Genealogy Ludwig » Charles Keyser (1702-1778)

Persönliche Daten Charles Keyser 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1702 in Mockmuhl, Heilbronner Landkreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.Quellen 2, 3, 4
• Alternative: Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1702 in Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.Quelle 3
• Eingewandert am 19. September 1749 vanuit From Germany to Port of Philadelphia, PA, settled in Lancaster, PA.Quelle 5
• Beruf: Hired Soldier in the service of Grest Britain to fight against the French and Indians..
• (Arrival) im Jahr 1749 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Quelle 3
• (Geography Note) .Quelle 5
• (Indentured Servant) im Jahr 1749 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennylsvania.Quelle 5
• (Inheritance from his mother's estate) im Jahr 1755 in Möckmühl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.Quelle 5
• (Land Grant/Deed) am 6. April 1765 in FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, Verenigde Staten.Quelle 5
• (Named in his mother's Will) im Jahr 1755 in Möckmühl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.Quelle 5
• Er ist verstorben am 28. Mai 1778 in Shenandoah County Virginia (became Page County in 1831), er war 76 Jahre alt.Quellen 2, 3
• Alternative: Er ist verstorben April 1788 in Luray, Page, Virginia, United States, er war 86 Jahre alt.Quelle 3
• Er wurde beerdigt am 9. Oktober 1876 in Burial: 1778 Kayser Family Farm Cemetery, Luray, Page, Virginia.Quellen 2, 3
• Testament am 28. August 1778 naar Shenandoah County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Quelle 5
• Ein Kind von Andreas Kayser und Anna Catharina Schumacher

Familie von Charles Keyser

Er ist verheiratet mit Mary Elizabeth Shelly.

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1750 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, er war 48 Jahre alt.Quelle 3

Kind(er):

1. Charles Keyser  1752-1799 
2. Catharine Keyser  1753-1796
3. John Keyser  1754-1849 
4. William Keyser  1755-1837 
5. Joseph Kenton Keyser  1756-1816 
6. Anna (Kizer) Keyser  1756-1833 
7. Andrew Keyser  1758-1833 
8. Mary Keyser  1760-1824 
9. Michael Keyser  1762-1798
10. Elizabeth Keyser  1762-1832 
11. Esther Keyser  1764-1846 
12. David Keyser  1766-1805
13. Philip Keyser  ± 1768-± 1768

