This Botetourt Co., VA list might just be my last hope. I am looking for John Kessler born 1772/1775. His son Christopher Kessler b.1802 MD d. 1869 Botetourt Co., VA married 1824 Sarah Greenwood Butt b.1807 VA d. 1852. They had the following two children 1-Rebecca Jane Kessler b.1826 Botetourt Co., VA d. 1860 m. 1842 Joel Mays b. 1817 Botetourt Co., VA d.1887 2- Archibald Washington Kessler b. 1827 Botetourt Co., VA d. 1899 m. 1853 Botetourt Co., VA Mary Catherine Peck b. 1834 d. 1917 Christopher married 2nd 1855 Botetourt Co., VA Elizabeth Hamilton b. 1831 d. 1896. They had no issue. Parents of Christopher Kessler were John Kessler and Nancy Waskey. Where did John Kessler come from? I have been looking for his parents for 18 years now. He d.1850 Botetourt Co., VA. In the 1850 census Nancy Kessler was living in the household of John and Margaret Kessler Hamilton. This Kessler family IS NOT part of the Johannes Kessler/Eva Dorothea Leman family of the "Out from the Blue Ridge". John Kessler and Nancy Waskey had the following children: Polly Kessler married Barton Ray Samuel Kessler married Nancy Beane Margaret Kessler married John Hamilton Christopher Kessler married Sarah Butt then Elizabeth Hamilton John Kessler Jr. married Susannah Hamilton Sophia Kessler married John Bierly Nancy Kessler married Stephen Dooley In old records the name Kessler has been spelled many different ways, KESSLER/KESLER/KEPLER/KESTER etc. Is there anyone working the following lines that would be able to help me? Someone has got to have some information on this Kessler family! All of the following surnames are married into this family and all have Botetourt Co., VA roots. KESSLER/BUTT/MAYS/PECK/RAY/BEANE/HAMILTON/BIERLY/DOOLEY/NOFFSINGER/HUFF/JEWELL /GRAHAM/AUSTIN/SHOWALTER/SIMMONS/HESLEP/BRADLEY/CUSTER/SHAW/WALKER/FALLS/LEMON /HOILMAN/FLAGLEMAN