Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Chestnut 38921,38922,38923,38924,38925,38927,26044,38945,38946,38947,38948
Birth18 Jun 1746, Augusta County, VA38921,38923,38924,38949,38950,38951
Memobet 1770-1780? abt 1739?
Land Purchase15 Feb 1768, Augusta County, VA38952
Memo232 ac by survey to John Chesnut (sic) on Bull Pasture Mountain. The land is now in Highland County, VA
Land Purchase1772, Augusta County, VA38953
Memoland received from his father, William Chestnut
Land Sold26 Apr 1779, Augusta County, VA38954
Memosold land to William Boyd
Land Purchase1782, Augusta County, VA38955
MemoBull Pasture Mountain, 232 acres Survey for John Chesnut
Residenceabt 1790, VA38935
Memoleft VA for Green County, TN
Residenceabt 1790, Greene County, TN38935
Land Purchaseaft 1800, Knox County, KY38956
Memoin the Talbot survey
Will Filed21 Mar 1805, Knox County, KY38957
MemoWill dated
Deathaft 21 Mar 1805, Knox County, KY38949,38958,38959
Will FiledMay 1805, Knox County, KY38957
MemoWill Probated
FatherWilliam Chestnut (~1716-<1788)
MotherMary Sophia Tylers (ca1716-)
Misc. Notes
Abstracts of Bath County VA Wills, Pg 44: p. 349 Inventory Abraham Gum Submitted Mar 21, 1806 by Wm Dinwiddie & Henry & Stuart Slaven...notes and accounts of John Chestnut & Pg 120, p. 106 Sale of estate of Abraham Gum, Mar 28, 1806? Bond: John Chestnut2793
Military
John Chesnut Mil Svc 1777 Augusta Co VA (S66 Virginians in the Revolution, Gwalthmey, 1938, in Capt Hopkins Co, Augusta VA, William was fined for missing Capt Hopkins’ militia muster on September 8, 1777 and this is the only known record of evidence of his service.3786 (Note William was fined, not John?)

Pg 402 John Chesnut served in Capt Hopkins Company of Augusta County in 1777 in the Revolutionary War26122
Spouses
1Patience Gum 38921,38922,38923,38924,38925,26041,38926,38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932
Birthabt 1745, Sussex County, DE38921,38922,38923,38924,38925,38926,38927,38928,38933,38934
Memoabt 1746? bet 1770-1780 VA? Augusta Co VA?
Residenceabt 1790, VA38935
Memoleft for Green County, TN
Residenceabt 1790, Greene County, TN38935
Residence1808, Knox County, KY38936,38937
MemoWilliam Graham appointed to represent her interests
Residence2 Jul 181738938,38939,38940
MemoLeft VA
Residenceabt 1818, Silverville, Lawrence County, IN38941
Death1825, Lawrence County, IN38921,38923,38924,38925,38926,38942,38943,38944
Memobet 1821-30, abt 1828? 1821?
FatherJohn Gum (1715-<1802)
MotherAlice Fisher (~1719-~1797)
Misc. Notes
1791 Joseph Malcom & Joseph Beith filed suit against them for running out on debts, Source: Chalkley Vol 1 pg 39525960
Research
Not listed as child of John Gum II21950
Not listed as child of John Gum34086

1818 Patience -Benjamin-John Jr. moved to Lawrence Co., IN 25960(Who are Benjamin & John Jr.?)

Pg 402 The 1810 Augusta Co Census lists: John Chesnut & Jane Chestnut. The Bath Co VA census lists a John Chesnut26122 (Her/Them - He died in 1805?)
Marriageabt 1765, Augusta County, VA38921,38925,38927,38960,38961,38932
Marr Memobef 1808? bef 1779? abt 1768?
ChildrenWilliam Gordon (~1767-1802)
 Ann (~1770-)
 Jenny (~1773-)
 John (~1773-)
 Jacob (~1776-)
 Abraham (1782-)
 Nancy (1790-)
 Benjamin (<1784-<1830)
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