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Newsletter Issue NO.4 ISSN 1081-3292 July 199: Editor: Ameha Chapman Painter Members and non-members are encouraged to submit any material they fee might be useful as an aid to other's research. Editor retains the right to revise all material.

Official Address: CFA, 770 S. Post Oak Lane, #435,"Houston, TX 77056-1913 Newsletter Items should be mailed to: P.O. Box 154,SanLuis Rey, Ca 92068-0154 Membership: $21 initially ($5 in registration fee and $16 for the 1st years dues) Send to: Mr. M.D. Chapman Morgan, Chapman Family Association Vice President &

Treasurer, P.O. Box 2325, Orcutt, CA 93457-2325 The Chapman Family Association IS a Texas corporation which has been exempted from jederal income tax by the Intemal Revenlle Service as provided by III/emal Revenue Code 501 (c7). The Association has no paid staff or employees and depends entirely on volllnteer workers. All contents Copyright'" 1995 by the CHAPMAN Family Association IInless copyrighted by individllal contributors.

PURPOSE OF THE CHAPMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION: The purposes for which CFA was organized are as follows: As stated in Article Four of the Articles of Incorporation of the CHAPMAN Family Association. 1. collecting, compiling and editing historical and genealogical records of CHAPMAN family members; 2. establishing; central repository and retrieval system for the collection of CHAPMAN family historical and genealogical records; 3 publishing books, newsletters, magazines and periodicals to disseminate the collection of CHAPMAN family historica information to members of the Association and interested members of the public; 4. educating young CHAPMAN family members about the historical contribution of the family to the development of the United States of America; 5. providing a means for social and fraternal association and fellowship among the members; 6. establishing an organization with perpetual life to continue and preserve the herein described purposes for successive generations; and 7. any and all other lawful purposes permitted by the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act which are not inconsistent with the purposes described herein.

Highlights of this Issue

Treasurer's Reporr " 2 Chapman Chatter .......••....• '" 3 Baubles fromtheCeopman's Bag " 3 Book Review 4 AFewWordst'rom our Public;,;r;. " " 4 Membership Happenings & Queries ......•... 5 Queries & Notes.. •..................... 10 BYTE.GEN .. ,. '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Reunions 11 Puzzle Solvers U Georgia Wills .. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Descendants of Isaiah M. Chapman,Esq. . 22 Descendants of Deberah S. Chapman" 39 SOWldex Index for the.. Georiga 1880. Census 42

With Sympathy

This 4th issue of the Chapman Family Association's Official Newsletter is Dedicated In Memory of Charter Member #66, Margaret Ruth Chapman Abelson, who died April 29, 1995 In Edmonds, WA; beloved mother of Founding Member #11, Mollylou C. Stoddard.

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New Members ------We wish to extend a warm welcome to all new members. This welcome includes an open Invitation to submit family stories, genealogical articles. photos, and other items that would interest CHAPMAN family researchers for publication In future editions of this newsletter.

Please notice the code number preceding your name. It is for membership tracking. Those with membership code numbers above 50 will be identified as a Charter Member, up to and including member number 200.

If Gil Alford does not already have your biographical information, such as pedigree charts and ancestor tables, you can mail the information directly to the newsletter editor, Amelia Painter at P.O. Box 154, San Luis Rey, CA 92068-0154. GEDCOM computer fLIes are preferred, but all legible pedigree charts and ancestor tables are acceptable.

New CFA Charter Members #102 Charles P. SMITH #103 Cheryl Chapman ROUGEOU #104 Jackie KONECNY #105 Carl A. RAYMANN #106 David & Nancy Chapman SAVIGNAC #107 Scott Bill HIRST #108 James C. CHAPMAN #109 Virginia S. SMALL #110 Robert K. & Mildred F. SMITH #111 Frances K. BARR #112 Janet Chatman GOEDECKE #113 Bradley C. DROWNE #114 Joan Reed MILLER #115 Diane E. BARBERIO #116 Anna C. JONES #117 Elizabeth A. CODDING #118 Helen Louise DOUGLAS #119 Mary M. KOCH #120 Winfield S. TUBBS #121 Jayne S. ROBINSON #122 Phillip Everett CHAPMAN #123 Robert G. CHAPMAN #124 Samuel G. CHAPMAN #125 Thomas L. JENNER #126 Ralph E. THOMAS #127 Genevieve C. FOURIE #128 Sue Chapman ADAMS #129 Samuel D. GRIFFIN #130 Elizabeth M. JOHNSON #131 B. J. CALKINS #132 Charlotte HATFIELD #133 Norma ADAIR #134 Norma E. PERRY #135 Gerald CHAPMAN, Jr. #136 Ronald Alan CHAPMAN

#137 Joyce F. AKERBOOM #138 S. H. CHAPMAN #139 Richard B. HARTER #140 Marianne MORGAN #141 Doris E. COURTNEY #142 Dorothy S. LOWE #143 James O. GUNDERSON #144 Shirley P. WAGSTAFF #145 Charles F. GRABS, Jr. #146 Kathy L. JONES

Don't be shy about letting us hear from you!!! If you have an idea for a group project, if you need some assistance with a search or you just want to say HI! The participation of members will keep our organization growing and successful. Speak-up and make a difference.

Treasurer's Report Prepared by

M.D.Chapman Morgan V. Pres. & Treasurer

As of 11 June 1995

REVENUE: Registration Fee $ 230.00 Membership Dues 832:

TOTAL INCOME 1,062.00 Balance from Last Report $3,056.95

EXPENSES: Newsletter Print/Postage 266.67 Bank service charge 6.60

TOTAL EXPENSES 273.00

NET WORTH $2,785.68

-- M.D. CHAPMAN Morgan Vice Presidenr & Treasurer

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Free Geo • . rgu1 Queries

______The Moultrie Observer, PO Box 889,

Moultrie, GA 31776 will print free genealogical queries about the south or southwest GA area.

July, 1995 -- Issue #4

CHAPMAN CHATTER

-Gil Alford Corresponding

Secretary

In the piece about Scottish Chapmans that Amelia printed in the last issue [CFA newsletter #3, page 3, column 2], we ,asked for help in getting a computer fLle of LDS-IGI Chapmans of Scotland.

This is to advise you that Doris Hiscox (CFA#36) responded to our plea for help and downloaded the IGI data at her Family History Center (FHC) for us. I now have the disk fLIes. There is probably a center near you with the same capability, a source for information on tens of millions of records.

