This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Castle, Cassel, Swain, Gause Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.castle/241.253.284.286.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I may have mis-stated John Levi's birthdate as around 1800. His children that I know of were born in 1832, 1834 and 1838 in Alabama. He married in 1824 (as Levie Castle on the Alabama Marriage Records) so I assumed that his birthdate was approximately 20 years earlier. I have not considered the Georgia Cassels before-thank you for that lead. I do have the information about the 40.15 acres for Charity Castle in the Montgomery land office of the Land Patent Site. This is definitely my Charity Castle and this land was given to her sons John and Thomas who subsequently moved to Wood County, Texas. She then married Montgomery Gause in 1842 after John Levi's death but I can find no further information on them. I will investigate Benjamin F. Cassels/Castles/Castle and report back my findings. Thank you so much for your information. Kim Cassel Tardie