Cheatham & Wilburn Genealogy

Cheatham - Wilburn

Genealogy

Chesterfield County, Virginia to Yazoo County, Mississippi

Origin of Cheatham

The Family of Cheatham, (anciently "Chetham, Cheatham, or Cheathame"), appears to have originated around Manchester, England. The word itself means "Ceatta's Home of Estate," being derived from the old english personal name of Ceatta. Although all three variants of spelling are occasionally seen in modern time, the form most frequently used in the United States is "Cheatham."

We want to convey a special thank you to John L Cheatham Jr, and his son John III. They provided us with 6 fine photos and information to place on this web site. Other significant contributors are: Patricia Wright Mullins and Bill Cheatham. If you can provide additional photos or information please contact me at: kickhome@aol.com

To review Tid Bits of information recalled by Gwendlyn Manor Allgood in 1982 Click here.
To review the Cheatham GenForum Inquiries click here.
To review Cheatham/Wilburn Legal Documents (1857 & 1859) click here.
To review John and Martha's marriage certificate click here.Contribution by John L. Cheatham III
To review the Cheatham's 1860 Census Information click here.Contribution by John L. Cheatham III
To review Yazoo County Map click here.
To review the Cheatham Cemetery of Yazoo County, Ms., and some Obituaries click here.
To review Yazoo and Its Legends article. click here.
To review Civil War Letter written by John R. Cheatham click here.
To review Cheatham homestead history click here.
John Archer Cheatham's Ancestors? You make the determination.
Cheatham Genealogy. Click here. (Has VA origins and Yazoo County, MS connections)
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Cheatham Family Tree

1 Martha H. Wilburn, b: October 20, 1830 in Alabama, d: March 10, 1912 buried Manor Place, Yazoo, Ms.(Applied for Confederate Pension in 1909). Martha's parents were Richard Wilbourn and Permelia Minter from Edgefield County, SC. It is said that the Minter family disowned Martha for some reason unknown to us now.
(Click here to review Martha's youngest brother - Richard Brown Wilburn's genealogy.)
....+John Archer Cheatham, b: Jan 17, 1815 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, m: December 23, 1845, d: July 1885 buried Manor Place, Yazoo, Ms. (Was a Colonel in the 6th and 46th Miss. Infantry, CSA)

