Rev. James Chastain

Peter, Jr. was born in the Virginia Colony about 1707. Peter is the English form of the French Pierre. He was the son of Pierre and his second wife, Anne Soblet. Pierre's first wife died shortly after arriving in the new world. Peter inherited his father's home and 111 acres of land in 1728. However, Peter mortgaged the property the next year to cover some debts and subsequently deeded the land to the mortgager. Later, he owned a different tract of 400 acres. Peter apparently lived his entire life in Virginia.

http://www.chastaincentral.com/content/eleven.html#Elijah

His last child was born in 1753, so he lived until at least then.

http://phillip.l.sublett.com/family/tree-Chastain.htm

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GEDCOM Note

Due lack of accurate records of marriage, it is more than likely that some of these children are of the first marriage and some from the second. [Chastian.FTW]

CHASTEEN GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY by Naomi Ruth Jackson Chasteen, Gregath Co., 1987 P.83

1783 - He was a citizen of North Carolina where he received a land grant of 300 acres on Indian Camp Creek, in the part of North Carolina that became Sullivan County, TN Source: "North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee 1778-1791", page 26, compiled by Cartwright and Gardiner. 1785-86 - he obtained Land Grants of 135 acres, 547 acres, & 154 acres in Greenville County, 96th District,k South Carolina, on the South Tyger River. 1790 - he bought land in Pendleton District, South Carolina in the French Broad River Valley. 1790 census - 96th District, Pendleton Co. South Carolina, page 81: 2 males 16 and above 4 males under 16 3 females no slaves

Baptist minister

1790-1792: He was a minister of Genestie Church, Pendleton District, SC 1794-1798: He was a minister of Little Horse Creek Church, SC After year 1810, he lived near the Savannah River in SC preaching at Mountain Creek Branch (7 miles southeast of Anderson County) until his death in 1820.

B.F. ELLISON, 112 Timberlane Dr., Belton, SC 28627 803-338-5740

The only record of him to be found in that state was in Bedford Co., VA in the 1770's. Rev. James left Virginia about 1780, was probably in what is now Eastern Tennessee for a short while and was in SC in 1784 where he was granted land in that year. Rev. James seems to have married ca. 1773 to his first wife whose name in unknown. Rev. James and his first wife had what appears to have been 6 sons and 2 daughters. I can only be sure of the names of 2 of the sons (James Jr. and Peter) and do not know the names of the daughters. In 1790 Rev. James was in Pendleton Dist., SC in the part which is now Anderson Co. James Chastain then moved into Greenville Co., SC about 1793. About 1799 moved into what is now Transylvania Co., NC. He remained in this area near to what is now Brevard NC until shortly after 1810 when he returned to SC. James can be found on the 1800 and 1810 census of Buncombe Co., NC, which part is now Transylvania Co. Rev. James first wife had died by 1810 and he then married a Marian____. Marian is also sometimes rendered as "Mary Ann." She seems to have been born Ca. 1775 in Va. I believe James married Marian in then Buncombe Co., NC and that the two of them moved back into Greenville Co., SC about 1811 since Renny was b. 1813. Rev. James apparently died early in 1820 and at that time he and Marian were living in souther Greenville Co., SC near the small community of Fork Shoal. Marian appears on the 1820 census of Greenville Co., SC as Marian Chastein (sic) as a female over 45 years with 2 small sons of 0-10 years. These two small boys would be Renney b. 1813 and Benjamin b. 1815. In 1830 Marian appears to have been living in the home of Benjamin E. and his new wife. (Benjamin E. married at age 14 according to a newspaper item from 1829.) I think that Marian was the "Mary Ann Chastain" who moved her church letter from Fork Shoals Baptist Church in 1833 and that she moved along with son Renny into Anderson Co., SC and seemingly died there between 1840 and 1850. I think she is the older femaile in the house with son Renny in 1840.

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Rev James Chastain Sr.
BIRTH
1740
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
1815 (aged 74–75)
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Fork Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery
Pelzer, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID
102087781 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 6
Son of Pierre and Mildred "Middy" (Archer) Chastain

Husband of unknown

Children were:

1. Samuel Chastain (m. Racheal unk.)
2. Stephen Chastain
3. Abraham Chastain
4. James Chastain, Jr.
5. Joel Chastain
6. John Chastain
7. David Chastain
8. Royal Chastain
9. Obediah Chastain

NOTE:

It is believed he is buried in Flat Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery in a "unmarked grave."

Pierre Chastain And His Descendants, First Five Generations in America (Vol. I). By the Pierre Chastain Family Association, 1995.

I would like to thank Jim Morell for sponsoring Rev. James Chastain, Sr's memorial His thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.

Family Members
Parents
Pierre Chastain
1707–1775

Mildred Chastain
1709–1790

Siblings
Judith Chastain Carter
1731–1814

John Chastain
1743–1805

William Chastain
1744–1790

Abraham Chastain
1750–1821

Martha Chastain Edens
1750–1840

Children
Samuel Chastain
1790 – unknown

Obediah Chastain
1790–1830

Royal Chastain
1792–1865

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