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

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


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Francis Albright 'Franklin' Kea: Birth: 27 JAN 1834 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 8 DEC 1878 in Evergreen, Avoyelles, Louisiana, USA

  2. Nicey Kea: Birth: 17 JAN 1836 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 14 JUL 1905 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA

  3. Hannah Sarah Kea: Birth: 22 FEB 1839 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 17 OCT 1861 in Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA

  4. Megaron Eugenia Kea: Birth: 29 JAN 1841 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 16 JAN 1918 in Bowling Green, Hardee, Florida, USA

  5. Thomas Kea: Birth: 3 JUN 1844 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 3 DEC 1854 in Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA

  6. Helen Kea: Birth: 25 AUG 1846 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 18 DEC 1871 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA

  7. Dora Ann Kea: Birth: 11 NOV 1848 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 27 NOV 1932 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA

  8. Fenley L Kea: Birth: 6 MAR 1851 in Stokes Bridge, Darlington, South Carolina, USA. Death: 26 OCT 1904 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA

  9. William Lemuel Kea: Birth: 10 OCT 1853 in Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA. Death: NOV 1905 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA

  10. Duncan Burrell Kea: Birth: 18 SEP 1856 in Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA. Death: 8 SEP 1877 in Minden, Webster, Louisiana, USA

  11. John Wallace McKea: Birth: 16 MAY 1859 in Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA. Death: 23 DEC 1943 in Fair Oaks, Sacramento, California, USA

  12. Thomas Johnathan Jackson S Kea: Birth: 29 JUN 1862 in Newton, Dale, Alabama, USA. Death: 11 MAR 1947 in Marysville, Yuba, California, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Kea, Will of Thomas; PRF-Disc #1
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 3
Author:   'Lena' Kea Hicks Green
Publication:   Location: Larry Kea File;
4. Title:   Webster Parish; Vol I, Head; USGS Map

