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Isaac Casey (abt. 1770 - abt. 1851)

Isaac Casey
Born about in Spartanburg County, South Carolinamap
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Husband of — married 1790 in Barren, Kentuckymap
Husband of — married 8 Sep 1836 in Jefferson, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Died about at about age 81 in Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Isaac Casey was born 1770 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was the son of Charity Pennington of South Carolina and Randolph Casey of Virginia Colony.

He married Elizabeth Mackey of South Carolina in 1788 Tennessee. That same year he moved his family to Barren County, Kentucky where he was sheriff for about 6 years from 1798-1803.

In 1803 his family moved to Cave-in-Rock on the Ohio River.
Note from Illinois Territorial Papers: Sept. 1, 1810--"The Governor issued a Commission to the Judges of the General Court or any one of them to hold a special Court of Oyer and Terminer for the Trial of Alexander Blair, Wilson M. Hendon, William Fisher, John Hibbins, Isaac Casey, Samuel Tomason, and Joshua Williams charged with a Capital offense. The Trial to be held on Wednesday, December 5, 1810." Note: on Dec. 5, there is no mention of the trial in the records.

In the Spring of 1816 Isaac went to Jefferson County, Illinois. With the help of his son William, daughter Brunetta, and son-in-law Isaac Hicks they made a camp, built a small cabin, and cultivated a little field. In the Fall, they went back to the Ohio River and moved the rest of their family and stock to Jefferson County, Illinois.

In 1820 the entire county had only 691 people in it. All the Caseys lived in Casey's Prairie precinct. Isaac & William built a little hand mill (the first in the township) that would grind a bushel or two of corn a day. Isaac surveyed much of the land in Jefferson County and his son, William, gave (sold?) the land on which part of Mt. Vernon was built.

In 1820, he was living in Caseys Prairie twp, Jefferson Co, IL, along with sons William, Abraham, Thomas, and also his brothers Abraham & Zadoc, and his sister Rebecca DePriest.
Isaac Casey:
1 male over 45 - Isaac-50
1 female over 45 - Elizabeth (Mackey)
1 female 16-26 - Brunetta-22
1 female10-16 - Catherine-11
1 female 0-10 - Miranda-8
(Children already married: William-28, Rebecca-21, Abraham-22, Polly-20, Thomas-19)

1830 census - in Jefferson Co, IL
Isaac Casey
1 male 60-70 - Isaac-60
1 female 50-60 - Elizabeth-58

in 1828 Isaac's daughter Maranda married George W. Bullock.

In 1834 Isaac's wife Eizabeth died (age 62), in Johnson Co, IL. She was buried at Old Union Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, IL.

In 1836, Isaac married 2nd to widow, Mrs. Jemima (Bullock) Oard.

1840 Jefferson Co, IL
Isaac Casey
1 male 70-80 - Isaac-70
1 female 50-60 - Jemima
1 female 15-20 (unsure who this is)

His second wife, Jemima died in 1846. Unsure where she was buried. Perhaps he put her in the Old Union Cemetery, along with his 1st wife, Elizabeth and where was buried a few years later.

Isaac was a good Christian, honest in business, courteous and kind, a friend to all mankind. Various dates of death are recorded for him (DAR says 1841; "History of Jefferson Co" says 1848, age 84, at home of his son Tom in Jefferson Co), but his tombstone in Old Union Cemetery, Mt Vernon, IL says Oct. 16, 1854. He was buried by his wife Elizabeth.

He died 17 October 1851.
Buried at Old Union Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, IL alongside his 1st wife, Elizabeth (Mackey).

Find A Grave: Memorial #10756203

From: “Portraits and Biographical Record of Clinton, Washington, Marion and Jefferson Counties, Illinois”; Chapman Publishing, 1894, p329 -- (This bio of his grandson Wm. M., also talks about Isaac):
“Isaac Casey, was born in North Carolina, April 5, 1770, and was a son of Randolph Casey, a native of the same state. His brothers were Abraham, Samuel, Randolph and Zadocl. The last-named served as Lieutenant-Governor and as Governor of Illinois, and for many years was a Member of Congress. He was also a pioneer Methodist minister. The family is of Irish descent. Isaac, Samuel, Abraham and Zadock emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee, and in 1818 Isaac and Zadock came to Jefferson County, IL. The former married Elizabeth Mackey, who was born in the shadow of the Cumberland Mountians in Tennessee, and on coming to Illinois, he located 2 miles from Mt. Vernon, where he entered large tracts of land from the Government. He had his grandson make a sectional map of the county, and was well posted on all matters pertaining to the welfare of the people. Throughout his life Isaac Casey followed farming and became quite wealthy.
His children were
Rebecca, wife of Isaac Hicks, a farmer of Jefferson County;
William, who followed farming, but is now deceased;
Polly, wife of Clark Casey;
Rev. Abraham, who was a pioneer Methodist minister and circuit rider;
Thomas M., who was a local Methodist preacher;
Brunette, wife of Dr. Carter Wilker;
Catherine, wife of Henry Tyler, a farmer of Jefferson County, and the only surviving member of the family;
and Miranda M., wife of George Bullock, who for many years was a tanner of Jefferson County.
Isaac Casey died Oct 17, 1851, in the faith of the Methodist Church.
HIs word was taken as authority on all matters pertaining to the history of that community.
After the death of his first wife he married Jemima Ord.
Governor (sic?) Casey was a soldier in the Black Hawk War, and his son Tom served as Colonel of the 110th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War.

CASEY FAMILY HISTORY PART I BY LEWIS F. CASEY 1876 (below)
Isaac Casey was an energetic man of good practical sense. He and his above named children migrated to what is now Jefferson County, Illinois and located near the present site of Mt. Vernon in 1816 or 1817. In 1819 the city of Mt. Vernon was located on the land of his son, William Casey. Isaac soon acquainted himself with the Government Surveys and learned to tell the "Numbers" of land, and a large amount of the early entries of land in Jefferson County was made by him for his neighbors, or by his aid in procuring the numbers of the land for them. He was what was called in early days a "good woodsman", and in that day when there were few roads, he could travel from point to point or place across the prairies, streams and woods and never get lost or miss his way. He was of great service to newcomers and emigrants when horses would stray off and make a "bee line" for the cropings on the rivers or for the country they came from. "Uncle Isaac" could nearly every time pursue, find and return them to their owners. His wife, Elizabeth, died about the year 1855 and he afterwards married Jamina Bullock about 1856. Isaac Casey died at Pleasant Grove, a few miles north of Mt. Vernon on Oct. 17, 1857, age 81 years, 5 months and 13 days. He was a member of the Methodist Church for a great many years prior to his death.

Sources


Casey-1245 created 9 May 2014 by Tim Casey [[Casey-1179 |

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGKJ-53W

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10756203/isaac-casey

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFKM-ZP4





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Casey-3414 and Casey-1245 appear to represent the same person because: Casey-1245 is more complete.

3414 has an additional descendant.

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