NOTES

Chapter One

¹ Ralph B. Strassburger. 1934. Pennsylvania German Pioneers, ed. by William J. Hinke. 2 vols. Allentown, PA.: Pennsylvania German Society, vol 1: 28b, 28c.

²Henry Naumann Bassett and Richard Haley Bassett. 1992. The Ancestors and Descendants of Jacob Naumann and Catherine Ann Keck. Decorah, IA.: Anundsen. P. 168.

Chapter Two

¹E-mail to Don Slivka dated May 24, 2000).

²Bassett & Bassett 1992, p. 171, quoting H. Frank Eshleman. 1917. Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and of their Remote Ancestors, from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War. Lancaster; Rpt. GPC, 1969, p. 245.

³For a reproduction of this list see Strassburger 1934 1: 28a; For a transcriptio n see I. Daniel Rupp. 1876. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand ids of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania from 1727-1776. 2nd ed. Rpt. GPC, Baltimore, 1971; Cf. William Henry Egle 1890. ids of Foreigners Who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775. Rpt. Baltimore: GPC pp. 72-74.

⁴Bassett & Bassett 1992, p. 171.

⁵The records for the Egypt Reformed Church for the years 1734 through 1807 are found in the Pennsylvania Archives, sixth series, volume 6; cf. Bassett & Bassett 1992, p. 171.

⁶Bassett & Bassett 1992, pp. 171-172, 173.

Chapter Three

¹These can all be found in the lists edited by Egle 1890. Consult the index under "Geck" and "Keck."

²Bassett & Bassett 1992, p. 172, cf. Patent Book A17, Bureau of Land Records, Harrisburg, PA., p. 538.

³See Northampton County Deeds E1:332, E1:44, E1:328, and F1:57.

⁴For details see Bassett & Bassett 1992, pp. 172-173.

⁵William L.F. Schmehl. n.d. Salisbury, Born the Year the Liberty Bell was Hung and Rung: 1753. Hilary Rauch found this pamphlet while doing research in the Lehigh County Historical Society Library.

⁶Northampton County Probates, file 1162.

⁷See Clarence C. Beckel, ed., Records of St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church (Blue Church) in Upper Saucon Town-ship, Lehigh County, 1748-1892, 2 vols., 1939. Microfilm # 39 in the Bethlehem Public Library, Bethlehem, PA.

⁸Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1983, vol. 1: 536.

⁹Rev. John B. Stoudt, et al. 1911. History of Jerusalem Lutheran and Reformed Church of Western Salisbury, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Allentown, PA.: Haas.

¹⁰Pennsylvania Archives 5/8: 90-91. Harrisburg, PA.: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1906.

¹¹Pennsylvania Archives 2/11: 240; 5/3: 1065; Henry Muhlenberg Richards. 1978. The Pennsylvania Germans in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783 . Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (Rpt.) pp. 130, 193-194; cf. Hilary J. Rauch. 1995. Conrad Keck = Frederick Keck? Journal of the Union County Historical Society 14/4: 118-119.

¹²Rauch 1995, p. 119.

¹³Northampton County Probates, file 1162.

Chapter Four

¹Rauch 1995; Hilary J. Rauch. 1996. Keck Ancestry of Maria Catharina (Keck) Clapp. The Guilford Genealogist 23/1: 22-33.

²Richards 1978, p. 130, 193-194.

³Hilary J. Rauch. N.D. Revolutionary Soldier Conrad Keck. Journal of the Union County Historical Society 10/2: 65-66.

⁴Rauch 1995, pp. 123-124.

⁵Rauch 1995, p. 124.

⁶Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. 1988. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church-From Original Sources. 2 vols. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 2: 226-241.

⁷Rev. D.I. Offman. 1968. Brick Church Records. North Carolina Genealogical Journal 14/2: 2090.

⁸See Hilary J. Rauch. 1995.

Chapter Five

¹Claiborne County Land Deeds, Book H, p. 68.

²Rauch 1995, p. 125.

³Claiborne County, Tennessee Court Minutes, Quarterly , 1848, pp. 307-308.

⁴Hilary Rauch informs me that a Keck researcher once told him that Andrew's first wife was Dowell Whited, but there is presently no evidence supporting that name. For that matter, that he married a Whited is from family legend with no supporting documentation (Hilary Rauch, e-mail to author, 30 Aug 2001).

