Andrew Key (1801 - 1868)

Born 25 Sep 1801 in Greene Co., Tennessee

Ancestors

Husband of Susanah (Fields) Key — married 8 Feb 1821 in Greene Co., Tennessee

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1868 at age 66 in Randolph Co., Indiana

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Andrew /Key/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 25 SEP 1801

Place: Greene Co., Tennessee

Birth:

Date: 1801

Place: Tennessee^[3]

Birth:

Date: 25 SEP 1801

Place: Carol Co TN

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 25 SEP 1801

Death

Death:

Date: 07 MAR 1868

Place: Randolph Co., Indiana

Death:

Date: 07 MAR 1868

Place: Prospect Cem Randolph Co IN no stone

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 07 MAR 1868Array

Reference

Reference: 17436

Census

Census:

Date: 1840

Place: Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN^[4]

Occupation

Occupation: FARMER

Burial

Burial:

Place: Buried in Prospect Graveyard, but no tombstones are there.

Event

Event:

Type: Relocated

Date: 1829

Place: Moved his family to Indiana

Residence

Residence:

Date: 05 OCT 1850

Place: lived in Ward Twn. Randolph Co., IN^[5]

Residence:

Date: 1860

Place: Ward, Randolph, Indiana^[6]

Note

Note: #N229

Marriage

Husband: Andrew Key

Wife: Susannah Fields

Child: Laura Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Lydia Sarah Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hesikiah Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Edward Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Larkin Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Perry Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: John Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Unknown

Child: Eley Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 08 FEB 1821

Place: Greene Co., Tennessee^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Key-2098 was created by Bobby Lykins through the import of HelenDeanAnc2015.ged on May 11, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S13 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Ward, Randolph, Indiana, post office Deerfield, roll M653_292, page 933, image 402.
3. ↑ Source: #S13 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Ward, Randolph, Indiana, post office Deerfield, roll M653_292, page 933, image 402.
4. ↑ Source: #S5
5. ↑ Source: #S11
6. ↑ Source: #S13 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860.M653, 1,438 rolls. Ward, Randolph, Indiana, post office Deerfield, roll M653_292, page 933, image 402.
7. ↑ Source: #S153 FOOT LOC Gen. by L & A Fields, C Bragg 10/90

• Source: S11 Author: Asst. Marshal Title: 1850 US Census of Ward Township, Randolph Co., IN NOTESource Medium: Census CONT
• Source: S13 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004; Repository: #R1 NOTESource Medium: Ancestry.com CONT CONT United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860 CONT
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S5 Author: Isaac Moor Title: 1840 US Census of Ward Township, Randolph Co., IN NOTESource Medium: Census CONT

Notes

Note N229On page 66 of the 1860 Census for Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN, Deerfield Post Office, Andrew Key was listed as being 59 years old, occupation: farmer, and born in TN. His wife Susannah was also listed as 59 years old and born in TN. Listed as living with him were Lydia age 35 a female and Edward, age 18 a male. The date in the Census book was June 27, 1860.

From Ohio Land Purchases, he purchased land in Randolph Co on 01/30/1836 and again on 01/04/1837. 14-21-14

He came from Greene Co., TN with his mother, brother, wife, and children and settled in Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN near Deerfield

He is buried Prospect Cemetery off of SR#28 just east of Deerfield, Randolph Co., IN.

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Short Biography of Andrew Key

THIS LETTER HAS BEEN TYPED EXACTLY AS IT WAS WRITTEN

Source: History of Randolph Co.,IN 1882 by E. Tucker

Page 101

By John Key son of Andrew Key

Father came from Tenn. in 1829. He was a Methodist, and took great delight in

the reglious services of the olden time. When camp meeting opened, he would move

down to camp to stay while the meeting lasted, on a rude wagon with truck wheels made

by sawing them from the end of a huge oak log. He had no wagon, and for home

purposes used a sled. When Father landed in "Randolph," he had just 371/2 cents, one old

horse, and five children. Pork was high afterward, and sold four hogs for , and entered

his first forty acres of land.

