10.  JOSEPH3 KEYSER (Charles2, Charles1) (#44) birth date unknown.
 He married CATHERINE "KATY" COMER in Shenandoah Co, Va, 25 Jul 1809.  (Catherine "Katy" Comer is #5732.)  Per Paul Grisham, Joseph Keyser and his wife, Catherine Comer, his mother, Elizabeth Baker Kiser, and some of his siblings, along with a fairly large group of people from Shenandoah, County, Virginia, moved, about 1813 to Champaign County, Ohio.

      Joseph Keyser and Catherine "Katy" Comer had the following family:

        i.  PHILLIP4 (#9833) was born in Champaign Co, Oh.
        ii.  POLLY (#9834) was born in Champaign Co, Oh.
        iii.  CORNELIUS (#9835) was born in Champaign Co, Oh.
        iv.  PETER (#9836) was born in Champaign Co, Oh.
        v.  DANIEL (#9829) was born in Shenandoah Co, Va about 1812.
        vi.  BENJAMIN (#9830) was born in Champaign Co, Oh about 1813.
      45  vii.  CHARLES was born 1818
        viii.  MARTIN (#9832) was born in Champaign Co, Oh 1820.

 11.  ALEXANDER3 KEYSER (John2, Charles1) (#50) birth date unknown.
 He married NANCY KOONTZ.  (Nancy Koontz is #5862.)  Per A. M. Pritchard's Mead Relations, Alexander and Nancy had 17 children, 11 of which are identified.

      Alexander Keyser and Nancy Koontz had the following family:

        i.  DANIEL4 (#5863).  Daniel married in Ohio then went to Missouri.
        ii.  JOHN (#5864).  John married a Tolman and died in Illinois.
      46  iii.  LUCY CATHERINE.
      47  iv.  FORMOSANTA.
        v.  ELIZABETH (#5997).  She married JAMES VAN METER .  (James Van Meter is #5998.)
      48  vi.  ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
      49  vii.  JAMES HARVEY.
        viii.  WILLIAM (#6001).  He never married.
        ix.  GEORGE (#6002).
        x.  SUSAN (#6003).  She never married.
      50  xi.  SARAH "SALLY" V. was born 25 Aug 1844

 12.  ELIZABETH3 KEYSER (John2, Charles1) (#5827) was born 12 Dec 1792.  Elizabeth died 20 Jan 1831 at 38 years of age.
 She married PETER DOVEL 28 Aug 1807.  (Peter Dovel is #6016.)  Peter was born 2 Apr 1777.  Peter died 16 Apr 1870 at 93 years of age.

      Elizabeth Keyser and Peter Dovel had the following family:

      51  i.  ISAAC C.4 was born 12 Dec 1811
        ii.  ABRAHAM (#6017) was born 11 Aug 1813.  Abraham died 4 Mar 1888 at 74 years of age.
        iii.  JACOB (#6018) was born 19 Sep 1816.
        iv.  ANDREW (#6019) was born 14 Sep 1818.  Andrew died 8 Mar 1888 at 69 years of age.
        v.  ANN ELIZA (#6020) was born 5 Nov 1820.  Ann died 6 Apr 1873 at 52 years of age.  She married EZRA MAHONEY .  (Ezra Mahoney is #6021.)  Ezra died 18 Apr 1878 in Jasper Co., Illinois.
        vi.  ELIZABETH (#6022) was born 5 Nov 1822.  Elizabeth died 20 Apr 1862 at 39 years of age.
        vii.  PETER S. (#6023) was born 28 Aug 1824.
        viii.  MARY C. (#6024) was born 27 Sep 1826.
        ix.  BARBARA A. (#6025) was born 9 Oct 1829.  Barbara died 9 Aug 1870 at 40 years of age.
        x.  JOHN H. (#6026) was born 25 Dec 1830.

 13.  CHRISTOPHER3 KEYSER (John2, Charles1) (#51) was born 19 Mar 1799.  Christopher died 8 Sep 1869 at 70 years of age.
 He married MARY BRUMBACH.  (Mary Brumbach is #6004.)  He was a prominent Baptist Minister in Shenandoah County, Va.

      Christopher Keyser and Mary Brumbach had the following family:

      52  i.  MARY CATHERINE4.
        ii.  PAMILY MARGARET (#6015).
      53  iii.  ELIZABETH ANN was born 10 Mar 1823
      54  iv.  SUSAN REBECCA was born 29 Nov 1824
        v.  SARAH ANN (#6008) was born 30 Nov 1829.  Twin to John Anderson Keyser.
        vi.  JOHN ANDERSON (#6009) was born 30 Nov 1829.  Twin to Sarah Ann Keyser.
      55  vii.  CAROLINE ABIGAIL was born 30 Mar 1831
      56  viii.  FRANCES M. was born 6 Oct 1832
      57  ix.  HENRY MARCELLUS was born 24 Jan 1835
        x.  BARBARA ALLEN (#6013) was born 11 Mar 1838.
      58  xi.  EMILY JANE was born 21 Apr 1839