Notes
a. Note:   1784: Thomas Kea recorded in 1784-1786 Sampson County State Census; in Kenan's District; one white, one black, total two. Thomas Kea and Robert Kea recorded in 1784 Sampson County Taxpayer records. Curtis Ivey recorded in 1784 Sampson County Taxpayer records.
  1790: Robert Key recorded in the 1790 US census in Sampson Co., NC., 2-4-5; Two males, over 16; four males under 16; five females. Charles Key recorded one h/h removed from Robert Key in the 1790 US census in Sampson Co., NC., 1-3-6.
  1792: 'Curtis Ivey, son of John Ivey, was a Captain in the Continental Army, served as first Clerk of Court of Sampson County, NC. Curtis (9/6/1759 - 7/26/1794) married Sarah Routledge and lived on a plantation near Turkey, NC; he is buried near Turkey, N.C., in the Moore Cemetery.' [Helen Flach] kwflach@@aol.com
  1792: Curtis Ivey recorded as Ensign 5th Regiment NC, 4/23/1777; 1st Lt, 10/10/1777; trans to 3rd Regiment NC, 6/17/1778; Capt, 2/1/1779; trans to 4th Regiment; Camp Southern Army, Ponpon, North Carolina, 2/6/1782, Lt Col Archibald Lyttle, commander; served to close of war. [From Rev War Records]
  1820: Thomas Kea, with family of six, was listed in 1820 Darlington Dist., S.C., US Census; Two Males: one aged &lt 10 yrs [Curtis Ivey]; one aged 26 - &lt 45yrs (between 1775 - 1794 [Thomas] ; Four Females: three aged &lt 10 yrs [Mary Ann, Winniford, Nancy]; and one aged 16 - &lt 26 yrs ['Lanie']. The census is dated February 22, 1820. ref: rootsweb, ~usgenweb/sc/darlington/census/ 1820/0064b.gif
  1830: Curtis Kea, born 1811-1815, recorded in 1830 Federal census, between William Kelley and James Belk. [2 males, age 15 and under 20. Who is the extra male born between 1811-1815?]
  1833: Curtis, 20; and Gatsey Skinner, 16; marry on March 5, 1833.
  1834: Curtis and Gatsey's 1st child, Franklin, is born 1/1834.
  1836: Curtis and Gatsey's 2nd child, Nicey, is born 1/1836.
  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).
  1837: Curtis was a trustee of Hebron Methodist Church at Stokes Bridge, S.C. in 1837; with McKenzie Mozingo, brother of Kinchen Mozingo. Mary Ann Kea, sister of Curtis, married Kinchen Mozingo.
  1839: Curtis and Gatsey's 3rd child, Hannah, is born 2/1839.
  1839: Curtis purchases 133 7/10 acres from Mary Skinner; on NE side of Lynches Creek, bounded by Price, J Skinner, and McKenzie Mozingo; surveyed 8/16/1837. [Book N, pp 496]
  1840: 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: Curtis' 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.
  1841: Curtis and Gatsey's 4th child, Margaren, is born 1/1841.
  1841: Curtis sells 133 7/10 acres to Edmund Stuckey; on NE side of Lynches Creek, bounded by Price, J Skinner, and on west by McKenzie Mozingo; surveyed 8/16/1837. [Book N, pp 497]
  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 Curtis Ivey, in 1860.
  1843: Curtis' sister Nancy (Barnes) and family move to Dale County, Alabama, about 1843.
  1844: Curtis and Gatsey's 5th child, Thomas, is born 6/1844.
  1846: W R Josey to John O'Kelly, 110 acres; land previously inherited by James Kea, bounded on North by C I Kea, East by K Mozingo, South by Asa Woodham, West by estate of Thomas Kea. [Darlington RMC, Book R, Page 242-243, dated 12/8/1846, recorded 10/12/1854.]
  1846: Curtis and Gatsey's 6th child, Helen, is born 8/1846.
  1848: Curtis and Gatsey's 7th child, Dora Ann, is born 11/1848.
  1849: Curtis Kea and Asa Woodham recorded as trustees of Lynches Creek Academy in 1849. get copy of deed.
  1850: 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. [Curtis sister, Winniford Kea Hicks, and family, recorded on page 327, lines 6-11.] [Curtis brother, the James Kea family recorded on page 337B, lines 26-31.]
  1850: Curtis' 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.
  1851: Curtis and Gatsey's 8th child, Finley, is born 3/1851 in Darlington, South Carolina.
  1851: Curtis sells 250 acres on Chesterfield Road [Darlington County] to his brother-in-law, Kinchen Mozingo on September 9, 1851. Land bounded by William Kelly, Jarrett Woodham, and McKenzie Mozingo. [Book Q, pp 478] [see plat]
  1851: Curtis and family move to Alabama, probably after September 9, 1851. Curtis and Gatsey's 9th child, William L., is born 10/1853. William is enumerated in the 1860 Dale County, Alabama census as being the first child to be born in Alabama.
  1854: Curtis and Gatsey's son, Thomas, age 10, Deceased 12/1854; Dale County, Alabama.
  1854: John Gatlin to son Wright; 200 acres on the west side of Chesterfield Road, bounded by Shirley land; dated 10/28/1854.
