Seeking information on the ancestry of this line, either James Samuel Cass (CAST) and/or
Nancy Moody
Dan Scott
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(1) 1 James Samuel CASS (CAST)
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Birth: 1738, Knaresborough, York, England
Death: 5 Jul 1816, Salisbury, Irdell, NC, age: 78
Alias: Last Name recorded as CAST
Father: Robert CASS IV (~1710-)
Mother: HARVIL
James CAST, at the age of 7 years was pressed into the British Royal Navy by a Press-gang
and made to serve as Powder-monkey on the gunboat. At age 21 or 22, (1759 - 1760) the
boat landed at Philadelphia, PA for repairs; there he escaped and followed the Quaker
Trail to Guildford, NC. In 1765 he married Nancy and they had 11 children. After 1790
James and his wife Nancy, went to Clarke Co., KY to visit their sons. While there James
met two Englishmen by the name of CASS. After becoming acquainted with them he learned
that one was his brother, the other his cousin. Then for the first time learned that his
name was CASS and not CAST as he had been called on the boat. He related these facts to
his sons and they very generally returned to the original name CASS. James Cass and
Nancy returned to Iredell co, NC where he died between Jan. 15 and July 15, 1816 as his
Will was probated July 15, 1816. Notes Per Adah Daniel-Gould (Mrs. J.B.) of Fort Scott,
Kansas (in!
1955) At age seven or eight, James Cast was pressed into the British Navy by a
"Press-Gang", and made to serve as a powder-monkey on a gunboat. When the boat
landed for repairs at Philadelphia, PA in 1740, he escaped and made his way into NC. In
1765 he married Nancy with whom he had eleven children. After 1790 James and his wife,
Nancy, went to Clarke Co., KY to visit their sons. While there, James met two Englishmen
by the name of CASS. After becoming acquainted with them, he learned that one was his
brother, and the other his cousin. "Then for the First Time learned that his name
was CASS and not CAST as he had been called on the boat. He related these facts to his
sons and they very generally returned to the original name CASS." James Cass and his
wife returned to Iredell Co., NC where he died between 15 Mar 1816 - 15 Jul 1816. His will
was probated 15 Jul 1816, and Adah Daniel-Gould stated she had a copy in 1955. Charles C.
Hodge will search for the will in!
the Iredell Co., NC archives. The date of his birth is unknown in Jan 1995, but he is
assumed to have been born in the 1700's. Copy of Will of James Cast provided by Doug
Cass. James Cast Book 1A - page 12 Iredell County, NC I James Cast of the County of
Iredell and State of North Carolina, being aged and infirm though of perfect mind and
memory. First of all I recommend my soul to God who gave it, and my body be buried in a
decent manner at the discretion of my surviving friends. Item 1- I direct all my just
debts as soon as conveniency will admit the legacy hereafter bequeathed are to be
discharged in the following manner. Item 2- I give and bequeath to my dearly loved wife
Nancy Cast the use and profit of my hole(sic) estate during her natural life time except
such parts as are especially disposed of as bequeathed in this my last Will. Item 3- I
give to my children, Elisma Robert Richard Cast, the heirs of Patsy Riley, deceased,
James and Moses Cast and!
Harriet five shillings each having given them what esteemed their proportional part of
my estate here to fore(sic). Item 4- I give to my daughter Matilda Harriet, I give my
Negro woman Judy after the decease of myself and wife said Judy and the offspring that
she shall have after our decease to be holly(sic) at the disposal of my said daughter
Matilda. Item 5- I give to my daughter Betty Janny my Negro boy Amos son of Judy. Item
6- I give to my daughter McConnell my Negro girl Milly (Hester McC). Item 7- I give to my
daughter Moody (someone later has written in Nancy Cast) my Negro woman Philey and her
offspring. Item 8- I give and bequeath to my son Archibald Cast the lands and plantation
where I now live after the decease of his mother. I also give him a horse and saddle
worth seventy dollars, and two feather beds and their furniture, my still half my kitchen
and cupboard furniture and my Negro named Peter, also all farming and working tools.
Item 9- I fur!
ther direct that all and every part of my personal estate not in this will bequeathed or
disposed of to be sold and the proceeds there of(sic) to be equally divided amongst my
surviving sons. Item 10- I justly constitute and appoint my beloved wife Nancy Cast my
Executrix with my son Moses Executor in this my last will and testament revoking all
other wills hereto fore(sic) by me made in witness thereof I have here unto(sic) set my
hand and affixed by seal this fifteenth day of March 1816 in presents(sic). John R
Urton Jurat his James X Cast (SEAL) James Waley Jurat ----------------------------------
NORTH CAROLINA IREDELL COUNTY I, C.G. Smith, Clerk of the Superior Court, in and for the
county and state aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing and attached sheet to
be a true and correct copy of the last WILL and TESTAMENT of JAMES CAST, as the same is
taken from and compared from(sic) the records in our office, same being recorded in Will
Book 1A at pa!
ge 12. Witness my hand and official seal, the 12th day of February, 1947. (SEAL) C.G.
Smith Clerk of the Superior Court - - - - - - - - - - Copy sent to Mrs. John B. Gould,
Fort Scott, Kansas --- $1. ____________________ UPDATE 28 JAN 1995 - Page 9 of the Adah
Daniel-Gould manuscript states the 1790 Census of Iredell Co., NC, Salisbury District,
page 157 shows the following: NAME Male >16 Male <14 Females Slaves James Cast 1 3
5 0 Elijah Cast 1 1 1 0 James Riley 1 0 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Explanation of census James Cast >16 3 males < 14 -- James S. 14, Moses E.
11, Archibald 6 5 females -- Wife + four daughters Eliz. Jany, Matilda, Harriet, and
Hester Elijah Cast >16 son <16 and Wife James Riley >16 - no children - Wife
(Patsy Cast Riley) Page 10 of the Adah Danie-Gould manuscript is copied immediately
below. C O P Y Cass Family ------N.C. JAMES CAST -----REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD. NORTH
CAROLINA -----STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCH!
IVES & HISTORY. 919-----J. Cast---------L.1-150----c-14-914 P. Bennett---Shff of
Granville Ref: N.C. Rev. Army Accounts. Vol. VIII--page 1--folio 2. (October 3rd 1947)
NOTE:----James Cass(Cast) was the only Cast of Rev. age. His oldest son Elisha was born
in 1766. Shff---is for Sherriff, I believe, Adah Gould, 1949 James M. Cass b. 4 Oct
1844, died 16 March 1936.
Spouse: Nancy MOODY
Birth: 1735, Irdell, NC
Death: Jul 1816, Irdell, NC, age: 81
Father: Thomas MOODY
Mother: Mary YOUNG
Marr: 1765, Iredell, NC
Children: Elisha (1766-1822)
Robert (1768-1852)
Richard (1770->1823)
Martha (1772-<1816)
James Samuel (1775-1859)
Elizabeth Jany (1776-1865)
Moses East (1778-1854)
Matilda (~1782->1815)
Hester (1784-)
Nancy Harriet (1786-1854)
Archibald (1786-~1890)
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