"Swine would run wild, and often, while we were hunting them and the dogs were

trying to catch them, the wild creatures would cut the poor dogs' throats with their sharp,

strong tusks.

"Once while some men were hunting wild swine, the savage beast undertook to

run intyo Dolph Warren's cabin, and scared the family inside well nigh to death. Squirrels

would be so thick and would make such havoc in the corn that the children had to be set

to scare the greedy "varmints" away.

"The pea vines would be as tall as a man's head, and as thick as they could grow,

so that one could track a horse or a cow though the tangled masses of pea vines almost as

readily as though a snow bank. Wild plums would grow in the thick woods, loaded down

with as nice fruit as one woud need to see; gooseberrys, raspberries and blackberries

would grow in the "clearing" and open places.

"The State road through Deerfield to Ridgeville, etc.,was cut out about 1830. Mr.

Andrew Key helped cut it out from the State line west, and assisted in opening it, too.

"Mr Key entered forty acres at first (with that hog money), and afterward forty

acres more; still later, he bought out Collins his (brother in law)."

"Andrew McCartney, born in 1804, in Vir.,came first to Jay Co., in 1837. He has

been married several times; once, and the last time, to John Key's sister. He had hd a large

family , was a rough, harsh, cruel man, with whom no one could live in peace. He would

boast of his scrapes and exploits, and, in fact, would readily find and plunge into enough

of them to answer and five ordinary men."

Page 155

METHODIST CHURCHES

Deerfield Meeting House-----

Camp-meetings were held in that neighborhood, and John Key, now residing east

of Deerfield, says his father used to move down to the camp-ground for the meeting upon

truck wheels. In fact, that log church, now for a quarter of a century desolate, and still

standing, grim and black, like some Old-World ruin, was, in those old times, a famous

place; and to hear the sermons delivered in the power of the Spirit, to the eager,

spellbound assemblies thronging within and around that once sacred shrine, scores and

hundreds of fervent worshipers flocked, for miles and miles through the grand old woods,

along the dim blind trails, or with no track at all, on horseback or on foot, to reach the

sanctuary and join in the shouts of praise and the sacred hallelujahs that made the echoes

ring.

a letter from Richard Key-information gathered by Richard D. Key Sheet sent to me by Lynn key prepared by Mrs. Mary James Borden, P.O. Box 337, Elma, WAs 98541 (now deceased) provides the vital data on Andrew and on Susannah Fields.

Lynn entered John Walter Key as the father of Andrew and Nancy Smith the mother of Andrew Key.

Randolph Co., IN. Reels m-493 Roll 89 lists the children These two census microfilm rolls I have in my possession.

Linn refers to a book by Tucker , Randolph Co. History about John, but I have not seen it. He was listed as a farmer with 00 of property on Oct 5, 1850, located in Ward Towhship of Randolph Co., IN.

On page 66 of the 1860 Census for Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN, Deerfield Post Office, Andrew Key was listed as being 59 years old, occupation: farmer, and born in TN. His wife Susannah was also listed as 59 years old and born in TN. Listed as living with him were Lydia age 35 a female and Edward, age 18 a male. The date in the Census book was June 27, 1860.

From Ohio Land Purchases, he purchased land in Randolph Co on 01/30/1836 and again on 01/04/1837. 14-21-14

He came from Greene Co., TN with his mother, brother, wife, and children and settled in Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN near Deerfield

He is buried Prospect Cemetery off of SR#28 just east of Deerfield, Randolph Co., IN.

