Married Rachel Biggs, daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail Smith Biggs.
ANDREW CASTO was probably the first white man to settle in Harrison Township, Knox Co., Ohio. He entered land in the western part of the Township.
The earliest record of the family of Jeremiah Biggs of Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, is the birth of his eldest daughter, Rachel, on May 20, 1763. The date and place of Rachel’s birth were recorded by her husband Andrew Casto.
In the summer of 1799, nine or ten families in Greene County, Pa. decided to form an association and immigrate to the Ohio Territory. Land was purchased in what is now Knox County, Ohio, cabins built by an advance party, and early in 1804 the families began the move. Among those moving were Levi Harrod, Jr. (brother in law of Jeremiah and William Biggs) and family. Jeremiah Biggs, his brother, William, and brother-in-law ANDREW CASTO soon decided to join their relatives in Ohio. Jeremiah Biggs and Andrew
Casto became the first settlers in what is now Harrison Township, Knox County, Ohio. As such, they earned the following mention in the History of Knox County.
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FAG volunteer Michael Lahmon (47752460) searched for Andrew's grave in late March 2012 and could not find it. She specifically reported, "The cemetery has been very poorly kept with numerous broken, buried, missing, etc. markers. Many still standing were unreadable."
ANDREW CASTO was probably the first white man to settle in Harrison Township, Knox Co., Ohio. He entered land in the western part of the Township.
The earliest record of the family of Jeremiah Biggs of Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, is the birth of his eldest daughter, Rachel, on May 20, 1763. The date and place of Rachel’s birth were recorded by her husband Andrew Casto.
In the summer of 1799, nine or ten families in Greene County, Pa. decided to form an association and immigrate to the Ohio Territory. Land was purchased in what is now Knox County, Ohio, cabins built by an advance party, and early in 1804 the families began the move. Among those moving were Levi Harrod, Jr. (brother in law of Jeremiah and William Biggs) and family. Jeremiah Biggs, his brother, William, and brother-in-law ANDREW CASTO soon decided to join their relatives in Ohio. Jeremiah Biggs and Andrew
Casto became the first settlers in what is now Harrison Township, Knox County, Ohio. As such, they earned the following mention in the History of Knox County.
[D.Curtis contributor #47355469]
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FAG volunteer Michael Lahmon (47752460) searched for Andrew's grave in late March 2012 and could not find it. She specifically reported, "The cemetery has been very poorly kept with numerous broken, buried, missing, etc. markers. Many still standing were unreadable."
Married Rachel Biggs, daughter of Jeremiah and Abigail Smith Biggs.
ANDREW CASTO was probably the first white man to settle in Harrison Township, Knox Co., Ohio. He entered land in the western part of the Township.
The earliest record of the family of Jeremiah Biggs of Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, is the birth of his eldest daughter, Rachel, on May 20, 1763. The date and place of Rachel’s birth were recorded by her husband Andrew Casto.
In the summer of 1799, nine or ten families in Greene County, Pa. decided to form an association and immigrate to the Ohio Territory. Land was purchased in what is now Knox County, Ohio, cabins built by an advance party, and early in 1804 the families began the move. Among those moving were Levi Harrod, Jr. (brother in law of Jeremiah and William Biggs) and family. Jeremiah Biggs, his brother, William, and brother-in-law ANDREW CASTO soon decided to join their relatives in Ohio. Jeremiah Biggs and Andrew
Casto became the first settlers in what is now Harrison Township, Knox County, Ohio. As such, they earned the following mention in the History of Knox County.
[D.Curtis contributor #47355469]
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FAG volunteer Michael Lahmon (47752460) searched for Andrew's grave in late March 2012 and could not find it. She specifically reported, "The cemetery has been very poorly kept with numerous broken, buried, missing, etc. markers. Many still standing were unreadable."
ANDREW CASTO was probably the first white man to settle in Harrison Township, Knox Co., Ohio. He entered land in the western part of the Township.
The earliest record of the family of Jeremiah Biggs of Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, is the birth of his eldest daughter, Rachel, on May 20, 1763. The date and place of Rachel’s birth were recorded by her husband Andrew Casto.
In the summer of 1799, nine or ten families in Greene County, Pa. decided to form an association and immigrate to the Ohio Territory. Land was purchased in what is now Knox County, Ohio, cabins built by an advance party, and early in 1804 the families began the move. Among those moving were Levi Harrod, Jr. (brother in law of Jeremiah and William Biggs) and family. Jeremiah Biggs, his brother, William, and brother-in-law ANDREW CASTO soon decided to join their relatives in Ohio. Jeremiah Biggs and Andrew
Casto became the first settlers in what is now Harrison Township, Knox County, Ohio. As such, they earned the following mention in the History of Knox County.
[D.Curtis contributor #47355469]
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FAG volunteer Michael Lahmon (47752460) searched for Andrew's grave in late March 2012 and could not find it. She specifically reported, "The cemetery has been very poorly kept with numerous broken, buried, missing, etc. markers. Many still standing were unreadable."
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