In November 1768, John Chapman, Richard Chapman, and Moredock O. McKensey removed from Culpeper County to the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia, and from thence, in 1771, came to the New River Valley and settled at the mouth of Walker's Creek, where John Chapman had two dwelling houses destroyed by the Indians; his family being forced to flee to the Snidow Fort for protection. In the spring of 1778 McKensey removed to the mouth of Wolf Creek., where his family, in May of that year, was attacked by the Indians, and a portion of them killed and another portion carried into captivity. Some years afterward, time not definitely known, Richard Chapman removed from Walker's Creek to Wolf Creek.
The children of John Chapman:
i) Isaac Chapman, who married Elian Johnston;
ii) George Chapman, who married Patience Clay;
iii) John Chapman, who married Miss Napier;
iv) Henley Chapman, who married Mary Alexander;
v) Sallie Chapman, who married, first,
1)Jacob Miller of Franklin County, Virginia, and by whom she had a daughter and three sons:
Jacob Miller, Jr., who married Mrs. Polly Harman;
John Miller, who married Sallie Peck;
Tobias Miller, who married Elizabeth Bane;
Barbara Miller, who married Morton P. Emmons.
After the death of the elder Jacob Miller, his widow Sallie Chapman, married 2)
David Johnston, and they had the following children:
Oscar F. Johnston, who married Elizabeth French;
Chapman I. Johnston, who married Elian C. Snidow;
Olivia Johnston, who married William M. Gillespie, of Tazewell County, Virginia;
Louisa A. Johnston, who married Colonel Daniel H. Pearis, of Mercer, and
Sallie C. Johnston, who died unmarried.
vi) Jemima Chapman married Charles Hall and had the following children:
Benjamin Hall, who went to Cook County, Illinois, at an early date, and
Chloe Hall, who married John Brian.
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In November 1768, John Chapman, Richard Chapman, and Moredock O. McKensey removed from Culpeper County to the Shenandoah, in the Valley of Virginia, and from thence, in 1771, came to the New River Valley and settled at the mouth of Walker's Creek, where John Chapman had two dwelling houses destroyed by the Indians; his family being forced to flee to the Snidow Fort for protection. In the spring of 1778 McKensey removed to the mouth of Wolf Creek., where his family, in May of that year, was attacked by the Indians, and a portion of them killed and another portion carried into captivity. Some years afterward, time not definitely known, Richard Chapman removed from Walker's Creek to Wolf Creek.
The children of John Chapman:
i) Isaac Chapman, who married Elian Johnston;
ii) George Chapman, who married Patience Clay;
iii) John Chapman, who married Miss Napier;
iv) Henley Chapman, who married Mary Alexander;
v) Sallie Chapman, who married, first,
1)Jacob Miller of Franklin County, Virginia, and by whom she had a daughter and three sons:
Jacob Miller, Jr., who married Mrs. Polly Harman;
John Miller, who married Sallie Peck;
Tobias Miller, who married Elizabeth Bane;
Barbara Miller, who married Morton P. Emmons.
After the death of the elder Jacob Miller, his widow Sallie Chapman, married 2)
David Johnston, and they had the following children:
Oscar F. Johnston, who married Elizabeth French;
Chapman I. Johnston, who married Elian C. Snidow;
Olivia Johnston, who married William M. Gillespie, of Tazewell County, Virginia;
Louisa A. Johnston, who married Colonel Daniel H. Pearis, of Mercer, and
Sallie C. Johnston, who died unmarried.
vi) Jemima Chapman married Charles Hall and had the following children:
Benjamin Hall, who went to Cook County, Illinois, at an early date, and
Chloe Hall, who married John Brian.
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