Born
abt 1828.
FamilySearch record has his name as Benjamin Franklin Keaton, 1828-1918. Parents Joseph Zachariah Keaton, Jr. and Nancy Freshwater.
Sources
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6S-MH2 : 12 December 2017), B F Keaton, 1860. Nixonton, Pasquotank Co, NC. B F age 31, Patience age 23, D W Morgan (male) age 21, Ann R Morgan age 19. All b NC
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8R-62G : 14 June 2019), B F Keaton, 1870. Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC. B F age 42, P age 35, Eliz age 8, W F age 6, B F age 4, Nancy age 1. All surnamed Keaton, all b NC. Also Eliza Graves age 40 b NC (possibly sister of Patience or Frank?) and M Spellman age 15 b NC.
1880 census "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXF-W5G : 20 August 2017), Frank B Keaton, Nixonton, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 113, sheet 393D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,976. Frank b age 52, Patience age 45, William F age 17, Ben Frank age 15, Henry R age 9, and James Spruell age 11. All b NC.
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