Vonda,
I have researched our Dempsey Casey for five years. I have cousins that have
researched our line for forty years. I just paid a certified genealogist to
thoroughly go through the McMinn records and see what she could find and
NONE of us have been able to connect Dempsey Casey b. 1798 son of Dempsey
Casey b. 1762 with the other lines in McMinn.
I know there are two young men listed in the 1840 census in his household
that cannot be explained.
I have been working the records in Currituck and Pasquotank Co. NC to see if
the Pasquotank Casey's would connect with him and then try the McMinn Casey
lines again, but so far no luck.
Dempsey was listed as one of the first businessmen in the area, a Sadler. If
we could find out about his second wife Dicy Martin, then possibly we could
get a lead there, but out of all the children and their descendents , no one
was told more than her name. I research with three other lines of Dempsey
and Dicy Martin Casey's children, one, her family has taken care of the
headstone of Dempsey Casey for years. He is buried in Raglesville cemetery
in Davies Co. IN. He left Athens, TN after the birth of his youngest child
Louisa-she was born in May of 1849. He is found in the Greene Co. IN census
in 1850.
Dempsey and Dicy's oldest daughter Mary Chauncy married a Crossland before
her parents left the state and did not go with them but migrated to Georgia.
The 160 acres of land he seems to have just left unsold or gifted , the
researcher I hired tried to trace and we came up empty handed.
We can traced Dempsey's brother Martin Ross to Davidson Co. TN and on to
Kentucky. I can trace his older brother Thomas C. Casey to Nashville in 1829
and then lose him. One brother Graham stayed in Norfolk until he died of
yellow fever in 1855. Three other brothers William b. 1794, William born
1806 and Frederick b. 1809.....are unproven theories.
Of course the names John, James and William run through the family so that
always helps the Casey research.
Sorry I couldn't help .
Alicia
----- Original Message -----
From: <VondaD(a)aol.com>
To: <CASEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [CASEY-L] McMinn County, Tennessee
Thanks Alicia. My main interest is a possible connection between
Dempsey
and
the other Caseys who are in McMinn County, TN in 1830 and 1840. Have
you
found a connection or do you think are they totally unrelated?
Vonda
In a message dated 1/23/2003 7:07:19 PM Central Standard Time,
alicia(a)brightok.net writes:
> I descend from Dempsey Casey. I have documentation . What do you need?
> Alicia Jones
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <VondaD(a)aol.com>
> To: <CASEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [CASEY-L] McMinn County, Tennessee
>
>
> > Rita,
> >
> > What are the dates on your James and Elizabeth Casey who were in
McMinn
> > County, TN. In 1830 and 1840 in McMinn County were Amner
(Ambler),
John
> and
> > Moses Casey. John and Moses are thought to be the sons of Ambler. This
is
> > Mary Casey's line and so I will stay out of that and
let her comment
but
> > there is also a Demsey Casey in McMinn Co. in 1830 and
1840. I don't
> know
> > anything about him - do you? I have seen some info online indicating
he
> was
> > born 1798 in Virginia and died in Greene County, Indiana but don't
know
> if
> > that is correct (there I go breaking my own rules - spreading
> undocumented
> > info! - remember no proof here!). Anyone have any documented info on
this
> > Demsey/Dempsey Casey?
> >
> > Vonda
>
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