Elizabeth (Salle) Keesee (abt. 1760 - bef. 1840)

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Keesee — married 1780 in Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1840 before about age 80 in Lawrence County, Kentucky

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Biography

The surname Salle has not been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Some researches claim Elizabeth Salle born about 1760 (based on the birth of her oldest child in 1780) married Richard Keesee.^[1]No evidence or documentary proof has been found.

Another group of researchers believe the surname "Salle" was actually her given name "Sallie". This was published in 1973 by author William C. Kozee who wrote Richard Keesee married about 1784 Sallie, family name not known. ^{[2] [3]} The approximate ages of her children suggest the marriage was a few years earlier, about 1780.

Her death date cannot be confirmed. Census records in Floyd County, Kentucky for 1810 (Richard Kezee) [3] and 1820 (Richard Keezee) [4] show there was a female age 45 and over in the household. The 1830 census for Lawrence County, Kentucky for the household of Richard Cazee enumerates a female in the age group 70-79. [5] The woman shown consistently in Richard's household in these census would appear to be in the proper age group to be Richard's wife, Sallie. The 1840 census Lawrence County, Kentucky for R. Kezee (age 80-90) shows no female in the age group for Sallie so it is assumed she died prior to 1840. [6]

Sources

1. ↑ Regarding Sallie's surname: One researcher has concluded the surname was Sallie and has developed a lineage using that presumption. [1]
2. ↑ Kozee, William C. 1973. Early families of eastern and southeastern Kentucky and their descendants. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p397
3. ↑ World Connect[2]

• A history of the Keesee family, by Vincent Alvin Keesee, published by V.A. Keesee, 1991, p 7, 14