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Author: lawsoj1
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Hi Lona. Thanks for replying. I know that Gabriel Chaney left Bedford before 1809 when
he is listed as landowner in Highland Co., OH. He also served in the War of 1812 from
Highland Co. I don't know what happened to the other 5 Chaney men who are listed in
the History of Bedford Co. or how they are related to one another.
I've seen your John L. Chaney listed as John Lewis and a few researchers have tried to
make a connection to Lewis Chaney of Broad Top. I don't know what that's based on
or if it's accurate or not.
My Alexander Chaney was born in 1789 and the few records I've found for him always
list his birth state as PA. There is an Alexander Chaney on the 1820 census there and my
family has assumed this is our ancestor, but I don't have any proof. His wife was
Margery (Marjorie) Donaldson and she was born in MD. These two people almost certainly
are kin to the other Chaneys and Donaldsons who lived in Hopewell and Broad Top Townships,
but in nearly 25 years of searching I've not been able to turn up a single clue to
connect them to parents or siblings!
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