PETER (PIERRE ) CHASTAIN NOTES
Second Known Son of Pierre
(1707-1775)
Peter (Pierre) Chastain Lineage
PETER
(PIERRE ) CHASTAIN
NOTES
Second Known Son of Pierre
(1707-1775)
Peter (Pierre)
Chastain Lineage
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PIERRE CHASTAIN, JR2
b. ca. 1707, Manakin
Town, Henrico, VA
d. ca. 1774,
Buckingham County, VA
father- Pierre
Chastain1
mother - Anne Soblet
m. Mildred Archer,
Apr 1730, Goochland County,
VA (b. 1710, Goochland
County, VA; d. 1790,
Buckingham County, VA)
CHILDREN:
1-Magdalene
Chastain3, b. ca.
1735,
Goochland County, VA
d. 1771, Goochland County,
VA
m. John Gividan, 1755
2-Judith Chastain3,
b. 1737, Spotslvania County,
VA
d.
25 Jul 1814, Buckingham
County, VA
m. 1) Joseph Carter, Jr.,
1757, Mecklenburg County, NC
2) Joseph Gividen
3-James Chastain3,
b. ca. 1740, Goochland
County, VA
d. ca. 1820, near Anderson
County, SC
m. 1) Unknown
2) Marian Unknown
4-John Chastain3, b.
ca. 1743, Goochland County,
VA
d.
1806, Pendleton District,
Pickens, SC
m. 1) Mary O'Bryan, 1763,
Buckingham County, VA
2) Mrs. Mary ( )
Robertson, ca. 1785
5-William Chastain3,
b.1744, Albemarle County, VA
d.
Sep 1790, Franklin County,
VA
m. Sarah Barnett, ca. 1764,
perhaps Buckingham County,
VA
6-Rene Chastain3, b.
1745, Albemarle County, VA
d.
21 Mar 1818, Buckingham
County, VA
m. 1) Rhoda Perault
2) Martha Guerrant
7-Abraham Chastain3,
b. 1750, Albemarle County,
VA
d. 15 Mar 1821, Greenville
County, SC
m. Mary Robertson, 1761
8-Martha Chastain3,
b. 1750, VA
d. 1838, Gap Creek, Carter,
TN
m. James Edens, ca. 1765,
Augusta County, VA
9-Archer Chastain3,
b. ca. 1753, Goochland
County, VA
d.
10-Abner Chastain3,
b. ca. 1755, Goochland
County, VA
d. 1828, Buckingham County,
VA
NOTES AND SOURCES
FOR PIERRE CHASTAIN, JR.2
From Granville Otto
Chastain:
Information about
Peter Chastain, Jr. was
destroyed in Buckingham
County, VA in 1869, Since
we know who the children are
of Rene and John, William
must be a son of Peter Jr.,
as his birth date of 1740-44
would make it impossible for
him to be a grandson of Rene
or John. However John's son
John, Jr. b. 26 Sep 1721 had
a son named
William who
might be the father of
George. This is the missing
link which I seek to
complete my lineage to
Pierre. See p. 37 and 41 of
Kith and Kin of Georgia
Ridge.
From Virginia
Chastains by Lowell B.
Chastain: (Patent,
Charlotte County, VA, 40:
1771-1772, p.
880, 881, 69
acres to Peter Chastain,
8/1/1772 LO:10)
"George, the 3rd
Etc. to all etc." Know ye
that, for divers good causes
and considerations, but more
especially for and in
consideration of the sum of
10 shillings of good and
lawful money, for our use,
paid to our receiver -
general of our revenue in
this our Colony and Dominion
of VA, we have given,
granted an confirmed, and,
by there presents for us,
our heirs and successors, do
give, grant and confirm
until PETER CHASTAIN one
certain tract or parcel of
land, containing
69 acres,
lying and being in the
County of Charlotte, on both
sides of
Bear
Creek, and
bounded as followeth,
to-wit: Beginning yielding
at a chestnut tree on the
creek; north 20 degrees,
east 44 poles to a white
oak; north 20 degrees , west
36 poles to the first
station with all etc. to
have, hold etc. Yielding
and paying etc. provided
etc. In witness etc.
Witness our treaty and well
beloved John, Earl of
Dunmore, our Lt. and Gov.
