David CHAMBERS Sr. [Parents] was born 1 about 1725 in Scotland. He died about 1809 in Boonesborough, Madison County, Kentucky. He was buried in Boonesborough, Madison County, Kentucky. He married Mary or Ann GASTON in Sep 1744 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
David Chambers immigrated to America in about 1743 at age 18, where he landed in Philadelphia. His father sent him to the colonies to keep him out of the Jacobite Rebellion (1745). Between 1745 and 1754, he resided at the Rappahanock Scotch Settlement in Orange County (now Culpepper County), Virginia. In 1754, he moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia. In 1763, he moved to Tyron County (now Rutherford), North Carolina. In 1800, he moved to Jessamine County, Kentucky.
According to William D. Chambers, "A peculiarity of the elder David was that in his old age he kept his head shaved, as he said, to prevent nervousness. It has been said that his wife was a stout woman, and that during their last days they lived with or near their eldest son John."
Some records show David Chambers died in Rockbridge, Virginia, and show his place of birth as Somerset County, New Jersey. Those same records show a date of death of 21 August 1795, but none of this is believed accurate and cannot be verified one way or the other.
Mary or Ann GASTON was born in 1742 in Germany. She died before 1777. She married David CHAMBERS Sr. in Sep 1744 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Family tradition tells that Mary or Ann Gaston was of German descent, but some records show her place of birth as Somerset County, New Jersey.
They had the following children:
M i John CHAMBERS Sr. M ii William CHAMBERS M iii Samuel CHAMBERS 1 was born about 1752 in Culpepper County, Virginia. He died about 1777. The cause of death was casualty of war, killed and scalped by Native Americans who sided with the British.
Samuel Chambers served in the Revolutionary War. During a battle, he was killed and scalped by Indians who were fighting on the side of the British. (Chambers Family Newsletter, October 2001, Veronica Potter and Anna Noe).F iv Tetty CHAMBERS M v Alexander CHAMBERS M vi David CHAMBERS Jr. F vii Jean CHAMBERS was born about 1759 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. She died . F viii Rachel CHAMBERS was born about 1761 in Rockridge, McDowell County, Virginia. She died .
William CHAMBERS [Parents] was born about 1750 in Culpepper County, Virginia. He died after 1840 in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee. He was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Scott County, Tennessee. He married TAR-CHEE-SEE in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee.
William Chambers lived in Culpepper, Virginia, where he was born, until 1754, when his family moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia. In 1799, he moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina. In 1800, he moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina, then to Scott County, Tennessee. In 1840, he moved to Campbell County, Tennessee, then in 1840, moved to Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee where he lived until his passing.
In his early twenties he volunteered for service in the Revolutionary Army in April 1777. He was in Captain John Morton's company of the 4th Virginia Regiment, and was wounded in action in October 1777. He was discharged February 6, 1778 with the rank of Sargeant. He had enlisted for two years. His commanding officer was Thomas Elliot. William Chambers' name is in the Scott County Courthouse yard along with other names of Revolutionary War soldiers. (Information from the Chambers Family Newsletter, Veronica Potter and Anna Noe).
TAR-CHEE-SEE was born in Arkansas prior to statehood. She died . She married William CHAMBERS in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee.
Tar-Chee-See was a chieftain's daughter.
They had the following children:
M i Thomas CHAMBERS Sr. M ii William C. CHAMBERS Sr. M iii Edmund CHAMBERS F iv Nancy CHAMBERS M v Silas CHAMBERS
Thomas CHAMBERS Sr. [Parents] [scrapbook] was born in Dec 1777 in Virginia. He died on 16 Jun 1871 in Scott County, Tennessee. He was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Scott County, Tennessee. He married Jane Louanner WEST on 2 Sep 1838 in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee.
Other marriages:LAWSON, Lakey Kattie
Some records show his name as William Thomas Chambers.
Some records show his place of birth as North Carolina.
Some records show his day of death as 14 or 18 June.
Records provided by Veronica Potter and Anna Noe in 2001: People who came over the Wilderness Road into what is now Scott County came through the present sites of Lafollette and Jacksboro, Tennessee, and through Pioneer Gap into Scott County. After leaving the Wilderness Road, two of the settlers, Isham Sharp and Thomas Chambers, left their wagons and made their way to the present site of Buffalo. Most of the Chambers of Buffalo, Scott County, Tennessee, are direct descendants of Thomas Chambers.
