We left off last chapter with Philip Causey-I (brother of Thomas Causey-I) and family migrating south to Craven County, North Carolina. Thomas Causey-I born about 1690 in Dorchester County, British Colonial Maryland was most likely the son of William Causey-I but could have been son of John Causey-II. Thomas-I had sons William, Thomas Jr., Nehemiah, and Sollomon. Based on DNA evidence, our Causey line traces back from myself son of Clifton, who was son of John Solomon, who was son of Jim O., who was son of James Solomon, who was son of Solomon, who was son of Zebulon, who was son of Thomas, Jr., who was son of Thomas Causey-I. In a later chapter we will deal with the DNA evidence. But now we will catalog the Thomas Causey-I line migration south to Randolph and Guilford Counties, North Carolina.
Before we continue the Maryland-North Carolina connections, I want to make a connection between the present, (that means me and my children), and the past, (meaning those Causeys who migrated south to the Carolinas in the 1700s) and how I discovered and processed information to arrive at valid results. Recurring first and middle names may be associated with a particular branch of a surname. Causey’s historically named their children either for famous individuals or beloved family members. Some famous names become woven into the family naming convention. A few examples include such names such as Mary, Elizabeth, Ann or Victoria as well as Jackson, George, or Franklin. Christian names like John, Solomon, Nehemiah, Ezekiel, Zebulon and so on, are especially found woven into our line. The British naming convention commonly saw the first son named after the paternal grandfather, the second son named after the maternal grandfather, the third son named after the father, and so on. Each child was named to honor those family and extended family members who had gone before. However, in our modern era naming conventions have all but lost relevance.
My paternal grandfather was John S. Causey; his father James O. Causey and his father James S. Causey. When I began studying my family history one of my first questions was, “What is Grandpa Causey’s middle name?” No one seemed to know. I continued for years searching documents, family histories, all those kinds of document listed above. There was never a mention of the middle name of either John S., Jim O. or James S. Causey. I began my family search about 1983 when a cousin Ernest Vaughn and his wife Willa Dean Carter Vaughn presented me a copy of the Mozingo Family Tree. Only one of my grandfather John S. Causey’s siblings was still living back then, Aunt Ella Pallie Causey Bly. I visited to ask her about her family including where they were from and what the middle names of her brother John S., father James O. and grandfather James S. Causey. She remembered many stories about growing up in Alabama and that her grandfather James S. Causey was, “From up north.” But, did not know what the S. O. S. middle names were.
Part of this chapter is how I came to discover those middle names. It is also about finding connections in an era before government documentation of vital records and national and state census.
My initial research concluded my third Great Grandfather to be one Absalom Causey son of John and Ann Causey of Craven County, North Carolina. This conclusion was a result of determining, first, that Absalom Causey had migrated to Chambers County, Alabama where he is buried and that he had a son James. Secondly, based on local marriage records, I concluded that my Great Grandfather James S. Causey married Elizabeth Goodwin in Tallapoosa County, Alabama in the same geographical area where Absalom Causey and his sons had lived. This conclusion was made without having found birth records or other primary sources to document that conclusion. Then a few years ago I began to use DNA relationships as evidence. DNA evidence now invalidate the conclusion that Absalom Causey was my 4th Great Grandfather.
Then, in researching the sons and daughters of James S. Causey, analyzing the 1880 US Census for Franklin County, Alabama, that living next door to James S. and Elizabeth Causey was their daughter Mary Elizabeth and her husband John Marion Roberts. They had a son listed on the census named Solloman J. Roberts. I found no “Solloman” names in John M. Roberts extended family and this made me curious. Was Solloman J. Roberts named partly after his maternal grandfather, James Solloman Causey? Subsequently, was my grandfather John S. Causey named after his Grandfather James S. Causey? Then, based on the English naming convention, James S. Causey named after his Grandfather who might have been John Solloman Causey? The answer finally came when I continued my military history research and made a significant discovery, My Uncle Carlos Causey, my father’s oldest brother, listed his father JOHN SOLEMAN, (sic), CAUSEY on his WWII Draft Registration Card. (See End Note 40).
