Americus "Marie" Jane R. CHITWOOD

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• FamilySearch ID: K24F-JWM
• Name: Americus Jane R. CHITWOOD
• _UID: 209E91B5A2294AA4ACE747CD44DAD560B768
• Residence: 1850, Camden county, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Au Glaze Township, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1870, Missouri

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1860 Census
Name: America J R Laughlin Age in 1860: 42 Birthplace: Missouri Home in 1860: Auglaize, Camden, Missouri Gender: Female Value of real estate:
Post Office: Wet Glage Roll: M653_611 Page: 0 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Henry Laughlin

Take yourself back to the late 1860's or early 1870's. Civil War sentiments are still running strong. Henry Laughlin and his wife, Americus, are living in eastern Camden County. Henry, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Confederate Army during the War, is a strong Confederate sympathizer surrounded by Union supporters. Recognizing the danger of their situation they move to Arkansas to surround themselves with other Confederates. Henry is killed by bushwhackers anyway.
Following Henry's death, Americus returns to Camden County with her 12 children, including James, the oldest, plus Henry Jr., Josh, George, and Richard. Their family farm was on the property that is now Lake Valley, with the farmhouse thought to be somewhere near the catalpa tree on what is now, tee #14 on the Lake Valley Golf course, and a barn at the top of the hill behind #17 tee. The Forest Grove School was located in the vicinity of what is now John Bearden's house, across Highway 54 behind #15 tee.
James Bunch and his family, including son Emanuel, lived across the river in the area that is now Normac Estates. The Bunch's were strong Union supporters. Bad blood boiled between Richard Laughlin and Emanuel Bunch as a result of the two families divergent war sentiments, and on November 21, 1873, while on his way to the Forest Grove School, Richard was attacked by Emanuel Bunch and hit in the head with a rock that resulted in his death. The attack would have taken place somewhere in the area around #15 tee. Emanuel Bunch was ultimately convicted of 2nd degree manslaughter and served 2 years in the penitentiary. His father, James, was also charged but was found not guilty. About a year before the murder, Richard's sister Narcissa Laughlin had married Emanuel Bunch's brother, Isaac, which surely made for a case of strange bedfellows following the murder.
Aka: Maria Jane CHITWOOD

Americus married Henry A. LAUGHLIN about 1836 in Missouri. Henry (son of John J. LAUGHLIN and Rebecca (Rebekah) C. WALKUP) was born in 1815 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died about 1865 in Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Elizabeth LAUGHLIN was born in 1840 in Missouri; died in in USA.
2. James W. LAUGHLIN was born on 9 Nov 1842 in Camden, Missouri; died on 11 Apr 1928 in Osage, Camden, Missouri.
3. William LAUGHLIN was born in 1847 in Missouri; and died.
4. Joshua LAUGHLIN was born on 16 Apr 1848 in Camden, Missouri; died on 29 Nov 1932 in Osage, Camden, Missouri.
5. Rebecca C. LAUGHLIN was born in Dec 1848 in Pulaski, Missouri; died on 25 Apr 1918 in Camdenton, Camden, Missouri.
6. George Washington LAUGHLIN was born on 29 Mar 1850 in Auglaize, Camden, Missouri; died on 18 Nov 1880 in Camden, Missouri.
7. Richard LAUGHLIN was born on 3 Apr 1852 in District 13, Camden, Missouri; died on 21 Nov 1873 in Lake Valley, Camden County, Missouri.
8. Michael LAUGHLIN was born in 1853 in Missouri; and died.
9. Narcissa Snoda LAUGHLIN was born on 4 Apr 1854 in Richland, Pulaski Co., Missouri; died on 1 May 1911 in Linn Creek, Camden County, Missouri; was buried on 2 May 1911 in Laughlin Cemetery, Niangua Township, Camden, Missouri.
10. Henry A. LAUGHLIN, Jr. was born on 22 Mar 1861 in Missouri; and died.