General of our said Colony
and Dominion at
Williamsburg, undert he seal
of our said Colony, the
first day of August, 1772,
in the 12th year of our
Reign. DUNSMORE.
p. 175 of Goochland
County Deed Book 1, p. 203:
-Pierre sold to
Edward Scot, the
111 acres
devised to his by his father
for the sum of 100 pouds in
the year following his
father's death. the deed
verifies his bequest and
states this came to
Pierre by patent, dated
23
Mar 1715.
p. 159 and 160.
(Court Book 4, p. 49, May
Court 1774)
Peter Chastain is
appointed surveyor of the
road whereof Charles
McKinney was late surveyor
and it is ordered that he
together with the usual
hands that worked on the
said road under the said
McKinney do forthwith clear
and keep the same in repair
according to law.
Court Book 3, p.
392, Aug Court 1773:
Peter Chastain being
appointed one of the
Constables of this county in
the room of William
Curwiler
came into court and took the
oath of a constable
according to law.
Virginia Chastains,
by Lowell B. Chastain, p.
165:
Fairfax County
Public Library, Lowell
located a book "The Early
History of Buckingham
County" by James Meade
Anderson 1 May 1915.
p. 71, Appendix B.
is a list of titheables of
Buckingham County in 1773.
There was a statement that
the original was taken by
John Barnard in the order of
their location in Buckingham
County.
William
Mannin was
the next entry after Peter
Chastain. The next 3 were
Rene Chastain4, Rene
Chastain, Jr2, then Isaac
Chastain2. On p. 75 was
listed John
Chasain1, Rene
Chastain1, p.
George Staton
is listed.
If the 1783 Heads of
Families in Virginia was
named in order of their
location as was titheables
of Buckingham, then the
William
Casteen listed on p.
49 was meant to be
William Casteen. Thus they would be
neighbors and most probably
father and son.
VA Chastains: p. 134
-19 May 1749, Peter
Chastain, Jr. appraised the
estate of Abraham
Beguin of
Albemarle Co., VA
From THE CHESTNUT
TREE, Vol. 12 #2, p. 29: a
letter from B. J. Kincaid to
Mrs. Loyce Coolidge:
-As to the name of
the spouse(s) of Peter
Chastain, Jr. I do not have
her name. I would not say
that her nickname was not
Middy, I simply do not
know.
-Father of 3
brothers who moved to SC:
Rev. John, Rev. James,
Abraham
-Kincaid has all the
grants of land which he
received and it is very
likely that they were all in
Buckingham County. He knew
in the later part of the
18th Century where he lived,
though those grants were
made in 2 or3 counties,
including Albemarle County.
-Peter may have left
a will, but of course it was
destroyed.
-A few tax records
in the 1770s and 1780s are in
the Archives in Richmond and
Kincaid copied them.
-left
111 acres by
his father's will.
-Kincaid has the
impression someone had a
mortgage on that land and
that eventually Peter Jr.
deeded it to the mortgagee.
He may have received a fair
equity for the property, but
Kincaid did not know.
From Albemarle County VA
Wills and Deeds 1:33
-witnessed the will
of William Allen, 15 Aug
1751
p. 1:9: helped
appraise the estate of
Abraham Beguin, 19 May 1749
From Albemarle and
Amherst Inventories,
compiled by King:
-an executor of the
will of William Witt made 25 Apr and proved
13 Jun 1755
List of Tithables in
Buckingham Co. VA p. 24,
Richmond Library:
2 tithables in 1773
(one was Abraham Chastain)
Notes from the Am
Gen, Vol. 40, Jan 1964:
-date and place of
death is uncertain, also his
wife and the number of
children is not established.
-probably the
ancestor of a portion or all
of Chastains who settled in
Pendleton District, SC
-part of the
Franklin Co, VA Chastains may
have descended from him,
although these are quite
likely the issue of his
nephew Isaac, son of Rene
Transcription from
Ayres, Ken and Kin to Kin,
by Nellie F. Ayers, 1961, p.
81
-Granted land in
Albemarle County, VA on
Hunts Creek, now Buckingham
County.
-Listed as titheable
in 1773
-Living as late as
1820, probably with a
second
wife and not the mother of
the older children. May
have been a Guerrant.
