I haven't done any personal research on the Chapman's except to trying to
find out anything on my grandfather Joseph (Joe) Chapman, no luck at all. He
and my grandmother had a fling in Naugatuck, WV in 1908/09 and that resulted
in my father. Dad never saw his father, so it is possible that Joe was
already married.
I have a friend that I have been putting together his Chapman history from
what others have posted on the internet so none of the info other than what
he has given me can be verified by me. I don't have his permission to go any
closer to him.
His line goes:
Albert Galltin Jenkins Chapman ca 1864 & Malissa Conley ca 1868;
he was the s/o John Russell Chapman ca 1835 & Harriett Adams ca 1835;
he was the s/o Edward Chapman Nov 20, 1835 & Polly (Mary) Godby April 6,
1799;
he was the s/o John C. Chapman Nov 6, 1762 & Dicy Napier Nov 8 1762;
he was the s/o John Chapman Jan 18, 1739 & Sally "Sallie" Abbott ca 1744;
he was the s/o Isaac Chapman ca 1716 & Sarah Cole ca 1716;
he was the s/o Thomas Chapman March 26, 1690 & unknown.
Johnny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rees Chapman" <winwinsit(a)gmail.com>
To: <CHAPMAN(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:13 AM
Subject: [CHAPMAN] Family reunion: Isaac's/John's descendents
Are there any Chapman researchers who might want to join me and my
family for a New River gathering in late July or early August? Maybe
get together at the "Friends and Family" in Ripplemead, swap gedcoms
and myths and DNA samples? Then visit the ruins of John Chapman's
homestead, and the Chapman graveyard?
I'm going to be joining my family for a gathering in the southern part
of West Virginia, and our plan is to explore in Virginia along the New
River around Pearisburg/Narrows/Ripplemead. That's where two children
of Isaac Chapman of Orange VA (who died around 1747) settled: son John
and daughter Jemimah (wife of Murdoch McKenzie). Below, I list their
known descendents.
The ruins of the old homestead of John Chapman are still there (or, at
least, were in 2004 when I last visited). And the cemetery remains,
including the graves of twenty or more descendents: John Chapman (b.
1740), Isaac Chapman (b. 4-19-1764), Eliane Chapman (b. 1761), Ann
Mather Chapman (b. 2-22-1833), Isaac William Chapman (b. 12-11-1839),
William Jackson Chapman (b. 2-13-1857), Mary Chapman (b. 4-1-1784),
Manilius Chapman (b. 10-14-1806), Susan Bierne Chapman (b. 6-13-1813),
Henley Chapman (b. 5-25-1843), Mary A. Chapman (b. 3-29-1841), Mary
Ann Mullins (b. 1815), Alberta Pendleton (b. 1-30-1882), Elvina
Pendleton (b. 4-30-1811), Albert Gallatin Pendleton (6-28-1801), Major
Wm. P. Cecil (b. 1820), and Sadie Viola Strother (b. 2-23-1874).
If you're interested, email me at Gmail dot com at winwinsit.
Rees Chapman of Dahlonega, GA
son of Cecil of Norfolk
grandson of William Byrd of Tazwell
great grandson of Rees of Tazwell
great great grandson of Isaac of Tazwell
great great great grandson of William of Pearisburg
great great great great grandson of Isaac of Giles
great great great great great grandson of John of Giles
great great great great great great grandson of Isaac of Orange
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Here's my account of our 2004 visit:
We arrived Sunday mid-afternoon, took the Pearisburg exit off
460, and found Virginia Heights Road (which becomes Riverbend Drive),
following it over a mile until it crested a hill overlooking the New River
and the old Chapman property. Visible above the river and the railroad
tracks is a pasture (30+ acres), in which are the rusted roofs of old
barns
- lovely! Above the road are a number of nice homes, each with what is
likely a glorious view of the pasture and river vally below. We drove onto
the pasture road and down into the field.
The chimney of John Chapman's home, plainly visible when I visited some
thirty years ago, now cannot be seen from the pasture; it is perhaps
twenty
yards into the forest, and a dirt road has been newly bush-hogged past it.
In fact, if my dad hadn't been looking carefully, we could easily have
walked right past it. Old stone steps rising from the road disappear into
bushes, and the concrete foundation of a newer porch juts out. From atop
the stairs, a large recutangular stone-walled pit can be seen, the
original
basement, above which rises a three-story stone chimney with brick
fireplaces at the 1st and 2nd floor levels. Otherwise, nothing still
stands
from the home. The basement, containing several trees, is filled with old
bedframes, fuel tanks, metal trash - but I imagine an excavation would
reveal layers of old artifacts, perhaps dating back to the mid 1700s.
