1797 Virginia Land Grant Issued to Larkin Hensley

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Virginia State Land Grant issued  to Larkin Hensley on 4 Sept 1797, referencing a land warrant granted in 1782, for 89 acres in Washington County,Virginia, on Ketron's Fork, a branch of Cove Creek, on the waters of the North Fork of Holston River.  This area became part of Scott County in 1815, where a court case regarding this tract of land was filed by the heirs of Larkin Hensley in 1819.

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Casteel / Hensley 1808 Marriage Bond

          
Again, not much is there but it is still pretty cool seeing it in writing:

Abednego Casteel 

(son of Abednego & Sarah Casteel)

married 26 April 1808 in Knox Co., Tennessee

Agnes Hensley

(daughter of Larkin & Sarah Hensley)

Daniel Casteel was bondsman

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Surname Saturday - Casteel

Ancestors of James S. Casteel of Ohio> CA:

Creed Clayton Casteel  (IL>OH) m. Rose Welcheck >James Polk Casteel  (TN>IL) m. Arra Bacon 
> James Monroe Casteel (TN>IL) m. Susannah Underwood
> Abednego Casteel (TN) m. Agnes Hensley 
 > Abednego Casteel m. Sarah (MD>TN) 
>Edmund Casteel III m. Rebeccah 
> Edmund Casteel II  m. Johanna
> Edmund Du Chastel
of Philadelphia -  Captain & Privateer 
 m. Christian Bom  07 MAR 1693 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Tombstone Tuesday - James M. Casteel

James Monroe Casteel
Born 24 Feb. 1812 in Tennessee
Son of Abednego Casteel & Agnes Hensley
Married Susannah Underwood on 8 Aug 1833 in Knoxville, TN
They had 11 children.
James M. died 19 May 1886 in Macoupin Co. IL and is buried at Charity Baptist Cemetery in Bird Township.