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Author: DarrellEMiller
Surnames: Durham, Hardin, Chasteen, Lawson, Miller, Baker
Classification: queries
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Gene,
There is certainly enough circumstancial evidence to support a relationship of your George
and Huldah to Joseph and Elizabeth / Nancy Chasteen. I do not think George, son of Joseph
Durham and Elizabeth Chasteen to be the one married to Huldah Baker but possible a son.
The dates associated with George (b ca 1819 per 1850 Laurel Co. KY) He was 31 in 1850 and
no children or wife was listed with him and his father Joseph (spelled Denham). The Martha
listed with George (1819) was Martha Ann who married John Lawson Jr. son of JOhn and
Elizabeth (Unknown).
Knowing the area of Rockcastle County, north of the Rockcastle River, and near to
Fletcher's Salt Mine and the original location of The Pleasnat Run Missionary Church
in 1820, helps to put the Durham, Hardin, and Chasteen families into some perspective.
I also believe,(Circumstancially) that the Reverend William Martin Durham born ca 1818 and
married to Lettie Baker, was a brother to George and son of Joseph and Elizabeth Chasteen.
I have tried to connect Lettie Baker to Huldah with no success but certainly seems likely.
Lettie was the d/o Wansley Baker Jr and Lettia "Letty" Hendren. Most of these
folks migrated from Rowan County, NC about 1803. The WIlliam Hardin line came from Grayson
County, VA. very near to the NC border.
I have tried for many years to work these lines and have some success but proof is very
hard to come by. It also seems family traditions are deep set and sometimes hard to
change.
Darrell Miller
PS I also think Joseph Durham was a nephew to William Durham and Jemima and brother to Wm
Green Durham married to Judith Ann Hardin.
The Hardin, Chasteen and Durham families all held land near Crooked Creek (Originally
Brush Creek before Rockcastle) and near the Salt Cave and the Pleasant Run Missionary
Church.
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