1. John Richard Cheatham, the son of Archie, was born in Dec. 1846. he left home at the age of 16 to join the Confederate Army and served as a scout. He was promoted to the rank of Captain and served under General Taylor. When he returned home he married Susan A. Bland, a granddaughter of Martin Anding, her mother being Carrie Anding Bland. They owned the old Anding house which burned. Some of the Anding property is still owned by the descendants of John Richard. They had six sons and two daughters: (1) John T. Cheatham, b. 20 Feb 1869, died 28 Sept 1946, married Elizabeth Kirk, born 19 Dec 1867, died 1951, a daughter of John Washington and Catherine (Tucker) Kird, also fo the Concord Community. They had children: Wylma who married James Vernon O'Neal, Lourine who married Elzie L. (Joe) Brent, Maysie who married Louie P. Gayden, and John Lawrence who married Vera Washington. Most of the family of John T. and Elizabeth Cheatham still lives in the same vicinity of Yazoo County as their parents, (2) Lester Cheatham married Ida Sanders of Houston, Miss., returning to Yazoo County, living here until deat at age 94, (3) Jim Cheatham remained single. He died in 1960, (4) Foster Cheatham married Emmie Lee Ware of Ware, Miss., (5) Susan Cheatham married George McMichael, (6) Martha Cheatham married Charlie Ruth and made their home in Beaumont, Texas, (7) Tom Cheatham married Draxey Heinberger of Oklahoma City, Okla., where they made their home and operated a florist and had an insurance business, and (8) Orin Earnest Cheatham, born 8 March 1871, and died 23 April 1910 married Winnie Leggett of Canton, Miss., and had children: Richard Darrington Cheatham who married Velma Holland, Orin Lester, and Katie Sue who married Henry Wilson.
2. Ida Bell Cheatham, daughter of John Archie and Martha (Wilburn) Cheatham married Samuel Ray Manor, a farmer and merchant of Anding, and were the parents of three children: (1) Archie, (2) Gwendolyn who married William Edward Allgood, Sr. and had children - Golda, Jewel, and William E. Jr, and (3) Lennie Mae.
Ida Bell (Cheatham) Manor fell heir to that part of the plantation on which her father, John Archie and his brother, Matt Cheatham, together with several slaves who were also carpenters, built their ancestral home. It was interrupted by the Civil War and John Archie went off to the war. The Yankees came through burning homes and crops, but one of the Yankee officers protectede their home. It was believed that the reason was that he was a Mason. This old home, built of cypress, with wooden pegs, square nails, hand-made brick, which was originally two-story, has withstood the Civil War and two tornadoes. It is now owned by Mrs. W.E. Allgood, Sr., who is the granddaughter of John Archie Cheatham, and his brother, Matt, the original owner. John Archie Cheatham, went all over the country building houses and gins. They were builders of another old home, "Fairview," that is still standing near Anding which is owned by Mrs. Fred Terrell.
Other children of John Archie and Martha (Wilburn) Cheatham other than Ida Bell and Captain John Richard, above, were: 3. Anderson Cheatham who married Roxie Manor 4. Rhoda (Rowena) Cheatham who married W.S. Kelly 5. Ernest Cheatham 6. Mittie who married Tom Russell 7. Joe Cheatham never married -- lived around Satartia 8. Martha Cheatham married Jack Johnson 9. Pet Cheatham married Alfred Wallace 10. Mary Cheatham married a Jones 11. Lillie Cheatham married Sam Barr 12. Carrie Cheatham married Walter Baines 13. Andy Cheatham 14. Tommy Cheatham -- died young 15. Mae Bell Cheatham, died at age 2.