http://ls.net/~newriver/swva/hssv-4.htm Chadwell's Station Mordecai Hoard of Henry County, Virginia, came to Powell Valley in Lee County, with Captain Joseph Martin in 1775 and took up a 400 acre tract of land in the Martin grant of 1769. He also took up another tract of 860 acres. Hoard returned to Henry County where he died. Captain David Chadwell, also a native of Henry County, bought from the heirs of Hoard the 400 acre tract and 707 acres of the other tract. Deeds for these tracts being dated November, 1791, however, David Chadwell was in the area as early as May, 1790, and immediately upon coming here he built a Station or Fort, which was widely known as "Chadwell's Station." The station was a stop over for people traveling westward over the Wilderness Road, as well as being a refuge from Indian attacks for Chadwell and his neighbors. Whether this was a stockaded fort or just a fort house is not known. There is today a church in this area called Chadwell's Station Church. After settlement David Chadwell began acquiring other lands and by 1801 he was assessed with 1800 acres of land in Lee County. He continued to acquire land in both Lee County, and adjoining Claiborne County, Tennessee, and finally moved to Tazewell, the county seat of Claiborne County, leaving his Lee County lands in the hands of his children. He died at Tazewell, in 1832, at the age of 100, having been born in 1732, and is buried there at Breastwork Hill. He married Elizabeth Turner and their children were: 1. John Chadwell, b. 1771, m. Mary (Polly) Adams, b. 1772 2. David Chadwell, Jr., b. 1776, m. Nancy Lane 3. Susanna Chadwell (1773-1846), m. (1) Benjamin Posey (2) Daniel O'Daniel 4. Barthena Chadwell, b. 1775, m. (1) Moses Cotterill, the Ensign who was chased across Powell Mountain by the Indian Chief Benge in 1793. Married (2) Jerome Skelton. 5. Mary (Polly) Chadwell, 8-30-1777, d. 1855, m. (1) Walter Middleton, 2-29-1801. Married (2) Benjamin Cloud who died in 1845 at Chadwell Station. 6. William Chadwell, b. 1783, d. 12-5-1857, m. Charterine Lane, b. 1795 in Grainger Co., TN. 7. Alexander Chadwell, b. 1783, d. 1868, m. Lucy Bailey, b. 1789, d. 3-31-1859, daughter of Carr and Mary Bailey of Henry County, Virginia. 8. Nancy Chadwell, b. 1774, m. in 1790 to James Brittain We know that David Chadwell, who was a Captain in the Revolution, was in the area of his station as early as May, 1790, for on that day he was granted permission to establish a grist mill on his property. David Chadwell had a sister, Jemima, who married William Cox and settled also in Lee County, Virginia. This could possibly have been the Mrs. Cox shot at by the Indians, on march 17, 1785, mentioned in letters to the Governor of Virginia from both Captain Joseph Martin and Colonel Arthur Campbell. BIBLIOGRAPHY: (1) Augusta Court Causes Ended O. S. 177 N. S. 63, Bill filed 1808. (2) Shelby Family Papers, Library of Congress (3) Draper MSS 3 QQ 19-20 (4) Ibid, 3 QQ 46 (5) Ibid, 3 QQ 64 (6) Ibid, 3 QQ 63 (7) Ibid, 9 DD 3 (8) Williams, Early Times in Tennessee, Chapter 10 Appendix (9) Draper MSS 11 CC 224 (10) Pension Statement James Fraley, National Archives (11) Draper MSS 5 C 70 (12) Ibid, 3 QQ 64 (13) Ibid, 3 QQ 63 (14) Ibid, 3 QQ 94 (15) 11 CC 224 (16) Williams, Early Times in Tennessee, Chapter 10, p. 225 Appendix (17) Washington County, Virginia, Land Entry Book 1 (18) Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 7, p. 3 (19) Pension Statement of Charles Bickley, 1836, National Archives (20) Draper MSS 11 CC 224 (21) Draper MSS (22) Ibid, 11 CC 224 (23) Pension Statement Alexander Ritchie, National Archives (R-8784) (24) Virginia State Papers, Vol. 4, p. 341 (25) Virginia State Papers, Vol. 5 (26) Pension William Davidson, National Archives (R-2695) (27) Washington County, Virginia Land Entry Book 1 (28) Pension Joseph Starnes, National Archives (29) Dairy in possession of author (30) Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. 7, p. 1 (31) Washington County, Virginia Land Entry Book 1 (32) Draper Mss 3 QQ 145 (33) Home of James Thompson, near Chilhowie, VA (34) Draper MSS 1 QQ 20 (35) Augusta County, Virginia Will Book 1, p. 78 (36) Draper MSS 6 XX 106-2 (37) Chalkley, Chronicles of Scotch-Irish Settlement, II, 47 (38) Draper MSS 3 QQ 115 (39( Washington County, Virginia Land Entry Book 1 (40) Draper MSS 4 QQ 53 (41) Virginia State Papers, Vol. 5, p. 180 (42) Scott County, Virginia Deed Book 4, p. 553 (43) Russell County, Virginia Deed Book 1, p. 13 (44) Augusta Court Causes Ended, Cockrell vs Duncan (45A) Pension of John Porter, National Archives (45) Pension James Fraley, National Archives (46) Virginia State Papers, Vol. 3, (Ltr. Capt. Andrew Lewis) DAR Mrs. Mary Whitney Hybart Milhous. DAR ID Number: 43814 Born in Belles Landing, Alabama. Wife of F. L. Milhous. Descendant of Benjamin Posey, of Maryland. Daughter of Henry Hugh Hybart and Jane Calhoun Posey, his wife. Granddaughter of James William Posey and Mary Rutledge, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Charles Posey (b. 1788) and Matilda Calhoun, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Benjamin Posey and Mary Musgrove, his wife, m. 1770. Benjamin Posey, (1749-94), enlisted as a private for three years 1778 in the first Maryland regiment. He was married in Charles county. Volume 44, page 334