Hello Rusty,

More entries from "Greenwood County Sketches."  Neither "proves that
John Thomas was Thomas' father," but the dates -- if not the conjectured
given names of the wife of John Thomas -- seem to coincide, so I thought
the entries might be useful.

"Elizabeth (Betsy) BROOKS, 1798-1870, was married in 1816 to John
CHAPPELL, 1795-1855, youngest son of Thomas and Delia Hazel Chappell.
The town of Chappells in Newberry County was named for Thomas Chappell.
John and Betsy Brooks CHAPPELL had six children: Thomas Henry, Nancy,
Mary, John Wesley, James Butler and Stanmore Brooks CHAPPELL."  (pgs.
162-163)

"Allen VANCE [1803-1865], son of Nathaniel and Mary McTier VANCE,
married first Mrs. Rebecca GARY, no children.  In 1840 he married second
Mary CHAPPELL, 1823-1870, daughter of John and Betsy Brooks CHAPPELL. .
. Vance also had property in Louisiana." (p. 402)

Judith in Brooklyn, NY
Trying to establish a firmer foothold on the shoulders
of the ancestors who are my support and my strength.

BACKUS, BRABHAM, BROWN, BROWNFIELD, DEAS, GAILLARD,
HART, KEARSE, LOWNDES, NIX, ROBINSON, STARLING, WALLER