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Author: CrystalSharp35
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Hi Betty. My name is Crystal. I'm related to Elijah Chastain and his 3rd wife Catherine Carson. They are ny 4th great grandparents. Their son Maxwell is my 3rd great grandfather. I would love to see any pictures that you might have of the Chastain family. Thank you.
Crystal
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Author: otter76
Surnames: Chastain, Brawley
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The following information comes from the book:
Facets of Fannin: A History of Fannin County, Georgia
Copyright Ethelene Dyer Jones and Dale Dyer - 1989, 2007
Annually on the first Sunday in August, descendants of Jason C. and Mary Rogers Chastain gather at the two-story Chastain-Brawley house on Dial for the Chastain Family Reunion. Before his death, Fred McGraw had explored the Chastain family tree and traced the ancestors back to William the Conqueror in 1066. At least three houses have stood on the spot: the log cabin first built by Jason C. Chastain in 1841; the one built just following the Civil War; and the third one which still remains, altered quite a bit, about 1890. On a historical marker erected in 1953 by the Chastain Family Association and placed outside the house are these names of first family members on the land: "Jason C. Chastain and wife, Mary Rogers Chastain Who Settled at This Place in 1841 And Reared a Respected Family, Namely, Junius M. Chastain, Married Sarah Wilson; Jane Chastain, Married W.P. Hunt; Sarah Chastain, Married Harrison Brawley; Mary Chastain, Married J.T. Stephens; Stella Chastain, Never!
Married; Martha Chastain, Never Married; Alice Chastain, Died While a Child."
Descendants from the five married children of the original Jason C. Chastain gather from many states for the August enclave. The four upstairs rooms of the house, still very much unchanged from their original construction, become a museum to house heirloom-type items brought for display. There family members and visitors may view pictures of Chastains past: priceless hand-woven bedspreads, pieced quilts over a hundred years old, crocheted afghans, woven woolen blankets. All items are carefully handled by owners and viewers as well. In one upstairs room, the shelves of the apothecary shop used by Dr. Rogers when he practiced there are still intact.
The Chastain cooking spread for the August gathering is as noteworthy as the house. A few years ago, Southern Living magazine sent a crew of photographers and reporters to prepare a feature story on the Chastain cookery.
Jason C. Chastain migrated from North Carolina to Dial in about 1839 or 1840. He was able to secure 424 acres. He built a log cabin and went back to North Carolina to move his family. Mary Rogers Chastain brought two boxwoods which she planted. The boxwoods in front of the present house, if not the originals, are from shoots of those she brought. In 1850, Jason C. Chastain, farmer, had a real worth of $1,000. They had slaves. Mary Rogers Chastain inherited some slaves. After they were freed, at least four remained on the farm and assumed the name Chastain.
On the property is a spring once used by the Cherokee Indians. A log cabin housed a store known as J.C. Chastain and Sons Mercantile.
The family cemetery is up on the hill behind the house. There are the graves of Jason C. and Mary Rogers Chastain and others of the earlier years. Jason died in 1900 at eighty-two. His epitaph is one of the longest on any tomb in Fannin County: "Dear friends and neighbors, come one come all and see where the old man lies. Then dear children when you die, be placed here by me, on this hill which God has formed, so on the resurrection morn we may rise in unison and join the blood washed throng and abide throughout the years of eternity in that clime of eternal bliss. So mote it be. Amen."
The old Chastain homeplace is known today as the Chastain-Brawley House because Sarah, who married Harrison Brawley, inherited it. It was willed to the Georgia Baptist Children's Homes, Incorporated. That institution respects the donor's bequest that the house and grounds be maintained and that the family descendants be allowed to meet there annually for the reunion. For several years, Mr. and Mrs. Haskel Hopper lived on the place as caretakers. Her death and his ill health terminated their task. The stately Chastain-Brawley house stands as a monument to the hard work, independence and pride of Fannin's founders.
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