Husband Vaught Lee Chapman
Born: 26 Dec 1919 - Smyth County, Virginia
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Died: 6 Aug 1991 - Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia
Buried: - Elizabeth Cemetery, Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia
Father: Samuel Chapman
Mother: Alice E. Hunt
Marriage: 8 Dec 1945 - Smyth County, Virginia
Wife Bessie Louise Davidson
Born: 14 Apr 1927
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Died: 10 Sep 1983
Buried: - Elizabeth Cemetery, Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia
Father: John Radford Davidson
Mother: Mattie Call
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General Notes: Husband - Vaught Lee Chapman
Find a Grave: Find a Grave: Name: From wedding announcement of son
Possible: Per letter from Edith Davidson Christensen, dated July 2, 1973, Shirley had three boys ages 13,17 and 20. One girl, Chris, aged 8. Marriage date: from internet trees, I have not located it. Death date from internet tree, I cannot locate record. John A Davidson, dies in Chiltons Tavern, Campbell Co, Aug 1832, age 28 Source: Marriages and Deaths from Lynchburg, Virginia Newspapers, 1794-1836 (Lynchburg Virginian, Aug 23, 1832, p3 c3) Death date provided by Bill Davidson <tunnelm@verizon.net> Groom: John A Davidson Info from Bill Davidson: tunnelm@verizon.net Info from Bill Davidson: tunnelm@verizon.net
Info from York's Fentress County, TN,bruceyork1243@yahoo.com
Vaught Lee Chapman
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Smyth County, Virginia, USA
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Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth Cemetery
Saltville, Smyth County, Virginia, USA
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Husband to Bessie L Chapman
Wed: Dec 8, 1945
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Bessie L Davidson Chapman
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Wife to Vaught L Chapman
Wed: Dec 8, 1945
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1 M Edward Glyndale Chastain
Born: 19 Oct 1915 - Purdey, Barry County, Missouri
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Died: 6 Oct 2003 - Hemet, Riverside County, , California
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Marr: 5 Jan 1935 - Jackson County, Missouri
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1 F June Rioyer
Born: 1926
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Marr: 3 Aug 1953 - Campbell County, Virginia
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1 M Walter Richard Childress
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Wife Shirley Ann Christensen
Born: 13 May 1932
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Died: 30 Jan 2005 - Culver City, Los Angeles County, California
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Mother: Edith Marie Davidson
Other Spouse: Richard A Wolfe - 17 Sep 1977 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
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4 F Christy Childress
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General Notes: Husband - Walter Richard Childress
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Name: Walter Richard Childress
Birth Date: 17 Oct 1932
Gender: Male
Mother's Maiden Name: Mccarty
Birth County: Los Angeles
Name: Walter R. Childress
SSN: 556-34-0501
Last Residence: 86405 Lake Havasu City, Mohave, Arizona
Born: 17 Oct 1932
Died: 22 Jan 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951)
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Name: Walter R Childress
Age: 34
Est. Birth: abt 1933
Spouse Name: Verta B Markel
Spouse Age: 43
Date: 20 Sep 1967
Location: Los Angeles City
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Name: Walter R Childress
Spouse Name: Shirley A Christensen
Location: Los Angeles City
Date: Jul 1966
General Notes: Wife - Shirley Ann Christensen
Birth date provided by Christi Gordon, granddaughter
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Name: Shirley A Christensen
Age: 45
Est. Birth: abt 1932
Spouse Name: Richard A Wolfe
Spouse Age: 42
Date: 17 Sep 1977
Location: Los Angeles
Name: Shirley A Christensen
Age: 48
Est. Birth: abt 1932
Spouse Name: Richard A Wolfe
Spouse Age: 45
Date: 23 Sep 1980
Location: Los Angeles
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Name: Walter R Childress
Spouse Name: Shirley A Christensen
Location: Los Angeles City
Date: Jul 1966
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Husband Loren P Childs
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1 M Ray Milton Childs
