Chavis - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: looking to trace bloodline

Chavisn — 2012-05-30 20:58:21Z

hi i am from greensboro nc, and my name is nikki chavis. i have cousins that i know their grandparents names were rufus and irene chavis. their is also a irene chavis on facebook, those were her grandparents.

Redmon Chavis family

DgDougherty53 — 2012-05-09 22:33:14Z

Redmon Chavis born 1882 Tn married Anna Holloway and had
1. Melvin R born 1904 in Putnam Co.,IN; he died 1982 Webb Co.,TX Did
he marry? 2. Irene born 1907 Clay Co.,IN died 1992 where?
Did she marry? 3. Lester Paul born 1912 Vigo Co.,IN died
1953 Vigo Co. Did he marry?

Re: Chavis....CUBANS???

missthang524 — 2012-05-02 06:18:34Z

I've heard this as well with regard to my family. I'm a descendent of Tom Chavis from Cameron, SC (Calhoun County). Although, I've heard about the Cuban ancestry, I'm not so certain that they were Cuban but rather Beaver Creek Indian. My research shows that the Chavis surname is very prominent in the Beaver Creek Tribe that originated in the Orangeburg-Calhoun, SC area and that they were a multi-racial tribe (European and African-American). More research and info to come...

Re: Chavis Family- Kaleb Chavis & Tena/Tina Johnson

missthang524 — 2012-05-02 04:53:29Z

They lived in Cameron, SC

email me at missthang524@yahoo.com

Re: CHAVIS/CHEVIS/CHAVEZs of Louisiana

missthang524 — 2012-05-02 04:38:33Z

Hi,

I am an African-American descendent of Tom and Martha Haigler-
Chavis (my g-grparents)from Orangeburg-Calhoun County, SC. My grandmother, Mary Alice Chavis-Hickson is the only living child of Tom and Martha and still lives in Orangeburg. 2 years ago, we had our first Chavis family reunion. The reunion was small because we are unsure of where all of our relatives are. As part of the reunion, we did a homestead tour during which my grandmother took us to the place in Calhoun County, SC where she lived and was raised as a child. It is my understanding that my g-grandfather Tom Chavis could pass for a white man and that he was a very shrewd business man and owned a lot of land in Orangeburg County. Because of the dialect his name was pronounced Shavis, but spelled Chavis. From this pronunciation was derived Shivers and Chavez of whom I am also related, but not sure how.

Re: Chavis surname in Marlboro Co

liltccountrygirl — 2012-04-05 05:48:30Z

From the information I found her father was Murrice Chavis.

Woods-Chavis

Hayatullahsalaam — 2012-03-17 06:35:12Z

Hi!!

Im just searching for any possible relatives in the Raleigh NC area to complete my family tree. If you think you may or may not be a relative please be sure to reach out to me..

Thanks a Bunch

Re: Annie Missouri Day Chavis

mattchavis1 — 2012-03-10 18:55:55Z

Hello, I've just started searching for my ancestors and I came across your post. My great grandfather is Charles Collis Chavis. I believe he's the brother to your Williams Addways Chavis. My Grandfather is Collis Chavis Jr. So far I believe i am the decendant of James and Rebecca Chavis.

-matt

Re: family

NancyChavous — 2012-02-28 12:50:57Z

my gr gr grandfather's name was Eli Chavis (Chavous) born abt 1827 and my gr gr grandmother's name was Jane Lockleyer (Locklear) born abt 1830; both born in NC and moved to Indiana and Calvin Cass Cty Michigan. Their son, Wiley, born in Indiana abt 1852, was my gr grandfather.

I'm trying to find out more on gr gr grandparents family.

Thanks!

Re: Chavis/Cheraw dist.SCarolina/1700s

glennsimmons08 — 2012-02-20 22:50:55Z

Kenny, I sent a message to the aol email and it came back. The earliest ancestor I can verify is William Chavers 1809-1880. Born in NC died in south Alabama. He was brother to Frederick, James, MAtthew, Elizabeth and Sarah. We think his father was John. Perhpas John had brothers that connect to your line. Would love to trade information. Thanks, Glenn Simmons

Re: Chavis

glennsimmons08 — 2012-02-20 22:47:21Z

I am from William Chavers1809-1880. We think his father was John. He was brother to Frederick, James, Elizabeth, Matthew and Sarah. He ended up in South Alabama. I am wondering if his father John had brothers. It would seem to be tru and maybe he had a brother named William, that his son was named after...would love to trade information if you are interested. Thanks, Glenn Simmons

