i.
Archer Chastain was born about 1735.
224 ii.
James Chastain.
iii.
Joel Chastain was born about 1740.
iv.
Rev John Chastain was born about 1743 in BUCKINGHAM CO, VA. He died about
1805 in South Carolina. John Chastain was a Baptist minister. Because of the
resonant tone of
his preaching voice, he was known as the "TEN SHILLING BELL". During the
spread of evangelism after it reached Virginia by 1754, when Shubal
Steams, a minister of the Separate Baptist Church, came from Connecticut
and settled there, our third generation Chastain ancestors were greatly
influenced by this new religious challenge. Like others, they were
likely disenchanted with the State Episcopal Church. The movements of
John and James Chastain into the Carolinas and Tennessee are remarkably
correlated with the spread of Baptist churches in these states. In South
Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805, we find (pp. 213-214) that Rev John
Chastain probably served as pastor of the Middle Fork Saluda from
sometime before 1790 through 1796 (p. 213) and that he was living in
Pendleton District, South Carolina, without slaves in 1790; that later
he was connected with Oolenoy Church. In 1782, John was a resident of
that part of North Carolina that became Sullivan Co., Tenn, when he
received land grant No. 1093, 400 acres, on Little Creek of Horse Creek.
(North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791, p. 24, compiled by
Cartwright and Gardiner). John's will was proved Jul 31, 1805. (Will
Book A, page 62, Pickens County, SC). He was buried beside his first
wife near his mill some four miles west of Greenville, SC. ""The above
from "Chastain Kith & Kin""
v.
William Chastain was born about 1744 in VIRGINIA. He died about 1790 in
FRANKLIN CO, VA.
vi.
Rene Chastain was born about 1745 in VIRGINIA. He died on 21 Mar 1818 in
VIRGINIA.
vii.
Martha Chastain was born about 1750 in GOOCHLAND CO, VA.
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