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  • Avrabella (Ransom) Chavis (1830 - 1900)
    Thomas & Avy had 13 children: Peter 1849, Nathan Alexander 1851, Sarah Jane 1854, Annie Austin 1856, Jesse Thomas 1857, William Robert c1859, Mary E c1861, Orrabella Frances 1864, Henry L 1865, Alfred ...
  • Bartholomew "Shives" Chavis (1685 - 1755)
    Biography== Bartholomew "Shives" Chavis was born in 1685 in Sunken Marsh, Surry, Virginia, USA. His parents were William Chavis and Elizabeth Chivers . Bartholomew married Colea Chavis . Bartholomew ma...
  • Bessie J. Brewington (1888 - 1940)
    Bessie J Chavis Brewington BIRTH 1 Nov 1888 Robeson County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 15 Jan 1940 (aged 51) Robeson County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Carter-Chavis Family Cemetery Pembroke, Robeson C...
  • Frances (Gibson) Smith Chavis, Pamunkey Rez, Paspagegh, & Congaree Cheraw (1700 - 1778)
    Happened to Gibeon Chavis’ son William Chavis? December 24, 2019UncategorizedAbrams Plains, Bass, Chavis, Court Minutes, Epping Forest, Estate records, Fishing Creek, Fort Creek, Gibson, Oscar Blacknal...
  • Gibeon Chavis, of Granville Occaneechi Saponi Nation (1737 - 1777)
    Gibrea CHAVIS was born about 1737 and married Ann PRIDDY, a white woman, the daughter of Robert PRIDDY. Gibrea lived in Granville Co., N.C., where he died in 1777. One of Gibrea's sons, William CHAVIS,...

About the Chavis surname

The Chavis surname is a variation of Chevers an anglo norman roots but for the most part Irish surname. A long line of barons in Ireland. Thier animal on thier crest is 3 goats. When Chevers came to America is when the spelling variation of Chavis in the southeast. Many lumbee and Peedee indians have Chavis surname