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Re: Looking for...

rshoemaker69 — 2011-09-16 02:19:20Z

Virginia Chasteen married Henry Gadd, my great uncle.

Re: chasteen

shoniegriffin40 — 2011-08-17 08:24:06Z

Researching Chasteens of clarkston washington. Have made alot of progress in my search, found my sister Laurie, alive and well in California, Turns out My grandfather John Elmer Griffin moved there with his second wife Miako. He died in 2001. Now Jennie Childress from contra costa is also a part of my search. Still alot of info missing, any info would be greatly appreciated. Shonie
shoniegriffin@hotmail.com

Re: I may have jumped the gun with my previous email.

nchasteen78 — 2011-03-09 03:08:34Z

I have lots of dates and things.

I may have jumped the gun with my previous email.

michaeljgough51 — 2011-03-09 01:34:48Z

Nicolle, I may have jumped the gun with my previous email. Where are your Chasteens from and do you have birth and death dates? Anything would help.

Mike

Looking For Realatives

nchasteen78 — 2011-03-08 15:02:57Z

Ok i Have been working on my family tree off and on now for awhile my name is Nicole Yvette Chasteen, I was born November 18, 1978 to Albert George Chasteen and Kay Lynn Starker, My fathers parents are Emal Willard Chasteen and Hazel Elizabeth Long. I have alot of information but i am really starting to hit rock bottom. Any help would be appreciated. Thnak You.

Re: Nancy A. Chasteen m. Sowell J. Perry in 1883

phyllisperry88 — 2011-01-21 15:58:23Z

HI EVERYONE I AM SEARCHING FOR ANY PERRY PHOTOS OF RELATIVES PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE,NANCY AND SOWELL ARE MY GREAT GREAT--GRAND PARENTS, MY DAD WAS VALTON GAY PERRY,PLEASE ANY IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AS I AM CREATING A FAMILY HISTORY ALBUM,AND ALSO LOOKING TO RE CONNECT WITH COUSINS ALONG THE WAY SINCERLY PHYLLIS ANN PERRY/STAPLETON.

Jerri Geraldine (Rogers) Chasteen 1928-2009 / Oklahoma

Family_Lineages — 2010-11-04 19:43:06Z

This obituary was posted in honor of Jerri Chasteen, a very well known Native American researcher and family history expert. She has helped so many find links to their ancestry, as well as my own. ~ Sybil Layton
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Ref: Key Funeral Home - Pryor, OK

Jerri Gearldine Chasteen
(May 28, 1928 - July 21, 2009)

Graveside funeral services for Jerri Gearldine Chasteen, 81 of Claremore, OK will be held 10:00 A.M. Friday, July 24, 2009 at Fairview Cemetery in Pryor. Services are under the direction of Key Funeral Home of Pryor.

Jerri was born on the 28th day of May in 1928 in Pryor, OK to Earl Jessie Rogers and Olga Nancy Williams. She died July 21, 2009 in Claremore, OK. Jerri attended the first 8 years of school in Pryor and completed her education in California, where she achieved an Associates degree in Business Administration and Accounting.

Jerri enjoyed several occupations in her professional life. She worked for American Airlines and Douglas Aircraft. She became a licensed private investigator and worked for the Fletcher detective agency in Tulsa. Jerri and her husband later ran the CB shop and Truckers store in the Cherokee Truck Stop at Big Cabin. They became known from coast to coast by the truckers as “Copperhead and Deacon.” “Deacon,” Cloys Dwight Chasteen preceded her in death in 1984.

Jerri retired from the truck stop after Dwight passed and decided to focus her passion of Cherokee Tribal history and became a certified professional genealogist. She worked closely with Lee Fleming HR, and the Cherokee Nation to promote accurate research practices. She also worked with the National Archives and the Mormons library in Salt Lake as she established the Cherokee Archival Project. Collecting and translation of historical records relating to all of the 5 civilized tribes. She became the first Head Registrar for the Cherokee Elders Society, and worked as Vice President of the Twin Territory Historical Society for several terms. She was a board member of the Native American Arts Council and during the 80’s and 90’s, the Oklahoma Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court considered her qualified to give “expert testimony” on Cherokee History and Cherokee Citizenship Rights.

Jerri’s dedication to the creation of accurate records for valid tribal citizenship was her passion. Up until her passing, she maintained the leadership of several online group sites such as on ancestor.com and Cherokee.net.

Much of Jerri’s considerable research archives will be donated to the Pryor Library in hopes that everyone will be able to research their ancestors locally.

Jerri (Rogers) Chasteen is survived by one daughter Gloria Murray of Owasso, three grandchildren, Freeman Bull of Claremore, Nancy Neal of Claremore, and Debra Mouse of Chouteau; eight great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; one sister, Pauline Rundell, and many nieces and nephews in the Pryor Area also survive her.

Family will be greeting friends Thursday evening from 6-8 PM at Key Funeral Home in Pryor.

Re: Chasteen Family, VA>Ross Co, OH>IA

mustanglvrgtcs — 2010-09-26 00:29:30Z

Ephraim Hobbs and Sarah Shasteen are in my family tree. Through Sarah Ann Hobbs Champ, their daughter. They are my ggggrandparents.

CHASTEEN Bill 1901-1941

t42MountOlivet — 2010-03-24 10:21:05Z

CHASTEEN Bill 1901-1941

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KINNEY Peggy CHASTEEN 1904-1981

t42MountOlivet — 2010-03-24 10:20:54Z

KINNEY Peggy CHASTEEN 1904-1981

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Re: john albert chasteen

chewr002 — 2010-02-11 23:58:00Z

6 LUCY A "ANNIE" CAMPBELL b 22 May 1883 TX - d 4 Feb 1928 OK
+ James Thomas Chasteen b 8 Oct 1883 AL - d Jan 1923 TX
7 John Albert Chasteen b 2 Jun 1907 OK - d 7 Apr 1975 TX
+ Ruby Isabell ALCORN Chasteen b 25 Apr 1897 TX - d 12 Feb 1975 TX
7 James Ira Chasteen b 16 Jun 1915 OK - d 9 Jun 1982 OK
+ Genettie "Nettie" McLAUGHLIN b 5 Aug 1908 AR - d 23Dec 1982 OK; d/o Perry Ole & Mahala Jane DAVIS McGaughlin
7 MARY ELLEN CHASTEEN b 16 Feb 1918 -
+ WOODROW WILSON HOUSTON b 24 Oct 1916 OK - d 28 Nov 1990 OK

Kids were raised by their Aunt Mary Romie CAMPBELL Richardson after the death of their mother Lucy Ann.

Re: Looking for the father of John Chasteen

DaveChasteen — 2010-01-23 16:26:27Z

Paul,

I have them listed in my file, but I have no concrete evidence to prove their lineage.

Henry Chasteen was a son of Henry Chasteen and Pauline Hardin Chasteen.

Pauline was the daughter of James N. Hardin and Mary Susanna "Polly" Chasteen Hardin.
James N. Hardin was the son of William and Jemima Hardin.
Mary Susanna "Polly" Chasteen Hardin was the daughter of James Chasteen (Revolutionary War soldier)and Nancy Kennedy(Cannady) Chasteen.

Henry Chasteen was the son of Jesse Chasteen and Levelia Flowers Chasteen.
Jesse Chasteen was the son of James Chasteen (Revolutionary War soldier)and Nancy Kennedy(Cannady) Chasteen.
Levelia Flowers Chasteen was the daughter of Orson and Patsy Flowers.

If I can locate some proof of this, within my paperwork, I will post it on this thread at a later time.

Re: Looking for the father of John Chasteen

billiebrock23 — 2010-01-18 16:15:04Z

My husbands line
His grandmother Viola (Villie)Chasteen
Her father Bight (Brighty) Chasteen
His father John Chasteen
His father John Chasteen and
His father James Chasteen, Revolutionary war veteran

Re: Looking for the father of John Chasteen

paulchesterchasteen — 2010-01-18 13:43:24Z

My grandmother Ida Belle Phelps married James Raymond Chasteen in 1907. His father was Henry Chasteen and his father was Henry Chasteen. I'm ttrying to establish to a Jesse Chasteen.

