Kader Lawson Keaton

Kader Lawson Keaton was a son of Kader Keaton and Mary Strickland. He was born c. 1827 in Georgia and later married Julia Ann Shaw (b. 1827 in South Carolina) on 7 February 1847 in Liberty County, Georgia. He resided in Liberty County for at least 1850-1880 and died on 4 May 1902.

With Julia, he had at least two children, as documented by Austin:

1. Sarah Amanda, b. 1848 in Liberty County
2. Henry C. Keaton, b. January 1849 in Liberty County; m. Martha

Military service

This section needs citation.

Confederate Army Records: Kader Lawson Keaton served as a Private in Company G of the 1st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry of Confederate Georgia Troops. This was Captain Lamar's Company from McIntosh County, GA known as "The Lamar Rangers" and as "The "Savannah Mounted Rifles." Kader also served as as a Private in Company H of the 5th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry when it was fomed in January 1863 by merging the 1st and 2nd Battalions. The 1st and 2nd Battalions had served along the Georgia Coast. There does not appear to be a history of the 1st Batttalion. The men were from the counties of Effingham, Screven, Liberty, Bulloch, Lamar, and McIntosh. This 5th Regiment was sent to Mississippi and placed in Major General Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, serving under Brig. Gen. William W. Allen and Brig. Gen. Robert H. Anderson. The unit participated in the Atlanta Campaign, the defense of Savannah, and the campaign of the Carolinas. On April 26, 1865, after the Battle of Bentonville it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonels Robert H. Anderson and Edward Bird, Lieutenant Colonel R.J. Davant, Jr., and Major William H. Wiltberger. Eli Moore, husband of Caroline Keaton (daughter of Kader Keaton) also served as a Private in the same unit.

Sources

• Austin, Jeannette Holland. The Georgia Frontier: Revolutionary War Families to the Mid-1800s, p. 195. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005.