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Lionel LEIGH

If you are a Leigh descendant of Lionel Leigh, please contact Mike Chapman. Info on this family given at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gochapman/ along with Mike's email address.

It is believed that Lionel Leigh b. 1769 in Craven Co., NC is a descendant of Judge James Leigh of Bath, NC.
Some info is at my KinNextions web site .

Lionel Leigh was the son of James Leigh, Sr. and his wife Sarah. He was born a little after 1701, and by his father's will he inherited "a certain parcel of land lying (sic) between Accomack Entry Gut and the Second Gut running up the branch of the Second Gut to the Savannah and then a SE Course to the side line and likewise bounding upon my son John Leigh on the other side being by estimation eighty acres".

Lionel Leigh moved to Craven Co., NC. because there is a land transaction dated 30, July, 1741; John Dearham sold for 20 pounds to Lionel Leigh 200 acres on the North sdie of Neuse River, beginning at a small Red Oak,witnessed by William Charlton,James Anderson). Lionel may also have patented land there. On 13, August 1745 Lionel Leigh of Craven County, North Carolina sold land to John Philips containing 315 acres on the North side of the Neuse River, joining John Dearham/Durham's land witnessed by John Yeomans, Benjamin Sanders - Also, on 5, April, 1747 Lionel Leigh of Craven, planter, made a gift for love and affection to his son William Leigh of a tract on the North side of Neuse River, witnessed by John Yeoman and John Hollingsworth, and Benjamin Sanderson). Lionel appears to have died in 1749. Sales of the estate of Lionel Leigh were made on 6, July, 1750 by William Charlton, the purchasers including James Leigh. Lionel Leigh left at least two sons William born abt. 1725 received land from his father in 1747.

Caleb WESTBERRY

See Westberry site for more info.

Keziah CHAPMAN

Kesiah shown with George Rentz in Paulding Co. Ga. 1860 census. Living with Geo. Rentz family were Kesiah, Albert Westberry, Louisa Westberry and a young child. Unable to determine from census whose child. Listed as Westberry. Could have been Albert's, no wife listed, or Louisa's, no husband listed. Child listed as a Westberry.

Moses Westberry family shown living in Liberty County in 1830 census.

"Jones Creek Bap. Ch. History" shows her and her children as rejoining the church in 1865.

1860 US Census - GA - Paulding County
G. Rentz 70 GA
Kissa Rentz 52 GA
Albert Westberry   22 GA
Louisa Westberry   18 SC
Henry D. Westberry 1 GA

1850 census: GA, Liberty, District 16, 13-Aug-1850
Chapman, Francis J. 71 SC
      , Mary       60 SC
      , Shelton M. 21 GA
Westberry, Kiziah   41 GA
        , Albert   13 GA
Moordy, Nancy        6 GA

1840 census: GA, Liberty,
Chapman, F. J. m:101110001 f:0110011 (Note: oldest female is 40-50, 2nd oldest female is 30-40, and youngest male is 0-5
This suggests that Keziah and possibly her son Albert were in the household.

Photos of descendants of Albert Westberry and Keziah Chapman.

George RENTZ

Marriage to Keziah: http://westberry-moses.com/main/albert/albert.htm

Listed in Paulding County, Ga. census of 1860 along with Keziah, Albert Westberry, Louisa Westberry, and 1 yr old male child, Henry D. Child listed as if of Louisa. Childs name Henry D.

George Rentz shown holding real estate in vlaue of $30,000.00.

George shown as age 70 and Kesiah as age 54.

Keziah CHAPMAN

Kesiah shown with George Rentz in Paulding Co. Ga. 1860 census. Living with Geo. Rentz family were Kesiah, Albert Westberry, Louisa Westberry and a young child. Unable to determine from census whose child. Listed as Westberry. Could have been Albert's, no wife listed, or Louisa's, no husband listed. Child listed as a Westberry.

Moses Westberry family shown living in Liberty County in 1830 census.

"Jones Creek Bap. Ch. History" shows her and her children as rejoining the church in 1865.

