Chatham Ewing

Chatham married Elizabeth Hall Campbell in 1790. Elizabeth was born in 1766 in Virginia; died in 1810 in of, Logan Co, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1819, Washington Twp, Lafayette Co, Missouri
• Residence: 1836, Washington Twp, Lafayette Co, Missouri

Notes:

The Ewing family, including Young, Chatham and Finis were instrumental in the creation of the Cumberland Synod, later the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Davidson County, Tennessee in the early 1800's. They were also close to the William and Eleanor (Menees) Whitsitt family of Davidson County, Tenn. and Logan County, Kentucky. Reuben Ewing, brother of Young, Chatham and Finis married Ellen Frances Whitsitt, daughter of William and Eleanor Whitsitt in Logan County, Kentucky. James S. Whitsett and Levi Whitsett, mentioned in the essay, were the sons of John Whitsitt's brother Joseph Whitsitt who removed to Indiana and left these two sons with their grandfather, Samuel Whitsitt of Montgomery County, Kentucky.

Residence:
The following items of early history were furnished by Mr. William Whitsett, whose father, John Whitsett settled near Dover, in this County, as early as 1819. The first settlers in the region of Mr. Hebron Church, were John Ingram, of Tennessee, Charles Smith, of Tennessee, William Whitsett, of Kentucky, Richard Powell, and John R. Whitsett, of Kentucky, and Chatham Ewing, of Kentucky.

Residence:
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
Among the other more prominent citizens who early located in the limits of this township, mention is also made of John Jennings, Bently Barton,
Nimrod Scott, Norman Pool, James S. Whitsett, Ephraim Pool, John McNeal, James Barker, Thos. Hutchison, Levi Whitsett, Henry James, Morgan Cockrell, John Ingram, Charles Smith, Judge Julius Emmons and Rev. John R. Whitsett, a Cumberland Presbyterian Minister. These settled principally in the easter, southern and northern portions of the township. John Whitsett, the father of William Whitsett (who came to this town in 1834) settled near Dover in 1819, and three years later moved to the Slaughter farm. Chatham S. Ewing settled where his son now resides, in 1836.

The following items of early history were furnished by Mr. William Whitsett, whose father, John Whitsett settled near Dover, in this County, as early as 1819. The first settlers in the region of Mr. Hebron Church, were John Ingram, of Tennessee, Charles Smith, of Tennessee, William Whitsett, of Kentucky, Richard Powell, and John R. Whitsett, of Kentucky, and Chatham Ewing, of Kentucky.
http://www.whitsett-wall.com/Whitsett/John_H_Whitsitt_Facts_Sources.htm

Chatham married Mary Barnett Young about 1820 in Lafayette Co, Missouri. Mary (daughter of Adam Young, (line to Greene Co) and Martha Barnett) was born between 1791 and 1800 in Missouri; died after 1830 in of, Lafayette Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Barren Co, Kentucky
• Residence: 1819, Clay Twp, Lafayette Co, Missouri

Notes:

Residence:
1819 - EARLY SETTLERS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, 1881 (no publisher information, but probably a Goodspeed History),
[Lafayette Co., Missouri] CLAY TOWNSHIP: The first settlement in that portion of Lafayette County now known as ClayTownship, appears to have been made on or near the present town and site of the town of Wellington, in 1819. Colonel Henry Renick, William Renick, Ruth, widow of Samuel Renick, and Young Ewing, clerk of the first County Court, were the first settlers, all from Barren County, Kentucky.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Lafayette Co, Missouri
• Census: 1860, Washington, Lafayette Co, Missouri

Notes:

Census:
1850 Lafayette Co, Missouri
Robert Ewing 52
Elizabeth H Ewing 45
Young Ewing 21
Neander C Ewing 20
Abergal S Rush 14