-Living in
Buckingham County,
VA/Albemarle County, VA)
before 1761
FROM ANNA WOODS AND
WILLIAM THOMAS JACKSON,
THEIR ANCESTORS AND
DESCENDANTS IN THE CHASTAIN
LINE, P. 111, 112
-One of 5 children
brought to VA in 1700 by
father, a French Huguenot
who fled France, spent a
period in England, then to
America at Mankintown, VA
-His father's will
names him heir and one of
the executors; received
111
acres of land.
-Another document in
a record of contract between
Scott and Chastain
(Goochland, VA Will Book I,
p 203 in which Peter sells
Edward Scott
111 acres he
inherited from his father.
FROM GOOCHLAND
COUNTY, VA, DEED BOOK 1, P.
239, 1 May 1731
-Witnessed deed:
Stephen Forcee deeds 400
acres of land willed to
Stephen Forcee by his
father, John Forcee in his
will dated 19 Dec 1718.
Land in King William
Parish. Witnesses were
PETER CHASTAIN, William
Epperson and Robert Spier.
Deed signed by mark by
Stephen Farcy. Deed
mentions Stephen Chastain's
equal part and portion of
all that tract of land was
to him devised by John
Forsee, his late father
deceased by his will bearing
date of 19 Dec 1718.
FROM AMERICAN
GENEALOGIST, Vol. 41, p. 135
"Chastain Families of
Manakin Town in Virginia",
by Cameron Allen
-first appeared as a
tithable in household of his
father 1725 (KWP
{King
William Parish} Vestry Book
in VMHB 12:369)
-by father's will of
1728 acquired the initial
refugee grant of 111 acres
of Pierre - sold to Edward
Scott 13 Mar 1729/30
(Goochland Co. VA Deeds and
Wills 1:203)
-remained on
tithable list of KW Parish
only a year longer through
1731. (KWP Vestry Book I
VHB 13;68)
-parish records are
silent with respect to him.
-County land records
contain nothing witnessed by
him of ____Chastain's deeds
of 1 May 1731 (Goochland
Co., VA Deeds and Wills
1:237, 239)
-State records show
1 Dec 1740 he patented 400
acres in Goochland on both
sides of
Hunts Creek, a
branch of ____river.
Beginnings at William
Allen's corner" (VA Patent
Book 19, p. 888)
-remained in the
same county, but removed far
beyond the Parish limits.
-His
Hunts Creek
tract soon became a part of
Albemarle County and finally
Buckingham.
-19 May 1749 helped
appraise estate of Abraham
Beguin (Albemarle Co. VA
Wills and Deeds: 1:9
-15 Aug 1751
witnessed the will of
William Allen (ibid. 1:33)
- 1756 he patented
396 acres in the county of
Albemarle's southern half,
Buckingham carved from
parent county in 1762 and
Buckingham records were
destroyed.
-date and place of
death are uncertain as well
as the identity of his wife.
-number of children
not established.
-in all probability
the ancestor of a portion or
all of the Chastains who
settled in Pendleton
District, SC
-part of the
Franklin County, VA
Chastains may be descended
from him.
FROM CHASTAIN
COUSINS, by Rolla Stovall,
1977, o, 15-19
-first appeared as a
titheable in the household
of Pierre Chastain in 1725
-in his father's
will, Peter Jr. received the
111 acres of land which was
his father's homeplace and
was the land his father had
received as an immigrant.
This property was located
next to the
Manakin Town
Church. These 111 acres
were sold by Peter, Jr to
Edward Scott, on 13 Mar
1727/30. However, he
remained on the KW Parish
of Henrico County having
become Goochland County in
1727,
-1 Dec 1740, he
patented
400 acres of land
in Goochland County on both
sides of
Hunts Creek, a
branch of
Slate River which
became part of Albemarle
County in 1744, and was
later made a part of
Buckingham County
(1748-1761)
-16 Aug 1756, he
patented
396
acres on the
branches of Hunt's Creek in
Albemarle County.
-The date and place
of his death are unknown, as
well as the name of his
wife. However some
genealogists say his wife
was Mildred Archer (Cameron
Alley).
