Sorry, I don't know anything about another cemetery. Frances H. Casstevens ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodger Reedy" <rreedy3@woh.rr.com> To: <ncyadkin@rootsweb.com>; "Rodger Reedy" <rreedy@mics.net> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [NCYADKIN] CALLING ALL COUSINS DESCENDED FROMFAMILIES OFROCKFORD, NORTH CAROLINA > Mrs. Casstevens, > > Thank you for responding. > Sue Royal had helped one of my sisters with research. Land records, > though > it is not specifically stated, and the census would point to Benjamin > Chapman, a child of John Chapman of Spotsylvania County, Virginia and half > brother of Erasmus Chapman, as the father of Thomas, our ggg- > grandfather. > Erasmus was in Lincoln County, Tennessee in the early 1800, was involved > in > a murder and then left after his divorce. . In or near to 1860 , John H. > Chapman, son of Thomas moved his family to Petersburg, Lincoln Co., TN. He > died there in 1870. I have found John H. named in a will as running a > mill > and building furniture. His wife, Demaris L. Shelton, taught music in a > boarding school. This we have confirmed in original letters at Duke > University. > > Mrs. Royal had told my sister of a cemetery down the road from her house > that is on farm land under cultivation . This was possibly the cemetery > used by the Chapman family for the generations previous to the death of > Thomas in 1859 . Thomas is buried in Mt. Sinai Methodist Cemetery as is > Sarah Hill Chapman , 2 children, Allen and Mary Jane, and a grand > daughter. > Do you know of any stone readings that might have been done in this older > cemetery or if the stones were removed to another cemetery when the field > was plowed? The Brewbaker family received the Chapman estate at the death > of Mary Jane , the youngest daughter of Thomas Chapman and Sarah Hill. > They have shared photos and some documentation. > > Thank you. > Marie Reedy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frances H. Casstevens" <fcasstev@yadtel.net> > To: <ncyadkin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:19 AM > Subject: Re: [NCYADKIN] CALLING ALL COUSINS DESCENDED FROM FAMILIES > OFROCKFORD, NORTH CAROLINA > > >> Do you know Mrs. Sue Brewbaker Royal? I believe she has done some work >> on >> the Chapman-Hill family for someone. I can sen you her address if you >> need >> it. She lives just across the road from the Chapman-Brewbaker house in >> Huntsville. >> Frances H. Casstevens >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rodger Reedy" <rreedy3@woh.rr.com> >> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <ncyadkin@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:12 PM >> Subject: Re: [NCYADKIN] CALLING ALL COUSINS DESCENDED FROM FAMILIES >> OFROCKFORD, NORTH CAROLINA >> >> >>> If Huntsville , Yadkin Co., NC does this as well can someone give me the >>> contact person. Thanks. >>> >>> Marie Reedy >>> Researching: >>> Thomas Chapman and his wife Sarah Hill, buried in Mt. Sinai Methodist >>> Church >>> Cemetery. >>> They owned what is now known as the Chapman -Brewbaker Log Cabin . >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> >>> To: <NCYADKIN-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:03 PM >>> Subject: [NCYADKIN] CALLING ALL COUSINS DESCENDED FROM FAMILIES OF >>> ROCKFORD,NORTH CAROLINA >>> >>> >>>> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >>>> >>>> Author: jn2tv4 >>>> Surnames: >>>> Classification: queries >>>> >>>> Message Board URL: >>>> >>>> http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.yadkin/3580/mb.ashx >>>> >>>> Message Board Post: >>>> >>>> GENEALOGY NEWS ALERT Contact: Susan Norman - 678-513-1951 - >>>> REMEMBERROCKFORD.COM - >>>> CALLING ALL COUSINS DESCENDED FROM FAMILIES OF ROCKFORD, NORTH >>>> CAROLINA - >>>> >>>> The Rockford Preservation Society has announced the launch of its 2007 >>>> Remember Rockford capital campaign. A major thrust of the >>>> campaign is for the village to reconnect with the descendants of >>>> families >>>> for whom Rockford is an ancestral home. >>>> >>>> "The campaign offers these descendants a real opportunity to preserve >>>> for >>>> future generations of their families their heritage and their home," >>>> says >>>> Ms. Hannah Holyfield, President of the society. "We are going to work >>>> with >>>> genealogical groups and with ancestry sites on the Internet to reach >>>> out >>>> to descendants who may have only minimal knowledge about their >>>> ancestors' >>>> lives here but would like to know more. We plan to contact these >>>> descendants and ask them to help us restore the village and then, >>>> literally, to come back home." >>>> >>>> The culmination of the "Remember Rockford" campaign will be a Remember >>>> Rockford Families Reunion to be held in 2009. 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