Family/Spouse: Tom SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1860 Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas census,

Name Home in 1860 (City,County,State) Age in 1860 Birth Year Birthplace Gender
Ruben Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 57 abt 1803 SC Male
Mary Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 51 abt 1809 Georgia Female
King R Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 30 abt 1830 Alabama Male
George H Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 27 abt 1833 Alabama Male
Daniel J Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 22 abt 1838 Alabama Male
William G Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 19 abt 1841 Alabama Male
Martha M Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 17 abt 1843 Alabama Female
Daviel g Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 15 abt 1845 Alabama Male
Amanda E Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 13 abt 1847 Alabama Female
Jessee D Chancellor Not Stated, Freestone, TX 11 abt 1849 Alabama Male

Reuben married Mary DICKSON on 07 Jun 1826 in Wilcox County, Alabama. Mary was born on 11 Sep 1808 in Georgia; died on 28 Jul 1873 in Freestone County, Texas; was buried in Chancellor Union Cemetery, Fairfield, Freestone, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ The Will of Gilbert Chancellor, Senior. Butler County Courthouse, Greenville, AL.
Will Book 1, pp. 131-135. Transcribed by James T. Snow, 4th great-grandson of Gilbert Chancellor

The State of Alabama, Butler County
I, Gilbert Chancellor Senior being of sound and disposing mind and being a ware of the shortness and uncertainty of human life do make and ordain th is to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other and form er wills whatever heretofore made by me in manner and form following v iz - I give to my wife Kida Chancellor during her lifetime the lands on wh ich I am now living to wit: all that part of W1/2 of SW1/4 of section 32 l ying on the North side of Breastwork Creek; also SE1/2 of NW1/4 and NE1/ 4, SW1/4, and SE1/4 of SW1/4, all in section 32 and in Township 11 and Ran ge 12 ___ lands which I have given to my wife for her life time. I desire at her death to go to my two Daughters Rachel and Sarah Ann.

I give to my Daughter Rachel a negro woman Seavey and her child Lizzy, a nd at the Death of my Daughter Rachel the above woman and child and the ir increase is to descend to my Daughter Sarah Ann and my Son Jackson Chan cellor in equal portions.

I give to my Daughter Sarah Ann a negro girl by name Letty. I gi ve to my son Jackson Chancellor a negro boy by name Nelson.

I give to my other children all the balance of my estate (after taken o ut the property herein before given to my wife, my two daughters Rachel a nd Sarah Ann and my son Jackson Chancellor) as follows: To Reuben, Gilber t, Gillum, Polly Bloxam's heirs, Peggy Hardy, William Chancellor, George C hancellor each to have an equal share of the property remaining.

And for the purpose of making an equal division, I desire all the balan ce of my estate to be sold (except the part given to my wife, daughters a nd son as before stated) and the money equally divided with all my childr en who have not received a special bequest.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixing seal this Augu st the 22nd, A.D. 1857.

Witness: Jno B. Lewis, Jas. R. Yeldell, T. H. BargeG. Chancellor SEAL

NOTE 2./ BUTLER COUNTY NEWSPAPER: March 16, 1859 -July 3, 1861
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August 24, 1859
-Butler County; This day came Jackson Chancellor, who produced to the Court an instrument in writing to be the Last Will & Testament of Gilbert Chancellor Sen., deceased, and makes application to the Court. But because it appears to the satisfaction of the court that Gilbert Chancellor, William Chancellor, Rueben Chancellor, Peggy Hardy, wife of Kindred Hardy, Levi M. Bloxom and Martha J. Bloxom, all of full age & all reside beyond the limits of the state, and they are heirs at law of the estate of said deceased........... July 20, 1859

NOTE 3./ Snow-Lyman Ancestors by James Snow <>
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From census information, it is known that Gilbert Chancellor lived in Sou th Carolina until at least 1804 where his first two sons were born. Looki ng at the census records for his sons, the assumption can be made that Gil bert was in Georgia from 1806 until 1815. His military record is as foll ows: Gilbert Chancellor, Ensign, 345 Dst. Co. (Laurens County, GA) G. M. J une 20, 1812 to April 8, 1814 (Unknown source). His military record and l egal records place him in Laurens County from 1808 until 1816 (Source: Lau ren County Georgia Legal Records 1807-1832, compiled and edited by Allen T homas in the 1980s). The legal records provide the following information:
•In February 1808, Gilbert Chancellor was appointed guardian of Sally Lin dsey. There is no indication of the relationship between Sally and Gilber t. Sally could been the daughter of a friend, a niece of his wife, his wi fe’s sister, etc.
• In August 1808, Gilbert Chanceley was named to work on the road from Li ttle Rocky Creek to the Ichee Trail.
•On January 15, 1812, Gilbert Chancelor of Laurens County bought land fr om Zacra Albritton of Twiggs County. 18th L. D., L. L. #136, $100.
•On July 2, 1813, Gilbert Chancelor affidavit, before Justice of Peace Ne ill Munroe, attesting to the Smith to Talbot land sale of October 1812.
•On June 8, 1814, Gilbert Chanceley of Laurens County bought land from Na ncy Dorsett. 22nd L. D., L. L. #285, $230.
•On August 29, 1815, Gilbert Chancelor of Laurens County sold land to Wil liam Grady of Laurens County. 18th L. D., L. L. #136, $200. Gilbert h ad bought this land in 1812 for $100. The transaction doubled his mone y. William Chancelor witnessed the sale. This William could have been Gi lbert’s father, brother, or cousin.
•On November 27, 1816, Gilbert Chancellor of Laurens County sold la nd to Thomas Hughes. 22nd L. D., L. L. #256, $30 and 22nd L. D., L. L. # 258, $500.
The legal records included marriage records, but there was no marriage rec ord listed for Gilbert.