I was then able to request a death certificate for my deceased grandfather John Soleman Causey from Alabama Vital Records P.O. Box 5625, Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5625.:
Now seeing the recurring name Solomon (Sollomon, Solloman, Soleman, etc) as well as James and John pushed me to extend my area of search to see if there are connections between James S. Causey and the Randolph/Guilford County, North Carolina Causeys. Additionally, are we also kin to the Bibb-Tuscaloosa County Causeys. There was in 1837 a marriage of Soloman Causey to Miss Susan Prichard in Bibb County, Alabama. His descendants now live in and around Tuscaloosa, Alabama. But, at this time I want to back up and document the connection between Dorchester/Caroline Counties, Maryland and Randolph/Guilford Counties, North Carolina and see where the trail leads.
First we will examine the connections between Dorchester/Caroline County, Maryland and Randolph and Guilford Counties in North Carolina.
Levi Tucker, Margaret Causey Tucker and Zebulon Causey
Levi Tucker, ca1755-1816, was born in Sussex County, Delaware and died in Guilford County, North Carolina. He married Margaret Causey, also known as Peggy, a daughter of Zebulon Causey, (likely the oldest son of Thomas Causey-II d. 1775). They were married sometime around 1780 in Caroline County, Maryland, then moved to Guilford County by 1785, (See the Guilford County, North Carolina Deed Grantee Index below). Peggy is named in Levi Tucker’s Will, (See Below), “to my beloved wife Peggy Tucker” and in Zebulon Causey’s Will of 1809 where he lists his daughter Peggy Tucker.
So Margaret Causey Tucker, Zebulon Causey’s daughter, was the first of the Thomas Causey-I line to move from Caroline County, (formerly Dorchester) Maryland to Guilford County, North Carolina. At this point I want to insert some information from our Causey family DNA study.
Most readers will understand that DNA is passed from parents to children via their chromosome and DNA does not lie about relationships. Y-DNA is passed only from father to son. Maternal DNA is passed to male and female offspring. Recently I discovered a DNA relationship to the Tucker family. As stated earlier, Levi Tucker married Margaret Causey, also known as Peggy, a daughter of Zebulon Causey, son of Thomas Causey Jr.-II d. 1775, and moved to Guilford County, North Carolina by 1785. Following is evidence linking this Zebulon Causey b. 1739 to both Caroline County, Maryland and Guilford County, North Carolina. (James S. Causey stated on the 1880 US Census that his father was from Maryland). My Ancestry® matches, (DNA relatives, through 8th cousins) lead directly back to the family of Levi and Margaret Tucker, thus to Zebulon Causey, Margaret’s father. My DNA is linked to 17 DNA 5th cousins with lineage back to my Great Aunt Margaret Causey Tucker in four separate family trees. Ancestry® offers the autosomal DNA test, which produces the most comprehensive snapshot of one’s ethnicity and living relatives. Shown in the screen capture below, there are 5 different lines from myself back to Zebulon Causey. Furthermore, I have found this Tucker lineage very well documented.
Zebulon Causey-I and the rest of his family may have made the move from Maryland to North Carolina with Levi and Margaret. Zebulon was able buy land in Guilford County, North Carolina in 1795. He could also have traveled with the Daniel Dawson and Elizabeth Causey (his cousin) on their move which will be discussed later. Zebulon had least some land from Daniel Dawson, (24 Old 187/Oct 15 1770/Daniel Dawson, planter, of Dor Co to Zebulon Causey of the same to, lease of 60 a. of a tract called “Salleys Plains,” for the term of seven years. Wit: James Kirkman Junr., Olover Hackett Junr.) We will continue with Zebulon Causey as we progress in a chronological order with the migration of descendants of Thomas Causey I (1690-1776) of Dorchester British Colonial Maryland which became Caroline County, Maryland, USA in 1774.
The Migration to Guilford and Randolph Counties, North Carolina Begins
John and William Causey were among the first of the Causey family to migrate to America. The had roots in Scotland but were probably of the Cawsey families of Devon County, England who had probably migrated from Scotland to Ireland then on to England during the 13th and 14th centuries. The early 17th century saw the Causey family on the James River in Virginia. Later John Causey-I migrated up the Accomack to Maryland. By the mid-1600s John (II) and William Causey (I) owned land in Dorchester County, British Colonial Maryland. The next generation produced two Causey brothers whose descendants were the first Causeys in our line to settle in North Carolina, Thomas Causey, Sr. (I) and Philip Causey-I. Philip Causey-I and his descendants were settled in Craven and Pitt Counties, North Carolina by the 1750s. Thomas Causey-I descendants began moving to Guilford and Randolph Counties by the early 1780s. The story of Philip Causey was presented in the previous chapter. His descendants will be discussed in a later chapter. The story of Guilford and Randolph Counties continues with William Causey-II son of Thomas Causey-I. Hereafter ancestors of the same name will be designated with Roman numerals for clarity but doesn’t necessarily depict familial relationships.
