i have found that my ancestors have changed the spelling of their name when they crossed the ohio border. in virginia they went by the last name of chippy. in w. va. they were listed in the 1880 census as samuel chippy. once the crossed the ohio state line the name was then chipman. i do know that samuel chippy (chipman) married sarah ann yost in the year of 1856. one of their children james chipman and sadie were the parents of my grandfather- walter chipman- father of donald chipman my father . i am trying to find out any info on the chippy-chipman line from samuel back. if anyone has any info that could help me in this search i would be ever so thankful.

donna