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The Chumleys of Claiborne County, Tennessee is about the first recorded Chumleys, namely Robert and Betsy Chumley and their descendants.  There have been many who have researched this family line for many years and with the combined efforts, experience, and supportive data, this site is meant to provide information uniquely specific to the Robert and Betsy Chumley family line and to give an update on the progress of the book we are writing on this family line. Updates will be posted on the “Our Book” page.

This is a work in the making and I will be updating and adding information as time allows.  If you have any questions or have information you would like to share, you can either post a note on my Contact Me page or contact me directly at:

Kathy Chumley

chumleyfamilytree@gmail.com

  • Cumberland Gap, Tennessee the place to be this weekend October 10, 2020

    This is the weekend to be in Cumberland Gap. Betty Russell and I will be selling our book on Saturday October 10th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Underwood Grove Missionary Baptist Church – The 125-year Journey for $30. Look for posters around local businesses for our location. I am excited to be in the Read more

  • Children of Robert and Betsy

    The Family of Robert and Elizabeth “Betsy” Chumley 1. ANDREW CHUMBLEY was born on 18 Feb 1803 in Virginia. He died on 19 Oct 1892 in Jabez, Russell, Kentucky.  He married: (1) ELIZABETH “BETSY” CADLE (daughter of Mark Jackson Cadle and Mary Polly Covey) in Aug 1826 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She was born in Read more

  • Andrew Chumbley

    The following writing is by Alice Chumbley Lora, a direct descendant and a member of the Chumley/Chumbley Research Group: ANDREW CHUMBLEY, the eldest son of Robert Chumbley and Elizabeth Betsy Ford, was born about 1803 in Amelia (or Giles) County, Virginia. By 1840 he, along with his brothers John, Lewis and Robert Chumbley were living Read more

  • DNA Testing

    The Cholmondeley DNA Surname Group The Cholmondeley DNA Surname Group was started in August of 2008, to include Chumleas, Chumleys, Chumbleys, Chumneys, etc. The initial goal was to have male family members swab for a Y-DNA test, and then to compare the results to see if there was a relationship amongst the different family lines Read more

  • Robert and Betsy Chumley

    ROBERT CHUMLEYwas born in 1786 in Virginia. He died on 18 Jan 1853 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri.  He married Elizabeth “Betsy” about 1800 in Virginia. She was born in 1775 in Virginia (Both the 1830 census and 1840 census report list her age range as being born between 1781 and 1790.). She died about Read more

  • Children of Lewis Chumley

    Lewis Chumley and Mary Elizabeth “Mae” Freeman had the following children: Read more