Daniel BRANHAM Sr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Court: appointed, 1757, Orange County, VA. 28 June 1757. Daniel Branham appointed overseer of the road from the Wilderness Bridge to Germanna Ford.

[Orange Co., VA Order Book 5, p. 342]

• Legal: executor, 1784, Spotsylvania County, VA. Branham, Daniel, St. George's Parish. Spotsylvania Co., Administrators Bond dated Jan. 7, 1784. Wit. Joseph Jones, Thomas Lewis, Thomas Allen, Joseph Brock, Jr. Ex. wife, Elizabeth Branham, Capt. Edward Herndon, James Lewis. Leg. sons Thomas, John, Daniel, Benjamin, Robert, Richard, and James Branham; daughters Susanna Brock, Sarah Branham, and Polly Branham; wife Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Branham, wife of Daniel, refused the legacy and plead for dower, under date June 1, 1793.

[Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800, p. 49]

Daniel married Elizabeth BURBRIDGE in 1757 in Spotsylvania County, VA. (Elizabeth BURBRIDGE was born ca. 1730 in Spotsylvania County, VA.)