Virginia 1745

Around 1745 Andreas Ludwig is 47 and he sells Hans Jost Snell 280 Stone Arabia acres and appears in Virginia soon after. By the summer of 1749 the family has over 700 acres in Hampshire County, VA. Sons William H. Is 26, Johann Wilhelm is 23, Jacob is 15 and Johann David is 15 and Johannes Lewis is 5 years old.

My direct ancestor is Johann David 1734-1826 & Margaret Johnson Castleman 1737-1808 are Married 1757 in Frederick, VA

They had 10 children

Sarah Martha 1758-1790

William Albert 1762-1832 - Buried at Runnymede. Lawyer, Judge, Delegate.

John Stephen 1766-1840 - Virginia

Mary Polly 1768-1859

Stephen 1771-1797 - Mason Kentucky

James Daniel 1775-1840 - Larue, Kentucky

David Jr. 1776-1831 - Berryville, VA

Benjamin Thomas 1778-1838 - Hardin, Kentucky

Thomas Taylor Sr 1781-1833 - Frederick, VA

Mary Elizabeth 1784-1858

Some Key Events that transpired from 1748 to about 1860.

1748 4 year old brother of David, Johannes Lewis is in Hampshire County, VA

1749 17 August, Lot #28 300 acres & 23 August #29 404 acres on the “Great South Branch of the Potomac River” by Lord Fairfax to Andreas and William

1753 Lodowick is granted Lot# 49 a 1/2 acre Town lot and Commons Lot #48 of 5 acres in Winchester

1753 15 May Jacob Location: Winchester.

Description: 1/2 acre being lot no. 155 in said town.

Source: Northern Neck Grants L, May 15, 1753, p. 54 (Reel 295).

Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

1753 15 May William Location: Winchester.

Description: 1/2 acre being lot no. 103 in said town.

Source: Northern Neck Grants L, May 15, 1753, p. 2 (Reel 295).

1754 Jun 17 "Castlemans wagon" to be kept & used near Wills Creek & Redstone by Col. Washington's Regiment.

1756 Castleman’s Ferry, was Snicker's Ferry at Snicker's Gap.

1757 Lewis and others found in possession of “sundry goods” stolen from soldiers

Virginia Tax List to pay 25 pounds of tobacco

Paid for use of horses by George Washington’s regiment

Ludwig charged with murdering James Haines, a soldier in Washington’s regiment.

1759 Aug 17 David is 25 and leases Lot #29 404 acres for 5 shillings July 18 Lot #28 to Jacob for 5 shillings from father Andreas Ludwig

1760 David buys Lot #29 for £70 and Jacob buys Lot #28 plus 119 acres out of #29 for £70 from father Andreas Ludwig

1761 Andreas is found in Bedford, PA with a new wife and their kids.

1762 May 31 David purchased 550 acres of land on south side of Bullskin, Frederick Co., Va.

1766 11 Sep Jacob get 106 acres Location: Hampshire County.

Description: 106 acres on the westwardly side of the South Branch opposite the Hanging Rocks.

Source: Northern Neck Grants N, 1766, p. 208 (Reel 295).

Original survey exists (LVA Accession LOI 108).

Source: Virginia State Land Office Northern Neck Surveys Reel No. 22

1772 April 6 David purchased 216 acres Head Spring farm,

1774 Johannes Lewis has 150 acres in Hampshire

1776 First civil war aka the Revolution

1782 38 year old Johann Lewis is still in Hampshire, VA

1786 42 year old Lewis gets another 150 acres on Patterson Creek in Hampshire County, VA

1788 11 Jun Lewis gets 400 acres Location: Harrison County.

Description: 400 acres on the waters of the Brushey Fork of Finks Run a branch of Buckanan and waters of Stone Coal adjoining on west of land of Danl Fink.

Source: Land Office Grants No. 17, 1788, p. 170 (Reel 83).

Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

1803-1830 Castlemans in VA assembly 1802 -1830: William 1801-02, 1808-09, 1809-10, 1810-11 (Frederick) 1838 (Clarke & Warren) William Jr. 1828-29, 1829-30, 1830-31 (Frederick) James 1846-47 (Warren & Clarke) M.R.P. 1863-65 (Clarke)

1808 12 Dec Castleman, David & Stubblefield, William: Petition: Deputy sheriff & guard of Frederick County ask for compensation in conveying Alexander Milton to the Lunatic Hospital in Williamsburg. Includes court record. DS David gets $50 and guard William gets $20, Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession Number 36121, Box 81, Folder 80