  1856: Curtis and Gatsey's 10th child, Duncan B., is born 9/1856. Duncan would be the 2nd child of Curtis and Gatsey to die, in 1877; Minden, Louisiana.
  1856: Kinchen Mozingo, husband of Mary Ann Kea, sold 250 acres on Chesterfield Road to Stephen Woodham, brother of Asa Woodham, on November 27, 1856.
  1856: Curtis' 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: Curtis' 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: Stephen Woodham sells 250 acres, on Chesterfield Road, to his nephew, Hugh Middleton Woodham, son of Asa Woodham. [dated 8/14/1858, recorded 7/23/1859] [Darlington Co., RMC Book J, page 124]
  1858: Curtis, age 46; his wife Gatsey, age 41; and family moved to (Dale Co., Alabama,). Curtis J Kea land (Macon County, Alabama) transaction for 160.12 acres; Elba land office; dated 11/1/1858; Vol. 065. [US Bureau of Land Management Cert # 23021, dated 11/1/1858]
  1858: Curtis purchases tract of land in Dale County, Alabama; Section 19, Township 5N, Range 26E; Patent #23021, dated 11/1/1858. This land is located south / southwest of Echo and northeast of Newton, near Mount Enon Church, 312337N, 852824W. [also see his son Francis' nearby tract]
  1859: Curtis and Gatsey's 11th child, John W., is born 5/16/1859, in Dale County, Alabama. John Wallace would move to California about 1880 and change his last name to McKea. [John stated he was born in Mobile, Alabama; from 'The Timberman' September, 1940]
  1859-62: Four of Curtis' children marry in Dale County; Franklin, Nicey, Hannah, and Margaren.
  1860: 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: Curtis' 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]
  1861: 'In 1861, Curtis was given a commission by the Confederate government (1861-1864) to look after 50 families of men called to serve in the Confederate Army.' ['Eleven Generations']
  1862: Curtis and Gatsey's 12th and last child, Thomas J., is born 6/1862, in Newton, Dale County, Alabama. [Thomas' first child, 'Lena,' would write the 'Eleven Generations of Key/Kea.]
  1867: 'In 1867, Curtis 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 Mozingo 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: Curtis recorded in the 1870 Federal census, Claiborne Parish, La., 4 W. Minden, page 128. [FTM CD #319] Curtis, 57; Gatsy, 52; Findley, 19; William, 16; Duncan, 13; John, 10; Jackson, 7; also includes Nicey (Kea) Brown, 24; Wesley, 9; Barto, 6; and Dora (Kea) Camp, 21; p-128, Clairborne Parish, Ward #4, 6/24/1870.
  1873: "(Curtis and Gatsey) went back to (visit) in Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina in 1873, and (Curtis and Aunt Dora) went to visit in 1893." ['Eleven Generations,' Helena 'Lena' Kea Green.]
  1880: Curtis and family recorded in 1880 Webster Parish, Louisiana, 4th Ward; next to son, William L Kea and family, page 229B. [LDS film, electronic]
  1896: 'I was 11 years old when he went away. He took sick with an upset stomach and had a fever. Dad had the Doctor come. He was up and about by Wednesday. He grew worse again Wednesday night. He was gone by Thursday noon.' (Helena 'Lena' Kea Green, on death of her grandfather, Curtis Ivan Kea.) Curtis is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery (9 miles north of Minden, La., on the Lewisville Highway.)
  1967: 'I think Barto Brown, son of Nicey, tore 'Uncle Frank's' home down after he bought (his grandfather's) the Curtis Ivey Kea home place.' [In a 3/6/1967 letter from 'Lena' Green to Thomas E Pipes, Lake Charles, La., 'Lena' states that her only brother, Edwin Franklin, was named after his uncle, Franklin Albright Kea. 'Lena' states that the family never knew Franklin by the name Francis, it was always 'Uncle Frank.'] Note: Thomas Pipes married Ruby Cockrell, a gg grand daughter of Franklin Albright Kea.
  1997: 'Howard Skinner, in his paper on "The Descendents of Benjamin Skinner" shows that Benjamin Skinner, Jr., born sometimes between 1765 and 1774. married Eleanor...... No surname was given, but in a copy of an e-mail letter from a Bob Skinner to a Ken Roberts (part of a pack of letters sent to me by a distant cousin) Bob says he is a descendent of Lemuel Skinner, brother of Edward, and that Lemuel's brother, Benjamin Skinner, Jr., married a Kea, too. He asks, "Do you know of Elenor and Curtis Ivey Kea are related?" Bob Skinner shows that Benjamin Skinner, Jr., and Eleanor Kea married sometime between 1775 and 1784.' [from Garnett Johnson letter to Larry Kea, dated July 29, 1997.]
  2000: Is Elenor, the wife of Benjamin Skinner, Jr., related to Thomas Kea, perhaps his sister? Also see fam ref: [http://dc.smu.edu/skinner/files/data/html]

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