Re: Benjamin Cassels Chester Co S.C.
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Re: Benjamin Cassels Chester Co S.C.
Jean Cassle 3/19/02
GENE,I RECEVIED A LETTER FROM A SYLVIA M. CASTLES FROM COLUMBIA,SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1988.THE WILL IS FROM CHESTER CO. ESTATE PAPERS. APT. 58A, PKG. 905A.THE REST IS LISTED ON THE CASSEL FAMILY GENEALOGY FORUM YOU READ.SYLVIA ALSO LISTED GRANDCHILDREN OF GREENBERRY CASSELS:JOHN,NANCY,SARAH,
DOLLY,AND JAMES.EXECUTOR NAMED IN WILL:REUBEN{BENJAMIN'S SON.}THERES ABOOK CALLED "MIGRATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE"BY JANE CONWAY GARLINGTON PRUITT,1949
PAGE 90-LIST OF THOSE PERSONS MIGRATING TO CHOCTAW CO.MISSISSIPPI,INCLUDE:G.B.CASSELS,AGE 49--JOHN CASSELS,AGE
25--KATHARINE CASSELS,AGE 47--NANCY CASSELS,AGE 22--SARAH
CASTLES,AGE 27.
SYLVIA M.CASTLES ALSO WRITES:
I AM ENCLOSING AN ABSTRACT OF THE WILL OF BENJAMIN CASSELS WHICH LISTS A DAUGHTER,NANCY,AS THE WIFE OF JAMES HYATT.ON THE SAME SHEET IS A LIST OF CASSELS AND A CASTLES WHO MOVED FROM S.C.TO MISSISSIPPI.I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GREENBERRY AND HIS FAMILY.AFTER RECHECKING BENJAMIN'S ESTATE PAPERS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HIS DAUGHTER,NANCY,WAS
LIVING IN S.C.AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.I DID NOT FIND THAT SHE OR HER HUSBAND MADE ANY PURCHASES FROM THE ESTATE.
UNFORTUNATELY,THERE WAS NO INDICATION IN THESE PAPERS AS TO WHERE ANY OF THE HEIRS WERE LIVING.
THE LINE I AM WORKING ON IS THAT OF JOHN CASTLES OF
FAIRFIELD CO.S.C. FROM VARIOUS RECORDS I KNOW THAT JOHN WAS IN FAIRFIELD CO.IN 1797,BUT AM NOT CURRENTLY ABLE TO GO BACK
FURTHER.TO DATE I HAVE FOUND NOTHING TO INDICATE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOHN CASTLES AND BENJAMIN CASSELS.
SHE GOES ON TO TELL ME WHAT SHE HAS SEACHED.
I HOPE I HAVE HELPED YOU A LITTLE. BONNIE
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