Re: connections between John and Jesse Chasteen

DaveChasteen — 2010-01-09 22:35:15Z

Kentucky.

Re: Ola Chasteen photo, girls' basketball team Murray State School OK abt 1928

jenniferbjacoby — 2009-12-26 23:41:43Z

Hi!! Ola is my great-aunt! Would you still happen to have that photo of her??

Re: connections between John and Jesse Chasteen

kmphelps51 — 2009-05-20 18:16:19Z

where as in what state is John & Jesse in?

Re: Looking for the father of John Chasteen

kmphelps51 — 2009-05-20 18:12:43Z

Just don't know if we are with same Chasteen family. My Great Grandma Rose Chasteen was a twin.Her father was Richard Chasteen. They lived in Indiana. Sorry if I bothered you.What state and year was This John Chasteen you are talking about in? email me at km.phelps5@yahoo.com. I'm Kathy Carrell. thanks .bye.

CHRISTIAN James Richard 1905 1994

t42McBee_TaylorCoTX — 2009-03-24 14:42:54Z

CHRISTIAN James Richard 1905 1994
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CHASTEEN John A 1884 1966

t42McBee_TaylorCoTX — 2009-03-24 14:42:16Z

CHASTEEN John A 1884 1966

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Sarah Elizabeth Chasteen, Macon County, MO 1862? 63?-1933

Summ6191 — 2009-01-11 03:30:34Z

I am looking for information on my g-g-grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Chasteen who married William "Nute" Newton Vance on 7/22/1888. Several dates exist for the both of them, as do versions of how many children they had. Their son John Vance was my g-grandfather. His obituary (and Sarah's) indicate there were two daughters that became deceased before Sarah. I am looking for any information about Sarah and her siblings (hoping to find a picture somewhere) as well as her children. There is a family tree posted to the community forum that has her exact information in it but the member has chosen not to receive inquiries. Perhaps I can reach you this way? Or someone knows about the tree. Thanks so much to anyone who could help me. I really appreciate it.

Re: Looking for the father of John Chasteen

DaveChasteen — 2009-01-04 18:38:48Z

The parents of John Chasteen have been in dispute for quite some time. Some descendants claimed that he was the son of John Chasteen and grandson of James Chasteen. This does not appear to be the case. This John Chasteen is a son of Jesse Chasteen. The proof can be found in the Civil War Pension File of Nicholas B. Chasteen.

(October 4, 1882) John Chasteen...says his age is now 58 years old and a farmer by occupation and his Post Office address is Reedsville, KY, was [a] soldier in Company G, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry and that Nicholas B. Chasteen was a soldier same Company and Regiment and the same service and at same time and they are brothers...

(December 12, 1890) John Chasteen...that his age is 67 years...that he was a private in Company G, 4th Regiment Kentucky Volunteers in the War for the Suppression of the Southern Rebellion, the same organization in which the claimant[Nicholas B. Chasteen] was a sergeant and have known him from his infancy, being his brother.

(February 16, 1894) John Chasteen. I am 71 years of age, occupation farmer, P.O. Berea, Madison County, Kentucky. I am a brother of claimant...Claimant lived with me from the time he was a small boy until he went into the service.

A family Bible is mentioned and was apparently lost. It appears that Nicholas B. Chasteen had a Family Bible that had specific dates in it. A couple of pages were removed and used in the pension file. But those are now lost, though mentioned throughout the paperwork. Here are three more statements that help solidify the lineage of John Chasteen.

(October 10, 1910)...Nicholas B. Chasteen was seventy-five years old the 13th day of October, 1910, that there is no public record of his birth and that there is no baptismal record and that the family record was lost when this affiant was ten or twelve years old while the family were moving from Rockcastle County to Garrard County, Kentucky. Affiant further states that his parents names were, father Jesse and his mother Levelia Chasteen. Affiant states that he resided with his mother, Levelia Chasteen, from 1850 to 1860 in Garrard County, Kentucky, Post Office, Paint Lick.

(December 8, 1910) J. L. Gay, notary public of Madison County, Kentucky, and Mayor of the City of Berea, Kentucky, do hereby certify that Nicholas B. Chasteen, Claimant...has this day produced and exhibited to me a Bible containing a record of his age in the following words and figures Viz:
N.B. Chasteen was born Oct 15th 1835.
He states in his affidavit and on oath that this record was transcribed from his mother's statements and in her presence about 35 years ago, which would be in the year 1875. This Bible seems to be old enough to contain this record as it bears date of publication 1871, and has all appearances of being a true record. As he has stated it also contains a record of the ages of claimants wife and children also date of deaths of his mother and others.

(December 5, 1910) Jesse Chasteen. My name is Jesse Chasteen. I am a brother to the claimant[Nicholas B. Chasteen]. I have been personally acquainted with said claimant, Nicholas B. Chasteen, all of his life. I can remember when he was born. He was born October 15, 1835. I am about 4 years older than he is. I know my age by record of my father and mother which they told me and I know claimant's age by my own and of my own personal knowledge. My father kept a record of our ages but it was lost before the Civil War. We then recorded our ages by our mother's recollections and our own. These records all show the same as above stated.

The 1850 Census of Garrard County, Kentucky, further corroborates the evidence. It lists Jesse and Leavea Chasteen with 5 children: Roda, Jesse Jr., Nicholas, Orson, and Margaret. Nicholas and Jesse Jr. are both in the household and their statements are given above. I hope this evidence will be sufficient for your endeavors.

Sincerely,
Dave Chasteen
dchasteen@sbcglobal.net

Re: Chasteen Family, VA>Ross Co, OH>IA

JamesShasteen — 2009-01-03 03:45:07Z

Karen, I did not know that my grandpa was that musical, although, from some of the information that I have gathered, alot of the Shasteens were musically inclined. Francis Marion Shasteen, one of many by that name, was musically inclined and died in Andersonville Confederate Prison(loosely called prisoner of war camp). I will make it a point to get my info scanned and downloaded onto my computer so I can forward this on to you and others. I got ahold of Martha Rittinger...this evening...who is the great great grandaughter(I believe) of Martha Shasteen...one of the original Shasteen settlers and founders of Springbank Church and Cemetery. This is real interesting and quite rich in information of our ancestors. I'm not into geneology as much as the Mormons are as I am not Mormon, but this is really great. Something to leave our children and grandchildren and also others out there. Thanks so much for your response. Keep in touch...Jim Shasteen

Re: Chasteen Family, VA>Ross Co, OH>IA

klglick1963 — 2009-01-03 03:01:17Z

The family tree would be good. This week is our annual down time at my office so have been working on Ancestry & loading more info and a couple of pix. Did you know Evertt, Alvah and the boys (I have a pic of them with their mom) were their own musical band? Also, there is a photo of Alvah at the Circleville POlice Station when he was on the force. He got a citation for helping catch the "Purple Gang" in the 30's. I will see about scanning and sending. If you ever saw the movie "The Untouchables" the role Sean Connery played is much like Alvah was as a policeman.

Re: Chasteen Family, VA>Ross Co, OH>IA

JamesShasteen — 2009-01-03 02:28:02Z

Karen, I have some information on our family if you want it. I'm going to get a scanner/printer...and when I do, I'll send you the family tree, some information also from a lady named Martha Rittinger who lives in Yellowbud. She is somehow related to us. My phone # is 865-481-3182 and my email address is pipemkr11@yahoo.com. It is great to hear from you, Karen. I wish I would have gotten to know more of our family menbers at an earlier time in my life, but hindsight is 20/20. Take care and let me know what you would like to have..you cousin Jim Shasteen.

Re: Chasteen Family, VA>Ross Co, OH>IA

klglick1963 — 2009-01-02 15:56:14Z

Yes, and Alvah was my grandfather and I have met Everett a long time ago at a family reunion in Circleville, OH. Mom (Bernice Grace) just celebrated her 95th birthday (12-29-1913) and she lives happily and spritely in Leipsic, Ohio.