Thomas Chambers moved from Virginia to Tennessee between 1800 and 1805. He left school in 1800. In 1830, he moved to Campbell County, Kentucky, where he lived until 1850, when he moved to Scott County, Tennessee. In 1850, he was described as a farmer worth $5,000 in U.S. Census records.
The following was posted a the Scott County Rootsweb Bulletin Board by Sheila Strunk on 2 April 2000:
It is not clearly established when Thomas came to what is now Scott County. It may have been prior to the formation of Campbell County, when the area was still part of Indian Territory. During the time he lived there, county lines were drawn and redrawn. Ethel Sharp Sanderson says that Thomas first came in 1770. As Thomas was not born until 1777, she may have been referring to his father, William Chambers. Other oral history states Thomas came at age 18, bringing 20 slaves with him to clear the land. This would put his arrival in the area at about 1795. In 1810 Thomas Chambers of New River is listed in the Fourth Survey District of Tennessee as surveyed by John McClellan. At that time, the New River area was attached to Anderson County. A petition was filed with the State Legislature in 1815 asking that the area around New River be attached to Campbell County. The signers of the petition complained that they had to go to the courthouse in Anderson County by way of Jacksborough, the County Seat for Campbell County. Thomas Chambers was a signer of the Petition, received in the State Senate on October 17, 1815. It appears the petition was granted and county lines redrawn in 1817. Thomas, without having moved, pays taxes in Campbell County in 1818. 1818 Tax list for Campbell County, Thomas Chambers 300 acres; 1 free poll. He was a resident of Campbell County in 1819 when the following was enacted:
------------------------------------ Tennessee Acts of 1819, Chapter 225, Section 1 "Be it hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that a precinct election is hereby authorized and established at the home of Thomas Chambers on New River in the County of Campbell." Thomas continues to appear in records of Campbell County Tennessee until the formation of Scott County. Thomas was a well educated man. According to the 1850 Census, he last attended school in 1800, at about age 23. This seems to indicate he had a college education. This lends itself to reexamining the date of his first marriage. To date, no one has been able to document the date of his marriage to Katy Lawson, although the date of 1797 has been widely reported. If Thomas was still attending college, the marriage may have been later. Their first child was not born until 1809. If Katy is the daughter of Randolph Lawson, they may have actually married in Tennessee at a later date. 17 Jan 1855. Thomas Chambers and his (wife) Jane Chambers and Reuben West and his wife Emily West, all of Scott County Tn to Jeremiah J West of Audain Co., Missouri. Consideration (not given) for land in Murcer Co, Missouri designated and Known by the following description to with the South half of the northeast quarter and the west half of the south east quarter south east one fourth of the Southeast quarter of section twenty two and the west half of the south west quarter south west one fourth of the northwest quarter of 1623 and the west half of the southwest quarter of 1625 and the west half of the north quarter of section 22 all in township 65 range No. 25 west containing 480 acres according to the original survey.../s/ Reuben (his X mark) West. Emley (her X mark) West, Thomas Chambers, Jane (her X mark) Chambers.
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The following are excerpts from the book "County Scott and Its Mountain Folk", written and published by Esther Sharp Sanderson, Huntsville, Tennessee:
People who came over the Wilderness Road into what is now Scott County came through the present sites of LaFollett and Jacksboro, Tennessee, and through the Pioneer Gap into what is now Scott County. After leaving the Wilderness Road, two of the first settlers, Isham Sharp and Thomas Chambers, left their wagons at LaFollette and came through with their families, cattle, and with horses carrying their belongings. They made several trips back and forth before they got their meager possessions over the mountain trails to the present site of Buffalo . . . . [author's comment, page 22].
