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Descendants of William Causey, 1744-1828, of Mississippi
Updated January 10, 2009

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___Causeys in Mississippi and Louisiana largely descend from the two marriages of Revolutionary War Captain William Causey, Senior, born July 17, 1744 at Grant's Causeway, County Galway, Ireland (family legend), and died July 03, 1828 at his 'Causey Springs' Plantation, established 1805 near Berwick, Amite Co., Mississippi.
___William Cawsey (sic, Causey) apparently arrived at Charles Town, South Carolina aboard the Brigantine 'St. Peter' from London on February 10, 1768. This may not have been his first crossing, and he may have had close relatives in Maryland.
___He lived in Maryland at the start of the Revolutionary War and joined the 14th Maryland Battalion of Militia in 1776, later serving under General Francis Marion, the famed 'The Swamp Fox', in South Carolina from 1779-1782. He enlisted as a Private, was elected an Ensign and promoted to Captain before the war's end. He was thereafter called 'Captain' in honor of his Patriotic service. After the war he moved his wife and family to near Beaufort, South Carolina and remained there, it is said, until the children of his first marriage were grown.
___William reportedly married his unknown first wife in Maryland and raised a family of eleven children. She died ca. 1803 in South Carolina and he married secondly to Susannah Jackson on September 02, 1805 in Wilkinson/Amite Co., Mississippi and raised a second family of eight children.
___For his Patriotic Revolutionary War service he was granted 320 acres of land in Amite Co., Mississippi on the west fork of the Amite River between Liberty and Centreville, one-half mile north of Berwick, Amite Co., Mississippi. Given the natural freshwater springs on the property, his plantation became known as 'Causey Springs'.

CAUSEY LINEAGE
___The author is descended from both of William's two marriages; his second marriage to Susannah Jackson through their son, Seaborn Tarrant Causey, 1817-1858, their grandson, Garnett Taylor Causey, 1846-1917, and their great grandson, Edward Edison Causey, 1880-1951, who married Helen Daisy Causey.
___Helen Daisy Causey, 1879-1936, is a daughter of Henry Rufus Causey, 1846-1926, and the grandaughter of Josiah Chelson Causey, 1808-1850. Josiah Chelson Causey is a son of Thomas Causey, 1778-1853, and a grandson of William Causey's first marriage.
___Edward Edison and Helen Daisy Causey's daughter, Victoria Hinton Causey, 1913-1988, married Jewel Royce Killian, 1909-1983.

DEDICATION
___The "Descendants of William Causey, 1744-1828, of Mississippi," The History of the Causey Clan, is dedicated to my mother, Victoria Hinton Causey, 1913-1988.
___And last, but not least, this history is dedicated to all members of the William Causey Clan and its descendants, for you truly make the history of the Causey Family.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
___This presentation features original research by the author on the ancestors and descendants of Edward 'Eddie' Edison Causey and Helen Daisy Causey and draws liberally upon findings of Garnett Taylor Causey III, Robert 'Robin' Causey, G. P. 'Pat' Causey, Joe Marion Metts, Linda Gates Nicholson, Mildred Brady Venitucci, Nancy Utt Waite and many others; to all of whom the author is grateful.
___Photographs contributed by Alton Boyd, Jo Anne Causey Dukes, G. P. 'Pat' Causey, Robert 'Robin' Causey, Pauline Strong Causey, Joann Weaver Grose, and the author illustrate this Causey Family History.
___Map and Photo exhibits listed below are in a chronological sequence and best viewed in the numeric-alphabetic order as labeled.

9547 Causey Descendants in Twelve Generations of 1880 Families are presented. Questions, Comments and Additions are Welcomed.
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