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     Lelia V. Chancellor was born circa 1874 at Freestone County, Texas.¹ She was the daughter of George H. Chancellor and Louisiana Virginia Wells.¹

     Martha M. Chancellor also went by the name of Mattie.¹ She was born circa 1843 at Alabama. She was the daughter of Ruben Chancellor and Mary Unknown. She married Tom Smith after 1860 at Texas.¹ She died on 14 March 1916 at USA.¹ She was buried after 14 March 1916 at Freestone County, Texas.¹

     Mary E. Chancellor was born circa 1869 at Freestone County, Texas.¹ She was the daughter of George H. Chancellor and Louisiana Virginia Wells.¹

     Mary F. Chancellor was born on 11 October 1832 at Alabama.^1,2 She was the daughter of Ruben Chancellor and Mary Unknown.¹ She married Unknown Logan after 1850 at USA.² She died on 2 December 1912 at USA at age 80.² She was buried after 2 December 1912 at Freestone County, Texas.²

     Ruben Chancellor was born on 29 September 1802 at South Carolina.^1,2 He married Mary Unknown before 1830 at USA.¹ He died on 9 September 1870 at Freestone County, Texas, at age 67.² He was buried after 9 September 1870 at Freestone County, Texas.² Chancellor Union Cemetery
Historical Marker Text

Reuben and Mary Chancellor moved to Texas from Wilcox County, Alabama in the 1850s with their ten children and eleven slaves. They settled on 576 acres in the rural community known as Brown's Creek. The Chancellor family donated four and one-half acres of land for church, education and burial purposes. The regular Predestinarian Primitive Baptist Church was organized in 1854. The church structure also served as a school and a community center, and was the site of many gatherings for area residents. The Chancellor Union Cemetery was established here. The earliest marked grave is that of an infant child of J. B. and Sarah Chancellor Lee in 1857. A separate section of the cemetery was dedicated to the former slaves. The earliest marked grave in that section is that of John E. Ingram in 1915. Among the 90 marked and unmarked graves are four generations of Chancellors, pioneer settlers to the area, many infant burials, and veterans of the Civil War and world War II. The Chancellor Union Cemetery continues to serve the vicinity as it has for more than 140 years and is maintained by an active association of descendants of people that are buried here.

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location: from Fairfield take FM 488 1.7 mi. NE to fm 2570, go east 1.3 mi., then 3.2 mi. east on Park rd. 3285 to small gravel road on left just before entrance to Fairfield Lake State Recreational Area.³

     Sarah H. Chancellor was born circa 1836 at Alabama.¹ She was the daughter of Ruben Chancellor and Mary Unknown.¹

     Thomas Young Chancellor was born on 8 August 1882 at Texas.¹ He was the son of Daniel Jackson Chancellor and Elizabeth Ellen Unknown.¹ He married Alice Emma Unknown before 1920 at Texas.¹ He died on 10 August 1961 at USA at age 79.¹ He was buried after 10 August 1961 at Freestone County, Texas.¹

     William Chancellor was born in 1876 at Texas.¹ He was the son of Daniel Jackson Chancellor and Elizabeth Ellen Unknown.¹ He died in 1893 at Texas.¹ He was buried after 1893 at Freestone County, Texas.¹

     William G Chancellor was born circa 1841 at Alabama.¹ He was the son of Ruben Chancellor and Mary Unknown.¹

     Karen Cecelia Chandler is the daughter of William David Chandler and Lois Corinne Massey.² She married Larry Dwight Richardson on 24 February 1968 at Midland County, Texas.³ She and Larry Dwight Richardson were divorced on 9 November 1984 at Brewster County, Texas.⁴ She married Bruce Alan Milliken, son of Russell Franklin Milliken Jr. and Nelda Jo York, after 1985.