=====================================================================================================================================

Short Biography of Andrew Key

THIS LETTER HAS BEEN TYPED EXACTLY AS IT WAS WRITTEN

Source: History of Randolph Co.,IN 1882 by E. Tucker

Page 101

By John Key son of Andrew Key

Father came from Tenn. in 1829. He was a Methodist, and took great delight in

the reglious services of the olden time. When camp meeting opened, he would move

down to camp to stay while the meeting lasted, on a rude wagon with truck wheels made

by sawing them from the end of a huge oak log. He had no wagon, and for home

purposes used a sled. When Father landed in "Randolph," he had just 371/2 cents, one old

horse, and five children. Pork was high afterward, and sold four hogs for , and entered

his first forty acres of land.

"Swine would run wild, and often, while we were hunting them and the dogs were

trying to catch them, the wild creatures would cut the poor dogs' throats with their sharp,

strong tusks.

"Once while some men were hunting wild swine, the savage beast undertook to

run intyo Dolph Warren's cabin, and scared the family inside well nigh to death. Squirrels

would be so thick and would make such havoc in the corn that the children had to be set

to scare the greedy "varmints" away.

"The pea vines would be as tall as a man's head, and as thick as they could grow,

so that one could track a horse or a cow though the tangled masses of pea vines almost as

readily as though a snow bank. Wild plums would grow in the thick woods, loaded down

with as nice fruit as one woud need to see; gooseberrys, raspberries and blackberries

would grow in the "clearing" and open places.

"The State road through Deerfield to Ridgeville, etc.,was cut out about 1830. Mr.

Andrew Key helped cut it out from the State line west, and assisted in opening it, too.

"Mr Key entered forty acres at first (with that hog money), and afterward forty

acres more; still later, he bought out Collins his (brother in law)."

"Andrew McCartney, born in 1804, in Vir.,came first to Jay Co., in 1837. He has

been married several times; once, and the last time, to John Key's sister. He had hd a large

family , was a rough, harsh, cruel man, with whom no one could live in peace. He would

boast of his scrapes and exploits, and, in fact, would readily find and plunge into enough

of them to answer and five ordinary men."

Page 155

METHODIST CHURCHES

Deerfield Meeting House-----

Camp-meetings were held in that neighborhood, and John Key, now residing east

of Deerfield, says his father used to move down to the camp-ground for the meeting upon

truck wheels. In fact, that log church, now for a quarter of a century desolate, and still

standing, grim and black, like some Old-World ruin, was, in those old times, a famous

place; and to hear the sermons delivered in the power of the Spirit, to the eager,

spellbound assemblies thronging within and around that once sacred shrine, scores and

hundreds of fervent worshipers flocked, for miles and miles through the grand old woods,

along the dim blind trails, or with no track at all, on horseback or on foot, to reach the

sanctuary and join in the shouts of praise and the sacred hallelujahs that made the echoes

ring.

a letter from Richard Key-information gathered by Richard D. Key Sheet sent to me by Lynn key prepared by Mrs. Mary James Borden, P.O. Box 337, Elma, WAs 98541 (now deceased) provides the vital data on Andrew and on Susannah Fields.

Lynn entered John Walter Key as the father of Andrew and Nancy Smith the mother of Andrew Key.

Randolph Co., IN. Reels m-493 Roll 89 lists the children These two census microfilm rolls I have in my possession.

Linn refers to a book by Tucker , Randolph Co. History about John, but I have not seen it. He was listed as a farmer with 00 of property on Oct 5, 1850, located in Ward Towhship of Randolph Co., IN.

On page 66 of the 1860 Census for Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN, Deerfield Post Office, Andrew Key was listed as being 59 years old, occupation: farmer, and born in TN. His wife Susannah was also listed as 59 years old and born in TN. Listed as living with him were Lydia age 35 a female and Edward, age 18 a male. The date in the Census book was June 27, 1860.

From Ohio Land Purchases, he purchased land in Randolph Co on 01/30/1836 and again on 01/04/1837. 14-21-14

He came from Greene Co., TN with his mother, brother, wife, and children and settled in Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN near Deerfield

He is buried Prospect Cemetery off of SR#28 just east of Deerfield, Randolph Co., IN.