The Chambers and Shaprs of Scott County are direct descendants of some of the men who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, a Revolutionary War Battle. [authors, comment, page 27]
Thomas Chambers with wife Katy Lawson came to what is now New River, Tennessee, with a thousand-acre land grant from North Carolina; they then moved to Buffalo and settled on a 5,000-acre grant from the State of Tennessee in 1812. They had, in 1800, taken up a land grant which included all the land between the mouth of Buffalo Creek to the mouth of Paint Rock Creek. Thomas had brought with him twenty slaves, who cleared the land and remained with him until they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. Some of the slaves remained in Buffalo until they died, and were buried in Buffalo Cemetery . . . . [author's comment, page 37] NOTE: several grave stones were found marking plots at the Chambers Cemetery at Buffalo Creek. These were crude, flat rocks, essentially, without engraving. Local anecdotes tell that these are the graves of Thomas Chambers' slaves.
In 1850, Thomas Chambers owned 6 slaves and was one of 9 slave owners in Scott County. In this year, Chambers was 73 years of age and living with his second wife and children. [U.S. Census, 1850]
Thomas Chambers, Alexander Chambers, Fielding Pennington, and George Pennington were all found guilty of assault against W.R. Harmon. A jury trial was held and all were fined. The year was not specified. [Chambers Family Newsletter, December 31, 2001, by Veronica Potter and Anna Noe].
On 1 Jan 1854, a list of Scott County Magistrates included Riley Chambers, P. Chambers, Thomas Chambers, and Pleasant Chambers.
Jane Louanner WEST [Parents] "Jenny" was born in 1801 in North Carolina. She died in 1849 in Scott County, Tennessee. She was buried in 1849 in Chambers Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Scott County, Tennessee. She married Thomas CHAMBERS Sr. on 2 Sep 1838 in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee.
Other marriages:OWENS, William
Some records show her middle name as Phiefer.
Some records show her death date ranging between 1880 and 1888.
They had the following children:
M i David CHAMBERS M ii A. D. CHAMBERS 1 was born in 1833 in Tennessee. He died . F iii Nancy Emeline CHAMBERS M iv Jeremiah Jackson CHAMBERS M v Francis Marion CHAMBERS Sr. M vi George Washington CHAMBERS
William OWENS was born in 1801 in Scott County, Tennessee. He died . He married Jane Louanner WEST.
Jane Louanner WEST [Parents] "Jenny" was born in 1801 in North Carolina. She died in 1849 in Scott County, Tennessee. She was buried in 1849 in Chambers Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Scott County, Tennessee. She married William OWENS.
Other marriages:CHAMBERS, Thomas Sr.
Some records show her middle name as Phiefer.
Some records show her death date ranging between 1880 and 1888.
They had the following children:
M i Wesley OWENS
James Pennington WALKER [Parents] 1 was born on 15 Jul 1846 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. He died on 21 Jan 1930 in Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado. He was buried CREMATED in Denver, Colorado, at Riverside Cemetery. He married Catherine LEDGERWOOD on 22 Dec 1867 in Martin County, Indiana. He had other parents.
Catherine LEDGERWOOD [Parents] 1 was born on 25 May 1849 in Martin County, Indiana. She died on 27 Jan 1920 in Odon, Daviess County, Indiana. She was buried on 29 Jan 1920 in Scotland, Greene County, Indiana. She married James Pennington WALKER on 22 Dec 1867 in Martin County, Indiana.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah Jane WALKER 1 was born on 17 Oct 1868 in Martin County, Indiana. She died . F ii Margaret Ann WALKER M iii William Thomas WALKER 1 was born on 14 Sep 1873 in Martin County, Indiana. He died on 28 Apr 1875. F iv Alice May WALKER 1 was born on 3 Mar 1876 in Martin County, Indiana. She died on 11 Jan 1933. F v Jessie Rebecca WALKER F vi Catherine WALKER "Tiny" 1 was born on 1 Apr 1882 in Martin County, Indiana. She died on 19 Apr 1884.
Henry H. HOLT 1 was born on 12 May 1787 in Tennessee. He died on 28 Jul 1879 in Martin County, Tennessee. He married Catherine GREY in 1808.
Catherine GREY 1 was born on 18 Mar 1790 in Pennsylvania. She died on 19 Feb 1875 in Indiana. She married Henry H. HOLT in 1808.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah HOLT
Thomas CHAMBERS Sr. [Parents] [scrapbook] was born in Dec 1777 in Virginia. He died on 16 Jun 1871 in Scott County, Tennessee. He was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Scott County, Tennessee. He married Lakey Kattie LAWSON in 1796 in Haywood County, North Carolina.
