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Surnames: Chaffin, Chafen, Chafin, Gregory
Classification: Query
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TN/Jackson & Smith Counties/ 1800-1900. Can anyone tell me about Martin Thomas &
Jane Chaffin? They are my ggg grandparents. Everyone has him listed as a son of Abner. Can
anyone give me an actual source for that information? They (and their children) just seem
to disappear off the face of the earth (the same way they appear). The 1850 census is the
only place that lists their names, but we really have no way of knowing if these are even
their children. They could have been the children of a brother or cousin, for all we know.
Their son, Harvey, is my gg grandfather. His grandson (my grandfather, H.C.) told me that
Harvey's father was named JOHN. Harvey and his wife, Julia Ann Gregory, are another
pair of people who appear briefly and then completely disappear---no past, no future. Any
concrete information would be of great value to me. Thank you so much!