 14.  ELIZABETH3 COUNTS (Anna2 Keyser, Charles1) (#54) was born circa 1799.
 She married ROBERT CARTER.  (Robert Carter is #55.)  On October 16, 1817, Philip and Anna Counts executed a deed to Robert Carter for a tract of 79 acres on the west side of Hawksbill Creek.  "the same is a part of a certain tract of 159 acres on which was granted to the said Philip Countz by John Counts and Magdalene his wife by their certain deed of bargain and sale dated July 27th, 1802."  (Shenandoah County Deed Book -214).  They built a home at the foot of the hill and lived on this farm, which is north of the old Counts home in Hawksbill Valley.  On October 1, 1842, they executed a deed to Henry Brumback for the consideration of $975.00 for two tracts of land "on the west side of Hawksbill Creek, one of these tracts of land was conveyed by Philip Kountz by deed bearing date October the sixteenth. eighteen hundred & seventeen," both tracts containing 89 acres.  In 1895, Andrew J. Brumback obtained this land by will from his father, Henry Brumback, Jr. Dying two years later, he left the land by will to his widow, Florence A. Brumback.  She later married Hamp C. Cameron and they were living at the old Carter Home in 1936.
The Census of 1830, Shenandoah County, shows Robert Carter as head of a house with one male between 40-50, one female between 30-40, one male between 15-20, one male and one female between 10-15, one male and one female between 5-10, and one male under 5.
An inventory and sale bill of one Robert Carder's (sp) estate was made in 1846 in Page County, VA, and recorded in Will Book C, page 124.  John Lyonberger was administrator of the estate and a settlement was recorded in Will Book C, page 178.
Before 1850, the family had left the Valley of Virginia.  In that year, on July 25, Elizabeth Carter was the head of her family living in Barbour County, West Virginia.  Six of her children were with her, and two others, Eppa and David, were heads of neighboring families.  She was still living there in 1860, a widow with $4,000.00 of real estate and $1030.00 of personal property.
After the death of Elizabeth's brother, Jacob, John R. Wilson brought suit against David Wilson and others in 1871 for the sale of the estate of her father, as provided in his will.  The complaintant in this suit stated that "Your orator further represents that the children and daughters' husbands of the said Elizabeth Carter who are now living and the representatives of those who are dead, are as follows:  David Wilson and Jane his wife who was Jane Carter, Philip Carter, James W. McGuffin and Anna R his wife who was Ann R. Carter, David G. Carter, Charles B. Carter, Salathia Cross, a granddaughter of Elizabeth Carter, _ ?_  Allender and Emily his wife who was Emily Cross, and is a Granddaughter of Elizabeth Carter, her mother being dead, Appa R. Carter, Joseph Casane and Mary E. his wife, who was Mary E. Carter."  The sheriff's return on process in this cause was:  "No inhabitants."
 

      Elizabeth Counts and Robert Carter had the following family:

      59  i.  ANN R.4 was born circa 1816
        ii.  JAMES (#63) was born circa 1819.  He was living with his mother in Barbour County, WV, July 25, 1850, however, the 1860 Census does not list his name in the family.  On 2 February 1866, his brother, David G. Carter, conveyed his interest in the "estate of James A. Carter, dec'd" and others to Legran Wilson.  It is assumed this refers to James Carter and that he died unmarried and without children.
      60  iii.  JANE N. was born circa 1821
      61  iv.  EPPA H. was born circa 1824
      62  v.  PHILIP G. was born circa 1829
      63  vi.  ELIZABETH was born circa 1833
        vii.  MARY E. (#81) was born circa 1836.  She married JOSEPH CASANE .  (Joseph Casane is #82.)  They lived in Barbour County, WV.  On 19 Apr 1869 they executed a deed for their interest in the real estate of Philip Counts, deceased.
        viii.  CHARLES B. (#83) was born circa 1839.  He married NANCY .  (Nancy is #84.)  He was living in his mother's household at the time of the 1850 and 1860 Census for Barbour County, WV.  On 1 Nov 1865 in Taylor County, West Virginia, Charles and his wife Nancy executed a deed to Legran Wilson for their interest in the estates of both Robert and Philip "Kountz."
        ix.  DAVID G. (#85) was born circa 1842.  He married VIRGINIA .  (Virginia is #86.)  Lived in Barbour County, WV.  On 2 Feb 1866 they executed a deed to Legran Wilson for their interest in the estate of James A. Carter, Robert Carter, and Philip "Kountz."

 15.  JOSEPH3 KISER JR (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#87) was born Washington Co, Va (now, Russell Co) 6 June 1782.  Joseph died 27 March 1869 in Russell Co, Va, at 86 years of age.  Age 86 years, 9 months, 21 days
 He married MARY "POLLY" CHILDERS.  (Mary "Polly" Childers is #96.)  Mary was born in Russell Co, Va 9 April 1787.  Mary was the daughter of Abraham Childers and Elizabeth "Betsy" Roberts.  Mary died 14 April 1891 in Perry Co, Ky, at 104 years of age.  Joseph was a farmer.  He owned much valuable land around Carbo, Russell Co, Va, on Clinch River.

