Joseph Louis CHEUVRONT
1757 - 1832 (75 years)
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Name Joseph Louis CHEUVRONT Born 2 Feb 1757 France 
[1, 2] Gender Male Military Pvt, Continental Line, Revolutionary War [2] Occupation Methodist minister [3] Died 12 Aug 1832 Harrison Co, (W)VA [2, 4] Buried New Bethel Cemetery, Good Hope, Harrison Co, WV [5] Notes - "Joseph Cheuvront was bom in France and was educated for a priest, but later preferred instead to be a Methodisl minister. He came to Virginia at an early date, became a local preacher and also was engaged in farming for many years. He held a number ol local positions in Clarksburg, and was a man universally esteemed. His marriage resulted in the birth of eight children, as follows: Aaron, Gideon, James, Caleb, Priscilla and Joseph, born to his first union, and Thomas, Enoch and Cassandra born to the second."
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers/cheuvrontfamily.html
"The Rev. Henry Smith, who visited the Clarksburg Circuit in 1794 speaks of finding a good Society under charge of Joseph Chevuront fifteen miles from Clarksburg. The congregation that attended to hear him preach were all backwoods people and only one man present wore shoes. The Rev. Chevuront wore Indian Moccasins. All the rest of the audience, men, women and children were barefooted. The elderly women wore short gowns."
http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/churches.html [3]
Person ID I83699 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 28 Mar 2017
Family 1 Elizabeth ELSWORTH, b. 20 Mar 1759, North Carolina , d. 18 Aug 1800 (Age 41 years) Married Feb 1777 Augusta Co, VA [1] Children 1. Caleb CHEUVRONT, b. 10 Feb 1792, Virginia , d. 15 May 1865, Harrison Co, (W)VA (Age 73 years)2. James Lightfoot CHEUVRONT, b. 25 Feb 1798, Good Hope, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 6 Sep 1840, Jackson Co, (W)VA (Age 42 years)Family ID F35813 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah BOLLEN, b. 22 Jun 1780, Pennsylvania Married 1802 [1] Children 1. Enoch B. CHEUVRONT, b. 5 Jun 1806, d. Wood Co, (W)VA Family ID F35817 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- "Joseph Cheuvront was bom in France and was educated for a priest, but later preferred instead to be a Methodisl minister. He came to Virginia at an early date, became a local preacher and also was engaged in farming for many years. He held a number ol local positions in Clarksburg, and was a man universally esteemed. His marriage resulted in the birth of eight children, as follows: Aaron, Gideon, James, Caleb, Priscilla and Joseph, born to his first union, and Thomas, Enoch and Cassandra born to the second."
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Sources - [S2627] A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895), (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), http://internettrash.com/users/cheuvront/main.html.
- [S5] Headstone.
- [S2627] A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895), (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), pp. 431-432.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S934] Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=127859078.
- [S2627] A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia (1895), (FamilySearch.org https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114731), http://internettrash.com/users/cheuvront/main.html.