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Hello everyone,
I have re-subscribed to the Chronister list to make it easier for Debra and I to answer questions about the proof paper that was posted. I know it is lengthy, and it will take a while to digest it all, but I hope you will ask questions if necessary.
For those of you who are still waiting to find your Chronister links, don't think I have forgotten about you. Maybe together we can find them all some day!
I actually re-subscribed to the list on the same night that we posted the proof paper, but rootsweb wasn't working right so nothing went through until today. My private e-mail has also been bouncing a lot, and I apologize for that. Our internet provider is aware of the problem, but it is going to take some time to fix it.
Peggy Reeves
Burtonsville, MD
List Members:
The comment referred to in Cathy Duvall's recent post was made in an exchange about some former messages with personal reflections between list members. My comment was that those exchanges make people uncomfortable.
As list manager, I stand by my statement. We need to be posting research findings and helping others, not making derrogatory and hurtful remarks about each other. This is not directed to any one in particular but is intended to be a guideline for everyone in general when posting messages.
The object of the mail list is to encourage research, not discourage it. Let's be nice and work together.
Another point: When a question has general interest for many members, we should respond to the list so others can benefit.
Thanks,
Debra Blackard
List Manager
Debra Blackard has informed me that my comments on this forum have caused the rest of you to be uncomfortable and
therefore that is why no one is active. With that, I want to appologize to each and every one of you. I am removing
my name from the forum.
Cathy Duvall
Dear Peggy:
Just a quick note to let you know I copied the ENTIRE book for you and
will be sending it in the mail to you tomorrow.
It is really an interesting book and so I made a copy for me too!
Hope all is well with you.
Love, Karen
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Peg and Debra, Thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate it. Can you tell me which public records you searched in the National Archives and the indexes in Arkansas so that I might send for a copy of the documents. Are any online or will I need to write some letters? Thanks again, Mary Lou Reed
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Mary Lou, I am happy to be able to tell you more about this family. I enlisted the help of Debra Blackard, who has done a lot of research in AR and is familiar with the records available there. We did some searching in the public records, both in AR and at the National Archives, and learned quite a lot. This was a joint effort, and we concur in this proof:
You had given this family in two specific census years, saying that you could prove that the child named "William S." in these listings is the one in which you are interested:
1880 AR, Pope, Moreland, p. 73d
Chronister, William M W 30 b. MO
Betsey A. (wife) F W 32 MO
Adam (son) M W 12 AR
William S. (son) M W 10 AR
Elijah (son) M W 7 AR
Joel B. (son) M W 1 AR
1870 AR, Pope, Moreland, p. 419
Chronister, William J. 20 M W b. MO
Elizabeth A. 22 F W MO
James A. 3 M W AR
William S. 1 M W AR
There was a William J. Chronister who applied for homestead land on 13 October 1883 and made his final homestead proof on 9 October 1890. In that affidavit, he gave his name as William Jackson Chronister, 42 years-old, born in MO, living in Caglesville, Pope Co., AR with a wife and 6 children. He moved his family onto the homestead land on 1 March 1884. This William Jackson Chronister matches the "William J". in the census listings above. Two more children had been born by 1890, based on their ages in the 1900 census.
The homestead land on which William Jackson Chronister and his family lived was the NW NE and the NE NW of Section 6, Twp 8N - Range 8W. An adjacent tract was owned by Jesse N. Sides. Other neighbors in that section and adjoining sections included Elijah G. Kinder, Adam Kinder, William H. Cooper, and Azariah Chronister.
Jesse N. Sides also applied for homestead land. His next-door neighbor, "Wm Jackson Chronister", signed an affidavit on 21 Dec 1888 saying that he was 38 years-old, lived one mile from Jesse Sides, and had known him for 20 years. William Jackson Chronister testified to Sides’ continual residence in the vicinity during those 20 years. James A. Chronister, 21 years-old, also signed an affidavit that day. He verified Sides' residence, as well, saying he also lived one mile away and had known Jesse for 15 years (which would have been since his earliest recollection as a young boy).
According to census listings, Jesse N. Sides was apparently born and raised in Pope County. He appears there in the census as a 4 year-old in the household of Joseph Sides in 1860 AR Pope, Moreland, p. 851a. If Jesse Sides had lived in Pope, Moreland Twp for his entire life, then William Jackson Chronister must have lived in the same community for 20 years to be able to verify that length of acquaintance and Jesse’s residence requirements on the homestead parcel.
