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Author: Charles_Chaney
Surnames: Chaney, Reed, Springfield, Langston, Canady, Damron, Kiser, Saye
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Has anyone found any information on Hosea Chaney, son of Hezekiah Chaney & Jane ___,
of Wythe Co., VA.? I think that there is a possibility that he could be the father of my
great grandfather, Hezekiah, b. c1835, and his brothers Robert, b. c1825, Hosea, b. c1830,
and Ninevah b. c1842, and a sister Zuritha, b. c1821, who lived in Carroll Co., AR,
1860-1880. I have found no information on what their father's name was. Their mother
was Sarah A. ___ born c1795 in NC (according to the census when she was a widow living
with Hezekiah in 1860 and Robert in 1870). None of this family have been found in the
1850 census when, according to tradition, the group was moving from an unsuccessful stay
in central Texas back to Carroll Co., AR. The 1840 census shows Elisha Clark, whom
Zuritha had married, listed only two or three households from a Hosea Chaney (age 30-40).
This could be her father! The make up the household could contain her siblings although
we do not know just how !
many there may have been. In census records both Robert and Hosea were reported to have
been born in Indiana. Checking the 1830 census of Indiana results in a "Hosea
Channa" (age 20-30) in Sullivan Co., IN. The name is difficult to read and could be
"Charna," "Chaarna," "Chaina," etc.
(DNA tests show that my line goes back to Richard Cheyney, 1616-1685, of Maryland, from
whom I understand Hezekiah of Wythe Co, VA descends.)
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