WILLIAM CHAMNESS, from North Carolina, came to Dalton township [the date and the place of settlement not ascertained.] He had six sons, who settled in and near Wayne county: 1. Nathan, who lives one mile west from the town. 2. Joseph, who resides one and a half miles north-west from town. 3. Isaac, who settled in Randolph county. 4. William, who settled one and a quarter miles north-east from town. 5. Joshua, who lives in Randolph county. 6. Jesse, who settled a mile north-west from town.
Sons of Nathan Chamness are, William S., a merchant of Dalton; David, who resides with his father. Riley, son of William, is also a merchant in Dalton. Jehu, also a son of William, is a wagon-maker. Larkin resides three-quarters of a mile east, and is a farmer. Seth resides in Richmond.

JOSEPH DAVIS was born in Chatham county, North Carolina, October 3, 1785. He  removed with  his father to Surry county and married, May 31, 1807, Catharine Farsner, who was born Jan. 15, 1787. He removed to Ohio in 1808, and thence, in 1823, to the place where he now resides, near the town of Dalton. His wife died in September, 1870. Their children were : 1. Nathan, who married Hannah Moore, re-moved to Henry county, where he died, Jan. 1, 1870. 2. William, who married Abigail Wright, removed to Howard county, and died there. 3. Mary, who married David Baldwin, and resides in Hamilton county. 4. Anna, who married, first, Newton Baldwin ; second, Daniel Thornburg. 5. George, who married Charlotte Baldwin, and removed to Grant county. 6. John, who married Caroline Chamness; resides on the homestead. 7. Edwin W., who married Kezia Baler, and lives in Randolph county. 8. Lewis, who died at 10.