From HOYE'S PIONEER FAMILIES OF GARRETT COUNTY.
THE CASTEEL FAMILY
Thomas Casteel of the Blooming Rose
One of the pioneer settlers of what is now Garrett County, MD, was Thomas
Casteel, son of Shadrack and Laurena. He was born in Prince George's
County, MD and settled first in Valley Twp., Bedford Co. PA, where he and
his brother, Archibald, served in Captain Evan Cessna's company of Bedford
Militia during the Revolutionary War.
Prior to 1798, Thomas Casteel migrated to Maryland. He is said to have
resided for a time on part of the "Blooming rose" tract near the Friend
settlement, now the Thomas Fike farm, but in 1814 Nathaniel Wallace, for
$100, deeded hime 73½ acres of Black Oak Ridge and 39 3/4ths acres of Narrow
Escape, which became the Casteel home near the James McMullen settlement,
about 2 miles southwest of Friendsville, MD.
On the assessment roll of 1798, Thomas Casteel was assessed with two horses,
nine cattle, etc. valued at £54:15 shillings, but no land. In the census of
1800 he was listed in the same neighborhood, in Sandy Creek Hundred, as head
of a family of ten.
The pioneer Thomas Casteel and his wife are probably buried in the old Hall
Graveyard on Blooming Rose.
Among their children were:
a. Thomas, who appears to have served in a Pennsylvania artillery company in
1813.
b. Jeremiah, who in 1812 bought at tax sale 273 acres of The Granary, near
the Maryland Virginia Line, and in 1820 was listed as head of a family of 19
in Preston County, VA (now WV)
c. Shadrach, born in Bedford Co. PA about 1780.
Nathaniel, died 2 Apr 1866
SHADRACK CASTEEL
Son of Thomas, settled at the Metheny Mill on Muddy Creek. The census of
1810 for Monongalia (now Preston) County, VA, lists hiim as head of a family
of 8. His children were:
a. Archibald who married Susan, daughter of Peter DeWitt.
b. Elizabeth m. Joseph DeWitt, son of Peter.
c. Meshack
d. John
e. Jeremiah
f. Rebecca
g. Thomas
h. Nathaniel
NATHANIEL CASTEEL
Son of Thomas, the pioneer, bought Military Lots 4106 and 4108, called
Limestone, now the Rhodeheaver farm at Sang Run, MD. He and his wife, Jane
McMullen, are buried there in the farm graveyard. Their children were
1. Thomas, b. 12/15/1808; d. 6/19/1892
2. Martha E.N., b. 5/10/1811, m. Henry Fredlock
3. Louisa, m. Edward Taggart
4. Jane m. Benjamin Jenkins
5. Nathaniel m. Ellen Conrad
6. Nelson m. Amanda _______
7. James moved to Illinois
8. Meshach b. 1816; d. 1904, m. Catherine Kitzmiller
9. Nathan b. 6/8/1821, d. 1892, m. Sarah Brant
10. William b. June 8, 1821 m. Jane Brant.
Nathan and William Casteel, twins, married sisters, daughters of John Brant
of Oakalnd, MD. General G.T.E. Casteel, U.S. Army, retired, is a son of
William. Meshach Casteel was an early Garrett County school teacher.
Nathanial Casteel was a very industrious man. He rented the Hoye Farm at
Gap Run from 1840 to 1849 when he bought it. In 1856 he moved to this farm
on the Oakland-Deer Park Road. Truman W. Casteel, during his lifetime as
judge of the Orphan's Court and a County Commissioner, was a son of Nathan.
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