3.  WILLIAM3 KEENER (ABRAHAM2, CASPER1) was born Abt. 1740.  He married RACHEL Abt. 1770.

Children of WILLIAM KEENER and RACHEL are:
8. i. WILLIAM4 KEENER, JR..
9. ii. JOHN KEENER, b. Abt. 1776; d. April 11, 1834, New Orleans, LA.
 

4.  JOHN E KEENER3 SR. (ABRAHAM2 KEENER, CASPER1) was born Abt. 1745 in PA, and died 1823 in Lincoln Co., NC  Will probated 1823.  He married MARY MILLER Abt. 1765 in Lincoln Co., NC, daughter of MICHAEL MILLER and BARBARA.  She was born Abt. 1750 in PA, and died Aft. 1823 in Lincoln Co., NC.

Notes for JOHN E KEENER SR.:
In the name of God Amen  I John Keener of the County of Lincoln & State of North Carolina being old & weak in Body but of perfect mind memory Thanks be to God calling unto mind The mortality of my Body and knowing That it is appointed for man once to die do make This my last will and Testement That is to say first of all I give and recomment my soul to The almighty power of God That give it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a Christian Like manner at The discretion of my Executors nothing doubting But at the general resurection I shall recieve The Same again by the mighty Power of God and as tacking such worldly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless me in This life I give devise & despose of The Same in The following manner & form I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Keener during her natural life her Bed and furniture & of my household furniture what she may think her self in need of, also one hoars Beast her choice of the Stock one Milk cow also The negro girl named fanny & also my hous and one Third of my Plantation wheron I now live & after her deceased The hous her part of the Plantation & The negro girl fanny and her in grease shall belong to my son Martin Keener.  I also give & bequeath unto my son Martin the remainder to two Thirds of my Plantation and all the Land attached to it also my Still & vessels and Blacksmith Tools and the Negro Boy called Monroe and an Equal Part of the remainder  with the rest after he shall Pay out of his Part one Hundred and fifty dollars
I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Three Hundred dollars in Place of his Land to be raised out of my Estate
The rest of my sons John, Adam, Michel, Jacob, Henry & David have There Land convayed to Them by me as I wish it to remain
The remainder of my property not willed after my wife Shall have out of what will suport her The first year  The remainder then Shall be Equaly devided between all my sons & daughters and my step daughter Elizabeth Beam a full Part with the rest of Them & Martin likewise as before mentioned  I likewise constitute and confirm & make and ordain as my Executors John Keener & Michel Keener of This my last will and Testement and I Do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannull all and every other former wills Testament Bequeths and Executors by me in any wise before mentioned willed or bequeathed confirming This and no other to be my last will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand fixed my Seal This Eleventh day of July in The year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Two

  Signed Sealed and published pronounsed
  and declared by The Same John Keener
  as his last will and Testament in The
  presence of us who in his presence and
  in the presence of each other have here
  unto subscribed our names

Andrew Derr  (?)    John          Keener
(another Name)
  Michael Keener, Exr Sworn

ORIGINAL COPY - NC STATE ARCHIVES        John Keener, Lincoln Co. Wills
Written 1822         Probated 1823
 
 

LINCOLN COUNTY WILL ABSTRACTS 1779-1910          #841
MICHAEL MILLER,   25 Dec. 1795,  Jan. 1796
Son-in-law JOHN KEENER, son-in-law Andrew Crisel.  son John Miller who deserted with the British in the American Revolution if he appears within 10 years.  Grandson Michael Crisel.  Wit. Andrew Stokinger, Jacob Lutz, John Dietz.
 

John Keener served in Bailey's Company, Continental Line, during the Revolutionary War.  He enlisted August 01, 1782 and served for 12 months.
ROSTER OF SOLDIERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION  page 13; 139
 

More About JOHN E KEENER SR.:
Fact 1: DAR Patriot's List Vol 3  Pvt NC

Children of JOHN SR. and MARY MILLER are:
10. i. JOHN E  KEENER4 JR., b. June 12, 1778, Lincoln Co., NC; d. November 16, 1871, Lincoln Co., NC.
11. ii. ADAM KEENER, b. December 09, 1781, Lincoln Co. NC; d. January 26, 1856, Lincoln Co. NC, Buried in Keener Cemetery.
12. iii. MICHAEL KEENER, b. December 02, 1783, Lincoln Co.,  NC; d. July 10, 1860, Buried in Keener Family Cemetery, Linclon Co., NC.
13. iv. JACOB KEENER, b. September 18, 1785, Lincoln Co.,  NC; d. July 24, 1859, Lincoln Co.,  NC.
 v. MARY KEENER, b. 1788, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Lincoln Co., NC; m. JACOB INGLE.
14. vi. DAVID KEENER, b. June 13, 1790, Lincoln Co., NC; d. June 11, 1869, Buried - Rocky Mount Cemetery, DeKalb Co., AL.
15. vii. HENRY WASHINGTON KEENER, b. Abt. 1790, Lincoln Co., NC; d. October 11, 1866, Butler Co., MO.
16. viii. ABRAHAM KEENER, b. July 27, 1795, Lincoln Co., NC; d. 1880, Bur Wolffork Cem  Rabun Gap, GA.
17. ix. MARTIN M KEENER, b. March 07, 1798, Lincoln Co., NC; d. August 22, 1871, Etowah Co.,  AL Buried Greenwood Cemetery.
 x. BARBARA KEENER, b. Abt. 1780, Lincoln Co., NC; d. Lincoln Co., NC ?; m. (1) JOHN SAULS, Lincoln Co.,  NC; m. (2) JOHN SCHRONCE.
 