Notizen bei Charles Keyser

SOURCE 9: DATE: DECEMBER 27, 1996. PAGE: 66. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2, DATED APRIL 1985, ARTICLE TITLED: THE CONSPIRACY ON SHELLY'S ISLAND, BY E. ELAYNE ALEXANDER, PAGES 64-68. IN RE: AS BROTHER TO JACOB SHELLY, CHILDREN, DEATH, MARRIAGE. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: NOT MUCH RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON THE DECENDANTS OF CHRISTIAN SHELLY, THE IMMIGRANT TO LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. POSSIBLY THE REASON BEHIND THIS, IS THAT HE HAD ONLY ONE SON WHO MARRIED AND LEFT ISSUE ( CHRISTIAN ). CHRISTIAN SHELLY, DIED MARCH 1967, SOURCE: J-1-244, LANCASTER CO. DEED H-109-FF166, MISCELLANEOUS BOOK 1763-1777, PAGE 282 AND 1768-1772, PAGE 268, MARRIED MAGDALENA ______________ , CHRISTIAN DIED IN MANHEIN TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. THE CHILDREN WERE AS FOLLOWS: 1.) JACOB SHELLY, DIED JUNE 1761, IN LANCASTER COUNTY, UNMARRIED. 2.) CATHARINE SHELLY, DIED 1786, MARRIED JOHN GINGRICH AND JOHN REISER/REYSER. 3.) MARY SHELLY, DIED IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VIRGINIA, MARRIED CHARLES KEYSER. 4.) SUSANNA SHELLY, DIED IN MANHEIM TOWNSHIP LANCASTER COUNRTY, MARRIED DANIEL LEHMAN. 5.) MARGARET SHELLY, DIED JUNE 1761, MARRIED JOHN HALDEMAN. 6.) ELIZABETH SHELLY, DIED 1767, MARRIED PETER WEYLAND/WEILAND. 7.) ESTHER SHELLY, DIED 1767, MARRIED SAMUEL HUBER/HOOVER. 8.) VERONICA " FRENA " SHELLY, DIED 1767, MARRIED JOHN EPPLER. 9.) CHRISTIAN SHELLY, CA 1755-1804, DIED HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA., MARRIED EVA CATHARINA _______________. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------- SOURCE 9: DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1996. PAGE: 66. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE MENNONITE FAMILY HISTORY, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2, DATED APRIL 1985, ARTICLE TITLED: THE CONSPIRACY ON SHELLY'S ISLAND, BY E. ELAYNE ALEXANDER, PAGES 64-68. IN RE: HUSBAND, CHILDREN, LOCATION OF DEATH. THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: FATHER WAS CHRISTIAN SHELLY, DIED MARCH 1767 IN MANHEIM TWP., LANCASTER CO., PA., MARRIED MAGDALINA ______________. MARY SHELLY, CA1730-1771, MARRIED CHARLES KEYSER, SHE DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA. THE FOLLOWING WERE THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE: 1.) CHARLES KEYSER, BORN CA 1752, DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA. 2.) JOHN KEYSER, BORN CA 1754, MARRIED AUGUST 30, 1791 TO CATHARINE RHINEHART. 3.) ANNA KEYSER, CA 1756-1833, MARRIED AUGUST 22, 1785 TO PHILLIP KOONTZ. 4.) ANDREW KEYSER, BORN DECEMBER 16, 1758, DIED NOVEMBER 23, 1833, MARRIED TO FIRST WIFE ON NOVEMBER 24, 1784 WHOM WAS SARAH RHINEHART, MARRIED A SECOND TIME ON OCTOBER 8, 1820 TO ELIZABETH STRICKLER, HE DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA. 5.) MARY KEYSER, BORN AUGUST 5, 1760, DIED AUGUST 10, 1824, WAS MARRIED FEBRUARY 1, 1782 IN VIRGINIA TO LUKE KELLY, SHE DIED IN LAWRENCE CO., OHIO. 6.) ELIZABETH KEYSER, CA 1762, DIED AUGUST 10, 1832, MARRIED JANUARY 10, 1784 TO HENRY HURST, DIED IN BREATHITT CO., KENTUCKY. 7.) ESTHER KEYSER, DIED OCTOBER 4, 1846, MARRIED MAY 9, 1797 TO GEORGE DATIN AUSTIN, DIED IN LAWRENCE CO., OHIO. 8.) CATHARINE " KATE " KEYSER, UNMARRIED. 9.) JOSEPH KEYSER, DIED CA 1816, MARRIED SUSANNA STACY, HE DIED IN RUSSEL CO., VIRGINIA. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM HISTORY OF PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. KEYSER OWNED BIBLE OWNED BY LOUISE SPEARMAN. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------- SOURCE 7: DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1996. PAGE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FAMILY TREE MAKER'S TM, FAMILY ARCHIVES TM, WORLD FAMILY TREE TM, VOLUME __3__, TITLE PRE 1600 TO PRESENT, CD NUMBER V703_1, PEDIGREE NUMBER 3751, c 1996 BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FAMILY TREE MAKER IS A TRADEMARK OF BRODERBUND SOFTWARE, INC. c INFOLINK, INC. VERSION 2.O. IN RE: GENEALOGY OF CHARLES KEYSER FAMILY THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: MARRIED MISS SHELLY ( MARY SHELLY ), AND SON JOSEPH KISER WHOM MARRIED SUSANNAH STACEY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------- This is request number 2 of 12 allowed for this hour. Your account expires at the end of November, 1998. GenServ Report Output: vitals 28 May 1998 Charles KEYSER (1223), born 1702, Germany, died 1778. Married SHELLEY (1228), daughter of Unknown FATHER #3166 (3166) and Un- known MOTHER #3167 (3167). Children of Charles KEYSER and SHELLEY: 1 Anna KISER (1219), born 1756. Married 22 Aug 1785, SHENAN- DOAH CO, VA, Phillip COUNTS (367), born about 1765, died about 1842, Russell Co., Virginia, son of John COUNTS (362) and Magdelena Mary Magdeline SUMMERS (363). 