William Causey-II in his Last Will and Testament (LWT) Probated 8 February, 1785 (Figure 4) states in part:
“… my son William Causey (Jr.III) is now possest with all my land that lies to the south and west of the division line made by me, between my two sons William Causey and Isaac Causey, and that line to stand and remain for their division forever. The land to the south and west to be and remain the property of William Causey my son and his heirs forever.” “Item. I give and bequeath to my son Isaac all the remainder parts of my lands… I freely to my son Isaac Causey and his heirs forever.” (See End Note 42).
On 15 December 1788, Isaac Causey, son of William Causey-II, purchased land in Guilford County, North Carolina. (See End Note 43). Then in 1792 he sold his share of his father’s plantation in Caroline County, Maryland to his brother William Causey-III, Contained in the Deed is the following statement, “That the said Isaac Causey… convey… unto the said William Causey and his heirs all the land.. lying and being in Caroline County aforesaid which the said Isaac Causey Claim under or has any right or title to under or by virtue of William Causey, his late father’s Will either in law or equity and containing by estimation two hundred and four acres… .”(See End Note 44).
In his will William Causey-II left his lands to his sons William Causey-III and Isaac Causey. William Causey-III, then left all his estate to his daughter Kitturah Causey, with the provision that if she died without heirs, the estate would be divided per a device in that will which stated “Item In case my daughter Kitturah Causey should die without heir my desire is that my estate should be equally divided between Peter Taylor Causey, Beachum Causey, Elizabeth Dawson, Sarah Fisher, Lucrecia Polk, John Causey son of Prissilla Causey, and Isaac Causey.” (See End Note 45).
After Kitturah Causey’s death, the Administrator of William Causey-III’s LWT, Peter Taylor Causey, began to systematically purchase from those other six heirs, (Beacham Causey, Elizabeth Dawson, Sarah Fisher, Lucrecia Polk, John Causey the son of Priscilla and Isaac Causey), the land that had belonged to William Causey-II called “Lloyds Forest.” The extended project waged by Peter T. Causey to regain Lloyds Forest depicts a web of descendants extending to North Carolina and Ohio over a 20 year period. Lloyds Forest will be addressed in a separate chapter. For now we will delve more deeply into the migration of the descendants of Thomas Causey-I.
In the 1780s many of the Thomas Causey clan headed for Randolph and Guilford Counties, North Carolina traveling on the “Great Wagon Trail.”
This wagon trail became the road from the North to the South as the expansion of our nation increased. Our Isaac Causey son of William Causey (II) had established a farm in the south of Guilford County, North Carolina by 1788.
Isaac Causey purchased his farm in 1788 and soon his sister Elizabeth Causey Dawson and her husband Daniel followed. In 1785 Daniel and Elizabeth were likely living in Kent County, Delaware just across the line from Caroline County, Maryland. (It was there in Kent County, Delaware sometime before November 1767 that Zebulon Causey married Dianna Kimmey Shepherd). In the early 1790s Daniel and Elizabeth Dawson moved to Randolph County, North Carolina where they joined Isaac Causey. Isaac had sold his land in Guilford County and had purchased a plantation in Randolph County, North Carolina. Possibly with the group was Zebulon Causey b. 1739, the oldest son of Thomas Causey, Jr. (b. abt 1720). Recall the Estate Inventory of Thomas Causey, Jr. (II) in the previous chapter. This Inventory lists several key Causey relatives. Zebulon Causey-I, the first of two “Nearest of Kin” and who is probably the Great Grandfather of Grandfather John Solomon Causey (1882-1947) of Fayette County, Alabama. Others listed are Solomon Causey son of Thomas Causey-I, Thomas Causey 3 (-III) son of Thomas Causey, Jr. (-II), and Rosanna Hubbard Causey, wife of the deceased Thomas Causey, Jr. (-II). Of those listed Zebulon Causey-I and Thomas Causey-III were among those who migrated to Guilford and Randolph Counties, North Carolina. (See End Note 46)
As stated. Isaac Causey sold his place in Guilford County and purchased a plantation in Randolph County, North Carolina in 1792. (See End Note 47). The DEED dated 17 December 1792 is from Samuel and Rebecca McGee of Dorchester County, Maryland. This deed further connects Dorchester/Caroline County, Maryland and Guilford and Randolph Counties in North Carolina. John McGee a close relation to Samuel and Rebecca McGee had purchased land in Randolph County, North Carolina in 1756. He died in 1784 leaving his land to Samuel and Rebecca McGee who remained in Dorchester, Maryland. A William Bell, one of the Executors of John McGee’s will was given power of attorney by Samuel and Rebecca McGee to sell the land they inherited from John McGee. Daniel Dawson, Isaac Causey’s brother-in-law, was a witness to this deed. Isaac Causey made several trips back and forth between Randolph County, North Carolina and Caroline County, Maryland over the course of the next two decade 1790 to 1820.
