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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
in ALABAMA
Source: Revolutionary Soldiers in
Alabama
Being a List of Names, Compiled from Authentic
Sources, of Soldiers of the
American Revolution, Who Resided in
The State of Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.
The Brown Printing Company
Printers and Binders,
1911
THOMAS KEATES, aged
78, and a resident of Tuscaloosa county; private Maryland
Continental Line; enrolled on Jan. 10, 1827, under act of
Congress of Mar. 18, 1818, payment to date from Oct. 18, 1826;
annual allowance, $96; sums received to date of publication of
list, $708.64
- Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514,
23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. |
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PETER KELLY, aged 78, and a resident of
Tuscaloosa county; private Maryland Continental Line; enrolled
on Jan. 1, 1827, under act of Congress of Mar. 18, 1818, payment
to date from Oct. 18, 1826; annual allowance, $96; sums received
to date of publication of list, $708.64. - Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st
sess., 1833-34. |
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WILLIAM KENEDA, aged 78, and a resident
of Lauderdale county; private Virginia Militia; enrolled on Aug.
28, 1833, under act of Congress of Jun. 7, 1832, payment to date
from Mar. 4, 1831; annual allowance, $34.44; sums received to
date of publication of list, $103.32.. - Revolutionary
Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st
sess., 1833-34. |
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DAVID KENNEDY, a resident of Lowndes
county; private in cavalry and infantry, particular service not
shown; enrolled on Feb. 28, 1837; annual allowance, $53.10 -
Pension Book, State Branch Bank, Mobile. |
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WILLIAM KENNEDY, age not given, resided
in Marion county, June 1, 1840, with J. Kennedy. -
Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148. |
JOHN WADE KEYES, -
"The last resting place of this Revolutionary soldier is in an
old family burial ground upon his plantation, three miles from
Athens on the Huntsville road. His lovely rural home was
situated upon a hill about half a mile from Swan creek.
His wife, Louisa Talbot Keyes, lies beside him.
John Wade Keys was born in Mystic, near Boston, Mass., Sept.
25, 1752, and died near Athens, Ala., Feb. 13, 1839. His
ancestry and many acts of his life are told in a book of the
Keyes family called Solomon Keyes and His Descendants, by
Judge Asa Keyes, of Vermont, published in Battleboro.
We find from this that he was the son of Capt. Humphrey Keyes
and Marcella Wade. His father was a sea captain of
Boston. After many successful voyages he was wrecked and
taken captive by the Algerines. He was a prisoner for
years, but finally made his escape. Upon his return to
Boston he took John, his oldest son, and went down into
Virginia. An old family record in Tennessee shows that
Capt. Humphrey Keyes in 1775 was proprietor of 'Keyes' Ferry' on
the Shenandoah river. A member of the family has now in
his possession a letter written by General Washington
relative to the survey of Keyes' Ferry tract on the Shenandoah
near Charleston, Jefferson county, Virginia, Louisa Talbot,
niece of President Monroe. She was born near
Alexandria, Va., Apr. 20, 1756, and died near Athens, Nov. 6,
1836. This happy couple lived together for sixty-three
years.
Early in the Revolutionary war there was a call made
for volunteers under Gen. John Thomas in the Shenandoah
Valley. John Wade Keyes was the second man to
enlist; he was engaged in the battles of Bunker Hill, Lexington,
Trenton, White Plains, Princeton, Brandywine and King's
Mountain. Capt. John Keyes settled near Alexandria,
Virginia, moved thence to the vicinity of Blountsville, Sullivan
county, East Tennessee, and finally to Athens, Limestone county,
Alabama, where he was one of the pioneer settlers. It is
said that he would never consent to apply for a pension and when
asked for his reasons he would reply. 'I fought for
patriotism, not pensions.' He greatly honored and loved
George Washington and he showed his admiration by naming his
twin sons for him; one was called George and the other
Washington. George Keyes commanded a company under
Gen. Jackson and was afterwards made a brigadier-general of
militia. Among the descendants of John Wade Keyes
were Chancellor Wade Keyes, one of hte most prominent
jurists that Alabama has produced; George P. Keyes, a
noted journalist; Col. John B. Richardson, of New
Orleans, commander of the famous "Washington Artillery' during
the war, and others of distinction at the present day." -
Mrs. P. H. Mell in Transactions of the Alabama
Historical Society, Vol. iv. p. 548. |
JOHN KINARD, aged
82, resided in Randolph county, June 1, 1840, with Barnett
Kinard.
- Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 184. |
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JOHN KINNARD, aged
70, and a resident of Marengo county; private S. C. Militia;
enrolled on Sept. 5, 1834, under act of Congress of June 7,
1832, payment to date from Mar. 4, 1831; annual allowance, $20.
. - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc.
514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. He resided in Marengo
county, June 1, 1840, aged 77 - Census of Pensioners,
1841, p. 149. |
ANDREW J. KIRBY,
aged 25, resided in Jackson county, June 1, 1840, with John
McReynolds.
- Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 148. |
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EPHRAIM KIRBY,
WILL TRANSCRIBE UPON
REQUEST -
Sharon Wick |
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WILLIAM KIRKLAND,
aged 72, and a resident of Autauga county; private S. C. State
Troops and Militia; enrolled on Jan. 11, 1833, under act of
Congress of June 7, 1832, payment to date from Mar. 4, 1831;
annual allowance, $72.33; sums received to date of publication
of list, $217 . - Revolutionary Pension Roll, in Part 3,
Vol. xiv, Sen. Doc. 514, 23rd Cong., 1st sess., 1833-34. |
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