Christopher Chambliss

Title

Christopher Chambliss

Aliases

Christopher Chamblers

Date

26 February 1864-13 May 1866

Description

Regiment: 6th United States Colored Troops; 2nd
Company: C
Rank: Private
Mustered-in date and place: 26 February 1864 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States
Mustered-out date and place: 13 May 1866 in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States
Comrades mentioned: Not listed

Name(s) of spouse(s): Eliza Carraway (died 23 March 1920); Octavia Johnson; Violet Jones
Marriage Date and Place: 19 December 1876 in Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi, United States
Children: Luella Chambliss (born 28 February 1906), Cicero Chambliss (born 2 September 1907), Phillip Chambliss (born 17 December 1909), Laura Chambliss (born 12 August 1911); Robert Chambliss (Octavia); Virgil Chambliss(Violet) | 16 children in total

Veteran's birth year and place: ~1840 Stampley Plantation in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States
Veteran's death year and place: 25 February 1905 in Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi, United States
Plantation: Not listed
Enslaver: Jacob Stampley

Parents of veteran: Not listed
Other listed family members: Ike Vessells (son-in-law)

Wife's date and place of birth: ~1853 in Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi, United States
Wife's enslaver: Gray Flowers (Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi; 1st); Tom Higgenbottom (Middlefork, Franklin County, Mississippi, 2nd)
Wife's parents: Sam Carraway and Henrietta [both enslaved by Adam Carraway of Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi]
Wife's other family members: Eliza: Harriet (Carraway) Bennet (sister); Henry B. Bennett (brother-in-law); Isom Davis (half-brother); Joe Johnson (previous spouse)

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Records Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Donated by:

Bernice Bennett