Re: Chasteen Family, VA>Ross Co, OH>IA

JamesShasteen — 2009-01-01 20:43:04Z

Hello....was Alvah from Ross County, Ohio? If he was...Alvah was my great uncle. I have heard my grandfather Everett talk about Bernice. Let me know if there is a connection...JIM

John Chasteen's bible

billiebrock23 — 2008-12-15 12:36:01Z

A cousin said that John Chasteen, Sr. bible was posted online at roots web, but when I tried to access it it was not available. Does anyone know about the bible and it it lists John Sr. children? I am trying to prove the final link in my husband's lineage. I have proof from him to John Chasteen, father of Albright "Bribht" Chasteen and I have proof of James's children I need the link from John to John. Can anyone help me? PLEASE!

Re: This Chasteen Family???

louicook — 2008-12-14 16:31:11Z

I think you and I might have corresponded before, but my computer crashed and I am now trying to put things back together. My grandmother, born in 1899, to Ada Jones and Monroe Chasteen. He would have been born about the time of your Monroe. Because her mother died when she was young and my grandmother was raised by maternal family, she had very little contact w/Monroe. He died in Ballplay, AL which is near Gadsden. Loui Cook

Looking for the father of John Chasteen

billiebrock23 — 2008-12-14 01:15:29Z

John Chasteen was born ca 1825ensus shows him married to a Nancy. Is his father Jesse or John both sons of James Chasteen the Revolutionary war soldier? I have seen family trees listing both as john's father. I need some type of proof. Does anyone have anything.

Chasteen/Overstreet

bochy2009 — 2008-10-19 15:22:14Z

James or Jim married a Chasteen He was an Overstreet and was born 1849 does anyone know of a woman that married this man

CHASTEEN Kathryn S and Lois G

t42Moore — 2008-10-15 01:02:48Z

CHASTEEN Kathryn S and Lois G

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Re: connections between John and Jesse Chasteen

paulchester1 — 2008-09-01 18:42:37Z

I'm trying to establish a link between Jessie and a possible son Henry. see the cencus info about Henry

Paul

State: Kentucky
County: Rockcastle
City: Northern District
Enumeration date: August 29

Name: Henry Chasteen
Age: 30
Sex: M
Occupation: Cabinetmaker
Place of birth: Kentucky

Name: Paulina
Age: 35
Sex: F

Name: Permelia
Age: 6
Sex: F

Name: Mason
Age: 4
Sex: M

Name: James
Age: 3
Sex: M

Name: Mary
Age: 1
Sex: F

Re: Chasteen's in Mo Ill. & Ark

bobcookemtp — 2008-08-30 01:22:19Z

Edna and Smitty are my aunt and uncle. They are both deceased now. They have many grandchildren and great-grandchild. Dolores now lives in Arkansas. My grandfather was Roy Chasteen who passed away in 1963.

Re: John F. Chasteen b.1891 / Zelma Bruce b.1895 (Indiana)

rue124 — 2008-07-22 05:01:27Z

Do you have any idea what the F is for in John F.? In my family its either Fox or Foxworth. The Chasteen's came into America mostly thru Va. approx.1700, there most went south
into Rockcastle Co. Ky.for instance and from there Chasteen families split off to the Carolina's, on south westward to Ga. Texas. Some went back north to Indiana and on north and west from there. If you find your strain in Ky. then let me know and maybe I can help you out more.

Good Luck and God Bless

Re: John F. Chasteen b.1891 / Zelma Bruce b.1895 (Indiana)

pawnit1 — 2008-05-11 18:04:22Z

Hello,

I am the grandson of John Chasteen, JR., Ancil's brother. I was given "Cape Images" today and decided to google his name and found your request.

Donnie

John F. Chasteen b.1891 / Zelma Bruce b.1895 (Indiana)

jenadair — 2008-04-14 02:55:44Z

Anyone working on, or related to, this line of Chasteens? My husband's father (Ancil D. Chasteen 1927-1986) was their son. Thanks for any info -

Jen

Thomas Coffey & Margaret Chasteen of Marion Co, IN

rshoemaker69 — 2008-03-30 20:20:09Z

I just found information regarding the burial of Thomas Coffey and his wife, Margaret Chasteen, who are buried in the Sparks Cemetery in Pittsboro, Marion County, IN.

While I have the exact dates of birth and death for Thomas, I have nothing for Margaret (it may be Maggie).

I would like to find out more about this line, as Thomas is the half brother of my grandmother, Bessie Gadd Shoemaker. Known children are:

Ethel
Mandie
Stella (who married Ralph Kernodel)
Marie
Gladys
Edna
Thomas Floyd (who married Marie Francis Ilett)

Chasteen's in Mo Ill. & Ark

louchartrand — 2008-03-20 02:48:30Z

Looking for information on The Chasteen Family that lived in St. Louis about 1945, one's name was Edna and she married a "Smitty" Smith, they lived in Valley Park, Mo. in the 50's, and O'Fallon Mo. in the 90's they had two daughters, Velma and Delores. One of Edna's sister's was Dona I think and was married to an Allen. Any one out there know of this family.

Re: connections between John and Jesse Chasteen

Ray_Shasteen — 2008-03-19 17:59:59Z

Have transcribed pension application plus other by Hardiman whom has worked on this line a lot. Got off web, attached as word doc but think will not stick, pasted here, if you don't get email me at ray77001@comcast.net and I will send you the file.

Pasted version
James Shasteen

Jesse Shasteen

James Shasteen

Summary of James Chasteen Revolutionary War Pension Request

Submitted by Joe W. Hardiman

September 7, 1818 - Madison County, KY
James Chasteen signed a Revolutionary War Pension request form stating that he had served in the Virginia Continental line for three years in Col. Francis Taylor's Regiment. A few months after his discharge James then enlisted for 18 months in Col. Armand's Corp of Horse. James stated that he was at the capture of Corn Wallas at York, and received his second discharge the next day.

William Abney, about 61 years old, signed a statement on James Chasteen's Pension Request stating that he had served in the same Regiment with James Chasteen and saw him receive his discharge at the end of the siege of York.

James Clark, Circuit Judge, signed statements by James Chasteen and William Abney

David Irwin, Clerk of Court, signed a statement verifying the signature of James Clark.

September 8, 1819 - Madison County, KY
James Clark, Circuit Judge, signed a statement attesting to the character of William Abney and declared that William Abney is a man of good character for truth and honesty.

October 25, 1819 - Washington City, D.C.
Certificate of Eligibility (#15411) for Revolutionary War service issued to James Chasteen at the rate of $96 per annum to commence 7 September 1818. Certificate issued to Joseph Clark for James Chasteen with back pay included in the amount of $143.48.

March 13, 1821 - Madison County, KY
James Chasteen appeared in Circuit Court stating that he is about sixty years of age. He further stated that he enlisted in the service of the United States under Captain John Roberts for a term of 3 years in Col. Francis Taylor's regiment belonging to the Virginia Line. After serving his term of three years and receiving his discharge he enlisted a second time for one year and six months in the Horse Company commanded by Captain Robert Kirk, in the Regiment commanded by Col Armond. He was at the battle of the Siege of York the time the Americans captured Cornwallace and received a second discharge. James further stated that he did not conceal any property or securities on debts owed him in order to obtain his pension.

His assets as listed:

Two Horses worth $50 no more

Three head of cattle no more

Fifteen head of hogs and no more

Farming utensils $5

Household furniture $20

Debts owed $10.25

James stated that he had five children namely Elizabeth 25, John 23, Polly 22, Jese 21, Nancy 18. His wife Nancy is about 65 years old.

James Clarke, Circuit Judge, signed the statement of James Chasteen.

September 5, 1821 - Madison County, KY
David Irwin, Clerk of Court copied the court procedures of March 13, 1821 and signed a statement that in the opinion of the court James Chasteen's total property value is $115.25 cents.

December ??, 1842 - Madison County, KY
Thompson Burnam swears before Thomas J Broniston that he knew Nancy Chastun and James Chastun as husband and wife for thirty years.

January 2, 1843 - Madison County, KY
Thomas Ballew signed a statement before Samuel Estill, Justice of the Peace, that he had known Nancy Chastain and her husband James for 28 or 30 years and knows that they lived together as husband and wife and they he knew them to be respected and orderly members of the Baptist Church.

