Individual Details
Captain David C. CHADWELL
(1733 - 1833)
David was over 6 ft. tall, & lived to be 100. He served Henry, Montgomery & Botetourt County's as a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He founded Chadwell Station near Rose Hill, Virginia. & served 2 terms in the VA. House of Delegates. David accompanied Daniel Boone on many of his trips. He owned land in both Virginia. & Tennessee.
David's parents were John Chadwell and Bethenia Harding, daughter of Thomas Harding and Bethenia Knowles. John Chadwell died about 1736 or 37, because Bethenia remarried in 1738 to a Nicholas Perkins. Since David was only a young boy when his father died, it may be that George and Jemimah raised the Chadwell children, thus creating the confusion as to who was the real father of David Chadwell, who (along with others) founded Chadwell's Station in Virginia.
Source: "Early Settlers of VA, Lee Co.", p. 907-908. John Chadwell was a son of George Chadwell the immigrant, but David Chadwell was "a son of either John or George". David does name two of his children "John" and "Barthena", and John's wife was named "Barthena", so it is likely that David was John's son. But it is still possible that he was John's brother.
David's parents were John Chadwell and Bethenia Harding, daughter of Thomas Harding and Bethenia Knowles. John Chadwell died about 1736 or 37, because Bethenia remarried in 1738 to a Nicholas Perkins. Since David was only a young boy when his father died, it may be that George and Jemimah raised the Chadwell children, thus creating the confusion as to who was the real father of David Chadwell, who (along with others) founded Chadwell's Station in Virginia.
Source: "Early Settlers of VA, Lee Co.", p. 907-908. John Chadwell was a son of George Chadwell the immigrant, but David Chadwell was "a son of either John or George". David does name two of his children "John" and "Barthena", and John's wife was named "Barthena", so it is likely that David was John's son. But it is still possible that he was John's brother.
Events
| Birth | 1733 | Pittsylvania, Virginia, British America |  |  | |
| Marriage | Abt 1770 | Henry, Virginia - Elizabeth Ann TURNER | |||
| Military | 1776 - 1782 | | |||
| Land Record | 1778 | built Chadwell's Station, in Lee County, Virginia | | ||
| Land Record | May 1790 | was granted permission to establish a grist mill on his property - Lee County Virginia | |||
| Land Record | 1801 | aacquire land in both Lee County, and adjoining Claiborne County, Tennessee, and finally moved to Tazewell, the county seat of Claiborne County, leaving his Lee County lands in the hands of his children - Lee County Virginia | |||
| Death | 1833 | Tazewell Claibourne County, Tennessee. | | ||
| Burial | 1833 | Breast Works Cemetery, Tazwell, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Ann TURNER (1752 - 1800) |
| Child | Cynthia CHADWELL (1770 - 1855) |
| Child | John C. CHADWELL (1771 - 1821) |
| Child | Barthena CHADWELL (1775 - 1848) |
| Child | Susannah CHADWELL (1773 - 1846) |
| Child | Nancy Jane CHADWELL (1774 - 1852) |
| Child | David CHADWELL Jr. (1776 - 1862) |
| Child | Mary Polly CHADWELL (1777 - 1855) |
| Child | Alexander Hamilton CHADWELL (1783 - 1868) |
| Child | Lucy Ann CHADWELL (1785 - 1857) |
| Father | John CHADWELL (1702 - ) |
| Mother | Bethunia HARDING (1708 - 1780) |
Notes
Birth
According to tradition, he was born in England in 1732, and emigrated to the American Colonies with his parents in the early 1740's. However, this can not be correct because his father died in 1736-37.Military
David was a captain in the Revolutionary War.Land Record
Chadwell's StationMordecai Hoard of Henry County, Virginia, came to Powell Valley in Lee County, with Captain Joseph Martin in 1775 and took up a 400 acre tract of land in the Martin grant of 1769. He also took up another tract of 860 acres. Hoard returned to Henry County where he died. Captain David Chadwell, also a native of Henry County, bought from the heirs of Hoard the 400 acre tract and 707 acres of the other tract. Deeds for these tracts being dated November, 1791, however, David Chadwell was in the area as early as May, 1790, and immediately upon coming here he built a Station or Fort, which was widely known as "Chadwell's Station."The station was a stop over for people traveling westward over the Wilderness Road, as well as being a refuge from Indian attacks for Chadwell and his neighbors. Whether this was a stockaded fort or just a fort house is not knownBurial
Endnotes
1. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999).
2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
3. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
4. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2Z-GZMB : 13 December 2015), David Chadwell, ; Burial, Tazewell, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States of America, Breast Works Cemetery; citing record ID 65348499, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com..
5. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).