Doris sent 1 disk of mlll"riages, 2 disks of individual records and 3 disks of parents records. We are indebted to Doris and the LDS Church for this information. We are processing the data with GlPSI into database fLIes, further processing it and printing it here from ASCII text fLIes. It will take a while. We begin with marriages. The data provided was processed or manipulated by computer but no attempt was made to edit the data.

CFA members may have disk fLIes of their choosing - GEDCOM, dBase, or text. Arrange all the specifics with me at the following address:

Gil Alford, Jr. 1403 Kingsford Drive

Florissant, MO 63031-2422 (314) 831-8648

(E-mail intemet:12154,1610@compuservc,com)

I speak for all CFA members when I say, ''Thank You Doris!" Superwoman, herself, couldn't have helped our Association more.

Gil sent me a 45 page disk file of just onesixth of the Scotland marriages, thinking I might have room in this issue to begin printing some of them. Unfortunately there is just not room this time, plus I am wondering if it might be a greater service to our members to print a separate publication devoted strictly to this data from Scotland. What do you think membership?

-Amelia Painter, editor

Before you read any further, I'd like to take a

Baublesmoment and introduce you to our new columnist, Jean from the Chapman Snow. Jean researches the Ceopman'ssurnames: CHAPMAN, ROBINSON, Bag SNYDER mostly, but also trying to check, BLISS, FAY and TANNER.

Jean's varied career includes: Teacher (with an MA. in French and English), wife, mother, gardener, qUi/ter, professional astrologer, and a professional opera singer. (At 71 she is still teaching voice and beillg paid to sing a solo ill church every SUllday!)

In 1947 she translated Maurice Helin's History Medieval Latill Literah,re for the antiquarian bookdealer she worked for during WWlI, .plus she has been published ill American Astrology. And, in her spare time, she attained status as a prize·winning poetl

THE CHAPMAN MEANING by Jean Chapman Snow

My freshman year German professor looked at my registration card. "Ah," he said. "Fraulein Kaufman. Welcome." Seeing my puzzled look, he continued. "A Chapman is a Kaufman. A peddler."

"But -- but my family comes from England." And peddler? I pictured a wandering gypsy selling

cheap baubles. I' was only eighteen and my interest in genealogy was many years in the future. Still, through the next two years of German I was Fraulein Kaufman. '

You erudite Chappies out there are way ahead of me, of course. You know that our name does come from the Old High German choufman or kaufman which became the Old English ceapman. Old High German chouph, Old Saxon cop and Old English ceap meant barter, business, dealing, which, combined with mann or man, gave us our name.

But spelling bees and dictionaries were centuries away. Our name was also spelled cepeman, cypman, cypmann, chepmon, caepmon, even shapman! You know from your ancestor hunting how quirky spelling was, even in' the 18oos. The further you go back in time, the more capricious it becomes.

My two volume Oxford English Dictionary supplies four meanings for chapman. A chapman was a man whose business was buying and selling -- a merchant, trader or dealer. Second, he was an itinerant dealer who travelled about from place to


place selling or buying; one who kept booths at markets etc; a hawker, a pedlar (English spelling).

The third meaning is that of an agent in a commercial transaction, a negotiator or broker. Cypemen are mentioned as early as c.89O, but alas, I am unable to read and understand the Old English and Old Saxon examples.

Fourth, a chapman was a purchaser or customer. A quote from 1642, in English that 1 can understand, says, "It is not a meete thing that man should be both chapman and customer." Hmm?

There is a citation that appears to be a law handed down by Edward VI in 1553. A Petty chapman was a retail dealer. Edward said, "No Tinker, Pedler, or petit Chapman shall wander about from the Towne but such as shall be licenced by two Justices of Peace." What would they think of today's monthly and quarterly forms and frequent law changes?

A 1592 example called uS "Chapmen, able to spred more pamphlets...then (sic) all the bookesellers in London." That reminds US that chapbooks were the popular literature of the time --The Enquirer of the 1500s! Small pamphlets of popular tales, ballads, and tracts were circulated by itinerant dealers or chapmen.

Some of our ancestors were solid middle class merchants with shops. Others were much needed wandering dealers and peddlers. How much needed, I had forgotten by the time of my German class.

Much later I remembered my early childhood. During the Depression my father lost his business in New York City and we moved to our summer house at Lake Oscawana (Putnam Valley, NY). The nearest town, Peekskill, is about nine miles away. No supermarkets or mom & pop stores adorned every crossroads then. My mother was grateful for the iceman who came twice a week in summer, and for the man who showed up several times a year in his truck to sharpen scissors and knives. \Vfy sister, Chappie Eleanor Lent, remembers weekly deliveries from a vegetable man, a butcher, a fIsh seller, and twice a week the bread man. And, oh yes, the Watkins man, with his vanilla and lemon extracts and spices.

We didn't call them chapmen, but they filled that niche for country folk. So despite jokes about travel1ing salesmen and peddlers, whatever the spelling, we can be proud to belong to the great family of Chapmans. -_...~ .._Do You Know? Lineage means one line of descends from the same surname? or that Direc/ Line or Pedigree means descends stright down the surname?

Book Review

Searching Land Records? Give this genealogical resource a try!

by Dian CHAPMAN Gustafson

Basic Researcher's Guide /0 Homes/eads and O/her Federal Land Records, by James C. Barsi will assist genealogists and other historical researchers in their search for the records of homesteads and other federal land claims. SpecifIc instructions, charts and illustrations provide the detailed assistance that researchers require in order to determine whether the fIle of a patented or canceled claim may be available, where it should be held, and what information must be submitted to the record holder in order to obtain a copy of the fIle. Other features include a glossary, a listing of important ad,!resses for land researchers, a bibliography, a summary of the land acts covered in the guide, and suggestioos for overcoming research obstacles.

This book may be ordered from Nathatch Grove, 5144 N. Academy Blvd., Suite 302, Colorado Springs, CO 80918-4002, 80 pages, softcover. $12.95 (illus) plus $2.95 for shipping & handling.

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A Few Words rrom our Publicist:

Phyllis LaSheD 'Shelly" CHAPMAN

My normal duty as publicist is to advertise the CFA and all we hope to accomplish, but for this column, I want to detour a bit and publicize some great news for myself and hopefully give encouragement to our members.

Nine years ago, I wrote Licking County, Ohio trying to fmd more information on the parental family of my gr-grandfather Andrew Spitzer CHAPMAN. All I knew was that he was born in that county sometime between 1850 & 1860 and that his parents' names were supposedly Samuel and Polly Jones CHAPMAN. Since that time I watched for data in Chapman Chalter, while getting side-tracked with day-to-day living and other lines of research.

