Rev Daniel Isaac Conner Sr.

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Rev Daniel Isaac Conner Sr.

Birth
Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Apr 1814 (aged 77–78)
Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Copper Hill, Floyd County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Father: William Clye Conner
Mother: Sarah Rogers
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Bryant
Children:
William R Conner
Andrew T Conner
Mary E Conner-Webb
Jonathan Conner
Rebecca E Conner-Reid
Daniel I Conner Jr
Sarah Conner-Hylton
Jacob Conner
Zadock Conner
Barbara Conner-Shelor
Christiana Conner-Wilson

Great Grandson Moses Allen Conner wrote "The Stowaway" about Great Grandpa Daniel I Conner Sr. According to Moses, his Grandpa Daniel stowed away on a ship from Ireland to America. Daniel was caught and had to work to pay off his passage. Daniel changed his last name arriving in America. To finish paying off Daniel's Voyage, he worked as an indentured servant.

Served in Revolutionary War.

In the name of God Amen, I Daniel Conner of the County of Montgomery being of sound mind and memory and understanding, calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is appointed unto all men once to die do therefore make, ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following...Item 4, I give and bequeath unto the Baptist Society the land enclosed within the fence around the meeting house entering the front square of the fence down to where the Bent Mountain road crosses the branch to them and their successors for ever...I Nominate, an point and make my two sons Jonathan and Andrew Conner my true and legal executers of this my last Will and testament. Daniel Conner, L.S."
Father: William Clye Conner
Mother: Sarah Rogers
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Bryant
Children:
William R Conner
Andrew T Conner
Mary E Conner-Webb
Jonathan Conner
Rebecca E Conner-Reid
Daniel I Conner Jr
Sarah Conner-Hylton
Jacob Conner
Zadock Conner
Barbara Conner-Shelor
Christiana Conner-Wilson

Great Grandson Moses Allen Conner wrote "The Stowaway" about Great Grandpa Daniel I Conner Sr. According to Moses, his Grandpa Daniel stowed away on a ship from Ireland to America. Daniel was caught and had to work to pay off his passage. Daniel changed his last name arriving in America. To finish paying off Daniel's Voyage, he worked as an indentured servant.

Served in Revolutionary War.

In the name of God Amen, I Daniel Conner of the County of Montgomery being of sound mind and memory and understanding, calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is appointed unto all men once to die do therefore make, ordain this my last Will and testament in manner and form following...Item 4, I give and bequeath unto the Baptist Society the land enclosed within the fence around the meeting house entering the front square of the fence down to where the Bent Mountain road crosses the branch to them and their successors for ever...I Nominate, an point and make my two sons Jonathan and Andrew Conner my true and legal executers of this my last Will and testament. Daniel Conner, L.S."

Inscription

Originally Marked By A Field Stone

Gravesite Details

Buried outside current cemetery near the original church. The field stones and broken/unreadable stones were removed in the late 1950's - early 1960's by a care taker and church deacon who wanted mowing to be easier.