Today I was looking online and found the Colonial Maryland Indexes of Probate Records, Colonial Index, Circa 1634-1777 SE4-3. I look forward to obtaining hard copies of these records and exploring the relationships between these colonial ancestors. The Henry Chapell is not our Henry Chapell, Sr. but is most likely a cousin. Our Henry was born in 1716.
Andrew Chappell, 1639, AA Co, Proprietary Record, Liber 2, folio 137 (inventory)
Dr. Alexander Chappell, 1699, Anne Arundel Co, Liber 9 1/2 A, Folio 9, Inventory (copy)
Dr. Alexander Chappell, 1698, AA Co, Liber 6, Folio 200, Will (copy)
Alexander Chapple, 1698, AA Co, Box C, Folder 25, Original Will
Alexander Chapple, 1699, AA Co, Box 12, Folder 7, Original Inventory, Testamentary Papers
(Note: Death 14 Jan 1698/9, Bur 17 Jan 1698/9 from Special Collections, St. James Church Register 1663-1856, p. 6#9, MSA SC 2497, MSA M 937)
** Henry Chapell, 1700, AA Co, Liber 19 1/2 B, Folio 64, Inventory
** Henry Chapell, 1702, AA Co, Liber 23, Folio 102, Accounts
John Chappell, 1714, AA Co, Liber 36 A, Folio 112, Inventory (copy)
John Chappell, 1715, AA Co, Liber 36B, Folio 224, Account (copy)
John Chappell, 1714, AA Co, Box C, Folder 26, Original Will
John Chappell, 1714-1715, AA Co, Box 22, Folder 31, Original Testamentary Papers (Commission to grant letter, testamentary, letter of account)
Edward Chappell, 1727, AA Co, Box 33, folder 21, Petition, Testamentary Papers
Other Chappell/Chapell/Chapples in Colonial Maryland, Not in Anne Arundel Co:
Chapell, James, 1745, Calvert Co, Liber 24, Folio 129, Will
Chapple, Ann Elizabeth, 1762, Kent Co, Liber 48, Folio 442, Accounts
Chapple, John, 1762/70, Kent Co, Liber 48, Folio 442; Liber 65, Folio 15, Accounts
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Uphane or Euphane Chapple
Uphane (Euphane): A Scottish Rose by any other name would smell just as sweet!
Here's an interesting bit of information . . . I've been researching the name "Uphane" in an attempt to locate Henry's wife's origins, and in my search I located an entry in the Maryland Marriage References Index (MSA S1527) "Uphen, dau of Thomas Beall." Old bird-dog that I am, I went up the trail and researched the will of Thomas Beall, to discover "Uphan (Euphane)." Further research revealed that this given name originates from Scotland. Although I have not found out our (E)Uphane's maiden name as of yet (the Uphen (Beall) Tannihill m by 1719 and our (E)Uphane was b abt 1711), I am excited to have discovered more information that may help us in our search for the identity of Henry Chappell, Sr.'s wife.
Here's an interesting bit of information . . . I've been researching the name "Uphane" in an attempt to locate Henry's wife's origins, and in my search I located an entry in the Maryland Marriage References Index (MSA S1527) "Uphen, dau of Thomas Beall." Old bird-dog that I am, I went up the trail and researched the will of Thomas Beall, to discover "Uphan (Euphane)." Further research revealed that this given name originates from Scotland. Although I have not found out our (E)Uphane's maiden name as of yet (the Uphen (Beall) Tannihill m by 1719 and our (E)Uphane was b abt 1711), I am excited to have discovered more information that may help us in our search for the identity of Henry Chappell, Sr.'s wife.
Verlinda and Eleanor: Sisters or Cousins?
Verlinda and Eleanor: Sisters or Cousins?
After a tip-off that John Chappell m Verlinda Harvey (same surname as Thomas Chappell's wife Eleanor Harvey), I've recently tried to find out more about the Harveys of Maryland to confirm that the two Chappell women were related by blood as well as through marriage to these brothers John and Thomas Chappell/Chapple/Chapell.
To refresh your memories, here are the Census entries for Henry Chapple/Chapell/Chappell and his family in 1776 Frederick Co, MD:
From Maryland Records, Volume 1, 1776 Census of Lower Potomack Hundred (Frederick County) page 182, "A List of the Number of Souls Taken & Given in to the Committee of Observation. The Sex & Ages of White and Black, Aug. 22, 1776"
Chapple, Henry 60 Uphane Chapple 55
Thomas 21 Rebecca 19?
George 16
Next door is John Chappell, most likely Henry's son:
John Chapple 30 Verlinda Chapple 20
William Chapple 2 Sarah Chapple 1
I have not found a Maryland Harvey family with an Eleanor and Verlinda Chappell that could be ours yet; however, I have found many Eleanor and Verlinda Harveys whose dates or counties don't match the information that I have for our Eleanor Chappell.
I am sure that I will find their families of origin in time. Verlinda was 15 years Eleanor's senior, according to our census data. If they shared the same surname, it is more likely that they were cousins rather than sisters.
For example: 1776 Prince George's Co, MD Census:
Harvey, Thomas 55
Henry
Elianor
Virlinda
Harvey, James 30
Thomas, Jr. 6
George 3
Mary 30
Elizabeth 2
This is the same year that Virlinda and John Chappell lived next door to Henry, so it can't be the same family; however, in 1776 Eleanor Harvey could have been living in Prince George's County, MD in her father's household with a sister named Virlinda (ages were not recorded in the archive I accessed . . . so I will need to follow up in my research).
After a tip-off that John Chappell m Verlinda Harvey (same surname as Thomas Chappell's wife Eleanor Harvey), I've recently tried to find out more about the Harveys of Maryland to confirm that the two Chappell women were related by blood as well as through marriage to these brothers John and Thomas Chappell/Chapple/Chapell.
To refresh your memories, here are the Census entries for Henry Chapple/Chapell/Chappell and his family in 1776 Frederick Co, MD:
From Maryland Records, Volume 1, 1776 Census of Lower Potomack Hundred (Frederick County) page 182, "A List of the Number of Souls Taken & Given in to the Committee of Observation. The Sex & Ages of White and Black, Aug. 22, 1776"
Chapple, Henry 60 Uphane Chapple 55
Thomas 21 Rebecca 19?
George 16
Next door is John Chappell, most likely Henry's son:
John Chapple 30 Verlinda Chapple 20
William Chapple 2 Sarah Chapple 1
I have not found a Maryland Harvey family with an Eleanor and Verlinda Chappell that could be ours yet; however, I have found many Eleanor and Verlinda Harveys whose dates or counties don't match the information that I have for our Eleanor Chappell.
I am sure that I will find their families of origin in time. Verlinda was 15 years Eleanor's senior, according to our census data. If they shared the same surname, it is more likely that they were cousins rather than sisters.
For example: 1776 Prince George's Co, MD Census:
Harvey, Thomas 55
Henry
Elianor
Virlinda
Harvey, James 30
Thomas, Jr. 6
George 3
Mary 30
Elizabeth 2
This is the same year that Virlinda and John Chappell lived next door to Henry, so it can't be the same family; however, in 1776 Eleanor Harvey could have been living in Prince George's County, MD in her father's household with a sister named Virlinda (ages were not recorded in the archive I accessed . . . so I will need to follow up in my research).