2 Joseph KISER KEISER (1224), baptized P.19, died 1816, RUS- SELL CO, VA. Married Susannah STACEY (1238). 3 Charles KEYSER JR (1229), born 1752, OF SHENANDOAH CO, VA, died 1796. SOURCE NOTES: ELDEST SON Married Elizabeth (1230), died after 1 Sep 1808. 4 John KEYSER (2529). Married 1791, Catherine RINEHART (2530). 5 Andrew KEYSER (2531), born 1758. 6 Elizabeth KEYSER (2532), born 1762, VA. 7 Esther KEYSER (2533), died 1846. 8 Kate KEYSER (2534). 9 Mary KEYSER (2535), born 1760. ====================================================================== === Information is from the BELN6AA database belonging to: submitter: [Belcher, Karen A.] email: [(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)] street_1: [39 Saybrook Ave] street_2: [] city: [Trenton] state: [NJ] zip: [08619-4201] country: [USA] telephone: [] remarks: [] ====================================================================== === This is request number 4 of 12 allowed for this hour. Your account expires at the end of November, 1998. GenServ Report Output: vitals 28 May 1998 Charles KEYSER (251). Married ? SHELLEY (252), daughter of Dr ? SHELLEY (352). Children of Charles KEYSER and ? SHELLEY: 1 Joseph KEYSER (249), died 1816. Married Susanna STACEY (250), daughter of John STACEY (351). ====================================================================== === Information is from the JENO7MA database belonging to: submitter: [Jennex, Scott] email: [(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)] street_1: [1303 Edgewood] street_2: [] city: [Royal Oak] state: [Mi] zip: [48067] country: [USA] telephone: [248-545-8584] remarks: [] ====================================================================== === This is request number 6 of 12 allowed for this hour. Your account expires at the end of November, 1998. GenServ Report Output: vitals 28 May 1998 Charles "Karl" KEYSER (121), born 1702, Wertenburg, Germany, died 1788, what is now Page County, Virginia. SOURCE NOTES: Carl mi- grated from Wurttemburg, Germany in 1749, later serving in Brad- dock's army in 1755. Belived to have come to America in 1749 as a mercenary in the service of Great Britian during the French and Indian War. He remained in America after the war and moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where he and his wife raised 10 children. One of his sons, Andrew, also served in the Revolutionary War, was promoted to the rank of Major and later served in the Virginia legislature. Married about 1750, prob. Lancaster County, Penn- sylvania, Mary (prob.) SHELLY (122), born about 1730, prob. Lan- caster, Pennsylvania, died prob. in what is now Page County, Vir- ginia, daughter of Christian SHELLY (202). Children of Charles "Karl" KEYSER and Mary (prob.) SHELLY: 1 Joseph KISER (118), born 1756, Lancaster County, Pennsylva- nia, died 1816, Russell County, Virginia. SOURCE NOTES: Moved date: ABT 1780 Moved place: to Southwest Virginia Married Susannah "Sucky" STACY (119), daughter of John ? STACY (120). 2 , Rev. War Andrew KEYSER , REV. WAR (742). SOURCE NOTES: Andrew served in the Revolutionary War, was promoted to the rank of Major and later served in the Virginia legislature. ====================================================================== === Information is from the TALR6JA database belonging to: submitter: [Talbott, Ed III] email: [(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)] street_1: [P.O. Box 1410] street_2: [] city: [Grundy] state: [VA] zip: [USA] country: [24614-1410] telephone: [] remarks: [] ====================================================================== === Family Record for KEYSER, Charles and Mother in submitter file belcher1 Husband: KEYSER, Charles - born: 1702 @* Wife: SHELLEY, - @ Marr: at Seal: at Children: 1.XKISER, Anna - born: 1756 @ 2.KISER, Joseph - @ 3.KEYSER, Charles, Jr - born: 1752 @ 4.KEYSER, John - @ 5.KEYSER, Andrew - born: 1758 @ 6.KEYSER, Elizabeth - born: 1762 @ 7.KEYSER, Esther - @ 8.KEYSER, Kate - @ 9.KEYSER, Mary - born: 1760 @ Family Sources Submitter for belcher1: Karen A. Belcher , 39 Saybrook Ave. , Trenton, New Jersey 08619-4201 , Phone 609-unlisted , Email: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)com, Locator: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) & (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) E-Mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) Copyright 'c2'a9 1996, 1997, 1998 Kindred Konnections, Inc. All rights