      Joseph Kiser Jr and Mary "Polly" Childers had the following family:

      64  i.  WARREN4 was born 1808
      65  ii.  MARGARET ELIZABETH was born 1810
      66  iii.  JAMES S. "BELL CLAPPER JIM" was born 10 Jul 1812
      67  iv.  DICIE was born 1814
      68  v.  EPHRIAM MAYFIELD was born 1818
      69  vi.  MARY 'POLLY' was born 1819
      70  vii.  SIMEON was born 1820
      71  viii.  JOSEPH was born 1822
      72  ix.  NOAH S. was born 1828
      73  x.  ABRAHAM was born 5 November 1830
      74  xi.  MAHALA was born 18 October 1833
      75  xii.  MATILDA was born 6 August 1834

 16.  ABEDNEGO3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#88) was born Washington Co, Va (now, Russell Co) 1784.  Abednego died 5 October 1814 in Norfolk, Va, at 30 years of age.
 He married MARY "POLLY" JESSEE in Russell Co, Va, 8 September 1803.  (Mary "Polly" Jessee is #99.)  Mary was born 1787.  Mary was the daughter of John Jessee and Frances "Frankey" Lea.  She married JIM CHAFIN after 1814.  Mary died 1836 in Russell Co, Va, at 49 years of age.  Mary was the second of 7 daughters born to John and Frankey Lea Jessee.  (They had 15 children in all, 7 girls, 8 boys.)  So far I have only identified 2 of their children, Mary "Polly" and George L. Jessee.
"Years after Ab's death, Polly married Jim Chafin, but no children were born to them.  They lived in Reeds Valley among the Jessees.  Jim Chafin was a bad drukard, not providing for his wife and otherwise mistreating her.  Uncle Abe Childress, who married her girl Frankie, went and got her and took her home to live with them.  Her husband sobered up and went to Abe's and said:  "Cursed is he that parteth a man and his wife."  He then put his hat on and walked out.  Mrs. Chafin did not live very long after this.  She died of dropsy.  I believe she was buried at Little Arch Jesse Graveyard in Reeds Valley.  She died before I was married.  I saw her several times."  Per a letter fo E. J. Sutherland by Mahala Kiser Sutherland, ovember 20, 1924, and published in his Pioneer Recollections, page 387/388.  Mahala's parents were Joseph and Mary "Polly" Childress Kiser.
Note:  Some researchers say that Mary "Polly" and Jim Chafin had one child, John Chafin, b. about 1828.  Others say there were no children born of this marriage.  I have not found proof either way.
Additional note:  According to Joyce Kiser Logan, now deceased, Mary "Polly" Jesse was part Cherokee Indian.  However, no other researchers have come to this conclusion, and Joyce never offered any proof of her claim.
 He lived on a farm near Carbo, Va.  He was a Baptist preacher and assisted in the organization of the Washington District Baptist Association in 1811.  This district included Western Virginia and parts of Eastern Kentucky.
 On August 2, 1814, he enlisted as a private in the War of 1812 in Capt. John Hamon's Company of the 6th Regiment of the Virginia Militia, which was commanded by Lieut. Col. Henry E. Coleman, and was sent to Norfold with his command.  There he died of disease 3 days later, and was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk.  His widow later obtained a pension for his services.
 In 1924, his niece, Rachel Kiser, the daughter of Ephriam, stated that her father had gone to the Norfolk War before he was married; that he had "loaded cannon with log chains, scrap iron and everything.  He offered to take the place of his brother Ab, who was married and had a family, but Uncle Ab said 'No brother, you've served your turn - I'll serve mine'."
 The appraisment of his property was ordered by the Russell County Court on October 15, 1814, and the appraisal list was filed by Jesse Fuller, James Sutherland, and Thomas Francis, appraisers, and John Jessee was appointed his administrator.

      Abednego Kiser and Mary "Polly" Jessee had the following family:

      76  i.  FRANCES4 was born February 1805
      77  ii.  MARTHA was born February 1807
      78  iii.  NOAH was born February 1809
      79  iv.  ELIHU was born February 1811

17.  JOHN3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#89) was born in Russell Co, Va 8 August 1786.  John died 15
April 1852 in Russell Co, Va, at 65 years of age.
 He married NANCY LONG.  (Nancy Long is #103.)  Nancy was born 4 March 1793.  Nancy was the daughter of
Richard Long and Elizabeth Burney.  Nancy died 12 June 1868 at 75 years of age.  I have found records for some of
Nancy's siblings. She had a sister Sarah "Sallie" Long, b. ca 1798 who married Joseph Counts, see Some Descendants of
John Counts, (Counts C-11 pg... 101).  She had a brother, James Long, who was a large slave owner in Alabama.  About
1859 he willed five of his slaves to their sister Sallie and her husband Joseph Counts.  Her other brother, Henry Dickenson
Long, b. ca 1794, d. ca 1877, married Margaret Counts (Counts C-15, pg... 186), b. ca 1797, d. ca 1858, d/o John and
Margaret Kelly Counts (Counts B-3, pg... 80).  He (Henry) purchased 400 acres at Castlewood, Virginia on 1 Jul 1817 and
sold same to John Long on 30 Aug 1827 (DB 8-53).  About this time they moved to Franklin County, Alabama, and
remained there a few years before moving to Tishomingo County, Mississippi.  He became the owner of a large plantation in
the vicinity of Cartersville near the county seat of Iuka.  The 1860 Census, Tishomingo County, Mississippi, valued his real
estate at $4,000 and his personal property, including slaves, at $35,000.  It was said that he had so many slaves that he did
not know all of them.  All this wealth was swept away by the Civil War.  He and his wife made trips back to Virginia from
time to time to see their relatives.  They made the trip by carriage - one for them and one for the servants (slaves).  They said
it took 6 weeks to go there and back.  Both he and his wife are buried on the plantation. Nancy Long Kiser was given slaves
by her brother Henry Long.  (Pioneer Recollections by E. J. Sutherland).
 John's occupation: farmer.  John's will was probated in Russell Co, Va, 4 May 1852.  John's will, dated 14 Feb 1852, was
probated in Russell County, Virginia on 4 May 1852. John Kiser was a farmer and he and Nancy lived at Carbo.  He
qualified as Lieutenant in the 72nd Regiment of the Virginia Militia on 5 May 1817. He was listed in the 1850 Russell County,
Virginia census as age 63, wife's age 57.