Thursday, July 10, 2008
The Name "Controversy"
Check out The Library of Virginia under "Confederate Pension Rolls." Enter the name "Chappell." Open "James W Chappelle" and "Jane E Chappell" to view their applications.
One of our family mysteries has to do with these documents. Jane did not have an "e" on the end of her name, although there is no question as to her identity, James' identity, or their marriage.
I do know from an ancestor of George Washington Chappell, James' younger brother, that there was a huge rift caused within the family by his insistence in adding an "e" to the surname. (James and George's brother John also added an "e" onto the end of his last name, but this ancestor said that James was credited with doing it first.)
At first I thought it might have had some connection to his military service, but James' spelling predates his enlistment in 1861 because his signature on the enlistment papers bears the "e" on the end in his own handwriting. Then, in 2001, my contact from the DAR said that not much attention was paid to spelling one's last name "correctly" or in conformance with other family members prior to the start of social security.
When it became important for all of the members of an immediate family to spell their last names in the same way, initially because of social security, a decision would had to have been made. If James and John were unwilling to change the way they had been spelling their last names for themselves, wives, children, and descendants, it stands to reason that it would have created waves. (By the way, I haven't discovered any deviation from the "e" on the end among James and Jane's children or descendants.)
Almost a decade after James' death, when Elizabeth signed her pension application, she signed it without the "e" like the majority of her in-laws instead of her children. Although it is possible that Elizabeth's conformance with the other Chappells was simply a matter of habit after a lifetime of each person spelling his or her name any way he or she pleased, I tend to think she was well aware of the controversy and conformed because she was dependent on her family, many of whom were unhappy with the name issue. The pressure may have been considerable, bearing in mind that the Chappell and Slack family ties were crossed many times.
Anyway, enjoy seeing their own handwriting. I thought it was pretty exciting, myself!
http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/
CORRECTION: Prior to editing this post, I had published an error resulting from my misinterpretation of some information. Please take note that we have no reason to believe that the surname Chappell is derived from Chappelear.
One of our family mysteries has to do with these documents. Jane did not have an "e" on the end of her name, although there is no question as to her identity, James' identity, or their marriage.
I do know from an ancestor of George Washington Chappell, James' younger brother, that there was a huge rift caused within the family by his insistence in adding an "e" to the surname. (James and George's brother John also added an "e" onto the end of his last name, but this ancestor said that James was credited with doing it first.)
At first I thought it might have had some connection to his military service, but James' spelling predates his enlistment in 1861 because his signature on the enlistment papers bears the "e" on the end in his own handwriting. Then, in 2001, my contact from the DAR said that not much attention was paid to spelling one's last name "correctly" or in conformance with other family members prior to the start of social security.
When it became important for all of the members of an immediate family to spell their last names in the same way, initially because of social security, a decision would had to have been made. If James and John were unwilling to change the way they had been spelling their last names for themselves, wives, children, and descendants, it stands to reason that it would have created waves. (By the way, I haven't discovered any deviation from the "e" on the end among James and Jane's children or descendants.)
Almost a decade after James' death, when Elizabeth signed her pension application, she signed it without the "e" like the majority of her in-laws instead of her children. Although it is possible that Elizabeth's conformance with the other Chappells was simply a matter of habit after a lifetime of each person spelling his or her name any way he or she pleased, I tend to think she was well aware of the controversy and conformed because she was dependent on her family, many of whom were unhappy with the name issue. The pressure may have been considerable, bearing in mind that the Chappell and Slack family ties were crossed many times.
Anyway, enjoy seeing their own handwriting. I thought it was pretty exciting, myself!
http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/
CORRECTION: Prior to editing this post, I had published an error resulting from my misinterpretation of some information. Please take note that we have no reason to believe that the surname Chappell is derived from Chappelear.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Meet Thomas' Son James Moore Chappell (1799-1880+)
James Moore Chappell
b 1799 in Leesburg, Loudoun Co, Va
m Elizabeth Thompson in Loudoun Co 15 Jan 1824 in Loudoun Co, VA
child: Mary Ann Chappell b ? m Kemp Bayliss Furr
Elizabeth Thompson d 5 May 1827
m Susan Virginia Slack 9 Aug 1832
James and Susan both died after 1880 in Clarke Co, Va
children:
Ellen Chappell b 1835
Amanda Melvina Chappell b 1837
John Chappell b 1839
James William Chappell b 10 May 1844 d 10 Jan 1914 m Jane Elizabeth Slack 14 April1870
George Washington Chappell b 1845 d 1926 m Margaret Lloyd
Abner Mericus Chappell b 1846
Susan Virginia Chappell b 1848
"Thomas Chappell leased 100 acres. I have it first recorded in 1809. The property was described as 'on the top of the Blue Ridge.' It remained in Thomas' name through 1833 and his heirs' name for a few years thereafter. Then it was in James' name at least through 1876. The Slacks leased 112 acres, also described as 'on the top of the Blue Ridge,' and owned a couple mills with 5-6 acres each nearby." Source: Loudoun Co, Va Personal Property Tax Records Provided by David O'Connor 1/19/02.
In 1815 Thomas pays two taxables "Thomas Chappell & son" in Loudoun Co, Va. He and Eleanor had three sons, George, John, and James. John had moved out sometime between 1809 and 1810 (most likely to marry). George had already moved out on his own, too. (My Note: I presume that this son, then, would be James. Since he was for the first time taxable, this means he had reached the age of 16. His birth year, then, would most likely have been 1799.)
In 1816, TThomas pays two taxables in Loudoun Co, Va. "Thomas Chappell & son."
In 1817, James is named on the tax list. If James turned sixteen in the year he was first named on Thomas' taxes, his birth year would have been 1801, but for two years it was just Thomas Chappell "and son." My guess is that this mysterious unnamed son was James and that his birth year was 1799. Even at this rate, he would have been born late in Thomas and Eleanor’s marriage. They had been married 18 years already; Thomas would have been 44 in the year of James’ birth.
In 1818, Thomas pays 2 taxables in Loudoun Co as "Thomas Chappell & son James."
In 1819, Thomas pays 2 taxables for "Thomas Chappell & son James."
In 1820, Thomas pays 2 taxables "Thomas Chappell & son James" in Loudoun Co, Va.
In 1821, in Loudoun Co, Va, Thomas pays 2 taxables for "Thomas Chappell & Son James"
In 1822, James is not living with Thomas. He marries Elizabeth Thompson in 1824, and he returns to Thomas' household with his bride in that year.
In 1824, Thomas pays two taxables and the entry is"Thomas Chappell & Son James."
In 1826, Thomas pays two taxables and James pays 1 taxable.
In 1827, Thomas pays two taxables and James pays one taxable.
In 1828, Thomas Chappell & Newman Stillions 2 underage taxables, James Chappell 1 taxable and Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable.
In 1829, Thomas pays two taxables, James and Isaiah Chappell each pay one taxable.
In 1830, James is living together with Thomas Chappell in Shelburne Parish, Va. The Loudoun County Census, p. 104. Provided me by Pat Duncan, Loudoun County geneaologist on June 26, 2001. In an email dated 1/19/02 from David O'Connor, In 1830 Loudoun County Personal Property Tax, Thomas pays two taxables: "Thomas and James Chappell.
