Richard was thought to have been born in either North Carolina or Virginia. It is not known exactly but the family can be traced to Wilkes County, North Carolina around the time of his birth. It has always been surmised that these Chandler`s had come to North Carolina from Virginia but nothing has been proven for this line yet. There is some evidence of family ties to Virginia and much speculation has been printed but it is so far just that. It has pretty much been accepted that almost all the Chandler`s coming to this area of British Colonial America came from England. This is not in question. Land was bought, sold, and worked here, along the rivers, by the family. Maps exist of these plots in the records along the Yadkin River.
His father Richard Chandler, Sr. was born in 1751 and passed away in 1842. Either location is not known at this time. His mother Martha Lindsey(1753-1820)is pretty much a mystery so far as well. We only know about them, for sure, from the bible record passed down in the family. The Chandler Family Association has finally recognized this information as proof and has added it to the records of this Chandler line.
He married Charity Parks it is believed in North Carolina around 1795 and the family first lived in Wilkes County. The Park`s are known to this area and much about the families are documented. At least some of the family then moved to Buncombe County, N.C. for several years before moving to Franklin County, Ga. around 1813. There may have been others in between.
He and his sons served in the militia from their county and where Company officers. They participated in the Indian removals and tried their luck in the land lotteries. It is also believed that they participated in the saw and gristmill industries.
Later in life he followed his children migrating westward into the old Muscogee Indian lands. The last records on him are from Carroll County, Georgia in the early 1850`s where he was a member of a Primitive Baptist Church. More later as time permits!