....2. John Richard Cheatham b: 1847 in Yazoo County, Ms, d: 1911
...... +Susan Amanda Bland b: October 07, 1851?, m. Dec. 17th, 1867, d: January 29, 1911
.......3. John Thomas Cheatham, b. Feb 20, 1869, d. Sep 28, 1946, Yazoo City, MS
..........+Elizabeth Edmonds Kirk, m. Feb 29, 1898, b. Dec 19, 1867, d. Sep 1, 1951 Yazoo City, MS
..........4. Maysie Jewel Cheatham, b. May 14, 1899
.............+Louis P. Gayden
..........4. Wilma Leslie Cheatham, b. Feb 23, 1901, d. May 24, 1982
.............+James Vernon "Bo" O'Neal Sr.
.............5. James Warren O'Neal Jr.
.............5. Peggy Joyce O'Neal
..........4. Katherine Lurene Cheatham, b. Dec 5, 1903
.............+Elizy Lee "Joe" Brent
.............5. Joseph Brent
.............5. Jennel Wilma Brent
..........4. Susan Bland Cheatham, b. 1904, d. 1905 Yazoo City, MS
..........4. John Lawrence Cheatham Sr, b. Jan 23, 1906, d. Aug 13, 1985
.............+Annie Vera Warrington, m. Oct 1929, b. Jul 6, 1906, d. Dec 28, 1989
.............5. John Lawrence Cheatham Jr, b. 6/19/1933
................+Jerri Shannon, m. Jan 19, 1971
.............5. Annette Cheatham
.............5. Steven Swayze Cheatham
.......3. Orin Elbert "Ernest" Cheatham, b. May 8, 1861, d. Apr 23, 1910, buried Straight Bayou Cemetery, Humphrey County, MS. While under a tree during a storm; limb fell and killed him.
..........+Winnie Ione Leggett, b. Nov 19, 1873, d. Dec 28, 1948. Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, MS. Died of heart trouble.
..........4. Richard Darrington Cheatham, b. Mar 9, 1901, d. Mar 14, 1970. Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, MS. (Heart trouble)
.............+Velma Nancy Holland, b. Apr 24, 1903, d. Dec 9, 1995, buried at Gelnwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, MS.
.............5. Frances Ione Cheatham, b. Jun 16, 1928
................+Marion Atley Boykin, b. Sep 14, 1923
................6. Carl Scott Boykin, b. Feb 19, 1955
................6. Nancy Jo Boykin, b. Sep 19, 1957
................6. Sandra Marion Boykin, b. Nov 18, 1959
.............5. Richard Darrington Cheatham Jr., b. May 24, 1932
................+Barbara Sue Maier, b. Mar 20, 1932
................6. Mark Wayne Cheatham, b. Jan 16, 1956
...................+Debra Bennett, b. May 4, 1954
...................7. Emma L. Cheatham, b. Sep 1, 1992
................6. Catherine Ann Cheatham, b. Jul 17, 1958
...................+Richard Krueger
...................7. Kyla Krueger, b. Oct 2, 1991
...................7. Grace Krueger, b. Dec 4, 1995
.............5. Carl Holland Cheatham, b. and d. Aug 13, 1935, buried at Gelnwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, MS. Lived only 15 hours. Possible brain damage during birth - no autopsy.
..........4. Orin Lester Cheatham, b. Feb 5, 1905, d. Sep 10, 1969, buried Glenwood Cemetery, Yazoo City, MS.
..........4. Orin Elbert Cheatham, Jr., b. Apr 17, 1907, d. Nov 1, 1908, buried Straight Bayou Cemetery, Humphrey County, MS. (Scarlet Fever)
..........4. Katie Sue Cheatham, b. Aug 13, 1909, deceased, buried Yazoo City, MS
.............+Henry Wilson
.......3. Lester Cheatham, b. Apr 7, 1873, d. abt 1967
..........+Ida Sanders
.......3. Susan Cheatham, b. 1875
..........+George McMichael
.......3. Martha Cheatham, b. Mar 4, 1881
..........+Charlie Ruth
.......3. James Bland Cheatham, b. Jan 23, 1879, d. 1960
.......3. Foster G. Cheatham, b. Mar 10, 1883, Yazoo County, MS, d. Aug 3, 1961
..........+Emily Lee Weir (Ware), b. Mar 3, 1893 in Duckhill, MS. m. Feb 8, 1917? In Humphrey County, MS. Emily was a Teacher and they owned a Grocery Store.
..........4. John F. Cheatham, Jr., b. May 5, 1922 Duck Hill, MS
.............+Irene Brunner, d. Dec 22, 1958 Coco Beach, FL
.............5. Ben Allen Cheatham, b. Sep 29, 1951, Water Valley, MS.
..........4. Joyce Bland Cheatham, b. Mar 11, 1927, Duck Hill, MS
.............+George Vernon Whitehorn, b. Feb 28, 1925 Jackson, TN, m. Jan 29, 1949 Corinth, MS, d. Dec 29, 1975, Titusville, Fl
.......3. Tom Cheatham, b. Apr 7, 1877
..........+Draxy Hein Berger

.... 2. Sarah Jeanette Cheatham b: Sep. 1847 in Yazoo County, Ms, d: Mar 22, 1933 - Nickname "Pet". Buried in Cheatham Cemetery, Manor Place, Yazoo County, MS
.......+James Alfred Wallace, b. Jun 6, 1827, Pitt Co, NC, d. Jan 12, 1899
.......3. Alfred W. Wallace, b. Nov 1870 Bentonia, Yazoo Co, MS, d. 1932
.......3. Thomas Elmo Wallace, b. Mar 1873
..........+Lennie Malone
..........4. Elizabeth Wallace
.............+(first name unknown) Tipton
.......3. John C. Wallace Sr., b. Mar 6, 1873 Bentonia, Yazoo Co, MS, d. Jun 28, 1953.
..........+Buelah G. Simmons, b. abt 1890 Tylertown, Pike Co, MS, d. Dec 6, 1952 (first wife)
..........4. John Cheatham Wallace Jr., b. Sep 19, 1914 Osyka, Pike Co, MS
.............+Marie Dawkins, b. Mar 18, 1918 Wash DC
.............5. Donald Edward Wallace, b. Jul 21, 1939, Wash DC
................+Kay Ziebarth, b. Aug 9, 1940 St Paul, MN (first wife)
................6. Perry Hill Wallace, b. 1949 Wash DC
................+Ellen Hutchinson, b. Sep 22, 1916 Fairdealing, Ripley Co, MO
.............5. Richard Kent Wallace, b. 1854 Wash DC
..........+Pauline Coopoer (John Jr's. second wife)
.......3. Martha "Mattie" Wallace, b. May 1875 (never married)
.......3. Sarah Jeanetta Wallace, b. Jun 1876 Bentonia, Yazoo Co, MS (never married)
.......3. Lula Pearl Wallace, b. Nov 1877 Bentonia, Yazoo Co, MS (never married)
.......3. Joseph Thaddeus Wallace Sr., b. Jul 15, 1884 Bentonia, Yazoo Co, MS
..........+Sarah Pearl Edmondson
..........4. Joseph Thaddeus Wallace Jr., b. dec 25, 1911 Elton, VA
..........4. John Oliver Wallace Sr., b. abt May 15, 1913, Elton, VA
.............5. John Oliver Wallace Jr.
.............5. Wade Belle Wallace
.............5. Debbie Wallace
..........4. James Henry Wallace Sr, b. Mar 3, 1918 Round Hill VA
..........4. Sarah Edmonson Wallace, b. Jul 25, 1919 "Maplewood" home, MacLean VA
.............+Early Lunsford
.............5. Richard Early Lunsford, b. 1946 Arlington, VA
.............5. Sarah Marie Lunsford, b. 1948, Wash DC
.............5. Kathleen Elizabeth Lunsford, b. 1953 Arlington, VA

