Gen. Peter Corbin CHAMBLISS & Druscilla Jones HARPER

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Gen. Peter Corbin CHAMBLISS
Druscilla Jones HARPER

Husband: Peter Corbin CHAMBLISS
Birth: 1791, GA
Death: 1 Apr 1855, Crawford Co., GA
Father: Peter CHAMBLISS
Mother: Mary Elizabeth CORBIN

Marriage: 23 Nov 1815, GA

Wife: Druscilla Jones HARPER
Birth: 1798/9, Jefferson Co., MS
Death: 1 Apr 1865
Father: Jesse HARPER
Mother: Georgia Martha JONES

Children — born in Jefferson Co., MS:

1. Franklin J. CHAMBLISS, b. 12 Nov 1816
2. Peter "Cortez" CHAMBLISS, b. 4 Mar 1818; d. 31 Dec 1879, Claiborne Co., MS
3. Calvin F. CHAMBLISS, b. 26 Aug 1820
4. Lucinda S. CHAMBLISS, b. 18 Oct 1823
5. Mary Dickenson CHAMBLISS, b. 8 Oct 1825; d. 26 Jun 1882, Claiborne Co., MS
6. Jackson CHAMBLISS, b. 30 Nov 1828
7. Leonard C. CHAMBLISS, b. 15 Feb 1831
8. Martha D. CHAMBLISS, b. 28 Feb 1833
9. Ellen CHAMBLISS, b. 13 Apr 1835
10. Druscilla [Pruscilla / Priscilla] CHAMBLISS, b. 10 May 1837
11. Susan Elizabeth CHAMBLISS, b. 12 Nov 1839
12. Mary CHAMBLISS, b. 6 Oct 1826; d. 20 Jun 1887

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Georgia, Mississippi

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1820

3. 1830

4. 1840

5. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 17): Township 10 East, Jefferson Co., MS, Roll M432_374, p. 113B, 510/510, enumerated 29 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

P C Chambless 58 M Planter 17,0000 (sic) SC

Drucilla Chambless 51 F Mi

Jackson Chambless 22 M Planter Mi

Martha Chambless 17 F Mi

Susan Chambless 11 F Mi

Mary Wilkinson 14 F Mi

Leonard Wilkinson 4 F Mi

6. 1860

7. Cemeteries of Taylor County, Georgia: CORBIN-CARITHERS Cemetery (online in the USGenWeb Archives; submitted by Millie Stewart and Guelda Hay):

Chambliss, Peter Corbin
64 yrs. (1791)
5 May 1855

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com), including a Post-em there giving the incription on his tombstone:

In Memory of Genl. Peter Corbin Chambliss, a native of South Carolina, he removed in boyhood to Mississippi and died in Georgia May 5th AD 1855 in the 64th year of his age. Endowed with a mind clear and vigorous, he acquired wealth, reputation, and good will and was honored with high station, Military and Civil and under the great JACKSON, he fought the Battle of his Country and was committed to his grave away from home by the hands of the Masonic Brotherhood. His name will be fondly cherished.

9. Messages posted to the Corbin Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

10. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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