      John Kiser and Nancy Long had the following family:

      80  i.  ELIZABETH4.
      81  ii.  MARY "POLLY".
        iii.  JOSEPH (#567) was born 1814.  He never married.
      82  iv.  ELDER ANDREW A. was born 11 Dec 1816
      83  v.  MATILDA was born 11 February 1820
      84  vi.  JOHN 'JACK' was born 1824
        vii.  NANCY (#573) was born 25 Dec 1826.  Nancy died 21 Mar 1907 at 80 years of age.  She married JAMES KELLEY .  (James Kelley is #1760.)  James was the son of William Kelley and Rebecca Nash.
        viii.  MARGARET (#574) was born 29 Dec 1828.  She married JOEL RAMSEY  in Russell Co, Va, 10 January 1855.  They were married by Minister Andrew A. Kiser. (Joel Ramsey is #1763.)
    Joel was born 22 February 1833.  Joel was the son of William Ramsey and Susannah.  On their marriage record he is listed as age 21 and she as age 26.  They lived near Hamlin.
      85  ix.  HARVEY G. was born 1831
      86  x.  MELVENA was born 8 Nov 1832
      87  xi.  PRISCILLA was born 1837
        xii.  JAMES D. "BLACK JIM" (#578) was born 1840.  He married WINNIE ARTRIP  circa 1867.  (Winnie Artrip is #2028.)  Winnie was born circa 1844.  Winnie was the daughter of James Artrip Jr. and Sarah Smith.
        xiii.  LAFAYETTE (#579) was born 1843.  He went west as a young man and was never heard from afterwards.

 18.  NIMROD3 KISER SR (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#90) was born in Russell Co, Va 1788.  Nimrod died 1828 in Russell Co, Va, at 40 years of age.  His body was interred 1828 in Russell Co, Va.  He is buried on a cliff on the south bank of the Clinch River, just above Carbo (formerly Keyser Station), along with his nephews Warren, Ephriam and Elijah Kiser.  No tombstones have ever been erected there.
 He married MARY "POLLY" BREEDING in Russell Co, Va, about 1813.  (Mary "Polly" Breeding is #109.)  Mary was born in Russell Co, Va 1796.  Mary was the daughter of Spencer Breeding Sr. and Elizabeth Finney.  Mary died before 1870 in Letcher Co, Ky.  Her body was interred in Letcher Co, Ky.  Mary was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Russell Co, Va.  The 1830 Census for Russell County, Virginia shows Polly as head of household:
1 female 30-40 2 males 5-10 2 males 10-15 2 females under 5 1 female 5-10 Per Rachel Kiser Kiser leter 19 Nov 1924, Carbo, Virginia, to E. J. Sutherland and published in his Pioneer Recollections:  The Pol Hole was named for Uncle Nim's wife.  Rachel Kiser was the daughter of Ephriam and Mary "Polly" Sutherland Kiser.
Sometime after 1835, Polly took her children to Letcher County, Kentucky, and lived with her son Nimrod.  They settled on Camp Branch of Rockhouse Creek.  Her brother Elisha and his family had already moved to Breeding's Creek in what is now Knott County, Kentucky.
Nimrod’s mother, Mary Polly Breeding, his sister Martha, and brother Washington lived with Nimrod - Polly was widowed not too long after the birth of Martha, her last child.  Also listed as living in Nimrod’s household, in addition to his mother, brother and sister, were ELIZABETH BREEDING, age 1 year, and ELIZA Breeding, age 22.  The 1860 Letcher County Ky Census drops Elizabeth, but shows ‘Ilsy Breeding age 7 years’.  Polly Breeding and her brother Elisha Breeding are the only ones of Spencer Breeding’s children that moved to Kentucky.  Polly settled on Camp Branch of Rockhouse Creek in Letcher County.  Elisha and his family moved first, arrived on May 18, 1816, and settled on Breeding’s Creek in what is now Knott County, Ky.  Elisha was killed in 1864 by Confederate guerrillas.  He was 75 when the guerrillas of the southern side of the Civil War came into his home and took him to the mouth of the shop hollow at the bottom of the hill between Knott and Letcher Counties, near where the highway #15 crosses the hill.  He was shot in the back, then the family was allowed to haul him home on a sled.  They buried him 1-1/2 miles down Breeding’s Creek near his home.  The guerrillas took most of the family’s food supplies.  Elisha had thrown his pocket book near a gate and it was later found.
 He resided in Russell Co, Va.  They lived near the Muster Ground on Dumps Creek of Clinch River.
 Nimrod's will was probated in Russell Co, Va, 2 December 1828.  Will Book 4-A, 1-2 Dec 1828.  Abraham Childress was granted administration of his estate on 8 Oct 1828.  Inventory of his property was filed on 1 Dec 1828, and the sale bill of same was filed on 2 Dec 1828, his property having been sold on 15 Nov 1828. Per Rachel Kiser Kiser (d/o Ephriam and Mary "Polly" Sutherland Kiser) letter to E. J. Sutherland dated 19 Nov 1924, Carbo, Virginia, and published in Pioneer Recollections page 199, both her parents "are buried on a cliff on south bank of Clinch River just above Carbo.  some others buried there were:  Uncle Nimrod Kiser, Warren Kiser and my brothers ephriam and Elijah.  No tombstones have ever been erected there."

