Peter Chavis (abt. 1778 - abt. 1831)

Born about 1778 in Virginia

Ancestors

Died about 1831 at about age 53 in North Carolina

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Biography

Peter Chavis is a part of US Black heritage.

Peter was born in 1778. He was the son of Anthony Chavis and his first wife Betsey Evans. He passed away about 1831.

Peter, born say 1778, married Maron Bird, 4 November 1800 Granville County bond, Charles Evans bondsman, and was bondsman for the 29 December 1812 Chatham County marriage of James Chavis and Nancy Bird.

He was one of the freeholders of Chatham County who were ordered by the court to work on the road from New Hope Bridge to William Goodwin's in February 1814 [Minutes 1811-18, 147].

He was head of a Chatham County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 (adjacent to Charles Evans and Jacob Bird) [NC:193], living in Orange County, North Carolina, on 13 January 1840 when he applied for bounty land based on his father's Revolutionary War service ^[1]

Research Notes

In the 1810 census for Chatham County, John Chavis is enumerated as the head of household of five “free people of color”. In this census he is enumerated next to his brother Peter Chavis (born 1772 – after 1850) and his uncle-in-law Charles Evans (born 1783). Peter Chavis (1772-born 1850) is a confirmed son of Anthony Chavis (1757-1831) and his first wife Betsey Evans from the Revolutionary War pension file on Peter Chavis. Charles Evans (born 1783) was the apparent brother of Richard Evans (1772-1855) who gave a deposition for Anthony Chavis’ pension application in which he stated that his wife Lucy Evans

Sources

1. ↑ FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN COLONIAL VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SOUTH CAROLINA by Paul Heinegg https://freeafricanamericans.com/Virginia-NC.htm

• "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH26-NYL : Sat Mar 09 19:49:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Pater Chavers, 1810.