James and Elizabeth Casey were in Rhea County, according to a tax list, by 1823. Elizabeth is shown as E. Caisy in the 1830 census, suggesting that James was deceased. A court record in Rhea in the summer of 1830 releases him from paying poll tax. Does anyone know what this means? He was probably in his mid to late sixties in 1830 because he was over 45 in 1810 (shown in the fragment of the Grainger Co., TN census that survives.) I didn’t think the poll tax extended to men over 60. Does anyone know the specific law?
In 1840, Elizabeth and some of her children were in Hamilton Co. A release of dower, signed as Elizabeth Lewis (implying a second marriage?), specified that she was the wife of James Casey, deceased. Their children who were listed in the 1839 release of dower were William (who I believe settled in McMinn Co. at an early date); James, John, Samuel Henry, Sterling (called Star), Elizabeth who married George Watson, Nancy who married Benjamin McKenzie and lived in McMinn Co., and Sarah who married what looks like Ruse.
James’ sister, Elizabeth Casey Blackwood, and her husband William Blackwood also lived in Rhea County. I would like to know the names of the Blackwood children and what happened to them. The Isaac Bullard family listed in the 1830 Rhea census is probably a nephew of James’. One of his sisters, Agnes, married John Bullard.
In 1842, some of the children of James and Elizabeth Casey: James, Samuel Henry, Sterling, and Elizabeth Watson and her husband George, moved to Webster (soon to be Wright) Co., Missouri.
I would like to learn what happened to their mother Elizabeth Casey (Lewis?). I have never been able to locate her maiden name either. Any help gratefully accepted. Thanks.
Submitted by
Pansylea Howard Willburn
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