      Nimrod Kiser Sr and Mary "Polly" Breeding had the following family:

        i.  ELIZABETH4 (#120) was born in Russell Co, Va 1815.  She never married.
        ii.  WINNIE (#121) was born in Russell Co, Va 1817.  She never married.
        iii.  GOULD (#122) was born in Russell Co, Va circa 1819.  Gould went to Ky when young and was never heard from again.
        iv.  WASHINGTON (#123) was born in Russell Co, Va 1820.  Wash never married.  He lived with his brother Nimrod, Jr. and family.
      88  v.  NAMON was born 1 January 1822
      89  vi.  NIMROD was born October 1825
        vii.  MARTHA (#126) was born in Russell Co, Va 1826.  She married JOHN EVERAGE  in Letcher Co, Ky, 18 December 1850.  The following individual is also linked to this event: John Caudelle (minister). (John Everage is #424.)

 19.  EPHRIAM3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#91) was born in Russell Co, Va 1790.  Ephriam died 11 October 1885 in Russell Co, Va, at 95 years of age.
 He married MARY POLLY SUTHERLAND 31 Aug 1815.  (Mary Polly Sutherland is #112.)  Mary was born in Botetourt Co, Va 1801.  Mary was the daughter of James Sutherland and Sarah Buchanan.  Mary died 22 March 1859 at 57 years of age.  Ephriam and Mary lived on a farm near Carbo, Virginia, in the Clinch River area.  Ephriam bought land on the Clinch River, up Dumps Creek and onto Sandy Ridge (so named because of its sandy soil and seemingly inexhaustible amount of sandstone rock).  About two years after their marriage their first child was born.  They had twelve sons and one daughter.  On 16 October 1813 Ephriam enlisted in Lt. Andrew Caldwell's Company of Virginia Militia and was sent to Norfolk. There he was transferred to Captain John Dillard's Company and served in the Artillery on Craneys Island.  He was Honorably discharged on 13 March 1814.  Both belonged to the Baptist Church.  She died of heart dropsy.
They are both buried on a cliff on the south bank of the Clinch River just above Carbo.  Some others buried there were:  Uncle Nimrod Kiser, warren Kiser, and Ephriam & Mary's sons Ephriam and Elijah.  No tombstones have ever been erected there.  Pioneer Recollections page 199.

      Ephriam Kiser and Mary Polly Sutherland had the following family:

      90  i.  ABEDNEGO4 was born 1817
      91  ii.  JOHN was born 1820
      92  iii.  HENRY was born 22 June 1822
      93  iv.  NIMROD was born circa 1824
      94  v.  JAMES MARSHALL "BUCK JIM" was born 1826
        vi.  EPHRIAM (#585) was born 1828.  Ephriam died 24 September 1862 at 34 years of age.  Ephriam never married.  He enlisted in Captain H. H. Dickenson's Company, Confederate Army (CVA) where he contracted fever.  He returned home where he died shortly after.

        vii.  ELIJAH (#586) was born 1830.  Elijah died 1851 at 21 years of age.  He never married.
      95  viii.  JOSEPH AUGUSTUS was born February 1832
      96  ix.  RACHEL was born 30 June 1834
      97  x.  ELIHU L. was born 1836
      98  xi.  JEPTHA was born 1838
      99  xii.  DANIEL SUTHERLAND was born 1840
      100  xiii.  NOAH was born 5 September 1842

 20.  SUSANNA3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#92) was born in Russell Co, Va 1792.  Susanna died 23 Jul 1860 at 68 years of age.
 She married STEPHEN SARGEANT SKEEN in Russell Co, Va, 8 November 1806.  (Stephen Sargeant Skeen is #113.)  Stephen was born 1788.  Stephen was the son of Peter Skeen and Sarah Sargeant.  Stephen Skeen's parents were from Caswell County, North Carolina. Stephen and Susannah lived near St. Paul, Wise County, Va.

