Born about in Illinois
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Gabriel Richards
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Winnie Louis (Richards) Barnett, Jacob Richards, Sarah A (Richards) Hughes, Caroline (Richards) Cheatham, Sidney Isaac Richards, Gabriel M Richards, George Frederick Richards, Albert F Richards and Mary E Richards
Died before
before about age 81
in Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 3 May 2018
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This enslaved ancestor's profile has a preliminary Last Name At Birth (LNAB) until a surname can be determined. Please see the US Black Heritage Naming Conventions for Slaves before merging or changing the LNAB.
Biography
Kesiah (Johnson) Richards has African ancestry.
Kesiah was born about 1819. She passed away before 1900. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Anita Powers. No record of Kesiah in the Eastern Cherokee Applications of the US Court of Claims, 1906-1909, M1104. Oral history from Opal Kendall states Kesiah was ful blooded Cherokee.
- 1870 United States Federal Census Place: Morganfield, Union, Kentucky; Roll: M593_501; Page: 328B. Husband Gabriel and daughter Winnie are not listed.
- 1880 United States Federal Census Place: Shiloh, Union, Kentucky; Roll: 444; Page: 667B; Enumeration District: 039. Kesiah is widowed.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kesiah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kesiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Kesiah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Kesiah:
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~6.25%
Anita (Powers) Alexander
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