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Casey Christopher Columbus
Male 1827 - 1898

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  • Birth  10 Jul 1827  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  17 Nov 1898  Witts Springs, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I25712  Family
    Last Modified  15 Nov 2005 
     
    Father  Casey Turner Franklin,   b. 1805, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Clark Sarah Ann,   b. 1803, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  22 Jul 1822  Rhea County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F601  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Wright Kissia,   b. 06 Jul 1827, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  1845 
    Children 
    >1. Casey Bartholomew Abner,   b. 15 Jun 1858, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Casey Mariah Louisa,   b. 1848, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Casey Josephine,   b. 1849, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Casey John Turner,   b. February 18, 1851, Johnson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Casey Benjamin,   b. 1853, Johnson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Casey Sarah,   b. 09 Jan 1855, Johnson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Casey Christopher C.,   b. 12 Apr 1857, Johnson County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Casey Thomas Benton,   b. 09 Dec 1860, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Casey Nancy Elizabeth,   b. 1862, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Casey James Monroe,   b. 1867, Taney County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Casey Kisia Emmeline,   b. 1868, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Casey Andrew Jackson,   b. 17 Mar 1869, Bradleyville, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Casey Martha E.,   b. 1873, Bradleyville, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2005 
    Family ID  F620  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • From Casey Family Association Page

      "In 1835 when he was eight years of age his parents, kinfolk and several neighboring families moved by wagon train to Arkansas Territory. His family settled on the Mullberry River, near Clarksville.

      C. C. Casey enlisted for the Mexican War on his nineteenth birthday, July 10, 1846 at Clarksville, AR. He was appointed chief musician of his Company. He served with Col. Yell's, Arkansas Battalion, Infantry and Mounted Rifles. They were outfitted at Ft. Gibson, Indian Territory and marched 1400 miles to the Mexican border. C. C. Casey was in the battles of Monterey and Buena Vista, as well as other engagements.

      Upon his return from the Mexican War, Christopher Columbus Casey married Kissia Wright, daughter of Nancy (Barnes) and Bartlett Wright. They lived in Johnson County for a few years then moved to Barry County, MO. In 1859, due to the unrest in Kansas preceding the Civil War, they returned to live in Johnson County, AR.

      C. C. Casey organized the Union men in his area to try and counteract the activities of the Rebels, bushwackers and renegades. His home , near Oark, was burned so he moved his family into Clarksville, hoping to find safety. Their home there was also burned.

      By this time the Union men of Johnson County were reinforced by men from Pope and Newton Counties making them strong enough to fight through enemy lines and join the Union forces in Missouri. When they arrived in Missouri C. C. Casey was commissioned Captain of Company A, 2nd Regiment of the Arkansas Infantry Volunteers. These Union soldiers were well known as the "Mountain Feds" and stories of their activities are still told and retold in the Ozarks.

      There was a refugee camp near Springfield, Missouri that the Government had established as a place where the families of the Arkansas men serving in the Union Army could be given protection. The soldier's families would gather at Ozark and Dardanelle, towns on the Arkansas River, then the Union leaders in Missouri would send troops to convoy them through the Rebel held areas. On two or three occasions Captain C. C. Casey was in command of soldiers who convoyed the wagon trains to Missouri. His family was among those who made this dangerous journey.

      C. C. Casey and the Mountain Feds were in the Battle of Little Rock. The Mountain Feds cut out a road through the brush and trees so that the Union troops could get into Little Rock. It is still known as the "Old Military Road."

      Following the Civil War C. C. and Kissia Casey bought 320 acres on Big Beaver Creek, Taney County, MO. where they farmed. He also taught school, was County Judge and served as Postmaster for a few years at Bradleyville, MO.

      In 1876 they returned to Arkansas, Searcy County, where he was the first Postmaster for the community of Witts Springs. Later C. C. and Kissia bought a place five miles west of Witts Springs on Falling Water Creek where they built a large, two story log home. They lived there until his death in 1898."
     
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