      Susanna Kiser and Stephen Sargeant Skeen had the following family:

        i.  WILLIAM4 (#606).  William never married, was incompetent.
        ii.  JOHN (#593) was born 4 June 1814.
        iii.  JAMES (#594) was born 28 June 1815.
        iv.  ARCHIBALD (#595) was born 18 October 1816.
        v.  HENRY (#596) was born 25 December 1817.
        vi.  MARY "POLLY" (#597) was born 27 February 1818.  She married DOS BUSH .  (Dos Bush is #6817.)  Dos was the son of Austin Bush.
      101  vii.  MARTHA ANN "PATSY B." was born 17 April 1819
      102  viii.  MARGARET was born 10 May 1820
      103  ix.  FRANKLIN was born 12 July 1822
      104  x.  JOSEPH was born 12 February 1824
        xi.  SAMUEL (#602) was born 12 September 1825.
        xii.  STEPHEN (#603) was born 16 April 1827.
        xiii.  SUSAN (#6867) was born 13 Nov 1828.  She married HENDERSON H. 'HENRY' DOTSON .  (Henderson H. 'Henry' Dotson is #1974.)  Henderson was born circa 1828.  Henderson was the son of William Dotson and Mary 'Polly' Hutchinson.  They lived in Wise County, Virginia; moved near the Ohio River.  He is shown as Henderson H. Dotson in the sketch of the Dotson family by E. L. Hamilton, Publication No. 5 of the Historical Society of Southwest Virginia, Wise, Virginia.
      105  xiv.  ELIZABETH was born 9 Jun 1830
      106  xv.  NANCY was born 7 Aug 1833
        xvi.  RICHARD S. (#608) was born 15 March 1836.  He married MARY POWERS  11 April 1861.  (Mary Powers is #1983.)  Mary was the daughter of Jeremiah Powers and Nancy.
    Richard's occupation: teacher.  He was a school teacher in Wise County, Va.
        xvii.  GEORGE HOPKINS "HOP" (#609) was born 12 October 1837.
      107  xviii.  SARAH JANE was born 9 March 1839

 21.  MARY "POLLY"3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#93) was born in Russell Co, Va 1794.
 She married JAMES H. ARTRIP about 1809.  (James H. Artrip is #116.)  James was born 1788.  James was the son of John Artrip and Susan.  The first Artrip in Russell County, Virginia was James, for whom the village of Artrip was named. He may have been of English descent and was born in 1788.  James was a farmer and large landowner of 3000 acres.  He built a two story log house in 1823 near the ford of Clinch River in Artrip, Va.

      Mary "Polly" Kiser and James H. Artrip had the following family:

      108  i.  WILLIAM4 was born 1811
      109  ii.  SUSANNA was born 1813
      110  iii.  JOHN MORGAN was born 1814
      111  iv.  JAMES JR. was born 1815
      112  v.  MARY J. 'POLLY' was born circa 1816
      113  vi.  ELIZABETH "BETSY" was born 1 January 1817
      114  vii.  JOSEPH was born 1822
      115  viii.  JASPER was born 1823
      116  ix.  NANCY JANE was born 14 October 1824
      117  x.  SARAH 'SALLY' was born circa 1826
      118  xi.  WINNIE was born circa 1829
      119  xii.  VIRGINIA JANE 'JENNIE' was born 3 September 1829
      120  xiii.  JAMES HARVEY 'LITTLE JIM' was born circa 1833

 22.  CHARLES3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#94) was born in Russell Co, Va 1796.  Charles died 5 Jun 1880 at 83 years of age.
 He married NANCY LAFORCE.  (Nancy LaForce is #117.)  Nancy was born 1803.  Nancy was the daughter of Mont Moncier LaForce and Catherine 'Katie' Sutherland.

      Charles Kiser and Nancy LaForce had the following family:

        i.  SUSANNA4 (#624) was born 1819.  Susanna died.  She never married.
      121  ii.  SARAH was born 1821
      122  iii.  JOSEPH "POKA JOE" was born 1823
      123  iv.  MARTIN was born 1825
      124  v.  CHANEY was born 1827
      125  vi.  CHARLES was born 6 May 1829
        vii.  JAMES "POKA JIM" (#630) was born 1831.  James died 1904 at 73 years of age.  He never married.  He lived on Dumps Creek, Russell County, Virginia.
      126  viii.  MARY "POLLY" was born 1835
        ix.  SINDESTA (LINDESTA) (#632) was born 1836.  She married CHARLES WYATT .  (Charles Wyatt is #2180.)  They lived near Clinchfield.  They had no children.
        x.  WARREN (#633) was born 1838.  Warren died 1844 at 6 years of age.
        xi.  CATHERINE (#634) was born 7 September 1841.  Catherine died 30 August 1925 at 83 years of age.  She married JAMES LAFORCE Jr in Russell Co, Va, 2 March 1868.  They were married by Minister ANDREW A. KISER. (James Laforce Jr is #1440.)
    James was born 30 January 1845.  James was the son of James Laforce and Dicie Kiser.  James died December 1927 at 82 years of age.  They had no children.
        xii.  ELIZABETH (#635) was born 1845.  Elizabeth died 1859 at 14 years of age.
      127  xiii.  ELYAH (ELIJAH) was born 1848

 23.  ELIZABETH3 KISER (Joseph Keyser2, Charles1 Keyser) (#95) was born in Russell Co, Va 1798.
 She married HENRY HURST.  (Henry Hurst is #118.)  Henry was the son of Daniel Hurst.