.... 2 Caroline B. Cheatham b: 1849 in Yazoo County, Ms,
...... +Walter Baines (Bain)?
.......3. Ada Baines
..........+(unknown) Hutchens
.......3. Harry Baines
.......3. Ellie Baines
.......3. Robert Baines
.......3. Fountain? Baines
.......3. Bert Baines

.... 2 Cornelia Cheatham b: 1850 in Yazoo County, Ms - Nickname "Mittie". No children.
...... +Tom Russell

.... 2 Mary C. Cheatham b: 1855 in Yazoo County, Ms.
...... +Charles Jones
.......3. Charles Jones
.......3. Louie Jones
.......3. Tom Jones
.......3. May Jones
.......3. Lettie? J. Jones
..........+Ernest Manor
.......3. Viola J. Jones
.......3. Archie Jones
.......3. Powell Jones
.......3. Mat Jones

.... 2 Martha Cheatham b: 1857 in Yazoo County, Ms.
...... +Jack Johnson
.......3. Rosalie Johnson
..........+Ed Cheatham
.......3. Andrew Johnson
.......3. Lonnie Johnson (died young)
.......3. Lizzie Johnson
.......3. Vertna? Johnson
.......3. Wiley Johnson
.......3. Jasper Johnson
.......3. Jacob Johnson