1860 US Census - GA - Paulding County
G. Rentz 70 GA
Kissa Rentz 52 GA
Albert Westberry   22 GA
Louisa Westberry   18 SC
Henry D. Westberry 1 GA

1850 census: GA, Liberty, District 16, 13-Aug-1850
Chapman, Francis J. 71 SC
      , Mary       60 SC
      , Shelton M. 21 GA
Westberry, Kiziah   41 GA
        , Albert   13 GA
Moordy, Nancy        6 GA

1840 census: GA, Liberty,
Chapman, F. J. m:101110001 f:0110011 (Note: oldest female is 40-50, 2nd oldest female is 30-40, and youngest male is 0-5
This suggests that Keziah and possibly her son Albert were in the household.

Photos of descendants of Albert Westberry and Keziah Chapman.

John CHAPMAN

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The following is taken from:
Source 1) "A Short History of the Chapman Family" by Clyde L. Chapman, 1966.
Source 2) "A History of the Jones Creek Baptist Church", by Elmer Oris Parker, Gateway Press, 2000.

John Chapman lived in Liberty and McIntosh counties, Georgia. He was a large landowner and was engaged in farming and stock raising. The farming consisted in milling rice and corn, the ginning of cotton, the spinning of yarn and the weaving of cloth. The cotton gin was operated by horse power. The cowhides were tanned into leather; and shoes, saddles, and other articles were manufactured by hand. The sugar cane mills were made from the trunks of live oak trees. The cogs of metal were made in the blacksmith shop and mortised in by hand. The mill was operated by horse power. The cane juice was boiled into syrup and sugar. John. Chapman was a slaveholder and owned 36 slaves before they were freed in 1865. (source 1)

Although he was 55 years old near the end of the Civil War, John Chapman joined a home guard company, and was captured and taken to a prison fort in New Jersey. Here food was short, so he was forced to pick up bones that dogs had been gnawing and make soup to eat. During Sherman's "infamous" march to the sea, a portion of his army camped near John Chapman's home. When the army came, there were barns filled with corn, rice, potatoes, sugar, syrup, bacon, lard, etc. The morning after the army left, the women, boys, and slaves (the men were in the Confederate Army) picked up the corn out of the dirt where the Yankee horses had been fed. This corn was washed, ground, and used for food. The dwelling had been searched for valuables, and the paling fence that was around the yard had been torn down to make camp for fires. (source 1)

John Chapman was a member of Jones Creek Baptist Church and the Altamaha Lodge #227 F.& A.M. He was a very skilled blacksmith and wheelwright. His wife, Elizabeth Delk, was a daughter of David Delk, a Scotch-Irish immigrant to this country and a Revolutionary soldier. John and Elizabeth had fifteen children, twelve of whom lived to adulthood; eleven married and raised families. (source 1)

John married Elizabeth Delk, daughter of old David Delk who had escaped the fateful Indian massacre. To John and Elizabeth were born fifteen children, eleven of whom lived to be married and have families. John and Elizabeth had three great-grandsons who are outstanding Baptist ministers - Horace Francis Chapman and Walter Fuch Chapman, sons of Horace F. Sr. Chapman, and Malcolm Chapman, son of Clyde Lamar Chapman. (Source 2)

In Ebenezer Church, 23 old men were captured by Federal troops on the night of August 3rd 1864. These civilians, too old for military service, were the sole protection of McIntosh County, which was constantly being plundered by forces from blockade gunboats. Advised of the meeting by spies, Federal troops surrounded the church in the darkness and opened fire. The old men were captured and marched overland to Blue and Hall Landing near Darien, where they were put on board ship and taken to northern prison.

Capture of 23 Old Men in 1864. Complete text

(Echoes April 1999) Capture of 23 old men in 1864
Living on the Georgia Tidewater� There is a Georgia Historical Marker, located on US 17,8.8 miles north of Darien, titled: CAPTURE OF 23 OLD MEN IN 1864. The following account of this incident is from Early Days on the Georgia Tidewater by Buddy Sullivan.

After the destruction of Darien in June 1863, the courthouse and a loosely-organized civil government of McIntosh County was relocated to Ebenezer Church north of Darien about eight and a half miles on the road to Sapelo Bridge. A controversial incident there on the night of August 3, 1864, perpetrated by Union naval forces, created almost as much furor among McIntosh Countians and their coastal neighbors as the burning of Darien by the Yankees the year before.