      Elizabeth Kiser and Henry Hurst had the following family:

        i.  WILLIAM4 (#637).
        ii.  DANIEL (#638).

24.  PETER3 KEYSER (ANDREW2, CHARLES1) (#20) birth date unknown.
 He married twice.  He married MARY ANN ARTZ 18 Mar 1819.  (MARY ANN ARTZ  is #31.)
MARY was born 16 Apr 1803.  MARY died 1 Jan 1826 at 22 years of  age.  MARY ANN was the
daughter of HENRY ARTZ and CHRISTINA.  He married NANCY FRAY 12 Oct 1826.
(NANCY FRAY  is #32.)  NANCY was born 14 Dec 1803.  NANCY died 31 Jul 1883 at 79 years of age.

        PETER KEYSER  and MARY ANN ARTZ  had the following family:

       128  i.  BENJAMIN F.4 was born 26 Jan 1823
        ii.  HENRY A. (#5984) was born 1 Jun 1825.  Henry died in California.

 Peter Keyser and Nancy Fray had the following family:

      129  iii.  EPHRAIM was born 21 Aug 1828
      130  iv.  CHARLES MADISON was born 11 May 1830
      131  v.  JOSEPH WASHINGTON was born 16 Dec 1832
        vi.  JOHN FRAY (#5988) was born 31 Jan 1835.  John died 30 Jun 1862 at 27 years of age.  He was killed at Malvern Hills, near Richmond, Va., in the Civil War. He never married.
        vii.  MARY MARTHA VICTORIA (#5989) was born 15 Apr 1838.  Mary died 1 Dec 1897 at 59 years of age.  She married ANDREW B. FLEMING  16 Jul 1866.  (Andrew B. Fleming is #5990.)
      132  viii.  SARAH MARGARET was born 25 Mar 1840
      133  ix.  HESTER FRAY was born 13 Apr 1842
      134  x.  PETER JAMES was born 16 Mar 1847

 25.  NOAH3 KEYSER (Andrew2, Charles1) (#18) was born 2 Jan 1786.
 He married ANNA RHODES in Shenandoah Co, Va, 14 Mar 1809.  (Anna Rhodes is #29.)  Anna was born 1790.  Anna was the daughter of Joseph Rhodes II and Magdalene Huddle.  Per Meade Relations by A. M. Prichard:  "For further data on Noah Keyser's family, see History of the Descendants of John Hottel,1930.

      Noah Keyser and Anna Rhodes had the following family:

      135  i.  JACOB4.
      136  ii.  ANDREW J..
      137  iii.  ELIZABETH ANN.
      138  iv.  SARAH.
        v.  JOSEPH R. (#5872).  Never married.
      139  vi.  WILLIAM.
      140  vii.  NOAH HAMPSON was born Nov 1831
      141  viii.  EDWARD THOMAS was born 8 Mar 1834

 26.  GEORGE3 KEYSER (Andrew2, Charles1) (#19) was born 2 Oct 1789.
 He married ESTHER HERSHBERGER 5 Sep 1809.  (Esther Hershberger is #30.)  Per Mead Relations by A. M. Pritchard:  "Note: Harry M. Strickler, of Luray, Va., on Apr 27, 1932, wrote as follows:  'George Keyser, son of Maj. Andrew Keyser of the Rev. is buried on his farm on the left side of the river opposite Rileyville, Page County, and the grave is marked by a remarkably well preserved marble slab, which states that he died in 1859, his wife in 1852.  In the same cemetery is the grave of George Keyser's son-in-law, John Wesley Bell, killed by his own slaves in 1842.  Bell's two slaves were tried before the county court and sentenced to be hanged by Col. Daniel Strickler, presiding justice, shortly thereafter, which sentence was carried out promptly."
Also:  "Under date of August 19, 1932, Elizabeth Mead wrote as follows:  "I am enclosing a letter Bob. Trumbo gave me.  I give it to you."  The letter is as follows:
"Shenandoah County October 9th 1825 "Dear Sister "It is with singular pleasure that I transmit to you a few lines by which you will be informed that we are all enjoying of our health as well as usual for which I am very thankful to the Almighty for the many blessings bestowed on us.  I became a member of the Baptist church at Big Spring on the third Sunday in April from the same hope that I had when I was with you.  We have Ambrose C. Booten as pastor of our church and are much pleased with him as a Minister of the Gospel -- members of society --- baptized 8 persons among the number are Wm. Fristoe's Widow and John Fristoe's two daughters Lucy and Rebecca.  The number is 33.  Brother Andrew became a member at Mill Creek on the 2d Sunday in July at which time he was baptized professing to have hope in the Savior.  There appears to be a troubling of the Waters about the Bigspring where it has not bee agitated for a number of years and we ere long hope that they will come to the pool to be made clean.  Brother Andrew is expected to married to Miss Mary Brewbecker a Daughter of John Brewbecker on Thursday the 13st inst, he has given us an invitation to the Marriage and Rachel proposes going.  The Neighbours are generally well of this Neighborhood.  Crop of wheat were generally good this season; and flour is worth about five Dollars.  Crops of corn are not very good this season, owing to the intense Drought that we have had this year which is greater than we have experienced for a number of years (or indeed ever) and the Earth is so dry at this time that I am afraid the grain that is now sprouted and up will perish if we should not have rain soon.  Corn is worth about two Dollars from the heap.  Rye about 37-1/2 cents.  I wish to be remembered to Brother Charles if he is with you and if he should winter with you I request that he will write to me monthly as I am desirous to know his situation and state of health.  I would wish to be remembered to my Old Uncle and Aunt Austion I would wish to be remembered to Rev. John Kelly and family I think it useles to name each individual.  You will give my compliments to my relations and acquaintances that are convenient to you.  We have been neglectful in writing to each-other for some time past out I hope for the future we shall be mindful of the ties that bind man to his relations and retrieve our former error by writing every opportunity.  "I shall conclude by subscribing myself your affectionate
 Brother till Death George Keyser. Ephraim Trumbo)  and Isaac Austin)     ) families
 "Eli Chadduck desires to be remembered to Charles Keyser and requests that he will write to him the first opportunity."
Note;  The penmanship of the foregoing letter is excellent, and its diction clearly shows that its author must have been a man of culture and refinement."