Born: 27 Aug 1895 - Floyld, Floyld, County, Iowa
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Marr: 17 Jul 1918 - Charles City, Floyld County, Iowa
Husband Ray Milton Childs
Born: 27 Aug 1895 - Floyld, Floyld, County, Iowa
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Mother: Josephine Thompson
Marriage: 17 Jul 1918 - Charles City, Floyld County, Iowa
Wife Marion F Renshaw
AKA: Babe
Born: 25 Oct 1898 - Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Died: 28 Aug 1991 - Grand Rapids, Itasca, Minnesota
Buried: - Itasca Calvary Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota
Father: Ulysses Grant Renshaw
Mother: Martha Jane Wooley
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1 M Robert H Childs
Born: 1 Apr 1921 - Iowa
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2 F Merna J Childs
Born: 1923 - Iowa
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3 M Ray Milton Childs
Born: 29 Oct 1926 - Iowa
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4 F Doris I Childs
Born: 1928 - Iowa
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5 M Donald Eugene Childs
Born: 13 Sep 1929 - Iowa
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1930 Township 54, Itasca, Minnesota
Ray M Child
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General Notes: Wife - Marion F Renshaw
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Husband John A Davidson
Born: 1804 - Virginia
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Died: 1832 - Campbell County, Virginia
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Father: Samuel Davidson
Mother: Frances Oglesby
Marriage: 20 Dec 1828 - Caswell County, North Carolina
Wife Mary Ann Chilton
Born: 1810 - Virginia
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Father: Raleigh Chilton
Mother: Elizabeth James Poindexter
Other Spouse: George Abbit - 11 Jun 1838 - Campbell County, Virginia
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1 M John R Davidson
Born: 21 Dec 1829 - Charlotte County, Virginia
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Died: 21 Apr 1906 - Texas
Buried: - Murray Cemetery, Murry, Young County, Texas
Spouse: Dolly C. Sternes
Marr: 17 Sep 1856 - Campbell County, Virginia
Spouse: Julia A Speece
Marr: 11 Jun 1851 - Campbell County, Virginia
2 M Raleigh C Davidson
Born: 1832 - Virginia
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In 1826, he and his brother were in Caswell, North Carolina, where they were both married
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Spouse: Adeline S. J. Moore
Marriage Date: 14 Mar 1828
Marriage County: Caswell
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0478484-0478488
Source: County Court Records at Yanceyville, NC
Witness/Bondsman: Richard O Davidson, John P Harrison per Caswell County, North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1778-1868, By Katharine Kerr Kendall
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VIRGINIA BAPTIST MINISTERS,
BY JAMES B. TAYLOR
1859
JOHN A. DAVIDSON.
This servant of Christ, the son of Elder Samuel Davidson, was a native of Campbell County, Virginia. He is said to have possessed a peculiarly amiable disposition. But this, he was enabled, to perceive, was not sufficient to entitle him to the kingdom of heaven. In the eighteenth year of his age he was brought under the renovating influence of the Divine Spirit, and felt, in its energy, the whole force of the language of the Savior, "Ye must be born again." He now saw the perishing nature of all earthly enjoyments, and that he could not be happy but in the favor of God. He sought the salvation of his soul, and soon was enabled to testify that Jesus Christ hath power on earth to forgive sins. He attached himself to the Baptist church, and, from that time to the hour of his dissolution, he invariably sustained the character of a decided and uniform Christian.
Soon after his conversion he became impressed with the conviction that it was his duty to call sinners to repentance by preaching the unsearchable riches of Christ to a lost and ruined world. He conferred not with flesh and blood, but yielded to the heavenly mandate; and many a weeping penitent was by him pointed to the "Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." Some of these will gratefully remember his ardent prayers for their conversion, long after nature has covered his grave with "its mantle of green." The silent bosom of earth has received his dust; his voice is hushed in death; but with him death and the grave were despoiled of their terror.
