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Note: 1825: Zachariah states: 'I was born 2/11/1825 in Darlington County, South Carolina.' [from his CSA Pension file #4124, dated 8/3/1907]
1830: Zachariah is 1 of 3 males age 5 and under 10 in the Darlington County census.
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: Zachariah'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: Zachariah'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 Zachariah, in 1860.
1845: Zachariah's sister Nancy (Barnes) and family move to Dale County, Alabama about 1845.
1849: Zachariah and Martha married on 9/15/1849.
1850: Zachariah and Martha's first child born 7/1850.
1850: Zachariah, age 25, and family were not recorded in the 1850 Dale Co., Alabama census.
1850: Zachariah'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. [Zachariah's brother, the James Kea family recorded on page 337B, lines 26-31.] [Zachariah's sister, Winniford Kea Hicks, and family, recorded on page 327, lines 6-11.]
1851: Curtis Ivey Kea sells 250 acres on Chesterfield Road to his brother-in-law, Kinchen Mozingo on September 9, 1851. This is 3 parcels; his, Lanie's, and Zachariah's. The land bounded by William Kelly, Jarrett Woodham, and McKenzie Mozingo. [Book Q, pp 478]
1851: Zachariah purchases tract of land in Dale County, Alabama; Section 20, Township 6N, Range 26E; Patent #10480, dated 12/1/1851. This land is located in Echo, 312832N, 852757W.
1853: Zachariah purchases tract of land in Dale County, Alabama; Section 20, Township 6N, Range 26E; Patent #12820, dated 8/1/1853. This land is located in Echo, 312832N, 852757W.
1854: Zachariah purchases tract of land in Dale County, Alabama; Section 20, Township 6N, Range 26E; Patent #14306, dated 7/15/1854. This land is located in Echo, 312832N, 852757W.
1858: Zachariah purchases tract of land in Dale County, Alabama; Section 20, Township 6N, Range 26E; Patent #21231, dated 11/1/1858. This land is located in Echo, 312832N, 852757W.
1858: Zachariah (Dale County) has a US land warrant puchase, 40.02 acres in Alabama, Elba Land Office, St Stephens, section 20, document # 21231, dated 11/1/1858. Brother Curtis J Kea land transaction (Macon County) for 160.12 acres; Elba land office; dated 11/1/1858; Vol. 065.
1860: Zachariah (Key) recorded in the Dale County, Alabama, 1860 Federal census, Newton Post Office, page 561, July 20, 1860, page 568, image 65 of 264, hh #442, electronic. (R.E.L. Woodham; Dale Co., census, page 567)
1860: Zachariah's brother, Curtis Key and family enumerated in the Newton, Dale Co., Alabama census, July 23, 1860, page 568, image 72 of 264, hh #487, electronic.
1860: Zachariah'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]
1863: 'Zachariah and his brother William M. fought in Civil War in the Virginia campaigns under Gen. Lee and Jackson.' [from 'The Eleven Generations' -Green] [see Zachariah's own comments]
1863: John E Woodham, Pvt, Co. D, 57th Alabama, enlisted in Dale County, Alabama, 2/17/1863. [same Co. as REL Woodham, Zachariah Kea, John W Skinner, William E Woodham, Wright Pleasant Windham]
1863: Zachariah Kea, REL Woodham; enlisted 2/12/1863 at Clopton, Dale County, Alabama.
1863: [Zachariah Kea, Corporal, 57th Alabama Infantry, Co. D. The 57th was organized in March, 1863, at Troy, in Pike County, Alabama. The 57th was in the Dalton-Atlanta Campaign, (Battle of Peach Tree Creek); also in North Carolina, at Bentonville, where it surrendered.] LFK Note: Zachariah did not serve in the Virginia campaigns.
1865: In a letter Zachariah wrote on Sept 15, 1907, he stated: 'I enlisted at Echo, Alabama, and left there Feb 15, 1863 and went to Pollard, Alabama. In the spring of 1864, the 57th was attached to Gen. Tom Scott's Louisiana Brigade. I served in the campaigns from Rosaca to Atlanta, when Gen. Hood made his Tennessee Campaign. I was with the Army until we crossed the Tennessee River in January, 1865. My foot was cut severely there on an axe; as I had been without shoes for nearly a year. I was sent to Shelby Springs (Alabama) Hospital, then sent home from there in Febuary, 1865. I was at home (Echo, Dale County) when the war ended.' [from his CSA pension file #4124]
1865: Zachariah's second marriage to Mrs. Eliza Miller Woodham, widow of Richard Edward Lee Woodham, 7/1865. [married in Newton, Dale County, Alabama]
1865: Richard Edward Lee Woodham, the son of Frederick and Mary Ann Pollard Woodham, was a great-grand son of Edward Woodham, Jr., had a Bible with Zachariah Kea family members referenced also. After Richard Woodham died in the War for Southern Independence, Zachariah Kea married his widow, Eliza A Miller Woodham. The Bible later became known as the 'Zachery R. Kea Bible,' however, it actually belonged to Richard Woodham. After Zachariah married Eliza, the Bible was used for recording Kea family records. (The Bible record was published in the Summer-1980, by the Northeast Louisiana Genealogical Society, PO Box 2743, Monroe, Louisiana, 71207.) At the time, the Bible was owned by M. T. Matthews, of West Monroe, Louisiana.