      George Keyser and Esther Hershberger had the following family:

        i.  RACHEL4 (#5741).  She married JOHN WESLEY BELL .  (John Wesley Bell is #5742.)  John died 15 Feb 1842.  John was murdered by two slaves he owned: Captain, a Negro man slave and Martin, a mulatto man slave.  "At a court of Oyer and Terminer held at the Court House of the County of Page on Wednesday 2d. day of March, 1842, for the trial of Captain, a Negro man slave and Martin, a mulatto man slave the property of John Wesley Bell, dec'd. or of the estate of John Wesley Bell, dec'd, charged with the murder of said Bell on the 15th day of Feb, 1842, Daniel Strickler, presiding justice and six other justices heard the case without a jury.  The defendants were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, the 8th day of April next, between the hours of 11 and 3 o'clock of the same day, and court valued the slaves to the sum of $1,000.  The sheriff was ordered to carry out the execution.  It took place, we understand, on Bixler Ferry Road in the first hollow after leaving Main Street.  Daniel Blosser was Sheriff.
   Two full pages of the evidence follows the verdict.  The defendants confessed and related how the crime was committed but the evidence was introduced also, only circumstantial evidence for there were no eye witnesses.  Dr. John F. Thompson and Dr. John H. Freeman performed an autopsy and they with Col. Jonas Aleshire and Joseph Bumgarner were the only witnesses.
   OYER and TERMINER comes from the Norman French and means to hear and determine.  It was used to designate the Court trying a criminal case.  It is an old English term for a court that met at least twice in every year in every county in England. It only acted upon an indictment.
   Bell is buried in the Keyser cemetery opposite Rileyville.  He had married George Keyser's daughter.  George was a son of Major Andrew Keyser of the Revolution."  taken from Page County Court Records, see "Forerunners" by Strickler, pg 160-161
 

      142  ii.  JOHN H..
      143  iii.  ISAAC A..
      144  iv.  ANNIE.

 27.  SUSANNAH3 KEYSER (Andrew2, Charles1) (#25) was born 25 Sep 1791.  Susannah died 13 Dec 1864 at 73 years of age.
 She married EPHRIAM TRUMBO 13 Mar 1810.  (Ephriam Trumbo is #38.)  Ephriam was born Oct 1781.  Ephriam was the son of George Trumbo Sr..  Ephriam died 30 Sep 1863 at 81 years of age.  Per A. M. Prichard's Mead Relations:  "Note:  Rev. James Gilruth, in his letters referred to in the sketch of Mary Keyser, No. 6, after describing the first school "ever kept between "Storm's Creek and the French Grant" said:  "the old house being untenantable, and the right of property falling into the hand of a man in Virginia by the name of Andrew Kiser, he bestowed it upon his son-in-law, Ephriam Trumbo, who had married his daughter, Susannah.  Trumbo was a wheel-wright; and as, in those days, the women did their own spinning, it was a good trade.  But he turned his attention to farming, and made the best fences of any man in those parts."  Mr. Gilruth, in another connection, also said that a daughter of William Power "married Ephriam Trumbo's oldest son, and moved to Massoit, Illinois."

      Susannah Keyser and Ephriam Trumbo had the following family:

        i.  MARGARET4 (#5879) was born 19 Dec 1811.  Margaret died 22 Jun 1883 at 71 years of age.  Margaret never married.
        ii.  ANDREW JACKSON (#5880) was born 10 Mar 1814.
        iii.  SARAH (#5881) was born 9 May 1819.  Sarah died 26 Mar 1820 at less than one year of age.
        iv.  JOHN ROBERT (#5882) was born 28 Sep 1819.  John died 13 Jan 1834 at 14 years of age.
      145  v.  GEORGE JACKSON was born 13 Oct 1822
        vi.  EZRA (#5884) was born 13 Mar 1825.