In May, of this year, I received a letter from Doris COURTNEY of San Diego, CA -- she writes

that she hopes, "by some luck, miracle or fate" that I am still at my address from nine years ago. (The Licking County Genealogical Society people had. sent her a copy of my letter.)

Her husband is a descendant of Samuel and Mary Jones CHAPMAN through their eldest son James, and she has a family Bible reference listing their children -- including Andrew.

Send sent me census 'records and other information including the cemetery where Samuel and Mary are buried (which happens to be only an hour or so drive from my home.)

As Doris says, "it all feels right" concerning our records and she is currently seeking to establish Samuel as a Civil War veteran. She is also thrilled to receive information on CFA and is joining along with her husband's cousin Kathy.

Hopefully both will contribute data to CFA in the days ahead as well all three attempt to extend our particular line.

So, the word from here is "don't give up either hope or the ship" when it comes to your family research efforts.

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& All member's announcements, special Queries notices, queries from membership and

other general information about our ----\"members always appears here. Often letters must be edited for length and clarity.

Winfield S. TUBBS #120 7508 200th Avenue Maquoketa, IA 52060-8846

Here's a comment from Mr. Tubbs: I am hoping to learn more about the ancestry of my mother's father, Joseph Basford CHAPMAN (a twin, I think), b. 06 Nov 1858 in Ohio, d. 03 Mar 1932, buried in Sturgeon Cem., Corydon, IA, whose grandmother was, I think, a BASFORD. His father was Joe CHAPMAN b. 1820, (his) grandfather Levy CHAPMAN, b. 1774.

Kay F. MASTERSON #68 720 South Street Yreka, CA 96097

I ran across the [following] listing in [the Evergreen Cemetery] book [Yreka, Siskiyou Co., CA] and figured they might be of use to someone.

George CHAPMAN b. 1871, d. 1939 Hazel CHAPMAN b. 1884, d. 03 Jan 1957 Wilbur CHAPMAN b. 1905, d. 16 Jan 1978 Baby CHAPMAN

Thanks Fay, the original data has been sent on to Gil Alford now for further processing. The few minutes it took you to copy the two pages and mail them to me may one day prove to be the "missillg lillk" that ties all elltire family together. Now back to Kay's letter,.. Hoping to get my GEDCOM files to you

soon, as soon as I can figure out how to do it. I have Brother's Keeper with quite a bit of info about John B. CHAPMAN, Sr from New York. Until I get those flies to you, may I place an inquiry in the next newsletter? (Which are fantastic!)

John B. CHAPMAN, Sr. b. NY abt 1814-17, m. Bettie DODGE St. Joseph Co., MI 23 May 1839. John d. Phillipsburg, Phillips Co., KS 24 Jan 1891, but was buried in Stromsburg, NE where some children lived. 1880 KS census says his father was from CT and mother from NY, but who are they?? John and Bettie lived in MI, MO, IA & KS and had 12 children.

Thanks for your help and hopefully the [above cemetery listing] will be of use.

Mary W. WILCOX #87, 8515 Westgate' Lenexa, KS 66215-2861

Mary is a descendant of David T. Chapman b. 24 Sep 1817 VA. Gil Alford has been unable to pick up a trail on this David in our records but did find marriages that are suspect as those of his descendants. A Sarah Jane CHAPMAN married Fielden COFFEE Daviess Co., MO 6 Apr 1854 and a John David CHAPMAN married Josephine MORRIS there January 13, 1867. There was also a George W. CHAPMAN who m. Mary E. BUTLER in adjoining Harrison Co., 22 Oct 1865; Willey E. CHAPMAN who m. Alice E. THOMPSON in Harrison Co., 9 Nov 1880 and a Charles CHAPMAN who m. Belle SKJRMUM 24 Oct 1875 there and the same CHAPMAN or another Charles m. Belle DAVIS there September 2, 1878. From Mary's submitted data it shows that DAVID T. CHAPMAN got his second wife in Harrison County. We'd like to assist Mary· make further research connections. Can you help? If so, please send a copy of data to the association so that we may add the data to our master record.

Amelia PAINTER #4 0#4.052 PO Box 154 San Luis Rey, CA 92069-0154

Searching for parents of Isaiah Monroe CHAPMAN, Esq. b. ca 1782 (believed to be Baldwin Co., GA.), d. 20 Mar 1841, bur Forsyth, GA. 1st m. Mary Frances BUCHANAN 15 Feb 1810 in Baldwin CO.,GA. Believed to be the brother of Deberah S. CHAPMAN. 2nd m. Prudence Ann SLAUGHTER Children all born in GA are: Amanda F.(COMER),

Selina C. (DOYLE), Prudence E. (SNEED), Mary P, (THOMAS), James Lawrence and Isaiah Monroe, Jr,

Dolly ANDERSON #50, 1037 Hansom Drive St. Louis, MO 63137-1815

I an connected to the CHAPMAN lineage through a Thomas CHAPMAN that was listed in Clinton Twsp., Decatur Co., IN, 1840 and 1850 census. The 1850 census states that Thomas was born in KY abt. 1800. His wife, Mahala, is listed as being born about 1807, but no birthplace is given. The four children listed were: Oliver, b. 1831; Rebecca, b. 1833; Margaret, b. 1836; Elizabeth, b. 1838. All of the children were listed as being born in IN.

The son, Oliver CHAPMAN; was m. 12 Oct 1854, to Judith HOLDERLY, dau of James D. HOLDERLY. This info was taken from a newspaper obituary and the place of m. was not given. Oliver moved to Macon Co., MO" and died there on 16 Jul 1894. Nothing is known of children.

In both the 1840 and 1850 census, Thomas CHAPMAN was living near Daniel CREAMER (CRAMER). One of Daniel CREAMER"S sons, John, m. Rebecca CHAPMAN sometime between the 1850 census and 1853 when tlierr first child was born, I have not been able to find the marriage of this John CREAMER and Rebecca CHAPMAN •. which I would really like to find.

John and Rebecca moved to Macon Co., MO. in the early 1860s and Rebeccas died there on 17 Oct 1871 (date on cemetery stone.) Rebecca named her only daughter Margaret.

Dolly is a widow and has retired after teaching for 30 years. She says most of her time "is spent on activin'es relating to genealogy." She is the Publications Exchange Chairperson for the SI. Louis Genealogy Society and puts in at least "3 days a month as monitor at the Society's library." It seems most of her ancestors were in this country before the Revolutionary War, settling on the East coast. She says her most thrilling experience was when she "attended a family reunion in Dinkelsbuhl, Ge17llany, and gDt to visit the house where [her] ancestor was bam in 1727, before coming to this country In 1738."

