... Daniel McCarty of Westmoreland County, Gent., made will May 16, 1744, proved June 26, 1744. ... He gives his wife (name not given) the use of all his estate until son Daniel is 21 years of age, who is then to inherit the whole estate excepting his dwelling-house and 15 slaves which at her death are to go to son Daniel. He provides that in the event of his son Daniel dying without issue that all his estate is to be divided among the heirs of his brothers Dennis and Billington McCarty. He appoints Col. Presley Thornton, Mr. Joseph Morton, Mr. Augustine Washington, and Mr. Lawrence Butler, Gents., as executors. By codicil he provides for possible unborn child.
Capt. Daniel McCarty is therefore the only son of the Daniel McCarty who died in 1744. On Dec. 6, 1769, he wrote a letter to George Washington, which is included in the latter's published correspondence. In this letter he refers to land devised by his grandfather's will lying in Fairfax County (but at the making of the will lying in Stafford County). He sends Washington a copy of his grandfather's will (clearly that of Capt. Daniel McCarty who died in 1724). He refers in the letter to deeds made by himself and wife to Mr. Chichester and also a deed made by Mr. Chichester and wife to himself. He mentions 6000 acres owned by him in Loudoun County. Refers to his wife's father's will a copy of which he could not send Washington because it was filed in Lancaster County. This Daniel is called Capt. Daniel McCarty of Pope's Creek, and later Col. Daniel McCarty.
He married in St. Paul's Parish in Stafford County, now King George County on Jan. 15, 1765 to Winifred Thornton, daughter of Francis and Sarah Firtzhugh [sic] Thornton. Possibly he is identical with the Daniel McCarty who in about the same place on Apr. 3, 1764, married Mary Mercer (?), or Monroe (?), or Muse (?). But the two marriages seem to have been rather close together if they belong to the same Daniel. If they were not the same Daniel we have no idea who the other Daniel was.
Daniel McCarty of Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, on Jan. 10, 1788, gave consent for the marriage of his daughter Eliza McCarty to Burwell Bassett. On Jan. 5, 1789, he is named as executor of Ann Carter in Westmoreland County. Daniel McCarty of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia, made will Apr. 17, 1793, probated Sept. 28, 1795. He leaves to son Daniel McCarty land that he bought of John Thornton, on Nomony Creek. He also makes bequest to daughter Elizabeth Bassett. ...