-Several Chastains,
believed to be children of
Peter, Jr. settled in South
Carolina, in what was later
Pickens and Greenville
Counties and wee the
ancestors of a large number
of Chastains. Rene was the
only son of Peter, Jr. known
to remain in Buckingham
County, Virginia.
-Peter, Jr. had a
brother, Rene, who moved in
his later years from
Buckingham County to
Edgefield District, South
Carolina, accompanied by
several of his family.
-There is very
little available on Peter,
Jr. as the Buckingham County
records were burned in 1869,
so the names of all his
children cannot be
definitely determined. The
names of the children of his
half brother, John and
brother Rene are listed in
their respective wills, so
some persons have
assumed
that those other males of
this generation of KWP
Chastains may probably
belong to Peter, Jr.
-Peter, Jr. is
believed to have had several
sons and at least one
daughter. A loose page of
the Buckingham tithables in
1770s shows
James, John and
Abraham listed with Peter,
Jr.
-Abraham is listed
in in 1773 Buckingham
tithables with Peter, Jr.
-John and James were
Baptist ministers as was
their brother-in-law, James
Eden. The brothers were in
North Carolina and
Western
Tennessee, for a time, and
in 1790 were in the 96th
District of Pendleton
County, South Carolina.
-Rene Chastain was
identified in the
undestroyed tax records of
Buckingham County as son of
Peter, Jr. to distinguish
him from his first cousin,
Rene Chastain, Jr.
FROM MEMBERSHIP
APPLICATION # 218, CHARLES
WILLIAM CHASTAIN III
-Pierre Louis
Chastain was b. in 1707, son
of Pierre Chastain1 and Ann
Soblet. He m. Ann Middy
Isham who d. in Buckingham
County, VA and had son Rene
Chastain, b. 1745,
Buckingham County, VA; d. 3
Jun 1818, Buckingham Co, VA
and m. Martha ___________.
LETTER DATED 3 NOV
1961 TO TROY CHASTAIN FROM
B. J. KINCAID
-when Peter was
brought to VA in 1700 by his
parents, they lived in
Henrico County, VA
-the land which
Peter Chastain, Jr. lived on
when he died was granted him
in Henrico County.
-Before he died, the
land fell into Goochland
County. So that Peter Sr,
was a resident of Goochland
in 1728 when he died. in
his will he gave this land
to his son, Peter, Jr.
-Peter, Jr. soon
lost it because some
neighbor had a mortgage on
the property. From various
patents and lands that
Peter, Jr. acquired, it
would seem he lived all over
southside VA, because the
land lies, successively, in
Goochland, Albemarle, and
finally Buckingham, but he
probably lived within 10
miles of the original acres
granted to his father.
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS BY
LOWELL B. CHASTAIN FROM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY RECORDS
-Patented
400 acres on both
sides of Hunts Creek, 1 Dec
1740, Patent Book, 19, p.
888
-Peter, Jr. last tithed at
Manakin in 1731.
St. Annes
Parish was established in
1744. Until it was
established that part of
Albemarle was in the St.
James Northern and St. James
South. Peter Chastain, Jr.,
so it seems, was once living
in St. Ann's Parish.
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS BY
LOWELL B. CHASTAIN, P. 133
SOURCING ALBEMARLE COUNTY
RECORDS
-Aug 15, 1751, Peter
Chastain, Jr. witnessed the
will of William Allen.
-In Will Book 2, page 20,
1755, there is a will of
William Witt, a fellow
Huguenot refugee who came to
Albemarle County from
Manakin Town. The will was
written in 1754 and probated in Feg 1758. Peter
Chastain, Jr. and William
Witt's son John Witt, were
named Executors. The will
was proved in court by son,
John Witt. There is no
evidence that Peter Chastain
performed as Executor This
seems strange. Possibly
Peter Chastin, Jr. was
exploring new lands or on a
long hunting trip at the
time.
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS
(source VA Patent Book
34:116 dated 16 Aug 1756
-Peter Chastain patented
396
acres in Albemarle County,
VA on the branches of Hunts
Creek. This area would seem
to be in Buckingham not far
from the present Buckingham
Baptist Church and New
Canton, VA. Buckingham was
established from Albemarle
in 1762.