=====================================================================================================================================

Short Biography of Andrew Key

THIS LETTER HAS BEEN TYPED EXACTLY AS IT WAS WRITTEN

Source: History of Randolph Co.,IN 1882 by E. Tucker

Page 101

By John Key son of Andrew Key

Father came from Tenn. in 1829. He was a Methodist, and took great delight in

the reglious services of the olden time. When camp meeting opened, he would move

down to camp to stay while the meeting lasted, on a rude wagon with truck wheels made

by sawing them from the end of a huge oak log. He had no wagon, and for home

purposes used a sled. When Father landed in "Randolph," he had just 371/2 cents, one old

horse, and five children. Pork was high afterward, and sold four hogs for , and entered

his first forty acres of land.

"Swine would run wild, and often, while we were hunting them and the dogs were

trying to catch them, the wild creatures would cut the poor dogs' throats with their sharp,

strong tusks.

"Once while some men were hunting wild swine, the savage beast undertook to

run intyo Dolph Warren's cabin, and scared the family inside well nigh to death. Squirrels

would be so thick and would make such havoc in the corn that the children had to be set

to scare the greedy "varmints" away.

"The pea vines would be as tall as a man's head, and as thick as they could grow,

so that one could track a horse or a cow though the tangled masses of pea vines almost as

readily as though a snow bank. Wild plums would grow in the thick woods, loaded down

with as nice fruit as one woud need to see; gooseberrys, raspberries and blackberries

would grow in the "clearing" and open places.

"The State road through Deerfield to Ridgeville, etc.,was cut out about 1830. Mr.

Andrew Key helped cut it out from the State line west, and assisted in opening it, too.

"Mr Key entered forty acres at first (with that hog money), and afterward forty

acres more; still later, he bought out Collins his (brother in law)."

"Andrew McCartney, born in 1804, in Vir.,came first to Jay Co., in 1837. He has

been married several times; once, and the last time, to John Key's sister. He had hd a large

family , was a rough, harsh, cruel man, with whom no one could live in peace. He would

boast of his scrapes and exploits, and, in fact, would readily find and plunge into enough

of them to answer and five ordinary men."

Page 155

METHODIST CHURCHES

Deerfield Meeting House-----

Camp-meetings were held in that neighborhood, and John Key, now residing east

of Deerfield, says his father used to move down to the camp-ground for the meeting upon

truck wheels. In fact, that log church, now for a quarter of a century desolate, and still

standing, grim and black, like some Old-World ruin, was, in those old times, a famous

place; and to hear the sermons delivered in the power of the Spirit, to the eager,

spellbound assemblies thronging within and around that once sacred shrine, scores and

hundreds of fervent worshipers flocked, for miles and miles through the grand old woods,

along the dim blind trails, or with no track at all, on horseback or on foot, to reach the

sanctuary and join in the shouts of praise and the sacred hallelujahs that made the echoes

ring.

a letter from Richard Key-information gathered by Richard D. Key Sheet sent to me by Lynn key prepared by Mrs. Mary James Borden, P.O. Box 337, Elma, WAs 98541 (now deceased) provides the vital data on Andrew and on Susannah Fields.

Lynn entered John Walter Key as the father of Andrew and Nancy Smith the mother of Andrew Key.

Randolph Co., IN. Reels m-493 Roll 89 lists the children These two census microfilm rolls I have in my possession.

Linn refers to a book by Tucker , Randolph Co. History about John, but I have not seen it. He was listed as a farmer with 00 of property on Oct 5, 1850, located in Ward Towhship of Randolph Co., IN.

On page 66 of the 1860 Census for Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN, Deerfield Post Office, Andrew Key was listed as being 59 years old, occupation: farmer, and born in TN. His wife Susannah was also listed as 59 years old and born in TN. Listed as living with him were Lydia age 35 a female and Edward, age 18 a male. The date in the Census book was June 27, 1860.

