Hello Cousin, glad to meet you. I descend through Thomas CASWELL , his son
David . His daughter Elizabeth also married into my family. I will send you
an e-mail I got recently from the Bullitt County list with their marriages.
also will send my line in a separate e-mail.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrie Leech" <cal409(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <CASWELL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CASWELL list] CASWELLs in Hardin County, KY
Dear Dave,
The Caswell Surname Organization sent me (back in 1991) this: John
Caswell,
Sr. appears to have had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters in the
Hardin/Hart
Counties area: Thomas, William, John Jr, Catherine and Elizabeth.
Thomas, born about 1786, married "Milly"/Amelia Watkins on 8/28/1808.
William, born about 1790, married Elizabeth Watkins on 8/16/1810. John
Jr,
(who is my ancestor) born about 1792, married Elizabeth Thomas on
8/8/1811.
Catherine married either James McAllister on 4/22/1806 or William
Irons on
7/28/1806. Elizabeth married Thomas Wells on 7/24/1806.
The Hart County Tax List of 1819 lists a John Caswell with 688 acres.
The
Lincoln County Tax List of 1789 lists a John Caswell with 3
"horses, colts
and mules". A John Caswell appears in the 1819, 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850
KY censuses for Hart county. The last appearance is for 1850 where his
wife
Elizabeth, children Nancy, Mary A., Allice F., Francis M (my
ancestor),
Lucenda J., and James are also listed. On the 1860 census Elizabeth is
listed with the household of Francis who was married by then. When John
died or where he is buried is a mystery. If anyone has this information
please share it with me.
Francis joined the Union Army and marched away to the Civil War leaving a
wife and two little boys he would never see again. He died soon after the
Battle of Nashville and is buried in the National Cemetery there. His
youngest son (my Grandfather) was only 2 when he died, so did not
remember
him at all. After the war, his wife, Nancy Smith Caswell, joined
her
parents and a couple of siblings and migrated to Nebraska to claim land
under the Homestead Act.
My father, who is now 97, remembers hearing as a boy about 5 brothers who
came over from Ireland. He thought one of them was Francis, his
grandfather. When I found that Francis had been born in Kentucky he said,
"Well I was pretty little when I heard that, so I really didn't understand
who they were talking about." So has anyone ever heard of the 5 brothers
wh
o came over from Ireland?
Any information will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Carrie Leech (Tennessee)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Lee" <davidhilary(a)pinehurst.net>
To: <CASWELL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 12:48 PM
Subject: [CASWELL list] CASWELLs in Hardin County, KY
> Does anyone out there have CASWELLs in KY? I am looking for parents of
William CASWELL who married Elizabeth WATKINS 1810 in Hardin County,
Thomas
CASWELL who married Amelia WATKINS in 1808 in Hardin County and John
CASWELL
( I have no more on him ).
> Also would like parents of Elizabeth and Amelia WATKINS.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> DAVE
>
>
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