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Biographies of Kanawha County, WV
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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: CHILTON, Blackwell
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
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September 19, 1999
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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 316
BLACKWELL CHILTON.
Mr. Chilton was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, March 21, 1783. He
emigrated to Kanawha in September, 1827, and engaged in farming at different
points in the county, uhtil he became so infirm, from the advance of age,
that he discontinued all his business relations, and lived with his sons and
daughter for a number of years. He died in Charles-ton, December 1, 1872, in
the ninetieth year of his age. He was an industrious, honest and
enterprising gentleman, and always possessed the confidence and respect of
his fellow-citizens.
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