We began this chapter with an aim to clarify connections between the Dorchester-Caroline County, Maryland Thomas Causey-I Family and those who first moved south to Randolph and Guilford Counties in North Carolina. We know that brothers Thomas Causey-I and Philip Causey-I were at least the second generation of Causeys in Maryland. They were preceded by their father and Uncle. William Causey-I and John Causey-II who were both well established in Dorchester County, Colonial Maryland by the year 1680. We know for sure the second generation at least included a Joseph, Philip and Thomas and maybe a William.
The third generation below only lists those of Thomas Causey-I.
Thomas Causey-I, 1690-1776, was born in Dorchester County, in the British colony of Maryland to John Causey-II or William Causey-I. He married Jane before 1720. They had the following children:
Thomas Causey-II, (Thomas Causey Jr.) son of Thomas Causey-I, who married Rossanah Hubbert. He had reached his majority not later than 1740 when he had received a land patent for 50 acres called “Causeys Fancy”. To have legally received this patent he would have to have a birth date no later than 1720. He deceased intestate in 1775.
William Causey-II was born about 1719 based on several indicators. First we looked at his first land patent and a deed also dated 1753 between Thomas and Jane Causey-I and William Causey-II. We are assuming either or both these William Causeys are a son of Thomas and Jane Causey. If these acts occurred soon after reaching his majority, age 21, he would have been born no later than 1730 or 1731. However, in order to receive a land patent and accumulate funds to purchase additional land, we assume some maturity. We know his brother Solomon Causey-I was born 1735 and that Nehemiah Causey-I was born before 1728 and Thomas Causey-II no later than 1720. If William was named for his grandfather according to British naming convention, he would have been the firstborn. And therefore, he would have been born about 1719 or earlier.
NOTE: There is an entry in the Dorchester County, Maryland Debt Book dated 1734 for a William Causey being taxed on a parcel called “Island”. This land was deeded to William Causey-I in 1716. William Causey-I deceased in 1723. His Estate Inventory was signed by Thomas and Philip Causey, who were probably his nephews, sons of John Causey, William Causey-I’s brother. The most likely explanation for the 1734 Debt Book entry above is that William Causey-I had a son who had not reached majority at his father’s death in 1723 and could not sign legal documents. The only other documented WILLIAM COURSEY (Causey)’s will was probated May 4, 1785, ‘very sick and weak in body’, filed May 13, 1785. Witnessed by John Stevens, Jr., Isaac Anderson and Owen Cooper. The only bequeaths were “to my wife, Rebecca Coursey, all estate, real and personal.” Rebecca was appointed executrix of the estate. No children were named. This William Causey would not be the son of Thomas Causey-I. So, we will list William Causey-II son of Thomas Causey-I with a birth date of before 1732, and based on the foregoing analysis, say 1719 and a deceased date of before 8 February 1785. (Will was dated 12 February 1781 and probated on 8 Feb 1785).
In a book by Irma Harper Heirs and Legatees of Caroline County, Maryland on page 1 Solomon Causey-I is listed as 40 years old in 1775. Then on page 7 he is listed as 49 years old in 1784. Therefore, Solomon Causey-I was born in 1735 and died before 14 August 1810.
Nehemiah Causey-I, we know was born before September 9, 1728. The earliest document I’ve found for Nehemiah Causey was a Bill of Sale dated September 9, 1749. Subtracting age of majority (21) provides a date of birth not later than September 9, 1728. This date because I have found no other documents mentioning Nehemiah Causey in Dorchester County, Colonial Maryland until the item in his father’s Last Will and Testament.