See the 1830 Road Case Petition
1831 Personal Property Taxes are as follows: "Thomas Chappell & Newman Stillions with 2 underage taxables. Isaiah Chappell pays 1 taxable, James Chappell pays 1 taxable"
"Marriage rites solemnised by Jos. Baker . . . James Chap(p)ell and Susan Slack August 19, 1832" from the County Marriage Records in Loudoun Co, Va
In 1833, The Deed of Gift to Thomas' son James agrees with the Thomas Chapple family of the 1790 Census in Montgomery County, MD in that it recognizes one male heir who receives all of the worldly goods of Thomas who would have been 74 years old at the time of his death, based on the 1776 Maryland Census. This from David O'Connor 1/2002.
Thomas appears in Loudoun Co, Va Personal Property Tax Records for the last time in 1833: "Thomas Chappell and William Stillions, 2 underage taxables, Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable." James is not mentioned in the tax records in 1833, but we know that he had just remarried the year before.
The 1834 Loudoun Co Personal Property Tax Record indicates that taxes were paid by James Chappell & Abner Slack, and by Isaiah Chappell.
In 1836, taxes were paid by James Chappell and Isaiah Chappell (the year before, Isaiah paid property taxes in his own household, but James did not pay any).
In 1837, the property taxes were paid by Eleanor Chappell, Thomas' wife and James' mother, and by Newman Stillions, Isaiah Chappell & son George (who would have to have been 16 years old or older to be named), and James Chappell." John Chappell lived in a household with Joseph Wood. In 1838 taxes were paid by Eleanor Chappell, Newman Stillions, & James Slack with two dependents. Isaiah Chappell & son George with two taxables over 16, and James Chappell with 1 taxable." This is the last time Eleanor is mentioned in the household and paying taxes; the deed gift must have passed to James in 1838, after her death, and he would have been 38 that year. He would hold onto it at least until he was 77 years old.
1839 taxes were paid by James Chappell, Newman Stillions, and James Slack, with three under 16, and Isaiah Chapell and son George two taxables"
1839 taxes were paid by James Chappell, Newman Stillions, and James Slack, with three under 16, and Isaiah Chapell and son George two taxables"
Pat Duncan sent me this info on June 26, 2001: Loudoun County Census records James in the 2nd District of Loudoun Co., Va. in 1840 (p. 152).
Loudoun Co Va 1850 Census Loudoun Reel No. M432-957 Pg. 242A
Name Age Sex Occup. Value Birthplace
Chapell Jas 53 M. Farmer 400 Virginia School
Chapell Susan 38 F "
Chapell Joanna 17 F " X
Chapell Ellen 15 F " X
Chapell (A)manda 13 F " X
Chapell John 10 M " X
Chapell Wm (James) 8 M " X
Chapell Geo 6 M "
Chapell Abner 4 M "
Chapell Virginia 2 F "
This from David O'Connor 1/19/02:
Post office Paris, Fauquier Co, Southern Dist. of Loudoun Co 1860
James Chap(p)ell age 63 farmer, value
of real est.=$300 val per estate + $975
Susan age 46
Elizabeth 23
Amanda 21
John T 20
James W. 17
George W. 15
Abner A. 12
Susan V.
1860 Agricultural Census
Land, acres improved 45
Land, acres unimproved 21
Land value $300
Horses 3
Milch Cows 6
Other cattle 6
Sheep 14
Swine 36
value livestock $465
produced in year ended June 1, 1860:
225 bushels of corn
100 bushels of oats
36 lbs of wool
50 bushels of potatoes
400 lbs of butter
In an email dated 1/26/2002 from David O'Connor, the 1870 Clarke County Census places James and his son John next door to one another:Clarke County, Chapel Township, Millwood Post Ofc
James M. Chappell 73 farmer
Susan 58
George 25 Blacksmith
Virginia 20
Hibbard [sp?] 7
John T. Chappell 31 shoemaker
Levinia 25
James W. 3
Nannice [sp?]
Susan 4/12
1876 "Thomas Chappell leased 100 acres. I have it first recorded in 1809. The property was described as 'on the top of the Blue Ridge.' It remained in Thomas' name through 1833 and his heirs' name for a few years thereafter. Then it was in James' name at least through 1876 The Slacks leased 112 acres, also described as 'on the top of the Blue Ridge,' and owned a
couple mills with 5-6 acres each nearby."
1880 Clarke Co Va Census (provided us by David O'Connor):
George Chappell 34 Laborer
Margaret 19 wife
Amanda 2 dau
James 84 father
Susan 69 mother
Meet Henry's Son Thomas Chappell (1755-1833)
Chappell, Thomas
(b 1755 in Md, d Apr 1833 probably Clarke Co, Va)
m Eleanor Harvey (b ?, m 11 Jan 1781 St. James’ Parish, Old Herring Creeke Parish, Md, d 1838 Loudoun Co, Va)
Children: George (1786), John (1793), James Moore Chappell (1797), Siggarina (?)
In his military record, Thomas recorded his previous residence in 1776 as Rock Creek (Rockville) Frederick Co.
In the 1776 Census of Md are listed Henry Chapple age 60, Uphane Chapple 55, Thomas Chapple age 21, and George Chapple age 16, and Rebecca Chapple 18. This means Henry was born in 1716, Thomas in 1755, and George in 1760.
DAR records him as a Md resident among generations of Md residents. See Thos Mil DAR.bmp.
29 Aug 1777 in Frederick Co. Md, DAR places him on the Maryland line in the Revolutionary War as 1st Corporal for the 1st Co of the 9th Lower Batallion, Maryland Militia. Taking the Oath of Allegiance with him were Henry Chappell, John Chappell, and John Slack. This is the Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War by S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright in the DAR Library, p. 199, which contain reprinted the “Militia Lists of Daughters of Founders and Patriots,” held by the Maryland Historical Society. (22 years old)
He moved in 1777 to Montgomery Co. along with his brother John. Information comes from Julia Coldren-Walker of the DAR. (22 years old)
15 Jul 1780 First Corporal Thomas Chappell of Montgomery Co. Md. is shown on the Muster Rolls of the Lower Battalion of Montgomery Co in the first and then the 4th companies in the “Militia Lists of Daughters of Founders and Patriots,” held by Maryland Historical Society, published in The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War by S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright in the DAR Library pg. 199 & 204. (25 years old)
Archibald, 5th Co.
George
Henry, 5th Co., Class 7
James
John 4th Co. 29 Aug 1777
Thomas 29 Aug 1777 4th Co.
11 Jan 1781 m Eleanor Harvey at St. James’ Parish, Old Herring Creeke Parish, Md. (26 years old) from Parish records.
7 Mar 1785 Thomas Chappell was witness in the will of Charles Jones in Lower Potomac, Montgomery Co., Md. (30 years old)
On 8 May 1789, when Thomas was 33, he was witness to the will of Mary Jones, widow of Charles Jones, (and it was proved on 15 Oct 1791) in Montgomery Co, Md.
