Thomas Jefferson CASTELLAW

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According to the Zion Baptist Church Obituary Book from 1877 to 1924 for Haywood Co., TN the following was extracted: Thomas moved to Haywood County, Tennessee while young. He married Mary Cole at the age of 31 years. He professed religion about the year 1839 and joined Zion Baptist Church. Thomas gradually accumulated land and became a substantial landowner. His will is dated July 8, 1878 in will Book E, page 380 for Haywood Co., Tennessee.

Thomas married Marah Elisar (Mary) Hardy 10 Mar 1830. Marah was born 1809; died Bef 1840. [Group Sheet]

1. John Edward CASTELLAW was born 01 Mar 1833, Bertie Co. NC; died 16 Nov 1896, Haywood Co. TN; was buried , Castellaw Cemetery, Haywood Co., TN.
2. Joseph Dawson (Joe) CASTELLAW was born 17 Apr 1836, Holly Grove, Haywood Co. TN; died Oct 1913.
3. James William CASTELLAW was born 1839, Holly Grove, Haywood Co. TN; died 1918, Holly Grove, Haywood Co. TN.

Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Cole 1840. Mary was born 1809, North Carolina; died 1875, Haywood Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

1. Thomas Jefferson CASTELLAW, Jr. was born 07 Jun 1841, Holly Grove, Haywood Co. TN; died 15 Mar 1879, Haywood Co. TN.
2. George Washington CASTELLAW was born 1845, Haywood Co. TN.
3. Jeremiah Fletcher CASTELLAW was born 28 May 1847, Holly Grove, Haywood Co. TN; died 12 Dec 1915, Holly Grove, Haywood Co. TN.
4. Zilphia Elizabeth CASTELLAW was born 05 Dec 1850, Haywood Co. TN; died 03 Jan 1922, Haywood Co. TN.

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John Dawson and his brother, Henry D. sold two hundred acres to Starkey and Larry Castellow on the 20th of November 1819 in Bertie County, North Carolina (Bertie Co., Deed Book Z, page97). John Dawson had bought the land at a sheriff's auction on the 10th day of December, 1808.

John and Zilphia moved to Haywood County, Tennessee in 1834. John was the wagon master of the wagon train that took the family from North Carolina to Tennessee.

John's will was written in 1853. The estate was probated in 1859.

Charter member and a "Deacon" with Capehart's Baptist Church.

The following minutes from the Capehart Church:
February 1834, Prayer by Brother Castellaw
Reception of new members Thomas Pierce
Brother and Sister Castellaw petitioned for letter of dismission

Moved to Haywood Co., Tennessee 1834

John married Zilphia SPRUILL 21 Jan 1804, Tyrell Co. NC. Zilphia was born ca 1873, North Carolina; died 27 Apr 1842, Haywood Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

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John and Zilphia moved to Haywood County, Tennessee in 1834. John was the wagon master of the wagon train that took the family from North Carolina to Tennessee.

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John was in Bertie County, Northa Carolina in 1784, 1787 and1790. In 1758 John met Martha Butler and had several children who did retain the Castellow surname.

John's tax listing in 1763 listed one free mulatto, one negro man and one negro woman.

John sold to his son William (brother of James and son of Martha Butler) 170 acres for the sum of 10 pounds.

From the Miller book by Latham Lee Miller, it is stated that Martha Butler had two sons by John Castellaw (most likely before he married Margaret Dawson. They were given the Castellaw surname. The two sons remained in Bertie County while most of the children of John and Margaret (Charlotte, Thomas,Bartholomew, John Dawson, Henry D., Nancy and John W.) moved to Haywood County, Tennessee. The other brother, Thomas moved to Duplin County, North Carolina.

John's will dated December 11, 1813. It was proved in May 1816. His will included Charlotte, Thomas, Bartholomew, John D., Henry D., John W. and Nancy C. All the above were left beds and furniture. His property was left to his wife Margaret. At her death the residue was to go to John D. Castellow. The executors were his wife, Margaret, and Benjamin Hardy. Abstract of Bertie County Wills, page 508.

