The Cheek Family of Alleghany County, North Carolina

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Ancestors of the Cheek Family

John Cheek, Sr. (c.1650-c.1700) of Old Rapp./Essex Co., VA


John Cheek, Jr., (c.1680?-aft.1750) of Essex and King & Queen Co., VA


Robert Cheek (bef.1733-c.1820) of Orange Co., NC

The Cheek Family of Alleghany County

Richard Cheek (c.1780-1865) & Jane "Jennie" Andrews of Alleghany Co., NC, m. Jane "Jennie" Andrews

  1. Henderson Cheek & Lucy Bryan
  2. Wady Cheek & Benjamin Crouse
  3. Martha Cheek & Alexander Richardson
  4. Chesley Cheek & Phebe Woodruff
  5. Pinkey Cheek & John J. Blevins
  6. Richard M. Cheek & Frances "Franky" Crouse
  7. Gilley Cheek & Isaac Edwards
  8. Meredith Cheek & Sarah Andrews

Index

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Acknowledgements

I want to express my gratitude to the many people who have generously shared information, documents, ideas and inspiration with me over the years. In particular I would like to extend my warmest thanks to Jeff Weaver, Larry Cates, Forrest King, Donald J. Cheek, Jeff Williams, Carolyn Willey Spence, Len Chapel, Richard Fender, Henry Barfield, Ray K. Edwards, Gerald & Betty Collins, the late Williemay Cheek, Becky Bryant, Loretta Hodginkson, Kathy Bailey, Carol Troop, Susan Avery, and many many others (if I left you off the list, it is not intentional)!