KEESE' Keys
ALLEN - BROOKS - CAMPBELL
FINNEY - KEES/KEESE - LEWIS
KEESE
*John KEES * b ca1717 d 1784/1785 [1]
*sp Mary ____ * d 1810/1811
*.John KEES Capt/Maj b 1735/1747 VA d 1807-1810/26Jun1806 [32] bur[52]
..sp1 ____ ALLEN? b ca1749 m prob NC
...Elijah KEESE b 20Apr1766/1769 NC d 01Nov1850 [51]
...sp Celia STAPP/STEPP d [52]
....John KEESE b 21Jun1796 d 08Aug1892 [52]
....sp Catherine BIBB b 14Sep1796 d 10Mar1883 [52]
.....Thomas Bibb KEESE b 12Feb1836 GA/SC d 14Sep1911 [52]
.....sp Nancy Martin HARRISON b 28Feb1847 SC d 20Feb1914 [52]
......M.T. KEESE?{2} (dau) b ca1866 SC
......Tusala KEESE?{2} (dau) b ca1869 SC
...Sarah KEESE b 19Dec1770 NC d 01Mar1845 AL
...sp Thomas BARTON b 15May1768 [29] m 1793 SC d 10Jul1826 [30]
...dau2 KEESE b 1772 NC
...dau3 KEESE b 1773 NC
...dau4 KEESE
...sp Martin HARDIN b NC d 09Mar1824 [33]
*.sp2 Mary ALLEN b ca1757 m 1777 [26]
*..Thomas KEESE b 29Dec1781 [51] d 29Jan1868 [57]
*..sp Mary BROOKS b 13Mar1780 [3] m 13Jul1802? [3] d 20Feb1850 [57]
*...Thomas Jefferson KEESE b19Oct1802[4] lvFeb1854[46] {1} d~1880[5]
*...sp1 Ellender/Eleanor CAMPBELL b ca1807 TN m 13Jul1824 [39] d 1845 TX
.....Oliver H.P. KEESE b 04Aug1828 TN {1} d 05Dec1884
.....sp Nancy J. HALCUM/HOLCOMB/HALKUM b 13Feb1833 MO m 15May1855 [2](1) d 08Jan1886
......Lora/Laura E. KEESE b 30Jan1854 TX {1}
......Matilda Elizabeth KEESE b 15Mar1855 TX
......sp Clay C. WORD b AL
......Henry C. KEESE b 20Dec1856 TX lv 1880 [55]
......Thomas J. KEESE b 21Sep1860 TX lv 1880 [55] d 08Apr1886
......Mary S. KEESE b 08Mar1863 TX
......George W. KEESE b 16Sep1866 TX lv 1880 [55]
......Julia A./Ida KEESE b 01Jun1869 TX m 23Mar1892 [61]
......sp Oliver Llewellyn RICHARDSON b TX
......Jonathan/John J. KEESE b 1872 TX lv 1880 [61]
......sp Margaret Ann Wilson b TX
.....William H. KEESE b ca1826-1829 TN d 1829 TN
.....Matilda Marian/Marion KEESE b 10Sep1830 TN d 05Apr1868 [6]
.....sp William Henry KERR b 1821 m 04Nov1847 [7/49] d 1890
*....James Elijah KEESE b21Aug1832[8]m16Nov1854TX{3,6}d05Mar1916[9]bur[27]
*....sp Eleanor Lavina LEWIS b 19Jan1838 [10] d 20Jan1896 [9] bur [27]
......Blanche E. "Molly" KEESE b 17Oct1855 TX m 14Jan1874 [9] lv 1900 [63]
......sp George W. BENTON b ca1829 AR lv 1880 [9] lv 1900 [63]
.......Charles E. BENTON b Oct1875 TX lv 1880 [9] lv 1900 [63]
.......sp Willie Lee ____ b Oct1881 TX lv 1900 [63]
.......George W. BENTON b Nov1878 TX lv 1880 [9] lv 1900 [63]
.......Clara N. BENTON b May1881 TX lv 1900 [63]
.......Jesse O. BENTON b Aug1885 TX Jan1892 TX lv 1900 [63]
.......Deny L. BENTON b Dec1888 TX lv 1900 [63]
.......Willam L. BENTON lv 1900 [63]
......James Baynard/Bynard KEESE b 1856-1857 TX d young bef1860 TX