1865: 'Zachariah stated that he moved to Louisiana in the winter of 1865, and lived in Webster Parish since its organization in 1871.' [from his La., CSA pension file.]
1867: 'In 1867, Curtis Ivey and his family traveled via boat to New Orleans and Monroe, La., and by wagons to Minden, La. With Curtis and his family; Zachary Kea and his family; Winifred and her sons John and William W. and his family; Mary Ann's sons; Thomas; and Leonard Mo(n)zingo and his family. Mary Ann lost one child at sea during the trip. There were about 50 men, women, and children in the party.' ['Eleven Generations']
1867: "Shortly after the civil war, the family left Dale County, Alabama in covered wagons and went to Elba, Alabama. From Elba by boat to New Orleans. From New Orleans to Shreveport, Louisiana by boat on the Red River. The trip took 2 months." Mrs Sarah Emeline Kea Beville, newspaper article from Haynesville News, Haynesville, Louisiana dated Jan 8, 1949. Sarah, daughter of Zachariah Kea, was about 14 years old.
1870: Zachariah and family enumerated in the Homer Post Office, Ward 3, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana census, page 77, census, electronic.
1873: Zachariah's daughter, Sarah Emaline 'Emma,' marries Benjamin Wyatt Beville 12/18/1873.
1874: The 3rd marriage of Zachariah and Drucilla Harper was witnessed by Benjamin Beville, his son-in-law; 7/21/1874.
1897: Sale of 40 acres of land in Alabama, dated 5/5/1897 (6N 26E 2; see 11/1/1858 entry).
1900: Zachariah enumerated with his son, Thomas, and family in the 1st Ward, Webster Parish, Louisiana census, page 7a, image 14 of 57. [gen.com, electronic]
1902: Family Photo; ROW 1, Pratt Bevil, Lester Davis, Aubrey Neel; ROW 2, Ira Kea, Tommy Kea, Andy Kea, Sydney Kea, Eliza Ann Miller Woodham Kea, ZACHARIAH R KEA #19, Liza Davis, Henry Davis, William West Neel; ROW 3, Mrs. Tommy (Jerusha) Kea, Mrs. Rosie Carroway, Lee Neel, Mrs. Minnie Neel, Lou Neel, Mrs. 'Emma' Beville, Ethel Neel, Mrs. Nicy Sandlin, Ethel Davis, Mrs. Liza Davis, Mrs. Eleby Neel. [The photo was taken 1902. Andy Kea, ROW 1, was born 1/2/1902]
1907: William Barnes, the son of Zachariah's sister Nancy, is used as a reference by Zachariah Kea in his application for CSA Pension, address Homewood, Mississippi. Zachariah stated that he and William served in the same Company. [ZR Kea file #4124]
1907: William W Hicks writes letter on behalf of Zachariah Kea applying for CSA pension, dated September 4, 1907. [ZR Kea file #4124]
1907: Leonard Mo(n)zingo, husband of Zachariah's sister Mary Ann, is used as a reference by Zachariah Kea in his application for CSA Pension, address PO Box Minden, La. [ZR Kea file #4124]
1908: 'Zachariah is buried beside his son, Thomas D., in Whitehall Cemetery, Dykesville, Louisiana.' [file photo from Arlene Dunham Breges] see 1931
1931: Zachariah's military gravestone was shipped from Georgia to son Thomas D on 6/27/1931.
1950's: Mrs. Hampton H (Rosie Ethel Davis) Branton had possession of the 'Woodham/Kea' Bible after Ira Kea.
1970's: 'Zadkary and Martha had 1 son and 6 daughters; Wesley, Mary Jane, Emma, Nicey, Ellerby, Winnie, Rosie. Zadkary and Eliza had 2 sons and 1 daughter; Hoyle, Thomas, and Eliza.' ['Eleven Generations' by Lena Green]
1970's: 'After his first wife died, Zadkary married a widow Woodson' [actually Woodham]. ['Eleven Generation' by Lena Green] [also see 1865 entry]
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