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Chambers families appear in Randolph NC 1790 and Wilkes NC 1800
Paynter, Frances Chambers THE CHAMBERS FAMILY Descendants of Edmund Chambers; compiled
by Frances Chambers Paynter, Winchester Kentucky September 1996
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Text is 95 pages, index is 26 pages.
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I am willing to do lookups... GenBug(a)bendcable.com
The following is exactly as it appears in Mrs Paynter’s book
Acknowledgements:
This compilation of information relating to the Chambers line is from various sources.
First, may I say “Thank you” to all who have shared information for the Edmund Chambers
record. My greatest thanks goes to our daughter, Vicki Lee Paynter Lewis of Fort Myers,
Florida, who made the book possible by typing the material.
The earliest records are mainly from the Chambers History Trial of the Centuries by
William D. Chambers printed in 1925. In addition, Chambers Helping Chambers by Claudette
Maerz, Bloomington, Minnesota has been invaluable. Other books include Hollon and Related
Families by Clay Hollon, History of Wolfe County by the Women’s Club of Wolfe County,
History of Landsaw Family by W. H. Hurst, and History of Randolph and Macon County, 1884.
Booklets used as a source of information are as follows:
“Vital Statistics of Wolfe County” and “Chambers Family Cemeteries of Kentucky” by Mary
Lou Bogard, Kansas City, Missouri
“Gideon Chambers” by Glen Blevins, Huber Heights, Ohio
“Joel Chambers” by W. T. Boyd, Burnet, Texas and Rena Chambers, Izora, Texas
“Heritage of Buncombe County, North Carolina”, Vestal Library
“Register of Historical Society”
Other records include the Census of North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and
Texas; courthouse records such as wills, deeds, and marriage certificates; family Bible
records; cemetery stones, and various old maps. Personal correspondence and contacts from
the following individuals provided another source of information for the book:
Gorda Strong, Beattyville, Kentucky
Marthina Riley, Kirksville, Missouri
Irene Freeman, New Port, Tennessee
Marge Turner, Warren, Michigan
Mrs. Gideon Chambers, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky
Juanita Jones, Lubbock, Texas
Ed Rose, Huber Heights, Ohio
Gary Holachar, Orem Utah
My father, Rev. Joseph Jay Chambers, who started the research in 1933