Rinehart S. POITS #86 1223 Glen Terrace Glassboro, NJ 08028·1315

Mr, Potts is the editor and publisher of The Linington Lineup, a newsletter for the Elizabeth LININGTON Society (in dedication to the memory of Barbara Elizabeth LININGTON, who wrote as Anne Blaisdell, Lesley Egan, Elizabeth Linington, Egan O'Neill and Dell Shannon.) ~t is a bimonthly with a good sense of humor, book reviews and data on the

LININGTON author. Subscription fee is $12.00 per year.

Rinehart is the son of Joseph H. POTTS, Jr., b. 18 Apr 1899 (twin died at birth) and Jean Clayton CHAPMAN, b. 20 Sep 1926.

Samuel G. CHAPMAN #12~ Q#.4.053 ' e-mail: [email protected]

About Ohio: In summary (detail to come in about a month), I am seeking information from Scioto County, Ohio about: James CHAPMAN, b. in KY? on July 3, 1811. Also about his father: Reuben CHAPMAN, born about 1785 in Virginia (?). Also on Reuben's wife: Nancy FERQUA, born 22 Sep 1788 (in VA?). Of course, there are other Chapman kin in Scioto County as it appears they had a presence there until about 1860,

A note in passing: in one of rhe CFA Newsletters, I read that Vic Boisseree of Carmichael, California had Chapman kin in the now ghosttown Tuscarora, Nevada who died, Vic thinks, about 1883 there. I dug the obituary out for Vic from our nearby Nevada Historical Society! I don't yet know if Vic had already done that, but if not, it will prove helpful to him. I expect to hear from him upon my June 9 return to Nevada. Sam Chapman, CFA #124.

Our CFA Corresponding Secretary, Gil Alford, Is In touch with Sam, but I thought his data worth printing as another member/reader may see a connection in Sam's line.

Carl A. RAYMANN # 105riQ;II4.054 7404 Hiner Ln. Indianapolis,IN46219

Searching for my roots begins with finding more info abt my father. The following is the only info I have on my father. I assume that by now he is deceased.

. Harold LeGrande CHAPMAN Born: 1903 m. Bertha Jean BAUMAN in 1931 or 1932 at

Indianapolis. Active duty in U.S. Army in 1932, stationed at Ft. Benjamin in Harrison, IN. Assumed to be a career military. Family lived in Edinburg, IN circa 1930. Army Records Center needs more info to locate his military records. Have tried the army and library in Edinburg without success. Any info concerning him or any other relatives will be mlU!Y appreciated. Thank you. Carl A. RAYMANN #105

Diane E. BARBERIO #115 122 Longstreet Avenue Winchester, VA 22603

I just received my first Newsletter... I hail from the Shenandoah Valley (Frederick Co.), VA.

My grandmother was Mariah (Maria/Marie) Elizabeth CHAPMAN. I will be more than glad to


submit my research fmdings, which will undoubtedly help Shirley Bogart HARPER #91 in her search for Catherine CHAPMAN. You may wish to tell her that I do have Catherine CHAPMAN(s) in my line.

Phillip Everett CHAPMAN #122 636 S. E. 49th Ave. Portland, OR 97215 [wife Debra Louise Brockett

Thanks to my sister, Christine CHAPMAN HILL (#100), I have reviewed your past newsletters and feel that you are doing an admirable and reputable service for those researching Chapman family genealogies.

My father, Edwin Everett (Eugene) CHAPMAN, was born in 191~ in Tampa, FL. His father was Ira Martin CHAPMAN and am unsure where he was born, although I believe it may have been in Lawrence County, Ohio around 1880-85. Supposedly he had served on the U.S.S. Kearsarge in the Spanish American War c. 1898. Anecdotal history reveals he was killed in a saloon fight in Detroit, Michigan, sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s.

I did extensive genealogy about 15 years ago on my family tree and was able to fill in a great deal of information on my mother's roots, which go back to Denmark. I was unfortunately unable to really do much on my father's family tree. I was told that Ira Martin's father (my father's grandfather) came to America from England (possibly Scotland) and was a Baptist preacher. However, if he came from Scotland, there would be a good chance that he may have been a Presbyterian preacher. All my research into the Baptist Conventions and Southern Baptist Conventions brought no information. I did not know then how to research such information in England or Scotland, as I don't know if Archibald was a preacher there and then came to America or if he became a preacher in America (or if, in fact, he was a preacher at all).

It means a great deal to me to see such an organization as yours really doing such detailed work. I think it's interesting that while I can go back as far as the late 1500s on my mother's line, I'm much more interested in fmding out more about my father's grandfather. As far as I can tell from anecdotal information provided through' my late grandmother and father, my grandfather, Ira Martin CHAPMAN, was pretty much a scoundrel and not much of a loving father. My father, raised often in orphanages while his newly-remarried mother toured the country, really wasn't a very loving father: I believe he was a reflection of his own fathering examples, which was poor. In other words, he didn't know how to love.

So, perhaps if I can learn more about Archibald and those relatives farther back, I can somehow fmd a more functional, loving family lineage

to reflect upon, rather than the few examples I have now.

There is also the chance that Ira Martin did not die in a saloon fight, because shortly after a random child-killing in Detroit, later attributed to Saccho & Vanzetti, Ira had his wife Grace Cleona Estridge Chapman took my father to a farm in Florida and she only heard vicariously that Ira had been killed and buried in a pauper's grave. It is quite possible that Ira may have chosen this as a way of severing himself from those family obligations. I have not been able to locate any police file information regarding the incident because I cannot get a close enough time to

do so efficiently. So, I'm pleased to be a part of your

association. Perhaps I may at last fill in those missing gaps. Thank you, Phillip

Norma ADAIR #13310#.4.055 P. O. Box 1924 Palestine, TX 75802

Searching for parents of Thomas A. CHAPMAN b. ca 1834 NC - on 1880 census Williamson Co. TX, m. Martha POOLE, Ch. all b. TX; John T. 1861, Simeon 1862, Edward 1864, Asenath 1867, Laura 1869, Bunyan 1870, Allen 1872, Martha 1874, William A. 1874, and Emma 1878. Any Chapman researchers out there with info on this family? If so, please send a copy of data to the association so that we may add the info to our master record, in order to assist future researchers.