*.....Clara Augusta KEESE b 27Apr1858 [11] d 19Jan1942 [9]
*.....sp William Riley FINNEY b07Jan1852[24]m09Sep1885[12]d09Dec1921[25]
......Thomas Lewis KEESE b 21Apr1860 TX lv May1854 [46]
......sp Francis M. MEANS m 13Aug1885 [9]
......Sarah Abigail "Sweet" KEESE b 20Feb1864 [41] d 15Sep1900 [9]
......sp H. Wilson BANTA b ca1861 TX m 14Jan1890 [9] lv 1880 [54]
......Laura Matilda "Mattie" KEESE b 28Aug1866 [41] d 23May1926 [20]
......sp1 Lawrence W. JACQUES m 17Aug1890 [9]
......sp2 Dave WATSON
......Lucy Bay KEESE b 23Jan1868 [13] d 23Feb1951 [9] bur [28]
......sp David Barkley SEALE b 16Nov1866 [47] m 1888 TX d 11Apr1934 bur [28]
.......Eleanor Angeline SEALE
.......Dava Mae SEALE
.......James Brantley SEALE
......Orville Dennis KEESE b 07Apr1870 [11] d 26Apr1939 [9] bur [28]
......sp Alma Emma BANTA b 29Aug1877 m 1900 [9] d 3/15Jul1970 bur [28]
......Leonard Brantley KEESE b 31Jan1872 TX nm d 06Dec1958[9] bur[28]
......Walter Gainor KEESE b 18Oct1875 TX d 15Sep1967 [9] bur [28]
......sp Lutie MICKLE b 1887 d 1961 bur [28]
.....Eliza Tennessee KEESE b 02Jun1837 TN {4} d 11Oct1919 [21] -10ch
.....sp John William COX b 28Nov1837 [14] m 13May1858 [22] d [37]
.....Thomas Harrison KEESE *5 b18May1840[58] {4} lv1880[55]d18Nov1915[9]
.....sp Angelia Tabitha LEWIS b03Jan1843[50]m30Jan1861[15]d29Jan1918[34]
......J.L. "Bud" Keese
......Sarah A. KEESE b 18Nov1862 TX lv 1870 [11] 1880 [55]
......sp ____ THORN
......Alice Eugena KEESE b 05Feb1864 TX lv 1870 [11] 1880 [55]
......sp William Avery TOBEY b TX
......Eliza E. KEESE b 26feb1866 d 28Jun1866
......Levi Jefferson KEESE b 23Apr1868 [13] lv 1870 [11] 1880 [55] d 12Jun1941 [62]
......sp Emily Paralee SHEPPARD b 06Aug1871 [9] m 06Feb1890 [25] d 23Dec1945 [25]
......Warren L. KEESE b 13Nov1870/1875 d 17Jun1876
......William R. KEESE b 05Sep1873 TX lv 1880 [55] d 09Jul1956 bur [28]
......sp Zelphia A. ____ b 12Jul1886 d 11Jun1960 bur [28]
......Stanley Allen KEESE b 22May1877 TX lv 1880 [55] 10Apr1962 bur [28]
......sp Hester L. ____ b 10Feb1881 d 18Feb1955 bur [28]
......Onley A. KEESE b 24Sep1880
....sp2 Jane B. "Jincy" HIGGINBOTHAM (MCKENZIE) b 25Jun1804 GA d May1888
....sp3 Francis Mary PARKER b ca1822 GA lv 1880 [36]
.....Eli S. Grant KEESE b 1866 TX d young ca1873 TX
....Nancy E. KEESE/KEYS b 23Nov1804 SC d 1852 [42] -8ch
....sp John Coffee NIXON b 1804 KY m 19Mar1826 [43] d 18Oct1874 AR
....John Allen KEESE b 20Nov1807 SC {5} d 28Jan1902 [57]
....sp Elizabeth Nancy HIGGS b 04Dec1812 [53] m [4] d 28/268Nov1886 [57]
....Eliza Tennessee KEESE b 30May1810
....Elijah W. KEESE b 07Jan1813 SC {5}
....sp1 Harriet ____ b 1809 NC
.....Jane KEESE b 1834 [16]
....sp2 Sarah? CABENESS?
