This came through the Fox Hounds list today. I am on that list because of my mother-in-law, Mary Catherine FOX KOHLER (1902-1970) --Leslie >list owner for: KOEHLER MO-ABSTRACTS MOADAIR McMURRY TROTTER ---------- > From: Dick D Fox <dickdfox@lockhart.net> > To: FOX-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FOX] Catherine Fox Keeler > Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 12:15 PM > > VI. CATHERINE FOX > B: 1780-1790 > M: Joseph Keeler (2 Mar 1784-1887) - 1 Sep 1805 > D: Before 1850 > > Catherine was the daughter of Adam Fox Jr. and Elizabeth Derrick. She > married Joseph Keeler and lived on East Fork. Joseph was a War of 1812 > veteran. He enlisted at Sevierville on 13 Nov 1814 and served as a private > in Company K (Capt. John Porter) of > the 5th Regiment (Col. Edwin E. Booth). He was discharged on 20 May 1815. > Joseph farmed and raised horses in Sevier County. He lived to be 103. > (From S.M.H.S. Journal Vol. XXII No.2, a Joseph Keeler married Nancy Hurst > 16 Feb 1843. If this is the same > Joseph, they were not living together at the time of the 1850 census. > Catherine and Joseph's children were: > > + A. Elizabeth 1804 + G. George 1821 > + B. John 1807 + H. Nancy 1824 > + C. Mary 1810 + I. Mark 1828 > + D. Adam 1812 + J. Matilda 1830 > + E. William 1813 + K. James W. 1832, Jul 2 > + F. Catherine 1821 > There were 4 other young men in the household at the time of the 1830 > census, two born 1815-1820 and two born 1825-1830. > > Sevier County Deed Book H: Joseph Keeler to John Keeler $600, 82 acres on > waters of Little East Fork beginning at conditional line made by John > Boughman & Matthew Howard in dividing tract granted to John Reed (original > tract contained 122 acres) bounded > by George Hurst. Witnesses: John Walker & Henry Harris 9 Dec 1847 > > 1830 Sevier County 3122101-1200201 > Men 40-50 Joseph 46 Women 40-50 Catherine > Men 20-30 John 23 Women 20=30 Elizabeth 24 > Men 15-20 Adam 18 Women 20-30 Mary 20 > Men 15-20 William 17 Women 05-10 Catherine 7 > Men 10-15 Unknown Women 05-10 Nancy 6 > Men 10-15 Unknown Women 00-05 Matilda 0 > Men 05-10 George 9 > Men 00-05 Mark 2 > Men 00-05 Unknown > Men 00-05 Unknown > > 1850 Sevier County: Joseph 66, Mark 22, Matilda 20, James 18 > > 1860 Sevier County: Joseph Keeler 66, Wesley Blazer 25, Ellender Blazer 21, > Jacob Blazer 1, George Blazer 7 mos.