SHASTEEN GENEALOGY
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1790 key counties in VA Map - Later, Amherst split to form Nelson from the top half circa 1807, and in 1845 part of Buckingham, Campbell, Prince Edward to form Appomattox
Also, Franklin Co is SW of Bedford Co in this map and was formed from SW Bedford 1785-86
See MAPS_VA_Shasteen_Loc_GEN.doc for key Shasteen / Chastain placements in Amherst Co and surrounding counties. ( in a Word doc file for technical reasons).
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Current Map with counties for South East US
See MAPS_VA_Shasteen_Loc_SE_US.doc for key Shasteen / Chastain placements in other states. This is done in a Word doc file for technical reasons.

Following are individual maps of each pertinent county circa 1895 with key land transactions.
Also GPS coordinates for landmarks in key land transactions.

GPS Coordinates of present day locations placed on My Google Map

Green  Creek - Albemarle - 37.7690316 -78.6791824 Mouth — 37.8672222 -78.6980556 Source — Note there are several Green Creeks in Virginia, but this is the most likely
Moses Mountain - 37.9443070 -78.7425197 Looking for Moses Branch a south branch of Otter River in 1779 deed James Chastain to Samuel Addams,
     unplaced James Chastain - Not mapped as in wrong place, no other Moses locations pertinent
Rivanna River formerly Fluvanna River - Northern fork of at James River split with Rivanna River - 37.7509768 -78.1636118  Mouth — 38.0740264 -78.4394549 Source
 

GPS Coordinates of present day locations placed on My Google Map

Ballenger Mountain researched to be Mobley Mountain  - 37.6298618 - 79.1094711
          Source: Ballinger Mountain_Thomas Parks.pdf
Ballinger Creek - 37.8448638 -78.2600037  Mouth — 37.9612515 -78.2002812 Source — Now in Fluvanna Co
Buck Branch 1 - 37.4354199 -79.1464136  Mouth — 37.4627778 -79.1327778 Source — Now in Fluvanna Co. Note USGS has Buck Branch in current counties of:
     Charlotte, Dickenson, Buchanan, Amherst (2 appear non pertinent to Jean), Campbell, Fluvanna, Dickenson, and Appomattox
Buck Branch 2 - 37.5190282 -79.2678070  Mouth — 37.5402778 -79.2977778 Source — Now in Fluvanna Co. Note USGS has Buck Branch in current counties of:
     Charlotte, Dickenson, Buchanan, Amherst (2 appear non pertinent to Jean), Campbell, Fluvanna, Dickenson, and Appomattox
Buffalo River - 37.6226422 -78.8969648 Mouth — 37.6804143 -79.2222526 Source
Buffalo River North Fork - 37.6804143 -79.2222526 Mouth — 37.7570806 -79.171419 Source (Mouth is at Forks of Buffalo)
Buffalo River South Fork - 37.6804143 -79.2219748 Mouth — 37.7247222 -79.2447222 Source (Mouth is at Forks of Buffalo)
Bush Creek - Not found
Cedar Mountain - 37.5990284 -79.1416937 — 37.5986 - 79.1419
Davis Creek - 37.8451409 -78.8189097 Mouth — 37.8062515 -78.9216898 Source Amherst Co, now Nelson Co
Davis Mill Creek - 37.7495787 -79.2664216 Mouth — 37.759302 -79.2086422 Source
Devils Creek - 37.6562474 -79.2697536  Mouth — 37.6752778 -79.2513889 Source
Forks of Buffalo - 37.679581,-79.2219748
Huff Creek - 37.6168076 -79.0478026
Little Otter Creek - 37.5554154 -79.3536432 Mouth — 37.5725 -79.3344444 Source —
Manakin Farms (Present Day) - 37.6040357 -77.7138816
Monacan Town (Present Day) - 38.0820816 -78.4369548 — USGS, Monacan Town (historical)
Monacan Town  - 37.6015357 -77.7022145 - USGS variant names Manakin Town, Mannikin, Monacan Town
Otter Creek - 37.5540264 -79.3664213 Mouth — 37.6548576 -79.3514225 Source —
Pedlar Gap - 37.6020838 -79.1466938
Pedlar Mills - 37.5598607 -79.2514183
Pedlar Mills,  Red Hill Farm - 37.558333 - 79.266389 — Built by Richard Shelton Ellis, owner of mercantile concern that purchased Shasteen land in Amherst, that area on Pedlar River
          Pedlar_Mills_Red_Hill_Farm_1980_Final_Nomination.pdf - Application for National Historic Place
Puppy Creek - 37.6551385 -79.1478058 Mouth — 37.6148609 -79.1747504 Source — 
Rockfish River - 37.7329210 -78.6452917 Mouth — 37.9031956 -78.8330769 Source — Now Nelson Co, was Amherst Co
Rockfish Church - 37.9106954 -78.8447439
Tobacco Row Mountains - 37.5654172 -79.1900278
 