Heading across a lower corner of the pasture and an old dirt road (leading
down to the new river) and along another strip of pasture - south, I
believe, along Walker Creek which can't be seen from there - we approached
the graveyard. A pink ribbon hung from a treebranch, perhaps 150 yards
from
the chimney, marking an opening in the weeds and brush, and the walls of
the
graveyard can be seen after walking about ten yards into the woods. The
facing wall to which the rusted iron gate attaches is pitched forward,
looking as though it will soon fall. The cemetery is about 50 by 50, and
the ground inside is covered with some cover such as periwinkle. Many
trees, a few looking to be over a hundred years old, stand in the cemetery
and shade the entire area. Perhaps a dozen headstones are clearly visible
above the groundcover, along with several footstones, and the majority
have
readable enscriptions. A few are fallen over, or broken. Names I could
discern included John Chapman (b. 1740), Isaac Chapman (b. 4-19-1764),
Eliane Chapman (b. 1761), Ann Mather Chapman (b. 2-22-1833), Isaac William
Chapman (b. 12-11-1839), William Jackson Chapman (b. 2-13-1857), Mary
Chapman (b. 4-1-1784), Manilius Chapman (b. 10-14-1806), Susan Bierne
Chapman (b. 6-13-1813), Henley Chapman (b. 5-25-1843), Mary A. Chapman (b.
3-29-1841), Mary Ann Mullins (b. 1815), Alberta Pendleton (b. 1-30-1882),
Elvina Pendleton (b. 4-30-1811), Albert Gallatin Pendleton (6-28-1801),
Major Wm. P. Cecil (b. 1820), and Sadie Viola Strother (b. 2-23-1874).
(Dates come from a recent accounting by Robert Pretat.)
___________________________________________________________
Descendants of: Isaac CHAPMAN:
1 Isaac CHAPMAN b. abt. 1716 England? Charles Co. MD? d. 1747 Orange Co.
VA
m. Sarah COLE
2 Isaac CHAPMAN b. 1739 Orange Co. VA d. Alabama
2 John CHAPMAN b. 1-18-1740 Orange Co. VA d. 12-18-1813 Giles Co. VA
m. Sally ABBOTT m. 1761 Orange Co. VA
3 Annie CHAPMAN b. 1763 d. 1831 Giles Co. VA
m. John LYBROOK
4 John C. LYBROOK
4 Henley C. LYBROOK
4 George LYBROOK b. _____ d. 10-1827 Giles Co. VA
m. Sarah HALL m. 12-30-1823 Giles Co. VA
5 Carrington LYBROOK b. 1824
5 Mary Ann LYBROOK b. 1827
3 Isaac CHAPMAN b. 4-19-1764 d. 5-29-1836 Giles Co. VA
m. Elian JOHNSTON d. 8-3-1856?
4 John CHAPMAN
m. Ann FREEL
5 Adeline CHAPMAN b. 1812 d. 10-27-1872 Giles Co. VA
m. William Henry SNIDOW m. 3-17-1836 Giles Co. VA
4 David Johnston CHAPMAN
m. Sally PEPPER
5 John CHAPMAN
5 William CHAPMAN
m. ? Walter
5 David J. CHAPMAN
5 Annie CHAPMAN
m. James W. ENGLISH
5 Jennie CHAPMAN b. 11-24-1843 Giles Co. VA
m. Samuel LYBROOK
5 Malinda CHAPMAN
m. Samuel S. DINWIDDIE
4 William CHAPMAN b. 7-14-1787 Montgomery Co. VA d. 5-12-1850
Pearisburg, VA
m. Nancy McDONALD m. 3-18-1817 b. 10-7-1799 d. Sep 8- 1837
5 Amanda Malvina CHAPMAN b. 4-20-1818
m. Matthew AIKEN m. 1840
5 Julianna CHAPMAN b. 9-13-1819
5 Betsy Louisa CHAPMAN b. 10-3-1821 d. 1-31-1894 Bristol TN
m. Edward W. CHANCELEUM m. 9-28-1848
5 Isaac Edward CHAPMAN b. 8-29-1824 Giles Co. VA d. May 1-
1905 Tazewell VA
m. Eliza Jane GILLESPIE m. Jan 8- 1850 b. 3-19-1813 d. 3-25-1915
6 Mary Louise CHAPMAN b. 7-26-1853 d. May 2- 1933 Bluefield VA
m. Henry ALDERSON m. 9-28-1871 Jeffersonville VA
7 Leola ALDERSON
m. ?? SEXTON
8 Vincent SEXTON
6 Rees Cecil CHAPMAN b. 4-26-1856 d. 12-12-1930 Tazewell VA
m. Byrd MAY m. 1-28-1892 Liberty KY b. 7-24-1862 West
Liberty, Morgan, KY d. 8-31-1894
7 William Byrde May CHAPMAN b. 8-27-1894 Tazewell VA d.
Aug 6- 1929 New York City
m. Margaret Ella JOHNSON m. 14 June 1923 Tazewell VA b.