These four sons of Thomas Causey-I are the bridge generation of those Causeys who chose to remain in Caroline County, Maryland descendants of whom remain there today, and those who chose to move south and west.
In making the connections between Dorchester/Caroline County, Maryland and Randolph/Guilford Counties, North Carolina, we now can, with a high degree of certainty, show the geographical lineage by using the following chart. This chart is color coded to show the states to which those named were last found.
END NOTES
1. TUCKER PROJECT BACKGROUND and LINEAGE PAGE 42267 – Pinkney Ruffin Tucker – jrtuckerkin@yahoo.com 32 Levi Tucker, ca 1755-1816, b. Sussex Co., DE; d. Guilford Co., NC, m. Margaret Causey ca1780 Caroline Co., MD, moved to Guilford Co., NC, from Caroline Co., MD, in 1785. https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/tucker/about/background
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2. Where did the name Peggy come from? Etymology & Historical Origin of the Baby Name Peggy. The name Peggy developed in England during the Middle Ages. Essentially, it’s a diminutive of Margaret, which originated from the Hebrew “margaron” meaning “pearl” (as a diminutive, Peggy means “little pearl”). https://ohbabynames.com/all-baby-names/peggy/
3. Craig C Emerson, THE CAUSEY FAMILY OF GUILFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AND CAROLINE COUNTY, MARYLAND AND THEIR DECENDANTS Prepared for the Guilford County Genealogical Society and Mrs. Jean May (who has worked on the Causeys as long and hard as I have), January 21, 1995.
4. My McGee and Joyner families : pioneers, patriots, and preachers Helen Bowling McKnight. Author: Helen Bowling McKnight, Publisher: Huntsville, AL : ©1983
5. ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARD, THREAD: Looking for North Carolina Dawsons
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POST: Dawson’s of Guilford and Randolph prior to 1800
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6. “Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMC-YT?cc=1803986&wc=SNYZ-C6X%3A146535101%2C146870501 : 20 May 2014), Caroline > Wills 1784-1803 vol B > image 134 of 285; Hall of Records, Annapolis. Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMC-5H?i=7&wc=SNYZ-C6X%3A146535101%2C146870501&cc=1803986
7. Michael Todd-IV (ca 1756/65-1839) married 1st a Miss Causey, …
(Hignutt & Messick Family Tree of the Eastern Shore, Gwendolyn Rosalie Hignutt-Wint, 1150 Silverleaf Drive, Arnold,Maryland 21012, United States, Fax: 4106746615, grwint@comcast.net, ) Link: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/g/Gwendolyn-R-Hignuttwint/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0279.html
8. Biographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana
Chicago, Illinois: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with accompanying Biographies of each; A Condensed History of the State of Indiana; Portraits and Biographies of some of the Prominent Men of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and its Cities and Villages. Copy courtesy of the Internet Archive, digitized in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center – LINK: https://archive.org/details/biographicalhistvin00chic/page/290
9. The Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War, S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, Appendix B:Muster Rolls and Other Lists, Page 156. (Militia List, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, Maryland Hist. Society.
10. Debt Book. Dorchester Co., Md. Page 292: Thomas Kersey, 1734-60 Tract called Piney Neck. Philip Causey 1737-1781 Cock Hill; Philip Causey Jr. 1758- 1767 Cock Hill, Pullett Alley. Causey’s Chance. William Causey 1734 Island. Philip Causey, Jr. 1758-1770 Cock Hill, Pullet’s Alley. Thomas Causey 1734-1770. Thomas Cawsey, Jr. 1766 folio 140 Roger’s Beguile. William Causey 1758-1770 York, Hard Fortune, Fair Dealing, Hazard.
Liber 20—Debt Books 1784, S7, 56 Dorchester County. Three small books bound together, each containing entries as above. The debt book for 1734 has 136 pages; 1737 has 112 pages; 1756 has 160 pages. The 1756 debt book is arranged alphabetically by names of rent-payers, the other two are not.
liber 21—Debt Books 1758, 66, 67, 70 Dorchester County. Four small books bound together, each containing entries as above. The debt book for 1758 has 129 pages; 1766 has 140 pages; 1767 has 134 pages; 1770 has 178 pages. All are arranged alphabetically by names of rent-payers.
