Jana My husband descends from the Horn line. His great grandfather was John Williams Horn who was the son of Roland Horn. The Horn family that came to Bienville Parish in 1844 were so intertwined with the Chesnutt and Pouland (Poland) families that it is difficult to research one without researching the others. Here is some of the info I have on the Chesnutt's. Hope it helps. gaytha thompson Nashville TN Charles Chesnutt was listed in the 1820 Sampson Co. NC census with his wife and 3 children. In this census living nearby was Jacob Chesnutt and his family---and is believed to be Charles King's parents adn younger brothers and sisters. Charles Chesnutt , his wife and 6 children, are enumerated in the 1830 Thomas Co. Ga census. The 3 youngest children were born in Ga in 1823, 1828, 1830 The Charles chesnutt family was listed in the 1840 Irwin Co. Ga census. By 1840 two of his older children had married. It is through these census records that charles King's birth is placed in 1795, probably in Sampson Co. NC and his wife's birth in 1797. Their oldest child was born in 1814 and it is believed they married ca 1812 Charles King died in Dec 1840 and his probate is on file in Irwin Co. GA in which his wife, Sarah, and their 6 children are listed. His oldest child, Henry William and a son in law, William Wyatt Poulan, were two of the administrators of the estate. An article written on "Judge W. W. Poulan" and published in the Georgia Genealogial Quarterly in 1954 gave the burial place of Charles King and Sarah Pew Chesnutt at the Chesnutt Cemetery in Worth Co. GA on land known at the time as the Chesnutt Place, later called the Watson Place. Their graves are unmarked. Nothing is known of Sarah Pew's parents. She was listed in the 1850 Irwin Co. GA census with her oldest daughter, Mary Ann, who was unmarried, and her 3 youngest children, Jacob, Charles King and Walter Marley. Sarah was probably deceased by Dec 1854 when these three youngest children sold their part of land that is believed to have been part of the home place. Shadrick Pew and his family were listed in the 1830 Thomas Co. GA census, living very close, if not next door, to the Charles Chesnutt family, and is undoubtedly some realtion of Charles King's wife, Sarah Pew. Shadrick Pew was also enumerated in the 1820 Sampson Co. NC census. The first census of the United States was taken in 1790. In the 1790 Sampson Co. NC census many Chesnutts are enumerated and are all believed to be realted. Charles King Chesnutt's father, Jacob, was one of 10 children, and the 4th child, born to Charles Chesnutt and his wife Juliana Driver Chesnutt ca 1760. Jacob's father Charles was born ca 1725 probably in Isle of Wight Co. VA. Charles and several of his brothers are believed to have moved to Duplin Co. NC (now Sampson Co.)---to an area called Six Runs Creek in the 1750's. The first Chesnutt that came to Isle of Wight Co. was Alexander chesnutt who recieved a grant of land in 1683, and was deceased by 1690 when his wife remarried. Jacob's father, Charles, is not found in the 1790 Sampson Co. census, and is believed to be deceased by that time. However, a brother, Charles, was enumerated in this census with his wife and some of his children, as wellas, other brothers and sisters. The first or second given name of King that has been handed down to a number of male decendants of Charles King Chesnutt has possibly been derived from the maiden name of the mother of Charles Chesnutt (who married Juliana Driver) or from the Driver family???? This is all very hazy and bears more research. A number of descendants of these Chesnutts that came to Duplin/Sampson Co. NC in the 1750's lived the Clinton NC area in 1994 In a message dated 9/14/1999 2:22:59 PM Central Daylight Time, LABIENVI-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Looking for information about the ancestors and descendants of CHARLES KING CHESNUTT & his wife, SARAH PEW. Charles was born about 1790 possibly in Sampson County, North Carolina. Charles died in Dec. 1840 in possibly Irwin Co., Georgia. Sarah died about 1855. I might have gotten information that they were buried at a Chestnutt Cemetery in Worth County, Georgia. Their children: 1. Henry William Chesnutt, b. abt 1814 in Sampson Co. NC, d. bef 1864 near Dubberly, Bienville Parish, LA., m. Martha Harriett Poland. 2. Mary Ann Chesnutt, b. Aug. 15, 1815, Sampson Co, NC, d. April 30, 1876, Worth Co, GA, m. William Wyatt Poland ? on April 10, 1856. 2. Keziah Chesnutt, b. Aug. 19, 1819, Sampson Co. NC, d. abt. May 1853, Bienville Parish, burial unknown, m. William Wyatt Poland (MY ANCESTORS) 3. Jacob Chesnutt, b. about 1823, d. 1862 in VA as soldier in Civil War 4. Charles King Chesnutt, Jr., b. July 28, 1828, d. Dec. 6, 1890, buried in Worth Co. GA, m. Anna Mae Horn 5. Walter Morley Chesnutt, b. about 1830, Irwin Co. GA, d. Aug. 18, 1889, Bienville or Webster Parish, LA, burial unknown, m. about 1854, Missouri Horn Any information would be greatly appreciated! Jana Rooke San Jose, CA >>