In his humble, meek, and holy life he exhibited "lucid proof" of the divinity of the gospel which he preached. Retiring and unobtrusive in his manners, he lived without reproach, possessing a conscience void of offence toward God and man. To all who saw him during his illness be gave the most indubitable evidence of a confidence firm and full of immortality. His affliction was of five or six weeks continuance, and he bore it with patience and resignation. He had frequently been delirious until the morning of his dissolution, at which time he was perfectly in his senses and well aware that the cold hand of death was upon him. He met the grim monster without dismay, and was enabled to say, "I am perfectly happy and resigned," and then shouted, "Glory to God, hallelujah!" And continued, "Come, Jesus I come quickly! 0 Jesus, let me go! Why cannot I go now? Oh let me go!" He repeated, with peculiar emphasis, the following verse:
"Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are;
While on his breast I lean my head.
And breathe my life out sweetly there."
He feelingly exhorted those around him to seek the salvation of their souls and to meet him in heaven. Just before he expired he applied to his own case thy words of the Apostle: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day." His declining sun set without a cloud. The weary wheels of life gently ceased to move; his exit was so easy that it was not exactly known when the spirit took its flight.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Ann Chilton
birth year from 1850 Appottamox County, Va (see son Rayleigh)
Notes: Marriage
Bride: Mary A Chilton
Bond Date: 20 Dec 1828
Bond #: 000014902
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 001489
County: Caswell
Record #: 01 071
Bondsman: Lewis G Bagley
Witness: John P Harrison
Name: John A. Davidson
Spouse: Mary A. Chilton
Marriage Date: 20 Dec 1828
Marriage County: Caswell
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: County Court Records - FHL # 0478484-0478488
Source: County Court Records at Yanceyville, NC & Family H
Husband Raleigh Chilton
Born: 18 Dec 1776 - Culpepper County, Virginia
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Died: Jun 1848 - Campbell County, Virginia
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Marriage: 10 Aug 1803 - Bedford County, Virginia
Wife Elizabeth James Poindexter
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1 F Mary Ann Chilton
Born: 1810 - Virginia
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Died: 7 Sep 1857
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Marr: 20 Dec 1828 - Caswell County, North Carolina
Spouse: George Abbit
Marr: 11 Jun 1838 - Campbell County, Virginia
General Notes: Husband - Raleigh Chilton
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BICENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHY OF RALEIGH CHILTON
(1776-1976)
by
Harriett A. Chilton
July 4, 1976
My great great grandfather, Raleigh Chilton, was born in Culpepper County, Virginia on December 18, 1776, less than six months after the Declaration of Independence was signed, so we are celebrating his two hundredth birthday this year as well as the Bicentennial of our country. He spent most of his life in Campbell County, Virginia.
His son, John Poindexter Chilton lived in Campbell and Bedford Counties. John P. Chilton's son, Chapman Hunter Chilton, lived in Appomattox County, Va., where his son, William Chapman Chilton (my father) was born on October 5, 1875 (less than a year before America celebrated its Centennial on July 4, 1876).
Raleigh's father, Richard Chilton, Sr. was married to Judith Arms in June, 1761. They lived in Lancaster County, Virginia at that time, and moved to Culpepper County around 1774. From there they moved to Campbell County in 1798 and lived at "Catalpa Grove" just outside Lynchburg, Virginia, where they are buried in the family cemetery at the rear of the house, surrounded by a stone wall. The house is still standing on Moorman Drive. They were the parents of eleven children: William, Stephen, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Richard, Junior, John, Harrison, Raleigh, Judith, Thaddeus and Joseph.
Raleigh Chilton was married to Elizabeth James Poindexter on August 10, 1803 in Bedford County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Captain Joseph Poindexter (b. 1736 d. June 29, 1826) and his wife Elizabeth James Poindexter (b. 1746 d. Feb. 5, 1828); he served as Captain in the Bedford County Militia during the Revolutionary War and is buried in the Poindexter Family Cemetery near Whipping Creek (Naruna, Va.) as are his wife and other members of the Poindexter family. (A copy of Raleigh's Marriage Bond is attached.)
Raleigh and Elizabeth Chilton had eight children: Richard L., Judith, John Poindexter, Mary Ann, Catherine, Joseph B., Amanda and Elizabeth James. Further data on them is given on an attached family history chart.
