James McChesney Jr. (1795 - 1842)

Born 14 Mar 1795 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Ann (McNutt) McChesney — married 6 Sep 1826 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Aug 1842 at age 47 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA

Biography

James McChesney was born on 14 March 1795 in Augusta County, Virginia.

Capt. James McChesney is the son of Robert McChesney and Elizabeth Johnston. He served in the War of 1812. He married Francis Ann McNutt on 10 Feb 1825 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was murdered by a lunatic, Blacksmith Reed "who went violently crazy, murdered his wife and children shut up in a room in his house, and McChesney who heard their cries and entered the room by a window - a terrible massacre." (The McChesney's of Virginia manuscript compiled by Katherine E. Schult, page 41.)

They had 9 known children, 8 are below. The 9th child is Mary Margaret A. McChesney (Mrs. Edward Lewis), 22 Feb 1841 in Rockbridge Co., VA to 1915, resided in Roane, WV, burial unknown.

His home is on the Works Progress Administration's Historic Inventory (online at the Library of Virginia), listed as James McChesney/W.B. Moffett home, about 1834, #353; "located on the NW side of Rt. #726, 2 miles from the highway, through the woods over (a) bad road." James' daughter Martha Evelyn McChesney married William Barclay Moffett and lived in the same home. A photo of the home is included.

His worn gravestone transcription is below.

Note XI5539Inscription:

Sacred

to the memeory of

CAPTAIN: JAMES McCHESNEY

Born March 14th 1795,

Died August 21st, 1842.

(I can not read the verse below it.)

Burial

New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Raphine, ROCKBRIDGE, VA, USA^[1][2][3]

I ordinarily copy information from Findagrave.com at this point, but the creator of the Findagrave.com entry for Capt. James McChesney has requested that it not be copied. To see the entry for him at Findagrave.com, click here. ( Patricia Prickett Hickin, 23 March 2017.)

Citations

1. ↑ Source: #S47
2. ↑ Source: #S51 Page: accessed 17 Sep 2012), his son James McChesney; no source s given.
3. ↑ Capt.James McChesney Plot: Row 6 https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22725272

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile McChesney-88 was created through the import of McChesney_Susan Berry m Abram McConnell.ged on Oct 16, 2012 by Patricia Hickin.

Sources

• Source: S158 Abbreviation: 4wikitree Title: P_McC_McCHESNEY_Susan_Berry Ancestors Author: Hickin, Patricia Prickett, compiler Publication: Winchester, VA 20121016 Date: 16 Oct 2012
• Source: S47 Media: Electronic Abbreviation: McChesney Family GenForum #524 Title: Re: McChesney/Latham Connection Author: Lindy P <lindysp17@gmail.com> Publication: #524 November 16, 2010 at 21:45:42 CONT http://genforum.genealogy.com/mcchesney/ Date: 15 Sep 2012 Repository: #R7
• Repository: R7 Name: genforum.genealogy.com Address: genforum.genealogy.com CONT http://genforum.genealogy.com Name: genforum.genealogy.com Address 1: http://genforum.genealogy.com URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com
• Source: S49 Media: Website Abbreviation: INET - FAMILYWEBSITE - McCHESNEY and others - Kraft Title: Alice Ament Davidson Gedge Family History Author: Kraft, Christine <acdk3@yahoo.com> Publication: Rootsweb, an ancestry.com community CONT Last Revised: 2/22/2009 CONT CONT http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adgedge/ Date: 17 Sep 2012 Text: Cites numerous sources: Repository: #R17
• Repository: R17 Name: RootsWeb.ancestry.com Address: RootsWeb.ancestry.com Name: RootsWeb.ancestry.com URL: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
• Find a Grave, Capt James McChesney, Memorial# 22725272, New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Raphine, Rockbridge County. Virginia, USA.
• Source: S51 Abbreviation: INET - INDIV ENTRY - P_McC_McChesney_Robert b1768 Title: "Robert McChesney b 14 Nov 1768," database, werelate.org, Robert McChesney b 14 Nov 1768   Author: Anon.werelate.org Publication: (http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Family:Robert_McChesney_and_Elizabeth_Johnston_(1) : 9/17/2012) Date: 13 Sep 2012 Repository: #R19
• Repository: R19 Name: WeRelate.org Address: WeRelate.org Name: WeRelate.org URL: http://www.werelate.org/wiki
• Source: S52 Abbreviation: INET - INDIV ENTRY - P_McC_McChesney_Robert (2) b1768 Title: "Robert McChesney (2) b 14 Nov 1768," database, werelate.org, Robert McChesney (2) b 14 Nov 1768   Author: Anon.werelate.org Publication: (http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert_McChesney_(2) : 9/17/2012) Date: 13 Sep 2012 Repository: #R19