Joel Cheatham (bef. 1740 - 1822)

Born before 1740 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia

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Died 1822 after age 82 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Joel Cheatham was born before 1740, in Henrico county, Virginia, a son of Benjamin Cheatham and Grace William of Chesterfield, Virginia. This is proven in his will dated March 1, 1765. Before 1760, in Virginia, Joel married Elizabeth Gates, born in in Dale Parish Virginia, a daughter of William Gates and Susanna Eppes. ^[1]

The Will of Benjamin Cheatham, son of the immigrant, Thomas Cheatham, is recorded in Chesterfield Will Book 1, page 550. His heirs are his sons: Stephen, Richard and Joel. His wife, Grace Williams Cheatham, his daughter, Phebe Cheatham, the wife of Elam Farmer, Sarah Cheatham, wife of Lodowick Farmer, Angellicha Cheatham, wife of Samuel Pitchford; Martha Cheatham, wife of Jesse Witt, Mary Cheatham and Tabitha Cheatham. ^[2]

Joel died after 1791, in Airlie, Halifax county, North Carolina. ^[3]

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Marriages of Amelia County, Virginia, 1735 - 1815

4 March 1786. Cheatham, Joel 7 Elizabeth Hundley, dau. Ann Hndley, who consents. Wit. to consent, Joshua Hundley & William Bryan. Sur. Joshua Hundley. Married by Rev. Charles Anderson. Married by Charles Anderson. Listed twice, pages C-2 & C-3

Sources

1. ↑ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9W8Z-936/joel-cheatham-1730-1822
2. ↑ Descendants of Thomas Farmer who came to Virginia in 1616 ... by Ellery Farmer, Biltmore Press, Asheville, North Carolina, 1956, page 44, digitized 2018: https://archive.org/details/descendantsoftho00farm/page/44/mode/1up
3. ↑ http://www.dennismaness.net/roots/jdmaness/522.htm

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 February 2024, 20:19), entry for Joel Cheatham (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LWQY-JBX ); contributed by various users.
• Court records of Chesterfield County, Virginia
• Hatcher, Marshall, and Puckett records
• Source: S00050 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R00018 NOTEEdmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.), Source Medium: (null) CONT _APID: 5769::0 CONT .
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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cheatham-120 created through the import of harvey.ged on May 28, 2011 by Debbie Harvey