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• FamilySearch ID: KZD6-L5Y
• _UID: 5A586603533B4951AE1EEF9BC3177D6A5A3B
• Residence: 1850, Blue, Jackson, Missouri

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Found in 1850 Census in Blue, Jackson, Missouri:
Chitwood, James age 54, born in Virginia
Elizabeth age 50, born in Missouri
Richard age 26, born in Missouri
Joshua age 24, born in Missouri
William age 16, born in Missouri

James married Caroline Elizabeth CHITWOOD on 10 Dec 1818 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. Caroline (daughter of Lt. Richard CHITWOOD and Mary Margaret CANTLEY) was born in 1803 in St. Louis City, Missouri; died in 1870 in Camden, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 691E6EE072734311B4185E079B8448B45A11
• Residence: 1850, Blue, Jackson, Missouri
• Residence: 1860, Warren Township, Camden, Missouri
• Residence: 1870, Missouri

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• _UID: 4D4ED072BE4D4DD7B1687AB3625BE4AFA21F

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another record says 1760

Joshua married Jane ROBINSON on 26 Apr 1786 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Jane (daughter of John ROBINSON and Mary) was born about 1758 in Botetourt County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died before 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Americas Jane R. Chitwood, was named after her grandmother, Jane Robinson--------------------
Henry Laughlin's wife, Americas Jane R. Chitwood was his second cousin. She was a granddaughter of Joshua Chitwood, of Gallia Co, OH in 1800, and his wife Jane Robinson. Joshua Chitwood and Elizabeth Chitwood Whiteside Bond Hubbard, were siblings..

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• FamilySearch ID: KPQ1-MC1
• Name: Richard CHEATWOOD
• _UID: 72D2B34B4AFB4ECEA7C0C176FAFD34F05C15

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Missouri Wills:
Name
Richard Chitwood
Probate Date
7 Jun 1822
Probate Place
St Louis, Missouri, USA
Inferred Death Year
1822

Name: Richard Chitwood
Gender: M (Male)
State: Missouri
Locality: Louisiana and Missouri Territory
County: St Louis County
Town: St Ferdinand Township
Residence Year: 1820
Household Remarks: Between 1 Oct 1816 and 31 Mar 1817 he was made a Justice of the Peace for St. Ferdinand Township.


Name: Richard Chitwood
Gender: M (Male)
State: Missouri
Locality: Louisiana and Missouri Territory
County: St Louis District
Residence Year: 1810
Household Remarks: He was appointed Lieutenant in the 6th Company of militia for the District of St Louis, certified 8 Jul 1806.

Richard married Mary Margaret CANTLEY on 3 Feb 1789 in Greenbriar, Chesterfield, Virginia. Mary (daughter of John W. CANTLEY, Sr and Elinor LINDSAY) was born in 1769 in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1822 in Florissant, St. Louis Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Spelling of Last Name: ; Cheatwood
• FamilySearch ID: LZ46-6BZ
• MilitaryService: ; Officer In British Army
• MilitaryService: North Carolina; Tory in Revolutionary War
• Title: ; Captain
• _UID: E3DF951880BC41BFAD88901F3AE6F77F2516

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Capt. James Chitwood, son of Matthias and Mary (Key) Chitwood and brother to Richard Chitwood, was a Tory during the Revolutionary War and was captured and hung after the battle of King's Mountain NC. "The names of the condemned Tories were --- Colonel Ambrose Mills, Capt. James Chitwood, Capt. Wilson, Capt. Walter Gilkey, Capt. Grimes, Lieutenant Lafferty, John McFall, John Bibby, and Augustine Hobbs.

They were swung off the Gallows Oak, three at a time, and left suspended at the place of execution. According to Lieutenant Allaire's acocunt, they died like soldiers --- like martyrs, in their own and friends' estimation. "These brave but unfortunate Loyalists', says Allaire, 'with their latest breath expressed their unutterable detestation of the Rebels, and of their base and infamous proceedings; and, as they were being turned off, extolled thier King and the British Government, Mills, Wilson, and Chitwood died like Romans.....The poor Loyalist leaders had been left swinging from the sturdy oak upon which they had been executed. No sooner had the Whigs moved off, than Mrs. Martha Bickerstaff, the wife of Capt. Aaron Bickerstaff who had served under Ferguson, and been mortally wounded at King's Mountain, with the assistance of an old man who worked on the farm, cut down the nine dead bodies. Eight of them were buried in a shallow trench, some two feet deep; while the remains of Capt. Chitwood were conveyed by some of his friends, on a plank, half a mile away to Benjamin Bickerstaff's, where they were interred on a hill still used as a grave-yard." Taken from the book "Kings Mountain and it's Heroes", by Lyman C. Draper
As depicted in the book Descendants of Matthias Chitwood compiled by I.O. Chitwood;

James Chitwood is the son of Matthias Chitwood and Mary Key.

