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Susan,
Actually he is a junior. His father (Amos) is my wife's 3G grandfather. Amos Sr. and
his family moved from Rutherford NC in about 1825 to Cherokee County, GA. Amos Jr later
married Sarah Tait (Tate). They lived together in Georgia for over 30 years and near the
beginning of the Civil War Amos Jr. 'left for the war' leaving his home and wife
in Dade County, GA. There is no indication there was ever any children in this marriage.
At the end of the war (as the story goes) Amos was making his way back to Dade County and
was offered food and lodging for the night in the home of William Randolph Derrick.
Derrick is said to have several daughters and Amos and the daughter Lucinda M. set up
housekeeping and the following year (6 May 1866) Doctor M. Chaffin was born. Amos died in
1870 and Doctor was his only child. Amos is buried in Culman County in a small cemetery
near the Morgan County line.
Doctor married Loudicie Childers and the Louis and Manford you mentioned were two of
their ten children. John Argle (Dec 1905) was another of their children. He married and
his son was still living in Culman County as late as 2001.
I would like to see the picture of the gravesite but the URL is 'broken' and will
not load.