Name: Thomas Kea(2)_2021-05-26

Updated: 05-27-2021 05:05:80.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. William Kea: Birth: 1770 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Death: AFT 1823 in Brunswick, North Carolina, USA

  2. Male Kea: Birth: BEF 1774 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

  3. Sabra Kea: Birth: 12 APR 1774 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Death: 24 NOV 1857 in Council, Bladen, North Carolina, USA

  4. Female Kea: Birth: BET 1775 AND 1784 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

  5. Sarah Ann Kea: Birth: 1780 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Death: 1865 in Brunswick, North Carolina, USA

  6. Kinchen Kinchen Kea: Birth: 1782 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Death: AFT 1850 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA

  7. John Kea: Birth: 1783 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA. Death: 1834 in Bladen, North Carolina, USA

  8. Robert Kea: Birth: 1784 in Sampson, North Carolina, USA.

  9. Eliza Drucilla Kea: Birth: 10 OCT 1791 in Bladen, North Carolina, USA. Death: 1834 in Bladen, North Carolina, USA

  10. Anna M Kea: Birth: 1794 in Bladen, North Carolina, USA. Death: AFT 1850 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Robert Kea Will; IGI: Film # 2034664
2. Title:   Wayne Co Deed Abstracts

Notes
a. Note:   1769: ...between Bear Creek and Walnut Creek in Wayne County, formerly Dobbs County, a 200 acre tract, part of a 400 acre tract granted to Benjamin Skinner, Sr., dated 12/16/1769...adjacent to property of Benjamin Skinner, Sr., and his brother, William Skinner...to James Johnson's corner, which originally belonged to Benjamin Skinner, Sr...(Deed Book 1, 1780-1785; dated 1/13/1783)
  1771: Robert Kea obtains a land grant of 300 acres in then Dobbs County, NC (now part of Lenoir County), on 11/14/1771 (on the South side of the Neuse River and on the East side of Marsh Branch that runs into Fauling (Falling) Creek.) Edward Woodham,Jr., father of Ariss Woodham; Benjamin Skinner, Sr., father of Lemuel Skinner; and James Johnson, father of LEONORE JOHNSON; also owned land in the Dobbs (now Lenoir County) area. [also see Thomas and Leonore Kea / Benjamin Skinner, Sr., entry for year 1826.]
  1780's: Robert Kea married Rachel Kitchen; the daughter of William Kitchen and Elizabeth Drake, who was a daughter of Dr. Paul Drake. Robert and Elizabeth had children; Kinchen, John, Drucilla, Sabra, William. (ref: William Walton Kitchin papers, file #4018, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library-UNC at Chapel Hill.) William Walton Kitchin was US Representative, 1897-1909; and Governor of North Carolina, 1909-1913. [copy of documents in lfk file]
  1784: Thomas and Robert Kea, and (Capt.) Curtis Ivey, recorded in 1784 Sampson County Taxpayer records.
  1784: Thomas Kea recorded in 1784-1786 Sampson County State Census; in Kenan's District; one white, one black, total two.
  1785: Edward Woodham, Sr., died in latter part of 1785. In January, 1786, Eleanor Woodham sold land to Lemuel Hardee and moved with her son Edward Woodham, Jr., and his family to Darlington District, SC. They settled on the north side of the Lynches River, now part of the Ashland community. [from Woodham family history]
  1785: 200 acre land (State of SC) grant to Benjamin Skinner, Sr., on 5/11/1785. Property described as 'in the District of Cheraw, on Sparrow Swamp' bounded by Edward Woodham Land. [Darlington County RMC (State Plat)] [also see entries for Thomas Kea, years 1813, 1816, 1819]
  1785: 200 acre land (State of SC) grant to Philip Pittman on 6/6/1785. Property described as 'in the District of Cheraw, near Lynches creek' bounded by David Cannon Land. [Darlington County RMC (State Plat) Vol. 17, pp 332, Frame 348, 6/6/1785]
  1785: On 8/19/1785, Edward Woodham, Jr., receives another 350 acre grant, adjoining John Beasley's Lynches River property and Edward Woodham, Jr's., property.
  1786: Robert Kea was appointed to serve as a juror in Sampson County; May 11, 1786.
  1790: James (Johnston) and family enumerated in the Dobbs County, NC census; 1 male, &gt16; 2 males, &lt16; 4 females. page 135, electronic. (1-2-4, three males and four females.)
  1790: Robert (Key) and family enumerated in the Sampson Co., NC census, page 51, image 0409, electronic. (2-4-5, Six males and five females.) Robert enumerated 2 hh from Charles (Key). [2 males born before 1774; 4 males born between 1775 - 1790; 5 females.] In 1800 Bladen County; 2 males born between 1775 - 1784; and 2 males born between 1785 and 1790; fit the 1790 Sampson County census for Robert Kea.
  1790: Charles (Key) and family enumerated in the Sampson Co., NC census, page 51, electronic. (1-3-6, four males and five females.)
  1800: Robert Kea and family enumerated in the Capt McKays District, Bladen Co., NC census, page 25, image 3 of 6, electronic. [0-2-2-0-1; 0-1-2-0-1] (males: 0,&lt10; 2,10-15; 2,16-25; 0,26-44; 1,45+: females: 0,&lt10; 1, 10-15; 2, 16-25; 0, 26-44; 1, 45+) 2 males born between 1785 - 1790; 2 males born between 1775 - 1784; 1 male born before 1755: 1 female born between 1785 - 1790; 2 females born between 1775 - 1784; 1 female born before 1755.
  1810: Robert (Kie) and family enumerated in the Bladen, NC census, page 206, image 18 of 24, electronic. [1-2-0-1-0; 0-0-0-1-0] (males &lt10, 1; 10-15, 2; 16-25, 0; 26-44, 1; 45+, 0: females &lt10, 0; 10-15, 0; 16-25, 0; 26-44, 1; 45+, 0) 1 male born between 1801 - 1810; 2 males born between 1795 - 1800; 1 male born between 1766-1784; 1 female born 1766-1784.
  1810: Based on the Bladen County census records; both Kea parents born before 1755 are not enumerated in the 1810 census. Is the 1810 Robert (Kie) born before 1784 one of the 2 males in the 1800 Robert Kea household? What happened to the two males born between 1785-1790, from 20-25 years of age in 1810?
  1815: Robert Kea left a will in Bladen Co., NC in 1815, naming children; Kinchen, John, Drucilla, Sabra (married David Council), and William. (family legend - will not yet located]

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