Raleigh was an innkeeper, farmer, postmaster, militiaman and educator; also he dealt in real estate. His name appears on many jury lists and as witness to many wills and deeds. He kept a Tavern or Ordinary near Concord known as Chilton's Tavern, which was located at the intersection of the Rustburg road and the Lynchburg road. In 1815 he paid a tavern license fee of $11.16. His tavern license for 1826 is in Campbell County Court Order Book No. 17, Page 4, It reads as follows: "Campbell, June Court 1826. On the motion of Raleigh Chilton who produced the receipt of Richard Morgan DS fm. Thos. West, Shff, for the sum of Eighteen Dollars, and the Court being of opinion that he is a person of good character and not addicted to drunkenness or gaming, leave is given him to keep tavern at his house in this county until May court next, who gave bond & security according to law." A photostat copy is attached.
On December 14, 1820, Raleigh Chilton was appointed Postmaster at Concord, Virginia, a position he held until his death in 1848. The Postoffice no doubt was located in the tavern, the stagecoach operators frequently being successful bidders for the mail routes. The taverns in those days were community centers where the neighbors gathered to hear the news, watch the stagecoach come in, pick up their mail, leave messages, vote, attend auction sales, etc. The innkeeper was essentially the "mayor" of the neighborhood.
The old permits to run taverns went into great detail, such as the following: The applicant must be certain that he "doth constantly find and provide good wholesome and clenly lodging and diet for travelers" and also "to furnish for horses stableage and provender as the season shall require." My father said that Raleigh used to have as many as forty horses plowing in the fields on the old Shaw place in back of the tavern to plant oats for feeding the horses of the guests at the tavern. In the Lynchburg News in 1901, Mr. Branch Walker, describing the taverns on the old stage road between Appomattox and Lynchburg (including Chilton's), writes "at all these places in the long ago stages stopped. Travelers to and from the Springs in private carriages would stop at night. It was no unusual thing to see the stable yard full of vehicles and droves of hogs driven on foot from Western Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee by the five hundred or one thousand in a drove."
In 1826 a traveler, Robert Carter Berkeley, of "Edgewood" in Hanover Co. kept a diary of his trip to the Virginia Springs (now West Virginia) and back home in which he tells about spending the night at Chilton's. A photostat copy of an excerpt from his diary is enclosed (the original is in the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond):
"...Monday (August) 28th, left Bluefoots & arrived at New
London & the next day got to Lynchburg to dinner where we
stayed until the evening of the 30th, at which time we left
there & went to Chilton's, 52 mi. from B'ft. Thursday 31st
A'st. left Chilton's & got to Uncle Wms. to dinner..."
Another illustration of the fact that the tavern was a landmark in the area is its mention in the "Gazeteer of Virginia" by Joseph Martin, dated 1835, page 137:
"Lynchburg has suffered much from the want of good roads...
The Richmond road is now being turnpiked to Chilton's, 15 miles
from Lynchburg...a mail coach passes to and from Richmond three
times a week...and the line continues westward to Lewisburg in
Greenbrier County, passing by Liberty in Bedford County,
Fincastle in Botetourt & the Sweet in White Sulphur Springs..."
Raleigh was an Ensign in the Campbell County Militia from 1803 until 1806. His name appears on a Muster Roll of the War of 1812 (National Archives, Washington D. C.) for Captain James M. Haden's Company of Grenadiers, attached to Third Regiment, Virginia Militia, with the notation "Sent substitute."
By December of 1803, the year he was married, Raleigh had bought 406 acres of land from John and Sarah Steel in Campbell County, lying on the waters of Reedy Creek (Campbell Co. Deed Book 6, Page 326). In 1804 he paid $1.55 land tax (his name on this rol is spelled Rolly; in 1805 listing he is called Raughley, and on the personal property tax list it is written Rawley.)
