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Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/03/31 15:57
Ok, here's the first half...I think the second half will go faster, but when I got to Janice's Grandfather's listing with 14 kids, I knew I needed another break. 
It will, no doubt, take less time to read than it did to type. 
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DESCENDENTS OF AMBROSE CHEWNING, JR. 1797-1888
I’ve been accused in here of being an historian, but the truth is I’m really more of a storyteller. Those who know me might say that sometimes I try to tell three stories at once, so ya’ll should have an easier time following this tale in print…I know I sure did!
I waited quite a while for Janice Wilson to loan me her “family tree” info, and I’ve waited quite a while to share it with all of you…so, having plenty of time on my hands right now, I’ve decided to post a list of names found in the booklet titled “Descendents of Ambrose Chewning, Jr., 1797-1888". I believe she obtained in from a Welborn. Or maybe her mother obtained it from a Welborn? Hopefully, Janice won’t mind if I eventually get around to scanning this page by page and posting it for posterity…though it may reveal the maiden names of many, many mothers! But hey, if you lived in Pea Ridge, you knew of all that already…
I found the names that appeared in here to be interesting – they are quite often names of people who lived in my neighborhood (Springbrook Estates, between Pangborn and Frazer) and went to Rehoboth and Shamrock. These are the people who once populated Pea Ridge, and a great many of them still do. There’s not a lot of prose, just birth/death/marriage dates, etc., but I will share the interesting notes when I can.
Remember, Janice is a WILSON – and there were a few of those fellas who had OVER a dozen kids. What I was amazed to see was that the Wilsons were woven in with so many of the names we can find in the Shamrock annuals today. I knew a bundle of these kids at Rehoboth. They rode my bus! Pea Ridge wasn’t such a big place -- I bet if you had a good mule, you could have courted just about any girl within 5 miles…
I forget the details (Janice?) but the Wilson family was behind the building of Rehoboth Baptist Church, as well as Rehoboth Elementary’s original granite building. A great many of the deceased are noted as being buried in the Rehoboth Cemetery, and while the view has changed, the cemetery is still there, and so, I assume, are they.
As I read down this list, I could see myself going up and down Pangborn, Frazier Rd, Montreal and Hudson Woods, over to Valley Brook, McLendon and LaVista, and up Scott Blvd. to the Medlock homeplace…back in the ‘60s, at least, you could see these names on mailboxes, sometimes three and four in a row. These are the people who took the large tracts that existed in DeKalb at the time, and gradually broke them up into smaller sections. Me, I was just one of those subdivision kids, coming in from somewhere else, and making things a little less rural as the sections got smaller and smaller. But it was my home from the time I was four, and when I think of Pea Ridge, it’s still 1963.
So what business does a Jersey girl have listing this stuff? None, whatsoever, I guess…but there are three COBLEIGHS in there! We’re cousins, I reckon! I believe my very first post was in the Pea Ridge thread…and I brought up the mule that time, too. It’s no joke, you know – a good mule is worth two horses and eats half as much.
In the interest of space (and ease!) I’ll list only a few first names…
The Children and Grandchildren of Ambrose Chewning, Jr. and Lucy Ann Gaddy…
In addition to Chewning, last names that appear here are Peyton, Campbell, Talton and Wright…looks like those folks had 11 children, and most of them were boys.
“Ambrose Chewning, Sr. came to this country from Wales. We do not know who he married but it is recorded that he had two brothers and three sons and that his parents remained in Wales. One son was Ambrose Chewning, Jr., and the following are descendents from this line.”
Ambrose Chewning, Jr, b. 2-14-1797, d. 10-?-1888 m. Lucy Ann Gaddy, b. 1802, d. 1871, and both are buried in Rehoboth Cemetery. They had three male children, two were unmarried, so everyone listed after this goes back to the third son, Levi Chewning, who married Matilda Burdett.
Wow – check these ages – Levi was b. 11-1-1827, d. 5-26-1911, Matilda b. 11-14-1930, d. 11-6-1905. Evidence would indicate there are a few errors embedded in the Chewning history! Oh well…we’ll assume they meant she was born in 1830…then they would have both been alive at the time.
“The Levi Chewning line lists here his children and their spouses. A complete history of the Levi Chewning line was compiled by William Elton Butler, Sr. who married Mamie Bell Thornton, daughter of Mary Jane Chewning and John Sorrells Thornton and graddaughter of Levi Chewning. This history is current through the year 1966 and was distributed to descendants of Levi Chewning.
