Privately printed by the author in Asheville, North Carolina, 1976. A thick, hardcover volume of ix + 715 pages, large quarto format, with a full index.

This is a serious, well-documented reference for anyone researching the Chapman line and its allied families. It traces the family from the Reverend Giles Chapman of Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, through Giles Chapman (1748–1819), who settled in Newberry District, South Carolina. 

The family carries a notable Quaker heritage, with Revolutionary War-era connections that make the book of interest to lineage researchers.

Beyond the Chapman surname, the genealogy documents the connected Henderson, Hill, Kent, McLeod, Waite, and Paysinger families, with generations of birth, marriage, and death records drawn from family Bibles, court records, cemetery records, and correspondence. 

The geographic reach runs through South Carolina, Alabama (Clarke County), Georgia, and beyond. For a descendant or a genealogical library, it's exactly the kind of hard-to-find privately-printed source that rarely turns up.

Details: Author: Jesse Pugh Chapman, Jr., M.D., with Blease, Jones, and Robertson Privately printed (Chapman), Asheville, North Carolina, 1976 ix + 715 pages, large quarto, indexed Cream cloth boards with dark titling and a colonial-figure illustration on the front cover; titled on the spine

Condition: Very Good. The binding is solid and square with sound corners, the titling is crisp, and the interior is clean and bright with no foxing noted. As is typical of pale cloth of this age, the cream boards show some light soiling and handling. Issued without a dust jacket. A genuinely usable, well-preserved copy of a scarce reference. Please review all photos, which form part of the condition description.

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