Sgt. Randolph Casey, Sr.

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DAR# A020394

SAR Patriot #: P-130057

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GEDCOM Note

RANDOLPH was supposedly named for a friend and neighbor of his parents. He moved with his parents to South Carolina about 1760-68.

He was married in 1766, Spartanburg, SC to Mary Jane Pennington (S.C. kept no official marriage records at that time). Randolph & Mary Jane moved to South Carolina near Spartanburg with his parents about 1770. According to "Land Grant Maps," a grant of 300 acres indicated that
Randolph was married and had three children at the time. This grant was later granted in 1772 and is located in the extreme southeast corner of present-day Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

He was a sergeant in the 2nd South Carolina Regiment in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Francis Marion, "The Swamp Fox of the Santee." He was at the battle of King's Mountain, Oct., 1780 (where a large British force, made up a Tories, was defeated by a group of American Patriots on the border between SC and NC) and was present on the occasion when Gen. Marion was holding a truce treaty with British
officers and invited them to eat with them. The menu consisted of roasted sweet potatoes with nothing else. In making a written report to their commanding officers, the British soldiers stated, "Soldiers content to live on such fare can never be defeated!"

Randolph married 2nd to Charity Pennington, Mary Jane's younger sister. They could have married about 1788 as there is a 14-year gap in the births of his children then, and this would have made Mary Jane quite old to have had Hiram, Samuel and Zadok. However, they could have married after Zadok was born in 1796 (the DAR records lists Zadok's mother as Mary Jane Pennington. Zadok had a daughter named Mary Jane, but he may have also had a daughter named Charity).

They lived in Newberry Co., SC until 1795 when they moved to Green Co. GA, where Zadok was born. About 1805-10 they moved to Sumner Co., TN.

He died in Smith Co., TN in 1814. His will was dated Aug. 3, 1814 and names his wife Charity, daughter Rebecca, and all sons. The "History of
Jefferson County, Ill." says Zadok brought his mother with him to Ill. in 1817.

Abner Brooks Casey
1700–1796

Harriet Green Casey
1700–1786

Spouse
Mary Jane Pennington Casey
1742–1787 (m. 1766)

Siblings

Levi Garrett Casey
1752–1807

Christopher Casey
1754–1840

William Casey
1759–1848

Children
Abraham Pennington Casey
1772–1841

Zadok Casey
1796–1862

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