1-12-1891 Dicks Creek VA d. Apr 5- 1986 Tazewell VA
8 Alice McDonald CHAPMAN b. 5-13-1924 Tazewell Co. VA
m. Hugh VERANO m. 2-27-1945 Tazewell VA b. May 5-
1922 Bluefield VA d. 8-11-1988 Pomona CA
9 Nancy VERANO b. 1-24-1948 Tazewell VA
m. Robert STILLWAGON m. 12-21-1968 Claremont CA b.
10-3-1944 Ft. Ayre, MA
10 Richard STILLWAGON b. 1- Jul 1970
9 Hugh T. "Buzzy" VERANO b. 11-16-1949 Tazewell VA
m. Beverley SPEICHER m. 12-20-1981 Claremont CA b.
11-7-1950 Lafayette IN
10 Sarah VERANO b. 6-25-1988 Newport Beach CA
10 Catherine VERANO b. 4-26-1992 Newport Beach CA
9 John VERANO b. 11-17-1954 Salzburg Austria
m. Elizabeth BOONE m. 1-21-1991 Irvine CA b. Sep 6-
1948 Newport RI
8 Ellen Byrd CHAPMAN b. 3-26-1926 Tazewell, VA
m. Thomas GRAHAM m. Jun 1947 Tazewell VA b. 1926 Del
Rio TX d. 1981 Del Rio TX
9 Margaret GRAHAM b. 1-25-1950 Del Rio TX
m. Perry HOLLEY m. 12-22-1976 b. 11-8-1947 Washington DC
9 Jennie Jo GRAHAM b. 5-17-1952 Del Rio TX
9 William GRAHAM b. 6-30-1962 Del Rio TX
m. Rossi BURNHAM
8 Rees Cecil CHAPMAN b. 9-28-1928 Tazewell, VA
m. Dorothy Hartzel WILSON m. 6-13-1953 Bluefield WV
b. 9- Jun 1929 Bluefield VA d. 5-29-2004 Norfolk VA
m. Loretta LUCAS m. 6-25-2005 Norfolk, VA b. 5-23-1945
9 Rees Cecil CHAPMAN b. 1- Apr 1955 Richmond VA
m. Betty Jean GARRETT m. 7-19-1976 Charlottesville VA
m. Susan CURLEY m. May 30 1993 Norfolk VA b. Aug 4
1958 New Brunswick NJ
m. Stephanie CORN m. Sep - 7 2003 Bona Allen Mansion
in Buford GA b. 6-10-1958 Philadelphia, PA
10 William Byrd CHAPMAN b. Dec 14 1980 Charlottesville VA
m. Jeanna BERGFIELD m. 9-30-2006 b. 3-29-1982
10 McKensey Clare CHAPMAN b. Oct 1 1995 Gainesville GA
9 John Wilson CHAPMAN b. 12-22-1958 Bluefield WV
m. Nancy COOK m. 7- Mar 1998 b. 3-12-1956
9 Mary Moir CHAPMAN b. 5-10-1965 Norfolk VA
m. John HAMILTON m. 4- Aug 1990 Norfolk VA b. 7- May
1963
10 Katherine HAMILTON b. 7-25-1993
10 Jack HAMILTON b. 2-26-1997
6 John William CHAPMAN b. 4-26-1856 Tazewell VA d.
10-31-1936 Tazewell VA (Boyer home)
m. Lavalette HIGGINBOTHAM m. 6-17-1891 Austin Spring TX
d. 5-21-1907 Tazewell VA
m. Nancy Walker CHANCELEUM m. 2-23-1910 Tazewell VA
7 Ned Emmons CHAPMAN b. 6-13-1892 d. Sep 8- 1905 Tazewell VA
7 Janie CHAPMAN b. 8-16-1893 d. 8-27-1893
6 Nancy Emerine CHAPMAN b. 6-21-1864 d. 6-29-1947 Walterboro SC
m. Augustus Beauregard BUCHANAN m. 11-12-1884
7 Allie Gray BUCHANAN