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS
(Source Charlotte County, VA
Deeds, 1775)
-Sale of land by Peter
Chastain and his wife
Elizabeth proves that in
1775 Peter was m. to an
Elizabeth, not Mildred.
Possibly he m. an Elizabeth
Archer.
-Copy of Peter Chastains
Patent for the
69 acres of
land, signed by Governor Dunsmore
-In Charlotte County, "Rich
Indeed", available from the
County Treasurer, Madeline
C. Bolick, p. 451 we learn
that Peter Chastian served
as a constable of Charlotte
County in 1773-1775
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS
(Source Charlotte County, VA
Court Book 4, p. 49, May
Court 1774)
-Peter Chastain is appointed
Surveyor of the road whereof
Charles
McKiney was late
Surveyor and it is ordered
that he together with the
usual hands that worked on
the said road under the said
McKiney do forthwith clear
and keep the same in repair
according to law.
FROM VA COURT BOOK 3, P.
393, AUG COURT 1773
-Peter Chastain being
appointed one of the
constables of this county
in the room of William
Curwiler came into court and
took the oath of a constable
according to law.
FROM KINCAID COLLECTIONS,
GEORGIA STATE LIBRARY
ARCHIVES, ATLANTA, GA. P. 3
LETTER TO FREDDA CREMEAN,
GARRISON, TX, 3 OCT 1960
-Peter patented several
tracts of land in several
counties, and I imagine all
of them were in what later
became Buckingham County,
VA. I imagine that he lived
for most of his adult life
in Buckingham where all of
those courthouse records
were burned in 1869.
-His final patent,
8/1/1772,
was of 69 acres, Charlotte
County on both sides of Bear
Creek. Titheable records of
Buckingham from ca. 1770 on
for a few years, apparently,
were in the capital. they
are in the Archives now and
I have examined them, and
extracted Chastain items.
FROM VA CHASTAINS, P. 49-51
(source, a letter form John
Hunter dated 13 Jun 1979)
-John says of the old log
house on land owned once by
Pierre Chastain, Jr.
(Charlotte County, VA) I
don't know how old, but John
Hunter's (who Pierre sold
land to) maiden daughters
never married and
lived together all their
lives. The house outlived two chimneys (last
one dated 1847). It is now
owned by my bachelor brother
who lives alone one mile
from me. Peter could have
had built it and sold to
young John 1775. He had 4
in his family in the 1780
census. The house if
properly maintained would
last for centuries, had pine
logs and heart pine weather
boarding and shingles.
Peter's 69 acres lies within
5 miles of 4 counties
(Charlotte, Campbell, Prince
Edward and Appomattox).
Charlotte formed in 1764,
before that Lunenburg and
Bedford came together about
3 miles from his place.
Therefore it is hard to know
what county they were in at
the time. Campbell and
Bedford have some of the old
records.
-Almost next door to the old
log house on what was
formerly Peter Chastain's
land, the
Concord
Presbyterian Church formed
in 1790.
-John Hunter said "I know
where Pigg River is and
there are some Primative
Baptists there today 40-50
miles west of here. He also
said he believes Peter
Chastain could have been one
of the "Long Hunter" of that
period. It is known that
the Blue Ridge and Franklin
County areas were rich in
fur bearing animals at that
time and
actually wasn't far
from Peter Chastain, Jr.'s
land (abt 40 miles - RDS
Note). Many of the Chastains
in LBC's line, which goes
back to William of Franklin
County, were great hunters.
They farmed in the summer
and trapped in the winter.
FROM VA CHASTAINS, P. 46
-Some researchers think that
Pierre was gambler.
-A deed Pierre made.
Pierre was in debt to Edward
Scot, and Pierre had to deed
the home left to him by his
father to repay the debt.
This deed to Edward Scot was
made shortly after Pierre,
Sr. died in 1728.
-It is true that the records
to give the impression that
Peter, Jr. was always in dire
straights.
-Peter patented a large
number of acres in Albemarle
and Buckingham Counties
(Records of Buckingham were
burned) But the name of
Peter, Jr. disappeared from
the tax lists of Buckingham
which would be Indicative
that he no longer owned the
lands which he patented.