11. Book Old 6 page 273 on June 4, 1716 from (John Tench to Wm.Cawsey: “the Island”, being part of “Tenches Regulation” on the north side of Chicknacomoco River, containing 40acres more or less. witnesses: James Hayes, Jos. Cawsey, Morris Dugane. DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1702-1716 Old 6, pp. 0273-0273a [2 images] MSA CE 46-6, LINK: MDLANDREC | A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records & Indices for Dorchester County.
12. Bill of Sale. September 9, 1749 Allen Melvill of Dorchester County, planter, to Nehemiah Causey-I: livestock and other personal property. Witnesses: Thos. Foster, Eliz. Foster. Acknowledged before Thos. Foster, Justice. LINK: A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records & Indices for Dorchester County, MDLANDREC NET DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1746-1753 Old 14, p. 0373 MSA CE 46-15
13. Heirs and Legatees of Caroline County Maryland, Genealogical Extracts from the Land Commission Records (1774-1895) and County Chancery Court Records (1815-1863), Irma Harper, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Maryland, 2000. (Note: This volume contains abstracts of Chancery Court Records (1815-1863) giving family relationships. Also included are abstracts from the Land Commissions (1774-1895) which give deponent’s ages and family relationships.)
14. Solomon Causey. Last Will and Testament, Caroline Co. Maryland – Index to Will and Probate Records. Date: 1810, Series: C578, Box 10, Folder 198.
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Fig 1: Causey, Leander Carles (1906) Source: Fold3 Selective Service Registration Cards World War II Multiple Registrations (7)
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2238/images/43992_04_00007-01691?pId=11318581
Fig 2: Levi Tucker Last Will and Testament: “North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V1SN-KL?cc=1867501&wc=32L2-82S%3A169767301%2C170812702 : 21 May 2014), Guilford > Wills, 1771-1813, Vol. A > image 210 of 227; county courthouses, North Carolina.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-V1SN-CD?i=208&wc=32L2-82S%3A169767301%2C170812702&cc=1867501
Fig 3: Levi Tucker: General Index to Real Estate Conveyances — Guilford County, N. C. — GRANTEES, page 67, Deed Books 1771-1921, LINK:
http://rdlxweb.guilfordcountync.gov/oldIndexes/oldIndexPageSearch.php?datekey=1771-1921&path=TA&bookpath=0013&tortee=TEE&indexNum=001&pageNum=000067&imgNumNum=001&imgPos=116
Fig 4 : William Causey, Sr. II, Last Will and Testament: “Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999,” images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMC-YT?cc=1803986&wc=SNYZ-C6X%3A146535101%2C146870501 : 20 May 2014), Caroline > Wills 1784-1803 vol B > image 134 of 285; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
Fig 5: Deed James Butler to Isaac Causey dtd 1788, Guilford County, North Carolina, Book 5 Page 62 Deeds 1 and 2 Deeds, v. 5 (Book E page 62 & 63) 15 December 1788
Record of deeds, 1771-1957; index, 1771-1880
Authors: Guilford County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L983-XZM5?cat=332719
Fig 6: Deed Isaac Causey to William Causey CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1791-1794 Book D, p. 0174 – 0177, MSA CE 94-4 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES: MDLANDREC | A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records & Indices for Caroline County
https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&sp=174&view=bookview&status=A&di=Y&ImTyp=Current&SrTyp=L&SinglePage=1
Figure 7: William Causey III d. 1794 Last Will and Testament. Source: “Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YMC-YT?cc=1803986&wc=SNYZ-C6X%3A146535101%2C146870501 : 20 May 2014), Caroline > Wills 1784-1803 vol B > image 134 of 285; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
Fig 8: Thomas Causey, Jr. Estate Inventory 1775, State of Maryland, Caroline County, probate records, Inventories, Liber 119 Folio 362, C516-1 & T1263 [CC A], 1680-1777,
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91H-K9X5-M?i=387&cat=2288486
Fig 9: Historical Map Guilford County, North Carolina. (Copyright 1980 revised August 1988, The Custom House, P.O. Box 549 Jamestown, North Carolina)
https://www.guilfordgenealogy.com/
Fig 10: 1792 Deed Samuel and Rebecca McGee of Dorchester Co. MD to Isaac Causey Randolph Co. NC Deeds Randolph County, NC, Deed Book 5 Page 29, Record of deeds, 1779-1963, Authors: Randolph County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds(Main Author), Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, 1946, 1964, Deeds, v. 5-8 1785-1806, Deed Book 5, Page 29, Image 20
LINK: Randolph County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G98Q-Q3HQ?cat=164942
