This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHEATHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CFC.2ACI/1010.1 Message Board Post: I would believe the only Melvin Cheatham of Wirt County would be my ancestor Melvin T. Cheatham, b. 18 Apr 1841, d. 9 Jan 1919. He descends from the Cheatham family of Chesterfield Co., VA.