William McDaniel (1801 – December 14, 1866) was an American banker who served briefly as a

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from

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from 1846 to 1847. He was an early pioneer in the city of

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, California.

Life

Missouri

Born in

Grayson County, Kentucky Grayson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,420. Its county seat is Leitchfield. The county was formed in 1810 and named for William Grayson (1740-1790), a Revolutionary War ...

, McDaniel moved to Missouri in the late 1820s. He served as member of the State senate in 1838 and 1840. He served in the Missouri Volunteers during the

Seminole War The Seminole Wars (also known as the Florida Wars) were three related military conflicts in Florida between the United States and the Seminole, citizens of a Native American nation which formed in the region during the early 1700s. Hostilities ...

. McDaniel was elected president of the bank in

Palmyra, Missouri Palmyra is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,595 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Palmyra was platted in 1819, and named after P ...

, on December 9, 1840. McDaniel was elected as a

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to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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and served from December 7, 1846, to March 4, 1847. He was operating an agency for the location of land claims at Palmyra on June 10, 1847.

California

He moved to

Solano County, California Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield. Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

, and laid out the town of

. A written agreement was signed on December 13, 1851 forming a township for Vacaville, nine square miles of land were deeded to William McDaniel for three thousand dollars, and the original city plans were laid out from that.''History of Solano County...and histories of its cities, towns...etc.''
by J. P. Munro-Fraser. Wood, Alley & co., 1879. Page 317. In the agreement, McDaniel's would name the new town after the

Mexican land grant The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...

owner, Juan Manuel Cabeza Vaca. He moved to

Humboldt County, California Humboldt County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 136,463. The county seat is Eureka. Humboldt County comprises the Eureka–Arcata–Fortuna, California Micropolitan Statistica ...

, and established the land office at Humboldt Point in 1858.

Idaho

He moved to the Idaho Territory in 1863 where he practiced law and was associated with the land office. He died in

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on December 14, 1866.

References

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