ldest son of James Chamberlain (1809-1889) and Sarah Runnels Barton (1824-1905), of Burnet, TX. Adventurer and gold prospector. Never married. He fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, serving in Company I of the 2nd TX Cavalry. By 1870, he was driving stock on the Chisholm Trail. He headed up to the Dakotas, where for a time he was engaged in hunting buffalo. There, he claimed to have known and worked for Buffalo Bill. He also lived for a while in Mormon Territory, where he was reportedly employed by Brigham Young, before moving on to Oregon, where he set down roots beside a gold mine that he began to exploit. Jerry spent the rest of his life in Oregon, living in a mountain cabin while working his claim. During this time, he never returned to Texas and only occasionally sent brief letters to family members. In 1914, he was visited by a nephew who was determined to find his long lost uncle. This proved to be the only time that a TX relative would ever see the aging adventurer in his acquired surroundings.