Gerald W. CHAPMAN, Jr. #135.0#4.056 125 Wood Crest Dr. '. League City, TX 77573-4319

I am looking for the parents of a John CHAPMAN b. ca 1755 in SC, m. Nancy WEST or Nancy HANNAH ca 1787 in Abbeville Dist., SC. John d. ca Dec 1811 in either St. Tammany Parish or St. Landry Parish, LA. Issue 8: William b. ?, Jesse ca 1790, Ada Lou ca 1791, Silas ca 1792, John B. ca 1793, Wiley ca 1796, Zillan ca 1800, Nancy West CHAPMAN ca 1809. Looking at ch. names, my guess is that John B. is a junior and John's wife's name was Nancy West. (Hannah might have been her middle name). I am primarily interested in John (Sr.) and Silas CHAPMAN because they are direct ancestors. Any help would be appreciated. I would be glad to share any of my Chapman research (mostly E. Texas.) Thanks for the support. -Gerald Chapman

Gerald heard about CPA from Chris Houghton all Compllserve.

Joyce F. AKERBOOM #137 44 Wedgewood Dr. Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 e-mail: jakerboom.aol.com

Presume this membership goes 1 year from date of joining. I have an apple computer, but no gen. software; will eventually do research. Am readying for sale and move this year.

Yes Joyce, membership is on an annual basis, however, the $5.00 registration fee is only paid once. Your renewal dues will be $16.00 in May of 1996.

Amelia Chapman PAINTER #4 Announcing the arrival of the newest member of our line of the CHAPMAN family: Miss Lindsey Haley Boetel rn born July 7, 1995 10:21 a.m. . 8 pounds 9 ounceS Parents: Shane & Emily Grace Boetel

SFC Ronald Alan CHAPMAN #136.QJ!lil;,057 c/o Ronald Arlen CHAPMAN 6303 Meadow Grove San Antonio, TX 78239 [Temporary Mil. Address: A. Co. - CM, 532nd MI BN, APO AP 96205 - new address will come from Maryland]. "Dear Sirs and Mams, I am very interested in fmding more information on my family. I have beeu working on my genealogy for 'several years...done well.. except Chapmans. I would appreciate any assistance you could provide in my quest for my family' lineage......Thank you in advance for the help I'm sure you will provide. Thankfully, Ronald A. CHAPMAN"

Ronald, welcome to CFAI We are pleased to have you as a member and hope that we can aid you in your search for CHAPMAN ancestors. However, before we can assist, we need to know more about your CHAPMAN line. Who are your grandparents/great grandparents; where did they live; when were they manied and where; what were the names of their children, etc. You get the idea. Be patient, these searches take time, but know that we are all here to help...you just need to give us a little more about your line. Queries can be placed at no charge, so keep sending us information and we'll keep trying to be helpful.

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Charlotte HATFIELD # 132t:it#4~058 RR 1 Box 226 . Chebeague Island, ME 04017

Who was the Ruth CHAPMAN who m. Samson SWALLOW 8 Apr 1800 at Dunstable, MA and d. (Mrs. Ruth C. Swallow) 14 Aug 1826. Was she the dau of Davis and Ruth (PATTON) CHAPMAN? It seems very likely, but I have.!!ll proof or primary resource. Can anyone help?

Diane E. BARBERIO #115-0#4.059 122 Longstreet Avenue Winchester, VA 22603

Would like to correspond with other descendants of Thomas CHAPMAN of Frederick Co., VA (Shenandoah Valley.) Have reason to believe these are the descendants of the Stafford Co., Fauquier Co., Fredericksburg, VA CHAPMANS who arrived in VA in the early 16oos. [My family's] flIst known Thomas CHAPMAN was one of the Capt. Daniel Morgan's Riflemen, taken prisoner with Morgan and others, at Ouebec 1775-1776. History proves that Morgan selected his men from old Frederick Co., which today, makes up the area of Frederick and Clarke Counties of VA.

Diane E. BARBERIO #11&0#4.060 122 Longstreet Avenue Winchester, VA 22603

,Looking for info on Almira V. WILLIAMS, b. 1835 somewhere in KY? According to [my] CHAPMAN [family's] oral history, she was an Indian who had a child at age 15. She is found on US Census in the VA Co., of Rockbridge in 1850. She's living with either a sister or cousin, Elizabeth BARCLAY who was also b. in KY. Elizabeth m. a BARCLAY from VA. The story goes thus:

Almira was sent to the Barclay's home to have her baby. She was 15 and unwed (baby's father believed to be a Shawnee brave·-couple not allowed to marry.) Her parents were full-blooded Shawnee Indian that had lived among Whites for years.

The child, a girl, was b. in 1850 and named Almira V. (we think VA) Williams (she later went by Ellie or Ella V. Williams.) At some point within the next ten years, this child showed up in the household of Gillbons/Riding family of Frederick Co., VA. Child was raised by them and she named her dau after Mariah Elizabeth Riding. She was not legally adopted. This was my grandmother. She married Thomas E. CHAPMAN on 1 Apr 1873 in Frederick Co., Va.

I need to verify this story, even if by other family tradition. Please contact me if you have info. I have a photo of Mariah, brother Harry Thomas and father Thomas E. CHAPMAN that shows Mariah and Harry's obvious Shawnee features (light olive skin with gray or hazel eyes.) My mother, grandmother, grgrandmother and my daughter all have hazel eyes. I even have a grand.daughter with hazel eyes. I would appreciate response from anyone who can help. Thank you!

Joyce AKERBOOM #13~9#4.061

44 Wedgewood Drive .. Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

The following eight CHAPMANS listed were checked by Gil Alford against our database and he di~

not get any positive matches. [Data was reviewed by Joyce and changes made as recommended.] If you


have any info that might help Joyce, please contact her. .

Lillian CHAPMAN, b. 1873, OH? d. 1941, OH bu. WINDHAM, OH.

Sine CHAPMAN b. 1834 OH? d. 1918 OH bu. WINDHAM, OH. PORT __, KATE b. 1841 d.1890 Assumed to be husband & wife based on cemetery'data.

Frank E. CHAPMAN b. 1852 OH ? d. 1913 OH bu. WINDHAM, OH. PORT , LOTTIE b. 1860 d. 1942. Headstone identified her as his wife.

Nathan CHAPMAN b. 1824 OH? d. 1891 OH bu. SEE NOTE OH COSH__, Margaret J. b. 1834 d. 1906 Assumed '0 be husband and wife based on cemetery data. Cemetery located in Keene Village, Keene Township at the site of the FORMER United Methodist Church. One stone listed all three burials· Nathan, Margaret and Nancy E.

