This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Castle, Cassel, Cassell, Swain, Taylor, McLoen, Banks Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.castle/241.253.284.286.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: John Levi Castle was my GGgrandfather. My line is as follows: 1. John Levi Castle m. Charity Swain 2. John Levi Cassel (b. 1832) m. Amanda Malvina Taylor 3. Rufus Grover Cassel m. Nell McLoen 4. Joseph Buren Cassel m. Patricia Buren Banks. John Levi's birthplace in South Carolina came from the 1880 US Federal Census for his son John Levi. My uncle has submitted a DNA test that might tell us which branch of the Castle/etc family we are related to. Which line are you? It's great to meet a cousin. You can e-mail me off-list if you wish.