Born in Floyd, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Pleasant Earl Keener
and Lydia M. (Golden) Keener
Sister of
Eveline (Keener) Chandler, Nancy J. Keener, Mary Frances (Keener) Oliver, George Washington Keener, Hannah Elvina (Keener) Oliver, Florence Ella (Keener) Stokes, Pleasant Andrew Keener, Ida (Keener) Waldrop and Martin Dewitt Keener
Wife of
Jacob Henry Blackwell
— married
22 Jul 1869 in Etowah, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Walter Blackwell, Volera Elizabeth (Blackwell) Spears, Viola Lydia (Blackwell) Yates, Clibern Blackwell, Leavada Blackwell, Henry Luther Blackwell, Una Leora (Blackwell) Rooks, Mary Ida Blackwell, Vann Washington Blackwell and Alice Blackwell
Died
at age 76
in Black Creek, Etowah, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 May 2016
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Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JN-4CH : 24 August 2017), Eliseybeth Blackwell in household of H Blackwell, Brocks, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 62, sheet 274B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0013; FHL microfilm 1,254,013.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKQJ-FSD : accessed 18 August 2018), Elizabeth Blackwell in household of John H Spears, Brocks, Etowah, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 8B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 13; FHL microfilm 1,374,026.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK3Q-2GK : 15 February 2018), Elizabeth Keener in entry for John Walter Blackwell, 13 Jun 1952; citing reference 11822, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,870.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDNG-12B : 15 February 2018), Bettie Keener in entry for Viola Yates, 28 Nov 1929; citing reference cn 27373, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,471.
DNA Confirmation
Maternal relationship is suggested by an AncestryDNA match between Jessica Key and her third cousin 2x removed, "D. Fleming". Their most recent common ancestors are Pleasant Earl Keener and Lydia Golding. Predicted relationship: 4th–6th Cousin, based on sharing 39 cM across 3 segments.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betty by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betty by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Jessica Key
:
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1, haplogroup H4a1
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~6.25%
David Gray :
23andMe
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~6.25%
~12.50%
G Kuykendall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CN2847637 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
J (Kuykendall) C :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QG1864641 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Danny Blackmon :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Jessica Key :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch NT7983759 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lincoln Stiles :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LS
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