Elizabeth, he could have married a cousin, many did in those days.
I have not discounted the NA connection to the Casteels, but have not
tried to trace them. More than likely many of the early Casteels
in Appalachia married Indians. The wife pickings was very slim, I would
think. Almost every Casteel family has the NA story associated with it
and also old photos that look NA. We have speculated that our James
John's wife Elizabeth may have been NA and that her maiden name may
have been BLACKSTONE since that is the name given to their oldest son,
born in 1810.
Marge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth G. Brett" <tecumseh(a)ioip.com>
To: <CASTEEL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: Casteel tree...
Hi Marge,
I had assumed her maiden name might be Eddings. I'm on the Eddings list
but
no hits there either. Maybe her maiden name was Casteel... Dr.Samuel
married
Mary A. Grayson in Merengo Co., AL. It may be his second marriage.
The Grayson/Casteel lines and associated names are often also associated
with NA tribes in those areas. Various Graysons and Casteels in this line
also moved to MS and TX. Dr. Samuel's daughter Sarah "Sally" was my great
grandmother. In the few photos I've seen on her she looking as if she
could
be a mixed-blood...I know...everyone seems to think their great
grandma
was
a Cherokee Princess ...ha! But there is some supporting data of NA
blood
in
the family and I have a cousin who met "Indian" blood
cousins down south
back in the 1950's.
If the first Sarah...Eddings Casteel was NA...she may have been a parallel
"wife" or a daughter of a Casteel "wife" #2....or there is a whole
other
Casteel line...argh!
Ain't genealogy fun?!
Thanks,
Elizabeth