Note 3001 Part 7
June 25, 1938
CASTEEL
Delila, daughter of Edmund and Ann Casteel was born April 14, 1797
(MD. Hist. Soc., MS coll., "Reg. of St. John's or Piscataway Parish,"
Prince George County, MD."). On April 4, 1801, Edmund Casteel married
Mary Hardy (Prince George County Marriage Records). On June 13,
1832, Edmond and Mary Casteel then living in Washington, D.C.
according to the recital of the deed. conveyed to Ignatus L. Hardy the
estate called "Forest" (Prince George County deeds Book A.B. No. 11,
page 431).
An examination of the Washington City Directory discloses that he
was listed as "Edward Casteel Gentleman" in the year 1834. It is
scarely likely that this Edmund Casteel, Gent, is the same person who
appears in the Baltimore Directory during the first quarter of the
ninteenth century styled "Edme. Ducatel & sons, Pharmacists."
Nevertheless this close resemblance in Christian and family names is
an interesting coincidence and merits investigation.
20. Thomas Casteel of Cumberland Valley township, Bedford County ,
PA., born in Prince George County, MD., son of Shadrach and laurena
Casteel married ____ before 1779 ("Penna Archives," 3rd ser., vol.
22, p163) resided in Bedford County, PA., as late as 1790 when his
family was listed in the Federal census as consisting of himself, four
boys under 16, and two females. Both Thomas and his brother Archibald
served as privates in Captain Evan Cessna's company of Bedford County
militia during the Revolutionary War (Ibid 5th ser., Vol. 5, p. 110)
and after the war they were in service in 1789 (Ibid 6th ser., Vol. 3
p. 27).
Before 1798 Thomas Casteel, following the example of the Friend
Family, removed with his family to what is now Garrett County MD.,
and settled on the old Blooming Rose road near the McMullen farm about
a mile and a half from Friendsville. In 1798 he appeared in the
assessment list; and in the census of 1800 his was listed in this same
neighborhood, Sandy Creek Hundred as the head of a family of ten.
(Scharf. History of Western Maryland," Vol. 2 , page 1519. Charles E.
Hoye, "Garrett County History of Casteel Family," in August 9, 1934,
issue of "The Mountain Democrat," Os\akland, MD Ibid., First
Assessment of what is now Garrett County ," reprinted from "Mountain
Democrat") Thomas Casteel died before 1830, exact date unknown,
andleft among others, the following children: Thomas, born in
Pennsylvania between 1770 and 1780, according to the Federal census of
1830 which lists him as head of a family. 26. Jeremiah, head of a
family of nineteen persons in the Federal census of 1820 for Preston
County, W. VA. 27. Shadrach who follows: 28. Nathaniel, who follows.
29. John.
Toison D'OR
(to be continued)