Castletown is a 349-acre townland located high on the slopes of Knockavoe above Strabane and belonged to the Manor of Cloghogal within the extensive Abercorn Estate. The Abercorn Papers form a very large collection in PRONI, Belfast, which includes title deeds, rentals, accounts, leases and correspondence relating to the Tyrone and Donegal estates, some commencing in the early seventeenth century. The following data has been extracted from LDS microfilms; researchers should consult the comprehensive Family History Library catalogue for a complete description of this microfilmed archive. Alternatively, the originals may be consulted at PRONI, 66 Balmoral Ave., Belfast.
SURVEY & VALUATION OF THE MANOR OF CLOGHOGAL (ABERCORN ESTATE) 1777
CASTLETOWN:
James Donel
William Porter
Galbraith Wan
Hugh Sharkey
RENTAL FOR THE MANOR OF CLOGHOGAL (ABERCORN ESTATE) 1787
CASTLETOWN:
Lower: Hugh Smith
Samuel Donnell
John Donnell
Upper: Mary Profit
William Donnell
Knockavoe Galbraith Wason
Hu Sharkey
TITHE APPLOTMENTS: LECKPATRICK PARISH 1827
CASTLETOWN:
James & Thomas Donnelly & Thomas Hamilton
Henry & Daniel McGill, James Moore & Thomas McLaughlin
John McGuire, Robert Blair, Patrick Doherty & John Sweney
Charles McGinley
David Flynn
RENTAL FOR THE MANOR OF CLOGHOGAL (ABERCORN ESTATE) 1833
CASTLETOWN:
Tenants as per Former Leases and Occupying Tenants:
James & Thomas Donnell (James & Thomas Donnell)
Henry & Daniel McGill (Henry & Daniel McGill)
Same (Thomas McLaughlin) (one third)
Same (John Dixon) (one third)
Alexander McGuire (Robert Cochrane)
Robert Blair & Partners (John Sweeny, Robert Blair & Patrick Doherty)
Charles McGinley
David Flynn
RENTAL FOR THE MANOR OF CLOGHOGAL (ABERCORN ESTATE) 1848
CASTLETOWN:
Samuel Donnell
William Kee
James Fyffe
Widow McGill
Daniel McGill
Widow McLaughlin
John Sweeny
Robert Blair
Patrick Doherty (John)
John Cassidy
David Flynn
GRIFFITHS VALUATION: LECKPATRICK PARISH 1858
John Doherty (Marquis of Abercorn)
William Durragh (same)
John Anderson (William Durragh)
Arthur Kirkwood (same)
William Graham (same)
George Sawyers (Marquis of Abercorn)
Elizabeth Hasty (George Sawyers)
Ellen Sweeny (Marquis of Abercorn)
Susan McLaughlin (same)
David Magill (same)
Mary Magill (same)
William Kee (same)
David Flynn (same)
Michael Cassidy (same)
James Fyffe (same)
Samuel Donnell (same)
Anne McCrossan (Samuel Donnell)
Thomas Donnell (same)
Cormac Conaghan (same)