The Cheatham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,852 people carried this name — #2,802 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 12,403 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

48 families named Cheatham, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 295 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 38
North Carolina 5
Pennsylvania 2
Maryland 2
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 233 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Cheatham in American newspapers,
1900.

Newspaper page from The Berne Witness carrying the name Cheatham
The Berne Witness 1900-11-07
Newspaper page from The Berne Witness carrying the name Cheatham
The Berne Witness 1900-10-03
Newspaper page from The Berne Witness carrying the name Cheatham
The Berne Witness 1900-09-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,493 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cheatham in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

520 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cheatham. The most, 123, date from the 1920s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 178
Queensland 156
Victoria 99
Western Australia 42
South Australia 27
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 4

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cheatham.

Who carried it

People named Cheatham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin F. Cheatham
    Benjamin F. Cheatham 1820–1886 · military officer
  • Henry P. Cheatham
    Henry P. Cheatham 1857–1935 · politician
  • Bill Cheatham d. 1997 · road crew
  • Mary Cheatham 1620–1677
  • Anderson Cheatham 1701– · politician
  • Richard Cheatham 1799–1845 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cheatham,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States745 records

745 records of the Cheatham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 447
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 202
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 58
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin P. Cheatham

    Born 1915 in Virginia. Enlisted 1945 at Godman Field Fort Knox, Kentucky; crop specialty farmer. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Michael Cheatham

    Born 1949; from Morganfield, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Cheatham

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Southampton from Liverpool, aged 26; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 745 records for Cheatham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia13 records

13 records of the Cheatham name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Cheatham

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Dromedary, sailing from England in 1819. Native of Birmingham, Warwickshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richd Cheatham

    Arrived in Victoria in 1862 aboard the Morning Light, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Sara Ann Cheatham

    In the Western Australian Biographical Index.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Cheatham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Cheatham name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Reginald Charles Cheatham

    Died 1909; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Cheatham in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Cheatham name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Cheatham

    Died 1917, aged 74; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Cheatham name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Thomas Edouard Cheatham

    Born 1929 in the United States; died 2001 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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