It should be noted that the Chewning family thanks William Elton Butler, Sr. and appreciated the time and effort expended in this research.”
The first son, b. 1852, went west after Civil War…no further information…the last child, an infant, died at birth. Looking ahead, I saw very few infant deaths, so these folks were either lucky or well-fed – probably both. A trip through old local cemeteries would lead one to believe that a LOT of children died as infants in those days.
Here’s that listing of last names I promised:
Sorrells
Thornton
Ayers
Floyd
Jackson
Burdett
McWilliams
Cash
Roberson
Pinnell
Smith
Johns
Williams
Hudson
Herren
Goza
Webb
Rickett
Brey
Fox
Livsey
Forrester
Mitchell
Holcomb
Bettis
Matthews
Cloudt
Mowell
Moss
Underwood
Costley
Wages
Hay
Thompson
Dalton
Leavell
Knight
Yost
Hayes
Findley
Partridge
Barnes
Stallings
Nicholson
Cheek
Booth
Hanna
Ross
Chadwick
Garner
OK, I’m up to 1925 now, and some of these old family names are very familiar in Gwinnett…reckon they’d traded in that mule on a Model-T and were looking further afield?
New
Lay
Norman
Suddeth
Thomason
McClure
Preston
Swinks
Watson
Martin
Now we’re into “current” history…1950 births, 1970 marriages…
Lord
Russell
Armistead
Blair
Interesting note – TWINS – Martha June and Mary Jean Chewning…
And now dipping back into the former generations…
Rose
Hanie
Scherer
Howlin
Maddox
Jenkins
Haralson
Yarbrough
Blalock
Coombs
Holcombe
Van Horn
Morgan
Sellers
Bugg
Neal
Ransom
Frierson
Lancaster
Crowe
Hawkins
Blettel
Cuddy
Webb
Clark
Blankenship
Rittgers
OK, now we come to a WILSON! This is circled, so I assume this is Janice’s line to the Chewnings…
Sarah Elizabeth Chewning, b.11-26-1961, d. 6-6-1908, m. 12-25-1883 to Amos Theodore Wilson, b. 4-17-1862, d. 11-3-1932
(And this is the part of the list that reveals this Jersey girl to be kissing cousins with the whole darn bunch! Not sure it counts (?!) but my ex-brother-in-law’s parents are listed here…James Wade Medlock to Hazel Jones…and by golly! There it is!
Cobleigh!!! We made it!
Cobleigh!
Cobleigh!
(Sorry, the line ends there as of now)
More names…
Wilson
Medlock
Payne
Sebastian
Mills
Lampkin
Lunsford
Blackburn
Pandora
Rogers
Wilcox
Bundy
Dougherty
Childers
Sullivan
Perry
Tatum
Walker
Bracewell
Lindrome
Denk
Lane
Ford
Miller
Brown
Gangitano
McDonald
Wiggins
Parker
Brooks
Bailey
Eastman
Joy
Nichols
And another circled listing…
John Andrew Wilson, b. 2-1-1887, d. 1-2-1975, m. 11-28-1909 (1st) Vivian Nina Pinnell, b. 6-16-1892, d. 12-29-1925 m. 5-28-1928 (2nd) Montine Welborn, b. 7-13-1898
My, I recognize a truckload of these guys…some of them right down to the first names…like, Coy, Keith, Ronnie, and Connie…COFER!
More names…
Milford
Goddard
Beard
Hicks
Dollar
Hazelrig
Teal
Cofer
Britt
Melton
Frazier
Cain
Garrett
Buice (Yes, Rev. Lester…)
Culbertson
Waller
Greer
Combs
Hargrove
Parker
Hensler
Allen
Mosely
Johnson
Harden
Gunnin
Lyman
Slaughter
Thomas
Farmer
Wilkins
Womack
Vaughters
Cape
Paden
Summer
Woodrow T. Wilson (couldn’t resist!)
Let me say here that I’m finding it harder and harder to find new names…they’ve all intermarried!
Bagley
Talley
Glomb
Talton
Heaton
Barnes
2 more TWINS, Bobby and Bertha Wilson, b. 12-9-1895
Dunnahoo
And here we come to Janice Wilson’s direct line to Colie Wilson, b. 6-2-1900, m. 12-2-1920 to Annie Mae Jones, b. 12-30-1904. “Grandpa Colie”, as I believe she calls him, had 14 children, each of whom went on to have at least a carload of kids themselves. It’s no wonder the Wilson name is so common in Pea Ridge, and Rehoboth Baptist Church kept getting bigger!