Samuel Estill, Justice of the Peace, signed a statement that Thomas Ballew is a respectable person of good character as a Minister of the Gospel.

January 5 1843 - Madison, KY
David Irwin, Clerk of Court certifies the signature of Thomas J Broniston.

October 31, 1843 - Rockcastle County, KY
Nancy Chastun (the way the ee's ar written in this document they all appear as a u) about 87 years old appeared before James D Ballard, Justice of the Peace, stating that she is the widow of James Chastun and is seeking a Revolutionary War widows pension. She also stated that they were married in 1783 or 1784 in Virginia. James Chastun died the 28th day of February 1841. She remains the widow of James Chastun. She also stated that she is not able to attend open court owing to her old age and weekneed of body and some distance to the court house and bad rodes and wants appointed Chastun H Trabue her attorney to receive he certificate from the pension agent. (Nancy Shasteen is how her name was spelled on this letter so she could make her mark.)

James D Ballard, Justice of the Peace, signed the letter and then wrote and signed a statement that is was personally acquainted with Nancy Shastun and that she is a lady of respectability and that her statement is to be believed and the he knows that she is the widow of James Chastun.

October 31, 1843 - Rockcastle County, KY
John Chasteen appeared before James D Ballard, Justice of the Peace, and stated that he was the third child of James and Nancy Chasteen, and that he is about fifty-two years of age and that the eldest child is named Elizabeth and that she is about 59 years old. He further stated that he heard his father say about their marriage that they were married in 1783 or 1784 and they lived together as husband and wife until his father died the last day of February 1841. He further stated that he mother has remained a widow.

James D Ballard signed John Chasteen's statement and declared that John is a man of good character standing and that he is a man of truth and is to be believed.

October 31, 1843 - Rockcastle County, KY
Elizabeth Durham about 59 years old signed a statement before James D Ballard that she is the oldest child of James and Nancy Chasteen and that her mother is still a widow. She believes that they were married in 1783 or 1784 and that they lived together as husband and wife until his death 28 February 1841.

James D Ballard signed Elizabeth Durham's statement and made a statement of his own that Elizabeth and John Chasteen were of good character and were to be believed.

November 3, 1843 - Rockcastle County, KY
James Terrill, Clerk of Court, certifies J D Ballard has power of attorney and that his signature is good on documents of October 31, 1843.

November 25, 1843 - Rockcastle County, KY
Nancy Chasteen appeared before James D Ballard and stated that she is still the widow of James Chasteen. She was born in Albemarle County, Virginia and moved to Amhurst County, Virginia when she was two years old where she was raised. That in the month of October 1785 she was married to James Chasteen in Amhurst County, Virginia by a Methodist preacher by the name of Davidson and the name of the man who gave the license was William Loving. Her father told her that she was nearly twenty six years old when she was married, but except for this she does not know how old she now is. She and her husband moved to Kentucky in the month of October 1791 and her oldest child is 55 or 56 years old. She had two children before she moved to Kentucky who are now still living, and she had four since three of which are still living. They settled in Madison County in the part which became Rockcastle County until her husband died February 27, 1841. She is seeking a widows pension for her husbands war service. Her maiden name is Nancy Kennedy.

James D Ballard signed her statement.

James Terrill, Clerk of Court, certifies the signature of James D Ballard.
John Chasteen appeared before James D Ballard and stated that he is the son of James and Nancy Chasteen and is in 51st year and that his mother is still a widow and that he has two older sisters and the oldest must be about 55 or 56.

William Abney appeared before James D Ballard and stated he had been in the same regiment with James Chasteen and knew him to be receiving a pension and that he was not at the wedding but knew that James and Nancy Chasteen were married in Virginia about 1785 and lived as husband and wife for about 57 years until his death February 27, 1841.

James D Ballard signed William Abney's statement.

James Terrill certified the signature of James D Ballard.

November 27,1843 - Rockcastle County, KY
James Terrill, Clerk of Court, attests that the request for a pension for Mrs Nancy Shasteen has been submitted in open court by James D Ballard and that full thought and faith be given for her as though her statements had been made in open court.

December 19, 1843 - Frankfurt, KY
C. H. Trabue letter to pension board with declaration of Nancy Chasteen. (C. H. Trabue was Chasteen Haskins Trabue an attorney in Frankfurt, KY).

July 5, 1844 - Rockcastle County, KY
Nancy Chastain appeared before Justice of Peace James L Sayers and stated that she is the widow of James Chasteen and that she seeks benefits through a widow's pension.

James L Sayers signed Nancy Chastain's statement and also wrote a statement that he is personally acquainted with her and that she is of good character and is still a widow.

James Terrill, Clerk of Court, wrote a statement that James L Sayers is a Justice of the Peace and that it is his signature on the document for Nancy Chasteen.

July 10, 1844 - Washington City, D.C.
Certificate of Pension issued for Nancy Chasteen, widow of James Chasteen, to her attorney C. H. Trabue Frankfurt, KY.

January 30, 1845 - Rockcastle County, KY
Nancy Chasteen sworn statement to James D Ballard, Justice of the Peace, stating that she is the widow of James Chasteen a soldier of the Virginia Continental Line and that she has not remarried and that any amount due her should be forwarded to her attorney C.H. Trabue or S. F. J. Trabue and that she wishes that they alone continue to act on her behalf.

James D Ballard signs Nancy Chasteen's statement.

January 31, 1845 - Rockcastle County, KY
James Terrill, Clerk of Court, certifies that James D Ballard is a Justice of the Peace and that it is his signature on the document of Nancy Chasteen dated January 30, 1845.

April 16, 1845 - Washington City, D.C.
Certificate of Pension issued for Nancy Chasteen in the amount of 80 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Certificate issued to her attorney C. H. Trabue, Frankfurt, KY in the amount of $400.00.

July 31, 1848 - Rockcastle County, KY
Nancy Chasteen aged 92 appeared before James D Ballard, Justice of the Peace, stating that she believed her pension should be at the rate of $96 per annum instead of the rate approved of $80 per annum and that C. H. Trabue alone is authorized to act on her behalf in this matter. She also states that she is still the widow of James Chasteen.

James D Ballard signed the statement of Nancy Chasteen and wrote a statement that she was personally known to him and that he knows she is the widow of James Chasteen and that she has authorized the power of attorney.

September 4, 1848 - Rockcastle County, KY
James Terrill, Clerk of Court, signed a statement that James D Ballard is a Justice of the Peace and that it is his signature on the July 31, 1848 letter for Nancy Chasteen.

December 13, 1848 - Washington City, D.C.
Certificate of Pension issued for Nancy Chasteen for 80 dollars per year to commence on the 4th day of March 1848.

July 6, 1849 - Rockcastle County, KY
James Terrill affirms that Nancy Chasteen is still a widow through a written statement to the pension office.

July 19, 1855 - Rockcastle County, KY
Letter to Pension Board in Washington D.C.

(These letters were filed under the Rev. War Pension file of Francis Ramsey)

Frances Ramsey a Revolutionary War soldier drew a pension about which his two surviving children requested that Alfred Smith write a letter requesting information on whether or not Frances Ramsey was a Drum Major, and is a Drum Major a commissioned officer, and if so was Francis and his widow supposed to have received a higher amount on their pensions? Is there an amount due to his heirs and if so how much and how do they get it?

The heirs of James Chasteen learned Calvary soldiers were to have received a higher rate in their pension, and requested from the Pension Board a review of his record, and if he and his widow was due back pay how were they to receive it. Nancy Chasteen "died two or three years ago probably in 1849" according to this letter of July 19, 1855.

Alfred Smith wrote letters for the families of Francis Ramsey and James Chasteen with these questions as stated above for July 19, 1855 to the pension board in Washington D.C.

May 15, 1927 - Washington D.C. to Bondurant, Iowa
Mrs M L Ingle letter from Wars section Washington D.C. giving her abstract from James Chasteen files signed by Winfield Scott Commissioner. (Her letter requesting the abstract was not in the file.)

