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Note: 1830: William, born 3/7/1830 is the male under age 5 in the 1830 Darlington County census (as of 6/1/1830).
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: William, age 10, census?
1840: William'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: William'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 in 1860.
1850: William'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: William, age 20, census?
1850: William, 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: William'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. [William's brother, the James Kea family recorded on page 337B, lines 26-31.] [William's sister, Winniford Kea Hicks, and family, recorded on page 327, lines 6-11.]
1851: William's brother, Curtis Ivey and family, move to Alabama about September, 1851.
1852: William may be the father of Mary Jane Key of Alabama. Mary Jane Key married a nephew of Henry G Harrison of Polk County, Arkansas. William left his estate to Henry Harrison. (also see 1909 notes)
1857: William's brother 'Thomas, born in Darlington, South Carolina, moved to Alabama, and lived there until he was 21[in 1857]. Thomas then moved to Texas and married.' ('Astride The San Antonio Road,' from "Burleson County History.")
1857: William'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: William'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: William and his wife Melissa 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: William's brother Zachariah (Key) recorded in the Dale County, Alabama, 1860 Federal census, Newton Post Office, page 561. (R.E.L. Woodham; Dale Co., census, recorded on page 567)
1860: William's brother Thomas Jefferson, age 24, was listed in the Evans household in the 1860 Trinity County, Texas census.' (Texas CSA Pension file #24669 and Trinity Co., Texas 1860 census.) ('Astride The San Antonio Road')
1861: William and Melissa's child, Martha, born 2/14/1861; in Troy, Alabama.
1861: 'William served in Civil War 1861-1863; taken prisoner, passed 16 months at Fortress Monroe.' ['Eleven Generations,' p. 5]
1863: Zachariah Kea, William's brother, was a 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. [Zachariah did not serve in the Virginia campaigns, either; lfk.]
1864: 'William M. was a POW, held at Fortress Monroe (Camp Hamilton Prison Camp), Hampton, Virginia (present zip code 23651.) He was exchanged in 1864. After taking the amnesty oath, he escaped into Illinois until the war ended.' ['Eleven Generations,' p. 5] [President John Quincy Adams referred to Fortress Monroe in the 'First State of The Nations' address; 12/6/1825; lfk.]
1865: Melissa's second child, William Burl, born 6/27/1865; in Troy, Alabama.
1870: Melissa's third child, Lula Augusta, born 9/23/1870; in Troy, Alabama.
1870: William 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]
1870: William's nephew (oldest son of William's brother, James); James Wesley Key, (age 26) and family enumerated in the Corsicana PO, Navarro County, Texas census; image 60 of 65, hh #473, electronic.
1880: William in census?
1880: Mrs. Melissa Key is recorded as a widow and living with children from both marriages in the 1880 Orion, Pike County, Alabama census, page 78A. [LDS film, electronic]
1882: '(My) mama's sister, Martha, married a Hataway. She (Martha) and her husband went to Texas to see grandfather Key. Grandfather told them if they would stay in Texas with him, he would Will (Martha) all he had. He was a dentist. They (Martha and husband) came back to Alabama.' [from memoirs of Ruth Wingate McCaskill]
1882: Grimes, Louisiana is east of Minden, Louisiana; Curtis Ivey's and Zachariah's families lived nearby. No record of William living in Texas; he may have been in the 1880 Louisiana census before moving to Arkansas.
1892: 'They heard from Grandfather Key often, until 1892.' [memoirs of Lillie Ruth Wingate McCaskill].
1897: William Key recorded in homestead / patents of Scott County, Arkansas; Sec. No. 8, T - 1N, R - 29W, 160 acres, dated 1/23/1897. [Scott County Federal Land Records, Bureau of Land Management]
1900: Wm Key is recorded in the 1900 Scott County, Arkansas census. Wm. Key; HD; Mar., 1830; age 70; Single; born, SC [household 297/297; ED 107; Johnson Township; Scott County, Arkansas; enumerated by Eli L Burnett, June 22-26, 1900.] page 178, electronic. 34,43,15 North 94,07,36 West
1909: 'W. M. Key, who has been making his home with Henry Harrison at Board Camp, lies at the point of death and no hopes are entertained for his recovery.' [from the Mena Weekly Star, March 25, 1909] 34,31,30 North 94,04,56 West (also see 1852 notes)
1909: Will of William M. Key, dated 3/11/1909; witnessed (as deceased) 4/13/1909; recorded 11/23/1916; and filed 12/1/1916 in Probate Court of Polk County, Arkansas on pages 98 and 99. [Scott County, Arkansas Will Record A]
1970's: 'As a young man in SC, William studied and practiced Dentistry. (Uncle Bill) lived with us in 1903-1905. He died at Board Camp, Arkansas in the fall of 1906 (Spring, 1909). He also was a school teacher in Scott Co., Arkansas. He had no family.' (Green, 'Eleven Generations of Key/Kea,' page 5, 13]
1970's: William 'Uncle Bill' was listed by 'Lena' Green as a source of information for 'Eleven Generations of Kea.'
1999: 'William Burrell Key, b. 1831, married Melissa Pearl Shirley.' [13 Generations of Kelley, by Melton, page 22.]
2000: 'Polk County (Mena) has no record of William Key. There is no Masonic cemetery in Mena, or any cemetery record for William; also no obituary records.' [Marilyn Brown, President, Polk County (Arkansas) Genealogical Society] see Scott County; 1909.
2000: 'William, the 2nd husband of Melissa Pearl Shirley, was born in Darlington County, South Carolina. The Shirley family tradition is that William left his family and moved to Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.' [Pauline Mitchell Pierce] 'William had no family.' (Green, 'Eleven Generations of Key/Kea,' page 5] [William must have deserted his wife and family in Alabama; the Key/Kea family was not aware he had a family; lfk.]
[The 'Eleven Generations of Kea' information was provided courtesy of the Floyd County Historical Museum, PO Box 304, Floydada, Texas 79235. The Kea family records are maintained in the 'J. H. Green' file. 'Lena' Green, born on 8/30/1885 in Louisiana, died 1/22/1974; she is buried in Floydada Cemetery, Floydada, Texas.]
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