John C. "Hootchie" Chastain

Please see http://tmmearlysettlersofunioncountyga.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-ch... for the full article by Ethelene Jones. Below are some excerpts:

John Chastain (listed in a separate household in 1840 census) was born in Haywood County, North Carolina in 1791 or 1792. He had a nickname, "Hootchie," to distinguish him from another John Chastain, his uncle, who was known as "Blind John." The name "Hootchie" was given to this John because they settled in a bend of the Chattahoochee River when they first came to Georgia.

John Chastain married twice, first to Nancy Coward and second to Nancy Withrow. By his first wife he had one son, Jason Coward Chastain (1818-1900). By his second wife Nancy Withrow, John had eight children: Withrow, James, Joseph DeKalb, Malinda, Susanna, Hannah, Benjamin Nelson, and John. Evidently John and Nancy Coward Chastain divorced after Jason Coward was born. She later married a Kelly. When she was elderly, she returned to the home of her son Jason Coward Chatain at Dial in Fannin County. He cared for her in her dotage and she was buried in the family cemetery on the rise above the commodious Chastain house. John Chastain and his wife Nancy Withrow Chastain lived in the Ivy Log section of Union County where their eight children were born and reared.

Please see http://tmmearlysettlersofunioncountyga.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-ch... for the full article by Ethelene Jones. Below are some excerpts:

John Chastain (listed in a separate household in 1840 census) was born in Haywood County, North Carolina in 1791 or 1792. He had a nickname, "Hootchie," to distinguish him from another John Chastain, his uncle, who was known as "Blind John." The name "Hootchie" was given to this John because they settled in a bend of the Chattahoochee River when they first came to Georgia.

John Chastain married twice, first to Nancy Coward and second to Nancy Withrow. By his first wife he had one son, Jason Coward Chastain (1818-1900). By his second wife Nancy Withrow, John had eight children: Withrow, James, Joseph DeKalb, Malinda, Susanna, Hannah, Benjamin Nelson, and John. Evidently John and Nancy Coward Chastain divorced after Jason Coward was born. She later married a Kelly. When she was elderly, she returned to the home of her son Jason Coward Chatain at Dial in Fannin County. He cared for her in her dotage and she was buried in the family cemetery on the rise above the commodious Chastain house. John Chastain and his wife Nancy Withrow Chastain lived in the Ivy Log section of Union County where their eight children were born and reared.

Called Hootchie because he made his home for awhile in the bend of the Chattahootchie River after moving to GA from NC

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John C “Hootchie” Chastain
BIRTH 1791
Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH 13 May 1880 (aged 88–89)
Union County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
MEMORIAL ID 77235189 · View Source
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FLOWERS 6
Gravesite Details
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Family Members
Parents
Edward Brigand Chastain
1769–1834

Hannah Brown Chastain
1769–1834

Spouses
Nancy Withrow Chastain
1803–1885 (m. 1819)

Nancy Coward Chastain Kelley
1800–1867

Siblings
Delilah Chastain Hutson
1788 – unknown

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Rainey Chastain
1793–1889

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Jehu Isaiah Chastain
1801–1862

Abner Chastain
1803–1871

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Elizabeth Chastain O'Kelley
1805–1877

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Nancy Chastain O'Kelley
1805–1889

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Edward Bruce Chastain
1809–1888

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Joseph Carleton Chastain
1814–1896

Children
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Jason Coward Chastain
1818–1900

John Withrow Chastain
1824–1880

James W Chastain
1826 – unknown

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Joseph Dekalb Chastain
1830–1917

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Benjamin Nelson Chastain
1839–1881

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