Chapter Six

¹J. Corbett Keck was the son of Kige Keck, son of John. He lived much of his adult life in Purdy, MO. He has been dead for some time now, it is not known when he wrote his history.

²Don Slivka, November, 2000, Appendices to the History of the Keck Family (Annotated): Appendix 1: European Histories and Hypotheses on Possible Origin of Henrich Keck, pp. 3-4).

³The index to the 1860 Arkansas census reads David Keck rather than Daniel. The original document clearly has Daniel. Moreover, David Keck, son of Andrew, never went to Arkansas, he is well-documented in Indiana.

⁴1850 Census, roll 874, p. 307.

⁵Vol. 1000, p. 24, doc. # 7889.

Chapter Seven

¹1870 Madison County census, National Archives no. 593, roll 58, vol. 6, Washington D.C.: 1965. P. 373.

²This hand-written document has no date. Since my father died in 1970, it was obviously written sometime before then.

³It was no joke since the 1900 census lists Henry as Russell C. Keck.

⁴This quotation is from a small history written by my mother (Helen Janette (Splinter) Keck) around 1995 and distributed among my immediate family.

Appendix E

¹Sarah Quinn Smith. 1962. Georgia Wills: Oglethorpe. Privately Printed, p. 44.

Appendix G

¹1850 6th District, Decatur County, TN Census Roll no. 876, p. 431. Images for this census (for certain states) can be found at various locations on the Internet.

²1870 Morris Twp., Texas County, MO Census. National Archives no. 592, roll 824, vol. 32, 1965. P. 430.

³1880 Piney Twp, Madison County, AR Census.Transcription done by the Family History Library and published on CD. P. 475B.

⁴1900 Piney Twp., Carroll County, AR Census. Images of this census are available on-line from The Genealogical Library.

⁵1860 6th district, Decatur County, TN Census. National Archive no. 853, roll 1247, vol. 5, 1967. P. 44.

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⁷1850 Lanesboro, Anson, NC Census. National Archive no. 619, p. 231.

⁸According to the dates we have, Molly Keen would have been the firstborn daughter. Ferbia, Kezzia, and Sarah, for whom we have no dates, would have been born in between some of the others, but probably not after Elitha since Elizabeth would have been 41 in 1805. The birthdate for Elisha is from the documentation for Elisha Keen of Decatur Co., TN, not from any North Carolina evidence.

^8aI believe Isaac was living in Henderson Co. TN in 1860 because when he enlisted in the army in 1862, he was assigned to Company C of the West TN Volunteer Cavalry which consisted soley of recruits drawn from Henderson Co. Furthermore he does not appear any where else. But Isaac does not appear in the Henderson Co. 1860 census either. But there is a Joel Keen, age 32, b. in NC married to Martha Keen, age 26, b. in NC (Henderson County, District 16, dwelling no. 1616). This would give Joel a birthdate of 1828, and Martha's as 1834. 1828 is a couple of years short of the traditional birthdate of Isaac, but 1834 corresponds to Martha Loftin's age as given by the 1850 Decatur Co. census. Perhaps Joel is Isaac's middle name.

⁹Paula Barnes obtained these documents from the National Archives and Debbie Howard was kind enough to make copies of them for me.

¹⁰Tennesseeans in the Civil War vol. 1, 1964, published by the Civil War Cenntennial Commission of Tennessee. Also found online at: www.tngenweb.org/civilwar/usacav/usa7cav.html.

¹¹Peggy Scott Halley, The Seventh Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry--West Tennessee Unionists in Andersonville Prison. www.stkusers.com/lindas/history.html. May, 2002.

¹²Battle description from the American Battlefield Protection Program, a part of the Heritage Protection Services of the National Parks Service: www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tn009.htm

¹³There is a possibility that she appears in the 1860 Dist. 16, Henderson, TN census. See note 8a above. If that turns out to be the case, she is listed as M.A. Keen, age 8, b. in TN. Other children listed in this census are: N.W. Keen (m), age 6; R.M. Keen (m), age 5; L.M. Keen (f), age 2; and M.E. Keen (f), age 1.