James married Alice and they had 7 sons all born in VA;
1) James born 1752 who married Elizabeth Whiteside died in GA
2) Moses born 1754 and died in AL
3) Shadrack born 1756 who married Margaret and died in AL
4) Joshua born 1758 who married Jane Robinson in VA 1786
5) Joseph born in 1760
6) Pleasant born in 1765 and married Barbara Barnes in NC 1792 and died 1848 in TN
7) Amos born 1768 married Prudence Lattimore 1793 and died in 1843 in IN

James Chitwood was a Loyalist and Officer (Captain) during the Revolutionary War living in South Carolina.

As depicted in the book King's Mountain and its Heroes by Lyman C Draper;

The Battle of Kings Mountain (SC) was a decisive battle and turning point in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. British Officer Colonel Ferguson had taken up position on the top of the mountain with Loyalist militia from South Carolina but were overwhelmed in the battle on October 7, 1780 by Patriot militia "Over Mountain Men". Over 400 Loyalist were killed or wounded in the surprise attack by the Patriots. Ferguson was the only British soldier and he died in the battle that lasted about an hour. Over 600 were captured including 9 officers. One of those officers was Captain James Chitwood.

The Patriots retreated quickly with the prisoners north into NC. The set up camp and tried and sentenced 39 men to be executed in an infamous proceeding. Three at a time they were hung from a large oak tree known after as the Gallows Oak. Captain James Chitwood was in the first group of three to be hung. With nine hanging from the tree, and three more ready to go a disturbance occurred that caused the hanging to be discontinued and the remaining to be pardoned.

The men had been left swinging from the sturdy oak but as soon as the Patriot force moved off, the wife of Captain Biggerstaff (or Bickerstaff) who served under Ferguson and been mortality wounded at the battle, cut them down with the help of a farm hand. Eight were buried in a shallow trench and the remains of Captain Chitwood were taken to the Biggerstaff farm and interred on a hill there.

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James married Alice ZIMMERMAN, Carpenter about 1748 in Rutherford, North Carolina. Alice (daughter of Hans Christian ZIMMERMAN, Translate Carpenter and Salome "Sarah" RUFFNER) was born on 30 Apr 1724 in Cumberland, Virginia; died in 1780 in Rutherford, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Alice CARPENTER
• Name: Alice ZIMMERMAN
• Name: Alice ZIMMERMAN
• Name: Anna or Alice CARPENTER
• _UID: D826C08CD19A47FFBAB3E812ED07A5EEE9FD

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John married Mary. Mary was born about 1730 in Virginia, British Colonial America; died in in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: went by name Cheatwood after 1776

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Richard Chitwood went by the name Cheatwood after the Revolutionary War.
Sold 200 acres on Nobb creek that he inherited from his father to his brother William. He moved the family to Buckinham co, then to Bedford co, finally to Rutherford co NC.

Children: Isabella Elizabeth Chitwood b: 1747 in Cumberland Co. VA Daniel Chitwood , Sr b: 1760 in Cumberland Co. TN-VA Catherine Chitwood b: 1758 in Cumberland Co. VA Mary Ann Chitwood b: 1749 in Cumberland CO. VA James Chitwood b: 21 JUN 1751 in Cumberland Co. VA Richard Chitwood , Jr b: 1764 in VA Seth Chitwood b: 1766 in Cumberland Co., VA John Chitwood b: 1774 in Cumberland Co. VA Hiram Chitwood b: BET. 1787 - 1811 Shedrick (Shad) Chitwood

Richard married Winiford RANDOLPH in 1746 in Powhatan Co, Virginia. Winiford (daughter of Unk RANDOLPH) was born on 1 Jul 1724 in Rutherford, Fairfax, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1780 in Rutherford, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Elinor LINDSAY about 1763 in Virginia. Elinor (daughter of Cpt. Samuel D. LINDSAY, Sr and Margaret Ann BUHOUP, Smiley) was born about 1738 in Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 24 Apr 1802 in Greenbriar, Virgina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sold Oct 5 1783 tract of land on side of the James acreage - John Cantley and Elinor his wife of Greenbrier County to Walter Linsay. Conideration 50 pounds

(Research):Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800 Botetourt County.
P178. Oct 5 1783. John Cantley & Elinor his wife of Greenbrier Couty to Walter Linsay. Consideration 50 punds. Tract on so. side of the James. Acreage not given. Witnesses: William Anderson, Malcom ALlen and Pat Lockhart.