JESSE SHASTEEN
From: "Gallagher Family" < gallagherj@cafes.net>
Subject: 1830 Wayne Co., KY Delinquent Tax List - Jesse Shasteen
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:38:10 -0500

The following information is based on several years of my research on Jesse Shasteen, Sr., who is listed in the 1830 Wayne Co., KY Delinquent Tax List. Joy Q. Gallagher Winchester, Franklin Co., TN

BIOGRAPHY OF JESSE SHASTEEN, SR. of Amherst Co., VA, Wayne Co., KY, Tennessee, and Gallatin Co., IL

Jesse Shasteen, or Shatteen as it appears in several records, served as an infantry soldier in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. He was listed in the 1792 auditor's office register of abstracts of all the certificates issued at the auditor's office to officers and soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment for the balance of their full pay agreeable to an Act of Assembly passed November Session 1781. Jesse's pay, drawn May 25, 1784, by John Bryan, was 52 pounds, 18 shillings, 2 pence.

Jesse is believed to be the brother of James Shasteen, whose name also appears in Virginia records as Shatteen. Like Jesse, James also married in Amherst County, Virginia, and served in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. James and his wife, Nancy Kennedy, moved to Madison County, Kentucky, in October 1791. The area where they lived later became Rockcastle County. There he, and later his widow, drew a pension for his Revolutionary service. It is believed Jesse never applied for a pension for his service in the Revolutionary War because his service time was too short to qualify him for a pension.

Jesse's 1785 marriage license stated he was a bachelor and Ellenor was a widow. By 1792, Jesse, his wife Ellenor Coffey nee Wade, their first two children, William and Samuel, and Ellenor's daughter from her first marriage, Jane Coffey, were also living in Madison County, Kentucky. Jesse and Ellenor had sold their land in Amherst County, Virginia, on April 20, 1789.

Ellenor's sons from her first marriage, James M. and John W. Coffey, were listed in the 1799 Cumberland County, Kentucky, tax list. In 1801, the area where they lived became part of the newly formed Wayne County. That year Jesse Shasteen received a land warrant in the new county for 200 acres (later listed as 193 acres) south of Green River on Otter Creek. The warrant was signed by Micah Taul, Commissioner of Wayne County. The survey of this land listed the chain carriers as William Shasteen, Jesse and Ellenor's son,
and John W. Coffey, Ellenor's son from her first marriage.

Taul was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1802 and in 1826 moved to Winchester in Franklin County, Tennessee, where his first wife Dorothy died December 18, 1827, and was buried in the Winchester City Cemetery. Dorothy Taul's family, the Gholsons of Wayne County, had land transactions in Franklin County, Tennessee, as early as 1813, for on January 29 that year Samuel Gholson of Wayne County, Kentucky, sold two acres on Elk River in Franklin County, Tennessee, to Francis Gholson.

Of Ellenor's first husband's brothers, six also migrated to Kentucky, the earliest in 1779. They were Reuben, Ambrose, Eli, Joel, Lewis, and James Coffey, Jr. Ambrose, Eli, and James, Jr. stayed in Kentucky only briefly.Reuben, Joel, and Lewis settled in Wayne County. Ellenor's brother-in-law Rice Coffey migrated to Bedford County, Tennessee.

Jesse and Ellenor Shasteen's son William, born about 1786, married Elizabeth Reed on January 16, 1804 in Wayne County. Jesse and Ellenor's son Samuel, born June 17, 1788, left Kentucky and went to Jefferson County, Indiana, where he married Margaret Johnson on September 28, 1815. Jesse and Ellenor's daughter Elizabeth married Uriah Rains on January 21, 1809 in Wayne County. Jesse and Ellenor's daughter Margaret married Stephen Rains, Uriah's brother, on March 16, 1812 in Wayne County. Jesse and Ellenor's son Thomas married Nancy Jones, daughter of Reverend Elliott Jones, on September 10, 1813 in Wayne County. Jesse and Ellenor's son Jesse Shasteen, Jr., born about 1800, married Polly Kinnett on March 21, 1818 in Wayne County.

On April 28, 1829, Jesse and Ellenor Shasteen sold their land on Otter Creek in Wayne County to Benjamin Rains. According to a Wayne County, Kentucky, deed, Benjamin Rains had purchased two tracts of land on Bradley's Creek in Franklin County, Tennessee, on October 13, 1825, from Lewis McNelly/McAnelly, formerly of Franklin County, Tennessee, but then a citizen of Wayne County, Kentucky. Benjamin probably never registered this deed as there is no record of it in the Franklin County, Tennessee, deed books.
Lewis McNelly/McAnelly is believed to be related to the Willis Macanally, born between 1794 and 1804, listed in the 1820 Franklin County, Tennessee, census.

Shortly after April 1829, Jesse and Ellenor moved from Kentucky to Tennessee according to the 1830 Wayne County, Kentucky Delinquent Tax List. Then Jesse is believed to have moved from Tennessee to Illinois to live with his son Jesse, Jr. and family, who were in Gallatin County as early as 1824. An older male, born between 1760 and 1770, was listed in the same household with Jesse, Jr. in the 1830 Gallatin County, Illinois, census. No female Ellenor's age was shown; therefore, she is believed to have died between
April 28, 1829, and when the 1830 census was taken in Gallatin County. Jesse, Jr.'s next door neighbor there in the 1830 census was Willis McEnelly, born between 1800 and 1810. The Jesse Shasteen listed in the 1840 Gallatin County, Illinois, census was Jesse, Jr.'s age; therefore, it is believed Jesse, Sr. died between 1830 and 1840.

According to the Bethel's Creek Baptist Church minutes, Jesse Shasteen, Jr.'s first wife Polly transferred her membership from the Otter Creek Baptist Church in Wayne County, Kentucky, to the Bethel's Creek Church in Gallatin County, Illinois, in May 1826. The Bethel's Creek minutes state Polly died in Gallatin County in February 1841. That part of Gallatin County later became Saline County. Shortly after Polly died, Jesse, Jr. was married to Frances Moore. The vows were administered by Archelaus Coffey, Minister
of the Gospel, and son of James M. Coffey. They were married only a few months when Jesse, Jr. died in October 1841.

Archelaus Coffey also performed the marriage of Sarah Shasteen and William S. Knight in 1837. She was the oldest child of Jesse Shasteen, Jr. and his first wife Polly Kinnett. Sarah and William Knight were living next door to Jesse Shasteen, Jr. in the 1840 Gallatin County census, and William Knight purchased several items at Jesse, Jr.'s estate sale. Archelaus Coffey had been appointed administrator of the estate. An account against Jesse, Jr.'s estate dated June 1836 for $4.50 for doctor's visits and pills could have
been for his elderly father, Jesse, Sr. at his death.

Jesse, Sr. left no will naming his heirs. His stepchildren, the Coffeys, have been well documented by official records. His own children by Ellenor Coffey nee Wade have been gleaned from Kentucky and Tennessee tax lists; Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, and Illinois census records; Kentucky and Tennessee land records; Kentucky marriage records; and the Pierre Chastain Family Association family files and publications.

REFERENCES:
Miscellaneous Microfilm Reel #983, War Volumes 4-6 (War 4), Virginia State
Library and Archives, Richmond, Virginia.

Revolutionary War Records, Volume 1, Virginia, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh,
Washington, D.C., 1936, pages 231 and 268.

Little Otter to Lost River, A History of the Chastain Family of Washington
County, Indiana, compiled by Claude E. Cook, published by the Pierre
Chastain Family Association, 1979, pages 30 and 31.

Marriage Bonds and Other Marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia,
1763-1800, compiled by William Montgomery Sweeny, Genealogical Publishing
Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1980, page 68.

Amherst County, Virginia, Marriage Register 1, page 25.

James Chasteen's Revolutionary War Pension Application No. W.2917,
Continental and Virginia Line, filed September 18, 1818, Madison County,
Kentucky.

The 1787 Census of Virginia, Volume 1, compiled by Netti Sehreiner-Yautis
and Florence Speakman Love, Genealogy Books in Print, Springfield, Virginia,
1987, Amherst County Personal Property Tax List "A", page 179 and Amherst
County Personal Property Tax List "B", page 190.

