My great g-g-g grandfather William Trammell (1752 - 1843)
had 5 siblings and 6 half-siblings.
One of his half siblings was Daniel Trammell (1745-1814).
He was born in Virginia, and died in Clarke County (near Athens),
Georgia. He was married twice. First to Mrs Sarah Brownfield, which they
had 6 children and secondly, he was
married to Fanny Boyd and they had 3 children.
Notes for Daniel Trammell:
He first married Mrs. Sarah
BROWNFIELD, widow of John BROWNFIELD, who was killed by Indians.
In 1808, Sarah died and Daniel was the
administrator of the BROWNFIELD Estate.
Children of John and Sarah BROWNFIELD did not like this situation: Daniel TRAMMELL, their stepfather, had
control of the money their real father had accumulated. Daniel married Fanny
BOYD, 24 November 1809. About the same
time the BROWNFIELD children were suing Daniel for the estate. As the years passed the feeling between their
stepfather and them grew hotter.
On 21
November 1814, Sarah's son Benjamin THURMOND "murdered" Daniel. The trial lasted ten days. Ben was sentenced to be hanged 25 March
1815. He escaped. The authorities issued a three hundred-dollar
reward for his capture. He was
recaptured and resentenced "to be hung or hanged by the neck at or near a
gallows to be erected at or near Watkinsville, the county seat of Clarke
County, Georgia, 14 April 1815."
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