-He may have been involved
in cock fighting at
Harvey's
Tavern
(Now a
historical site - RDS Note) in Charlotte County.
VA - but he did have a large
family, which always takes
money to feed and clothe
them.
-Tax records of Buckingham
County, VA - doubtful that
he was a gambler to have
sued such a pious group of
sons. Also he was a
constable of Charlotte
County, VA.
FROM VA CHASTAINS, P. 43
(Charlotte County Rich
Indeed, p. 72 and 451)
-On the first day of
Charlotte Court, Thomas Ward
was appointed Constable and
Sherriff Reed summoned other
appointees to appear in
court to be sworn in. Other
men who held the office
(after 1765) during the
following ten years were
Thomas Parsons, William
Mason, Tailton East, Thomas
Routledge and John Osborne,
Henry Baines, Samuel McCraw,
Richard Wright. William
Carivile and PETER CHASTAIN.
-p. 451 and 452 is a list of
Constables from 1765 to
1865. Peter Chastain is
listed as Constable in
1773. No other name is
listed until 1776.
FROM DEED BOOK D #3, P. 566,
DEED BOOKS, CHARLOTTE
COUNTY, VA
-"This indenture made this
12th day of Sep 1775 between
Peter Chastain and Elizabeth
his wife of the Parish of
Cornwall in the County of
Charlotte and Alexander Show
of the County of Dinwiddie
and Parish of Bath and
Nathanial Manson of the
aforesaid Parish o Cornwall
and County of Charlotte of
the one part and John Hunter
of the said Parish of
Cornwall and County of
Charlotte of the other
part. Witnesseth that
whereas Peter Chastain hath
by Deed of Trust (recorded
in the Clerks Office of said
County of Charlotte recourse
being thereunto had will
more full appear) made over
to the said Show and Mason
one certain tract or parcel
of land situate lying and
being in the aforesaid
Parish of Cornwall and
County of Charlotte and on
both sides of Bear Creek
containing 69 acres and
bounded as followeth:
Beginning at the chestnut
tree on the Creek North 20
degrees East 44 poles to a
white oak East 120 poles to
a white ash, South 20
degrees East 80 poles to a
white oak West 152 poles to
a white oak North 20 degrees
West 36 poles. To the
first station, and whereon
the said Peter Chastain and
Elizabeth his wife are
willing to do hereby agree
and consent with the said
Alexander Shaw and Nathaniel
Manson in selling and
disposing of this land and
premises, do therefore by
these presents for under
consideration of the sum of
32 pounds current money of
Virginia to him in hand paid
before the sealing and
delivery of these presents
and receipt whereof the said
Peter Chastain doth hereby
acknowledge and thereof doth
acquit and discharge the
said John Hunter his heirs
Executors and Administrators
or assigns by those
presents. They the said
Peter Chastean and Elizabeth
his wife and Nathaniel
Manson for Alexander Shaw
and himself have granted
bargained sold aliened
enforced released and
confirmed and do by these
presents for themselves and
their heirs, grant, bargain,
sell alien, ____release and
confirm unto him the said
John Hunter and to his heirs
and assigns forever the
aforesaid tract of 69 acres
of land with all its
appurtenances and every part
and parcel. Thereof they the
said Peter Chastain and
Elizabeth his wife and
Nathaniel Manson for
Alexander Shaw and himself
for themselves and every one
of their heirs do convey and
grant and agree to and with
said John Hunter his heirs
Executors Administrators and
assigns in manner and form
following that is to say
that the said Peter Chastain
and Elizabeth his wife and
Nathaniel Manson for
Alexander Shaw and himself
have a lawful right and
absolute authorit to grand
and convey the land and
premises in manner and form
aforesaid and that he the
said John Hunter his heirs
and assigns shall and may
from time to time and shall
at all times forever
hereafter peaceably and
quietly have hold and occupy
possess and enjoy all _______
and singular the said land
and premises with their
appurtinances thereunto
belonging free and clear and
from all manner of
incumbrances whatever and
lastly they the said Peter
Chastain and Elizabeth his
wife and Nathaniel Manson
for Alexander Shaw and
himself have hereunto set
the hands and affixed their
seals the day and year
above written. Signed
sealed and delivered in the
presence of John Wilson,
Priscilla Harvey, William
Harvey, Jr.
