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Note: 1835: Her name is spelled both Margaret E., and Virginia Ellerbe. (re: 1835-1836 Thomas Kea Will File.)
1836: (1) Lanie Kea appointed Executrix of Estate of Thomas Kea, Deceased, on March 4, 1836. (2) Curtis Ivey Kea was named Guardian ad Litem for the eight minor children of Thomas Kea, Deceased: Nancy, age 18; Delilah, age 17; James, age 16; Zachariah, age 11; John W., age 9; William, age 6; MARGARET E., age 3, and Thomas, age five months; document dated March 4, 1836.
1840: Margaret, age 7, census?
1840: Margaret's brother Curtis Ivey and family recorded in the Darlington County, S.C., US census of 1840. (3 males, 3 females: Curtis, (age 28); his wife Gatsey, (age 23); children Francis Albright, (age 6); Nicey, (age 4); Hannah, (age 1); and probably his brother Zachariah, (age 15).)
1840's: Margaret's sister, 'Liley,' and John Alexander moved to Henry Co., Alabama after 1840, where his brother James Alexander was, however, they returned to SC in 1849. John was a Methodist minister on the Lamar Circuit.
1842: 'When Melissa Shirley was 16, her family left South Carolina in a wagon train; with families: Wingates', Shirleys', Kelleys', Loves', Johnstons', Keys', Herndons', Chanceys', Osteens', Wards', Rallings', and Hudsons'. The Wingates and Hudsons left the wagon train in Georgia, and the remaining families moved to Pike County, Alabama.' [memoirs of Lillie Ruth Wingate McCaskill] Melissa's 2nd marriage was William Key, brother of Margaret, in 1860.
1850: Margaret moved to Dale Co., Al, before March 1, 1850. Margaret's brother Zachariah was not recorded in the 1850 Dale Co., census!
1850: Joseph and Margaret (Key) Evans, married 3/1/1850 in Dale County, was not recorded in the 1850 Dale County, Alabama, census. His father's family was recorded 11/23/1850, page 205.
1850: Margaret's brother Curtis (spelled Kean) Kea and family, recorded in the 1850 Darlington County, SC census; Curtis, 37; Gatsey, 33; Francis, 16; Nicey, 13; Hannah, 11; Margaren, 8; Thomas, 6; Helen, 4; Dora A., 2. [page 279, dated 8/2/1850, lines 6-14]. The John and Leonora O'Kelley family recorded on Lines 18-26. [Margaret's brother, the James Kea family recorded on page 337B, lines 26-31.] [Margaret's sister, Winniford Kea Hicks, and family, recorded on page 327, lines 6-11.]
1851: Margaret's first child, Margaret S., was born in Texas in 1851.
1858: Margaret's brother Zachariah Kea land puchase, 40.02 acres in Alabama, Elba Land Office, St Stephens, section 20, document # 21231, dated 11/1/1858.
1860: Margaret's brother Zachariah (Key) recorded in Dale Co., Al., 1860 Federal census, Newton Post Office, page 561. (R.E.L. Woodham; Dale Co., census, page 567)
1860: Margaret's brother William and his wife Melissa (Shirley) are recorded with her father in the 1860 Pike County, Alabama census; Orion Post Office, page 152, dated 9/4/1860. In the census, William is recorded as age 29, born in South Carolina, occupation: Dentist. "As a young man in SC, William studied and practiced Dentistry." [from Eleven Generations of Key/Kea]
1860: Margaret's family recorded in the 1860 census of Trinity Co., Texas. Their first child, Margaret S., was born in Texas in 1851. (re: Trinity Co., Texas census, July 19, 1860.) Margaret's brother Thomas and Joseph's brother Charles also moved to Trinity Co., and lived with the Evans family. (from Andy McCloskey, Evans descendent)
1880: Margaret and family recorded in the 1880 Trinity Co., Texas census; [LDS film, pages 314D/325B, electronic.]
1886: Margaret's sister; Mary Ann Mozingo's daughter Lucy is married to Elvarius Culver in Trinity County, Texas.
1898: The Culver family moved from Saron, Texas to Coos County, Oregon in 1898. They traveled to San Francisco by covered wagon, then by steamship (at $6 each) to Coos Bay (Marshfield). At Marshfield they caught the train to Myrtle Point.
1910: Margaret and her daughter, Martha E Martin, enumerated in the 7 pct, Dist 115, Trinity County, Texas census, page 133A, image 15 of 19, electronic.
1912: Grave marker is Margaret E., wife of Joseph, 'At Rest'. (Saran Cemetery)
1960's: 'Aunt's Elleby and Viola settled in Matagorda County (Texas), after Wesley and Thomas settled in Angelina County.' ['The Eleven Generations' by Lena Green] [Elleby actually settled in Trinity County; brother Thomas in Burleson County, Texas; no record of Viola or Wesley]
2002: Photo of Margaret and her husband, 'Joe,' in file; courtesy of Mrs Pat Gilbert, 2505 Fort Worth Hwy, Trl 1, Weatherford, Texas.
2004: 'Aunt Leathy gave photo's of Joseph and Margaret Evans to her daughter Zelda; I will ask Alice if she knows when they were taken.' Mrs Pat Gilbert
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