On the night of August 2-3, a Union naval force of 115 men landed at Sapelo Main (Baisden�s Bluff), marched overland several miles and made prisoners of 26 McIntosh County men who were holding a meeting at the church at Ebenezer. (Ebenezer was a branch of the Presbyterian Church at Darien at one time.) Union naval officers kept abreast of local developments by reading the Savannah newspapers, and it was through this source that they learned of the meeting of the McIntosh men. The men. most of whom were too old for front line service in the Confederate Army, were meeting to discuss the defense of the coast in light of increasing pressure from the offshore federal naval forces. The men, along with others captured at nearby Sapelo Bridge, were subsequently marched southward to Blue and Hall�s landing at the Ridge, transferred to Union warships and transported to Union prisons in the North.

Following is the report of Commander George M. Colvocoresses of the U.S. sloop of war Saratoga, regarding this incident.

"Doboy Sound, Ga. August 6, 1864. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report of an expedition which left the Saratoga. on the evening of the 2d instant:

It was to surprise and capture the male inhabitants who had been ordered to meet at the court-house of McIntosh County, Ga., on the 3d day of August, for the purpose of forming themselves into a coast guard, which order I read in the Savannah Republican of the 27th of July, 1864... The expedition left the ship on Tuesday, August 2, 4:40 p.m. in seven boats, and reached the mainland shortly after 9 o�clock p.m. The night was very favorable to our design, there being no moon by which the enemy could discover our movements as we approached the landing. As soon as the expedition was landed [at Baisden�s Bluff], I sent all the boats back to the ship, with an order to the executive officer to let them meet me the next day at the landing called the Ridge, some 7 miles distant from the first landing but nearer to the ship.. .we began our march. We did not meet with any persons or see any house until 12 o�clock.. When the signal for attacking was made we immediately charged at a double quick and completely surrounded the meeting, and all who composed it were captured except 3, who succeeded in making their escape. .1 gave the order.. .for the expedition to again form into line and placing the prisoners in the center, we started to return.. The expedition arrived safely at the Ridge at sunset, but as my order in regard to the boats had been misunderstood we did not reach the ship until about noon next day. The following is a summary of what the expedition accomplished: We took 26 prisoners, 22 horses and buggies, destroyed 2 bridges, and burned a large encampment which the enemy greatly needed for the protection of his forces, and we did this in broad daylight and 15 miles from our boats without losing a single life or meeting with any unpleasant accident..."

Commander Colvocoresses furnished Rear Admiral Dahigren with the following list of the McIntosh County men he captured in the raid:

Joseph S. Durant, 33. planter and tax collector for McIntosh County
William Summerline, 57, planter.
Converse Parkhurst, 51, merchant.
William Donnelly, 53, farmer & coroner McIntosh Co.
William Nelson. 51, farmer.
Charles Trezevant, 50, farmer.
William Townsend, 58, farmer.
William J. Cannon, 60, fanner and salt maker.
William Thorpe, 46, farmer and justice of the peace for McIntosh County.
James R. Webber, 55, sawyer and farmer.
C. Bennett, 51, shoemaker.
George Young, 51, farmer and wheelwright.
Macgregor Blount, 52, farmer.
William Sallet, 58, planter.
William D. Rowe, 52, farmer
James D. McDonald, 50, farmer and saltmaker
B. LeSeur, 32, saltmaker at South Newport
Samuel R. J. Thorpe, 40, farmer
John Hendrickson, 51
George Johnston. 16
Daniel Lane, 16
Obed S. Davis, 20
John Chapman, 55, planter.
Isham L Johnston, 36, planter and justice of inferior court, McIntosh

The following is a description of John Chapman taken from the official records of the Union and Confederate Navies"
John Chapman; age 55 years, complexion light, eyes gray, hair black, height 5 feet 9 inches, occupation planter, citizen of McIntosh County, Ga. Remarks; States he has never been in the military service of the State or Confederate Government.

The following is from "A History of Savannah and South Georgia" by William Harden:
John Chapman, one of the children of Francis and Mary Chapman, was born in Liberty county, April 15, 1810, and was reared on the home farm in that county. He possessed a genius for mechanics, and with his own hands fabricated many of the tools used on his farm, and did all his own blacksmithing. He took up state land and also bought large quantities until at one time he was the owner of upward of six thousand acres. With the aid of his slaves he carried on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. He was eighty-six years old when he died.

Elizabeth DELK

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Mother of fifteen children, twelve of which lived to adulthood; eleven married and raised families.

Martha Eleanor CHAPMAN

Never married. Living with brother Francis John Chapman II according to 1920 GA census, Liberty, District 24.

