phoebe Brashears, daughter of Robert Samuel Brashears. Daniel Mason married (3?6?1797) Phoebe's sister, Mary "Polly" Brashears, who was the well?to?do young widow of Robert Gilliland who had bought in 1794 (Knox Book C, p.22) 640 acres on the north side of Clinch River from Reed and Swaggerty.

It is not known in what capacity Daniel Mason served at South West Point. He also served in the War of 1812. Daniel and Mary followed agricultural pursuits within the limits of Roane Couty. The Roane 1818 Tax List shows Daniel Mason with two slaves and 433 acres of land located on White Oak Creek (near White Wing Bridge and Melton Hill Dam). Also, the Roane County Deed Index shows that Daniel and his son, Thomas J. Mason, engaged in extensive land conveyances to require approximately eight pages in the Index. When Robert S. Brashears, oldest son of Basil Brashears, s/o RSB, died, Thomas J. Mason held notes against the estate (see chapter on Basil, b. 1781). Goodspeeds states that Daniel and Mary were the parents of six children, three girls and three boys.