Daniel Everhart was born January 25, 1843, south of the Holston River the son of William and Betsy Stewart Everhart.

When the 1860 census was taken, he was living in Hawkins County Civil District #15 with his parents, his 20-year-old brother David, and 14-year-old sister Eliza. He had attended school that year.

He and Mary Elizabeth Bush were married about 1862. Their first child, Elizabeth Ann, was born on November 2, 1862, the day after he enlisted in the Confederate Army.

Daniel Everhart served in the Confederate Army from November 1, 1862 until his capture at Vicksburg in May 1863. He was a prisoner of war from the time of his capture until January 1864. At that time he enlisted in the Federal Army and served until May 10, 1866 when he was honorably discharged.

Daniel made at least one trip home to East Tennessee before his discharge. In 1865, Mary Elizabeth gave birth to their second child and first son. He may have been stillborn because no name was recorded for him.

Daniel and Mary Elizabeth lived in Civil District #15 near his family and were the parents of eight children.

By 1887, Daniel was operating a sawmill. In January of that year he purchased two large band saws, one eighteen feet long. He paid $115 cash for one of the saws and $180 for the other.

Mary Elizabeth died in November 1905. Daniel lived to see his 90th birthday. He died July 21, 1933. The house that Daniel built and lived in at the time of his death stands today just north of Highway 66 on North Fork Branch Road.