William HARPER

From Albert harper:
This Harper line originally from the 1766 immigration from Ulster, Northern Ireland. The King George 3rd. migration of Scots-Irish starving protestants.

Charles SMITH (RWS)

Charles Smith, a revolutionary soldier, was born in 1763 in Edgefield District, SC at Cheraw's Nest. He died at his home in Wayne Co., GA in 1833. His grave at Gardi, Wayne Co., was marked some years ago by the DAR. He served in Barnett's Company 'D', Hampton's Regiment, Sumter's Brigade I, the South Carolina militia.
His first wife was Vicy Ann Ellis, 1765-1824. They married in 1783 in Edgefield, SC. The second marriage was in 1825 to Rebecca Lane in Appling County, GA. She was a daughter of William Lane. The first six children were by the first wife and the last two by the second wife. Ater living some years in Barnwell District, SC, Charles Smith and family moved to the new county of Appling in Georgia, in 1819, and lived there in the portion later annexed to Wayne County, near the present village of Gardi.

Wayne County Ordinary's records show Charles Smith, JR., and James Harper qualified as administrators of the elder Smith's estate, July 1, 1833, he having died shortly before, intestate. On July 6, 1833, the estate was appraised at $4700.75, consisting of 481 cattle, 850 acres of land, five slaves, and other property. The record shows the cattle were penned at the home of the deceased and divided in nine share of 44 head each, and drawn by lot by the following heirs:
DANIEL DYKES,
MRS. ELIZABETH HARPER,
MRS. REBECCA Smith (the widow),
CHARLES Smith , JR.,
JAMES HARPER,
PATIENCE Smith,
JAMES STRICKLAND,
AND MRS. REBECCA Smith as guardian for PEGGY and BRYANT Smith, minor heirs.

Census references:
1790, ORANGEBURG DISTRICT, SC, SOUTH PART;
1800, 1810, BARNWELL DISTRICT, SC;
1820, APPLING;
1830, WAYNE.

ABSTRACT OF GRAVES OF REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS, VOL. 4, P. - SERIAL: VOLUME CHARLES Smith - PHILADELPHIA BAPT. CHURCH CEMETERY, SPARTANBURG CO., SC 73

1850 Ware County Census
89 Subdivision (Free Inhabitants) 21 Sep 1850
Page 95B
17 152 Charles Smith 48 M Farmer 100 GA
18 Eliza 37 F GA
19 Charles 17 M Farmer GA
20 James 15 M Farmer GA
21 Ellender 12 F GA
22 Eveline 10 F GA
23 Allen 5 M GA
24 Alford 4 M GA
25 Ransom 3 M GA
26 John Dykes 18 M Farmer GA
27 George 16 M Farmer GA

WILL, GEORGIA WAYNE COUNTY
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/wayne/wills/smith.txt

Know all men by these presents that we Charles Smith and James Harper, John Brown and Willey Roberts are held and firmly bound unto these honors the Judges of the Court of Ordinary for said county and their successors in office in the Just and full sum of Four Thousand Dollars for the payment of which sum to the said Judges and their Successors in office we bind ourselves our heirs executors and Administrators in the whole and for the whole sum jointly and severally and firmly by these presents. Sealed with our Seals and dated This first day of July Eighteen hundred and thirty-three ---

The Condition of the above obligation is such that of the above bound Charles Smith and James Harper administrators of the goods and chattles and credits of Charles Smith Sen late of this County decd do make a true and perfect Inventory of all and Singular the goods, chattles and credits of said Decd which have or shall come to the knowledge or prossession of the said Charles Smith and James Harper or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him and the same so made do exhibit into the said Court of Ordinary when they shall be there unto required and such goods and chattles and credits do well and truly Administer according to law and do make a true account of their actions and doing so there is when they shall be Thereunto required by the Court of Ordinary for said County and all the rest of the good chattles and credits which shall be found remaining upon the Acct. of the said ministration The same being first allowed of by the Court shall deliver and pay to such person or persons respectfully as are entitled to the same by law and if it shall appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased and the same be proven before the Court and the executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof and the said Charles Smith and James Harper do in Such case of required render and deliver up the said Letters of Administration Then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force -
                                          Charles Smith (Seal)
Signed Sealed and                          James Harper (Seal)
acknowledged in open                       John Brown (Seal)
Court this first day of                    Willey Robison Seal
July 1833
         Robert Howe C.C.O.
                       Recorded July 4th 1833
                                   Robt Howe -