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About William Chavis, I

Biography

William Chavis, Sr. was born in 1706 in Surrey, Sussex, Virginia, United States. His parents were Bartholomew "Shives" Chavis and Martha Chavis.

William married Francis (Gibson) Smith-Chavis. Together they had the following children: Phillip Chavis; Sarah Harris; Gibeon Chavis, of Granville Ocaneechi Saponi Nation; Lettice Snelling; Keziah Chavis; Fanny Chavis; Jordan Chavis; Thomas Chavis.

He died circa February 5, 1777 in Granville, North Carolina, United States.



"The land base for the Native American community in Granville, is mostly concentrated off of Fishing Creek and Tabbs Creek which run north off of the Tar River. Founding community member William Chavis (1706-1778), originally owned a continuous land tract that stretched all the way from Lynch Creek to Fishing Creek along the Tar River and went 5 miles north inland." Source: Kianga Lucas

William Chavis Jr.. - on Poll Tax /tithable list for free people of color, taxable list in 1802 in Wake Co, NC and headed for West Spanish Florida http://www.ncalhn.org/.../1802/1802wakecotaxableindex.pdf

Bartholomew Chavis → William Chavis his son → Gibeon Chavis his son → William Chavis his son → Phillip Chavis his son → William Chavis his son → John Chavis, Sr. his son (Kings Mtn Militia)

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William Chavis, I's Timeline

1706
1706
Surrey, Sussex County, Virginia, Colonial America
1724
June 13, 1724
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
1730
1730
Granville County, NC
1735
1735
1737
1737
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
1742
1742
Granville, North Carolina, United States
1742
Granville County, NC, United States
1755
1755
Age 49
No Township Listed, Granville County, NC
1763
November 18, 1763
Granville County, NC, United States
1777
February 5, 1777
Age 71
Granville County, North Carolina, United States