Early Kentucky Tax Records, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore,
Maryland, 1984, "A list of taxable property within the destrict [sic] of
John Adams, Commissioner in the County of Madison for the year 1792," page
155.

The Deeds of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1807 and Albemarle County,
Virginia, 1748-1763, by Rev. Bailey Fulton Davis, Southern Historical Press,
Easley, South Carolina, 1979, [Deed Book F, page 329], page 249.

"First Tax List of Cumberland County, 1799," Kentucky Ancestors, Vol. 21,
No. 2, Autumn 1985, published by the Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort,
Kentucky, page 79.

James Bluford Coffey, His Ancestors and Descendants in America, Vol. II, by
Marvin D. Coffey, 1984, pages 111-117 and 129-142.

The Kentucky Land Grants, 1782-1924, by Willard Rouse Jillson, Sc.D., Part
I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1971, [Book 6,
Grant No. 6087, page 465], page 402. Copy of original grant, warrant,
receipt, and survey obtained from Secretary of State, Land Office, Room 148,
Capitol Building, Frankfort, Kentucky.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, 1801-1860, Vol. 1,
Marriages A-J, compiled and published by June Baldwin Bork, Huntington
Beach, California, 1973, pages 65, 66, 228, and 229.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, 1801-1860, Vol. 2,
Marriages K-Z, compiled and published by June Baldwin Bork, Huntington
Beach, California, 1973, pages 94, 119, 537.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Pioneers, Biographical Sketches and Civil Court
Records, Volume 4, compiled and published by June Baldwin Bork, Huntington
Beach, California, 1974, pages 5-11.

Rains, Raines/Rane and Kindred, compiled and written by Katherine Rains
Buck, H.C. 71, Box 520, Alpha, Kentucky 42603, 1994, pages 72, 73, and 254.

Cemetery Records of Franklin County, Tennessee, compiled by the Franklin
County Historical Society, Winchester, Tennessee, Gateway Press, Inc.,
Baltimore, Maryland, 1984, cemetery 73, marker 154, page 106.

"The Killing of Thomas P. Taul," The Franklin County Historical Review, Vol.
XV, No.1, 1984, published by the Franklin County Historical Society,
Winchester, Tennessee, pages 4 and 7.

Franklin County, Tennessee, Wills, 1808-1876 and Deeds, 1801-1840, by Thomas
E. Partlow, Southern Historical Press, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina,
1991, [Deed Book B, pages 155-158], pages 41 and 42.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Deed Book E, Indenture No. 64, pages 86 and 87.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Deed Book D, pages 206 and 207.

Bethel's Creek Baptist Church, Gallatin County [later Saline County],
Illinois, Minutes, May Term, 1826, and February Term, 1841, originals held
by Elder Ralph S. Harrelson, 107 Sunset Drive, McLeansboro, Illinois 62859.

Marriage Book 1, Gallatin County, Illinois, pages 111 and 186.

Loose Probate Records, Box #82, Gallatin County, Illinois, estate of Jesse
Shasteen [Jr.], 1841.

BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM SHASTEEN, SR.
of Wayne Co., KY and Franklin Co., TN

William Shasteen, Sr.'s marriage bond to Elizabeth Reed was dated July 23, 1803, with Richard Robins his surety, endorsed with the consent of the bride's parents John and Elizabeth Reed on August 19, 1803, and signed by Micah Taul, the first clerk of Wayne County, Kentucky, and later a resident of Franklin County, Tennessee. The marriage was solemnized on January 16, 1804, by Methodist preacher Reverend Elliott Jones. William, Sr. subsequently appeared on the 1804 Wayne County, Kentucky, tax list as head of a household. The only other Wayne County tax lists he was on were the 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1813, and 1814. In the 1815 Wayne County tax list William was listed as removed over to Ohio. Three years before, his half-brother John Wade Coffey had also been listed as removed to Ohio.

Reverend Elliott Jones' wife was Elizabeth Wade daughter of Dawson Wade. Dawson was Ellenor Coffey Shasteen nee Wade's brother. Reverend Jones performed the marriages of three of Jesse and Ellenor Shasteen's sons as well as Ellenor's three children from her first marriage to Archelaus Coffey. Reverend Jones also performed the marriage of Elizabeth Reed's sister Mary "Polly" to William Robins on November 15, 1802 in Wayne County, Kentucky. William and Mary "Polly" Reed Robins went to Texas between 1822 and 1824. William Robins died in October 1836 in Austin County, Texas, and Mary "Polly" died between 1860 and 1870 in Falls County, Texas. Reverend Jones followed his daughter and son-in-law Nancy and Thomas Shasteen (brother of William, Sr.) to Lawrence County, Alabama by 1822. He had performed their marriage in 1813 in Wayne County, Kentucky. He also performed many marriages in Lawrence County, Alabama, where he died in 1841 and was buried in the Watson Cemetery.

It is not known if William Shasteen, Sr. served in the War of 1812. The only record of an individual whose surname was spelled similar to William, Sr.'s was that of William Shasteed, a private in Captain James Bennett's Company, Colonel Robert Steele's Regiment, West Tennessee Militia Infantry. Shasteed's service commenced on January 28, 1814, and expired on May 27, 1814. He was mustered into service at Fayetteville, Tennessee, after traveling 130 miles from his residence in Jackson County, Tennessee. His
muster roll stated he was on furlough.

Sometime between 1814 and the first part of 1815, William Shasteen, Sr. came to Franklin County, Tennessee, where he, along with John Calfer and John Reed, witnessed a deed dated April 26, 1815, transferring fifty acres situated between Rock and Hurricane Creeks from Isaac Sanders to James Reed.

Between April and August of 1815, William, Sr. returned to Wayne County, Kentucky, where he and his brother Samuel witnessed a deed transferring fifty-five acres from their half-brother, John W. Coffey, to their brother-in-law, Uriah Rains. Since William, Sr. was in Kentucky, his name was not included as a subscribing witness along with John Calfer's and John Reed's when the April 26, 1815, deed was registered in Franklin County, Tennessee, that year in October. Uriah Rains and his brother Stephen were married to William and Samuel Shasteen's sisters Elizabeth and Margaret.Uriah Rains was living in Fentress County, Tennessee by 1850. Elizabeth had died before 1850. Stephen Rains died in Wayne County, Kentucky in 1848 and his wife Margaret had died before the 1840 census was taken.

However, William, Sr. was back in Franklin County, Tennessee, in 1816, where he, as assignee of John B. Hogg, entered ten acres of land on the waters of Big Hurricane Creek near Mashbread, which later became the Awalt Community. The entry of this land, dated September 23, 1816, stated William, Sr. placed his initials on a boundary tree in the presence of John Coffee (spelled with an "e"). It should be noted that General John Coffee, of War of 1812 fame, was a frontier surveyor in Middle Tennessee and Northern Alabama. Coffee County, Tennessee was named for him. The General, a descendant of Peter Coffee of Ireland, was not related to the James and Elizabeth Cleveland Coffey family.

Another entry of five acres on the waters of Rock Creek, dated December 18, 1816, listed William, Sr. assignee of the heirs of David Carson, Jesse Shasteen (probably William, Sr.'s brother) and Joseph Gray (the surveyor's brother) chain carriers, George Gray surveyor, and described one marker of the property line as a dead black oak standing near the boundary line of Isaac Sander's fifty acres. Also a Kentuckian, the surveyor, George Gray, had come to Franklin County, Tennessee, from Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1809. Then on September 13, 1817, William, Sr. witnessed a deed from Isham Harris to Henry Byrom for 100 acres on the blue fork of Rock Creek in Franklin County, Tennessee. Isham Harris was the father of Isham Green Harris, who became the Governor of Tennessee during the War Between the States.

Interestingly, William, Sr.'s mother's first husband Archelaus Coffey's brother, Rice Coffey, and their mother, Elizabeth Cleveland Coffey, lived in neighboring Bedford County, Tennessee, Rice settling there as early as 1809. In 1812 Rice purchased 658 acres in Bedford County from Andrew Jackson, later to become the seventh president of the United States. Elizabeth Cleveland Coffey died in 1827 at the home of her son Rice and was purportedly buried in the Old Salem Cemetery in Bedford County.