John married Margaret DAWSON Abt 1775. Margaret was born Abt 1755, NC Colonies. [Group Sheet]

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• Marriage License: 1718, Bertie Co., NC

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James was the "Patriarch" of the Castellaw family in America. He was the son of a Scottish Presbyterian minister. He entered the University of Glasgow in about 1703 at the age of 18. He graduated in 1707. It has been said that he was the fourth generation of Castellaw's to be educated there.

James emigrated to North Carolina by 1710. His name first appears in North Carolina records in 1718 when he witnessed the will of Henry Woodnot of Chowan Precinct on 29 Dec. 1718. But was not listed in the 1717 tax list nor in a list of freeholders in 1719.

In 1719, he obtained a warrant for 640 acres in Bertie Precinct. (Note: Bertie Co. was formed from Chowan Co. in 1722.) He served in 1719 as a juror in Chowan Precinct, North Carolina in the trial of Colonel Edward Moseley. He was on the Grand Jury in 1722 and 1724.

He was on the 1721 tax list for Chowan County, North Carolina. In 1721 he bought land on the Cashie River adjoining Colonel Pollock, Richard Fryer and Martin Gardner. July 14, 1721 James was a witness for the sale of 150 acres of land from Matthew Edwards to John Williams. James and Sarah bought 550 acres on the Kesiah River on February 21, 1723. There is a deed in the records at Windsor, NC, dated 1 Feb. 1723/24, to Thomas Williamson, in which he mentions "Sarah, wife of said James", and she gave dower. In 1727 James went into business with Henry Guston and James Milikin at the confluence of the Cashie and Roanoke Rivers.

Until his death in 1749, James Castellaw took an active interest in and assumed leadership for many business, social and political activities in Bertie County.

James Castellaw served as a Justice of the Peace for Bertie for many years and was a Commissioner for the county and was elected as Public Treasurer of Bertie in 1739.

He became a lawyer and a member of the Colonial General Assembly. He was elected as a member of the Colonial Assembly in the Lower House in 1726, and in the Upper House in 1731, and served for 14 years until 1745. He was the Treasurer of Bertie Precinct from 1735 until 1748. He was a jurist and witnessed many legal transactions in the County. In addition, he found time to serve as one of His Majesty's Justices" from 1739- 1746.

A very active man in Colonial politics, there are records of many Bills, Committees, and Acts attributed to him in the Colonial Records. He was instrumental in the placing of the public buildings at Cashy, and the actual construction of same. He started construction of the water mill that operated for nearly 200 years.

When the area was divided and a new Courthouse authorized, a group of landowners from the Cashy area led by Thomas Whitmel, James McDowall, and James Castellaw - all Court Justices - filed a petition with a later court held in February 1742 asking that the court house site selection should not be settled as previously. The controversy raged for over a year until Governor Gabriel John- son signed into law an act "That the Court House, Prison, and Stocks shall be built between Cashy Bridge and Will's Quarter Bridge, in the said County, and that all Court shall be there held for the said County." Much of the effort behind this act must be credited to James Castellaw, one of the first Treasurers of Bertie, and at this time, respected member of the General Assembly, and owner of the land on which the Court was to be placed.

The Act of the General Assembly charged the Justices of Bertie County to purchase one acre between said bridges; and thus, James Castellaw issued a deed to the Justices of Bertie County for one acre on the North side of Cashy and South side of Will's guar- ter "(Whereon the Prison, Court House and Stocks are to be built"

James McDowell and James Castellaw were awarded the contract for the public buildings, and on November 13, 1744, asked the Court for final inspection on the Prison. This was done; and after several changes, it was accepted by Bertie as the "Public Goal" of the County on Friday morning, February 15, 1745.

When James died in Bertie County, North Carolina in early 1749,his son Thomas was the administrator of his estate and made sales on December 20, 1749.

Hoggards Mill in Bertie Precinct, NC established in 1736 by James Castellaw, treasurer of Bertie and on whose land the mill, courthouse, jail, "whipping post and stocks" were located. Subsequently called Lockharts, Evans and finally purchased by William Hoggard circa 1800. His home still stands there.

John married Sarah WILLIAMS 1712, Bertie Co., NC. Sarah (daughter of John WILLIAMS, II and Mary POPE) was born 1699, Isle of Wright Co., VA, USA; died 1770, Bertie Co., NC, USA. [Group Sheet]

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