I am trying to determine if there is a link of  Joseph Chapman - a 
carpenter or ships carpenter and merchant who died in Charleston about 
1820  - with the Giles Chapman family of Newberry Co. I note that a 
grandson of Giles Chapman and son of Samuel Chapman was named Joseph. 
Other researchers have not had much to offer about this Joseph Chapman. 
 Joseph named a son Samuel which lends some possibility that he was 
related to the Giles Chapman family. Family tradition says that  
Joseph Chapman served in the Rev War and that his wife Nancy Fleming 
Chapman received a widows pension for this service. I have found no 
Joseph Chapman in the published abstracts with the right info who 
served in the Rev War. I suspect too that  Joseph would have been 
too young to serve but have not been able to dispute for sure the 
family tradition.
If you are familiar with the Giles Chapman family I would appreciate 
your help with info on Joseph Chapman of the Giles Chapman family. 
Thanks. Ed T of PGH

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