I would like to see the pics of the grave and to know where he is buried at?? Theresa
John Harrison CASTEEL that is
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From: Theresa Hodge <looneytune07(a)insightbb.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 22:01
Subject: Re: [CASTEEL] Casteel's of VA/KY
To: casteel(a)rootsweb.com
I am decended from John Harrison CASTEEL my line starts
with his 9th child..Go to my family tree Hodge family tree
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From: pamba1(a)aol.com
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 20:25
Subject: Re: [CASTEEL] Casteel's of VA/KY
To: casteel(a)rootsweb.com
> Hi Marge:
>
> Thanks for your reply. I am attaching an article written by a
> local Elliott
> Co. Historian back in the 1930's or so. I have seen
> photo's of the grave
> of "Indian Jon" Casteel. I had not heard that he was
> married and there is no
> spouse buried with him. You are correct in that none of
> the children's
> names match depending on what side of the Mason-Dixon
line
> they lived. I would
> be most interested in any records that you've found
> relating to the young
> men arriving by ships to North Carolina. Do you know
what
> country they
> originated? I can only prove lineage to John and James
who
> were in Floyd Co.,
> KY and moved to Lawrence Co. later. I have old records
> listing births in
> both VA. and Tenn. for several of them. I do know
> Castile's living in Tenn.
> who say the original spelling was Casteel. I think
> it would be a most
> interesting project to check out the N. Carolina
> Casteel's. I've wondered about
> the Melungeon connection or perhaps many of the Cherokee
> Indians were
> captured and intermarried with the Spanish. There were
> several Spanish
> fortifications along the Carolinas and Georgia. I also
> know the Spanish Hernando
> DeSoto ventured as far as the Appalachains looking for gold.
>
> Pam
>
>
> In a message dated 5/19/2009 3:34:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> marcastn(a)bellsouth.net writes:
>
> Pam, I have seen/heard the "Indian Jon Casteel"
discussed
> since I started
> researching Casteels about 20 years ago and I have seen
no
> dependable
> documents related to him. There has been a great
> deal of discussion of reports
> that his story and that of his wife was fabricated for a
> local history
> being written many years ago. I certainly do NOT
> know. I have talked with and
> have a book published by Mr. Rufus J. Bruner, Jr, The
> Casteels of
> Southeast Kentucky and Points West which covers the
> descendants of his son, John
> Casteel & Ellander Metcalf. If you haven't seen
it,
> you might want to take a
> look at that book. My research has proven there
were
> earlier Casteels in
> America before Capt. Edmund arrived about 1682 or so.
> There are records
> of at least two or three young Casteel men arriving by ships
in
> NC in about
> 1635. But I have not been successful in tying any later
> Casteels to them.
> I do wonder if those in SC and moving across GA, AL, MS may
> have been
> their descendants. !
> There appears to be a distinct difference from the
> Casteels out of MD in
> children's names and their side in the civil war.
> Perhaps, the DNA study
> will shed some light on the different lines of
> Casteel/Castile. I hope so.
> Marge
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <pamba1(a)aol.com>
> To: <casteel(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [CASTEEL] Casteel's of VA/KY
>
>
> >
> > I would love to hear from anyone of the list who can
> link our particular
>
> > line of Casteel's to the Maryland line.
> > We have never heard of family lines extending north
> beyond Virginia. Our
>
> > Jon Casteel ( b. 1745) was supposedly a Cherokee
> Indian from N.
> Carolina
> > who escaped the Trail of Tears by relocating to
Elliott
> Co., KY with the
> > Reuben Sparks family. "Indian" Jon lived, died,
> and is buried in
> Elliott Co.,
> > KY. My particular lines of John and James were
in
> Floyd Co., KY and
> relocated
> > to Lawence Co., KY. Many of their descendents,
> including myself were
> born
> > and raised near the Big Sandy River in West Virginia.
I
> noted the name
> > Casteel on many Cherokee Indian roles as well as
a
> surname on the
> Melungeon
> > lists. The name certainly doesn't sound
Cherokee,
> however it does stand
> to
> > reason that it would be associated with the
> Melungeons. I've often
> wondered if
> > Indian Jon Casteel took on the Casteel surname
> from some of the early
> > Spanish settlements in the Carolina's.........
> ?????? Most of our
> family has
> > light hair, blue/gray eyes, with rather
> dark/golden complexion. I am
> > anxious to hear from anyone out there who can
help
> fill in the blanks,
> I've been
> > searching the Casteel's for about 25
> years! Thank you.
> >
> > Pam Steele (Casteel)
> > Tampa
> >
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