West Virginia Pioneers
Jonathan CASTO
1794 - 1851 (56 years)-
Name Jonathan CASTO Born 30 Dec 1794 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA [1] Gender Male Died 21 Oct 1851 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Notes
Buried Casto Cemetery, Fairplain
Jackson Co Sheriff two terms: 1838 and 1845
Jackson Co assessor, 1838
Farmer
Methodist?
5'10", fair complexion, blue eyes, black hair
Lived in Harrison, Randolph and Jackson Counties - moved to Jackson Co about 1816.
War of 1812, Pvt, Capt Jonathan Walmsly's Co, 5th Reg Va Militia, commanded by Col Isaac Booth.
Enlisted or Drafted 1 Aug 1814, Randolph Co, served 3 Sept 1814 to 22 Feb 1815, discharged honorably at Fort Nelson, Norfolk, VA.
Hardesty's Ripley Dist, Jackson Co.
Jonathan and Magdalene (Weatherholt) Casto, parents of Benjamin F, settled in Jackson county about 1816. The Bonnetts and Castoes were among the earliest and most eminent families of the pioneer settlers of this county. Jonathan Casto was a soldier of the 1812 war, and his widow, still living in this county at the age of 88 years, is drawing a pension for his services in that war. Isaac J, brother of Benjamin F, was a Confederate soldier, war of 1861, and was wounded at the battle of Lewisberg in1862, and honorably discharged. He was also a participant in the battle at Cross Lane, Virginia.
History of Roane County, Wm H. Bishop
Three brothers born on the Buckhannon River of the Monongahela in the decade 1785 to 1795, Levi, Jonathan and James...
Pension and Bounty Land Records
Enlisted or Drafted 1 Aug 1814 Randolph co, served 3 Sept 1814 to 22 Feb 1815, discharged honorably, at Fort Nelson, Norfolk, VA. He was a private in the Co commanded by Capt Jonathan Walmsly in hte 5th Reg of the VA Militia commissioned by Col Isaac Booth.
Know all men by these presents that we Jonathan Casto, Benjamin Wright, Nehemiah Smith, Levi Casto, Charles Carney, Hugh Kyger, GW Smith, and Andrew Wilson are held and firmly bound unto the commonwealth of Virginia in the just and full sum of thirty thousand dollars for the payment whereof well and truly to be made to the said commonwealth for the use thereof we bind our selves and each of us our and each of our heirs executors and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this tenth day of March AD 1845.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Jonathan Casto is constituted and appointed sheriff of this county of Jackson by a commission from the Governor under the seal fo the commonwealth dated the 18th day of December 1844 last past. If therefor the said Jonathan Casto shall well and truly collect and receive all officers fees and dues put into his hands to collect and duly account for and pay the same to the officers to whom such fees are due respectively at such time as are prescribed and limited by law and shall well and truly execute and due return make of all process and precepts to him directed and pay and satisfy all sums of money and tobacco by him receoved by virtue of any such process to the person or persons to whom the same are due his or this executors administrators or assigns and in all other matters and things shall truly and faithfully execute and perform the said office of Sheriff during the time of his continuance therein. Then the above obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Person ID I23 WVPioneers Last Modified 1 Dec 2017
Father William CASTO, b. 1764, Dividing Creek, NJ , d. Dec 1836, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 72 years) Mother Hannah BONNETT, b. Abt 1770, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 1810 (Age ~ 40 years) Married Abt 1783 Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA Notes
Moved to present day Jackson County in 1813. (Hardesty's article about grandson Absolom)
Sims Index:
Mason Co, WV
Willima Casto, 100a, Big Mill Creek, 1820, book 1, page 363
William Casto, 60a, Big Mill Creek, 1827, book 1, page 471
Mason Co tax rolls:
William Casto, Sr - 1813-14
1810 Randolph Co
William Casto
2 m under 10 John [9], Ab [6] Levi [2] Isaac born 1810
3 m 10-16 Jonathan [16], Ben [13], Wm? [20]
1 m 16-26 James [21] or David [24]
1 m 45+
2 f under 10 Rhoda [8], Phoebe [baby?]
1 f 10-16
1 f 16-26 Mary Ann [17] [Lucretia married in 1806]
1 all others
1820 Mason Co, WV William Casto Sr.
1 male under 10 Isaac
1 male 10-15
1 male 16-25
1 male 45+
1 female under 10 Phoebe
1 female 10-15 Rhoda?
1 female 45+
3 in agriculture
1830 Mason County:
Wm. Casto Sr.
1m 15-20
1m 20-30
1m 60-70
1f 15-20
1f 60-70
1831 Jackson Co Personal Property tax list
William Casto Sr, 2 horses, $.12 tax, 1 white male 16+
In the 1880 Jackson county census, son William states his father was born in PA, his mother in Ireland.