Signed Peter
Chastain, L.S
Elizabeth Chastain by her
mark
12 Sep 1775. Then received
of John Hunter the sum of 32
pounds current money of VA
it being in full of the
consideration money within
mentioned.
Witness: William Harvey, Jr,
John Wilson, Priscilla
Harvey at a court held for
Charlotte County the 4th of
March 1776.
The within written indenture
and the receipt hereon
endorsed was proved by the
oaths of 3 of the witnesses
hereto inscribed to be the
several acts and deeds of
the said Peter Chastain,
Elizabeth Chastain and Shaw
and Manson and ordered to be
recorded. Teste. Truly
recorded Tho. Reed, Clk.
(L.S. is the sign of Junior
on a legal document.
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS, p.
47 (Letter from Lowell B.
Chastain to Mildred W
Steltzer "Hunting for
Ancestors c/o the Charlotte
Gazette, PO Box 214, Drakes
Branch, VA 23937 and
requested if anyone could
tell him the location of the
land Peter Chastain sold in
Charlotte Co. VA. Mrs.
Seltzer published the
request and LBC received a
letter from John T. Hunter,
RR5, Appomattox, VA 24522.
-"I was born and reared on
69 acres of land sold by
Peter Chastain in 1775 on
Bear Creek to John Hunter.
He was my great, great
grandfather. About 6
generations of Hunters were
boys there, and live less
than a mile from there now.
My brother owns most of the
place now. I do not know
exact lines of 1775 but sure
of most of it. It is
13
miles south of Appomattox on
638, on Appomatox, Charlotte
County lines. I will be
glad to show you if you come
in this section again.
There are no graves on that
land that I know of, but
Little Bear Creek murmurs
on. Sincerely, John T.
Hunter.
FROM VA CHASTAINS, p. 133
(Charlotte County VA
records)
-Peter Chastain made a deed
selling land in Charlotte
County in 1775 naming his
wife, Elizabeth. Peter and
Elizabeth sold their and in
Charlotte County and there
is no record of them buying
other land in the same
county, so they were
apparently moving to another
location. It is apparent
that they sold their land in
Charlotte County to meet
obligations, possibly money
or store goods purchased by
them from a firm Shaw and
Manson, inasmuch as a Deed
of Trust was made to Shaw
and Manson in 1773.
-It is interesting to note
that in 1775,
Peter
Chastain, Jr. was living
about 35-40 miles (as the
crow flies) form William
Chastain (closer to 60 miles
W SW- RDS note), in adjacent
Franklin County, VA.
FROM LITTLE OTTER TO LOST
RIVER, Eugene Cook, p. 36,
37
-Peter Chastain still lived
in Buckingham County, VA in
1773
-he seems to have left by
1774 and not in the county
tithe list for that year.
-he may have gone to SC with
some of his children, but it
is not clear that he did.
-His will, if there was one,
has never been found.
-Tradition is that the
ancestor of the Washington
County, Indiana branch once
owned the original Chastain
homestead in VA, but, being
a gambler, he lost it while
gambling. Peter, Jr. was
willed the land where his
father then lived when he
mad his will. In
Dec of
1729, Peter Jr. mortgaged
this land to Edward Scott,
being in debt to Scott for a
sum of money.
-While reading the history
of Peter, Jr. one first
comes upon names that are
common in our branch of the
family
(except Ohio Shasteens also
have many of these names -
RDS Note) and rare in other
branches of the family. Our
William Chastain is the
first of that name.
(Our
William b est 1786 and then
the name continued - RDS
note)
-In 1740 Peter, JR. patented
land next to William
Allen. They evidently
became close friends as
Peter, Jr. was a witness to
the will of William Allen in
1751. It would not be
unusual for Peter, Jr. to
have name a son, William
after his friend.
The name
Allen has also been used
quite frequently by our
branch of the family both as
a first and a middle name.
Among the sons of William
Allen were one named
George
and one named
Valentine,
both names becoming common
in the names of our family.
George Chastain was also the
first to bear the name in
our family. George later
became popular in some of
the other lines, but not
until later. Valentine, as
a name appears to have been
used hardly at all by other
liens. The first name,
Barnett, seems to have
belonged to our family
exclusively.