In 1790, only two Chappells remain in Montgomery, and Thomas is paying tax on land in Loudoun County (Source: DAR). Archibald Chapple over 16 and living alone, next door to Thomas Chapple (a male over 16) in a household with a male under 16, 4 females, and 1 slave in 1790, Lower Potomac, Montgomery Co, Md. (35 years old)
1790 Montgomery Co Census places Archibald Chapell next door to a James Moore (could this person have been James Moore Chappell’s namesake?). Archibald lives alone. James is one of 3 free males over 16, has five white free females in his household, and owns 2 slaves. Thomas Chapell lives next door to Henry Chapple (not sure if it's Jr or Sr as head of household). Thomas is one male over 16, he has one male under 16 (George, his oldest?), 4 free white women (Eleanor, maybe daughter Siggarina (m in 1820), not sure whom else), and owns 1 slave. Henry is one of two free adult white males, has no male minors, and three free white females living with him. (Source: http://www.census-online.com) (35 years old)
There are no Chappell's in Montgomery Co. in 1800, and Thomas has joined the Loudoun Militia in 1794 (39 years old)
According to Marriages of Loudoun County, 1757-1853 by Mary Alice Wertz:
Loudoun County was formed from Fairfax County, which was primarily Truro Parish, in 1757. In October 1747, Truro was divided at Difficult Run and the upper part became Cameron Parish. When Loudoun was created, its boundaries were essentially those of Cameron Parish; on the north it was bounded by the Potomac River; on the south by Prince William County (which later became Farquier); on the east by Difficult Run; and on the west by the Blue Ridge Mountains. In 1770, Shelburne Parish was created from the western part of Cameron and included, generally, the land west of Goose Creek running to the Blue Ridge.” This source information was provided me by DAR source.The DAR has Thomas Chappell in the Loudoun Militia, Loudoun Co, Va, for 1794 (39 years old)
(Source for the information listed below: Loudoun County Personal Property Tax Records -Chappell 1794-1839)
David O'Connor stated in an email sent to me on Jan 14, 2002 that "The earliest record of Thomas that I have for Loudoun County is the 1794 tax list where he appears as head of household with two other taxable males in the household: D & Wm. Chappel. Neither of them appears in any other records I have. Later tax records are much clearer on Thomas' sons George, John, and James." 3 others were in the household and under the age of 16 at the time with Thomas, D. & Wm Chappell. He writes 1/14/02, :Thomas positively had sons George, John, and James. The order in which they first appears in the tax records probably indicates the order in which they were born. The D. & Wlm Chappel in 1794 cannot be sons (unless there was a prior marriage), as they were born prior to the marriage of Thomas and Eleanor. (39 years old)
Two taxables with no occupants under 16 in 1795 (40 years old)
Thomas is listed in the household of Archibald Chappell, head of household, in 1797. In the household there are 2 taxables over 16 and one under 16 (42 years old)
Thomas was listed as head of his own household with1 taxable in 1798, Loudoun Co, Va. (43 years old)
Thomas was listed as head of his own household with 1 taxable in 1799, Loudoun Co, Va. (44 years old)
There were no Chapples left in Md. at the time of the 1800 Census. (NOTE: There is no 1800 Va Census).
Thomas was listed as head of his own household with 1 taxable in 1800 (45 years old)
Thomas was listed as head of his own household with 1 taxable in 1801 Loudoun Co, Va. (46 years old)
Thomas was listed as head of his own household with George as a taxable in 1802 Loudoun Co., Va. This establishes George's birth year as 1786. (47 years old)
Thomas was listed as head of his own household with George as a taxable in 1803 Loudoun Co, Va. (48 years old)
Thomas was listed as head of household with George as a taxable for the last time in 1804 Loudoun Co, Va. (49 years old)
Since George disappears for the first time as a taxable in 1804, he would most likely have married and established his own household some time after 1804 and before taxes are paid again by Thomas in 1807 (49-52 years old).
Thomas did not pay personal property taxes in Loudoun County in 1805 and 1806 (50 & 51 years old).
Thomas pays 1 taxable in 1807 in Loudoun Co. for personal property tax. He doesn't pay in 1808. (52-53 years old).
In an email dated 1/21/2002 from David O'Connor:
"Thomas Chappell leased 100 acres (in Loudoun Co, Va). I have it first recorded in 1809. The property was described as 'on the top of the Blue Ridge.' It remained in Thomas' name through 1833 and his heirs' name for a few years thereafter. Then it was in James' name at least through 1876. The Slacks leased 112 acres, also described as 'on the top of the Blue Ridge,' and owned a couple mills with 5-6 acres each nearby."
In 1809, John appears with Thomas and Thomas is head of household. Since John appears for the first time as a taxable in 1809, he would be 16 years old and his birth year was most likely 1793.Two taxables are paid for that year. John is not in the household in 1810. (54-55 years old)
David O'Connor noted: "Thomas positively had sons George, John, and James. The order in which they first appear in the tax records probably indicates the order in which they were born . . . From my research, I often find that when a son is shown as having established his own household, it is because the son married."
Pat Duncan, Loudoun County Genealogist, sent me this info 6/26/01:
"Chaple, Thomas, Loudoun County Census Index, 11001-02101-0/0, p 275, 1810 Loudoun Va" (55 years old)
In 1810, Thomas Chappell pays 2 taxables in Loudoun Co, Va. (55 years old). In an email dated 1/21/2002 from David O'Connor:
During 1811 and the War of 1812, Thomas does not pay taxables in Loudoun Co. (56 & 57 years old)
Thomas pays one taxable in 1813 in Loudoun Co, Va. (58 years old).
Thomas pays one taxable in 1814 in Loudoun Co. (59 years old).
Thomas pays two taxables "Thomas Chappell and son" in 1815 in Loudoun Co. This son would most likely have been born in 1799. (60 years old).
1816 Loudoun County Personal Property Tax Records read "Thomas Chappell & Son" 2 taxables. This is most likely James, but he has only referred to this second taxable as "son." There is no record of another son. (61 years old)
Thomas pays two taxables in 1817 and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James." If the unnamed son of previous years was not James, this first mention of his name would indicate that he was born in 1801. If it is James but unnamed, he was born in 1799. (62 years old)
Thomas pays two taxables in 1818 in Loudoun Co, Va and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James." (63 years old)
Thomas pays two taxables in 1819 in Loudoun Co, Va, and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James." (64 years old)
Thomas Chappell is in the 1820 Leesburg, Loudoun Co, Va Census. (65 years old) Information provided by the DAR.
Thomas Chappell is in Loudoun Co, Va 1820 Census. Listed on p. 130A. This from the DAR.
Thomas pays two taxables in 1820 and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James."
Thomas pays two taxables in 1821 in Loudoun Co, Va and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James." James is not living with Thomas in 1822, most likely to establish the home he will share when he marries Elizabeth Thompson in 1824. (In 1821, Thomas was 66)
Thomas pays 1 taxable in 1822 and the entry is "Thomas Chappell." (67 years old)
Thomas pays 1 taxable in 1823 Loudoun Co, Va, (68 years old) and the entry is "Thomas Chappell"
James is listed first on the 1824 tax list (as head of house) in Loudoun Co, Va, and two taxables are paid. The entry is "James Chappell and Thomas Chappell." (69 years old).
Thomas pays 1 taxable in 1825 Loudoun Co, Va, and the entry is "Thomas Chappell" (70 years old)
Thomas pays two taxables in 1826 Loudoun Co, Va, and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James" (71 years old)
Thomas pays two taxables in 1827 Loudoun Co, Va, and the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Son James" (72 years old).
