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Surnames: Chaney, Cheney
Classification: Query
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Does anyone know where this Francis Chaney/Cheney fits in? He was born about 1790 in
Kentucky.
1840 Clark County, Ark. film 844,407 item 1
Death Francis Chaney 24 Oct. 1840
Adm. James Chaney
Heir Elizabeth Chaney wife of John W. Gillam
Securities: Charles Golliher
Seaborn R----------- -
Probate Record Book A 1840-1847
Jan 1841 Estate of Francis Cheney
Administrator: James C. Cheney
Heirs: Stokley R. Cheney
John W. Gillam married one of heirs
Book 976.742 X2P 1850 Hot Springs County, Ark. 1850 US
Census Marriages
Book A Page 54
Gillham, John 27
Chaney, Elizabeth 25
16 Sept. 1841 by C. H. Smith JP-20
I will add the following for indentification:
Elizabeth CHENEY/CHANEY
Birth: 17 NOV 1818 in Tennessee prob Overton County
Death: 6 NOV 1889 in Hunt County, Texas
Burial: Hopewell Cemetery, Hunt County, Texas
Census Records for John W. Gillham
1840 Hot Spring County, Arkansas
1850 Montgomery County, Arkansas
1860 and 1870 Pike County, Arkansas
1880 Hunt County, Texas
Children:
William GILLHAM b: 1839 in Arkansas
Jane GILLHAM b: 1841 in Arkansas
James F. GILLHAM b: 1843 in Arkansas
Sarah GILLHAM b: 22 JUL 1846 in Arkansas
Mary Ann GILLHAM b: 1846 in Arkansas
Nancy N GILLHAM b: 1848 in Arkansas
Cynthia GILLHAM b: 1850 in Arkansas
Stokely R GILLHAM b: NOV 1853 in Arkansas
I have more information on Stokely R. and James C. Chaney/Cheney.