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Note: 1826: John is enumerated in the Thomas Kea Will File dated 8/25/1826.
1830: John, born after 8/25/1826, is 1 of 3 males age 5 and under 10 in the Darlington County census. (error - he should have been enumerated as 1 of 2 males under 5.)
1836: Curtis was named Guardian ad Litem on 3/4/1836 for the minor children of Thomas Kea, Deceased: JOHN W., (age 8); William (age 6), Margaret E., (age 3); and Thomas (age 6 mos).
1840: John W., age 12, census?
1840: John W'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: John Wesley'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 John, in 1860.
1843: His brother Jame Kea names first son John Wesley.
1846: His sister Delila Alexander names last son John Wesley.
1850: John Wesley's sister Margaret (Evans) 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 (Kea) 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: John Wesley, age 22, his brother Thomas, his sister Margaret, or his brother Zachariah was not recorded in the 1850 Dale Co., Alabama census. His sister Margaret moved to Dale Co., Al, before March 1850. Joseph and Margaret (Kea) Evans, married 3/1/1850 in Dale County.
1850: John'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. [Jonn's brother, the James Kea family recorded on page 337B, lines 26-31.] [John's sister, Winniford Kea Hicks, and family, recorded on page 327, lines 6-11.]
1851: John's brother Zachariah names his first son, John Wesley.
1856: John Wesley's brother, 'Thomas, born in Darlington, South Carolina, moved to Alabama, and lived there until he was 21[in 1856]. Thomas then moved to Texas and married.' ('Astride The San Antonio Road,' from "Burleson County History.")
1857: John's brother, 'Thomas moved to Trinity Co., Texas and lived with his sister Margaret Ellerbe and her husband Joseph Evans, in 1857.' (Texas CSA Pension file #24669 and Trinity Co., Texas 1860 census.) ('Astride The San Antonio Road')
1858: John'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: Westley (Key) recorded in the Dale Co., Al., 1860 Federal census, Echo Post Office, page 228.
1860: John'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: John's brother Thomas, age 24, was listed in the Evans household in the 1860 Trinity Co., Texas census.' (Texas CSA Pension file #24669 and Trinity Co., Texas 1860 census.) ('Astride The San Antonio Road')
1860: John'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: Joe and Margaret (Evans), sister of John, named their second son James Wesley.
1860: Martha Barnes father died 8/12/1860; will probated 7/18/1860; file mentions daughter, Martha A Barnes, married ? Kea.
1861-69: John Wesley Kea's nephew, Francis Albright 'Franklin' Kea, had 4 children born in Liberty County, Texas between 1861 and 1869.
1862: J. W. Kea is on the roster (#1123 / 2361; film # M227, roll 20) of the Texas 25th Cavalry, Co., 'B.' This unit was Col. Clayton Crawford Gillespie's 3rd Lancers; 3rd Regiment, Carter's Brigade; 4/24/1862 - 4/9/1865; it became 1st Infantry - Consolidated. (25th Texas organized in Liberty County, Texas)
1867: JW Kea and Elizabeth Childress Garner married 6/2/1867 in Montgomery County, Texas.
1870: William Kea, age 36, SC, enumerated in the Lampasas County, Texas census (dated 8/6/1870).
1870: John W Key, age 17, born 1853, enumerated in Washington County, Texas census; page 52B, Brenham, image 4 of 56, electronic. Washington County adjoins Burleson County; 39.34 miles from Chriesman, Texas, to Brenham, Texas.
1870: John's brother William Key was not recorded with his wife, Melissa, and children in the 1870 Pike County, Alabama census. 'The Shirley family tradition is that William deserted his family and moved to Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.' [from Pauline Mitchell Pierce]
1880: J W Key and family enumerated in the 1880 Mason County, Texas census.
1890: 'Jackson S, my father, visited both his (Uncle) John Wesley and his (Uncle) Thomas in Texas in 1890.' (from 'Eleven Generations of Kea') John W. (Key); 1870 Washington County, Texas census; page 52, 3rd P. Brenham Post Office. Washington County adjoins Burleson County; 39.34 miles from Chriesman, Texas, to Brenham, Texas.
1900: John Wesley Key enumerated with family in 1900 Crockett, Texas,census.
1970's: 'After Wesley and Thomas settled in Angelina County, Aunt Elleby and Aunt Viola settled in Matagorda County' (Texas). [from 'The Eleven Generations' by Lena Green] [Elleby actually settled in Trinity County; brother Thomas in Burleson County, Texas; no verified record yet found for Wesley or Viola.]
NOTE: CSA file #14482 is Able James (A.J.) Key; 12/8/1843 - 1905; married Eleanor Susannah Stevens; brother of Elbert Seth (Dock) Key; descendants of John Key 2/20/1776 and Martha Patsy Davis (Julia Key Fuchs, Angelina Co. Tx message board)
2006: The 25th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Company B (J W Kea enumerated) ref: http://libertycountyhistory.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html
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