reserved. ********************************************************************** **** ********************************************************************** **** ** Individual Record for KEYSER, Charles in submitter file belcher1 Name: KEYSER, Charles - Sex: Male* Birth: 1702 at Germany Christening: at P.19 Death: 1778 at Burial: at Baptism: at Endowment: at Sealed to Parents: at Spouses: 1.X SHELLEY, - @ Individual Sources @S7@ @S13@ Submitter for belcher1: Karen A. Belcher , 39 Saybrook Ave. , Trenton, New Jersey 08619-4201 , Phone 609-unlisted , Email: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX), Locator: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) & (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) E-Mail: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) Copyright 'c2'a9 1996, 1997, 1998 Kindred Konnections, Inc. All rights reserved. ********************************************************************** **** ************************* This is request number 10 of 12 allowed for this hour. Your account expires at the end of November, 1998. GenServ Genealogical Server - (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) Date: 6 Sep 1998 Family Report HUSBAND: Charles KEYSER (250) Born: 1701 Place: Duchy of Wirtemburg, Germany Marr: 1750 Place: Philadelphia, PA Died: 1778 Place: Hawksbill, Page Co, VA HUSBAND'S FATHER: () HUSBAND'S MOTHER: () WIFE: Mary SHELLEY (251) Born: Place: Died: Place: Shenandoah Co, VA WIFE'S FATHER: Dr Christian SHELLEY (349) WIFE'S MOTHER: Magdalena UNKNOWN (974) ====================================================================== == # M/F Childrens Names RECORD NUM ====================================================================== == 1 M Joseph Kenton KEYSER (248) Born: 1756 Lancaster Co, PA Died: 1816 Russell Co., Virginia Marr: Susannah STACEY (249) --------------------------------------------------------- 2 M Charles KEYSER (773) Born: 1752 Dunmore, VA Died: 12 Aug 1796 Shenandoah, VA Marr: 1776 Elizabeth BAKER (779) --------------------------------------------------------- 3 M Andrew KEYSER (774) Born: 1758 Died: Nov 1833 --------------------------------------------------------- 4 M John KEYSER (775) Born: --------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Anna KEYSER (776) Born: Died: 1830 Marr: 22 Aug 1785 Philip COUNTS (674) --------------------------------------------------------- 6 F Mary KEYSER (777) Born: --------------------------------------------------------- 7 F Katie KEYSER (778) Born: --------------------------------------------------------- End of (family) report ====================================================================== === Information is from the JENA8JF database belonging to: submitter: [Jennex, Scott Alan] email: [(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)] street_1: [1303 Edgewood] street_2: [] city: [Royal Oak] state: [MI] zip: [48067] country: [USA] telephone: [248-545-7533] remarks: [] ====================================================================== === ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ The data and photographs presented on these pages are for private use only. Any commercial use of the contents of this web site is forbidden without the express written consent of the contributor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ First Generation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ------ 1. CHARLES1 KEYSER (#1) was born in Wurttemberg, Germany 1702. near Stuttgart Charles died 1778 in Shenandoah Co, Va, at 76 years of age. His body was interred 1778 in Shenandoah Co, Va. on his farm, now (1997) Lynn Strickler's, Route 648, Luray, VA He married ELIZABETH GROSSGLOSS in Wurttemberg, Germany. (Elizabeth Grossgloss is #2.) Elizabeth was born in Germany. Charles immigrated, 19 Sep 1749. Destination: Philladelphia, Pa. He arrived on Sunday, 19 Sep 1749, aboard the ship PATIENCE in the Port of Philadelphia, Pa. He took the Oath of Allegiance to Pennsylvania on the same day. Charles took an oath of allegiance in Philadelphia, Pa, 19 Sep 1749. He bought property in Frederick Co, Va, 6 Apr 1765. By deed of 6 Apr 1765, recorded in Frederick County, Va., Deed Book No. 10, page 248, Lewis Rhinehart and Mathias Rhinehart of Frederick County, Va., conveyed unto Charles Keyser, of the same place, a parcel of land on the South Fork of the Shenandoah, being the lower end of two tracts of land granted to Mathias Rhinehart by deed of 8 Feb 1764, from the Proprietor's Office of the Northern neck of Virginia. (Mead Relations by A. M. Pritchard, 1933) Charles's will was probated in Shenandoah Co, Va, Will Book A-179, 28 Aug 1778. inventory (509 lbs 15 shillings) 10 children, 50 lbs 19 sh 6 pence each In Mead