Fig 11: CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records, Grantee Index) 1774-1851, p. 0068 MSA CE 96-1
https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&view=bookview&status=a&di=y&ImTyp=current&SrTyp=I
Fig 12: Deed 1775 Col Lloyd to Solomon Causey: CAROLINE COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1774-1786, Book A, p. 0120-121, MSA CE 94-1 Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&sp=121&view=bookview&status=A&di=Y&ImTyp=Current&SrTyp=L&SinglePage=1
Fig 13: Deed Solomon Causey to Peter T. Causey “Lloyds Forest” 40 acres. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1801-1804 Book H, p. 0271 MSA CE 94-8 Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm (Must establish free login then Caroline Co then Bk/Pg)
Fig 14: Deed Nehemiah, Ann, Thomas and Polly Causey to James Houston 1816. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT, (Land Records), 1813-1817, Book L, p. 0557, MSA CE 94-11
LINK: https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&view=bookview&imtyp=current&di=y&srtyp=l&status=a
Fig 15: Deed From Peter Taylor Causey and wife Elizabeth to Susanna Causey wife of Nehemiah Causey dated 1794. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1791-1794 D, p. 0407 MSA CE 94-4 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm (Must establish free login then Caroline Co then Bk/Pg)
Fig 16: Deed Lloyds Forest William Causey-II 52acres 1775. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1774-1786 Book A, p. 0114-115 MSA CE 94-1, Link https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&q=CE&sr=94&ssu=1&sp=114&view=bookview&imtp=current&SrTyp=L&first=true&singlepage=1
Fig 17: 1803 Deed Lloyds Forest Dawson Brothers to Peter T. Causey. Record of deeds, 1779-1963, Authors: Randolph County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds Deeds, v. 5-8 1785-1806: Deed Book 8, Page 327, Image 587
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998Q-Q3FK?i=586&cat=164942
(Deed also recorded in Caroline County, MD: SOURCE in CAROLINE COUNTY COURT, (Land Records) 1801-1804 Book H, p. 0393 MSA CE 94-8 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm
Fig 18: 1775 Deed Frederick Causey-I, son of William Causey-II, from Colonel Edward Lloyd 176 acres of land called “Lloyds Forrest” dated 1775. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1774-1786 Book A, p. 0112 MSA CE 94-1 https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&q=CE&sr=94&ssu=1&sp=112&view=bookview&imtp=current&SrTyp=L&first=true&singlepage=1
Fig 19: Deed dated 13 May 1797 made to Robert B. Causey from Asa and Elizabeth Causey Dawson. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1797-1799 Book F, p. 0075 MSA CE 94-6 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm (Must establish free login then Caroline Co then Bk/Pg)
Fig 21: Deed: 4 March 1807 Beacham/Beachamp Causey, Andrew Reead and his wife Ellener (Causey), William Jester and Nancy (Causey) his wife to Peter T. Causey, all of Caroline Co. MD. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1804-1809 Book I, p. 0448 MSA CE 94-9 LINK:https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&view=bookview&imtyp=current&di=y&srtyp=l&status=a
Fig 22: Power of Attorney to Isaac Causey dated 20 December 1795 brought by Elener Causey presented a power of attorney from Thomas and Nancy Saxton. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1794-1797 Book E, p. 529 & 530 MSA CE 94-5 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm (Must establish free login then Caroline Co then Bk/Pg)
Fig 23: Deed dated 15 December 1796 from Thomas Saxton and Nancy Dawson Saxton his wife, through Isaac Causey their atty. to Nelly Causey being a share in the estate lands of Wm. Causey-III. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1794-1797 Book E, p. 0530
MSA CE 94-5. Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&view=bookview&imtyp=current&di=y&srtyp=l&status=a
Fig 24: Deed dated 17 June 1800 from Nelly Causey to Peter Taylor Causey. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1799-1801 Book G, p. 0136
MSA CE 94-7, LINK https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&q=CE&sr=94&ssu=7&sp=136&view=bookview&imtp=current&SrTyp=L&first=true&singlepage=1
Fig 25: Deed: dated 4 September 1799, “by and between Anna Causey, Daughter of Beachamp Causey late of Caroline County, Dec. of one part and her Brother Curtis Causey of the same County of the other part CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1797-1799 Book F, p. 0508 MSA CE 94-6 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm Must establish free login then choose Caroline Co, then enter Bk/Pg.