Re: Children of Frederick Chavis/Elizabeth Williams/1818-1848/South Carolina

glennsimmons08 — 2012-02-20 22:30:07Z

Do ya'll know anything of Fredericks tribal heritage. Do you know if his wife was also Indian? That generation is a huge link to the past, but info is very sketchy. I am a descendent of Fredericks brother, William Chavers who eventually settled in south Alabama. I would really like to find more on his brother James too. I have his wife and children listed but don't know much about them..thx, Glenn Simmons

Re: Addie Jane Williams Married Donald Robert Chavis

volnjc — 2012-02-11 17:37:27Z

I am married to Willie Chavis his Dad was Robert Chavis born on 21 Nov. 1921. His Dad was Donald Robert Chavis. Robert Chavis passed away on 1-20-87. He did have a sister Beaulah, Maggie , Gertrude & Eula . I don't know much more than this but I'm trying to find more info.

Re: I found some info

Judy_Chavis_Lever — 2012-01-23 17:32:36Z

If you still have any info pertaining to Lazarus Chavis ,pictures,stories proof of who his' parents and spouse are were he was living before/when he died please contact me

Aho,

Judy Chavis

Re: Chavis

1_jcollins59 — 2011-12-30 15:14:13Z

Hi!
I had a great grand-father named Archie Chavis and he was married to Elizabeth ( Lizzie ) English Chavis.
I have been unable to find Archie's father or mother, (she was a Locklear, I believe), on any of the census logs,although I know we are from the tribe around the Robeson County, North Carolina, and Marlboro county, in South Carolina. I was adopted as a child, but was told of my heritage. I always made sure to be true to my native blood, and learned as much as I could. When I had my DNA test completed, it showed 68% Native American,and then caucasian, and I want even more to find the rest of my
family line. If anyone has information on Archie Chavis, please help.
Thank you very much!!

Frederick Chavers/Chavis, b. SC or GA?

WilliamPowers99 — 2011-12-30 01:39:37Z

Does anyone have this gentleman in their family trees or records:

Name: Fredric Chavers
Age in 1860: 74
Birth Year: abt 1786
Birthplace: Georgia
Home in 1860: Township 9 Range 3 E, Williamson, Illinois
Race: Mulatto
Gender: Male
Post Office: Marion
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Hannah Byant 42
M V B Byant 19
Silas Byant 15
Amanda J Byant 13
Wm M Byant 11
Jno A Byant 9
Frances I Byant 3
Susan Byant 8/12
Fredric Chavers 74

Re: Lumbee Indian tribe in SC

ideasonwings — 2011-10-29 18:34:11Z

I am decendant of Shavers (Chavis,Chavers,Chavez,Chavous,..) from South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Oklahoma. I have been trying to find information on my ancestors but find it very hard because of the name change/variations. I found your information to be relevant to my family history and would like to find out more information on my Chavis family

Stephanie Shavers-Griffith
ideasonwings@aol.com

Re: For Courtney and Darlene

glennsimmons08 — 2011-10-16 14:38:04Z

Hi Chad, Hope this message reaches you after all this time. My Grandmother was a Chavers and she was from South Alabama. Her line goes back to William Chavers in SC. This William had a brother named Frederick. I would like to conenct with anyone that can help take that line further back. One of my best friends in the world is Lumbee. His mother is Jan (Sampson)Smith. Her brothers are Sonny and Larry. Take Care, Glenn Simmons, NAshville TN

Re: Carolyn Chavis md Roger Wells NC

donalitt1 — 2011-10-01 01:03:07Z

I dont see my reply to you. Yes I know who Carolyn's parents were. Would you be intersted in exchanging and sharing info?
Thanks.
donna

Re: Carolyn Chavis md Roger Wells NC

poinsetter — 2011-09-21 21:11:51Z

Carolyn is deceased. She was Carolyn Aspinwall from Ventura California when she died. Do you know her mother and father's name? I have been trying to start a family tree but dad is feeble. Ann

Re: Carolyn Chavis md Roger Wells NC

donalitt1 — 2011-09-19 23:37:30Z

Tks for responding. Carolyn was the dau of my uncle and his first wife. Since posting the query I have had wonderful success in finding my lost cousins. I am always happy to hear from anyone interested in exchanging sharing info if we share a line or link.

Re: Carolyn Chavis md Roger Wells NC

poinsetter — 2011-09-19 21:00:59Z

carolyn chavis was my mother and roger wells is still living. he is my father.

