The Jefferson City SAR chapter is named in memory of patriot Christopher Casey. Born in Virginia in 1754, he and his wife, Sarah Smith, were married in 1773. The couple had several children including John, Keziah, Cassandra, Aaron, Hardin, and Nancy. Beginning his military career at the age of eighteen, Christopher Casey was a soldier of two wars. He served in the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina, entering the revolution in 1773. He served three tours of duty and participated in several battles and campaigns. Casey also served in the War of 1812.
Following the War of 1812, Casey and his family traveled west to Kentucky and Missouri and eventually settled in Jefferson City, Missouri. He served many years as the Cole County Coroner. Christopher Casey died August 2, 1840 at the age of 86. He is buried in the Gordon Plot of the Old City Cemetery in Jefferson City, Missouri.
John Gordon, born in 1761, in Augusta County, Virginia, was a Revolutionary War patriot who fought in Virginia. He was in the 1st, 10th and 14th Regiments of Virginia during the Revolution. Gordon married Penelope Pope and traveled to Missouri with his wife and daughter Lucy to follow his son Alexander, a founder of Jefferson City, Missouri.
By 1826, there were thirty one official resident families, including the Casey and the Gordon families. John Gordon died in Jefferson City in 1837 at the age of 76 and is buried near Revolutionary War patriot Christopher Casey, in the Old City Cemetery in Jefferson City, Missouri. The burial sites of Christopher Casey and John Gordon are marked with patriot grave markers.
“I know not what course others may take; but as far for me, give me Liberty or give me Death!”
Patrick Henry