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The Christopher Costilow Family
Christopher Costilow
b. bef. 1747
d. aft. 1799, probably Loudoun Co, VA?
m. ?
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b. ?
d. ?
Children:
Robert Costilow [War of 1812] (m. Mary ____ )
b. bef 1765, Loudoun Co, VA
d. bef. July 1812, Culpeper Co, VAJohn Costilow [War of 1812] (m1. Susanah Garrison)
b. abt 1770-1772, Loudoun Co, VA (m2. Jenney Holder)
m1. 1 Feb 1796, Jefferson Co, TN
m2. 21 Feb 1809, Warren Co, KY
d. aft. 1830, Allen Co, KYMargaret Costilow (m. Jonathan Adams)
b. abt 1770-1772, Loudoun Co, VA
m. Fall 1791, Trenton, Mercer Co, NJ
d. aft. 1860, Barbour Co, VAEdward Costilow (m1. NN Garrison)
b. abt 1765-1775 (m2. Mary Waldrop)
d. bef. 1830, Lawrence or Maury Co, TNSarah Costillo (illegitimate child with Ellis Hart/Heart in 1789)
b. bef. 1773, VAWilliam Costelow
b. bef. 1775, VAJames Costilow (m. Jane Reed)
b. bef. 1776, VA
d. abt 1807-1810, Harrison Co, VA
Possible Children:
William Costilow
Sarah Costillo
Known Localities:
The majority of records pertaining to Christopher Costilow primarily consist of taxation lists from Loudoun County, Virginia. He appears in both the tithables and the personal property tax lists. However, he never appears in the land tax lists and it's evident from the complete lack of any deeds whatsoever in Loudoun County, Virginia, that he never owned any land. He lived somewhere in the northwestern portion of Loudoun County, Virginia.
Loudoun County, Virginia was formed in 1757 from Fairfax County. An eastern portion of Loudoun County was transferred back to Fairfax County in 1796.
Shelburne Parish can be seen in the northwestern portion of Loudoun County, Virginia.
Chronological Timeline:
The 1771 tax list for Shelburne Parish in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christo. Castilo being taxed on 1 poll.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y3CP-J
The 1772 tax list for Shelburne Parish in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Chostolo being taxed on 1 tithable.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y3Z5-5
The 1773 tax list for Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costaloe being taxed on 1 tithable.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y3CJ-6
The 1774 tax list for Shelburne Parish in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costoloe being taxed on 1 tithable.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y3ZL-Z
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y3CN-G
The "Ten Thousand Name Petition" contains an undated list of 50 signatures whose many signatures also appear to match those on the 12 Oct 1776 petition from the Occaqon Baptist Church in Prince William County, Virginia. The Occaqon Baptist Church is presently called the Oak Grove Church on Bacon Race Road in Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia. Although the page is torn, this should be Christopher Costilow's own signature.
"[torn]-topher Costilow"
Because context matters, this is a modified transcription of the 50 signatures appearing on the damaged list:
Column 1: [torn] Humphrey, Samuel West, [torn] Humphrey, James Jenner?, [torn] Brown, William Brown, [torn] Pearce, Griffith Pearce, Christopher Costilow, Thomas Marks, Spencer Pew, [torn]-m Phillips, John Pearce, [torn]-m McKnight, [torn] W-[torn], George Sinclar?, Jeremiah Prat, Abner [torn], William Palmer, Abel marks, Samuel Bartlet, John Marks, Robert McWhorter, Jeremiah Lemens, John Thacher, John Bartlet, Thomas L-[torn], Stephen Thacher, John Kendrick, Philip Hoff, Lewis Lewis, Hesekiah Howell, [torn] Morgan, James Tolbert, Richard Grubbs?, Alexander Beavers, John Romine
Column 2: Samuel James, John Pugh, Abner Howel, Elias James, George Lewis, David Lewis, John Howel, Nicholas Sanders, Lenerd W-[torn], Robert [torn], Samuel H-[torn], John Osburn, Richard Thacher, Daniel Hart, Josiah Edward, Robt. Garrison, John Marks Senior, Francis Ferguson, William Boovorn, John Copeland, Jenkin Phillips, John Siscoe, John Osburn, John [faded], Nicholas Kycho, Alexander Jarrison [Harrison?], John Russel, Samuel Hill Jr., Jacob Kycho, John Summers, Thomas P/R-[faded], Thomas D-[faded], Samuel Butcher, John Williams
Column 3: John West, John Jenner(s), Beniamin Cornings, Benjamin Barton, John Pritcher, Jonathan ___, ___, James Nail, David James, William Hutchison, Peter Romine, Jesse Bates, Benjamin Sheets/Shuts, William ___, Bramfield Long, Joseph GraftonÂ
NOTE: In 1772, this church is mentioned as being a branch of the "Chappawamsic Baptist Church of Stafford County." The three churches that made up Chappawamsic parish were, "itself, Occoquan and Brentown."