12 Aug 1812 - De-L pg 279 - Benjamin Noel, Amherst Co., to William Davis Amherst..$100 100 acres Otter Creek. Lines: Big Branch Isaac Tinsley, James Shastead, grantee - Deed dated 12 Aug 1812 from Benjamin Noel, Amherst co., to William Davis, Amherst Co, 100 acres on Otter Creek for $100. Lines:  Big Branch, Isaac Tinsley, James Shastead, grantee. Witnesses: Richard Tinsley, Robert Noel, Benjamin Shackelford, Bennett Tinsley, Nelson Davis, Charles Davis, William Noel, Rodney McCulloch (Source Val Burd: Also in Davis book page 62)

14 Sep 1812 - De-M-380 part of M-N 1811-1818 - James Shartead, Jr. & Phoebe his wife 100A to John & R S (Richard Ellis) et al (a mercantile partnership) for 60£. Probably the 17 Jun 1799 Purchase of 100 acres - on Otter Creek, a branch of James River containing by estimation one hundred acres more or less and bounded..Beginning at white oak on Otter Creek corner to Robert Knuckles and with his lnes S 8 E 72 poles to a white oad S 58 E 87 poles to a fork chesnutt S 36 W by poles to a red oak corner to William Davis’s new line..., on William Davis' new line...Robert Knuckles xxx?)...wit: Richard Eubank, Charles Burks son David, John H Zevely (sp?), John Tardy, Peter Markham – Lines: Robert Knuckles, William Davis, Big Branch. Witnesses: …(Source: Virginia Chastains pg 134 and files SharteadJamesJr_Phoebe14Sep1812_pg01goodfirst and SharteadJamesJr_Phoebe14Sep1812_pg01goodsecond.jpg

12 Sep 1832 - Amherst, rec 15 Oct 1832 - Deed book U pg 117 - Circuit Sup court: Ellis vs Davis and Robert, William, Edmund, Francis, and Elizabeth Shastead heirs at law of James Shastead decd - Appears to be suit to clarify sale in 1812 that had not been booked, no indication of who the heirs at law were. Shastead not of this county and they did not appear. Contract from James Shastead to firm seems valid and good, but not recorded. Court satisfied… Deed of 8 May 1812 transfer 1 Oct 1812 from Shastead to firm (John & R S Ellis (...one hundred and thirty acres of land in Amherst County on both sides of Otter Creek and the Mill and all the premises belongint to the said land, this land adjoins the lines of of Wm Davis, Henry S Davies dec?  and Robert Knuckles (?) for and in consideration of the sum of seventy pounds...”,. …signed by James Shastead Sen (the original, probab his x mark) (Source Files Shasteen12Sep1832_pg01.JPG thru 06 and Val Burd - Davis Bood page 114. - The 15 May 1812 land sale of 130 A by James Shastead Sen to John & R S Ellis and 14 Sep 1812 land sale of 100 A by James Shartead Jr and wife Phoebe to same appears to be clarified for inheritance purposes for the Ellis family et al in the 12 Sep 1832 suit by Richard S. Ellis surviving partner of the late mercantile concern of John & Richard S. Ellis plantiff against William Davis and Robert Shastead, William Shastead, Edmund Shastead, Francis (DIL?) Shastead and Elizabeth Shastead, heirs at law of James Shastead dec'd, defendants
 

GPS Coordinates of present day locations placed on My Google Map
 

GPS Coordinates of present day locations placed on My Google Map

Note: Source: PCAHDI pg 36 - When Franklin Co Va was formed in 1786 from  Henry and Bedford Cos, the area where William (b ) lived became Franklin Co. This area was located about 10 miles west of the county seat, Rock Mount, along the branches of the Little Otter River and Otter Creek. (RDS note: See Franklin Co below for Little Otter River also, one in both present day Bedford and Franklin.

Elk Creek - 37.2793077 -79.6361444 Mouth — 37.2454189 -79.6803113 Source
Elk Creek - 37.3104206 -79.3933618 Mouth — 37.4823614 -79.3553087 Source
Falling Creek - 37.2687548 -79.3978056 Mouth — 37.210144 -79.4555841 Source
Island Creek - 37.2570885 -79.3803049 Mouth — 37.2104218 -79.426139 Source
Little Otter River  - 37.2748657 -79.4050281 Mouth — 37.3759723 -79.6089236 Source
North Otter Creek - 37.3851407 -79.4436424 Mouth — 37.4758333 -79.4838889 Source
Otter View (historical) - 37.1168104 -79.5705855
Moses Branch, Moses Run -  not found in Bedford, only in Russell Co, too far west to be pertinent
Peaks of Otter - 37.4470820 -79.5833690
 

GPS Coordinates of present day locations placed on My Google Map
Buffalo Creek - 37.5107051 -78.3280532 Mouth — 37.5368146 -78.4138893 Source — Note there are several Buffalo Creeks in Virginia, but this is the most likely
Green Creek - 37.3237636 -78.3013844 Mouth — 37.3636111 -78.3713889 Source —
Green Creek - 37.6612562 -78.4216708 Mouth — 37.6255556 -78.415 Source —
Hunt's Creek- 37.7104218 -78.3375035 Mouth — 37.5904245 -78.4113908 Source — Was Albemarle, now Buckingham
Joshua Creek - 37.6365344 -78.4586155 Mouth — 37.561536 -78.4377795 Source —
Slate River - 37.7140328 -78.3252811 Mouth — 37.4840326 -78.7222338 Source —

