de Chisholme, Cheesome, Chisam, Cheasum, Chisum

Timeline: 1600-1998
States: Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Arizona

General Genealogical Consensus

John Chisum ancestory goes as follows:
Alexander Chisum born about 1677.
Son William Chisum born about 1697.
Grandson Richard Cheesome....

Richard Josiah Cheesome
-Margaret Isham 1615, Virginia Colonies

James C. Chisholm (Chisam) (Cheasum) 1657
-Anne Carter 1657

John Chisum / Chisholm Sr. 1681-ca. 1734
-Elizabeth Bradley, ca. 1683-ca. 1777

John Chisum II 1704-1792
-Ellender Girlington/Gillington/Gillentine 1716-1804

John Chisum III 1732-1789
-Margaret Davis Chisholm 1750-1798

Documented Line:

Elijah Kaufman Chisum Sr. 1779-1860
Nacogdoches, Texas
-Elizabeth “Betsy” Walling 1768-1841

Elijah Kaufman Chisum Jr. 1815-1865
-Delilah George 1820-1870

James C. Chisum 1852-1928
-Martha Elizabeth Hairston 1858-1931

Walter Alexander Chisum 1876-1916
-Laura Elvira Pitts 1877-1958

James Claiborne Chisum 1901-1980
-Jetty Belle Sorrells  1903-1998