Relations by Prichard, published in 1933, he states on page 178: Isaac C. Dovel, son of No. 11, a great grandson of Charles Keyser, compiled some records of the family in 1876 from which the following is cop-ied: "Charles Keyser, father of Andrew Keyser, Sr., and John Keyser, was born in Germany in the year 1702, came to America while under the British Government. He was a butcher by trade; had no relations in this coun-try; married a lady in Philadelphia by the name of Shelly. He died in 1774 at the age of 72 years. On the 9th of October 1876, the grave was opened by Peter and Henry Keyser, sons of Andrew Keyser, Jr., in the presence of Charles Keyser, one of the grandsons, and I. C. Dovel, Capt. Joseph Keyser, son of Noah Keyser, Joseph W. Key-ser, son of Peter Keyser, and Uphemia Richardson, daughter of Andrew Keyser, Jr. The skull, teeth and hair were found to be in a wonderful state of preservation after having been buried 102 years." (Note: The paragraph above makes reference to Thomas and Eli Kiser of Clark County, Ohio. These would be the grandchildren of Charles Keyser, Jr. whose surviving children and his Widow later moved to Ohio. It is not known at this time to which of Charles, Jr. s sons these children belong.) "Peter J. Keyser, No. 57, who is now (1932) probably the oldest surviving member of the family, recollects when the grave was opened, as above related, and said that it was done purely through curiosity." "The following also is copied from the notes of Isaac C. Dovell: "The grandfather of Joseph and David Kiser, and great grandfather of Thomas and Eli Kiser of Clark County, Ohio, was named Charles Kaiser. He was a native of Wurtemburg, near Stuttgart, Germany. His wife' name was Elizabeth Grossgloss, also a native of Germany. He was a soldier in Braddock's unfortunate campaign in 1755, but returned unharmed." Note: Isaac Dovel makes reference (above) to two wives. Either he made a mistake, or he was quoting from the 1889 Kiser book that has been in dispute by Kiser genealogists for years and years. So far we have not been able to find any documentation to substantiate a second marriage, and seem to have enough proof the marriage of Charles Keyser and Miss Shelly is another line entirely. We have received e-mail from Edward Barnes, (5 Jul 1998), a descendant of the Dutch Keyser / Kiser line, not at this time affilliated with our line. He says: "I do have a reference to Charles Keyser who married a Miss Shelly. My information is that she was the daughter of a Dr. Shelly of Philadelphia. "The information says that after they married, they moved to Page County, Virginia. I don t have specific dates, except that I show that Charles was the son of Johannes Keyser (who was born July 25, 1721 in German-town) and Barbara (Funk) Keyser. I don t have a birth or marriage date for Charles. "HOWEVER -- although the family line from Johannes (showing Charles and __ Shelly) is documented in the 1889 Keyser Family History, more recent research by William Hires of Penn Valley, PA, casts considerable doubt on the whole line beginning with Johannes children. As I recall, there were two different lines that some folks claim descended from Johannes. He says that the 1889 history is incorrect based on data that he has found in Pennsylvania. He was, by the way, the official genealogist for the most recent Keyser Family Reunion (300th anniversary) in Philadelphia in 1988." SO, IN SUMMATION, we do seem to have enough information to determine that the Charles Keyser who married a Miss Shelly is NOT in our line. That Charles father, Johannes, was born 1721. Our Charles was born in 1702. Several books have been written on "Kisers", "HURSTS IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY VIRGINIA", author Mrs. June Hurst Childers, 949 Mason Headley, Lexington, KY 40504, phone (606)252-6271, cost $50 in 1998; "FORERUNNERS" by STRICKLER; "MEAD RELATIONS" by A. M. PRICHARD, published by The McClure Co., Printers, Staunton, Virginia in 1933; KISER FAMILY DESCENDANTS by CHARLES S. KISER. The most information was provided by E. J. SUTHERLAND, Judge in Dickenson County, VA, in his book "SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COUNTS OF GLADE HOLLOW (Southwest Virginia) 1722-1977". (E. J. was a great-great-grandson of ABEDNEGO KISER). He states in his book: "Charles Keyser purchased a tract, 198 acres, from Lewis and Mathias Rinehart of Frederick County, Vir-ginia, near the mouth of Hawksbill in Frederick County, VA by deed dated 6 Apr 1765 where he lived until his death (Charles Keyser, Jr., Shenandoah County Deed Book 1-265 where they conveyed unto Andrew Keyser a parcel of 57 acres of land, etc.). On 28 May 