Re: chavis/gleaton reunion

sc31503 — 2011-09-18 20:45:11Z

Hi, I just found your post and thought we may be related. I have recently begun to trace my family history and have found that my roots trace back to Charles Moss Chavis and Mary Gleaton Chavis. I'm hoping these are your descendents, too. If you have any info, I would greatly appreciate it if you would pass it along so I can share it with my children.

Re: Chavis family sc, nc.

tailguner4149 — 2011-09-09 05:21:49Z

i had an uncle cecil who was known for being tall.my father and cecil were bothers.cecil lived in bladenboro nc most of his life.his mother was lennie,and his father was rafe chavis.lennie died in 1967.rafe died 1946.i dont know if they are who you are looking for,but i guess we had fun.

Annie Missouri Day Chavis

rabowles153 — 2011-09-03 01:34:29Z

Hello Amy,
Well I have come in contact since our last talk with a group in Sally SC who are decendents of the Lazarus Chavis. Now I am trying to work with them it may not be until Oct, but if I do I will let you know what I have found out. Go look at my Tree, It is the William's Tree on Ancestry.com it may help you
Ramona

Re: Annie Missouri Day Chavis

tiedye23131 — 2011-09-02 01:53:29Z

I don't have a Laurano Chavis at all. I have been working on this for a few years but have no experience. The Chavis side has been really hard. Annie was my dads grandmother, so I started out with info from him and his cousin. Her husband was "Add" Chavis, William Addway Chavis. I could only find a few records on him. He was born in 1878 and died in 1953 in Chathum County GA. After several years of "nothing", I found in a little hospital book from my dads birth, where my grandmother had filled out a short family tree. It said Adds parents were Franklin and Lizzie. That is as far as I have gotten. I have found a few that may have been related but nothing concrete, like Joseph and Mary Jane Chavis. I wish I could help more. I would love to see your info sometime. Thanks Amy

Re: Annie Missouri Day Chavis

rabowles153 — 2011-08-30 12:57:19Z

Great Amy. I am still working on it. Do you know if there were two Laurano Chavis?

Re: Annie Missouri Day Chavis

tiedye23131 — 2011-08-30 05:39:28Z

Hi Ramona, I am still on, although I have been at a brick wall for a LONG while now! Annie was my great grandmother. I would love to share my info with you! Thanks Amy

Re: Chavis family sc, nc.

biskitbrnr — 2011-08-24 02:45:34Z

i had an uncle named "cecil chavis". dont know who his parents were tho.

Re: Lumbee Indian tribe in SC

warrenchavis1 — 2011-08-17 00:08:03Z

i am of the carter family george w.chavis was my dad cain c chavis his dad they had 9 brothers and 6 sistere some died from yellow fever, my dad lost some of his hair over this

Re: Lumbee Indian tribe in SC

warrenchavis1 — 2011-08-17 00:07:57Z

i am of the carter family george w.chavis was my dad cain c chavis his dad they had 9 brothers and 6 sistere some died from yellow fever, my dad lost some of his hair over this

Re: ishmael chavis

ideasonwings — 2011-08-01 14:11:06Z

I am a decendant of the Shavers from Tennessee (also N.C and S.C) and looking for any information you might have. My Great Great Aunt was Mary Hughzetta Shavers-Stevenson, her father was Alex Shavers.

Re: Annie Missouri Day Chavis

rabowles153 — 2011-08-01 00:41:42Z

I am doing some research on Missouri Day Chavis. My nephew who is sick now with kidney failure wants to know his family. are any of you still on this post?
Ramona

Ed Chavis

cherijean62 — 2011-07-09 16:23:55Z

Hello,
I am looking for any information on Ed Chavis. Not sure if Ed is short for something but, imagine it is. Ed was married to Mary Sue Kyzer. I do know that Mary was born in 1919 so I believe Ed was born around the same time period. I will greatly appreciate any help no matter how little you think it may be.
Please contact me @swtynke@aol.com
Thank you very much.
Cheri

Re: Chavis, Harley, Hutto, Barefoot

shapeshifter_ar — 2011-07-06 04:40:22Z

I am looking into the Native American ancestry of my Barefoot family line. I saw your post which included the name Barefoot and was wondering if you had any information on them. Thankyou. Anita

Re: Lumbee Indian or not?

MelissaMeyerhofer — 2011-06-23 17:09:28Z

I believe she had a son and a daughter. Daughter was Laverne? And Laverne had a daughter. I am thinking her son moved from Raleigh and was a choreographer or dancer? I am having to tap childhood memories and I am 45 now.

Lovie kept our home and watched us when we got home from school. We loved her so much!