Nancy E. CHAPMAN b. 1857/59 OH? d. 1920 OH child of: Nathan & Margaret J. CHAPMAN. Parents

assumed based on cemetery data.

Mary Vidrine BROUSSARD #92 0#4.062 1006 N. Wilson Avenue .. Kaplan, LA 70548

Need help in LA to find my CHAPMAN ancestors. I'm looking for data on Evelina CHAPMAN. She is supposed to have Indian blood. Records show her father listed as Jospehville CHAPMAN and Joseph Edvil ORTOLON. He carried the CHAPMAN name. It is his mother, Marie CHAPMAN or Marie Jacque Jacquemon that I am trying to trace. He father is Jean KIAPMAN or CHAPMAN who married Marie FAUVELLE or LUSOT. He also may have another daughter named Celeste who married Jerome BAZENET.

Shirley Bogart HARPER #9HQ#4.063;,o' 4873 Butternut Hollow Lane Boniia, CA 91902-1730

How is Catharine CHAPMAN (1743-1829), wife of William WHITE, Jr. ~f Louisa Co., VA related to Nancy CHAPMAN (d. 1773), wife of William WHITE, Sr. and mother of William White, Jr.? Family tradition says that Catharine CHAPMAN and her second husband, Mr. PENDLETON, were cousins. Would like to verify this statement and determine full name of Mr. PENDLETON.

Frances K. BARR #l1f/diltt064 . 308 Clinton Road Lexington, KY 40502

Searching for parentage of Franky CHAPMAN, wife of John BELL. She was b. abt 1763 in VA or MD. He was b. in VA, prob. Frederick Co.,

abt 1755. They were in Fayette Co., KY as early as 1793. He died intestate in 1804 in Shawneetown, IL while on a trip to Saline Mines there (he owned property in nearby Union Co., KY.) She died in 1820 in Fayette Co., KY. They had six children -- 5 daughters and 1 son, who had no children. John BELL was in KY Legislature in 1799.

My line is through daughter Jane BELL who m. Benjamin BERRY (1782-1863). Need info on both Franky CHAPMAN'S parents and John BELL'S parents. Daughters, other than Jane, were Nancy (who m. Col. John WAGGONER); Elizabeth (m. Maj. Anderson MILLER); Maria Munden (m. John BERRY); Lavinia St. Clair (m. Edward Mitchell BLACKBURN). John Frankln, the only son (m. Nancy FISHER in 1809) and he died in 1814.

,D.orothy Shelton LOWE #14Z Q#4:065 . 1947 Ridge Rd. Templeton, cA 93465

Would appreciate, any help with the ancestry of my gr-grandmother, Rosina CHAPMAN, b. 10 Jan 1802, NC, m. Shepard SHELTON in 1820, Lincoln Co., TN, d. 16 JU11886, Jackson Co., AL.

Bradley C. DROWNE #113 0#4.066 27 Slayton Drive Short Hills, New Jersey 07078

I am interested in knowing more about my 4th gr-grandfather Rev. Benjamin CHAPMAN, b. ca 1724, m. Abigail RIGGS 8 Jan 1756, he d. 22 Jun 1786 Southington, CT. They had!! children: Abigail, Roswell R., Sarah, Clarisa, Benjamin, Pamelia, Samuel, Levi. I am a descendant of Levi. Gil Alford has a copy of my current lineage data.

James C. CHAPMAN #108\0#4.067 PO Box 2 North Warren, PA 16365

I am looking for someone in the Buffalo, NY area who may know something of George L. CHAPMAN. George was b. in eastern NY, perhaps Rensslear Co., in 1805 (I have also seen Vermont as his birthplace, but I tend to doubt it although it is possible.) At Albany, in 1828, George m. Margaret TAYLOR and they went west to Allegany Co., NY. By the early 1850's George was living at Buffalo and I know no more of him after that. He had sons: John (b. 1830), George (b. 1836), Nathan (b1839), Henry (b. 1842), and Edward (b. 1847); also one daughter, Ada (b. 1837). One or all of these children may have accompanied him to Buffalo. I believe Margaret was also living and went there. I would like to fmd out more of George and Margaret, as they are my g-ggrandparents. I am descended through another son, Moses Perry CHAPMAN, who came south to Warren Co., PA about the time they were moving north to Buffalo.

Janet Chatman GOEDECK #11~'Q#4.068

2 Magnolia Placet.M.' NY 10580

What I am endeavoring to do is connect ,Edmund CHAPMAN, b. 1741 in Newmark NH (m. Catherine dau of Abner CoffIn of Newbury MA) to my Edmund CHATMAN who, b. circa 1765 & m. 27 Dec 1804 in Wells, ME to Betsey Gooch of Wells. Can anyone help?

Non-member Queries

For now, all queries are without charge and can be placed by non-members. Send all CHAPMAN queries to Amelia Painter, P.O. Box 154, San Luis Rey, CA 92068-0154

Glenda PUMFORD 0#4.069 6492 Douglas Road Riverdale, Michigan 48877

Leoking for info on Chapmans "that cross through my family (Wolfgang) lines:

Charles E. CHAPMAN and wife Hattie POWELL were the parents of Minnie Maud CHAPMAN b. 10/8/1882, d. 1012/1954 m. Jerry WOLFGANG in Gratiot Co., MI. Minnie and Jerry were the parents of Carrie Estella WOLFGANG b. 1/15/1901 and Clarence Lee WOLFGANG b. 3/21/1907 (both born in Riverdale, Montcalm Co., MI. All help appreciated.

Karen Hill WALKER,OJt1.070 1281 NW Bus 36 Hwy Hamilton, MO 64644

Karen would like to correspond with anyone working on her CHAPMAN line.

Known data begins with John CHAPMAN (no other info), then goes to his son William CHAPMAN and wife Mary BUFORD. William was b. in 1739 and d. 8/25/1803 in Madison Co., VA. Mary was b. in 1753 Culpepper Co., VA (she was the daughter of John BUFORD & Judith EARLY.) The couple had six children: Elizabeth (m. John WETHERALL), Judith (m. Robert HILL), Anna (m. Berryman JENNINGS), William Allen (m. Caty GAINES), Thomas W. (m. Elizabeth Betsy EARLY), and Simeon Buford (m. Ann BOHANNON).

