Daniel Durouzeaux III

Daniel DUROUSAUX settled in GA about 1742. He received a grant of 500 acres near Augusta in 1745. Early records (Colonial Records of The State of Ga, Volumn 36, pages 495-497 & pages 512-514) show him as a resident in 1750. I may have been his son James who settled nearby and also received land in 1752. In a second petition for land grant in 1764, Daniel stated he had been in the Providence since 1742 and had a wife and six children. He received 500 acres about 10 miles North of Augusta on a branch of the Savannah River, on 7 May 1765. Daniel died in 1775 and his will named five of his children.

• Daniel
• Elizabeth
• Peter- Peter served in the Revolutionary War and appears to have had several children. He is found in Chatham Co in 1790 and Jefferson County from 1799 thru 1816, as indicated in tax records. the 1820 Census of Jefferson County shows him with several children, named from land lottery records and other sources. He died in 1822 and his estate was administered by Peter & Michael, his sons.
• Stephen - Born about 1755, Stephen served in the Revolutionary war and seems to have settled in Jefferson County. He is found there in tax records from 1777 thru 1816 and census records there-after. His will was contested by his wife, Piety and daughter Mary Ann.
• Michael - Served with 7th Co, 2nd Battalion of Gerogia Continentals in the Revolutionary War. He may bave died during the war, since no record of him appears after the war.

No record remains of the sixth child listed in Daniels 1764 Land Grant Petition, usless is was James by the Creek Indian woman.

Colonial Records, State of Ga Archives, Atl Ga English Crown Land Grant Records, St Paul Parish