The next land transaction I find in the Campbell County records is an indenture (deed) made January 10, 1814 between Richard Chilton, Sr. and Raleigh Chilton for a tract of land containing 290 acres, lying on the waters of Falling River on both sides of the main road leading from the upper country to Richmond, along the lines of Stovall, John Wilson, Raleigh Chilton and others. This must be the land where Chilton's Tavern was located and must join Raleigh's 406 acres which he bought previously. (See Deed Book 10, Page 322.)
Then on September 21, 1831 Raleigh bought 300 acres from Robert and Oliver McReynolds, lying on Beaver Creek, and known as Oxford Iron Works Tract. I was pleased to find this deed in Rustburg (Deed Book 18, P. 281) recently, as I recall my father telling me that Raleigh owned Oxford Furnace at one time. Oxford Furnace is an historic spot on the road between Concord and Lynchburg (Route 460) where iron cannon balls were made for the army during the Revolutionary War. The ruins remain, and a nearby marker reads as follows:
"Across the stream stood Oxford Furnace, conducted during the
Revolution by James Calloway to supply military materials. The
Iron Mines were near by. The furnace was operated until 1875
and the mill until about 1900."
That year, 1831, was the year that Raleigh's oldest son, Richard L. Chilton removed to the West, as noted in the 117th Militia records when he resigned his commission as Captain. Also, in June 1831, John Poindexter Chilton, Raleigh's next oldest son, was married, so possibly he moved to the Oxford Furnace estate with his wife. His daughter, Adeline Chilton Williams' obituary states that she was born at Oxford Furnace in 1834.
Other deed at the Campbell County Courthouse at Rustburg show Raleigh buying additional land on Beaver Creek, on Archer's Creek, from "Chilton's corner to Lynch's Road to the top of Back Bone Ridge", etc. Also he sold a number of tracts of land. Most of these land holdings appear to have been in the Concord-Six Mile Bridge area.
Bedford County, Virginia deeds reveal only one transaction of land for Raleigh Chilton. On July 29, 1835 he bought from the Bank of Virginia 923acres for $10,000, situated on the North Fork of Otter River (Deed Book 26, PAge 64). In 1843 Raleigh granted this acreage to his son, John Poindexter Chilton "for the love and affection which I bear my son and the consideration of one dollar" (Deed Book 30, Page 468). John P. Chilton in turn deeded half of this land to his brother, Joseph B. Chilton in 1849 (Deed Book 34, P. 160) in exchange for a similar amount of land in Campbell County.
Raleigh Chilton was a member of Old Concord Presbyterian Church, located near Spout Spring, now in Appomattox County. He was also a Trustee of nearby Union Academy which was established in 1838 under the auspices of Old Concord. The minutes of the Board of Trustees on December 14th, 1842 state "Mr. Raleigh Chilton was elected to fill the vacancy in this board occasioned by the removal of the Rev. A. J. Heustis to the Far West." The minutes for June 14, 1848 announce a vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Chilton. It is interesting to note that his great grandson, Raleigh Hunter Chilton (1869-1945) of Concord served as Trustee of the Academy in 1906, and that his great grand daughter Miss Maggie Chilton, taught there in 1907. His grandson, Chapman Hunter Chilton was Principal of the Academy from 1860 until 1870.
Raleigh Chilton's great great grandson, Raleigh Hunter Chilton, Jr. is at present a resident of Concord, Virginia. He and his wife Anne (Dupuy) Chilton have three children: Raleigh Hunter III, Anne Shearer (Chilton) Rumsey, and Mary Ford (Chilton) Hall. Raleigh Hunter Chilton III and his wife, Mary (Habel) Chilton have two sons, Raleigh Hunter Chilton IV, and John Chapman Chilton.
Raleigh Chilton died early in June 1848, and his will was probated in Campbell County on June 12, 1848 (Will Book 10, Page 140). His will appears to have been written many years earlier - the date seems to be April 3, 1829. He left his wife her dower rights; his son, Richard "all the money which he has heretofore received from me amounting to thirteen hundred and thirty five dollars and seventeen and a half cents and nothing more;" his daughter Ann Davidson "one dollar and no more"; and the remainder of the estate to be divided into six equal parts, five to be given to sons John P. and Joseph, and daughters Katherine, Amanda and Elizabeth, and the sixth to be held for Ann Davidson in case she becomes a widow or has a child (his son in law, John A. Davidson, to have no control over any part of his estate).