....William R. KEESE b 30Jan1816 {4} d 12Oct1817
....Amanda KEESE b 08Aug1818 [39] d 27Seo1859 [15]
....sp James Holland HUDSON m 29Dec1836 [17]
....Benjamin Franklin KEESE b 12Feb1821 [39] d Oct1846 [18]
....George Washington KEESE b 03Sep1825 [39] lv Mar1850-Apr1856 [46]
....Elias Tidwel KEESE b 29Jun1828 AL/[39] d 13May1886 TX CSA
....sp1 Drousiler M. GILMORE b 08Jun1831 m 08Dec1848 [19] d 14Feb1861
....sp2 Martha Jane CAMPBELL b 1848 m 1866-1867 d 30Nov1895
.....William J. KEESE b ca1868 TX lv 1880 [56]
.....Laura J. KEESE b ca1870 TX lv 1880 [56]
.....Elijah E. KEESE b ca1872 TX lv 1880 [56]
.....Charles J. KEESE b ca1875 TX lv 1880 [56]
.....Minnie J. KEESE b ca1878 TX lv 1880 [56]
.....Robert C. KEESE b ca1879 TX lv 1880 [56]
...Absalem KEESE b 1785
...George Washington KEESE b 10Mar1800 GA d 12Feb1870 [57]
...sp1 Helen Clarissa BUTLER
...sp2 Harriett Adeline PERKINS b 1823 m 26Jul1847
..Jacob KEES b abt1760 [1] m 11Mar1783 [1] d ca1820 [1]
CAMPBELL
*.Alexander CAMPBELL d 1847 [39]
*.sp Isabella ____ d 1852
...Elliott W CAMPBELL b 1802
...Matilda CAMPBELL b 1804
...James CAMPBELL Lt Judge *1 *2 *3 *4 b 1806 TN lv [8] d 18Jun1840 [6]
*..Ellender/Eleanor CAMPBELL b ca1807 TN m 13Jul1824 [39] d 1845 TX
*..sp Thomas(4) Jefferson KEESE b 19Oct1802 [4] mv 1840 TX d aft1880[5]
BROOKS
*.____ BROOKS
*.sp ____ ____
*..Mary BROOKS b 13Mar1780 [3] m 13Jul1802? [3] d 22Jan1850 [57]
*..sp Thomas KEESE b 29Dec1781 [51] d 29Jan1868 [57]
ALLEN
*.____ ALLEN
*.sp ____ ____
*..Mary ALLEN b ca1757 m 1777 [26]
*..sp John KEES Capt b 1747 VA d 1807-1810/26Jun1806 [32]
unknown
*..Isabella ____ d 1852
*..sp1 Alexander CAMPBELL d 1847 [39]
...sp2 John CHISHOLM
Several Generations omitted.
Some researchers believe the father of Thomas KEESE was Elijah
Harrison KEESE.
