Notes for Matthais Cheatwood
"July 6, 1741, Matthias Chitwood had a land patent for 400 acres in Goochland Co. This land fell, in the divisions of the counties, into Powhatan or earlier Cumberland and Chesterfield Counties. Matthias Cheatwood's will dated in 1752 was proved in Cumberland Co. He named wife Mary and sons, Richard to whom he gave 200 acres; Matthias, 100 acres; William 100 acres; John and James personal property.
"William married Jean ----. She was of a Huguenot family. William and Jean had fourteen children. They were the ancestors of the families spelling the name Cheatwood of Richmond, Lynchburg, Bedford Co., Virginia, and of the State of Ohio. The descendants of the brothers of William carry the name Chitwood."
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