1778, the Shenandoah County Court appointed Bryant Breeding, Martin Comer, Matthew Mattocks, and Peter Ruffner to appraise the estate of 'Charles Kizer, Dec'd,' and Charles Kizer was granted administration of this estate, and posted a bond of 1,000 pounds (Kizer and Comer signed the bond in German) (Shenandoah County Will Book A-179). On 28 August 1778, Martin Comer, Matthew Mat-tocks and Peter Ruffner returned the appraisement to the court, large inventory, his estate being valued at 509 pounds 15 shilling 0 pence. Attached to this appraisement is the statement: 'There is Ten Children, 50 pounds 19 shillings 6 pence Each share'." "The old Keyser house, built of logs, still stands (1923) slightly above a point opposite the mouth of the Hawksbill, near the mansion house on the old Keyser farm, now owned by Raymond Strickler, son of McKendra Strickler. The old house is used for an out-house. Someone told Harry M. Strickler, author of Forerunners, there was a large staple driven into one of the logs on the inside to which two prisoners were chained until they could be conveyed to Woodstock. This was before Page County was formed. Here Charles Keyser lived, according to Adam Strickler (son of Andrew Keyser's second wife), and I understand that Major Andrew Keyser, of Revolu-tionary fame, lived here, as well as his son, Col. Andrew Keyser, of the Civil War. Charles Keyser, brother of Col. Keyser, lived several hundred yards south of the Major's home. The old graveyard is south of the latter home and about midway between the two. See Forerunners pg 121." >From "A Short History of Page County, Virginia" by Harry M. Strickler, page 61: "In each bend of the river (Shenandoah River) on this original Massanutten patent is at least one combination fort and dwelling. Be-ginning on the west side of the river opposite the mouth of the Hawksbill where Raymond Strickler now (1952) lives; here we may visit an old log house once the home of Major Andrew Keyser, of the Revolution, and just a short distance farther up the river is the old home of Charles Keyser, now occupied by the venerable David A. Kibler (etc.). Proceeding farther up the river we come to Fort Rhodes where John Rhodes and members of his family were killed by the Indians. (See Andrew Keyser, Jr's wife - Ann Rhodes). This is a log house built over a fortified cellar from which flows a spring. In the next bend is Fort Egypt. In the next bend is Fort Massanutten, and in upper Massanutten is an old Long home built of stone which we will call Fort Paul Long to distinguish it from Fort Long on the rightbank of the river. (Charles Keyser's son Joseph's son John married a Long). Cross-ing the river to the right bank we first come to Fort Long where the pioneers Paul and Philip Long located, now (1952) owned by Charles D. Price. "All these old homesteads or forts have fortified cellars and are built in much the same manner, constructed of stone with arched ceilings. Some have an outer cellar also strongly constructed through which one must pass before entering the vault. Several of them have running water. These old homes are all built on the Massanutten patent and a number of them are still occupied as dwellings. They were all substantially built and together form the most interesting group of old homes in Northern Virginia, and in fact, in all Virginia. These homes were built, probably from 1750 to 1790." The first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley was made at Massanutten in 1726 or 1727 in Page County long before Page County was established. The Massanutten patent extended for ten miles up and down both sides of the river from the mouth of the Hawksbill to the mouth of Stony Run, near Alma, the White House Bridge and the pioneer monument (erected in 1929) being near the center of the patent. Canada's Peak in the Massanutten Mountains marks the northern limits. The Massanutten settlers had land troubles. Lord Fairfax (Scotchman) had a grant of all the land between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers the western line to be run from the head waters of the Potomac to the head waters of the Rappahannock. This line was supposed to begin at the head waters of the present Rappahannock River opposite Front Royal, crossing the valley in the neighborhood of Toms Brook. But Fairfax claimed the head waters to be at the head of the south branch, Rapidan. This would require the line to run twenty-five or more miles further south. If the northern line were accepted, then the Massanutten settlers would find their title good as their grant was from King George II, while if the southern line were established, as it finally was, they would find themselves