West Virginia Pioneers

William CASTO

Male 1764 - 1836  (72 years)


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  • Name William CASTO 
    Born 1764  Dividing Creek, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Dec 1836  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 

    • Lived on Mill Creek near Ripley, Jackson co, WV
      Buried Windon Cemetery near Chase Mills on Mill Creek near Ripley, Jackson Co, WV

      Jackson County WV Will Records Bk 1, pp 225, 226. 233
      Appraisement , sale, and settlement of property of William Casto
      Administrator, his son Jonathan Casto
      Appraisal 17 Dec 1836

      Sale Bill of Persoanl Property, 27 Dec 1836; purchasers: Mrs William Casto (widow), George Kessel, William Casto, Jr, Jesse McDade, Lewis Fife, Benjamin Casto, John Rawlings, John Utt, John R Harpold, Christopher Hersman

      Settled 28 Feb 1842

      1816, Casto family moved to the neighborhood of Cedar Lakes Jackson Co WV. 11 Dec 1791, Became member of Mt Moria Baptist Church. 11 Nov 1797, Baptized on the Wednesday after date. 8 Sep 1798, Received a letter of dismission from Mt Moria Baptist Church. 27 Nov 1797, Moved to Randolph Co by this date.
      Bought 250 acres in Randolph Co for $100.
    Person ID I32  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2011 

    Father David CASTO,   b. 1721, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Phebe GANDY,   b. CA 1736, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1752  Cape May Courthouse, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • David Casto traveled to Fairfield Township, Cumberland Co., South Jersey to accompany Phebe Gandy to a Baptist Church at Cape May Courthouse, NJ to be married. They were declared married on 17 August 1752 by Nathaniel Jenkins. They returned to Turkey Point and established a home at Downe Township north of Egg Island. A baptismal record for David and Phebe was found dated 1765 at the Dividing Creek Baptist Church, Downe Township, NJ. By this time, they had at least five children.

      They traveled north to Salem, New Jersey, then took the Great Wagon Road at York , PA. They crossed the Potomac River into Hampshire Co. It is believed they had another daughter while at Hampshire (Berkeley) County. They traveled on to establish a claim at the mouth of Buffalo Creek on the Monongahela River. They both died about 1770 in Berkley County, WV.

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      I believe this is what has been called the Billy Burris story. Pompey Leggit was the father of Thomas, about whom the story is written. Philippi is in what is now Braxton County, but it was 1738 before Augusta and Frederick counties were formed in what is now WV. Counties were formed as the population of an area grew large enough to need it's own government. Braxton was formed from parts of Kanawha, Lewis and Nicholas counties in 1836.

      In "A While Ago Times", Volume 2, Page 12
      At the end of a story titled "Thomas Leggit Story"

      . . . Dr Leggett's great-great-great grandfather, Pompey Leggit, a man named William Burris, and others, whom Dr. Leggett named, did indeed establish a permanent settlement near present Philippi, West Virginia, in 1704; that William Burris, son of William and Mary Morgan Burris, born in Delaware in 1670, died in 1759 near the site of this settlement; and that his son, Enoch, and two stepsons, last name Casto, continued to live in that area until they died.
    Family ID F149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah BONNETT,   b. Abt 1770, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1810  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married Abt 1783  Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Moved to present day Jackson County in 1813. (Hardesty's article about grandson Absolom)

      Sims Index:
      Mason Co, WV
      Willima Casto, 100a, Big Mill Creek, 1820, book 1, page 363
      William Casto, 60a, Big Mill Creek, 1827, book 1, page 471

      Mason Co tax rolls:
      William Casto, Sr - 1813-14

      1810 Randolph Co
      William Casto
      2 m under 10 John [9], Ab [6] Levi [2] Isaac born 1810
      3 m 10-16 Jonathan [16], Ben [13], Wm? [20]
      1 m 16-26 James [21] or David [24]
      1 m 45+
      2 f under 10 Rhoda [8], Phoebe [baby?]
      1 f 10-16
      1 f 16-26 Mary Ann [17] [Lucretia married in 1806]
      1 all others

      1820 Mason Co, WV William Casto Sr.
      1 male under 10 Isaac
      1 male 10-15
      1 male 16-25
      1 male 45+
      1 female under 10 Phoebe
      1 female 10-15 Rhoda?
      1 female 45+
      3 in agriculture

      1830 Mason County:
      Wm. Casto Sr.
      1m 15-20
      1m 20-30
      1m 60-70
      1f 15-20
      1f 60-70

      1831 Jackson Co Personal Property tax list
      William Casto Sr, 2 horses, $.12 tax, 1 white male 16+

      In the 1880 Jackson county census, son William states his father was born in PA, his mother in Ireland.

      Harrison Co, VA Superior Court Records
      4 May 1789
      At a Superior Court held for the District of Harrison, Monongalia, Ohio and Randolph counties. An indenture of Bargain & Sale from Joseph Curwell to Joseph Provane together with the receipt endorsed was proved by the oath of William Casto, Sarah Provane & Charles Rockhold, witnesses thereto.
    Children 
     1. David W Casto,   b. Abt 1784,   d. 1854, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)
     2. James D Casto,   b. 1786, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1866  (Age 80 years)
     3. William Casto, Jr,   b. 1789/90, Jane Lew, Harrison Co, WVa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1884, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     4. Lucretia Casto,   b. Abt 1792, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     5. Mary Ann 'Nancy' Casto,   b. 27 May 1793,   d. 28 Jun 1835, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     6. Jonathan CASTO,   b. 30 Dec 1794, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     7. Benjamin Franklin Casto, Sr,   b. 26 Jan 1797, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1882  (Age 85 years)
     8. John G Casto,   b. Abt 1801,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Rhoda Casto,   b. 1802,   d. 1833  (Age 31 years)
     10. Absolom Casto,   b. Abt 1804,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Phoebe Casto,   b. Abt 1810, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1888, Vigo County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     12. Levi Casto,   b. 1 Apr 1808, Jane Lew, Harrison Co [present day Lewis Co], WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1880, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     13. Isaac Staats Casto,   b. Abt 1810, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1860  (Age ~ 49 years)
     14. Miss Casto,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret Parsons,   b. 20 Apr 1772, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1816 
    Family ID F781  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Will Records, Jackson Co, WV.