Other marriages:WEST, Jane Louanner
Some records show his name as William Thomas Chambers.
Some records show his place of birth as North Carolina.
Some records show his day of death as 14 or 18 June.
Records provided by Veronica Potter and Anna Noe in 2001: People who came over the Wilderness Road into what is now Scott County came through the present sites of Lafollette and Jacksboro, Tennessee, and through Pioneer Gap into Scott County. After leaving the Wilderness Road, two of the settlers, Isham Sharp and Thomas Chambers, left their wagons and made their way to the present site of Buffalo. Most of the Chambers of Buffalo, Scott County, Tennessee, are direct descendants of Thomas Chambers.
Thomas Chambers moved from Virginia to Tennessee between 1800 and 1805. He left school in 1800. In 1830, he moved to Campbell County, Kentucky, where he lived until 1850, when he moved to Scott County, Tennessee. In 1850, he was described as a farmer worth $5,000 in U.S. Census records.
The following was posted a the Scott County Rootsweb Bulletin Board by Sheila Strunk on 2 April 2000:
It is not clearly established when Thomas came to what is now Scott County. It may have been prior to the formation of Campbell County, when the area was still part of Indian Territory. During the time he lived there, county lines were drawn and redrawn. Ethel Sharp Sanderson says that Thomas first came in 1770. As Thomas was not born until 1777, she may have been referring to his father, William Chambers. Other oral history states Thomas came at age 18, bringing 20 slaves with him to clear the land. This would put his arrival in the area at about 1795. In 1810 Thomas Chambers of New River is listed in the Fourth Survey District of Tennessee as surveyed by John McClellan. At that time, the New River area was attached to Anderson County. A petition was filed with the State Legislature in 1815 asking that the area around New River be attached to Campbell County. The signers of the petition complained that they had to go to the courthouse in Anderson County by way of Jacksborough, the County Seat for Campbell County. Thomas Chambers was a signer of the Petition, received in the State Senate on October 17, 1815. It appears the petition was granted and county lines redrawn in 1817. Thomas, without having moved, pays taxes in Campbell County in 1818. 1818 Tax list for Campbell County, Thomas Chambers 300 acres; 1 free poll. He was a resident of Campbell County in 1819 when the following was enacted:
------------------------------------ Tennessee Acts of 1819, Chapter 225, Section 1 "Be it hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, that a precinct election is hereby authorized and established at the home of Thomas Chambers on New River in the County of Campbell." Thomas continues to appear in records of Campbell County Tennessee until the formation of Scott County. Thomas was a well educated man. According to the 1850 Census, he last attended school in 1800, at about age 23. This seems to indicate he had a college education. This lends itself to reexamining the date of his first marriage. To date, no one has been able to document the date of his marriage to Katy Lawson, although the date of 1797 has been widely reported. If Thomas was still attending college, the marriage may have been later. Their first child was not born until 1809. If Katy is the daughter of Randolph Lawson, they may have actually married in Tennessee at a later date. 17 Jan 1855. Thomas Chambers and his (wife) Jane Chambers and Reuben West and his wife Emily West, all of Scott County Tn to Jeremiah J West of Audain Co., Missouri. Consideration (not given) for land in Murcer Co, Missouri designated and Known by the following description to with the South half of the northeast quarter and the west half of the south east quarter south east one fourth of the Southeast quarter of section twenty two and the west half of the south west quarter south west one fourth of the northwest quarter of 1623 and the west half of the southwest quarter of 1625 and the west half of the north quarter of section 22 all in township 65 range No. 25 west containing 480 acres according to the original survey.../s/ Reuben (his X mark) West. Emley (her X mark) West, Thomas Chambers, Jane (her X mark) Chambers.
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The following are excerpts from the book "County Scott and Its Mountain Folk", written and published by Esther Sharp Sanderson, Huntsville, Tennessee:
People who came over the Wilderness Road into what is now Scott County came through the present sites of LaFollett and Jacksboro, Tennessee, and through the Pioneer Gap into what is now Scott County. After leaving the Wilderness Road, two of the first settlers, Isham Sharp and Thomas Chambers, left their wagons at LaFollette and came through with their families, cattle, and with horses carrying their belongings. They made several trips back and forth before they got their meager possessions over the mountain trails to the present site of Buffalo . . . . [author's comment, page 22].
