The Chumley/Chumbley Research Project

Chumley Family History – Robert and Betsy Chumley and their descendants from Claiborne County, Tennessee

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. This is a work in progress 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 at chumleyfamilytree@gmail.com You can also subscribe for updates to your email below.


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    Chumley Family Tree Table at the Genealogy Jamboree Oct 14-15, 2022

    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.,…

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    Check out a page from the Underwood Grove Book

    Order 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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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    Children of Lewis Chumley

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

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    Children of Andrew Chumbley

    ANDREW 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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    Lewis Franklin Chumley’s great-grandson, Van Weems Chumley

    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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