Anna Maria Elizabeth Cheuvront

From the Record

The date engraved on her stone, 7 November 1886, is not correct; it has been documented that she died on 7 November 1866. Her Heirs Estate Deed (Deed Book 95, Page 29, Jackson County Courthouse) records that George C. and Mahala (Lockhart) Maddox with Sarah (Maddox) Ott and Lewis Ott bought out Mary Louisa (Maddox) Currey and James Harvey Currey's third share of her property along Sand Creek for $1,000.00, closing 1 February 1868.

The source names a mother, Sarah Rose Richards — not yet part of the connected tree.

From the Family Manuscript

• During the American Civil War, very few Maddox family members in our lineage took part. The only reference that we have is Amos Aaron Maddox (1835-1863), son of William Oscar and Anna Maria Elizabeth (Cheuvront) Maddox was reported to have served with the CSA (Confederate States of America). There are two accounts of his death, one that he died of Typhoid Fever and he was buried in the Maddox Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia. The other is that he died of Typhoid Fever in Harrison County, Virginia (WV) and he was buried at Good Hope, Harrison County, West Virginia. First, no grave has ever been found in either Harrison County or Jackson County, West Virginia, but that doesn’t mean that he was not buried in one of those cemeteries, just that no gravestone has ever been found.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 185.

• In 1838, Aaron Cheuvront, father of Williams wife received a 2,000-acre land grant from Governor Allison of Virginia, this land was in Jackson County, Virginia (WV) in the Lockhart, Odaville and Sandyville areas. We believe that this land grant was given to Aaron Cheuvront for his fathers service in the American Revolutionary War; his father was Joseph Cheuvront. At the time, the Cheuvront family and William Oscar Maddox lived in Harrison County, Virginia (WV) in the Good Hope area. William Oscar Maddox and Cheuvront family sold out in Harrison County, Virginia (WV).

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 821.

• In 1838, the Cheuvront family and William Oscar Maddox packed everything they had onto wagons, herded and drove the livestock from Harrison County, Virginia (WV) across land to Parkersburg, Wood County, Virginia (WV). While at Parkersburg, they built rafts, loaded everything on board and floated down the Ohio River to the present site of Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia. Once they arrived at Ravenswood, they unloaded everything and took out across land, following Sand Creek (called the Sandy), cutting a path for the wagons until they arrived at their new home- land. William Oscar Maddox was the first Maddox to settle in Jackson County, Virginia (WV).

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 823.

• Once they reached the new land, they had to cut timber, build log homes, clear land and plant crops; this would be a big job, at the time, since Jackson County was a vast wilderness. Deer, elk, bears and wolves were very common in this area at the time. Very few people had settled in this part of Jackson County.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 825.

• William built his log house on a bank above Sand Creek in the location where the Morgan Farm is now located. Aaron built his cabin in the location of Lockhart in the area where the Balderson Store was later built.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 827.

Where the Sources Disagree

• marriage date vs. first children's births — married 1 April 1833 (Chapter 7 header (line 769)) · son William Oscar Maddox, Jr. born 6 December 1826; twins Elizabeth and Martha born 1830 (Chapter 7 child listing (lines 781, 784, 787)) — the chronicle uses all values retained verbatim.

  The three earliest child dates precede the stated marriage date; the source itself notes 3-4 children died very young with no records found.