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OK, that's it for now! More to come... 
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/03/31 18:21
Here's the other half...
Jones
Stringer
Mayfield
Carnes
King
Dobson
Hydrick (Beverly Hydrick married Janice’s brother Steve)
Pearce
ALFORD – (I added that, but NTL it’s true – Janice got herself a prize of a son when she married George!)
Hardy
Leonard
Clausen
Hill
Welch
Landress
Carpenter
Lockwood
Edwards
Brock
Gunn
McDowell
Up pops Janet Wilson…
So I’ll add:
Hix!
Clack
Martin
Brown
Godwin
Lusk
Doster
Leavell
Hilliard
Well, I’ll be – Early Ray Wilson was the Grandfather of Duane Ragan Wilson, who married Kathi Groover in 1977… there’s a few names ya’ll will recognize!
An interesting note – “It is reported that after the death of Amanda Chewning Campbell at age 27,” (d. 1-5-1890) “her husband went west and married an Indian woman.”
Britt
Clay – Georgia Clay, believe it or not!
Simpson
Ramos
Hughes
Almand
Sheppard
Tumlin
Grubbs
Upchurch
Hicks
Partridge
Rogers
Oliver
Kelly
Ridling
Neese
Talton
Gulledge
Bacchus
Chesnut
Peyton
Goldsmith
St. John
Andrew
Peavey
Talton
Heaton
Barnes
Cheek
Honea
Griffin
More twins – Leonard and Sam Talton
“Richard (Richmond) Ambrose Chewning, b. 2-22-1838, d. 1-2-1907, m. Evelyn Jane (Eliza) Wright, b. 11-24-1840, d. 1-10-1912
Both parents and 9 children buried in Fellowship Cemetery”
Anyone know where Fellowship Cemetery is?
Thomas
Lawhorn
Brand
Switzer
Howard
Webb
Little
Suhrer
Dunagan
Goza
Brownlee
Kendrick
Beavers
Bramlett
“Charles L. Chewning, b. 6-26-1867, d. 11-4-1911
Went West to Indian territory – no further information”
Kimbrell
Spivey
Lindsay
Mayo
Chapman
Kent
Clark
Young
Hagan
Carry
Church
Ransbotham
Gazaway
Lansdell
Camuso
Jennings
Tollison
Stubbley
Akin
Johnston
Pylant
Clayman
Huey
Shirley
Cullen Chewning m. 1945 Lucile Chewning
“(no relation)’
Rowland
Crowder
Lorens
Sawyer
Davis
Bush
Jordan
Matheney
Stitt
Chambers
Beckworth
Verry
Jolley
Tanner
Wright
Arnold
Doby
Warbington
Huston
Hogan
Kenerly
Lee
Wester
Cook
Carroll
Justice
Corbin
Phew! That’s it!
This listing is no way intended to be complete, accurate, or official – just found it interesting, and hope ya’ll do too! (I feel sure I repeated myself there a few times.) 
You know, I just pushed the wrong button on this new keyboard, and it read the last sentence back to me in this robotic voice that scared my dog and kinda creeped me out, too. What’s with this thing? HAAAAAANK! 
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/03/31 20:12
The part about Charles L. Chewning going west reminds me of "Dances With Wolves"
“Charles L. Chewning, b. 6-26-1867, d. 11-4-1911
Went West to Indian territory – no further information”
"Now, Why don't he write?"
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/06/07 23:34
The Lindsays, Mayos, Lansdells, Hagans, Carrys, Churches, Chapmans, Camusos, etc are all my extended family from Tucker, GA, descendant of Ambrose Chewning. Many are buried at Fellowship Cemetery off Fellowship Road in Tucker.
My grandmother (father's mother) was Augusta Chewning of Tucker. She married Paul L. Lindsay, of Tucker, attorney and GA State Senator. They lived first at the old property at LaVista and Hugh Howell that is now a Wal-Mart. They later moved to the Little Five Points area of east Atlanta to be nearer his law practice.
His son was my father, Carl Lindsay, who married Edna Tollison of Cumming, GA. In the 50's they moved back to the Decatur-Tucker area off N Druid Hills Road, where my family grew up.
His brothers: Paul L. (Bud) Lindsay was an attorney in Buckhead (married a Mather), Max Lindsay was in insurance in Columbus, GA (married a Jennings), and Charles Lindsay was an architect in Maryville, TN (married a Stubley).