Fig 26: Deed dated 1808 From John Jones and wife Lavina to Peter T Causey. Bk i pg 648-649 Caroline Co MD. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1804-1809 Book i, p. 0648 MSA CE 94-9, Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm (Must establish free login then Caroline Co then Bk/Pg)
Fig 27: Deed dated 1810 from Daniel Causey, Randolph Co NC to Peter T. Causey, CAROLINE COUNTY COURT, (Land Records) 1809-1813 Book K, p. 0225 MSA CE 94-10 Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&sp=225&view=bookview&status=a&di=y&ImTyp=current&SrTyp=l&SinglePage=1
Fig 28: Deed dated 1820 from Richard Fisher of Dark County, Ohio to Peter T. Causey. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1820-1823 N, p. 0101 MSA CE 94-13
https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm
CAROLINE COUNTY COURT CENSUS (Land Records) 1774-1786 Book A, p. 0263 MSA CE 94-1 https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&sp=263&view=bookview&status=A&di=Y&ImTyp=Current&SrTyp=L&SinglePage=1
Fig 10: Deed (Lease) Daniel Dawson to Zebulon Causey, DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1770-1771 Book Old 24, p. 0187-188 MSA CE 46-25 Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=DO&sp=187&view=bookview&status=A&di=Y&ImTyp=Current&SrTyp=L&SinglePage=1
Fig 11: Deed, Barnabas McCollum to Zebulon Causey 1795. Record of deeds, Guilford County, North Carolina; Deed Book 6 page 65 Link: http://rdlxweb.guilfordcountync.gov/nonindexed.php
Fig 12: Deed, 1803, Joshua, Isaac, and Frederick Dawson, Randolph Co. NC to Peter T. Causey of Sussex County, Delaware. Record of deeds, 1779-1963, Authors: Randolph County (North Carolina). Register of Deeds Deeds, v. 5-8 1785-1806: Deed Book 8, Page 327, Image 587 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998Q-Q3FK?i=586&cat=164942
(Deed also recorded in Caroline County, MD: SOURCE in CAROLINE COUNTY COURT, (Land Records) 1801-1804 Book H, p. 0393 MSA CE 94-8 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm
Fig 22: Deed dated30 September 1786, from Levin Caulk to Beachamp Causey-I containing 19 acres of a larger parcel called Fair Dealing. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1786-1789 Book B, p. 0131-132 MSA CE 94-2 https://mdlandrec.net/main/index.cfm (Must establish free login then Caroline Co then Bk/Pg)
Fig 23: Deed William Causey-II to his son Beachamp Causey-I 150 acres of parcel called “Fair Dealing”. DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1770-1771 Book Old 24, p. 0180 MSA CE 46-25. Link: MDLANDREC | A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records & Indices for Dorchester County https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=DO&sp=180&view=bookview&status=A&di=Y&ImTyp=Current&SrTyp=L&SinglePage=1
Fig 27: Deed from Samuel Long to Peter T. Causey. CAROLINE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1820-1823, Book N, p. 0144, MSA CE 94-13, MDLANDREC | A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records & Indices for Caroline County. Link: https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_viewer.cfm?cid=CA&view=bookview&imtyp=current&di=y&srtyp=l&status=a
Fig 31: 1753 Deed Tho and Jane Causey to Wm Causey Dorchester Co MD,
DORCHESTER COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1746-1753 Book Old 14, p. 0699
MSA CE 46-15, LINK: MDLANDREC | A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records & Indices for Dorchester County
Fig 32: William Causey-I Estate Inventory 1724. LINK: Huntington Collection of Maryland State Archives Security Microfilm as of 1946 msa_te_1_014-0043 and 44
http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msaref10/msa_te_1_014/html/msa_te_1_014-0042.html
Fig 33: 1740 Land Survey for Thomas Causey, Jr. DORCHESTER COUNTY LAND OFFICE
(Certificates, Patented, Dorchester) 1704-1969 s1196-750, Date: 12/10/1740 Plat: Patented Certificates 673 Description: Causeys Fancy, Thomas Causey, 50 Acres, Links: https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s1100/s1196/000700/000750/tif/dsl00750-2.jpg
Fig 34: Maryland State Archives MARYLAND LAND PATENT INDEXES, LINK: https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s1400/s1426/c/pdf/54casl-cau.pdf
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