Ephraim Daniel likely lived in a section of northeast Wayne County, North Carolina, that is now the Black Creek area of southeast Wilson County. (He was a member of Lower Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church.) His will, drafted and entered into probate in 1822, included these provisions:

• “2nd I give grant and bequeath to my Wife the followin negros Simon and his wife Temperance and their two children Robbin and May.”

• “It is further my desire that the whole of my negros not already devised to be sold at a credit of twelve months.”

Last Will and Testament of Ephraim Daniel, North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998, http://www.ancestry.com.