In October 1858, ten years after Raleighs death, there was a case in the Campbell County Circuit Court entitled John P. Chilton vs. Phillip T. Withers, Administrator of Raleigh Chilton, dec'd." It appears that on August 8, 1835 Raleigh signed a note for someone who reneged on the debt, and this case was for the purpose of trying to collect from the estate. John P. Chilton lost the case. The jury returned the verdict: "We the jury find that the bond for the sum of $1,380 was not executed by Raleigh Chilton." Therefore the Court decided that the plaintiff "take nothing" and pay the cost of the court suit. This was reported in the November 5, 1858 issue of The Weekly Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia. We found a copy of this newspaper in my father's trunk after his death.
Raleigh was the first in his family to be born a free American, never owing allegiance to a foreign king. All of his predecessors had been born in the Colony of Virginia under British rule. He lived during a very dynamic period in our country's history; the westward movement was in full swing; new lands were being explored; nationalism was on the rise. He bequeathed to us, his descendants, a country rich in spiritual and material accomplishments, where we have that most valuable of all freedoms, the freedom to govern ourselves.
Harriett A. Chilton
3108 Annandale Road
Falls Church, Va. 22042
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From Sue Elfving
RE: Raleigh C Davidson The Campbell Co. VA Chancery Suit (#1881-026) between the Chilton Heirs document that Raleigh C Davidson died. I have been unable to determine the exact date he died. His stepfather George Abbitt aka Abbott was the admr. of his estate and replaced him in the suit. I have wondered if he might not have died in the Civil War but there was also one reference by his counsel that he was sick at one point and was unable to attend a meeting. He never married, or if he did, there were never any heirs and no wife is ever mentioned. He was definitely deceased by 1874. Raleigh's brother John R Davidson is also documented as having moved to Pike Co, MO (as you stated), having sold his interest in his grandfather Chilton and grandmother Chilton's estate and his interest in Raleigh C Davidson's estate to Peter J Sternes. Their sister (or half-sister) Amanda is always referred to as Amanda Abbitt, d/o of Ann. Amanda married Samuel H Coleman. Raleigh Chilton educated both sons of his daughter Ann CHILTON Davidson Abbitt per the charges he recorded in his Memo Book. I believe Ann moved back into her father's home after the death of her husband who is always referred to as John A Davidson but never as Reverend. Raleigh made a notation that "John A Davidson died and I received back my child...I therefore wish her to be made equal with my other children." (image beg. 256). I think he was quite happy to be rid of his son-in-law. Ann gave a large deposition in the suit wherein she supplied lots of info about when and what her father gave to her sisters Catherine (m. Robert Chilton) and Amanda (m. Dr. Isham E Bass), and about conversations and events and transactions involving her father and his sons; however, there was no personal info about her and her first husband. I have almost finished the suit (600 of 767 pages) and find no other references to any other Davidsons. Raleigh owned the Chilton Tavern near Concord and that tavern and land was not sold until 1871 although he died in 1849. This would be the tavern where the Rev. John A Davidson died. Raleigh Chilton's widow Elizabeth J (d/o of Capt Joseph Poindexter) was still living in 1860 with Isham and Amanda Bass. Raleigh Chilton's children were: Richard, Joseph B, John P, Mary Ann, Catherine, Amanda, and Elizabeth.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth James Poindexter
Husband Elijah Franklin Davidson
Born: 5 Jan 1883 - Clinton County, Kentucky
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Died: 21 Aug 1958 - Oakland, Alameda County, California
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Father: George Lafayette Davidson
Mother: Mary Frances Hunter
Marriage: 25 Aug 1912
Wife Beuah Georgie Chitton
Born: 1885
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Children
General Notes: Wife - Beuah Georgie Chitton