5.  EVE3 KEENER (ABRAHAM2, CASPER1) was born 1754, and died Bet. 1810-1820 in Lincoln Co., NC.  She married ADAM TROUTMAN October 1775 in Old St Paul's Lutheran Church, Catawba Co., NC, son of MELCHIOR TROUTMAN and ANN HEIST.  He was born October 28, 1752 in Upper Milford Township, Northampton, PA, and died Bef. March 10, 1797 in Iredell Co., NC.

Notes for EVE KEENER:
She is commonly recognized by the name of Eve Keener.  However, her full name is Anna Eva Keener or Anna Eva Troutman.

Soon after the early death of her husband, Adam Troutman, Eva moved her family to Lincoln County to be near her family as evidenced in the following deed:

Lincoln County, North Carolina Land Entries 1798-1808  #1751  -  granted.
Eve Troutman claims 70 acres bordering John Keener [a brother] & John Finger
[a son-in-law married to daughter Mary Troutman].

More About ADAM TROUTMAN:
Fact 1: October 1775, Married by Rev. John Godfried Arends
Fact 2: August 1801, Inventory of Adam Troutman's Estate  -  part written in German.

Children of EVE KEENER and ADAM TROUTMAN are:
 i. ELIZABETH4 TROUTMAN, b. 1777, Burke Co., NC; d. Aft. 1850; m. MARTIN INGLE, September 05, 1798.
 ii. MARY TROUTMAN, b. Abt. 1781, Burke Co., NC; m. JOHN FINGER, November 07, 1801.
 iii. HENRY TROUTMAN, b. Abt. 1782, Burke Co., NC; m. BARBARA CANCELLER, Feburary 18, 1802;
      d. Bef. 1810, Lincoln Co., NC.
18. iv. NANCY L TROUTMAN, b. September 20, 1783, Burke Co., NC; d. January 26, 1865.
 v. DAVID TROUTMAN, b. Abt. 1788, Burke Co., NC; d. December 13, 1854, Catawba Co., NC; m. ANNA     BURKE.
 vi. SUSANNAH TROUTMAN, b. Abt. 1789, Burke Co., NC; m. JACOB FINGER, November 26, 1810.
 vii. MARY ANN TROUTMAN, b. Abt. 1790, Burke Co., NC; m. MELCHIOR BUMGARNER, August 13, 1811.
 viii. JACOB TROUTMAN, b. Abt. 1791, Burke Co., NC; d. Bet. 1843 - 1850, Catawba Co., NC.
 

6.  MARTIN3 KEENER (ABRAHAM2, CASPER1) was born 1756, and died in Cumberland Mt., TN.  He married (1) UNKNOWN BARNES in Lincoln Co., NC.    He married (2) SARAH BARNES January 02, 1802 in Lincoln Co.,  NC.

Notes for MARTIN KEENER:
Lincoln County Will Abstracts 1779-1910  Book #75

"John Barns, 25 Feb. 1794, Apr. 1794. Son John Barns. To all the rest of my children. Exec. son-in-law Martin Keenor, Wit. John Kenor, Lemuel Sauders, Sarah Barnes. N.B.:My fore youngest children (single).

Martin Keener married Sarah Barnes on January 02, 1802.  He was married first to another Barnes, probably an older sister of Sarah.  Most, if not all, of the children were born to the unknown Barnes and perhaps not all of the children have been identified.  From a list provided by four researchers, all agree on Joseph, Martin Jr., John, Jacob and Moses which have been identified in land and tax records of White County, TN.  Casper, who died of measles during the early part of the war, appeared on three lists as did Michael Keener who was found in Van Buren County, TN.

Martin Keener sold his property in Lincoln County, NC in 1805 and moved his family west, eventually settling in White County, TN
 

More About MARTIN KEENER:
Fact 1: February 25, 1794, Executor of John Barns will.

More About UNKNOWN BARNES:
Fact 1: Older sister of Sarah

Children of MARTIN KEENER and UNKNOWN BARNES are:
 i. JOSEPH4 KEENER, b. 1775.
 ii. MARTIN JR KEENER, b. 1781; m. HANNAH TETHERRO, September 18, 1804, Lincoln Co., NC.
 iii. JOHN KEENER, b. 1788; m. ELIZABETH KELLER, December 02, 1805, Lincoln Co., NC.
 iv. CASPER KEENER.

More About CASPER KEENER:
Fact 1: Died of measles during the Revolution.

19. v. JACOB KEENER, b. 1793; d. Abt. 1875, Buried - Ware Cemetery, Cherokee Co., AL  (?).
 vi. DAVID KEENER, b. Abt. 1795.
 vii. MOSES KEENER.
 viii. MICHAEL KEENER.
 

7.  ABRAHAM KEENER3 JR (ABRAHAM2 KEENER, CASPER1) was born in Lincoln Co.,  NC, and died Bef. July  06, 1835 in Christian Co., KY.  He married ELIZABETH BOLLINGER Abt. 1790 in Lincoln Co.,  NC, daughter of HENRY BOLLINGER and ELIZABETH CLINE.  She was born 1772 in Lincoln Co.,  NC, and died Bef. December 02, 1850 in Christian Co., KY.

More About ABRAHAM KEENER JR:
Fact 1: Abt. 1795, Moved to Christian Co., KY

Children of ABRAHAM JR and ELIZABETH BOLLINGER are:
 i. DAVID K4 KEENER, d. Aft. 1850; m. ELIZABETH SMITH, February 25, 1813.
 ii. JOSEPH KEENER, d. 1838; m. LOUISA BOLLINGER.
20. iii. ELIZABETH KEENER, b. 1800, KY; d. November 17, 1844, KY.
 iv. ABRAHAM F KEENER, b. 1811; d. November 15, 1863; m. ELIZABETH ELLEN CROUCH, October 30, 1856.
 v. HENRY B KEENER.