Harrison Co, VA Superior Court Records
4 May 1789
At a Superior Court held for the District of Harrison, Monongalia, Ohio and Randolph counties. An indenture of Bargain & Sale from Joseph Curwell to Joseph Provane together with the receipt endorsed was proved by the oath of William Casto, Sarah Provane & Charles Rockhold, witnesses thereto.
Family ID F126 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Magdalene WETHERHOLT, b. 13 Jun 1795, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA , d. Jan 1886 (Age 90 years) Married 10 Jun 1816 Randolph or Harrison Co, VA Notes
1816, purchased land on the Buckhannon from Elijah Rollins
Casto, Jonathan VA LEWIS CO. 147 1820
1820 Lewis Co, VA
Casto, Jonathan
1 male 16-25
1 female under 10
1 female 16-25
Sims Index Mason Co, WV
Jonathan Casto, 100a, Mill Creek, 1827, book 1, page 456
1830 Mason County, VA
Jonathan Casto
2m under 5 Abraham & Jacob --Ben born after census
1m 5-10 Isaac
1m 30-40
1f 10-15 Temperance
2f 30-40
1831 Jackson Co Personal Property tax list
Jonathan Casto, 2 horses, $.12 tax, 1 white male 16+
1840 Jackson, VA
2m 5-10 Ben & Jacob
1m 10-15 Abraham
1m 15-20 Isaac
1m 40-50
2f 0-5 Barbara & Magda or Elizabeth
1f 40-50
1850 Jackson, VA # 381/385
Casto Jonathan 55 M Farmer Va
Casto Magdaline 55 F Va
Casto Isaac 28 M Constable Va
Casto Jacob 21 M Farmer Va
Casto Benjamin 18 M Farmer Va
Casto Barbara 13 F Va
Casto Marthela 16 F Va
All kids except Isaac went to school within the year, Magdaline cannot read/write.
1860 Jackson Co, WV 380/350
Magdalene Casto, 65, farmer, cannot read/write
Isaac J, 37, farm laborer
Benjamin J Coleman, 18 farm laborer
1870 Mill Creek Jackson Co, WV pg 102 #170-170
living with Abraham and Rebecca
Casto, Magdalene, 76, VA
1880 Census Place: E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia
l/w William GOODWIN
Magdalina CASTO MotherL F W W 85 VA
Fa: GER Mo: GER
JCWR:
pg 301; Sheriff bond, 3/10/1845, commission dated, 18 Dec 1844, pp 302, 303, same
"Jackson County in the Wars"
War of 1812
5st Virginia Regiment: Johathan and James Casto of Randolph County
On the Pension Rolls of January 1, 1883:
Magdalena Casto, widow of Jonathan
Jonathan Casto was also a son of William Casto, Sr. He married Magdalene Weatherholt and lived near Fairplain. He died before the Civil War but his wife was yet living in 1883. Their children were: Benjamin F, married Matilda Craig; Isaac; Barbara, married Billy Goodwin; Jacob, married Celia, daughter of James Winters, Elizabeth, married Robert Barnett; Abraham, married Rebecca Crites.
Children 1. Temperance Casto, b. 1823, d. 10 Jun 1897 (Age 74 years) 2. Isaac J Casto, b. 10 Sep 1821, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. 22 Jan 1905 (Age 83 years) 3. Abraham G CASTO, b. Aug 1825, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. 23 Jan 1905, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 79 years) 4. Jacob Casto, b. 12 Mar 1828, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA , d. 30 Mar 1905 (Age 77 years) 5. Benjamin Franklin Casto, b. 23 Dec 1830, Ripley District, Jackson, West Virginia, USA , d. 28 Feb 1920 (Age 89 years) 6. Elizabeth Casto, b. 1833, d. Yes, date unknown 7. Magda\Marthela Casto, b. Abt 1834, d. Yes, date unknown 8. Barbara Casto, b. 1837, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F124 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones Casto, Jonathan
Headstone - War of 1812 Military Marker - Jonathan CastoCasto, Jonathan
Headstone - Jonathan CastoCasto, Jonathan
Headstone, closeup - Jonathan CastoCasto, Jonathan
Headstone, Military, closeup - Jonathan Casto War of 1812
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Sources - [S19] Grave stone Casto Cemetery, Fairplain, Headstone (Reliability: 3).
Headstone:
Jonathan Casto
Dec 30
1794
Oct 21
1851
Military Marker:
Jonathan Casto
Pvt 5 VA Mil
War of 1812
October 21, 1851
The headstone is weathering, and the natural streaks in the stone makes it more difficult to read. The military marker is very crisp and clear, and there is a metal "In Honor of Service in War of 1812" marker as well. - [S19] Grave stone Casto Cemetery, Fairplain.
- [S19] Grave stone Casto Cemetery, Fairplain, Headstone (Reliability: 3).