m. J. M. MOORER m. SC
8 Nancy McDonald MOORER
7 Archibald C. BUCHANAN
m. Ollie "Tot" McCALL
8 A. C. BUCHANAN
8 Sarah BUCHANAN
7 Chanceleum "Chance" BUCHANAN
8 Mary BUCHANAN
6 Alice McDonald CHAPMAN b. 9-28-1866 Tazewell VA d. May 2-
1956 Tazewell VA
m. Joseph B. BOYER m. Mar 1- 1893
5 Priscilla CHAPMAN b. 11-7-1826 d. 3-16-1852
5 John Lewis McDonald CHAPMAN b. 10-27-1828 d. May 2- 1852
5 Keziah McDonald CHAPMAN b. 11-27-1830
m. Isaac Chapman FOWLER
5 William Wallace CHAPMAN b. 12-4-1832 d. Sep 8- 1833
5 Nancy Adeline CHAPMAN b. 8-26-1837 d. 9-20-1837
4 Priscilla CHAPMAN
m. Thomas FOWLER
4 Polly CHAPMAN
m. John BANE
4 Nancy CHAPMAN
m. Joseph McDONALD
4 Sally CHAPMAN
m. William KYLE
4 Rebecca CHAPMAN
m. Samuel P. PEARIS
3 George CHAPMAN b. 1766 Culpeper Co. VA d. 4-20-1816 Giles Co. VA
(or Floyd Co. KY)
m. Patience CLAY m. 11-5-1789 Montgomery Co. VA
4 Archibald CHAPMAN b. 2-21-1787 Montgomery Co. VA d. 3-31-1870
Gallia OH
m. Elizabeth MILLS m. 3-26-1811
5 Isaac CHAPMAN
5 John CHAPMAN
5 William CHAPMAN
5 George CHAPMAN
5 Joseph CHAPMAN
5 Augustus CHAPMAN
5 Lucinda CHAPMAN
4 Isaac CHAPMAN b. 1790 Montgomery Co. d. aft. 1850 OH
m. Rebecca STEWART
5 Malinda CHAPMAN
5 David CHAPMAN
5 Henry CHAPMAN
5 Lucretia CHAPMAN
5 Rachel CHAPMAN
m. John SNIDOW
4 Elizabeth CHAPMAN b. 3-31-1791 Montgomery Co VA d. 12-6-1873
m. Joseph PECK
4 Sally CHAPMAN b. 1793 Montgomery Co. VA
m. Hugh GORDON
4 Lucretia CHAPMAN b. 1798 Montgomery Co. VA d. 1861 KY
m. William McCLURE m. Lawrence KY
4 David CHAPMAN b. 1803 Montgomery Co. VA d. 1845 KY
4 George CHAPMAN b. 1806 Montgomery Co. VA
3 John CHAPMAN b. 1771 d. 1796 Montgomery Co. VA
m. Dicie NAPIER m. Sep 7- 1791 Montgomery Co. VA b. abt. 1772 VA
4 George CHAPMAN b. Mar 9- 1791 Giles Co. VA d. aft. 1840
Johnson/Louisa Co. Iowa
m. Joyce (Daisy) NAPIER m. 4-14-1813 Giles Co. VA b. abt.
1788 Giles Co. VA d. Mar 8- 1852 Johnson Co. Iowa
5 Delia CHAPMAN b. aft. 1814 New River, Giles Co. VA d. aft.
1840 Johnson Co. Iowa
5 Adeline CHAPMAN b. aft. 1815 Giles Co. VA
5 Addison S. CHAPMAN b. 1819 Giles Co. VA d. Canyonville,
Douglas Co., OR
m. Susan ?
5 Andrew Johnson CHAPMAN b. Jan 2- 1820 Gallia Co. OH d.
10-28-1895 Wilbur, Douglas Co. OR
m. Sarah Jane MARKS m. Mar 7- 1844 Terre Haute, IN
5 George Jefferson CHAPMAN b. Apr 4- 1822 Gallia Co. OH d.
4-13-1877 Douglas Co. OR
m. Eliza Jane EELLS m. 2-12-1850 Johnson Co. Iowa b.