"W. J. Chronister" is assessed in tax records of Pope Co., Moreland Twp., in 1867, though he paid no poll tax because he was under age. If William Jackson Chronister was in Pope, Moreland as early as 1867, who could his father be? There are a number of Chronisters in Pope County by that time. The earliest to arrive, according to tax records, is "A. Cronister" in 1849 from MO.
Azariah Chronister made several land purchases in Pope County. The earliest one shows a purchase receipt dated 6 January 1859, the actual patent being granted 1 March 1860. The affidavit filled out by Azariah in that cash entry file states that he had been living on the land since 1 January 1850. Thus, Azariah is clearly the "A. Cronister" in the tax records of Pope County in 1849. Azariah is listed in the census in 1860 AR Pope Moreland p. 150 with an 11 year-old son named "William". In 1850 AR Pope Moreland p. 528, Azariah is shown with a 1 year-old son named "William".
Elijah G. Kinder also received a land patent on 1 March 1860. In his cash entry file, a corroborating affidavit is given by Azariah G. Chronister. Elijah G. Kinder was a neighbor who lived within walking distance of William Jackson Chronister's homestead land. Azariah Chronister's land was also within walking distance of these other two men.
The estate of "Esyra Cronister" is listed in the Pope Co. tax records in 1865. Heirs of Azariah mentioned in the administration papers include a "William".
CONCLUSIONS:
1. William Jackson Chronister is the man living on the tract of land adjoining Jesse N. Sides.
2. William Jackson Chronister's land description and neighbors on adjoining tracts match the people we see as his neighbors on the federal census pages that include the above census listings.
3. The William Jackson Chronister and the James A. Chronister who gave affidavits for Jesse Sides' claim in December of 1888 have ages that match well with the William J. Chronister and James Adam Chronister listed as the father and brother, respectively, of William S. Chronister in the census listings, above.
4. The father of William S. Chronister is William Jackson Chronister.
5. William Jackson Chronister lived in AR Pope, Moreland all of his life.
6. Azariah G. Chronister moved from MO to AR about 1849 and onto the land he bought in AR Pope Moreland with his wife and family on 1 January 1850. In the 1850 census,"William" is 1 year old.
7. Census listings for William J. Chronister are inconsistent about his place of birth, some showing MO, others showing AR. Based on the timing of when Azariah shows up in AR, the move occurred either shortly before or immediately after the birth of William Jackson Chronister. William knew his family came from MO, but would not have had any actual recollection of whether he was born there or in AR, thus explaining the inconsistency in the reporting of his birthplace.
7. The parents of William Jackson Chronister are Azariah G. Chronister and his wife Nancy, based on analysis of Pope County census, tax, and probate records; as well as federal land files at the National Archives.
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The Jeremiah Chronister that you speak of was from Pennsylvania. He was executor of the estate of Jacob B. Chronister (his father). This fact is from a legal notice in the Gettysburg Compiler 28 January 1896.
There is an obituary in the Adams County News [Adams County, Pennsylvania] 7 March 1914 as follows:
"Mrs. Jeremiah Chronister, aged 62 years, died about 4 a.m. Thursday at the family residence in York [York County]. Mrs. Chronister was taken sick last Saturday by rheumatic fever but her condition was not considered serious until Wednesday night when her heart became affected, which resulted in her death. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Charles R. Chronister, of Philadelphia, and Emory J. Chronister, of Maywood, Illinois. Mrs. Chronister was formerly a resident of Gettysburg [Pennsylvania, Adams County]."
The parents of Jeremiah Chronister are buried in the Hampton Union Cemetery and their stones read as follows:
"Jacob B. Chronister died Dec 31, 1892 age 73 years, 3 months, 9 days."
"Margaret, wife of Jacob Chronister died Nov 18, 1882."
I suggest ordering death certificates from Pennsylvania Vital Records. You can also order wills, land records, etc. from the appropriate county courthouse in Pennsylvania. Note that they lived in Adams County for a while and Also York County. You should be able to find them in the census and know when they moved from one place to the other.
Hope this is helpful.
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Do you have locations for your Chronister people? I don't recognize them as being from the Southern Chronister line.
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Looking to go in any direction. Jeremiah Chronister 1850/ Martha Sowers had three children Emory Jacob Chronister, female, died early, Charles Rolandis Chronister 1883/ Anna Brindle. Jeremiah also had a brother Benjamin. If anyone has any info please e-mail me at jchrofan(a)bellsouth.net. Thankyou