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).
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).
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.
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.
William came down with the Typhoid Fever and he died on the 21st day of August 1841. He was buried on a high bank up from Sand Creek, this cemetery would later be known as the Maddox Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia. Typhoid Fever was a real and deadly problem for the early settlers in this area, numerous people died from it. After his death, Aaron Cheuvront took the family in and helped to raise the children of William Oscar Maddox. When he died, he left his wife and eight children behind. In the 1850 census of Jackson County, Virginia (WV), it lists Anna Maria Elizabeth (Cheuvront) Maddox and the eight children as living in the same household with Aaron Cheuvront.
Anna Maria Elizabeth (Cheuvront) Maddox died on 7 November 1866 from the Typhoid Fever and she is buried in the Maddox Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia, beside her husband. The date engraved on her stone was 7 November 1886, this date is not correct, it has been documented that she died on 7 November 1866.
Aaron Cheuvront, his second wife, Sarah Rose (Richards) Cheuvront and his third wife, Miltada (Bolin) Cheuvront are all buried in the same Maddox Cemetery. Miltada Grant, the first wife of Aaron Cheuvront, died in Harrison County, Virginia (WV) and she is buried at Good Hope, in the same county.
Other Maddox’s entered into Jackson County, West Virginia. They were John Maddox 6, born, 30 July 1814 in Harrison County, Virginia (WV), died, 23 March 1896 in Jackson County, West Virginia, wife was Eliza Hill and both are buried in the Grass Lick Baptist Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia, Thomas Maddox 6, born, 1820 in Harrison County, Virginia (WV), died, 1901 in Jackson County, West Virginia, wife was Martha Ann Goodwin, both buried in the Grass Lick Baptist Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia, William D. Maddox 6, born, 22 January 1822 in Harrison County, Virginia (WV), died, 21 June 1906, Jackson County, West Virginia, wife was Emily Stalnaker, both buried in the Grass Lick Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia and James Gaston Maddox 6, born, 17 November 1823 in Harrison County, Virginia (WV), died, 3 January 1901 in Jackson County, West Virginia, wife was Flora Ann Hill, both buried in the Grass Lick Baptist Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia. The above were the children of William Maddox5 and his wife, Sarah (Gaston) Maddox.. The above came to Jackson County, West Virginia just after the end of the American Civil War. This William Maddox 5 was a son of Matthew Maddox, Sr 4. and a brother of Matthew Maddox, Jr 5. This line had a larger population in Jackson County, in the Ripley and Ravenswood areas and there are descendants of this line in Jackson and Wood Counties today.
From this point on, we are going to list the children of each generation. Listed will be each child, their spouse and their children that are not in our direct lineage. All direct lineage will be listed under chapters.
Ai Currey Born: 22 January 1878 Jackson County, West Virginia Died: 2 October 1898 Jackson County, West Virginia Died from Typhoid Fever. Buried in the Maddox Cemetery, Jackson County, West Virginia.