In 1828 Loudoun Co, Va, the entry is "Thomas Chappell & Newman Stillions with 2 underage taxables, James Chappell 1 taxable and Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable." (Thomas is 73)
The Deed of Gift, dated 1829 to his son, James (Moore) Chappell, agrees with the Thomas Chapple family of the 1790 Census in Montgomery Co., MD in that it recognizes one male heir who receives all the worldly goods of Thomas who would have been 74 years old based on the 1776 Census of Maryland. This from records found by David O'Connor and verified through the DAR.
According to Personal Property Taxes, Eleanor and James lived together through 1838. It is most likely that Thomas deeded the property to James because James lived with him and Eleanor throughout most of their lives and took care of them in their last years.
The 1829 Personal Property Tax in Loudoun Co, Va entry is as follows: "Thomas Chappell with 2 taxables, James Chappell 1 taxable, and Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable." (74 years old). Since when Newman Stillions moved away the 2 underage taxables also left, one may only assume that they were children of Newman's.
In the 1830 Census for Shelburne Parish, Loudoun Co, Va, Thomas is found living with his son, James Moore Chappelle. (75 years old). Pat Duncan, Loudoun County Geneaologist, sent this 6/26/01:
"Chappel, Thomas, p 104 (of the Loudoun County Census Index), Shelburne Parish, 1830 Loudoun VA." (75 years old)
The 1830 Personal Property Taxes for the Loudoun Co. Va entry reads, "Thomas Chappell & James Chappell" (75 years old)
See the 1830 Loudoun County, Virginia, Road Case #304, transcribed by David O’Connor from the original at the Loudoun County Court.
In the 1831 Loudoun Co, Va Personal Property Tax, "Thomas Chappell & Newman Stillions with two underage taxables, Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable and James Chappell 1 taxable" (76 years old)
1832 Loudoun Co, Va. Personal Property Tax: "Thomas Chappell & William Stillions with 2 underage taxables, Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable, and James Chappell 1 taxable." (77 years old)
Will is recorded in the Loudoun Co. General Land Deed Index for 1833-1857. Thomas' son John filed his will Jan. 21, 1835. We don't have a date of death for John yet, but Thomas only named one male heir, James Moore Chappell, when he gifted his deed to James.
1833 Loudoun Co, Va Personal Property Tax: "Thomas Chappell & William Stillions with 2 underage taxables, Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable" James has left the household and is married to Susan Slack as of 1832. (78 years old). This is the last record I have of Thomas Chappell.
On June 26, 2001, Pat Duncan stated that there aren't any listings for Thomas Chappell in the cemetery books, which cover most of those in Loudoun. This was verified by David O’Connor, who suggested he may have died and been buried in Clarke Co, Va, instead of Loudoun Co.
Thomas' death is verified through his absence from the 1834 Personal Property Tax in Loudoun Co, Va, "James Chappell & Abner Slack 2 taxables and Isaiah Chappell 1 taxable."
Meet Henry Chappell, Sr. (Sources: Taxables, Military Record, and Census Records with DAR Verification)
Chappel, Sr. Henry
b 1716 in Maryland
Wife Uphane b 1711 or 1721
From Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Volume 1-38: Vol. 31, No. 1, Winter 1990, 1777 Tax List of Montgomery County, page 4:
"Lower Potomack Hundred" Chappel, Henry Senr., 2 taxables (taxables were free males over the age of 16, all slaves over the age of 15, excepting clergymen and non-property owning men)
This information came from the DAR records. From Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Volume 1-38: Vol. 31, No. 1, Winter 1990, 1777 Tax List of Montgomery County, page 4:
There is a Henry living alone in Rock Creek Hundred, according to the same text, page 16. This is present day Rockville, Md.DAR record (Ref: 31-4, K-1:182)
Chappel, Henry Senr., "Lower Potomack Hundred" 2 taxables. DAR records (Ref: 31-4, K-1:182) and (Ref R-31:16)
(taxables were free males over the age of 16, all slaves over the age of 15, excepting clergymen and non-property owning men)
The Henry living with Thomas and George in 1776 is Henry, Sr. because he had to have been born in 1716 since he listed his age as 60 (see below). We don't know if Thomas' father was Henry, Sr. (and Henry Jr his brother) or if Henry, Sr. was his grandfather.
From DAR source Henry told the military in 1776 that he was born in Maryland and that generations of Marylanders were his ancestors.
Henry Sr. paid taxes in 1776 & 1777. Name of wife not taken, but she is listed as five years his senior. His year of birth is recorded as 1716, so that would make her birth year 1711. DAR record (Ref: 31-4, K-1:182)
from Maryland Records, Volume 1, 1776 Census of Lower Potomack Hundred (Frederick County) page 182, "A List of the Number of Souls Taken & Given in to the Committee of Observation. The Sex & Ages of White and Black, Aug. 22, 1776"
Chapple, Henry 60 Uphane Chapple 55
Thomas 21 Rebecca 19
George 16
Nextdoor is John Chappell, most likely Henry's son:
John Chapple 30 Verlinda Chapple 20
William Chapple 2 Sarah Chapple 1
Henry Chappell listed in the book Revolutionary Records of Maryland, Montgomery Coutny, Maryland 1778 on page 4
DAR Record "Henry Chappell took oath of Allegiance before the Hon Edward Burgess on Feb 28, 1778" (Ref T-3:62. L-1:39).
Private in the 5th Company Lower Batalion Militia July 15, 1780 DAR records (Ref M-206)
Only two Chappells remain in Montgomery in this year, and Thomas, Henry's son, is paying tax on land in Loudoun County (Source: DAR).
1790 Montgomery Co Census records Henry (not sure if it's Jr or Sr as head of household) as one of two free adult white males, has no male minors, and three free white females living with him. (Source: http://www.census-online.com)
Thomas Chapell lives nextdoor to Henry Chapple . Thomas is one male over 16, he has one male under 16, 4 free white women, and 1 slave.
Only two Chappells remain in Montgomery County in 1790 but not in Frederick Co. anymore.
1790 Montgomery Co Census records one Henry Chapple (not sure if it's Jr or Sr) as head of this household as one of two free adult white males, with no male minors, and three free white females living with him. (Source: http://www.census-online.com). I believe Henry Sr. could have been residing with his son, Henry in Montgomery. It would make sense because he was 84 years of age in 1790, and living with family is a common occurrence with the Chappell's, as evidenced in Thomas and James' history through the Census. There would have to have been a precedent for the custom. He could have been one of the two adult males in Henry's home in 1790 in Montgomery Co. (See more info below.) We know that he was not living with Thomas anymore, because Thomas was the only adult male in his household that year. Of course, it is possible that Henry Sr. might have died before the 1790 Census and that the other adult male living with Henry was some other male relative.
Thomas Chapell was still living next door to Henry Chapple in 1790 but paying taxes on land in Loudoun County at that time and would later join the militia in Loudoun in 1794 (Source: DAR). There is no evidence to suggest that either Henry moved with him (Source of taxable information was the DAR). In Thomas' household, he is the only male over 16, he has one male under 16 (George, his oldest son?), 4 free white women (Eleanor, not sure whom else), and he owns 1 slave. There were no Chappell's in Montgomery Co. in 1800. (Source: Census online).