Eleanor McCauley WORLEy',0#4.071 4339 Patrick Road Sunbury, OH 43074-9708

I am a descended from Nancy CHAPMAN who m. 11/7/1799 Matthew McCAULEY in Orange

Co., NC. I believe her to be d/o Benjamin CHAPMAN of that county but have not been able to prove. My husband is descended from Susannah CHAPMAN (c. 1771 CT-1819 Trumbull Co., OH.) She was d/o Jonah CHAPMAN & Lydia TAYLOR (b. 1743 Wethersfield, CT.) According to family history, Jonah's line goes back to Solomon Jr/Solomon Sr/William Jr/William Sr. The Williams were of New London, CT.

Eleanor, other than the entry that is in the LDS-IGlon the marriage of Nancy CHAPMAN to Matthew McCAULEY, our database has nothing on her. We do, however, show a Jonah CHAPMAN and wife Lydia TA YLOR having a daughter named Susan CHAPMAN who married Aaron LOVELAND. 17lis data comes from our genealogy of the descendants of William CHAPMAN b. abt 1633 in England -- settler in New London Co., CT. -Gil Alford

John L. CHAPMAN 0#4.072 [email protected] 3049 So. Canfield #9 Los Angeles, CA 90034

I am trying to locate further information on a Robert D. CHAPMAN, born in Tennessee about 1816, and married to a Rebecca. In 1837 he is living in Houston Co., Texas. He and Rebecca have several children, and Robert presumably dies (or disappears) around 1855-1860. I am particularly looking for Robert's parents and/or the county in Tennessee frol which he came. Thank you.

David E. KANOUSE 0"14.073 6256 Babcock Ave. " . North Hollywood, CA 91606 Internet: [email protected]

Seek data on the family of Arthur W. CHAPMAN, b. Michigan 8 Nov 1841, d. 8 May 1916, who married c. 1865 Susan A. KANOUSE, b. Michigan 19 Mar 1844, d. 24 Feb 1911, daughter of George KANOUSE and Harriet COOK. Their son George K. CHAPMAN born probably Chelsea, Washtenaw Co, MI 31 Dec 1865, married c. 1897 to May E. (••••). At least one son, Leon CHAPMAN, b. Chelsea 8 Mar 1902, d. Apr 1966.

Marjorie L.MORROW 0#4.074. 17555 S. Troutcreek Rd. Mollalla, OR 97038

Seeking other descendants of William C. CHAPMAN, b. 1817 in VA, married Elizabeth ARTHUR (b. 1813 W. VA). Parents of William Francis Marion CHAPMAN (b. 3 Jun 1836, W. VA-d. 1894 W. VA) who married Nancy Hamrick GREGORY (b. 6 Feb 1845, W. VA -- d. 3 Jan 1895, W. VA). William and Nancy were the parents of Columbia Myrtle CHAPMAN (b. Feb 1866, W. VA-

d. 5 Oct 1950, CAl. Columbia is this researcher's maternal grandmother.

Tim MATTINGLY, TIM·OOO'Q#4.075 3602 Columbus Avenue . Anderson, In 46013-5361 (317) 642,7172

Needs information on his great grandfather JAMES T CHAPMAN who was born May 1, 1853 in Webb Crossroads, Russell County, Kentucky. He died December 28, 1898 and is buried in the Green River Church Cemetery at Yosemite, Case County, KY. James married Sarah Elizabeth WILSON February 22, 1874 in Casey County. Sarah, born January 4, 1859 in Willow Springs, Kentucky died April 25, 1925 and she too is buried in Green River Church Cemetery. If you can help Tim out with this Chapman let him hear from you. Please send a copy of your letter to the association so that we may add the data to our master record.

Margaret Chapman RODDAlc QWl(076 9310 NE 10th St. Vancouver, WA 98664

My father is Charles Kenneth CHAPMAN, b. 14 May 1918 in Roletten, ND, son of Charles Henry CHAPMAN, b. ? Jul1888 in Onondaga Co., NY. Charles Henry was the only son of Dennis CHAPMAN, b. 26 Jul1858 in Camallius, Onondaga Co., NY. Dennis was the youngest son and ninth child of John CHAPMAN, b. 22 Jan 1817 prob in NY, d.26 Jan 1897 in Onondaga Co., NY, m. E,lizabeth FELTER. I was like help with any or'all of these ancestors.

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BYrE.GEN

-----If you are computerized and have access to the Internet, here is a little info you may fmd helpful.

1. The Library of Congress is now accessible without a password. System is called LOCIS.

2. The Union Catalog of Virginia Libraries is called CAVALIR. It is now possible, via CAVALIR ON·LINE on the VLIN Gopher, to examine the Virginia State Archives On-Line Catalog. To get there, if your system has it, go to "Worldwide Gopher Systems" or "All the Gopher Servers in the World" or a like title. Choose the USA and go to VA, and then to the Virginia Library and Information Network (VLIN). Then, go to CAVALIR ON-LINE. To

access, hit the "TEL" prompt. If you want to go there directly:

type telnet hp3000.vsla.edu

At the LOGIN prompt, type: hello gopher, user.clas52

To exit CAVALIR system type: / quit. CAVALIR ON-LINE gives the holdings of a number of Virginia libraries, including the Library of Virginia. To get to the Archives catalog, type: /lib. You will get a menu, offering, among others, Library of Virginia (the catalog incorporated into the larger CAVALIR ON·LINE database) and Virginia State Archives. Once a selection is made, you get a prompt about the type of terminal that you are using. Unless you know more than I, just choose: Other ASCII device. Obviously, the Archives database is incomplete--retrospective cataloging is very time consuming··but it does contain Bible Records and Genealogical Notes and Charts.

3. U niv. of KY has loaded their vital records for death, marriage and divorce. (I believe the death records go back to 1911, but the other two are still at the mid·1950s.) Just go into the U of KY system and chose "VITALS".

4. Univ. of Chicago has loaded the Illinois land grant index meso So, if one has an ancestor who received land in IL, in the early days, it is possible to find index information about it there. The me will include the person's name, date of acquisition and reason for acquiring (grant, purchase, etc.).--_...~..._-

Reunions

----'On June 11, 1995 at Ft. McAllister (Richmond Hill, GA) the annual CHAPMAN/SHAW Reunion was held. This year, relatives from allover the country were invited. I'm not sure of SHAW ancestor connection, but the CHAPMAN ancestors include Deberra S. CHAPMAN and Isaiah Monroe CHAPMAN (lines featured in this issue.)

This annual event is held the second Sunday in June each year. My invitation says, "we have rarely changed the location from Ft. McAllister, but if we do, I'm sure the word would get around." It also encouraged "long lost cousins" and other family members to be sure to get their current address to Cousin J. Ronald Drew (CFA member #70) at 2821 NEW CASTLE DRIVE, ORANGE PARK, FL 32065.

