Re: KY,TN, Choate's
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Re: KY,TN, Choate's
Joe Matlock 8/18/13
I'm hoping you guys might help me with my Choate problem. I'm searching for the Henry Choate who was the father of Margaret "Maggie" Jane Choate. She was the first wife of my great-grandfather. She was born in 1865, supposedly in Texas, but it may have been Arkansas. Married very young, age 14, and died in 1896. Don't know if she and Henry A. Wise Slimp married in Erath Co., Texas, but that is where they were in 1880 and where she had her children and died.
Maggie Jane's mother was Mildred Susan "Millie" Bales/Bailes. She was born in Sebastian Co., Arkansas and her first husband was Phillip Chronister who died in the Civil War in 1862. She had 4 Children by Phillip. I bring this up for two reasons.
First - Phillip and Milly's 1st child, Tinsie Greenville Chronister Swope's death certificate lists Henry Chote as her father, when he would have just been her step-father, but possibly all she ever knew while at home - she also married very young and was in Erath Co. in 1880.
Second - Phillip Chronister's father and grandfather were in Lawrence Co. Tenn. in 1818 when Tax Rolls were taken.
In a great-aunt's papers she lists Maggie Jane Choate's father as Robert H. Choate. I'm guessing the H is for Henry. However, this great-aunt's entries are sometimes wrong, but this, at least, seems to be possibly correct. Other than this knowledge of Henry Choate, I know nothing else. I have searched and searched without any results.
I also don't know how long Henry and Milly were married. I don't know if Maggie Jane was their only child or if there are more. I know Milly married again in 1899. This is her last marriage. This great-aunt says Milly married 7 times, but I cannot find her between 1860 and 1900.
The connection with Lawrence Co. caused me to wonder if somehow Henry is connected to these Choates, especially since Francis Marion Choate settled here in Palo Pinto Co.
One other side note. There are Schotes from Germany on the 1850 census in Sebastian Co., Arkansas very near the Chronister family, but this doesn't appear to be the connection.
Also, the only Henry Choate I've been able to find in Arkansas records are in the Ft. Smith Criminal Files - quite a lengthy file taking place between about 1870 and 1882 concerning Cattle and Horse theft. In the later files it says Henry Choate negro, so I'm guessing this is not him, but am not completely certain. There was a younger Henry Choate in Oklahoma around this time, and I think too young to be the Henry I'm looking for, but just don't know for sure.
I know this is lots of information, but I'm hoping something in here might make a connection for you.
Thanks for your time,
Tammy Queen