Our Joseph Chandler of Caswell County, North Carolina: Descendants of Richardson Chandler, 1795-1859, grandson of Joseph
Description:... Richardson Chandler (ca. 1795-1859) was born in North Carolina, probably Caswell County, the son of James Chandler (ca. 1761-1809) and the grandson of Joseph Chandler of Caswell County, North Carolina. His family migrated to Franklin County, Georgia, ca. 1796. He married Frances Shields (ca. 1796-before 1853), ca. 1815, probably in Franklin County. They had twelve children, ca. 1816-1836. The family was living in Walton County, Georgia, in 1830 and in Benton County, Alabama, in 1840. Richardson Chandler, a minister of the Primitive Baptist Church frequently went back and forth between Georgia and Alabama. Richardson married 2) Mary (Polly) Dowdy in Benton County, Alabama, in 1853. The had one daughter born ca. 1859. He died in Calhoun (formarly Benton) County, Alabama. Descendants listed lived in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, California, Texas, Utah, Arizona and elsewhere.
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