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Thomas Chapple, James Chappell & Tunis Slack Petition Signatures
This was provided generously by David O'Connor, who shares our family heritage:
Our Slack and Chappell ancestors lived on the side of the Blue Ridge Mountain just above the towns of Paris and Upperville in the extreme southwest corner of Loudoun County. In Road Case #304, Abel Gourley petitioned to have a road built from his mill and farm to the main road leading from Berry's Ferry (crossed teh Shenandoah River in Frederick County) to Alexandria. This is now US Route 50 which runs through Ashby's Gap at Paris and is the main road through Upperville. The petition in support of Gourley was signed by several neighbors, my two 4-great grandfathers, Tunis Slck, and Thomas Chappell, and Thomas' son James. I made a copy of the original document, including signatures. The petition:
"Abel Gourley having Isaiah Hick's merchant mill and farm rented in the upper edge of Loudoun County Va which is near the paved road leading from Berry's ferry to Alexandria about half way between Paris and Upperville. This mill sets about a quarter of a mile from the pavement. There is no road that leads by this mill at all since Wm Moss has built his mill for he turned the mountain road leading to Upperville round by his mill where there used to be a round about way from the mountain to this mill which by turning that sloped up this other tract which is about a mile from this mountain road at Jesse Flemin's still house across to this mill. It is a straight way out into the paved road. I think there can be a good road made across there very easy for there is only about three quarters of a mile but what there is a road left. I think the neighborhood is imposed upon for the want of a road across there as well as myself."
Signed by:
Jesse Fleming
Thomas Trussell
Aaron Gibson
James Chappell
Thomas Chapel
Tunis Slack
Jane Smallwood
Hebron Smallwood
George Lanham
Charles Kendall
George Kelly
William Fleming
Joseph Fleming
Friday, June 13, 2008
Pension Applications of James W. and Jane E. Chappell(e) and Chappelle Family History
Transcript of Pension Applications for
James W. Chappelle (1910)
and Elizabeth Chappell (1924)
Transcribed from printed copies of scanned and magnified electronically-archived files, which I acquired through the Internet while I was researching in 2001.
Pension Application for Wounded Confederate Soldier
Filed in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court, of Fauquier Co, Virginia,
this 25 day of July, 1910.
Act 1902, As Amended: To save trouble for Applicant and Pension Department, please write plainly in spaces below, the County or City in which the Pension was granted and the name and Post office Address of the applicant.
Roll No. 143
County/City: Fauquier
Name: James W. Chappelle
Post Office: Paris
Fauquier Co, Va
What is your name? James W. Chappelle
What is your age? 66
Where were you born? Loudoun Co., Va
How long have you resided in Va? 66 years
How long have you resided in the city or county of your present residence? 40 years
Where do you reside? If in a city, give street address: Paris, County of Farquier, Va
Post office: Paris
In what branch of the service were you when wounded? 8th Va, Co(mpany) F
Who were your immediate superior officers? Colonel Eppa Hunton, Captain Alex Grayson
When did you enter the service? May 1861
When and why did you leave the service? Did not leave or surrender
In what battle and under what circumstances were you wounded? Captured at Gettysburg in Pickett’s Charge
What was precise location and nature of each wound received? Wounded in the groin
What limb, if any, did you lose by reason of being wounded? (unclear . . . couldn’t read it)
Did you lose your sight by reason of being wounded? No
If limb or sight was not lost, what is the precise nature of your disability, and the cause thereof? Internal adhesions
Are you totally or partially incapacitated by such disability? Looks like he wrote, “Was fond of Blacksmithing—partially supported by another to work at”
What is your usual and ordinary occupation for earning a living? Was blacksmith, but now disabled.
Are you following such occupation or any other occupation or employment at this time? If yes, state the nature and extent of the same. Only light work of any kind.
What is your annual income? (NOTE: By income is meant the total gross receipts derived by you from all crops, whether sold or used, wages and other sources valued in dollars): $100
How much property do you own? Real estate $600 and personal property $80
Give the names and addresses of two comrades who served in the same command with you during the war who were with you at the time you were wounded: F. M. Laniman, Great Falls, Fairfax Co, Va. and Alfred Williams, Paris, Fauquier Co, Va.
Is there a camp of Confederate Veterans in your city or county? No
Have you ever applied for a pension in Virginia before? If so, why are you not drawing one at this time? Never applied.
Give here any other information you may possess relating to your service or disability which will support the justice of your claim. I was captured at Gettysburg, wounded there, and imprisoned until the end of the war, and have dysentry, leaving me with piles.
Witness who signed was J. A. Johnston, Notary Republic in and for the County of Fauquier in the state of Virginia, do certify that the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application personally appeared before me that the said statements and answers are true. Given under my hand this 25th day of July 1910.
Certificate of Camp of Confederate Veterans signed by Col Edward Berkely 21 July 1910 and Certificate of Commissioner of Revenue Charles E. Armistead, 18th of July 1910.
Filed in the Clerk’s Office of the Circuit Court of Farquier, Virginia, this 22nd day of October, 1924.
Pension Application for a Widow of Confederate Soldier
Act 1921: To save trouble for applicant and Pension Department, please write plainly in space below, the County or City in which the Pension is granted and the name and Post office Address of the applicant.
County Fauquier (stamped)
Name: Jane Elizabeth Chappell
Post Office: Paris
Filed in Auditor’s office 10-16-1924
I, Jane Elizabeth Chappell, do hereby apply for a pension under the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924 to Confederate pensions. I do solemnly swear that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia, and that I have been an actual resident of the said State for two years next preceding the date of this application, and that I am the widow of James W. Chappelle who was a soldier in the service of the Confederate States in the War between the States, and that I was married to him on or before December thirty-first eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and to the best of my knowledge during the said war my husband was loyal and true to his duty and never at any time deserted his command or voluntarily abandoned his sworn duty in the said service, and that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful, and lawful wife up to the time of his death, and that I do not hold a national, State or county office, which pays a salary or fee amounting to three hundred per annum, nor have I income from any source whatever which amounts to three hundred dollars per annum, or yields an income of money amounting in value to three hundred dollars per annum: nor do I own in my own right, nor is there held in trust for my own benefit, estate or property amounting in value to three hundred dollars per annum.
What is your name? Jane Elizabeth Chappell
What is your age? 80
Where were you born? Loudoun Co, Va
How long have you resided in Virginia? 80 years
How long have you resided in the City or County of your present residence? 50 years
Where do you reside? If in a city, give street address: Paris
Post office: Paris, County of Fauquier, Virginia
With whom do you reside? (Mostly illegible. Part of it crossed out. Looks like “Keeps . . . one daughter with her” as though she wasn’t sure whether to put down that anyone actually lives with her. Maybe her daughters and daughters-in-law took turns visiting and helping her as needed?)
What was your husband’s full name? James William Chappell*
When, where and by whom were you married? When? About 1870. Where? Paris, Virginia. By whom? Rev. Thadeus Herndon
When and where did your husband die? Jan 10th 1914 at Paris, Va
What was the cause of death? Pneumonia
Have you married since the death of your husband? No
In what branch of the army did your husband serve? 8th Va. Inf’y Reg’t under Capt. Grayson’s company.
Who were his immediate superior officers? Col. Eppa Hunton and Captain Grayson.
