There is a big Keesee Reunion scheduled for Pittyslvania County this summer. Contact sfarney@webzone.net for more info. They have info on Jeremiah, etal. MaryLeigh Boisseau DENNISKEE@aol.com wrote: > I am searching for any and all information concerning Jeremiah Keesee and > wife Sarah Burch Else (my great-great-great grandparents) of Pittsylvaniua > County and their children. > > Jeremiah Keesee, Son of Richard Keesee and Ann ( ), b. 12 October 1751, > Amelia County, VA., d. 9 January 1825, Pittsylvania County, VA. > > Wife, Sarah Burch Else, parents unknown, b. 4 October 1757, Pittsylvania > Co. (?), d. 3 December 1813, Pittsylvania Co. The third name Else denotes > she may have been a widow. > > Jeremiah and Sarah married on (?) date unknown. They had seven children > all born in Pittsylvania Co. who all married in Pittsylvania Co > > (1) Ella Keesee, b. ca. 1778, married (?) Arnold. > (2) Virginia "Jinsey" Keesee, b. ca. 1789, married William Taylor in > 1804 and after their marriage moved to White Co., TN. > (3) Ann "Amey" Keesee, b.ca.1781, married Thomas G. Turley on 5 January > 1792. > (4) Benjamin Burch Keesee, b.ca.1782, married Susanna Hutchison on 27 > September 1809, and around 1810 migrated west into KY settling around > 1817-1827 in Union Co., KY. > (5) Arthur Keesee, b. ca. 1785 > (6) Jeremiah Keesee, Jr., b. ca. 1786. Married a woman named Sarah > surname unknown, also migrated west into KY, and member of David Fork Baptist > Church, 9 miles from Lexington, KY. > (7) Sarah B. "Sally" Keesee, b. 8 April 1797, d. abt 1838. Married > David Hodges Grubb (1790-1844) on 4 July 1821. Received possession of the > Jeremiah Keesee house which passed to the Grubb family. The house still > stands today, although in bad condition and is located at the north-east > junction of Grubb Road and Double Ridge Road, about 5 miles west of Chatham > on Hwy 57. The Jeremiah Keesee-Grugg house is currently the property of > Leland and Mary Moschler, Chatham, VA. > > Any help or assistance, or just a push in the right direction will be > sincerely appreciated. > > Dennis E. A. Keesee > 17 Byron Close > Laguna Niguel, CA. 92677-4757 > Tp (949) 661-9004 > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > Only a genealogist regards a step backwards as progress.