If you have a CHAPMAN family reunion in the planning stages, we'll be pleased to announce it _. before it occurs or after.


PU2Zle Solvers

In this section of our newsletter, we will examine sources for research. Bob Sonfield has been doing research in Georg;ia for a number of years and was kind enough to furnished me with the following list of Georgia Historical Societies.

'To save space, the listings have been reduced in size.

BaIwin County: Old Capital Historical Society, PO Box 4, Milledgeville, GA 31061 Bibb County: Middle GA Historical Society, 935 High St" Macon, GA 31201; Georgia Baptist Historical Society, Stetson Library. Mercer University, Macon, GA 31201.

Camden County: Guale Historical Society, PO Box 398, 51. Marys, GA 31558. Campbell County: Atlanta Historical Society, 3101 Andrews Dr" Atlanta, GA 30305. Canon County: Carroll County Historical Society, 710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA 30117; Carroll Genealogical Society, PO Box 576, Carrollton, GA 30117. CharltoD County: Charlton County Historical Society, Re. 3 Box 142C. Folkston, GA 31537. CLatam County: Georgia Historical Society, SQl Whitaker Street, Savannah, GA 31499. QaIkc: County: Athen-Clarke Heritage Foundation, 489 Price Avenue, Athens, GA 30601. Cay County: Ft. Gains Historical Society, 308 E. Jefferson Street, Ft. Gains, GA 31751. Cayton County: GA Genealogical Researchers Association, 22S Johnson #43A, Forest Park, GA 30050. ainch County: Huxford Genealogical Society, 102 Courtland Avenue, Homerville, GA 31634. Cobb County: Cobb County Genealogical Society, PO Box 1413, Marietta, GA 30061. Coweta CoW1ty: Coweta Historical Soci'tty, 30 Temple Ave., Newman, GA 30263; Coweta County Genealogical Society, PO box 1014, Newman, GA 30264. Early County: Early County Historical Society, 255 N. Main Street, Blakely, GA 31723. Emanuel County: Emanuel Historic Preservation Society, PO Box

"1101, Swainsboro, GA 30401. F&ye~ ~W1ty: Fayette County Hi&torical Society, PO Box 421, Fayertevtlle, GA 30214. FoISyth County: Forsyth County Historical and Genealogical Society, PO Box 762, Cumming, GA 30130. Fulton County: Atlanta Historical Society, 3101 Andrews Drive, Atlanta, GA 30334. Glynn CoW1ty: Coastal GA Historical Society, 600 Beach View, St. Simons Island, GA 31522. Gwinnett CoW1ty: Gwinnett County Historical Society, PO Box 261, Lawrenceville, GA 30245. Hall County: Northeast Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society, PO Box 907039, Gainsville, GA 30503. HaJaI&on County: Haralson County Hi&torical Society, Courthouse Square, Buchanan, GA 30113. HOU£ton County: Central Georgia Genealogical Society, PO Box 2024, Warner Robina, GA 31099. Johnson CoW1ty: Johnson County Historical Society, PO Box 86, Wrightsville, GA 31096. LaUI'Cns CoW1ty: Laurens County Historical Society, Bellevue and Academy Ave., Dublin, GA 31021.

Lee County: Lee County HislOrical Society, PO Box 393, Leesburg. GA 31763. Liberty County: Liberty County Historical Society, PO Box 797, Hinesville, OA 31313. Lowndes County: Lowndes County Historical Society, 305 W. Central Ave., Valdosta, GA 31601. Macon County: Andersonville National Historical Site, Highway 49. Andersonville, GA 31711. McDuffie County: Wrightsboro Quaker Community Foundation, 633 Hemlock Drive, Thomson, GA 30824. Mclntosh County: Fort King George Historical Site, Fort King George Drive, Darien, GA 31305. Milton County: Roswell Historical Society, PO Box 1m. Roswell, GA 30075 (also see listings under Fulton County.) Monroe County: Monroe County Historical Society, PO Box 401, Forsyth, GA 31629. Murray County: Whitfield-Murray Historical and Genealogical Society, 715 Chatlanooga Ave., Dalton, GA 30720. Muscogec County: Genealogical Society of the Original Muscogee County, 120 Bradley Drive, Columbus, GA 31906; Orangeburg Gennan-Swiss Genealogical Society, PO Box 367, Columbus, GA 31902; Muscogee Genealogical Society, PO Box 761, Columbus, GA 31902. Putnam County: Eatonton-Putnam County Historical Society, PO Box 331. Eatonton, GA 31024. Randolph County (OLD): --Name changed in 1812 to Jasper County. See Jasper County for listings. Randolph County (NEW): Randolph Historical Society. PO Box 456, Cuthbert, GA 31740. Richmond County: Richmond County Historical Society, Reese Library, Augusta College, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30910; Augusta Genealogical Society, PO Box: 3743, Augusta. GA 30904. Rockdale County: Rockdale County Historical Society, PO Box 351, Conyers, GA 30207. Stewart County: Stewart County Historical Commission, PO Box 818. Lumpkin, GA 31815. Taliaferro County: Taliaferro County Historical Society, Monumel. Street, Crawfordsville, GA 30631. Thomas County: Thomas County Historical Society, 7'..5 N. Dawson Street, Thomasville, GA 31792. TNtlcn County: Treutlen County Historical Society, Treutlen CH, Soperton, GA 30457. Troup County: Chartahoochee Valley Historical Society, 1213 Fifth Ave" West Point, GA 31822; West Central Georgia Genealogical Society, PO Box 1051, laGrange, GA 30241. Upson County: Upson County Historical Society, PO Box 363, Thomaston, GA 30286. Walker County: Walker County Historical Society, 305 S. Duke Street, laFayette, GA 307'..8; Delta Genealogical Sodet 504 McFarland Ave., RoS5Ville, GA 30741. White CoUDty: White County Historical Society, Town Square, Clevelnad, GA 30528. Whitfield County: Whitfield.Murray Historical and Genealogical Society, 715 Chattanoog Ave., Dalton, GA 30720. Wilkes County: Washington-Wilke& Historical Foundation, 308 E. Robert Toombs Ave., Washinton, GA 30673.

"If you have additional addresses to add to this Georiga Societies list, please submit them to the newsletter editor, Amelia Painter at PO Box 154, San Luis Rey, C4 92068-0154 or...

Bob Sonfield at 770 S. Post Oak Lane, #435, Houston, TX 77056-1913 (the Official address of the Chapman Family Association.)

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