Abraham Kellar (abt. 1722 - abt. 1787)

Born about 1722 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Froman) Kellar — married about 1750 in Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 20 Apr 1787 at about age 65 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

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Biography

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.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Charles Seamon, May 6, 2013
2. ↑ "TRACING THE HISTORY of THE DESCENDANTS of PAUL FROMAN Sr. and ELIZABETH HITE. Christopher Colemen. 31 Dec 2023. Digital book https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kV8IT9kjGMbzvE4LyP69adw9LNAZ_Tsk/view p16
3. ↑ Virginia Colonial Soldiers, Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. pp 26, 361. Accessed online at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Virginia_s_Colonial_Soldiers/0RpcjJQBm6AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=keller
4. ↑ Order and minute books (Shenandoah County, Virginia), 1772-1901 ; general index to minute books, 1831-1882. Order book 1772-1774. Minute book 1774-1781. Accessed online athttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKV-GQMT-G, Image 24 of 279.
5. ↑ Order Book 7, p. 367. Frederick County, VA Militia Troop Records, p. 46 dated 9 Oct 1761 lists Lieutenant Abraham Kellar in the Company command by his brother-in-law Henry Spears.
6. ↑ "Northern Neck Grants and Surveys, Vol IV, 1985, p 179, as cited in TRACING THE HISTORY of THE DESCENDANTS of PAUL FROMAN Sr. and ELIZABETH HITE. Christopher Colemen. 31 Dec 2023. Digital book https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kV8IT9kjGMbzvE4LyP69adw9LNAZ_Tsk/view p. 96
7. ↑ Virginia's Colonial Soldiers. Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck. 1988. Genalogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD. p 16. Accessed online at https://www.google.com/books/edition/Virginia_s_Colonial_Soldiers/0RpcjJQBm6AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=keller
8. ↑ VIRGINIA SHERIFFS’ ASSOCIATION. Sheriff History. Online at https://vasheriff.org/sheriffs-resources/sheriff-history/page/3/?county=106
9. ↑ 1781 Order and Minute Books. (Shenandoah County, Virginia.) 1772 - 1901. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSY6-YQS9-W Image 38 of 472
10. ↑ A History of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Wayland, John Walter. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Pub. House, 1927. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10607/images/dvm_LocHist000260-00070-1? treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Fib2752&pId=90&backlabel=Return&queryId=98a006ec1262f86946def899f7475de5&rcstate=dvm_LocHist000260-00070-1%3A1408%2C1388%2C1583%2C1426%3B1219%2C1439%2C1379%2C1478. Image 133 of 874
11. ↑ A History of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Wayland, John Walter. Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Pub. House, 1927.https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/10607/images/dvm_LocHist000260-00389-0?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Fib2753&pId=834&backlabel=Return&queryId=98a006ec1262f86946def899f7475de5&rcstate=dvm_LocHist000260-00389-0%3A225%2C2575%2C330%2C2609. Image 764 of 874
12. ↑ Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785. Washington, GPO. 1908. Transcribed online at http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/shenandoah/census/1783/1783tax01.txt

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