George Faris Keesee

Contributed by Carolyn Earle Billingsley
©1999

GEORGE FARIS3 KEESEE (RICHARD2, GEORGE1) was born ca 1743 in Virginia, and died 1825 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He married AGNES TERRY before 1767 in Virginia, daughter of CHAMPNESS TERRY and SARAH. She was born ca 1751, and died 1829 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

Children of GEORGE KEESEE and AGNES TERRY are:

  1. LAURA4 KEESEE, m. ______ SMITH.
  2. PATIENCE KEESEE, m. _____ SMITH.
  3. RHODA KEESEE, b. 15 March 1774, Virginia; d. 08 May 1854, Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee; m. WILLIAM MCKNIGHT; b. 17 September 1778, North Carolina; d. 29 August 1857, Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee.
  4. THOMAS KEESEE, b. 1778, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 01 December 1861, Ashley County, Arkansas; m. (1) MARY MCKNIGHT?, ca 1796, Virginia; b. Bet. 1770 - 1780; d. Bef. 1840; m. (2) MALINDA BOND, 10 May 1840, Saline County, Arkansas; b. ca 1820, Arkansas.
  5. AGNES KEESEE, b. Bet. 1775 - 1794; m. JOHN LYON, 21 April 1806, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  6. NANCY KEESEE, b. 1779, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1880, Texas; m. WILLIAM HENRY; b. 1779; d. 1859.
  7. GEORGE F. KEESEE.
  8. JANE KEESEE, d. Bef. 05 July 1825; m. ROBERT SAUNDERS, 16 July 1806, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  9. OBEDIENCE "BIDDY" KEESEE, m. JAMES BALL, 04 September 1800, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  10. CHAMPNESS KEESEE, m. ELIZABETH MILLS, 27 October 1818, Sumner County, Tennessee.



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