SOURCE [Transcription]: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6131/images/VGS_2000_01_01_0168
SOURCE [Digital Image, page 231 of 310]: https://rosetta.virginiamemory.com/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3435021
SOURCE: History of Occoquan Baptist Church, Prince William County Virginia, by Darlene L. Hunter, CGSM; view here.
The 1778 tax list for Shelburne Parish in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costolow being taxed on 1 tithable. The following men also appeared in the "Ten Thousand Name Petition" above:
Benjamin Barton, William Brown, Alexander Harrison (Jarrison?), Philip Hoff, William Hutchison, George Lewis, John Marks, Abel Marks, Robert McWhorten, William McKnight, Jenkins Philips, Peter Romine, John Romine, John Thatcher, Richard Tatcher (with William Palmer), and John Williams.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y3CZ-H
On 28 Apr 1781 within the vestry book for Shelburne Parish, Loudoun County, Virginia, it states levies"to Christopher Costaloe as p[e]r acc[oun]t 100.00."
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C37H-CCRC
The 1782 tax lists for Loudoun County, Virginia do not show Christopher or any other Costilow variation.
The 1783 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costellow being taxed.
The 1784 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costolo being taxed.
The 1785 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costolow being taxed.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y38D-H
The 1785 tax list Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costiloe being taxed on 1 poll.
SOURCE: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-Y38D-H
The 1786 tax list for Shelburne Parish in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costoloe being taxed.
The 1787 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costoloe being taxed.
On 10 Sep 1787 in Loudoun County, Virginia, the court appointed Christopher Castalow and Thomas Hart as hands to work on the road from Thomas Humphrey's lands to Elisha Marks' Mill, and from thence to Combs' Mill.
SOURCE: court book K, page 262
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSY6-53LG-8
On 15 Apr 1788 in Loudoun County, Virginia, the court appointed Christo. Causterler as an allotted hand for the surveyor to work the road from Col. Humphrey's lane to Marks' Mill, then to the corner of Gent. Joseph Lane's fence.
SOURCE: court book K, page 397
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSY6-53LP-G
NOTE: This court order, and the one on 10 Sep 1787, help give an idea of where Christopher Costilow was residing in Loudoun County, Virginia. The properties being described are near what is now the present-day towns of Bloomfield and Unison, slightly southwest of Purcellville.
The 1788 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costoloe, Robert Costoloe and John Costoloe being taxed.
SOURCE: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00073
The 1790 federal census for Virginia no longer exists.
The 1790 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costulo being taxed.
SOURCE: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00244
The 1791 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costulo and Robert Costulo being taxed.
SOURCE: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00323
The 1792 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costillo, James Costillo, John Costillo and Robert Costulo being taxed.
SOURCE [Robert]: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00410
SOURCE [John, Christopher, James]: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00411
The 1794 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costiloo and James Costilow being taxed.
SOURCE: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00551
The 1795 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows James Costiloo, with Christopher Costiloo in his household, as being taxed.
SOURCE: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62774/images/i3800153-00615
The 1799 tax list for the Third Battalion in Loudoun County, Virginia shows Christopher Costalo and James Costalo being taxed.
The 1800 federal census for Virginia no longer exists.
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