[10] Springfield,[44] [20] Ft Lyon,[40]
[1] Wilkes Co,NC [11] Atascosa Co,TX [21] Valley Mills,[37]
[2] Caldwell Co,TX [12] McCulloch Co,TX [22] Gatesville,[23]
[3] SC-GA [13] Brown Co,TX [23] Coryell Co,TX
[4] PendletonDist,SC [14] Clark Co,TX [24] Estill Co,KY
[5] Menard,[36] [15] San Saba Co,TX [25] Medina,[9]
[6] Bexar Co,TX [16] Marengo Co,AL [26] Surry Co,NC
[7] Campbell Co,TX [17] Clark Co,AL [27] Goodman Cem,[9]
[8] Lawrenceburg,[39] [18] Montra Battle,MEX [28] OakRest Cem,[25]
[9] Bandera Co,TX [19] Washington Co,TX [29] Fauquier Co,VA
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[30] Montgomery,[31]
[31] Montgomery Co,AL
[32] Pickens Co,SC
[33] Hardin Co,TN
[34] Port Arthur,[35]
[35] Jefferson Co,TX
[36] Menard Co,TX
[37] Bosque Co,TX
[38] Sangamon,[45]
[39] Lawrence Co,TN
[40] Bent Co,CO
[41] Brownwood,[13]
[42] Franklin Co,AR
[43] Middle TN
[44] Clark Co,OH
[45] Macon Co,IL
[46] Caldwell Co,TX
[47] Bee Co,TX
[48] Coleman Co,TX
[49] Gonzolas Co,TX
[50] Linn Co,IA
[51] Westminister,[52]
[52] Oconee Co,SC
[53] Maury Co,TN
[54] Hopkins Co,TX
[55] Kimble Co,TX
[56] Burleson Co,TX
[57] Prairie Lea,[46]
[58] Lorenzo Co,AL
[59] Leona,[60]
[60] Leon Co,TX
[61] Junction,[55]
[62] San Antonio,[6]
[63] Karnes Co,TX
* = direct ancestor of writer
*1 = Killed by Indians
*2 = Texas Ranger, Rep. of Texas
*3 = Surveyor and co-founder of Walnut Springs, now Seguin, TX
*4 = County Judge, Gonzales Co., TX
*5 = Pvt, CSA
{1} lv 1860 [48] 1867 [13] 1870 [11]
{2} possibly from a previous marriage
{3} lv 1867 [13]
{4} lv 1867 [19]
{5} lv 1867 [46]
{6} 1868, Postmaster for Brownwood P.O., Brown Co.,TX
_____, Genealogy Kees Family, beginning 1771-72 in South Carolina, n.d.
Arnold, Joanne, personal correspondence, 1998
Bandera History Book Committee, History of Bandera County, 1986
Brownwood (TX) Centennial, City of, 1956, reprint on Brownwood website
Hicks,Helen Moore, personal correspondence, 1974-present
Holt, Robert A., Fort McKavett Cemetery, Fort McKavett, Menard County, TX,
Findagrave.com, 06May2009
Holt, Robert A., Junction Cemetery, Junction, Kimble County, TX,
Findagrave.com, 27Dec2008
Holt, Robert A., Prairie Lea Cemetery, Prairie Lea, Caldwell County, TX,
Findagrave.com, 06May2009
Hunter, J. Marvin, 100 Years in Bandera, 1853-1953, Bandera, 1953
Jones, Cherry Keese, Lawrence Co., TN GENWEB query, 14 Sep 2001
Jones, Cherry Keese, personal correspondence, 2001-present
Keese Bible Records, Oliver H.P. Keese, Kimble Co., TX, GENWEB Archives,
11 Jul 2000
Keese Bible Records, Stanley A. Keese's Bible, via Cherry Keese Jones, 2009
Keese, Elijah Elias ("Jack"), Keese Family History, 1961
Keese Family Cemetery, Oconee Co., SC, GENWEB Archives, Tombstone
transcriptions, 22 Jul 2002
Keese, John & Barbara, web site, 2002
Kenny, Julie & grandson, Goodman Cemetery, Medina, Bandera County, TX,
Findagrave.com, 14-17Sep2008
Lane's Chapel Cemetery, Bosque County, TX, USGENWEB Archives, 20Aug2000
Moore, James Davis, personal correspondence, 2004
Nixon, Ronald F., NIXON.GED (Gedcom), 03Mar1994
Oconee County, TN Vitals, USGENWEB Archives, n.d.
Poston, Bobbye, Oak Rest Cemetery, Medina, Bandera County, TX,
Findagrave.com, 17Apr2009
Prairie Lea Public Cemetery, Caldwell Co, TX, GENWEB Archives, Tombstone
transcriptions, n.d.
Rogers, Ann, Oconee SC Tombstone Inscriptions, SC GENWEB, Oconee Co., 2001
Smythe, Kelli, Oak Rest Cemetery, Medina, Bandera County, TX,
Findagrave.com, 04Jul2001 and 21Jun2008
Texas Voter Registration, 1867 via Cherry Keese Jones, 2009
Wyatt, Frederica, Kimble Co., TX Bible Records: Keese, USGenWeb, 01Nov2006
Compiled by C.W. Moore, 03 Apr 2010
P.O. Box 181, Medina, TX 78005
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