Capt. Kedar Keaton, SC Legistator Voting To Approve Old Cheraws' Dist. Formation

SC Legislator, Voting for Old Cheraw Dist. Formation

Biography

Capt Kedar Keaton was born on February 2, 1769 in Dist,, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, SC, United States. His parents were Keader Keaton, Sr. and Hester Keaton. He was a Farmer. Capt Kedar Keaton, SC Legislator and Voting member for the formation of Old Cheraw's District in 1768 era. by the Legislator of The General Assembly for the Province of South Carolina.

Parents: On December 28, 1797 Kader Keaton, Sr. deeded all of his land to some of his sons. One of the deeds transfers to his son Kader Keaton Junior 170 acres in Warren County, Georgia. This is the last record of Kader Keaton. March 5, 1803 his wife Hester is documented with Jacob Giles stating that he saw Kader execute a deed.

Celia Keaton, April 10, 1761 married Paul Johnson

John Keaton, February 22, 1764

Elizabeth Keaton, July 12, 1766

'''Kader Keaton Jr., February 9, 1769 married Sarah Peacock'''

Ann Keaton, October 2, 1771

Jesse Keaton, November 15, 1772

Charles Keaton, May 18, 1775 married Catherine Peacock

Benjamin Keaton, February 21, 1777

Mary Keaton, January 26, 1781 married Benjamin Gates

Samuel Keaton, December 25, 1783William Keaton, September 4, 1786

Kedar married Sarah Rebecca Keaton (Peacock) in 1797 in Georgia, United States. Together they had the following children: William Kader Keaton III/ of Churrah Creek, Burkes' Co.; Jesse Keaton; Mollie Keaton; Ann Keaton; Rhoda Keaton; Lydia Keaton; Sallie Keaton; Isham Keaton; Polly Keaton; John Keaton; Sarah Keaton.

He died in 1820 in Twiggs, GA, United States and was buried in Twigg, Ga.

3 Sarah Rebecca Peacock b: 1776 in Anson County, North Carolina d: August 24, 1867 in Carroll County, Georgia

.. +Kedar Keaton b: February 02, 1769 in Cheraw District, South Carolina d: Abt. 1820 in Twiggs County, Georgia m: Abt. 1795 in Warren County Georgia

4 Isham Keaton b: Abt. 1795 in Warren County, Georgia

4 Kader Keaton III b: Abt. 1797 in Warren County, Georgia

4 Sarah Keaton b: Abt. 1809 in Washington County, Georgia

4 William Keaton b: Abt. 1813 in Washington County, Georgia

4 Ann Keaton b: Abt. 1817 in Washington County, Georgia

3 Samuel Peacock b: 1777 in South Carolina d: 1839 in Liberty County Georgia

.. +Mary Peacock b: 1786 in Georgia d: Aft. 1870 in probably Liberty County Georgia m: 1802 in Georgia

 By Rhonda McClendon Brubaker  These are miscellaneous nuggets of information I have found from other sources. Some of these bits are supported by other attached documents:  Kader was a colonial American officer in the Revolutionary War. Kader served as a sergeant in the Cherokee Expedition from October 11, 1759 to January 15, 1760. Oral history has Kader migrating from the Albemarle Sound area. Some genealogists believe that Kader’s father was a Richard Keaton found in Duplin County. In the 1750's, Kader was living in the interior area of North Carolina (Craven County area of St. David's Parish). The influx of settlers into the South Carolina high country caused the relations between the settlers and the Cherokees to deteriorate, finally breaking down in the spring of 1751 when a theft of 331 deerskins from a Cherokee hunting camp by white raiders went unpunished by the magistrate at Ninety Six, South Carolina. By summer, retaliatory Indian raids became a constant threat.

Following the deaths of several white settlers along the frontier, peace was restored for a brief period in 1753 when the British agreed to pay for the stolen deerskins and to help protect the Cherokee from their Indian enemies by building Fort Prince George at Keowee. Ninety Six then became a supply station and rest stop for those traveling to the Keowee fort. Construction of another fort, Fort Loudoun, among the Overhill Cherokee in eastern Tennessee was subsequently begun in April of 1757 following negotiations two years earlier in which the Cherokee promised assistance to the British in fighting the French and their Indian allies in their most recently begun military campaign for North American territories the French and Indian War (1754-1763). British military success and the promise to aid in the war against the French, however, did not prevent some Cherokee from accepting overtures from their supposed enemies and switching alliances to attack British settlers in the Carolinas and Georgia in 1759.

To counter the threat of additional Cherokee attacks, William Henry Lyttelton, who had succeeded James Glen as Governor of South Carolina in 1755, promptly proceeded with reinforcements of over 1300 men to Fort Prince George. Kader was a one of these man. He served as a Sergeant under Captain Thomas Conner in the South Carolina Militia.

Kader, in 1768 at Charles Bedingfields, voted in the General Assembly of the Province of South Carolina, to establish St. David's Parish to serve both the religious and civic needs of a growing population. The parish included the lands that later became Chesterfield County, Marlboro County, and Darlington Counties and portions of Florence County and Lee County.

Cheraw sits at the last navigable point north on the Great Pee Dee River. During the era when river traffic ruled, Cheraw became an important area market city and shipping center for cotton, tobacco, and other products. Cheraw was considered strategically important by both sides during the American Revolution. The church building ended up being used by both sides. The South Carolina Militia used the church for quarters several times and the Seventy-first Highlanders used the church as quarters and hospital during the summer of 1780. Kader provided material aid to soldiers as documented in the 1931 DAR application. In 1779, Kader Keaton and the General Assembly voted to form the new county of Richmond. By March 4, 1787 Kader had sold all of his land and was living on land Darby Henagan owned. We know this because of a deed transferring land from Darby Henagan, Esq. of Richmond County, North Carolina to Henry Easterling, Sr. of Marlborough in Cheraw District, South Carolina. This land was originally granted to Darby in 1771.The next record we find of Kader is in 1794. He is paying taxes on 800 acres of land in Warren County Georgia. Warren County was established on December 19, 1793 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, and was created from parts of Columbia, Washington, and Wilkes counties. On December 28, 1797 Kader deeded all of his land to some of his sons. One of the deeds transfers to his son Kader Keaton Junior 170 acres in Warren County, Georgia. This is the last record of Kader Keaton. March 5, 1803 his wife Hester is documented with Jacob Giles stating that he saw Kader execute a deed.

Celia Keaton, April 10, 1761 married Paul Johnson

John Keaton, February 22, 1764

Elizabeth Keaton, July 12, 1766

Kader Keaton Jr., February 9, 1769 married Sarah Peacock

Ann Keaton, October 2, 1771

Jesse Keaton, November 15, 1772

Charles Keaton, May 18, 1775 married Catherine Peacock

Benjamin Keaton, February 21, 1777

Mary Keaton, January 26, 1781 married Benjamin Gates

Samuel Keaton, December 25, 1783William Keaton, September 4, 1786

Community incoming into the area of Washington Parish - were receiving passports into the area from then Indian Territorial Guide, “Choctaw Bill” Williams.