Give the names and addresses of two comrades who served in the same command with your husband during the war. J.V. Royston, Sr. in Marshall, Va and John Shafer in Arlington, Va.
Give the names and addresses of two persons who are familiar with the circumstances of your husband’s service and death: Same as above.
What assistance do you receive, and what income have you from all sources? Amount and description illegible, and all I can make out are the words “from son” (name illegible).
How much property do you own? Real estate $250.00 and personal property $100.
Was your husband on the pension roll of Virginia? No.
Have you ever applied for a pension in Virginia before? If yes, why are you not drawing one at this time? Yes. No one knows why.
Is there a camp of Confederate Veterans in your city or county? (left blank)
Give here any other information you may possess relating to the service of your husband or the cause of his death which will support the justice of your claim. Was captured at Gettysburg and remained in prison to end of War.
Signed by Elizabeth Chappell, Sept. 13, 1924.
Oath of Resident Witnesses (Must be signed by two residents of Applicant’s City or County” (signatures are not legible) We do solemnly swear that we are residents of the county of Fauquier in the State of Virginia and that we have known personally and well for 40 years the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, and that the said applicant is a resident of the said city or county and is a woman or good reputation for truth and honesty, and that we have read the foregoing application and the answers to the questions therein propounded, made by the said applicant, and verily believe the said applicant is justly entitled in aid under the said act and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant’s claim. A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attended by a witness. (More illegible writing) this 13 day of ?? 1924.
Affidavit of Comrades We, John T. Ashley, Sr. and Z.V. Rogaton, Sr. do solemnly swear that we are residents of the County of Farquier in the State of Virginia and that the applicant whose name is signed to the foregoing application for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 14, 1924, is personally well known to me and that we have known her for 35 years, and know her to be the widow of James W. Chappell who was a soldier (sailor or mariner), in the military naval service of Virginia, or of the Confederate States, and that we were soldiers (sailors or mariners) in the said service during the said war, and that we were with the said applicant’s husband, members of the same command, and that to our personal knowledge he died on or about tenth of Jan. 1914 from the effects of pneumonia and that he was a true and loyal soldier in the said service and was faithful in the discharge of his duty, and that we have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant’s claim. A signature made by X mark is not valid unless attended by a witness. John T. Ashley Capt Co (the rest illegible)
Certificate of Physician: I, Ashley Moore, a practicing physician in the County of Farquier in the State of Virginia, do certify that I am personally acquainted with the applicant which name is signed in the foregoing applications for aid under the act of the General Assembly of Virginia approved March 14, 1924 and I attended her husband James Wlm. Chappell during his last illness, which resulted unto his death Jan 10th, 1914, of pneumonia and that I have no personal interest in the allowance of the applicant's claim. Given under my hand this 13th day of Sept, 1924.
Conclusions
The pension application responses given by James and Jane are useful for establishing a picture of their golden years, as well as some clues about life after the Civil War for them. They remained in the same community with their extended family and friends throughout their lives. I know from census records that after the war, they were married in Paris and briefly lived in Farquier County with relatives. James had grown up in or near Bloomfield, Loudoun Co. They moved their family to Paris in 1874, and they remained there, close to the people and the home that they loved.
James was born in 1844 and was 17 when he enlisted in 1861 with his brother, John, by his side as a private in Company F of the 8th Virginia Infantry. He died in 1914 of pneumonia when he was 70, four years after applying for pension but not receiving it, when he was 66. He had suffered from the pain of adhesions and chronic dysentery as a result of the wounds he sustained on the battlefield during Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and from July 4 throughout the long months as a POW, first at Fort Delaware and then at Point Lookout. He was promoted from private to 4th, to 3rd, and then to 2nd Corporal by the end of the war, but when we look at photographs of POWs during this era of our history, it is a miracle he survived to be exchanged with thousands of others in February of 1865. Prior to serving in the military, he had been a blacksmith like his brother George; after the war, he continued to work as a blacksmith until, at 66, he was no longer able to make a living from it as he once had and was only able to do light work. In 1880, he and his wife lived with her father and step-mother, her brother James and their children (Abner Mericus, John William, James Oscar, Lillian Belinda, and George Ernest, my great grandfather. Viola and Mae were born after 1880 in Farquier County). Surely, the disabling adhesive and gastrointestinal diseases which he attributed to being shot in the groin in the charge would have caused him pain as he worked to support his large family.
(Given the fact that we now know that adhesions, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids and bowel cancer run in the family, no doubt his military experiences exacerbated a genetic propensity for the pain he suffered and the limitations the pain caused.) His son George Ernest took his family to New York City in 1912, when he was 34, so that he could see a doctor and be treated for ulcers. Our more recent family medical history certainly bears out this genetic connection to he and his father.
Fourteen years after James filed his applications and a decade after his death, Jane re-applied as his widow. At 80 in 1924, she was living in the home they had once shared together, receiving some financial help from a son, and tended by at least one of her daughters or daughters-in-law. Her son and my gr-grandfather, George Ernest, was born in Paris, Va. on Jan 6, 1879 when she was 45 years old. When James died, George Ernest was 25 years old and had been married for 13 years (since Aug 28, 1901) to Ethel Maria Payne. They married in Warrenton, Farquier Co., Va. and lived in Delaplane, Virginia until 1911. In 1913, a year before James’ death and nearly10 years before she applied for assistance herself as his widow, the family had moved back to Paris. (At the time of her application, they were living near enough to her to be of some assistance.)
George and Ethel’s family was still growing up at that time and consisted of Connie (11- she would marry James Gilmore Anderson 10/3/29), Daniel (9-m. Marion Helen Myhre 9/10/55), Vi (8-m. William Barney 4/30/50), George, Jr. (6-m. Myra Hantzman 1/19/32), Paul (4 and my grandpa, m. Kathryn Elizabeth Miller 1932), Susan (2-m. Claud Evans Allen 9/9/36), Louis (b. in 1913 in Paris-m. Miriam Louise Clark 8/20/38), and Mary (b. in 1920-m. John Gargas 1935). In addition to her children and these grandchildren from just one of her sons, Jane had many other grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins of age to assist her during her lifetime with James and as his widow.
On October 25, 1925, George and Ethel moved their family from Paris to 408 12th St. SE in Washington, D.C. One wonders if the reason they moved from Paris had anything to do with his mother’s death. I have yet to locate the date of her passing, but if it correlates with their move from Paris to Washington, D.C., one could safely assume that George moved back to Paris, where he was born and raised, to be nearer to his parents a year before his father’s death and for as long as his mother was still alive. As close-knit as the family appeared to be, I would not be surprised if this were not the case. With them throughout their married lives were Ethel’s great aunt Mary Agnes “Nin” Welsh (died in 1922, two years before Jane applied for aid, while the family lived in Paris) and “Maw,” her great grandma, Mary Geiman (died in 1928, three years after moving to Washington, D.C.), who had always been considered immediate family. Ethel’s mother, Virginia, had died in New York City just 6 years after the family visited there for George’s medical care for ulcers.
On March 28, 1948, at the age of 69, 24 years after his mother applied for assistance as his father’s widow, George died of stomach cancer in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
James William Chappell's Military Record
James William Chappell
Confederate Military Record
(acquired from Edward K. Chappell)
J. W. Chappell
Co F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry
Appears on Regimental Return
of the organization named above
for the month of Jan, 1862.
