Thanks for everyone's interest. Thanks to Danny Bunn who saw this and told
Carla Tate who passed it to me and alerted Willa Deans who looked into it,
too.
Leave it to Bill to already have taken a picture! "An old farm house with a
tin roof painted red." Hmmm. Still very curious.
If you find out which Chamblee is selling this land, perhaps I have them in
my database. Naturally if the land borders Rocky Branch (where old Robert
Chamblee took out ALOT of his original land), then it is really in historic
Chamblee territory which some of us have already began to map out and
mentally know the descendency of this land already.
I would assume a title search has been done on this property, that I would
like to see exactly where this land is.
A little map in the fly leaf of the Rochter Portland Chamblee genealogy
journal, with the date of 1899 on it (Rochter died 1900, was son of William
Bryant Chamblee) was drawn by the hand of Sigma Van Thomas Chamblee,
Rochter's brother. The book with the map of Rochter Portland Chamblee is now
owned by Dr. John Chamblee of Rocky Mt. (who did not get flooded out in the
hurricane he reported to me). The map shows lands on Highway 90 and indicates
other Chamblee houses and areas near Rocky Branch.
Here's my quick and dirty version of this hand drawn map, indicating houses
with alpha characters:
A. B. D. E.
<---Highway
90---------------------|------------------------------------------------------
------->to Pilot
^ road C. ^ ^
Beverdam Ck Rocky Br Moccasin Br
He wrote at the top of the page: "I am not sure my dirt roads cross #91" The
D.D. Chamblee house is right next to Rocky Branch on the north side of the
road.
Left side of page vertically written, part of corner torn, "...B.C. home is
about 1/4 mile west from the big rock at Rocky Branch. D. D. Chamblee lives
near north east end of the big rock. --S.V.T.C."
Bottom of page: "The old William Bryant Chamblee residence was builded arond
1846, 2 rock chimneys--and is on highway #90 about 2 miles west of Mocassin
Creek and about 3 miels east of Zebulon and is located on souths ide of road
among oaks that are about 100 years old now. --July 20, 1932, S.V.T.
Chamblee, Red Oak, NC"
S.V.T. Chamblee used initials on the map:
A. C.H. Chamblee
B. Dr. M.C. Chamblee
C. W.B. Chamblee Old House
D. D. D. Chamblee
E. W.H. Chamblee
My interpretation:
A. Clarence H. Chamblee 1877-1934, son of Miles Christopher Chamblee.
Clarence married Nannie Sentella Chamblee 1905.
B. Dr. Miles Christopher Chamblee 1853-1915, son of William Bryant Chamblee,
marr Henrietta Brown. "M.C. Chamblee and sons opened its doors as a
mercantile in Wakefield, NC in 1890. It was Wakefield's largest store.
Clarence and Millard took part responsibility for the store." He is all over
court records as being the M.D. in the area.
C. William Bryant Chamblee 1824-1895, son of John Chamblee & Olive
Richardson, married Martha Helen Hardy (1847) and Nancy H. Griffin (1865, she
married Calvin H. Joyner previously to W.B. Chamblee). She was the daughter
of John R. Girffin & Martha Patsy Chamblee.
D. Durwood Dowell Chamblee 1886-1972, son of Dr. Miles Christopher Chamblee,
married Tillie G. Ranes (1915), Myra E. Bottoms (1940). The 1920 Census,
Little River Dist Wake Co NC ,545/602
Durwood Chamblee 34
Isaldia, wife 35
E. William Hardy Chamblee, 1862-1946, married Ella Etta Richardson. On the
census is listed next door to Durwood Chamblee, same as the map. Their home
is featured in the book, "The Historic Architecture of Wake County."
So, Bill, I'm sure you know where this is, and if Dr. John Chamblee is still
on the list he has this land memorized no doubt.
A few years ago I spent a day doing title searches in Raleigh trying to find
a particular piece of land. I printed many maps of some of the land divisions
in that area. Perhaps we can solve the mystery from my desk and map drawer,
though it would be neat to contact the seller and get the exact legal
description. Possible?
D'Ann