Cassel, Jacob
Biographical Note
Jacob Cassel (variously written Cassell and Castle) lived in Marion Township, Smyth County, Virginia, during the nineteenth century. Cassel was a wealthy landowner who dabbled in beekeeping and horse tending, among others activities. A Jacob Cassel appears as a captain on the list of home guards for Smyth County during the Civil War. A Confederate, Cassel signed an oath of allegiance, devoting himself to the Union, in Tennessee on August 9, 1865. After the Civil War, Cassel remained active in Smyth County, acting as a member of his church's building committee and as a trustee for the Female College [Marion College].
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Jacob Cassel Papers
The collection contains papers from a nineteenth-century Smyth County, Virginia, landholder pertaining to his business, community involvement, and the American Civil War. Includes a signed oath of allegiance from 1865.