Individual Details

1820 Tax List Logan Co shows Daniel Comfort with 243 acres on the Red River in Simpson Co, also several acres in grass. He has 3 slaves over 16 and 1 horse. James Comfort was entered next to Daniel with only a mark for white male over 21. By 1830 no Comforts are on the Tax List. The 1820 Census shows Daniel with 2m -10; 1m 16-18; 1m 18-26 [James?]; 1m 26-45 [Daniel] and 2f under 10; 1f 16-26 [Martha Ann]
James Comfort apparently married Jane Smith before 1824. Suit for settlement of estate of John R. Smith filed 21 Jul 1824. Marriage record in Logan Co on 12 Dec 1820.
Daniel Comfort had a Survey, Book F, p.51 of 50 acres on the Muddy River in Logan Co KY, 27 Mar 1827.
D. Comfort was one of the appraisers of the estate of William Perkins 5 Nov 1827.

In 1850 in Hinds Co MS, George W. and Mary E. were still at home with Rev. Comfort. He gave his occupation as School Teacher, although in 1834 in the obituary of his wife, he was said to be President of Mississippi College.

Birth	29 Apr 1784	Montgomery Township, Orange County, New York
Marriage	6 May 1812	Somerset County, New Jersey - Martha Ann Cruser
Death	Aft 1850	Hinds County, Mississippi

Spouse	Martha Ann Cruser (1792 - 1834)
Child	Catherine VanDyke Cruser Comfort (1813 - )
Child	Benjamin Frederick Comfort (1814 - )
Child	Elizabeth Ann Comfort (1817 - )
Child	Francis Marion Comfort (1819 - )
Child	William Cruser Comfort (1821 - )
Child	Sarah Jane Comfort (1824 - )
Child	George Washington Comfort (1827 - )
Child	Mary Ellen Comfort (1829 - )
Child	Marguerite Comfort (1831 - )

Father	Benjamin Comfort (1757 - 1814)
Mother	Elizabeth Youngblood (1763 - )
Sibling	Catherine "Caty" Comfort (1788 - )
Sibling	William Comfort (1792 - 1836)
Sibling	Joseph Whalen Comfort (1802 - 1870)