His sisters: Gladys Mayo married and moved to Miami, FL, Eleanor Chapman married and moved to Bethesda, MD, Caryl Hagan married and moved to Jacksonville, FL, and Jaquenita Mayo married and stayed in east Atlanta.
Needless to say, we scattered Mr. Ambrose Chewning's tribe pretty far and wide!
Thanks for digging this up! Great memories! Never realized that half of SHS was related. 
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/06/09 04:29
This is very interesting Gail. Thank you for posting it and all the hard work and effort you put into it.
Here we go:
I have researched my family history back to the early 1800's on the Sims side and then have gotten info very far back from there. On my father's side only a few last names since I do not know that side of the family.
My father was a Clack. My father did tell me this much. I am kin to the Bailey's. That was my grandmother's maiden name.(My father's mother) He also had a sister that married a Lusk.
My grand mother on my mothers side was a Wages.
On the Sims side of the family, the Sorrels and Sims were married.
It is truly amazing to find all the last names listed when you do the research. Of course you will have people that say, We are not related to those people that have the same last name. That is a given, but if you dig deep enough there is usually a connection somewhere down the line.
When people came here from other countries, a lot of last names were changed by the person that did the listings when the people got of of the ships or what have you and they were also changed at times by the census taker. They would talk to whom ever came to the door, say a child. Some may have been illiterate and did not know how to spell the last name and so on. The census taker would write whatever he was hearing and this is how misspellings and names got changed of shortened. Taking the Mc off or what have you. It is really hard work to unravel it all and it takes a lot of time to run to court houses and get copies of marriage certificates, birth records and other documents. It is a passion and I spent many years finding out what I know about my family. I finally got burned out and it can get expensive. I traveled to places just to talk to people in nursing homes and to cousins that I had never met. I copied pictures and went to libraries all over Georgia and out of state. It was fun and I do not regret it.
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/06/09 13:05
BTW -- If you're interested, Janice says you can get a copy of this booklet at Cofer Brothers Building Supply in Tucker.
I thought it was amazing to see what just one man's life can lead to -- if nothing else, it's a great advertisement for birth control ...
Rereading that list, a lot of teacher's last names jump out too. Robin, the names you listed sure sound familiar out here in Gwinnett -- me and a whole bunch of Baileys live on Bailey Rd., and it leads to Wages and Clack Roads. The name Sims is on a lot of mailboxes around here, too. Guess those folks from Pea Ridge started migrating to Gwinnett long before 1972...
And they DO say that we're ALL related -- 'though there's a few folks out there I wouldn't like to call family! I got lucky -- some diligent person researching the Hullings name contacted my mother, so we got the whole kit and kaboodle, complete with photos, on file. Isn't the internet wonderful?
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/06/09 16:30
Funny that you ask Gail, but actually a lot of them are from Gwinnett. The Sims came here from Somersetshire in the late 1600'or early 1700's. They came to live in Virgina then to South Carolina and from there to Wilkes, Oglethorpe, Walton, Gwinnett and Barrow, which these counties were larger then or did not exist for a while and then were made into what they are today. They also lived in Jackson County where I live now. I have found records at all of the county court houses. The Bailey family I know very little. My Grandmother was Laura Bailey and Married Oscar Thomas Clack. They are buried in Gwinnett. I have been to their graves. I have Laura's fathers name somewhere. I know that there is a Sims town community in Barrow County and I know that their are many Clacks there, but my father grew up in Gwinnett and later lived many years in Lithonia until he died. I did not know him very well at all. I just had an interest of my background and asked him some some questions.
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/06/10 10:42
I love this post and find many names I know! To name a few.. Britt, Goddard, Little, Brownlee, Dunagan and Beavers. There are the Goddards that went to SHS. Mike/70, Cindy/72 and Walter/73. Mal Britt lived on Lavista in Tucker not far from Tucker High. The Slaughters as in Eddie, Steve and Scott. Martha Dunagan/70 who I think lived on Candadian Way. Beverly Little lived down there as well. We went to Clarkston together. Roy Brownlee married my girlfriend Vicki Johnson(Stn. Mtn). His mom lived in Clarkston on a street behind the old Thriftown.
I like the name Early Ray Wilson. My grandmother's maiden name was Beevers. The name listed on here by Gail is spelled Beavers. This could've been a result of a name change made way back.
It's amazing how many names are familiar. This reinforces the fact that we are all connected in one way or another.
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Re:Chewning & Wilson Descendents - 2009/06/10 11:13
Well how can ya top that?Good job Gail.all i can say is that I come from a long line of Mothers.<hehe>
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