John Chandler (1755 - 1843)

Born 1755 in Halifax, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Elizabeth (Tunstall) Chandler — married 10 Jan 1775 in Halifax, Virginia

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1843 at about age 88 in Green County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

John Chandler was a Virginia colonist.

Reverend John Chandler was born November 25, 1755, in Halifax county, Virginia, a son of Robert Chandler and Mary Hamblin. John became a pioneer, a judge, and "Circuit Preacher" for a number of rural Baptist Churches, in Kentucky county, Virginia, which became Green county, Kentucky, in 1792.

On January 10, 1775, a the age of 19, John married Catherine Elizabeth "Catie Lunstall." [Tunstall] born 1755, in Halifax, a daughter of John Orvil Tunstall. ^[1] John and Catherine became the parents of as many as 12 children. ^[2]

John is found on the marriage records of his daughter, Sally Chandler, who married Philip Condor, on July 16, 1797, in Green county, Kentucky. ^[3] John is found on the marriage records of his daughter Lucinda Chandler, who married Sampson Wright, on January 16, 1808, in Green county, Kentucky. ^[4]

Reverend John Chandler died December 9, 1843, in Campbellsville, Taylor county, Kentucky and was buried in "Taylor County Cemetery # 32," which is now known as the John Chandler Cemetery. ^[5]

Children

The following children were listed in the will of John Chandler:^[6]

• Sally Crowder
• Horatio Chandler
• Dorcas "Darkey" Sanders
• Catherine Chandler
• Fanny Faucett
• Lucinda Wright
• Elizabeth Botttom

Monument Inscription

John Chandler

Early Settler, 1755-1843

1800s, Member, Pitman & Robinson Creek Baptist Church

1802, Judge, Green County Quarterly Court

1800-1804, Clerk, Green River Baptist Association

1804-1808, 1810-1820, Clerk, Russel Creek Baptist Association

1809, 1823, Moderator, Russell Creek Baptist Association

Between 1811-1826 Pastor, Good Hope, Meadow Creek, & Stewart's Creek Baptist Churches

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YR-X4T : 29 January 2020), John Chandler, 1775
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC21-LS7
3. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-BPVJ : 29 November 2018), John Chandler in entry for Philip Conder and Sally Chandler, 16 Jul 1797; citing Marriage, Green, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 592,673
4. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-183Y : 29 November 2018), John Chandler in entry for Sampson Wright and Lucinda Chandler, 16 Jan 1808; citing Marriage, Green, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 592,675
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72696596/john-chandler
6. ↑ "Wills, 1793-1913", database with images, FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9P3P-GP, accessed 7 Aug 2021, Will of John Chandler, dated 18 March 1840, codicil dated 26 June 1843, produced in court 18 December 1843, and recorded 9 January 1844, Green County, Kentucky, FHL film #004820023, images 46-48 of 420, Green County Court Clerk, Wills, Volumes 3-4, 1840-1913