Re: Lumbee Indian or not?

milestoya — 2011-06-23 14:47:14Z

Hi Melissa,

My grandmother was a Chavis and I have family in the Jeffrey's Grove area. I think I know the Lovie Chavis you are talking about. Do you know if she had any children?

Regards,

Toya Snelling-Miles

Re: Lumbee Indian or not?

MelissaMeyerhofer — 2011-06-06 13:04:48Z

I am also researching a Chavis family that lived off Creedmore Rd. near Jeffrey's Grove Elementary School. Willos Nathaniel Chavis married Lovie Mae LMU. Lovie took care of me as a child and I would love to know more about her family.

Melissa

Re: Anderson Chavis & Bertha Evans?

cwhig1848 — 2011-06-01 16:51:09Z

Hello,

This thread is about six years old, but if you are still interested, there is a great deal of information on Anderson Chavis's father John, a Presbyterian minister and school teacher. He was married to Sarah Elizabeth Anderson. Chavis is one of the most interesting figures of the early republic. The Wikipedia article is an introduction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chavis

CHAVIS Henry L - Vietnam Wall section 6W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-05-16 11:51:22Z

CHAVIS Henry L - Vietnam Wall section 6W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 220,846 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Chavis Surname

JWJohn81944 — 2011-05-15 01:47:55Z

have info on Wesley James Chavis South Carolina,Grant,Marion,West Virginia

CHAVIS Robnnie - Vietnam Wall section 7W

t42Vietnam_ParkerCoTX — 2011-05-08 11:56:33Z

CHAVIS Robnnie - Vietnam Wall section 7W

Honor our Veterans. This is one of many photographs of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Parker Co, TX. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 220,676 photos free at http://teafor2.com where they are listed in order by state(Texas), county(Parker), cemetery(Vietnam) and Surname.

If you know more about this person please reply here instead of contacting me because this is not my family.

Re: Jordan Chavis

chavisjames — 2011-04-03 13:29:42Z

Hi,
My Jordan Chavis was born abt 1805. He was a farmer & lived in Marlboro County, SC. He was listed as Mulatto on the census which indicates he was Native American. His descendants settled what is now Chavistown Community on highway #9 between Bennettsville & Wallace, SC. He had a son named Eli who had a son named Eli who had a son named William Edward who had a son named named James who was my father. I am searching for info about the parents of Jordan & the parents of his wife Martha (Patsy)Brigman. Would love to have any leads on them or any other info you have & willing to share all that I have found!
Take Care,
Jim

Re: Jordan Chavis

Raven1120 — 2011-04-02 01:05:39Z

Hi I am also Klaw1120, please let me know if we are searching the same Jordan Chavis, let me know what you have I have a lot of information and would love to know if we are searching the same Jordan. Sorry for the delay.

Re: So. Carolina Chavis Connection

rmdaniel454 — 2011-04-01 01:41:02Z

Do you have any information on your Garfield Harris. I am looking for a relative by that name. His mother left him as a child. We know he had a brother named Ralph and they were from the GA, AL area but I found out recently that their mother was in MS.

Please write me back if you have any info.
rmdaniel454@aol.com
Rhonda Harris Daniel

Re: Lumbee Indian tribe in SC

fancy28203 — 2011-03-26 00:45:57Z

Hey,
It's me again... I am having trouble figuring out if we're tribe is Lumbee or Cherokee as well. I hope we can figure it out soon :)

Re: Marlboro County, SC

bpitchford1 — 2011-03-18 12:45:39Z

sarah are you still at this email address????

Re: Marlboro County, SC

bpitchford1 — 2011-03-18 12:45:39Z

sarah are you still at this email address????

Re: In search of the chavis Family

jenny5sc — 2011-03-13 18:00:58Z

My grandfather's name was Shellie Chavis (son of Clifton Chavis and Rosa Lee Chavis) who was married to my grandmother Geneva Ball (daughter of Willie Ball and Jurry Welch). Both were born in SC.

Re: lumbee indians

stacythomas72 — 2011-03-04 18:55:40Z

Hello Miss Chavis,Im Stacy I cant say we're related cause I dont know for sure,but I found your message interesting since you claim you're indian.See I went to ancestry.com and saw 2 surnames next to my grandpa Thomas and his brother(my great uncle) they were Chavis and Maloney,another thing is Indian blood runs in my grandpa's family(I dont know what kind of Indian) but Ive been working on finding info on my full blooded Thomas ancestors and trying to find out how the Chavis and Maloney families were related to my grandpa &great uncle. U can email me back at stacy.thomas81@yahoo.com