.... 2 Madison E. Cheatham b: 11/1858 in Yazoo County, Ms.
...... +Susan Margaret (Susie) Manor b: Feb 11, 1861, m. Oct 8, 1879 in Yazoo, MS, d. Mar 17, 1895
.......3. Martha Hannah Cheatham, b. Feb 24, 1882 in Yazoo, MS, d. Aug 24, 1950 in Davidson County, TN. Buried in Maple View Cemetery in Rutherford County, Smyrna, TN
..........+Ernest Athal Mann, b. Sep 7, 1870 in Smith Co., TN, m. May 24, 1900 in Warren Co.,Vicksburg, MS, d. May 15, 1929 in Rutherford Co., TN. Buried in Maple View Cemetery
..........4. Cleo Elizabeth Mann, b. Jan 17, 1902, Warren Co., Vicksburg, MS, d. July 19, 1976, Kewaunee, Co., Algoma, WI, buried Maple View Cemetery, Smyrna, TN
.............+Francis Stimson Haberly, b. Jan 16, 1902, m. Jan 31, 1922, Nashville, TN, d. Apr 10, 1978, Algoma, WS. Buried in Maple View Cemetery
.............5. Jacqueline Mann Haberly, b. Apr 27, 1926, Cincinnati, OH.
..........4. Alma Mann, b. July 1, 1904, Ouchita Co., Monroe, LA, d. Nov 11, 1978, Harris Co., Pasadena, TX. Buried Maple View Cemetery, Smyrna, TN
.............+Enzy Charles (Happy) Hickman, b. Feb 14, 1904, m. Dec 27, 1930, Nashville, TN, d. Mar 4. 1992, Houston, TX. Buried at Maple View Cemetery
.............5. Richard Hickman
..........4. Ernest Cheatham Mann, b. Oct 30, 1907, Rutherford Co., Jefferson Pike, TN., d, June 25, 1977, Murfreesboro, TN
.............+Martha Mildred Pipkin (1st wife), b. Dec 11, 1918, m. May 14, 1941
.............+Jesse Belle Arnette (2nd wife), b. Aug 3, 1911, m. Jan 1, 1948, Rossville, GA., d. Oct 3, 1998, Murfreeboro, TN
.............5. Helen Emily Mann
..........4. Edna Wilbur Mann, b. May 19, 1911, Rutherford Co., TN, d. Jan 2, 2003, Rutherford, Co, TN
.............+Frank Wright, b. Feb 28, 1905 in Smyrna, TN, d. Jan 23, 1988 in Murfreesboro, TN. Buried in Maple View Cemetery
.............5. Patrica Ann Wright
................+James David (Jim) Mullins
................6. Linda Jane Mullins
................6. Janice Ann Mullins
................6. Leslie Kay Mullina
.............5. Martha Elizabeth Wright
.............5. Donald Leslie Wright
..........4. Martha Athal Mann, b. July 4, 1914, Rutherford Co., Old Jefferson Community, TN., d. Mar 26, 1999, Murfreesboro,TN
.............+Thomas Short, b. Dec 23, 1914, m. Dec 25, 1937 in Williamson Co., TN, d. Aug 16, 1995 in Murfreesboro, TN
.............5. Sharon Sue (Maitland) Short
.............5. Richard Forest (Maitland) Short
..........4. Margaret Manor Mann, b. Mar 1, 1917, Rutherford Co., TN., d. June 19, 1991, buried in Maple View Cemetery
.............+Frank Ernest Short, b. Sep 27, 1915, m. Oct 22, 1938, Rutherford Co., TN, d. Jan 12, 1999, Smyrna, TN. Buried in Maple View Cemetery
.............5. Larry Mann Short
.............5. Janice Short
.............5. Beverly Jean Short
................+Alfred Wayne Marshall (1st husband)
................+Terry Hickerson (2nd husband)
.............5. Ernest Michael Short
................+Betsy Gaile Spiceland (1st wife)
................+Nancy _____ Short (2nd wife)
.............5. Margaret Elaine Short
................+Wallace Glenn Cawthorn (1st husband)
................+Robert Bise (2nd husband)
..........4. Vivia Stanton Mann, b. Jul 19, 1921, Rutherford Co., TN., d. Aug 26, 1988, buried in Alsup Cemetery, Wilson Co., TN
.............+Arlie Wilson Alsup, Sr., b. Aug 11, 1911, d. Oct 13, 1980, buried in Alsup Cemetery, Wilson Co., TN
.............5. Annette Alsup, b. May 8, 1942, d. Dec 17, 2000, New York
.............5. Kay Jeanette Alsup, b. Dec 20, 1943, d. Sep 9, 1978, Wilson Co., TN, buried in Alsup Cemetery
.............5. Arlie Wilson Alsup, Jr.
.............5. Lance Wayne Alsup
.............5. Stephen Paul Alsup
.............5. Judy Gail Alsup
.............5. Deborah Joy Alsup
.......3. Lillian Cheatham, b. Aug 25, 1885, Yazoo County, MS, d. 1944, buried Yazoo County, MS. Had stroke at age of 50.
..........+Burnice Baine Neely, b. Oct 14, 1881, m. Dec 14, 1906, died in Yazoo Co., MS
..........4. Thelma Louise Neely., b. Sep 4, 1908, Yazoo Co., MS
.............+Laroy (Son) Perry, m. Jul 12, 1931 in Yazoo Co. MS
.............5. Martha Ann Perry, b. Aug 27, 1933
................+(First name unknown) Sills
.............5. Marynell Perry, b. Nov 25, 1937
................+(First name unknown) Renfroe
.............5. Larry Neely Perry, b. Jul 5, 1944
..........4. Gaddis Otto Neely, b. Mar 1910, Yazoo Co., MS, d. Yazoo Co. MS.
.............+Jewell Beatrice Fischer
.............5. Billy Jewell Neely, b. Aug 7, 1937
..........4. Laurie Annette Neely, b. July 26, 1913, Yazoo Co., MS
.............+Horace I. Johnson, m. Nov 1931 (no children)
..........4. Lillian Hazel Neely, b. Oct 22, 1916, Yazoo Co., MS., d. Apr 9, 1996, Yazoo Co., MS.
.............+Robert Cecil (Red) Jones, m. May 6, 1944 in Yazoo, Co., MS
.............5. Robert David Jones, b. June 27, 1945, Myrtle Beach, SC
..........4. Robert Myrle Neely, b. Jan 29, 1918, Yazoo Co., MS., d. Yazoo Co., MS.
.............+Emma Lou Kirk
.............5. Robert Myrle Neely Jr., b. Nov 24, 1947
.............5. Michael Kirk Neely, b. Jan 1, 1950
.............5. Connie Lou Neely
................+(First name unknown) Howell
.............5. Randall Lynn Neely
..........4. Margie Elaine Neely, b. Aug 25, 1920, Yazoo Co., MS.
.............+Howard Strickland Paul
.............5. Marjorie Annette Paul
................+(First name unknown) Brown
.............5. Howard Strickland Paul Jr.
..........4. R.C. (Bandy) Neely, b. Jul 23, 1923, Yazoo Co., MS., (never married)
..........4. Burnice Burnett Neely, b. Feb 8, 1927, Yazoo Co., MS.
.............+Mary Margaret Tyer, m. Nov 12, 1945 in Yazoo Co., MS
.............5. Sandra Clair Neely
................+(First name unknown) Plunkett
.............5. Brenda Lynn Neely
................+(First name unknown) Russell
.............5. Judy Carol Neely
................+(First name unknown) Jones
.............5. Barbara Elaine Neely
................+(First name unknown) Davis
..........4. Lynn Arnold Neely, b. Sep 22, 1929, Yazoo Co., MS, d. Yazoo Co., MS.
.............+Evie Dora Saxton (no children)
.......3. Roxie Cheatham, b. Dec 1887 in Yazoo County, MS
..........+John Howard Kirk, b. Jun 19, 1884 (Twin)
..........4. Carl Kirk
..........4. Ralph Kirk
..........4. Lillian Kirk
..........4. Ruth Kirk
..........4. David Kirk
..........4. James Kirk
..........4. Jean Kirk
..........4. Halbert Kirk
..........4. Galen Kirk
..........4. Maria Kirk
.......3. Manor Cheatham, b. Aug 1889 in Yazoo County, MS
.......3. Maggie Cheatham, b. Feb 1892 in Yazoo County, MS
.......3. Beatrice Cheatham, b. June 1894 in Yazoo County, MS
(For more information on the descendants of Madison Cheatham and Margaret Manor contact Patricia Wright Mullins at the following e-mail address: jmullins68@comcast.net

