Follow the Chamness Familys Migration TrailIn putting the Chamness history together I saw that the path of our ancestors would make a great family vacation route, so here are the genealogy highlights of the trip. I'm sure you'll find many other awesome experiences along the way. When you get out your maps to plan your trip, be sure to include Rt. 25 on either side of the Cumberland Gap, at Middlesboro, Kentucky. Parts of it follow the Old Wilderness Trail carved out by Daniel Boone. Edward Chamness and family traveled this road to Indiana. Old St. Paul's Episcopal Parish Church, Baltimore, MDAnthony and Sarah were married at St. Paul's Church in Baltimore. There is a still an active church, Old St. Paul's Episcopal Parish Church, founded 1692, located on Charles Street at Saratoga in Baltimore, Maryland, four blocks north of Harbor Place and the Convention Center. This is very likely the church where Anthony and Sarah married in 1735. The Parish Office is one block west of the Church at 309 Cathedral Street, 21201. Gunpowder Meeting, Sparks, MDThe first records we have of Anthony and Sarah as Quakers are from the Gunpowder Meeting. It is still an active meeting located at Sparks, 21 miles north of Baltimore on Route 83, the Harrisburg Expressway. Exit 24, Belfast Road, west toward Butler approximately 1/3 mile to Priceville Road. Turn left onto Priceville Road and continue approximately 1 mile. Where Priceville Road turns right and Quaker Bottom Road continues ahead at the crest of a steep grade, make a sharp right turn into the Meeting House Drive. Monocacy Meeting , near Buckeystown MDIn 1741 Anthony and Sarah transferred from Gunpowder MM to Monocacy Meeting in Maryland near what is now Buckeystown. This is located in the Monocacy Valley about five miles south of Frederick and just north of the Potomac River in Frederick County, Maryland. Monocacy Meeting was absorbed by the Fairfax Meeting, Loudon County, Maryland. Carver's Creek MM, Bladen County, NCAnthony and Sarah transferred from Fairfax MM in 1749 to Carver's Creek MM in what was Bladen County, North Carolina at the time. Carver's Creek MM It is no longer in existence and I was unable to locate it . Cane Creek MM, Snow Camp, NCAnthony and Sarah were charter members of the Cane Creek MM when it was set off from the Carver's Creek MM in 1751. It is still an active meeting located near the village of Snow Camp on the Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road in Alamance County, North Carolina. The cemetery has a memorial marker dedicated to the pioneer Chamnesses.
Centre MM, Guilford County, NCCentre MM is still an active meeting located on what is now Highway 62 in Guilford County, North Carolina near the Randolph County line. Joseph Chamness and his family belonged to this meeting. Providence MM, Providence Township, Randolph Co., NCMargaret Norton, first wife of Joseph Chamness died in 1784 and is reportedly buried in the cemetery of the Providence MM, although the minutes of the Meeting do not include a record of her burial. Joseph and his second wife, Hannah Beeson, were buried here, however, there are no stones for them. The cemetery is located in Providence Township in the central upper part of Randolph County, North Carolina next to the Guilford County line. Spring MM, near Graham, Alamance County, NCSpring MM is in the southeastern corner of Alamance County, North Carolina about 15 miles southeast of Graham and a few miles east of Cane Creek Meeting. Edward Chamness' wife, Hannah Woody and her family belonged to this meeting. White Lick MM, Mooresville, Morgan County, INWhite Lick MM was in Morgan County, Indiana. This was the first meeting Edward Chamness and his family attended when they arrived in Indiana in 1828. It's original location was a couple of miles north of Mooresville on State highway 267, about 1/4 mile north of County Line Road--on the right hand side of the road and up on a hill. The building is no longer standing. The location of this first site was lost over the years, but was located by accident some 20-30 years ago. A man was digging there and coming upon a row of stones realized they were gravestones. A monument has been placed at the site and there are about a dozen stones still in the cemetery. The Meeting had moved to a new site northwest of Mooresville. That building is no longer standing either and we have no relatives buried in either cemetery. Sugar Grove Meetinghouse, Plainfield, INEdward and Hannah Woody Chamness are buried in the cemetery at Sugar Grove Meetinghouse. The Sugar Grove Meetinghouse [part of the Plainfield Monthly Meeting] was the home meeting of Edward and Hannah Woody Chamness when they lived in Hendricks County, Indiana. They both are buried in the cemetery there. Take I-70 west out of Indianapolis to the Plainfield exit (State Road 267). Go north on 267 to the first stop light, then turn left onto County Road 600 S. Go past two 4-way stop signs and proceed about 600 ft further to the top of the hill. The Meetinghouse and cemetery are on the right.
Abner Creek Cemetery, Washington Township, Hendricks Co., INRhoda Bray Chamness, wife of Owen is buried at Abner Creek Cemetery. Owen is probably buried there also but there is no stone. The cemetery is located on 150N approx. a half mile off of 475E in Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. Turn West off of 267 or it may be easier to turn off 36 to the North. It is between two houses some distance from the road on the south side between roads 425 and 475E.
Mt. Jackson Cemetery, Indianapolis, INLucas Brooks and Lydia Martha Lindsey Chamness are buried at Mt. Jackson Cemetery located on Tibbs Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. Their daughter, Sarah Ellen and her husband, John Mack Garloch, are buried there also.
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