Beyond our Elusive William Daniel

He & his family delayed their move to TX because of money. They were reluctant to sell their most prized asset, a white stallion named Prince, in order to pay their moving expenses. Some years later, James came into the kitchen early one morning with a sad look on his face and announced that he had some bad news Prince was dead. Whereupon his wife, Elizabeth, said "Well, thank God! Now we can go to Texas."

In the 1850 census they may be in the home of T. J. Daniel, 30 and his wife Martha, 24, AL, and children, Milton, 2, m and Mary, 8/12, f, AL (household 412, 1850 census, Butler County, AL, Beat 3, Series: M432 Roll:2 Page: 205)
Eliza Majors 30, f, GA
James Rogers, 30 m, farmer, $50, AL
This was the Theophilus Jackson Daniel family, son of Theophilus Daniel and Penelope Goodson. Was this before Eliza and James married?
He may have been in the 1860, Sal Sada, Precinct 5, Butler, Alabama, Series: M653 Roll: 3 Page: 133
986/986, J. Rogers, 38,m, farmer, 300, AL
E. Rogers, 45, f, Georgia, can't read and write
F. C. Rogers, 6, m, AL
B. M. Rogers, 22, m, herding(?), 1000, 150, AL
1860 1860 ALABAMA , BUTLER, 5-PCT, Sal Salida PO, Series: M653 Roll: 3 Page: 133
986/986, J. Rogers, 38, m, farmer, 300
E. Rogers, 45, f, GA, can't read or write
F. C Rogers, 6, m, AL
B. M. Rogers, 22, m, H(?)y, 1000, 150
1870 Rutledge P. O., Crenshaw, AL, Series: M593, Roll: 12, Page 74
151/151, James Rogers, 48, m, w, farming, 400, 300,AL
Eliza, 52, f, w, keeping house, GA, cannot read or write
Francis C., 14, m, w, home, AL