.....2 Thomas Cheatham b: 1859 in Yazoo County, Ms. d: Abt 1875. Tommy, died at 16. He was making bricks all day and about dark he started bleeding from every pore of his body and the family actually watched him bleed to death.

.....2 Anderson A.L. Cheatham b: Oct 07, 1861 in Yazoo City, Ms. d: Jan 29, 1900
...... +R.L. Roxie Manor
.....(2nd Wife of Anderson A.L. Cheatham)
.......+Virgie Allgood
.....(3rd Wife of Anderson A.L. Cheatham)
.......+Helen Barre

.....2 Joe Cheatham b: 1862 in Yazoo County, Ms (never married)

.....2 Lilla "Lillie" Cheatham b: Oct 18, 1864 in Yazoo County, Ms
...... +Sam Barr
.......3. Will Barr
..........+(given name unknown) Lacey

.... 2 Roena "Rhody" Cheatham b: July 07, 1866, Yazoo City, MS
...... +Will Kelly
.......3. Homer Kelly
.......3. Lillian Kelly
....(2nd Husband of Roena Cheatham)
.......+Homer Sims

.....2 Ida Belle Cheatham (twin) b: Sep 7, 1868 in Yazoo County, Ms
...... +Samuel Ray Manor
.......3. Archie Manor
..........+(given name unknown) Hilderbrand
.......3. Gwendolyn Manor (see comments provided by Gwendolyn in 1982)
..........+William Edward Allgood Sr.
..........4. Golda Allgood
..........4. Jewel Allgood
..........4. William Edward Allgood Jr.
.............+Eunice Faye Vigil
.............5. Sheila Allgood
.............5. Bruce Allgood
.............5. Cindy Allgood
.............5. Craig Allgood
.............5. Imelda Allgood
.......3. Lennie Mae Manor (died young)

.....2 Mae Bell Cheatham (twin) b: Sep 7, 1868 in Yazoo County, Ms., d: Dec 10, 1870 (2 yrs, 8 mos., and 8 days old)

.... 2 Ernest Cheatham b: 1871 in Yazoo County, Ms.
...... +Rosa Lee Johnson m: 1899
.......3. Ernest Cheatham
.......3. Girl (name unknown)

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