Luck Key (1750 - 1830)

Born 1750 in Louisa, Colony Of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Winifred (Kimball) Key — married 22 Aug 1771 in Granville, Warren County, Colony Of North

Descendants

Died 1830 at about age 80 in Chester County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Luck Key was a Virginia colonist.

Luck Key was a South Carolina colonist.

Luck appears in the 1790 Census for Warren, North Carolina as head of household:

Name Luck Key

Event Type Census

Event Date 1790

Event Place Warren, North Carolina, United States

Page 72^[1]

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He is head of household in Chester, South Carolina in the 1810 Census:

Name Luck Key

Event Type Census

Event Date 1810

Event Place Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States

Page 514^[2]

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Note on Luck's Unusual Name

Plaiscetta Culp Kee wrote to her nephew, Joseph W. Kee. "I don't know if Luck was a nickname or given name. He died in Chester, SC and is buried near his son Martin." There is no marker for Luck. James W. Kee wrote to Joseph W Kee, "Luck, my grandfather, changed the spelling of his name from Key to Kee. That fact can be found in the records of Chester County."^[3] Dr. Gene C. Key in his The Key Family - Deep Roots in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, writes, "Luck was given name. There were heads of households in Virginia named Luck as early as 1658. The Name might have been originally Luch. His unusual name is quite probably derived from one of the Luck neighbors of his father, Martin...Luck was not a nickname." ^[4]

Note on Last name spelling change from Key to Kee

J. W. Kee, grandson of Martin Kee, on May 22, 1887, signed a statement, "to whom it may concern...That he and his father (Martin and Luck) both spelled their name Key and that the children of Martin Kee changed or corrupted the spelling of the surname to Kee.^[5] In this same statement, J. W. States that Luck was lame and a tailor by trade.

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Name

Luck Key^[6]

Birth

Date: 1750

Place: Louisa, Virginia, USA^[7]

Death

Date: 1830

Place: Chester, South Carolina, USA^[8]

Residence

Date: 1810

Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina^[9]

Marriage

Husband: Luck Key

Wife: Winnifred Kimball

Child: Martin Kee

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 22 AUG 1771

Place: Granville, North Carolina, USA^[10]

Marriage:

Place: of VA, this marriage location for Luck Kee is not correct.^[11]

Marriage:

Date: 22 AUG 1771

Place: Granville, North Carolina, USA^[12]

Parents

Husband: Martin Key

Wife: Elizabeth Burford

Child: Luck Key

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1740

Place: Louisa, Virginia, USA^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-KK1 : accessed 23 March 2016), Luck Key, 1790.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-J88 : accessed 23 March 2016), Luck Key, 1810.
3. ↑ Lane, Janie Warren Hollingsworth, Key and allied families. Statesboro, Ga.: Lane, 1931.
4. ↑ The Key Family - Deep Roots in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, p. 8, Dr. Gene C. Key, Self Published, Caddo Mills, Texas.
5. ↑ The Key Family - Deep Roots in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, p. ?, Dr. Gene C. Key, Self Published, Caddo Mills, Texas.
6. ↑ Source: #S19 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
7. ↑ Source: #S19 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
8. ↑ Source: #S19 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
9. ↑ Source: #S1 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1810 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. Third Census of the United States, 1810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810.M252, 71 rolls. Chester, Chester, South Carolina, roll 60, page 514, image 270.00.
10. ↑ Source: #S19 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
11. ↑ Source: #S29 Data: Text: Online publication - Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
12. ↑ Source: #S19 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.
13. ↑ Source: #S19 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.

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