Rice Coffey, as well as John B. Hogg, David Carson, John Coffee (spelled with an "e"), and James and John Reed, were on the 1812 tax list for Bedford County. Isaac Sanders was on the 1812 voter/tax list for Franklin County.

The 1804 delinquent tax list for Wayne County, Kentucky, lists John Reed with the notation "removed to Tennessee." Had William Shasteen, Sr. and Elizabeth followed her father to Tennessee between 1808 and 1813? This is likely, since their son, James S. Shasteen, born ca. 1810, gave his place of birth as Tennessee in each census from 1850 through 1880. Between 1810 and 1840, William, Sr. may have traveled to South Carolina and Alabama, as well as Kentucky, since he was not listed in the Franklin County census for 1820 and 1830. He may have lived for a time in the adjoining counties of Lincoln and Coffee, according to tax lists for 1829, 1831, and 1836. However, the William Shasteen/Chasteen referred to in these tax lists could have been Lavina Chastain Bowling Shasteen's brother William Chastain, who was a Baptist preacher. According to the 1850 Madison County, Alabama, census, Elder Chastain's first two children were born in 1827 and 1830 in Tennessee. Elder Chastain was living in the Mulberry community of Lincoln County, Tennessee, in 1849 when his son Joseph Rice Chastain was born.

In January 1826, William, Sr. and his sons Jesse and John purchased Tennessee grants, consecutively numbered 1971 and 1972, for land in Franklin County. John Shatteen, twenty to thirty years old, was the only Shatteen/Shasteen/Chasteen/Chastain listed when the 1830 census was taken in Franklin County. By 1831 William, Sr.'s first wife Elizabeth is believed to have died, for by then he was married to his second wife, widow Lavina Chastain Bowling. On March 5, 1836 in Franklin County, Jesse and John sold their land grant acreage to Josiah Jones.

In the 1840 Franklin County census, William, Sr. and his sons James S. and William, Jr. were the only Shasteens (by any spelling) listed. The probable makeup of William, Sr.'s family in this census was sons Benjamin Berry and Zachariah H., under five years old; son Rane H., five to ten years old; son Thomas, fifteen to twenty years old; William himself, fifty to sixty years old; daughter Margaret "Becky," five to ten years old; step-daughters Mary and Martha Bowling, fifteen to twenty years old; wife Lavina, thirty to forty years old; and Lavina's mother Mary Robertson Chastain nee ?, eighty to ninety years old.

After Lavina's father, Elder John Chastain, died and was buried in Pendleton District, South Carolina, in 1805, it is known that Lavina's mother lived near Huntsville, Alabama, with Lavina's brother William Chastain, who was, as previously stated, a Baptist preacher. Lavina's mother, according to the family Bible and her obituary in The Tennessee Baptist, died on March 24, 1847, in Madison County, Alabama, but her place of burial is unknown.

Elder John Chastain, born about 1743 in Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia, was the son of Pierre Chastain, Jr. and his wife Mildred Archer. Elder John was named a patriot when he signed the oath of allegiance in Powhatan County, Virginia, during the time of the Revolutionary War. He was a Baptist preacher who lived for years in Buckingham County, Virginia, before moving in 1774 to the area of North Carolina that later became Carter and Sullivan Counties, Tennessee. From there he moved his family to Pendleton District, South Carolina. When he made his will in 1803, he mentioned his youngest children, Violet, William, and a third expected, who was Lavina.

Lavina first married a Mr. Bowling and lived near Huntsville, Alabama. Then she married William Shasteen, Sr. probably a short time before their first child was born in August 1832. When William, Sr.'s property was sold after his death in 1841 in Franklin County, Tennessee, the inventory listed notes bad and doubtful on John Shasteen and Samuel D. Shasteen.

John Shasteen, born about 1805 in Kentucky; his wife Mary (most likely a second marriage), born about 1811 in Kentucky; and their children Martha, Rebecca, Mary, and Samuel ranging in age from fifteen years to eight years and all born in Alabama, were listed in the 1860 DeKalb County, Alabama, census. As previously stated, John, his wife, two sons, and a daughter were listed in the 1830 Franklin County, Tennessee, census. John's believed brother Jesse and wife Louisa/Louvisa were enumerated in the 1850 Franklin County, Tennessee census, the 1860 DeKalb County, Alabama census, and in the 1870 Franklin County, Tennessee census. Jesse's and Louisa/Louvisa's son Jacob A. and his new wife Letitia Jane Jett were enumerated in the 1850 DeKalb County, Alabama census.

Samuel D., born about 1818 in Tennessee; his wife Jane C., born about 1820 in South Carolina; and their children William, Georgia, Baldwin, Samuel, John, and Washington, ranging in age from ten years to one month and all born in Alabama, were listed in the 1850 Cherokee County, Alabama, census. Samuel, his wife, two children, and an older female born between 1780 and 1790 were listed in the 1840 Montgomery County, Alabama, census. It is believed John and Samuel D. were sons of William Shasteen, Sr. and his first
wife, Elizabeth Reed.

After William, Sr.'s death, his widow Lavina married a third time to Samuel Weeks, Sr. When her estate was being settled after her death in 1846, her son Rane H. Chasteen gave a deposition in 1871 naming the children from her three marriages. Her 200 acres of land in Civil District 2 was sold to Daniel Kitchens for $155. William Shasteen, Sr. left no will naming his heirs or his children by his first wife. The executors of his estate were his widow Lavina and his son William, Jr. A family chart hand drawn in 1945 by William, Jr.'s grandson, William Barbee Shasteen, shows James S., William, Jr., Rane H., and Benjamin Berry having the same father.

On November 13, 1837, in Franklin County, Tennessee, William Shasteen (could be either William, Sr. or William, Jr. who married in 1833) agreed to pay Samuel S. Kitchens to use and keep up, for a period of ten years, the land where Kitchens lived. The lease agreement was signed by S.S. Kitchens, Maria Kitchens, and William Chasteen [sic]. In the left margin was written "Handed to W. Shasteen the lessees brother." In the 1840 Jackson County, Alabama, census, S.S. and Maria Kitchens were listed. By 1850 they were enumerated back in Franklin County, Tennessee. Elder William Chastain cannot be confused with the William Chasteen [sic] in the lease agreement because Elder Chastain did not have a sister named Maria.

The Kitchens family had also lived in Kentucky, in Pulaski County (which adjoins Wayne County), before coming to Franklin County, Tennessee. Since William Shasteen, Sr. was buried in the Kitchens Cemetery in Franklin County, it is believed there is a connection between the two families. If the lease agreement was in fact between William Shasteen, Jr. and Maria, then she would be his sister and a daughter of William Shasteen, Sr. and Elizabeth Reed. It should be noted that William, Jr.'s oldest son, Charles W. Shasteen, was also buried in the Kitchens Cemetery. William, Sr.'s tombstone was last seen in the cemetery in 1995. When looked for in 1998, it could not be found.

William Shasteen, Sr. had four sons, James S., William, Jr., Rane H., and Benjamin Berry, who stayed continuously in Franklin County. Another son, Jesse, was in DeKalb County, Alabama, from 1840 until 1851, and back in Franklin County, Tennessee, by 1852, where he remained until his death. William, Sr.'s other sons, John, Samuel D., and Thomas, lived in Franklin County for a short time then moved away. The daughters, if any, of William, Sr. and his first wife Elizabeth Reed have not been identified, except for
possibly Maria Kitchens.

The descendants of William, Sr.'s sons from his first marriage to Elizabeth Reed spell their name "Shasteen." The descendants of William's sons from his second marriage to Lavina Bowling nee Chastain spell their name "Chasteen." Oral family history tells of a disagreement between the two sets of children, but no mental or written record of the details of the disagreement has survived. Perhaps this is one of the reasons it took so many years to settle Lavina's estate.

REFERENCES:
Original Marriage Record Book, Wayne County, Kentucky, 1801-1807, pages 44
and 65.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Marriages and Vital Records, 1801-1860, Vol. 2,
Marriages K-Z, compiled and published by June Baldwin Bork, Huntington
Beach, California, 1973, page 119.