The Chambers and Shaprs of Scott County are direct descendants of some of the men who fought in the Battle of Kings Mountain, a Revolutionary War Battle. [authors, comment, page 27]
Thomas Chambers with wife Katy Lawson came to what is now New River, Tennessee, with a thousand-acre land grant from North Carolina; they then moved to Buffalo and settled on a 5,000-acre grant from the State of Tennessee in 1812. They had, in 1800, taken up a land grant which included all the land between the mouth of Buffalo Creek to the mouth of Paint Rock Creek. Thomas had brought with him twenty slaves, who cleared the land and remained with him until they were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation. Some of the slaves remained in Buffalo until they died, and were buried in Buffalo Cemetery . . . . [author's comment, page 37] NOTE: several grave stones were found marking plots at the Chambers Cemetery at Buffalo Creek. These were crude, flat rocks, essentially, without engraving. Local anecdotes tell that these are the graves of Thomas Chambers' slaves.
In 1850, Thomas Chambers owned 6 slaves and was one of 9 slave owners in Scott County. In this year, Chambers was 73 years of age and living with his second wife and children. [U.S. Census, 1850]
Thomas Chambers, Alexander Chambers, Fielding Pennington, and George Pennington were all found guilty of assault against W.R. Harmon. A jury trial was held and all were fined. The year was not specified. [Chambers Family Newsletter, December 31, 2001, by Veronica Potter and Anna Noe].
On 1 Jan 1854, a list of Scott County Magistrates included Riley Chambers, P. Chambers, Thomas Chambers, and Pleasant Chambers.
Lakey Kattie LAWSON [Parents] [scrapbook] was born about 1792 in Virginia. She died in 1849 in Scott County, Tennessee. She was buried in Chambers Cemetery, Buffalo Creek, Scott County, Tennessee. She married Thomas CHAMBERS Sr. in 1796 in Haywood County, North Carolina.
Some records show her middle name as her first name and spelled Katie, Katty, Katey, or Katy.
Some records show Lakey Kattie Lawson died before September 1838.
U.S. Census records show she was living with Andrew Pennington, her grandson, in 1900.
They had the following children:
M i Riley CHAMBERS F ii Amanda CHAMBERS M iii Pleasant CHAMBERS M iv John Robert CHAMBERS M v James CHAMBERS M vi Thomas CHAMBERS Jr. M vii Joe CHAMBERS 1 was born about 1821 in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee. He died . F viii Sarah Elizabeth CHAMBERS F ix Luanner J. CHAMBERS M x Daniel Claude CHAMBERS Sr. F xi Lakey CHAMBERS M xii William Alexander CHAMBERS F xiii Stella Missouri CHAMBERS M xiv David C. CHAMBERS was born about 1830 in Campbell (now Scott) County, Tennessee. He died before 1880 in Scott County, Tennessee.
Some records show David Chambers' year of death as 1904.
Randolph LAWSON [Parents] was born in 1752 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. He died about 1843 in Clinton County, Kentucky. He married Susannah CROSS on 13 Jun 1791 in Patrick County, Virginia.
In 1830, Randolph Lawson moved his family to Campbell County, Kentucky. In 1840, he moved to Clinton County, Kentucky.
Susannah CROSS [Parents] was born on 15 Apr 1765 in Patrick County, Virginia. She died after 1844 in Clinton County, Kentucky. She married Randolph LAWSON on 13 Jun 1791 in Patrick County, Virginia.
They had the following children:
F i Lakey Kattie LAWSON F ii Elizabeth Millie LAWSON
William LAWSON was born 1702 - 1735. He died 1763 - 1818. He married Mary LAWSON 1727 - 1773.
Mary LAWSON was born 1710 - 1737. She died 1763 - 1824. She married William LAWSON 1727 - 1773.
Mary Lawson's maiden name is not known.
They had the following children:
M i Randolph LAWSON
William CROSS was born 1714 - 1743. He died 1768 - 1828. He married Sarah CROSS 1740 - 1783.
Sarah CROSS was born 1723 - 1746. She died 1768 - 1834. She married William CROSS 1740 - 1783.
Sarah Cross' maiden name is not known.
They had the following children:
F i Susannah CROSS