On August 22, 1818, Gilbert purchased 160 acres in Butler County, Alabam a: SW1/4 of Section 9, Township 10N Range 15 E. He was a miller by trad e. Two of his sons, George and Jackson, were also millers. He liv ed in the Butler County area until his death. His will was dated 22 Augu st 1857 and probated 12 September 1859. All Gilbert’s children are list ed in his probate records. Information in the records include where ea ch child or their survivors were residing at the time of his death.

Gilbert’s children were:
•Reuben Chancellor, b. September 1802, GA, was in Wilcox Co., AL, duri ng the 1830, 1840, and 1850 Census and in Freestone Co., TX in 1870. He d ied and was buried in Freestone Co..
•Gilbert Chancellor, b. September 5, 1803 (see Carter Family Cemetery), G A, was in Butler Co, AL, during 1830 and 1850 census, in Wilcox Co, duri ng the 1840 census, and in Freestone Co., TX in the 1860 census. He di ed December 14, 1885, and was buried in the Carter Family Cemetery, Freest one Co.
•Margaret Chancellor, b. September 25, 1806, GA, member of Mt. Moriah chu rch in Wilcox, Co., died in Mississippi. She married Kindred Hardee.
•William Chancellor, b. 1809, GA, was in Winton Co., MS, during 1850 cens us and Neshoba Co., MS, in 1860.
•George Chancellor, b. March 10, 1813, Laurens Co., GA, died June 1883 (M ary Chancellor Thompson Bible) in Butler Co., AL
•Polly Chancellor Bloxam, b. 1814, Georgia, and married Henry Bloxam.
•Gilliam Chancellor, 1815, GA, was in Munroe Co., AL, during the 1850 cen sus and in Conecuh Co. in 1870.
•Jackson Chancellor, b. 1816, AL, and was in Butler Co., AL, during the 1 850, 1860, and 1870 census.
•Rachel Chancellor, 1819, AL
•Sarah Chancellor, 1825, AL

Senator married UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1800 Chesterfield County , South Carolina Census,

Free White Males: 3 (under 10), 1 (age 10-15), 1 (age 16-25), 1 (age 26-45), 0 (age 45 +) .............
Free White Females: 1 (under 10), 2 (age 10-15), 0 (age 16-25), 1 (age 26-45), 0 (age 45 +) .....
Last 2 columns: all other free persons= 0 , and lastly, slaves= 0.

NOTE 2./ Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama, by Thomas Owens <>

CHANCELLOR, JEREMIAH. "This soldier of the Revolution is buried in a country churchyard at Pine Level Methodist church, in Autauga County, eighteen miles west of Montgomery.

"A short sketch of the life of Jeremiah Chancellor may be found in the Memorial Record of Alabama, vol. ii., p. 895. He was born in England and came to America with his father and two brothers, when sixteen years of age. This was during the Revolutionary War. After remaining a short time in Virginia, the father and his two oldest sons, William and Jeremiah, came to South Carolina, leaving the youngest son, Jackson Chancellor, in Virginia. Tradition says that Chancellorsville, Virginia, was named for the family of this youngest son.

"When the Chancellors arrived in South Carolina they found the war raging violently all around them and it became necessary for them to decide what their own course should he. The father, whose loyalty to England could not be shaken, told his sons that he should join the British; the sons declared that they admired the Americans for standing up for their rights and they intended to cast their lots with the people of their adopted country. The father and sons never met again, but fought on opposite sides until the close of the Revolutionary War. We do not know in what regiment Jeremiah Chancellor served, but Saffell's Records, p. 293, states that Nov. 1, 1779, William Chancellor was a private in the South Carolina regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Francis Marion, Seventh Company, Thomas Dunbar, captain.

"Jeremiah Chancellor married Galatea Gilbert and settled in South Carolina after the Revolution, where he remained until 1818, when he organized a colony in South Carolina and came with them to Alabama. They settled on the Autauga side of the Alabama River. He remained with this colony until his death. Descendants of Jerry Chancellor are now living in Childersburg and in Coosa County. His grandson, William S. Chancellor was one of the oldest Masons in Alabama.---- Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, Vol . iv ., P . 535.

RS married Galatea GILBERT about 1788 in Darlington, Cheraws, South Carolina. Galatea was born about 1773 in South Carolina; died in 1847 in Autagua, Alabama; was buried in Pine Level Cemetery, Autauga, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]