From Ohio Land Purchases, he purchased land in Randolph Co on 01/30/1836 and again on 01/04/1837. 14-21-14

He came from Greene Co., TN with his mother, brother, wife, and children and settled in Ward Twp., Randolph Co., IN near Deerfield

He is buried Prospect Cemetery off of SR#28 just east of Deerfield, Randolph Co., IN.

=====================================================================================================================================

Short Biography of Andrew Key

THIS LETTER HAS BEEN TYPED EXACTLY AS IT WAS WRITTEN

Source: History of Randolph Co.,IN 1882 by E. Tucker

Page 101

By John Key son of Andrew Key

Father came from Tenn. in 1829. He was a Methodist, and took great delight in

the reglious services of the olden time. When camp meeting opened, he would move

down to camp to stay while the meeting lasted, on a rude wagon with truck wheels made

by sawing them from the end of a huge oak log. He had no wagon, and for home

purposes used a sled. When Father landed in "Randolph," he had just 371/2 cents, one old

horse, and five children. Pork was high afterward, and sold four hogs for , and entered

his first forty acres of land.

"Swine would run wild, and often, while we were hunting them and the dogs were

trying to catch them, the wild creatures would cut the poor dogs' throats with their sharp,

strong tusks.

"Once while some men were hunting wild swine, the savage beast undertook to

run intyo Dolph Warren's cabin, and scared the family inside well nigh to death. Squirrels

would be so thick and would make such havoc in the corn that the children had to be set

to scare the greedy "varmints" away.

"The pea vines would be as tall as a man's head, and as thick as they could grow,

so that one could track a horse or a cow though the tangled masses of pea vines almost as

readily as though a snow bank. Wild plums would grow in the thick woods, loaded down

with as nice fruit as one woud need to see; gooseberrys, raspberries and blackberries

would grow in the "clearing" and open places.

"The State road through Deerfield to Ridgeville, etc.,was cut out about 1830. Mr.

Andrew Key helped cut it out from the State line west, and assisted in opening it, too.

"Mr Key entered forty acres at first (with that hog money), and afterward forty

acres more; still later, he bought out Collins his (brother in law)."

"Andrew McCartney, born in 1804, in Vir.,came first to Jay Co., in 1837. He has

been married several times; once, and the last time, to John Key's sister. He had hd a large

family , was a rough, harsh, cruel man, with whom no one could live in peace. He would

boast of his scrapes and exploits, and, in fact, would readily find and plunge into enough

of them to answer and five ordinary men."

Page 155

METHODIST CHURCHES

Deerfield Meeting House-----

Camp-meetings were held in that neighborhood, and John Key, now residing east

of Deerfield, says his father used to move down to the camp-ground for the meeting upon

truck wheels. In fact, that log church, now for a quarter of a century desolate, and still

standing, grim and black, like some Old-World ruin, was, in those old times, a famous

place; and to hear the sermons delivered in the power of the Spirit, to the eager,

spellbound assemblies thronging within and around that once sacred shrine, scores and

hundreds of fervent worshipers flocked, for miles and miles through the grand old woods,

along the dim blind trails, or with no track at all, on horseback or on foot, to reach the

sanctuary and join in the shouts of praise and the sacred hallelujahs that made the echoes

ring.

a letter from Richard Key-information gathered by Richard D. Key Sheet sent to me by Lynn key prepared by Mrs. Mary James Borden, P.O. Box 337, Elma, WAs 98541 (now deceased) provides the vital data on Andrew and on Susannah Fields.

Lynn entered John Walter Key as the father of Andrew and Nancy Smith the mother of Andrew Key.

Randolph Co., IN. Reels m-493 Roll 89 lists the children These two census microfilm rolls I have in my possession.

Linn refers to a book by Tucker , Randolph Co. History about John, but I have not seen it. He was listed as a farmer with 00 of property on Oct 5, 1850, located in Ward Towhship of Randolph Co., IN.