William Chavis, Sr.

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.

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)

https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/12_heing.html

GEDCOM Note

Considered the founding family of the Granville NA community and close ties to the Lumbee and. According to Kianga Lucas blog, he owned a continuous track of 51200 acres along the Tar River. land received directly from John Cateret 2nd Earl of Granville.≤/line>≤line />≤line>This may be how Kianga and I are related in part