Individual Details

Rachel Michaux

(18 Mar 1785 - 16 Sep 1865)

Although there are not good online sources proving that Rachel Michaux and James Hawkins Castles are the parents of Zilpha Castles, both DNA evidence and circumstantial census evidence indicates that they are. Rachel Michaux and James Hawkins Castles are said to have had five children: Zilpha Castles, Hiram Castles, Cynthia Castles, George Washington Castles, and James Jackson Castles. Cynthia was living with her mother in 1860 and with her sister-in-law, Isabel (widow of George), in 1880 together with James Jackson's orphaned daughter, Ellen.
Rex Wilson, who descends from Zilpha Castles, shares DNA with Amanda Corin Harrison Norton, and with Lance William Rogers, who are descendants of James Jackson Castles.

Events

Birth18 Mar 1785South Carolina
MarriageBef 1811Lancaster County, South Carolina - James Hawkins Castles
Census (family)1830Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina - James Hawkins Castles
Census (family)1840Pickens County, Alabama - James Hawkins Castles
Census (family)9 Oct 1850Pickens County, Alabama - James Hawkins Castles
Census11 Jun 1860Carrolton, Pickens County, Alabama
Death16 Sep 1865Pickens County, Alabama

Families

SpouseJames Hawkins Castles (1774 - 1859)
ChildZilpha Castles (1811 - )
ChildHiram Castles (1812 - 1877)
ChildCynthia Castles (1814 - 1903)
ChildDr. George Washington Castles (1817 - 1875)
ChildJames Jackson Castles (1818 - 1879)

Notes

Marriage

The date and place are estimates.

Census (family)

Males 10-15: 2 [George & James]
Males 50-60: 1 [Self]
Females 15-20: 1 [Cynthia]
Females 30-40: 1 [Rachel]

Census (family)

Males 20-30: 2 [George & James]
Males 60-70: 1 [Self = James Hawkins Castles]
Females 20-30: 1 [Cynthia]
Females 50-60: 1 [Rachel]

Census (family)

James Castles M 76 South Carolina
Rachel Castles F 65 South Carolina
Cyntha Castles F 30 South Carolina
Joel French M 30 South Carolina

Census

Rachael Castles F 75 S C
Cyntha Castles F 46 S C

Endnotes

1. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGY-764 : accessed 9 March 2016), Jas Castles, Lancaster, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States; citing 78, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 173; FHL microfilm 22,507..

2. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB4-6RV : accessed 9 March 2016), James Castles, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing p. 327, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 2,334..

3. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH57-4PR : accessed 21 August 2015), James Castles, Pickens county, part of, Pickens, Alabama, United States; citing family 231, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..

4. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDN-CVT : accessed 2 March 2016), Rachael Castles, 1860..