Singleton and Related Genealogy Pages
A history of many families.
1719 - 1794 (75 years)| Name | David Daniel SINGLETON [2, 3] | |
| Birth | 1718-1719 | England or Spotsylvania Co., VA.  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Birth | Abt 1720 | Of Orange Co., VA |
| Death | Orange County, Virginia |
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| HIST | The following records information was provided to Tom Land by Tom Abercrombie (taberc@@mnsinc.com, a professional researcher in Louisa County, VA near Charlottesville, VA) and posted by Tom to the SINGLETON-L list in January, 1997. Excerpts are included here to demonstrate a kinship connection between Daniel Singleton and Phillip Singleton, Orange Co., VA, and the Robert Singleton family of Gloucester Co., VA who moved to Sumter, SC, with Robert's brother COL Matthew Singleton and about whom several messages have been posted by COL George Lightfoot Singleton (GSingle556@@aol.com). Daniel Singleton's will, 1794, Orange County, VA, abstracted here, lists his children: Orange WB 3 p. 314 Will of Daniel Singleton: "To my son Manoah Singleton, to my daughter Lois Looker [sic, Lucas, husband = Thomas Lucas] to my son Edmond Singleton, to my daughter Susannah Lancaster, her present three youngest daughters Sarah, Susannah and Elizabeth, to my daughter Martha Proctor, to my daughter Joannah Lancaster, to my daughter Mary Perry, appoint my friend Richd. C. Webb and my two sons-in-law Uriah Proctor and Richard Lancaster, exors 10 Nov. 1792. wit. Samuel Mason, William Bennett Webb, Goodrich L. Granst. Rec. 27 October 1794". Conveyances recorded in early Orange County, VA demonstrate that Daniel and Phillip Singleton, possibly sons of Christopher Singleton b. 1699, Isle of Wight, England and later, of Gloucester Co., VA, purchased land adjacent to each other in Orange: ODB 14 p. 206 29 Dec. 1766 Philip Singleton of Bedford Co. to Nicholas Jones of Orange for 9£30 for tract whereon Nicholas Jones now lives cont. 100 acres adj. Daniel Singleton, Jacob Clayton Charles Hutcherson, purchased by Philip Singleton of James Haley being part of a larger tract of James Haley and his brother Edward Haley by a patent in their names. wit. Richard Crittenden Webb, Robert Lancaster, Daniel Singleton. ODB 12 p. 321 I John Bell of St. Thomas Parish Orange Co. and Sarah his wife for 9£100 make over to Daniel Singleton of same 208 acres adj. John Shackleford, Mine Run, James Mitchell, Phillip Singleton, George Bledsoe. 26 Feb. 1756. [Delvd to Manoah Singleton 27 Jan. 1767] ODB 15 p. 99 7 Jan. 1769 Philip Singleton of Bedford Co. and Mary his wife to Daniel Singleton of Orange for 9£15 assign 80 acres adj. John Crittenden Webb, Daniel Singleton, Nicholas Jones, Jacob Clay. wit. Daniel Singleton, William Lancaster, George Bledsoe. NOTE: Daniel Singleton first appears in Orange Co. in 1737 as a young man with one tithable. Phillip Singleton purchases land in Orange Co. in 1741. This land is the 100 acre Haley tract mentioned above, on Mine Run in Orange, recorded 25 June 1741. Good news! Both your Patriots' are listed in the DAR Patriot Index Part III, copyright 1990, page 2677: SINGLETON, Daniel: b. a 1720 VA, d. 1792-94 VA, m. Susannah ----, Sgt VA PNSR* There is a reference in 1738 Caroline County Virginia records where a Daniel Singleton acknowledged a deed to his sons, James and Robert. Could this be the Robert who died around 1742? (Jessie Hagan Daniel Singleton's will, 1794, Orange County, VA, abstracted here, lists his children: Orange WB 3 p. 314 Will of Daniel Singleton To my son Manoah Singleton, to my daughter Lois Looker [sic, Lucas, husband = Thomas Lucas] to my son Edmond Singleton, to my daughter Susannah Lancaster, her present three youngest daughters Sarah, Susannah and Elizabeth, to my daughter Martha Proctor, to my daughter Joannah Lancaster, to my daughter Mary Perry, appoint my friend Richd. C. Webb and my two sons-in-law Uriah Proctor and Richard Lancaster, exors 10 Nov. 1792. wit. Samuel Mason, William Bennett Webb, Goodrich L. Granst. Rec. 27 October 1794. John Singleton, presumably a son of Robert Singleton who removed from VA to Sumter, SC, asks by name after the sons of Daniel Singleton of Orange Co., VA, in a letter concerning his Revolutionary service and that of Daniel's sons, who removed to Kentucky: Bureau of Pensions 2 Feb. 1928 to H. L. Singleton, 531 Broyles St., SE, Atlanta. The name John Singleton appears twice in the Rev. War records of this Bureau. One John Singleton (R9613) of Gloucester Co. later Matthews Co. Va served in the Virginia troops married Ann Armistead and died in 1826 leaving her a widow and in 1838 she was living in Matthews. The other John Singleton (W9652) was of Sumter District SC served in the troops of that state married Elizabeth [blank] and died June 1824 in Letter 1824 requesting information on brothers Edmund and Manoah Singleton sons of David Singleton of Orange. Both brothers were recorded as Va. soldiers in Va. Library report of 1911 or 1912. They went from Va. to Kentucky and as residents of Ky filed suit in 1806 to recover land in Va. willed them by their father Daniel Singleton. from Mrs. Edwin T. Jones, Dallas Tx. | |
| MILI | SGT., VA, Militia Rev. War [4] | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic [4] | |
| _UID | C7BB8BE199EA4BA787DFEE75B9EE7469B0A0 | |
| Death | BET. 1792 - 1794 | Orange County, Virginia |
| Person ID | I87309 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 14 Dec 2002 | |
| Father | Daniel SINGLETON, b. Abt 1695, VA d. Abt 1754 (Age 59 years) | |
| _UID | B16DABE157064223A712FC11211E63BF93B5 | |
| _UID | B16DABE157064223A712FC11211E63BF93B5 | |
| Family ID | F60586 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Susanna MASON | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marriage | Abt 1743 | Orange County, Virginia |
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| _UID | A890CA9CC5054E619395352B75AE874089BC | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Family ID | F60588 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||
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