Descendants of Jacob Castle 
                               As edited by
                             William C. Reed


         The following compilation of family history is the result
         of many, many years of research on the part of Alvin Stapleton,
         Elisabeth Salyer and the past six years of my own research. I 
         wish to personally thank them both for permitting me to post this
         information on the internet to be used by fellow researchers. 

         Please bear in mind that much of what follows may be speculative 
         unless the source of that information has been provided. If you, 
         as you search through this work, you should find information that 
         is incorrect, or you can provide additional information to 
         complete some family lines, please feel free to contact me at: 
         SassyMan46@ aol.com

         Notes for the Castle Family:

         The earliest Castle men who settled in southwestern Virginia 
         obtained, from the indians, a large tract of land situated on 
         the Clinch River.

         The area was known in the early records as Castle's Woods. 

         Although the Castle's had traded with the indians to obtain their 
         land they did not have sufficient title to it. As other white 
         settlers came into the area they settled there and eventually 
         obtained land warrants. Isaiah Salyer apparently lived on land in 
         the Castle's Woods area when he first arrived in southwestern 
         Virginia.

         Both Jacob and Joseph Castle lived among the Indians and were 
         known to have been Indian traders. Records indicate that they 
         both produced children of Indian ancestry. There appears to be 
         no record of a white wife for for Joseph Castle, but records 
         indicate that a Jacob Castle had a wife named Mary Shane by 
         whom he had legal heirs. There is an extant record of Jacob Castle 
         purchasing 200 acres of land on Copper Creek in Russell Co.,Va, 
         in 1786 fom Amos Allard. (Source:The Salyer Family by Elisabeth
         Salyer).
        
         Generation 1

1.       JACOB1 CASTLE was born Abt.1749 in Augusta Co.,VA, and died
         Sept. 26, 1840 in Russell Co.,VA. He married MARY SHANE in PA.,
         Aft. Jan. 01, 1769. She was born Abt. 1750 in Augusta Co.,VA 
         and died Abt. 1840 in Russell Co.,VA.
         

         Note for MARY SHANE: 

         She is believed to be of indian heritage.

         Children of JACOB CASTLE and MARY SHANE:

i.       MARGARET2 CASTLE,b. Abt. 1770;d. Aft. 1850;m. JOSHUA STAPLETON
ii.      ZEDEKIAH ALAN CASTLE,b. May 15, 1778;d. Sept. 17, 1851;m. JULIA
         ANN PENIX
iii.     BENJAMIN CASTLE,b. Aft. 1785;d. Abt. 1864;m. SARAH ELIZABETH
         SALYER
iv.      ZACHARIAH CASTLE,b. June 06, 1788;d. Sept. 17, 1851;m. CATHERINE
         (CASEY) PENIX
v.       JOSEPH JACOB CASTLE,b. Abt. 1790;d. Bef. 1860;m. EUNICE POWERS
vi.      LYDIA CASTLE,b. Abt. 1795;d.__?;m. JOHNATHAN SALYER
vii.     JOHN JOSHUA CASTLE,b. Abt. 1797;d. __?;m. MARTHA BRANHAM
viii.    ELIJAH CASTLE,b. Abt. 1798;d. Jan. 12, 1889;m. SARAH SUIT
ix.      JAMES C. CASTLE,b. Abt. 1798;d. __?;m. KATHERINE SELSOR
x.       WILLIAM CASTLE,b. Abt. 1799;d. Abt. 1859;m. MARGARET COX
xi.      MARY POLLY CASTLE,b. Abt. 1800;d. __?
xii.     INMAN CASTLE,b. 1801;d. Abt. 1894;m. (1) NANCY DAVIS;m.(2)
         SUSANNAH LUCY DANIEL

Scorces:
Records of Alvin Stapleton
Records of William C. Reed
Appalacian Crossroads by Clayton Cox
1920 Johnson Co.,Ky Census
1930 Johnson Co.,KY Census
Johnson Co.,KY Birth,Marriage and Death Records
The Salyer Family by Elisabeth L. M. Salyer
Records of Shiela Joann Stapleton
Records of Wanda Music Daniel

© 2003 William C. Reed