Absent enlisted men accounted for:
“Sick at home or at hospital”
No copyist signature
J. W. Chappell
Pvt., Co. F., 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Regimental Return
of the organization named above,
for the month of Feb, 1862.
Absent enlisted men accounted for:
“Sick since Jan. 22.”
J. Baker, Copyist.
J.W. Chappell
Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Regimental Return
of the organization listed above,
for the month of March, 1862.
Absent men accounted for:
“Sent to Loudoun Co. sick and is
probably prisoner of war.”
J. Baker, Copyist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Sept & Oct, 1862.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Period: 1 year
Last Paid:
By Whom: J. B. Grayson
To What time: Oct. 31, ’61
Present or absent: present
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Nov & Dec, 1862.
Dated Dec 31, 1862
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: J. B. Grayson
To What time: Oct. 31, ’61
Present or absent: present
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Jan & Feb, 1863.
Dated Feb 28, 1863.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: J. B. Grayson
To What time: Dec. 31, ’62
Present or absent: present
$50 bounty due him.
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Mar & Apr, 1863.
Dated April 30, 1863.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: J.J. Smith
To What time: Feb. 28
Present or absent: present
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for May & June, 1863.
Dated June 30, 1863.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: Capt. Smith
To What time: April 30, ’63
Present or absent: present
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for July & Aug, 1863.
Dated Aug 31, 1863.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Period: 1 year
Last Paid:
By Whom: J. B. Grayson
To What time: Apr 30, ‘63
Present or absent: absent
“Taken prisoner at Gettysburg July 3.
Now confined in Fort Delaware.”
F. Nelson, Copyist
J. W. Chappell
Prit. Co. F 8 Reg’t Va
Appears on a register of
Prisoners of War
at Fort Delaware, Del.
Where and when captured:
Gettysburg, July 4, 1863
When received: July 7, 1863
Fort Delaware, Del, Register No. 1;
page 15
J. Norris, Copist
James W. Chappell
Pvt, Co F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Sept & Oct, 1863.
Dated Oct 31, 1863
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861.
Where: Bloomfield
By Whom: Capt Grayson
Last paid:
By Whom: Capt Smith
Apr 30, 1863
Present or absent: absent
“Taken prisoner at Gettysburg
July 3, 1863. Confined in Fort
Delaware.
F. Nelson, Copyist
J. W. Chappell
Prit. Co. F 8 Reg’t Va
Appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War
Sent from Fort Delaware, De.,
to Point Lookout, Md.
October 26, 1863
Where captured: Gettysburg
When captured: July 4, 1863
Number of roll 125; sheet 5
L.A. Boyd, Copyist
J. W. Chappell
Privt. Co F, 8 Reg’t Va
Appears on a roll of Prisoners of War
At Point Lookout, Md.
Date of arrival: Ft. Delaware, Oct 27, 1863
Where captured: Gettysburg
When captured: July 4, 1863
“Exchanged Feby 18 of ’65”
Point Lookout, Md., Register No. 1; page 80
Signature of copyist is illegible
James W. Chappell
4 Corpl, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Nov & Dec, 1863.
Dated Dec 31, 1863.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: J. B. Grayson
To What time: April 30, ’63
Present or absent: absent
“Made prisoner at Gettysburg July 3,
’63. Appointed 4 Corpl Nov 17, ’63.”
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
4 Corpl, Co. F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Jan & Feb, 1864.
Dated Feb 29, 1864.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: J. B. Grayson
To What time: April 30, 1863
Present or absent: absent
“Made prisoner at Gettysburg July 3,
’63. Appointed 4 Corpl Nov 17, ’63.”
F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
3 Corpl, Co F 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Mch & Apl, 1864
Dated: April 31, 1864
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By Whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: Capt Smith
To what time: April 30 ’63
Present or absent: absent
Remarks: "Made prisoner at Gettysburg July 3, 1863. Appointed 4 Corpl Nov 17, 1863."
Signed: F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
3 Corpl Co F 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for May & June, 1864.
Dated: June 30, 1864
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By Whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: Capt Smith
To what time: April 30, ’63
Present or absent: absent
Remarks: “Made prisoner of war at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.”
Signed: F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
2 Corpl Co F 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for July and Aug, 1864.
Dated: August 31, 1864
Enlisted:
When June 19, 1861
Where Bloomfield
By Whom Capt Grayson
Last Paid
By Whom Capt Smith
To what time April 30, ’63
Present or absent: absent
Remarks: “Prisoner of War.”
Signed: F. Nelson, Copyist
James W. Chappell
2 Corpl, Co F, 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry.
Appears on Company Muster Roll
of the organization named above,
for Sept & Oct, 1864.
Dated: Oct 31, 1864.
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By Whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By Whom: Capt Smith
To what time: April 30 ’63
Present or absent: absent
Remarks: “Prisoner of War.”
Signed: F. Nelson, Copyist
2 Corpl, Co. F., 8 Reg’t Virginia Infantry
Appears on Company Muster Roll
Of the organization named above
For Nov & Dec 1864
Enlisted:
When: June 19, 1861
Where: Bloomfield
By whom: Capt Grayson
Last Paid:
By whom: Capt Smith
To what time: April 30, ’63
Present or absent: absent
Remarks: Absent. Prisoner of War.
F. Nelson, Copyist.
J. W. Chappell
Pvt. Co. F 8 Reg’t Va
Name appears as signature to a
Roll of Prisoners of War
Paroled at Point Lookout, Md., Feb. 18, 1865.
Roll dated Headquarters St. Mary Dist., Point Lookout,
Md., Feb. 18, 1865.
Where captured: Gettysburg
When captured: July 4, 1863
Roll indorsed:
“Received at Boulwares & Cox Wharf,
James River, Feb’y 20 and 21st, 1865, from
Lt. Col. Jno. E. Mulford, U.S. Asst. Agt. for Exchange,
Three Thousand and Thirty-eight (3038) paroled Confederate prisoners of war
on this roll, including officers. Ro. Ould, Agent of Exchange.
Number of roll 7: sheet 45,
Copyist’s signature is illegible
*As James William Chappell rose in rank, the company copyist recorded the changes. (The POW paperwork leaves him as Pvt. on exchange)
* It is of interest to note that date of capture differs in records by the company copyist and the POW copyists. In his pension application, James W. Chappell noted that he had been injured during the battle before his capture. It is possible that he was captured during the evening following battle, so that the time of capture was unclear to the company copyist.
Index Information304
Chappelle, James W.
Co. F, 8 Virginia Inf’y.
Confederate
Private Corporal
Card Numbers
1. 51184053 18. 46303962
2. 4112 19. 46350183
3. 4155 20. 45069007
4. 4193 21. 47662586
4231
4269
4303
4331
4369
4409
4451
4487
4523
4555
51179770
51180079
51180298
(The index above shows all of the cards held in the confederate rosters in the National Archives for James William (JW) Chappell, Lieut of Co. F, 8th Virginia regiment. These are General Index Cards held in the Compiled Military Service Records. Years ago, I found his card online in Vol. 1, p. 416, of the LVA Home Digital Collections Home Page, Confederate Rosters. His is Card 51 out of 77 in the A-J listing.)
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