1-16-1831 Columbiana Co. OH d. 5-30-1920 Wilbur, Douglas Co. OR
5 John Henry CHAPMAN b. 8-15-1825 Gallia Co. OH d. 5-23-1917
Douglas Co. OR
m. Martha Ann EELLS m. 3-25-1851 Johnson Co. Iowa
5 Patrick Rene CHAPMAN
5 Margaret CHAPMAN b. 1830 Gallia Co. OH d. 5-23-1925 Douglas Co.
OR
m. Franklin DENNIS
4 Andrew CHAPMAN
3 Sally CHAPMAN b. 8-26-1776
m. Jacob MILLER m. 12-12-1794 Montgomery Co. VA
4 John MILLER b. 1-14-1796 Montgomery Co. VA d. 10-18-1863 Giles Co.
VA
m. Sarah PECK m. Jun 1825
4 Tobias MILLER b. Mar 6- 1797 d. 4-22-1865 Giles Co. VA
m. Elizabeth BANE m. 1-19-1826
4 Jacob MILLER b. 11-22-1798 d. 1850 CA?
m. Polly Bane HARMAN
4 Barbara MILLER b. 11-10-1800 Montgomery Co. VA d. 1867 Tazewell Co.
VA
m. Morton P. EMMONS
3 Henley CHAPMAN b. 3-26-1779 Giles Co. VA d. Apr 8- 1864 Giles Co. VA
m. Mary ALEXANDER m. 9-16-1803 Giles Co. VA
4 Isaac CHAPMAN
4 Augustus A. CHAPMAN b. 1803 d. 1876
m. Mary BEIRNE b. 1813?
5 Sue CHAPMAN b. 1847?
5 Ella CHAPMAN b. 1852?
4 Manilius CHAPMAN b. 10-14-1806 Giles Co. VA d. 10-3-1883 Giles Co.
VA
m. Susan BIERNE b. 1813
5 Mary A. CHAPMAN b. 1841 d. 8-17-1873 Giles Co.
5 Henley CHAPMAN b. 5-25-1843 Giles Co. VA d. 10-10-1855 Giles Co.
VA
5 Emma CHAPMAN b. 1849
5 William Jackson CHAPMAN b. 2-13-1857 Giles Co. VA d. 5-20-1857
4 Araminta D. CHAPMAN b. Apr 1808 Giles Co. VA d. Feb 3- 1886
Giles Co. VA
4 Elvina CHAPMAN b. 4-30-1811 Giles Co. VA d. 9-18-1868 Giles Co. VA
m. Albert Gallatin PENDLETON
4 Isabella CHAPMAN b. 1818 d. 1890
m. William P. CECIL
3 Jemima CHAPMAN b. aft. 1780 d. 1837 Giles Co. VA
m. Charles HALL
4 Emily HALL
4 Chloe HALL
4 Benjamin HALL b. 1800 d. Cook Co. IL
4 Charles HALL
4 Henley Chapman HALL
4 Sally HALL
2 Richard CHAPMAN b. 1742 Culpeper Co. VA
m. Margaret "Peggy" ABBOTT
m. Susanna CONNELY m. 5--5--1790 Montgomery VA
3 John CHAPMAN b. 1760 d. aft. 1840
m. Jemima JOHNSON
3 Abner CHAPMAN b. 1762 d. after 1840 Gallia OH
m. ? m. 1807 Giles Co. VA
3 William CHAPMAN b. 1762 d. before 1840 Lawrence Co. KY
m. Elizabeth BURGESS m. 1787 Montgomery Co. VA
4 Jemima CHAPMAN b. 1788
4 John CHAPMAN b. 1791
3 Edward CHAPMAN b. 11-20-1795 Montgomery VA
3 Thomas CHAPMAN
2 Jemima CHAPMAN b. 1745 Culpeper Co. VA? d. 1778 Giles Co. VA
m. Murdock McKENZIE
3 Polly McKENZIE
m. Jacob WALL m. 12-25-1809
4 Erastus WALL
4 Mary WALL
4 Lucretia WALL
4 Augustus WALL
3 Sally McKENZIE b. _____ d. May 1778 Giles Co. VA (killed by Indians)
3 Henley McKENZIE b. _____ d. May 1778 Giles Co. VA (killed by Indians)
3 Daniel McKENZIE
3 Mary Ann McKENZIE b. _____ d. May 1778 Giles Co. VA (killed by
Indians)
3 Isaac McKENZIE b. 1758
m. Virginia Jean JOHNSON m. Feb 1- 1789 Montgomery Co. VA
3 Elizabeth McKENZIE
m. Alexander CLARK
m. Jonas CLYBURN
3 Margaret McKENZIE
m. John KINZIE
m. Benjamin HALL
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