Portrait of Johannes Lewis Castleman (1744-1828)

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Title

Portrait of Johannes Lewis Castleman (1744-1828)

Description

Johannes "Lewis" Castleman was born in 1744 in Stone Arbria, Tryon County, in the English colony of New York. In 1765, he married Jemima Margaret Pearsall in Frederick, Virginia. He first appears in Kentucky records in 1787 in a petition that established Charlestown, and again in 1788 when Woodford County was carved out of Fayette County. He had a farm along Clear Creek, which included a tannery and a distillery that made apple brandy. He enslaved ten persons in 1810 and eighteen persons in 1819.

Source

Museum Collection, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky

Format

painting

Identifier

2021.24.1

Coverage

19th century

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Citation

“Portrait of Johannes Lewis Castleman (1744-1828),” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed October 11, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/5811.