living on the domain of Lord Fairfax from whom they had no grant. So these settlers had to obtain two deeds, one from King George II, and one from the legal owner, Lord Fairfax. The French and Indian War (1754-1763) changed the way of life for the early Shenandoah Valley settlers. Until this time the settlers in the Massanutten (Shenandoah) Valley had lived in peace with the Indians. Many evidently had lived in close proximity with the whites. At the beginning of this war, western Indians induced the Valley tribes to join them in this war, so that in the Spring of 1754 the Indians suddenly and unexpectedly moved off, and entirely left the Valley. As a result of their strife many settlers in the Shenandoah Valley went east of the Ridge, others to Pennsylvania, but many remained and prepared forts. For ten years or more the frontier set-tlements were harassed by Indians often led by French officers. Bounties were offered for scalps. It was ten years of bloodshed, massacre, of plunder, violence and burning all along the frontier. There were two massacres on the Massanutten Patent: The Stone family in 1758 and the Roads Massacre in 1764. The Roads (Rhodes) had 13 children, 6were massacred. Of the seven who survived, Joseph Roads married Mary Strickler and one of their grandchildren, Ann Roads, b. 1790, married in 1808 to Noah Keyser, born 1786. Noah Keyser was the son of Major Andrew Keyser who served in the American Revolution in the Virginia Troup. See Andrew Keyser, Indi-vidual 6. Shenandoah County was organized on March 24, 1772, and called Dunmore in honor of John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Governor-in-Chief, 1771-1776, who was a popular Governor until the approach of the Revolution, when he not only remained loyal to the King, but committed under-handed acts to cripple the Colony in the on-coming storm. He appeased the Indians in Dunmore's War, seized the gun powder at Williamsburg, aroused the slaves against their masters, and finally burned Norfolk before fleeing aboard ship. The people of Shenandoah County registered their indignation by changing the name of their county to Shenandoah. The new county of Page was established by an Act of the General Assembly March 30, 1831, named for John Page, member of the first U. S. Congress in which position he continued until 1797 and Governor of Vir-ginia, from 1802 to 1805, and Lieutenant Governor during the Revolution. The county seat was soon thereafter fixed at Luray which had been formed by an Act August 21, 1812, in Shenandoah County. Most of Page County was taken from Shenandoah County. It lies wholly between the Massanutten Mountain on the west and the Blue Ridge on the east. Page County, while one of the younger counties, has the distinction of having within its borders a spot whereon the first settlement west of the Blue Ridge in Virginia was made. This settlement was made at Mas-sanutten, an Indian Village, surrounded by Indian Old Fields, on the Shenandoah River, in 1726 or 1727, six miles west of Luray, by settlers from William Penn's Colony. A pioneer monument was erected by the Mas-sanutten Society in 1927 in honor of these settlers on the hill at the famous White House Bridge. Extract from a letter dated 5 February 1988 from Vivian Bales: "Long ago in the Pennsylvania archives I found the Keysers whom I descend from, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (which also you descend from). I read the deposition ANDREW made about an Indian who came to their house and asked for food, etc., and about JOSEPH being accused of stealing a sheep. The Keyser - Kiser's were German Deutsche. My grandmother told me this. They clung to their language right down to my grandmother." Kercheval's "History of the Valley", 4th Ed., page 37, relates an incident in relation to which "Major An-drew Keyser also informed the author that an Indian once called at his father's in Lancaster County, Pennsylva-nia, appeared to be much agitated, and asked for something to eat. After refreshing himself he was asked what disturbed him. He replied, 'The Southern Indians have killed my whole nation.'" (per A.M. Pritchard in his Mead Relations "This indicates clearly that Charles Keyser lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before he settled in what is now Page County, Virginia.") E. J. Sutherland says in his Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow, that Charles had an old German Bible, which went to his son Charles upon his death. When his son, Charles, Jr. died his sons took the bible with them when they moved to Ohio. In Esther Kiser's Sandy Ridge Kiser-Powers Kin, she states: "It is believed that Charles had two brothers who a