Duplicate info: Hunt's Creek is a branch of the Slate River. The location of this man's property – first 400 acres and then 396 more – was near the present Buckingham Baptist Church and New Canton, Virginia. See the USGS map for Arvonia/Virginia. Peter received the first grant on December 1, 1740, and the second on August 16, 1756. A Peter Chastain also received a grant of 69 acres on both sides of Bear Creek in Charlotte County, Virginia, on August 1, 1772. I have not seen this last property attributed to the Peter Chastain who was the presumed son of Pierre Chastain, Sr., but Charlotte County is south of Buckingham County – and in the direction of South Carolina.
 

GPS Coordinates of present day locations placed on My Google Map
Big Otter River - 37.1329206 -79.2519672  Mouth — 37.3890281 -79.5686453 Source
Otter River Locale - 37.1812548 -79.2930797
 

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Bear Creek - 37.2179246 -78.7511190 Mouth — 37.1908333 -78.8097222 Source — Note there are several Bear Creeks in Virginia, but this is the most likely
 

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Otter Creek -  36.8681918 -80.1164323 Mouth — 36.9565249 -80.1361523 Source — Only current reference to anything Otter in present day Franklin Co.
Pig River -   37.0051451 -79.4814168 Mouth — 36.979858 -80.1422628 Source
Pigg River Baptist Church - 36.9729171 -79.956424 Source: http://churches-and-cemeteries.com/pages/1472298.html
 

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Buck Branch - 37.9890291 -78.3136179  Mouth — 37.9948622 -78.2452827 Source — Now in Fluvanna Co. Note USGS has Buck Branch in current counties of:
     Charlotte, Dickenson, Buchanan, Amherst (2 appear non pertinent to Jean), Campbell, Fluvanna, Dickenson, and Appomattox
Bernards Creek - 37.5629250 -77.6544353  Mouth — 37.5041667 -77.7211111 Source — Now in Powhatan Co
Dutoy Creek - 37.5701475 -77.7463831 Mouth — 37.5120929 -77.7702733 Source — Now in Powhatan Co
Jones Creek - 37.5829253 -77.7836062  Mouth — 37.535 -77.8736111 Source — Now in Powhatan Co
Jones Fall Run - 38.2304086 -78.6933541  Mouth — 38.2216667 -78.7325 Source — Now in Albemarle
Jones Mountain - 38.1190242 -78.6275172 (2) 38.1159688 -78.6247393
Jones Pond - 37.6401100 -78.9911739
Jones Run - 38.2301308 -78.6939097 Mouth — 38.2216667 -78.7333333 Source — Now in Albemarle
Lee Jones Creek - 37.9384743 -78.4269537 Mouth — 37.9847222 -78.4772222 Source — Now in Albemarle
Little Willis River - 37.4323725 -78.3694418  Mouth — 37.4087594 -78.5516682 Source — Now Cumberland Co
Michaux Bridge - 37.6654243 -77.8880521 - William Walthall Michaux - b 1810 VA d 8 Feb 1881 parents Jacob Michaux and Mary Ann Woodson. m Virginia Anne Bernard 4 children
Mohawk Creek - 37.6682021 -77.8974968  Mouth — 37.6134808 -77.9136091 Source — Now in Powhatan Co
Source: Wikipedia re Monacan People - Mowhemencho, their easternmost outpost, was between Bernard's Creek and Jones Creek in the eastern tip of Powhatan County, while Massinacak (Mahock) was at the mouth of Mohawk Creek, a mile south of Goochland. Their capital was Rassawek, at the point within the two branches of the upper James and Rivanna Rivers. Tributary to them were the Monahassanugh (later Nahyssan, i.e. Tutelo), whose town was near Wingina, and Monasukapanough (later Saponi), living near Charlottesville. All these groups were closely related with the Siouan Manahoac to the north.
Willis River - 37.6809791 -78.1099996 Mouth — 37.4484795 -78.623895 Source — Now Cumberland Co
 

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Jones Creek - 37.6531974 -78.9216882  Mouth — 37.675 -78.8980556 Source — Now Nelson Co

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Rockbridge  - 30 December 1816 Land Grant
Author Casky, Thomas. grantee Assignee of Robert Shasteen. - Title Link Land grant . - Land grant 30 December 1816 - Source LVA - Summary Location: Rockbridge County.
Description: 3 acres 144 sq. po. on the waters of the north fork of James River, adjoining John Poage, Thomas Bags, &c. (also Jacob Hickman per reading)
Source: Land Office Grants No. 66, 1816-1817, p. 245 (Reel 132).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.

Research:
    1820 Lexington, Rockbridge VA - Jacob Hickman over 45 — 1830 Jacob Hickman Rockbridge 60-69 — 1840 Jacob Hickman Lexington Rockbridge VA 70-79
    1810 Rockbridge VA - John Poage 26-44 — 1820 none found — 1830 Rockbridge VA - John Poage 50-59