Little Otter to Lost River, A History of the Chastain Family of Washington
County, Indiana, compiled by Claude E. Cook, published by the Pierre
Chastain Family Association, 1979, page 30.

Rains, Raines/Rane and Kindred, compiled and written by Katherine Rains
Buck, H.C. 71, Box 520, Alpha, Kentucky 42603, 1994, pages 72 and 73.

Microfilm Reel #186, Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers
Who Served during the War of 1812, Set-Shay, Tennessee State Library and
Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

Franklin County, Tennessee, Deed Book J, pages 109 and 110.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Deed Book B, page 241.

Microfilm Reel #12, Tennessee Early Land Records, Record Group 50, Series 2,
Book 39, Entry Book 2nd Surveyor's District, 1815-1817, Entry No. 9611 and
No. 9612, page 426, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville,
Tennessee.

Family Histories, Franklin County, Tennessee, 1807-1996, published by the
Franklin County Historical Society, Winchester, Tennessee, and Turner
Publishing Co., Paducah, Kentucky, 1996, pages 12, 13, and 211.

Wayne County, Kentucky, Pioneers, Biographical Sketches and Civil Court
Records, Vol. 4, compiled and published by June Baldwin Bork, Huntington
Beach, California, 1974, pages 5 and 9.

Cemetery Records of Bedford County, Tennessee, compiled by Helen Crawford
Marsh and Timothy Richard Marsh, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1976, pages 114 and
159.

I Swum the River to Catch a Fox, A Summary of the Joseph Rice Chastain
Family of Jefferson, Marion County, Texas, by William George Chastain,
Marshall, Texas, 1978, page 5.

Microfilm Reel #128, Tennessee Land Grants, Mountain District, Book C, Grant
No. 1971 and No. 1972, pages 608 and 609, Tennessee State Library and
Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

Kith and Kin of Georgia Ridge, Crawford County, Arkansas, by Mary Avilla
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Re: Chastains of Peirre I after 1790's VA to IN

marciechasteen_1 — 2008-03-14 17:28:07Z

this is my line. if it helps feel free to contact me at marciechasteen@yahoo.com:

13. Jacques Chastain (Castaing) b.@1598 d.@1675 m. Jeanne
Audet

12. Estienne P. Chastain b.1625 Mar30 d.1694 m.Jeanne
Laurent b.1631

11. Pierre Chastain Sr. b.1659 Apr9 d.1728 between Oct3 &
Nov20 m.Anne Soblet b.1675 Oct27 d.1723 Apr3

10. Pierre Chastain Jr. b.@1707 d.@1775 m.Mildred "Middy"
Archer b.1710

9. William Chastain b.@1744 d.@1790 m.Sarah"Sary"Ellen
(Barnett?)(Martin?)(Cave?) b.1747

8. Barnett Chastain Sr. b.1774 d.1857 m.Sarah"Sally"Ann
Hixon b.1777 d.1860 Feb

7. Barnett Chastain Jr. b.1818 Apr27 d.1896 Oct25 m.Mary
Wilson b.1815 May30 d.1895 Jan7

6. Wesley Chastain b.1847 Feb15 d.1933 Mar23 m.Mary Ann
Goodpasture

5. Daniel Chastain b.1870 Feb18 m.Mary Barnard b.@1869

4. George Wesley Chasteen b.1899 Jul16 d.1978 Jun m.Hazel
Grace Dalby b.1906 Sep20 d.1988 Jan28

3. Jerry Eugene Chasteen b.1931 Jan1 m. Susan Darlene
Davis b.1943 Nov4 d.1996 Feb5

2. Marcie Lynn Chasteen b.1972 May22

1. Kyla Tai-ish Chasteen b.1990 Jun10, Devon William Gumtow
b.1994 Feb19, Mik'l Lynn Allyssabeth Chasteen b.1997 May9

Re: connections between John and Jesse Chasteen

larw4 — 2008-01-16 05:44:33Z

When and where was your James Chasteen born? Did he have any other sons that you know of? Thanks, Connie, larw4@msn.com

connections between John and Jesse Chasteen

billiebrock23 — 2008-01-16 00:16:23Z

I am looking for proof of a connection between Jesse and John Chasteen (father and son I think). Jesse is the son of Revolutionary War soldier, James Chasteen.

Re: chasteen/chastain

walbern19 — 2005-12-06 15:43:37Z

Pierre!!--I would love to see your information you have uncovered on the Chesteen family.This was the maiden name of my great grandmother,whose mother Kate, obviously married someone with the last name Chesteen.I do know they were Cherokee Indians and migrated from their original territorial native land to Missouri ,Kentucky and Kansas.How can I aquire the information from you? You can feel free to e-mail me @Walbern19@hotmail.com.ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

Re: Looking for...

pattypeppy1 — 2007-06-01 16:29:28Z

If it will help you, I have written a book and have extra copies. It is mostly about Creech family. There are many Mary's; I don't know if your Mary is included, but wanted to let you know. If interested in the book, please email me at pattypeppy@sbcglobal.net.

Good luck in your hunt. I have researched Creech, Cargile, and allied families for more than 20 years. It is addicting!
Pat Creech Castle

chasteen

oearlyr — 2007-05-23 19:04:01Z

looking to contact any family member of Billy B Chasteen who father was Grover Chasteen of Great Falls SC.Grover lived there in 1930 and his wife was Nanci(Nancy).My grandfather was Frank Chasteen.His father was Allen Pinkney Chasteen. Frank had a brother named Grover.Grover came to vist Frank in 1931 when he was dying.My mom never seen him agan.She was 12 then.Grover and Frank also haa sister named Roxann.they also had another brother which i do not have the name.Any help appreciated.Frank grandmother was Martha Chasteen whom later married Robert Huskinson and had 2 daughters. They lived in Greenville SC area.

vivian otis

Re: Chasteen-In and Around Banks County

IreneBridges53 — 2007-03-12 19:40:40Z

William (Bill) C. ( Nathaniel?) Beck

Re: Chastains of Peirre I after 1790's VA to IN

Fay915 — 2007-03-12 16:52:32Z

Children of Barnett Chastain and his wife Sarah Ann "Sally" Hixon:
1. William b. 1/9/1796, Franklin County, VA; died 4 or 14 Aug. 1890, Orange Co, Indiana; m Polly Thornton
2. Daniel b. abt 1798, Franklin Co, VA; died 6/4/1869, Washington Co, Indiana; m. Elizabeth Lewis and Priscilla Mauldin
3. James b. abt 1801, Franklin Co, VA; d. 1840, Orange Co, Indiana; m. Nancy Jane Clark
4. Fleming b. abt 1804, Kentucky; d. July 17, 1854, Martin Co, Indiana. He married Susanna Toney, Mar. 27, 1823, Washington Co, Indiana. She was the daughter of Malinda Chastain and Edmund Toney.
5. Susannah b. abt 1806, Kentucky; died bef. June 17, 1857; m. Benjamin Wright
6. Peter G. b Mar 14, 1808, Henry Co, Kentucky; d. July 10, 1870, Washington Co, Indiana; m. Martha Cunningham
7. George b. abt 1813, Henry County, Kentucky; m. Mary Wright
8. Rebecca b. abt 1815, Washington Co, Indiana; d. 1851; m. Jacob Stark
9. Barnett b. Apr 27, 1818, Washington Co, Indiana; d Oct 25, 1896, Washington Co, Indiana; m. Mary Wilson

Source: Book--PIERRE CHASTAIN AND HIS DESCENDANTS by the Pierre Chastain Family Association, St. Petersburg, Florida: Southern Heritage Press, 1995, page 97

Re: Chasteen-In and Around Banks County

Fay915 — 2007-03-12 16:03:40Z

I don't have the husband of Mary Elizabeth Chastain. Would you share that with me? It is so hard to trace the women.

Fay

Re: Chasteen-In and Around Banks County

IreneBridges53 — 2007-03-10 21:37:11Z

Eli was my great great grandfather, but my line is through Mary Elizabeth.