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1. CHAPTER V (part 1): DAVID
[I have found that John Chambers was actually in Rutherford Co., NC, until about 1806, buying and obtaining property between then and 1800. It was in 1806 that he sold his property in Rutherford Co., while living temporarily in Burke Co. About 1807, several families, including the Whitesides (Whitsetts) and Chitwoods, left Rutherford Co. to settle in Indiana--the Chitwoods at least ended up in Kent, Jefferson Co., IN, near Alexander Chambers. In the 1790 census, we find David, John, and Alexander. In the mid-1790’s Alexander sold his property in Rutherford Co., and we find him in Shelby Co., KY, in the 1800 census. John is the only Chambers left in Rutherford Co., NC, according to their 1800 census--either David was living with John at the time, or else he was already dead. I believe that David actually died in Rutherford Co., and that sometime afterward, in about 1807, John moved his family with several of his neighbors’ to Indiana. Note by Polli Turner]
2. CHAPTER V (part 1): DAVID
[Correction: Both census and probate records indicate that John Sr. died about 1826.]
3. CHAPTER V (part 1): DAVID
[Correction: two of the sons were born after 1790, if the census was correct. Another daughter, Mary, or Polly, may have been the oldest daughter of John, and was married in Rutherford Co., NC to Isom Blankenship in 1799.]
4. CHAPTER V (part 1): DAVID
"Big correction: Per a researcher in the line of William H. Chambers, he was not descended from John Sr. and John Jr. I believe the author had learned that John Jr. had a son named William, and made a wild leap of a guess from there. John Jr. did have a son William, but the extended family emigrated to Harrison and Mercer Co., MO, about 1845, where a local history tells of their place of origin. Thus is solved the mystery of the disappearance of Alexander’s uncle John of Decatur Co.!"