1811 April 12 “Glen Owens” Plantation David sold all but his burying ground

Thomas Taylor Sr 1781-1833 & Hannah Bushrod Frost 1790-1827

Captain in Virginia Militia 1809

Llewellyn Plantation

They had 6 children

Charles William 1811-1881 died in Kentucky

Rev. Thomas Taylor Jr. 1813-1861 died in Mississippi

David Frost 1815-1884 died in Louisiana

Seioci 1817

Lewis Bushrod 1822-1905 died in Kentucky

Hannah Elizabeth 1826

August 21, 1831 black preacher Nat Turner and about 60 other black men killed 58 white men, women and children 200 miles south of Berryville. This leads to heated debate in the Virginia House of Delegates. Three Castlemans served in that House since 1802 and William was an outspoken Jacksonian democrat in favor of states rights. Is it a coincidence that 52 year old Thomas Taylor Sr died in 1833? 70 year old Brother William Albert died in 1832? 55 year old David died in 1831? 60 year old Benjamin Thomas died in 1838? 65 year old James Daniel died in 1840? 5 brothers in 7 years?

1833 19 September Chas. M is one of twelve that sign a coroners inquisition regarding a death in White Post.

1838 Citizens of Warren county petition the State Delegates to reject the petitions of free Negros to remain in the Commonwealth. Sometimes referred to as “Applications to Remain”, these records are applications that formerly enslaved individuals submitted to state and local courts for permission to remain in Virginia with their free status. An early 1691 law required a formerly enslaved person to relocate outside the commonwealth within six months of emancipation. In 1782, Virginia law allowed enslavers to emancipate their enslaved people “by last will and testament or other instrument in writing sealed and witnessed to emancipate and set free his slave or slaves.” Realizing that many enslavers were taking advantage of this, the Virginia General Assembly reacted by trying to suppress the growing number of free Black and multiracial people in the commonwealth. They passed a law stating that all formerly enslaved people freed after May 1, 1806 who remained in Virginia more than twelve months could be put on trial by the state. After 1831, if these people were found guilty, they could be re-enslaved and sold by state officials. The proceeds from the sale went to the state treasury, and often, records of those sales can be found in the Public Claims records from the Auditor of Public Accounts. The act required individuals who wished to remain in the commonwealth to petition the state legislature. Beginning in 1837, formerly enslaved individuals could petition the local courts directly for permission. The law required them to place notice on the courthouse door for two months before a hearing.

This helps explain why some of Thomas Taylor’s children were thinking about leaving Virginia around this time. David Frosts older brother, Rev. Thomas Taylor Jr. married Laura Carlyle Little in 1838 in Virginia. David Frosts first marriage is in Louisiana 1841 to Mary Frances Freeman 1823 - 1854 from Alabama? Her father seems to be John B. Freeman born in Virginia in 1800. These dates narrow the migration to Louisiana down to about 1840?

1850 Chas. M. Castleman is a Deputy Sheriff to T. Dixson in Alexandria. Serves warrants in a Freedom Suit for Sarah Watts that began in 1846 and resulted in a jury verdict for freedom.

1852 1 Mar a petition by Richard Castleman, a free negro, for permission to remain in the Commonwealth have refused the said application in conformity with a general rule which they have made & from which they have in no case departed & will not depart whatever the merits of the case. That the said Richard Castleman is a man of excellent character is sober industrious thrifty honest very useful & a good example to such negroes as are not banished from the Commonwealth by law of the benefits derived from pursuing an upright course. That the said negro was emancipated by his master on account of his, the said negro's courage & prompt attitude in saving his said masters life on an occasion when he would otherwise have been certainly killed. That the above character accords with the opinion of the whole County of Warren & of many persons in the adjoining counties in whose employment he has been engaged. The petition is signed by the Episcopal "Meades" and dozens of others.

1852 15 May a petition to increase rates 100% on the ferry at Shenandoah river. The rail line from Winchester to Harper's ferry had reduced traffic on Castleman's ferry such a rate increase was needed to sustain the operation. Filing is signed by "Col Jas Castleman" or possibly Jos and is shown as Joseph by this source: Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession Number 36121, Box 57, Folder 52, Subject : Ferries/Packets

1857 Jos Castleman, Deputy Sheriff for Moses Russell serves witnesses for a freedom suit for "Violett,etc"

1759 Nov 12 "Jerry & Joe" slaves that belong to Frances McCormick lead a rebellion, burning 3 houses and 6 stacks of wheat and oats. One of the houses burned belongs to Albert Castleman and has a value of $1,500. Jerry is sentenced to hang but the sentence is commuted to "Life on the public works"

1860 William is one of four judges that find a slave named "Billy" guilty of stealing 500 lbs of meat from a smokehouse so they pay the owner $1,300 and sentence the slave to life on "public works".

1862 Union forces occupy Winchester and shut down the two papers, Republican" and "Virginian". Only one issue of the "Republican" was produced on May 23, 1862, two days before that unit withdrew from Winchester.

Virginia 1745

Green Hill Cemetery in Berryville, Virginia there are over 50 Castleman headstones here.