-In 1754 Peter Chastain, Jr.
was executor of the will of
William Witt and one of the
witnesses to this will as a
man named John Barnett.
(probably the origin of the
name in our family)
FROM VIRGINIA CHASTAINS, p.
133 (Albemarle County, VA
records)
-There is a will for
William
Allen in 1752. Many
researchers have though
possibly Peter Chastain, Jr.
m. a Mildred Allen inasmuch
as he owned adjacent land.
However the heirs listed in
William Allen's will in
1752, are wife Mary, sons
Philip, William Hunt, John,
Valentine, Samuel, George;
daughters Susanna Soblet,
Mary Allen, Joice Chandler
and Judith Burton. If there
is no marital relationship,
then it is an unusual
coincidence because William
Chastain of Franklin county,
VA, an apparent son of Peter
Chastain named sons John,
Valentine and George. Rev.
Rene's grandson was named
Samuel, who was to become a
lawyer and Judge in
Kentucky. And there seems
to be a good possibility
that Peter Chastain, Jr. had
a son Phillip, who went to
North Carolina. Also Peter
Chastain, Jr. had sisters
named Mary, Judith and
Susanna.
-For many years, Peter
Chastain, Jr.'s wife has
been given as "middy" or
"Mildred". Possibly a
mistake was made by the
first research and it has
been continuously handed
down for years.
FROM CHASTAIN KITH AND KIN,
SALZER, P. 41-49
-Pierre Chastain, Jr. first
appears as a
titheable in his
father's family in 1725, as
"Pierre Chastain, f(ils)
(Peter, Jr.) (VMHB 23:269)
-Pierre was listed in his
father's will as a second
son. He received the
111
acres that had been his
father's refugee grant; it
was located next to the glebeland of the church
(area
of land within an
ecclesiastical parish used
to support a parish priest -
RDS Note).
Apparently, Peter soon
decided to leave KWP, as he
disposed of this land to
Edward Scott for L010, 13
Mar 1729/30, about a year
after his father's death.
(Goochland Co, VA Deeds,
Wills, etc. 1:203) He
remained on the list of
tithables of KWP through
1731. County land records
show that he witnessed
Stephen Chastain's deeds of
1 May 1731 (ibid, 1:237,
239) While nothing further
has been found in the land
records of Goochland Co. VA
concerning Peter, state land
records show that on
1 Dec
1740 he patented 400 acres
in Goochland County on both
sides of Hunt's Creek (VA
Patent Book 19, p. 888).
Although still in the large
County of Goochland, Peter
is beyond the limits of KWP,
and this property would soon
become a part of Albemarle
County in 1744. Before this
part of Albemarle became
Buckingham County, n 1761,
we have the information that
Pierre Chastain helped
appraise the estate of
Abraham Beguin, 19 May
1749. (Wills and Deeds
1:9)
-Pierre witnessed the will
of William Allen, 15 Aug
1751 (Ibid. 1:33); and on 16
Aug 1756, he patented "396
acres in the County of
Albemarle on the branches of
Hunt's Creek" (VA Patent
Book, 34:116 (Allen, 1964)
At this point we lose touch
of Pierre, Jr. due to the
loss by fire of Buckingham
County records, in 1869.
The date and place of his
death has not been
ascertained. Since no will
was found where his people
migrated, the supposition is
that he died in Buckingham
Co. VA The hiatus created
in the otherwise remarkable
continuity of data about the
descendants of Pierre
Chastain, Sr. is most
unfortunate for researchers
of the period. Ayres Kin
and Kin to Kin by Nellie
Ayres, states" Peter
Chastain II, father of Rene,
was living in Buckingham CO
before 1761 and his wife was
"Middy". The later Forrest Faris reported that the
Huguenot Society gave him
Mildred Archer as the wife
of Peter, Jr. No further
evidence has been presented
to our knowledge.
-From the list of children
of Peter Chastain, Jr. in
Kith and King of George
Ridge, 1973, I now delete
the names of
Abner and
Richard, and will add
Archer. Other writing by Elby Bowman, Claude E. Cook,
Troy Chastain and Rollo
Stovall, published since
1973, have added other names
as possible children, and
some or all may be right.
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