Was a Butcher in Braddock's army.

Married Miss Shelly in Philadelphia.

 

Two pioneer families settled along the Clinch River in Russell County, Virginia. The Kiser’s and Sutherland’s, (Germans – Scots).  According to author and historian Kathy Shearer in her book WILDER DAYS-Coal Town Life on Dumps Creek, (pages 86-87) “Uncle Jess Kiser, would come down from Sandy Ridge to peddle in Wilder. Jess’s sister was Surredly Kiser Sutherland, wife of Elihu Sutherland. (recounted by his niece Kate Parrot) Uncle Jess Kiser, he entertained everybody at the company store. He never put shoes on his feet: he tied sacks around them in the winter; He always danced at the store. He’s witty and they liked him. He was tough and snow didn’t bother him or anything. He would bring us apples and say, Apples if you want’em, apples if you don’t want’em. Mother would say, Jess, what you want this morning? She would fix him some cornbread.”

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MORE KISER/KEYSER… Source: Materials posted by Mark R. Kiser (MRKiser@aol.com), 23 Mar 1998. Kiser, Joseph, 1756-1816 Joseph Kiser was born about the year 1756 probably in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His father, Charles Keyser from Germany, had settled in Lancaster County (1) for a period of time before he acquired land in Frederick County, Virginia in 1765 (2) and area near Hawksbill, later to become Shenandoah County and presently located in Page County, Virginia. On October 8, 1778 he appears in the Page County records when he sued for debt and was awarded 18 shillings and 6 pence plus court cost. On October 10, 1782 the Commonwealth of Virginia granted Joeph Keyser 88 acres of land on the south side of the Clinch River. Marginal notations show this entry marked “void” and “Survd. 50 acres”. The same record shows that on December 18, 1783 he had surveyed 50 acres at the same location. At that time the land was in Washington County, later to become a part of Russell County in 1786. The area he settled became known as Keyser Station, today known as Carbo. In December of 1785 he signed the petition to form Russell County. On March 18, 1793 he purchased 70 acres of land on Becks Branch of Russell County from John Frost and others. On November 24, 1801, Joseph and his wife, Susannah, conveyed to Jacob Burch 50 acres of land on the waters of Clinch River on the north side of Copper Ridge and adjoining Edward Kelly, “it being fifty acres which land was granted by the Commonwealth to said Keiser bearing date the 21st day of November 1792”. Both grantors signed the deed. He was a Russell County juror on April 22, 1789, and also on June 26, 1792. He was allowed 12 shillings, 6 pence for killing one old wolf on February 22, 1791. His estate was appraised by Abraham Childress, James Sutherland, Jacob Blare and William Kelley, and the appraisal was recorded February 6, 1816. Joseph married Susannah Stacey probably in Page County, Virginia but spent most of their lives in Russell County, Virginia where both died, Joseph in 1816. Nearly all his descendants spell their surname Kiser. … (1) Kercheval’s “History of the Valley”, 4th Ed., page 37 relates an incident in relation to which “Major Andrew Keyser also informed the author that an Indian once called at his father’s in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, appeared to be much agitated, and asked for something to eat. After refreshing himself he was asked what disturbed him. He replied, ‘The Southern Indians have killed my whole nation.'” This indicates clearly that Charles Keyser lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, before he settled in what is now Page County, Virginia. (2) By deed of April 6, 1765, recorded in Frederick County, Virginia, deed book No. 10, page 248, Lewis Rhinehart and Mathias Rhinehart of Frederick County, Virginia conveyed unto Charles Keyser, of the same place, a parcel of land on the South Fork of the Shenandoah, being the lower end of two tracts of land granted to Mathias Rhinehart by deed of February 8, 1764, from the Proprietor’s Office of the Northern Neck of Virginia. NOTE: I have located in a book titled, “Bird-Samuels Paper” that a Joseph Kiser, along with Charles Kiser (Jr.) are listed in Michael Reader’s Company of Dunmore County, Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Dunmore County eventually became Shenadoah County. I believe this Joseph Kiser to be the same Joseph that settled in Russell County, Virginia and he also had a brother named Charles Kiser (Jr.). I have written to the National Archives to obtain records but that were unable to locate any.
Source: Julie Voyles (JVoyles105@aol.com) posted on the Russell Co. List Server information regarding the descendants of Karl Keyser, some of which contradicts information in the above. “Joseph Keyser/Kiser (1756-1818) married Susannah Stacy and they migrated to Washington, Co., VA which became Russell Co. They lived in the same place on the same patch of land all their lives. They are the progenators of our line there in Russell County. Most all their descendants spell their name Kiser.”
More About Joseph Kenton Keyser: Burial: Unknown, Carbo Community Church Cemetery, Carbo, Russell Co., Virginia.
More About Joseph Kenton Keyser and Susannah Stacy: Marriage: 1757, Lancaster Co., Pa.
Children of Joseph Kenton Keyser and Susannah Stacy are:

1. +Mary “Polly” Kiser, b. 1794, Russell Co, VA, d. date unknown.
2. +John C. Kiser, b. August 08, 1786, Russell Co, VA, d. April 15, 1852, Russell Co, VA.
3. Joseph Kenton Kiser Jr, b. June 06, 1782, d. date unknown.
4. Abednego Kiser, b. 1784, d. date unknown.
5. Nimrod Kiser, b. 1788, d. date unknown.
6. Ephriam Noah Kiser, b. 1790, d. date unknown.
7. Susanna Kiser, b. 1792, d. date unknown.
8. Charles Kiser, b. 1796, d. date unknown.
9. Elizabeth Kiser, b. 1798, d. date unknown.

Children of Joseph Kenton Keyser and Susannah Stacy are:

1. +John C. Kiser, b. August 08, 1786, Russell Co, VA, d. April 15, 1852, Russell Co, VA.
2. Joseph Kenton Kiser Jr, b. June 06, 1782, d. date unknown.
3. Abednego Kiser, b. 1784, d. date unknown.
4. Nimrod Kiser, b. 1788, d. date unknown.
5. Ephriam Noah Kiser, b. 1790, d. date unknown.
6. Susanna Kiser, b. 1792, d. date unknown.
7. Charles Kiser, b. 1796, d. date unknown.
8. Elizabeth Kiser, b. 1798, d. date unknown.
9. +Mary “Polly” Kiser, b. 1794, Russell Co, VA, d. date unknown.

 

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