The Chumley/Chumbley Research Project
Robert and Betsy Chumley and their descendents from Claiborne County, Tennessee
Hello everyone, I have finally gotten my ducks in a row and we are having a Chumley Family Tree table at the Genealogy Jamboree in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee this year. Here is the link to their website: https://cgtghg.org/genealogy-jamboree I have a lot of ideas about what to showcase at our table; old photos, charts, maps, family trees, etc.,…
Read MoreOrder your copy today https://chumleyfamilytree.com/store/ The story of Underwood Grove Missionary Baptist Church begins with the 4 elders; Reverend John Thomas Freeman, Reverend John O. Evans, Reverend Thomas Sutton, and Reverend Henry Burrow Poore. Who were these men, these pioneers? We found information on these 4 men through census records, family genealogy, and a few…
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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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreRobert and Betsy Chumley came to Powell Valley, Claiborne County, Tennessee from Giles County, Virginia sometime after 1812. Robert Chumley was born in 1786 in Virginia. He married in 1800. Land survey dated 11 Apr 1826 in Claiborne County, Tennessee shows they purchased 100 acres of land at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains at…
Read MoreLewis Chumley was born in 1806 in Virginia. He died in 1880 in Arthur, Claiborne County, Tennessee. He was buried in Cumberland Gap, Claiborne County, Tennessee (Ely Cemetery on King Bend Road next to grandchild Fannie Chumley, child of James Franklin Chumley and Sarah B Chumley.). He married Mary Elizabeth “Mae” Freeman 1830 in Arthur,…
Read MoreANDREW CHUMBLEY was born on 18 Feb 1803 in Giles County, Virginia. He died on 19 Oct 1892 in Jabez, Russell, Kentucky He married: ELIZABETH “BETSY” CADLE (daughter of Mark Jackson Cadle and Mary Polly Covey) in Aug 1826 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She was born in 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She died…
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Some inserts from my Chumley Family Book, this one about my great-grandfather, Van Weems Chumley. Van Weems and Dellar Chumley55th Wedding Anniversary, June 21, 1964 Van Weems Chumley was born the oldest child of Lewis Garrett and Annie Katherine Hammock Chumley on 28 Aug 1887 in Arthur, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Van Weems would learn how…
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