Richard S. KEELE 
Richard S. was born on June 10th, 1757 in At Sea in route to America. Richard S.'s father was Arthur KEELE and his mother was Sarah MONNOTE. He had seven brothers named Jabob, James, John, Jessie, Robert, Thomas and William M. He was the fourth oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 92 on July 8th, 1849 in , Rutherford, Tennessee. He was buried in Beachgrove, Rutherford, Tn.General Notes
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Richard Keele married Lydia Richmond. They moved their family to East Tennessee and setteled on the French Broad River in Rutherford County. Born about 1757 in Wythe, County, Virginia and servrd as a private in the Virginia State Militia during the revolutionary war. The `1835 Revolutionary Pensions of Tennessee recorded that Richard Keele had received a pension starting 16 Apr. 1833 and would be receiving an annual allowance of $40.00.
Richard was 76 years old. He died in 1849 in Bedford County, Tennessee. The Keeles were all prosperous with some of them owning several slaves as well as land.
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Richard Keele married Lydia Richmond. They moved their family to East Tennessee and setteled on the French Broad River in Rutherford County. Born about 1757 in Wythe, County, Virginia and servrd as a private in the Virginia State Militia during the revolutionary war. The `1835 Revolutionary Pensions of Tennessee recorded that Richard Keele had received a pension starting 16 Apr. 1833 and would be receiving an annual allowance of $40.00.
Richard was 76 years old. He died in 1849 in Bedford County, Tennessee. The Keeles were all prosperous with some of them owning several slaves as well as land.
BIOGRAPHY: Richard S. Keele was born in 1757, on the voyage from England to America. His father's name was Arthur Keele. Richard S. was for 7 (seven) years a soldier in the American Revolution.
“It appears that Richard Keele enlisted in Henry County, Virginia, in the spring of 1776 in Capt. Jas. Lyons' and P. Harston's Company of Rangers. He served till July 19, 1777. After July, 1777, he married (Lydia Richmond) and removed to frontiers of North Carolina on Nolachucky River where he entered in Washington Co., a volunteer company under Samuel Williams which joined with Col. Sevier and was at the Battle of King's Mountain. He served here one month. He was [p.16] allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, at which time he was seventy-four (74) years old and living in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with one of his sons.”
Richard S. and Lydia were married in a religious ceremony on July 19th, 1777 in Washington, NC. They had six sons and two daughters, named John, William M., Jacob, Richard Richmond, David, Thomas, Mary and Sarah.
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Children
John Keele
John was born in 1779 in Henrey, Wythe, VA. He died at the age of 79 on November 12th, 1858 in Bedford, TN.
William M. KEELE
William M. was born on January 17th, 1781 in Henrey, Wyethe, Va.1 He died at the age of 80 on February 17th, 1861 in Beach Grove, Rutherford, Tn. He was buried after February 17th, 1861 in Jake's Branch Road Cemetery.1 1
Jacob KEELE
Jacob was born in 1783 in <Henrey, Wyethe, Va>. He died at the age of 70 in 1853 in , Coffee, Tn.
Richard Richmond Keele
Richard Richmond was born on March 31st, 1785 in Washington, Beaufort, NC. He died at the age of 66 on August 18th, 1851 in Medora, Macoupin, Illinois.
Sarah Keele
Sarah was born on November 20th, 1789 in NC.2 She died at the age of 80 on September 1st, 1870 in Cannon, TN. She was buried in Cannon, TN.2
Thomas Keele
Thomas was born in 1795 in ,, Tn. He died at the age of 63 on November 23rd, 1858 in , Cannon, Tn.
1 Treva Gaile Treesh at justcuztreva@@earthlink.net
2 John Harding gedcom, Kindred Konnections
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (R), International Genealogical Index (R)
2 John Harding gedcom, Kindred Konnections
Further sources/citations:
Ancestral File (R), International Genealogical Index (R)