ChristopherCasey, son of Abner Casey and Harriet Green, was born in South Carolina in
1754.. In 1773 he married Sarah Smith and to this union 4 cbildren were born. In 1773
he
was also with General Williamson in a campaign agairnst the Cherokee Indians. He was
a Lieutenant in the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War and served under
Generals Greene, Pickens, Morgan and Thomas. After the close of the War he lived for
a
time in South Carolina then moved with his family to Kentucky. Christopher Casey was
enumerated in the 1800 Census or Lincoln County, Kentucky, one of the three original
Counties formed from Kentucky County, Virginia in 1780.
ChristopherCaseys daughter, Cassandra, rnarried John Churchill Gordon in Warren County,
Kentucky in 1815 and his son, Aaron, married Martha Patsy" Reavis in Warren
County
in 1815. His wife, Sarah, died in Warren County in 1820 there may have been other
children of Christopher and Sarah Casey but existing records do not list any others.
Sometime between 1820 and 1826 Christopher went to Cole County, Missouri to live
with or be near his son, Hardin Casey.
Christopher Casey died in Cole County, Missouri Aug. 2, 1840-- 86 years of age.
Information for chart and family history supplied by George W. Casey Benton, Arkansas.
MILITARY HISTORY OF COLE COUNTY, MISS0URI - The Goodspeed Publishing Company
1889
EARLY WARRIORS In the days of the Revolution, when the battle for human liberty was
fought and won, what is now Cole County, Missouri was known to the Fathers of the
Republic, and far beyond the territory they intended to make free. The French Voyageur,
however, was here at the close of the last century (1799) and could tell of the Osage
Country.
The War of 1812 was also fought and won before the district claimed the attention of
immigrants. Among the number who came here between 1815 and 1825 were veterans of
both Wars. One of them, Christopher Casey, a Lieutenant in Captain Pickens Company of
Continental Troops, and afterwards an officer in the Brigades of Generals Thomas, Greene
and Morgan, was born in South Carolina, and in 1773 served with General Williamson's
expedition against the Cherokee Indians. He died in Cole County, Missouri Aug. 2, 1840.
Family of Christopher Casey (1754-1840) and Sarah Smith (1755-1820) they married 1773
John Casey (1775-1849) married ca. 1799 Drucilla Hill (1777-1848)
their children:
Kesiah Casey who marr. Austin Whitten (12 children)
Abner Casey who marr VinCynthia Jane Reeve (7 children)
Thomas Casey who marr. Sarah E. Evans (8 children)
Samuel Casey who marr. Margaret Whitten ( 1 child)
John Casey Jr. who marr Elisabeth Whitten (9 children)
John marr 2nd Lavina Hilton (4 children)
John marr 3rd Thhersa Rhodes Jerden (4 children)
Elizabeth Casey marr Jefferson Lynn (6 children)
Henry Casey marr Mary "Polly" Kirk (6 children)
Cassandra Casey (1787-1860) married in 1815 John Churchill Gordon (1791-1856)
only one child listed:
Elizabeth Gordon who marr Thomas Jefferson Wilburn
Aaron Casey (1792-1866) marr in 1815 Martha Patsy Reavis (1795-?)
their children:
Mary "Polly" Casey who marr James Walker (4 children)
Green Casey who marr Tabitha J. Kirk
Aaron Casey Jr. who marr Mary Walker
Martha Casey who marr James Kirk
Hardin Casey (?--1844) marr in 1818 to Fanny Embree (??)
their children:
John E. Casey
Martha A. Casey who marr John Gordon
William P. Casey
Richard P. Casey
Thomas A. Casey
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