Abraham was born about 1722. Abraham Keller ... [1]
He married Mary Froman about 1750. [2] They had eight known children.
He was a lieutenant in the Fredrick County, VA Militia, sworn in on 8 Feb, 1758. [3] [4] [5]
Abraham Kellar was a carpenter; he was requested to build an Episcopal Church Chapel in Frederick County, VA Episcopal Church Vestry Book, pp. 27-28. It is described in the vestry book as the Chapel at Ephraim Leith's Spring, and also as the South River Chapel.....But vestry minutes leave no doubt thay the South River Chapel at which William Dobson held services was none other than the Chapel at Ephraim Leith's Spring. The chapel was completed about 1768. [6]
He provided food to the American Continental Army, for example, beef in 1782. [7]
In about 1786, the following observations were made about Abraham Keller's property by Jonathon Clark: "ABRAHAM KELLER —cull. & in pretty good order 30 acres second rate bottom & 25 acres second rate high land; Buildings: a log dwelling house, 2 story, 40 by 28 with two stone chimneys & a shed at one end, 12 foot wide, 45-0-0; log barn 42 by 22 covered one side with plank, the other with shingles; log dairy half worn; part of house under bad cover." (Jonathan Clark, brother of George Rogers Clark, was appointed as one of a commission to visit over 200 farms in the South Shenandoah River tract to make notes on the ownership of lands and on the conditions and description of the property and buildings thereon.) [6]
He served in the Frederick County, Virginia milita as a lieutenant during the time of the French -Indian Wars, took oath on 8 Feb 1758. [7]
He was the sheriff of Shenandoah County in 1780 and 1781. [8]. His duties included tax collection. [9] He became a trustee of Woodstock, Virginia in 1782. [10]
He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1784-1785. [11]
The 1783 Virginia Tax List for Shenandoah County lists Abraham Keller as the head of a household of six white people and two black people. [12]
He passed away in 1787.
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