John James CASTELLAW

1685 - 1745  (59 years)

• Name	John James CASTELLAW
  Born	6 Nov 1685	Paisley, Renfreshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Marriage License	1718	Bertie Co., NC
  _UID	182037E27783452290AEEAD913825FC16841
  Died	1745	Bertie Co., NC
  Notes	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.
  Person ID	I7326	Master File
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas CASTELLAW,   b. 1641, Eaglesham, Renfrenshire, Scotland ,   d. Dec 1703, Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Katherine HUTCHESON,   b. Abt 1642, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. Apr 1713, Scotland  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	1660	Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F5039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah WILLIAMS,   b. 1699, Isle of Wright Co., VA, USA ,   d. 1770, Bertie Co., NC, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1712	Bertie Co., NC
  Children	1. Thomas CASTELLAW,   b. 1 Jun 1713, Bertie Co. NC ,   d. 10 Apr 1790, Barnwell Co. SC  (Age 76 years)   2. Bethia H. CASTELLAW,   b. Jun 1715, Bertie Precinct, NC ,   d. Abt 1775, Camden Co., GA  (Age ~ 59 years)   3. William CASTELLAW,   b. 1718, Bertie Co. NC ,   d. Bef June 18, 1749, Bertie Co. NC  (Age 31 years)   4. John CASTELLAW,   b. 1719, Bertie Co. NC ,   d. aaft 11 Dec 1813, Bertie Co. NC  (Age 94 years) + 5. Sarah CASTELLAW,   b. 21 Jan 1738, Scotland Neck, Halifax Co. NC ,   d. 11 Jun 1818, Muhlenberg Co. KY  (Age 80 years)   6. Katherine CASTELLAW,   b. 1723, Scotland Neck, Halifax Co. NC ,   d. 1780, Sampson Co. NC  (Age 57 years)   7. James CASTELLAW, Jr.,   b. 1735, Bertie Co. NC ,   d. 26 Sep 1785, Barnwell Co. SC  (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F5038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart