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From: smbarker <>
Subject: Re: [CASEY-L] Abner and Peter Casey
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 08:16:29 -0700
Bev,
Thanks for this info. For my part you can continue to add to it as you are able.
Marty
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> From a book I found at the Clayton Library in Houston, TX:
> "Notes & Comments on Casey & Allied Families"
> Compiled & Edited by Walter Eric Casey - Houston, TX 1979
> ABNER CASEY (1)
>
> AbnerCasey, whose parents are not known, was born about 1700 in County Tyrone in
> North Ireland and came to America in 1726 with his younger brother, Peter. They
> landed in Baltimore, Maryland and lived in the Baltimore area a few years.
>
> Justbefore or soon after coming to America Abner Casey married Harriet Green, a woman
> of Welsh descent, and to this union 9 children were born, viz;
>
> Jesse (1726 )
> John (17271816)
> Benjamin (17311779)
> James (1733- )
> Randolph (17371813)
> Levi (17491807)
> Christopher (1754-1840)
> William (17591843)
> Nancy ?
>
> Verylittle has been found in the records relating to the daughter, however, many
> researchers agree that she grew to maturity and married Phillip Trapnal.
>
> Afterliving a few years in the Baltimore area Abner and his family moved to Southwest
> Virginia and settled on the James River where they resided
> a few years then moved to the Roanoke River Valley near where Roanoke, Virginia
> is now located.
>
> It is not known when Abner and his forefathers became Protestants but since they did not
> settle in a Catholic community it is believed that the family was Protestant before
> coming to America. The names given to the children also indicate they were not
> Catholic.
>
> When Abner and his family lived in the Roanoke River Valley of Virginia there was an
> abundance of fish and wild game. They lived in the Valley until about 1743 when he
> and his family and other families of the community migrated to the western part of
> South Carolina and settled in Old District 96 in what now ilewberry and Spartanburg
> Counties. It is believed that Abner and his wife died and were buried in Newberry
> County, South Carolina.
>
> Existing records are very scarce and there is some controversy regarding the sons of
> Abner and Harriet Casey. In fact, authentic records relating to the family are very
> hard to come by. Some researchers think Abner was married twice and that Harriet
> Green was not the mother of all his children but this writer has found nothing to back
> up this claim.
>
>
> PETER CASEY (2)
>
> PeterCasey, a younger brother of Abner Casey, was born about 1715 in County Tyrone in
> North Ireland and came to America with Abner in 1726. They docked in Baltimore,
> Maryland and lived in the Baltimore area a few years.
>
> Peter left Baltimore during the 1730 a and settled on the south fork of the Potomac
> River in what is now Hampshire County, West Virginia near where Moorefield is now
> located. He was a well known Indian fighter, a slave owner and was quite well to do.
>
>
> >>I have several more pages on this line for those interested. But will take a couple of
> days for me to get a little better organized.
> I also found some more things on Micajah (my line)---then there is a Christopher
> and an Aaron. Unless there are people who complain they have already seen this
> stuff, I will just put it out, as I have the time. Bev
>
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