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

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


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. William W Key: Birth: 1 FEB 1862 in Glendale, Trinity, Texas, USA. Death: 1 JAN 1902 in Burleson, Texas, USA

  2. Wiley Jacob Key: Birth: 22 FEB 1866 in Glendale, Trinity, Texas, USA. Death: 15 JAN 1956 in Milam, Texas, USA

  3. Seaborn Key: Birth: 1868 in Glendale, Trinity, Texas, USA. Death: 2 JUL 1897 in Burleson, Texas, USA

  4. Robert Ellesba Key: Birth: 16 APR 1870 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 19 NOV 1954 in Rockdale, Milam, Texas, USA

  5. Amy Key: Birth: 9 JUN 1872 in Chriesman, Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 10 JUN 1872 in Chriesman, Burleson, Texas, USA

  6. James Matthew Key: Birth: 15 MAY 1873 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 3 JUN 1934 in Rockdale, Milam, Texas, USA

  7. Thomas Jefferson Key: Birth: 16 NOV 1874 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 3 SEP 1959 in Burleson, Texas, USA

  8. Ethel Annell Key: Birth: 17 FEB 1878 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 18 APR 1954 in Burleson, Texas, USA

  9. Estelle M 'Stella' Key: Birth: MAY 1880 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 18 OCT 1912 in Milam, Texas, USA

  10. Ivy Coke Key: Birth: 26 AUG 1882 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 19 OCT 1961 in Milam, Texas, USA

  11. Nettie Elizabeth Key: Birth: 11 AUG 1885 in Burleson, Texas, USA. Death: 29 JUL 1962 in New Salem, Milam, Texas, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Texas CSA Pension File #24669; Will file of Thomas Kea
2. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
3. Title:   'Eleven Generations,' page 4
Author:   'Lena' Kea Hicks Green
Publication:   Location: Larry Kea File;
4. Title:   USGS Map

Notes
a. Note:   NOTE: This family name is spelled KEY, rather than KEA. The name is spelled KEY in all published Texas sources.
  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 [Jefferson], age five months; document dated March 4, 1836. (3) Jonathan Cotton, Alexander Skinner, and William Mozingo, who married Laney Cotton, was appointed as appraisers of the Estate of Thomas Kea on March 31, 1836.
  1840: Thomas, age 4, census?
  1840: Thomas' 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: Thomas' sister 'Liley' and John 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 Thomas, in 1860.
  1844: Thomas' (age 8,) sister, Nancy (Barnes) and family move to Dale County, Alabama about 1844.
  1850: Thomas, age 14, census?
  1850: 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: Thomas' 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. [Thomas' brother, the James Kea family recorded on page 337B, lines 26-31.] [Thomas' sister, Winniford Kea Hicks, and family, recorded on page 327, lines 6-11.]
  1855: Joe and Margaret (Evans), sister of Thomas, named their first son Thomas Jefferson.
  1856: '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: '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: Thomas' brother Zachariah Kea land puchase, 40.02 acres in Alabama, Elba Land Office, St Stephens, section 20, document # 21231, dated 11/1/1858.
  1860: Thomas' 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: 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: Thomas enumerated in Trinity County, Texas, hh#278, line 1, image 46 of 87, dated 7/13/1860, electronic.
  1860: The family of Justina, age 14, was listed in the 1860 Trinity Co., Texas census; household #274. Justina is the oldest of 7 children, all born in Mississippi. The Seaborn Franklin Elliott family moved to Texas in February, 1860. Thomas Key, was recorded in the Evans household, #278, with his sister Margaret's family.
  1860: Thomas, age 25, and Justina, age 15, marry on 12/18/1860.
  1860: Thomas' 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]
  1862: Thomas, while living with his sister and her family in Trinity County, volunteered in Randal's Brigade and served west of the Mississippi the entire Civil War.' ('Astride The San Antonio Road,' from the Burleson County history book.) [Thomas was with Maj. Gould's 6th Texas Cavalry Battalion, first attached to Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry, then placed with Randal's Brigade.] [Thomas was in Company 'A,' Randle's Brigade, Walker's Division; Capt. Joe Tallis; May, 1862 - May 1865]
  1864: 'Thomas fought in the armies that resisted Gen. Sherman's capture of Atlanta (7/22/1864), Ga.' ('Eleven Generations of Kea') [see 1862 record; Thomas did not serve east of the Mississippi.]
  1869: Thomas and his family settled in Chriesman, Burleson Co., 115 miles from his sister Margaret's family. (from 'Astride the San Antonia Road')
  1870's: Photo of Thomas and Justina with baby; by John Shell Studio; Rockdale, Texas; [courtesy of Bill Hardy; descendent of Bettye Elliott, sister of Justina; address: cutter3156@@aol.com]
  1880: Thomas and family recorded in the April 1880 Hookersville, Burleson County, Texas census; Thomas 44, Cynthia 35, William W., 18, Wiley J., 14, Seaborn 14, Robert E., 10, James 8, Thomas 5, Ethel A., 2, Estella 1/12. [Vol. 5, ED 33, sheet 2, line 32; LDS film, page 1B, electronic.]
  1890: 'Jackson S., my father, visited both his (Uncle) Thomas and (Uncle) John Wesley in Texas in 1890.' ('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: Included in the Kea household census of 1900 lists grand-son Dupree, 9/1892; grand-daughter Eunice, 12/1893; grand-son Thomas, 4/1895; and grand-son Horace (Hillin), Dec 1899; page 14a, Roll 1615, Book 2, 1st Precinct, Burleson County, Texas, image 28 of 83, [gen.com,electronic]
  1910: US census, Burleson Co., Tx., household #172, 11 children, 8 living. includes grand-son Dupree, 9/1892 (18); grand-daughter Emmy, (16); grand-daughter Tennie, (15).
  1913: Texas CSA Pension records indicate Thomas was born in SC; residing at Route 1, Chriesman, Burleson Co., Texas for 43 years. Enlisted in Texas CSA in 2/1862, discharged 5/1865. (Texas CSA Pension File #24669, approved 9/1/1913.)
  1916: Thomas celebrated his 81st birthday on October 9, 1916, with sixty-one family members in attendance. (from 'Astride the San Antonia Road')
  1918: Thomas is buried in Blackjack Cemetery, located 200 yards East of road FM-908 in Burleson County, near the Milan County line. Photo of Thomas and wife in file. [courtesy of Daphne Jones Essl, Houston, Texas.]
  1970'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 records found on Viola or Wesley]

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