West Virginia Pioneers
William CASTO
1764 - 1836 (72 years)-
Name William CASTO Born 1764 Dividing Creek, NJ Gender Male Died Dec 1836 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [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 , d. Abt 1770, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA (Age 49 years) Mother Phebe GANDY, b. CA 1736, New Jersey, USA , d. Abt 1770, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA (Age ~ 34 years) Married 17 Aug 1752 Cape May Courthouse, NJ 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 , d. 1810 (Age ~ 40 years) Married Abt 1783 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA 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 (Age ~ 70 years) 2. James D Casto, b. 1786, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 22 Dec 1866 (Age 80 years) 3. William Casto, Jr, b. 1789/90, Jane Lew, Harrison Co, WVa , d. 11 Nov 1884, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 94 years) 4. Lucretia Casto, b. Abt 1792, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 54 years) 5. Mary Ann 'Nancy' Casto, b. 27 May 1793, d. 28 Jun 1835, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA (Age 42 years) 6. Jonathan CASTO, b. 30 Dec 1794, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA , d. 21 Oct 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 56 years) 7. Benjamin Franklin Casto, Sr, b. 26 Jan 1797, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA , 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 , d. 18 Jan 1888, Vigo County, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 78 years) 12. Levi Casto, b. 1 Apr 1808, Jane Lew, Harrison Co [present day Lewis Co], WV , d. 28 Jan 1880, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 71 years) 13. Isaac Staats Casto, b. Abt 1810, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , 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 , d. Yes, date unknown Married 1816 Family ID F781 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Sources - [S98] Will Records, Jackson Co, WV.
- [S98] Will Records, Jackson Co, WV.