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Moses W Keeney

Also Known As: "Moses Keeney"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States
Death: 1840 (73-74)
Cabin Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Cabin Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain John David Keeney, Captain; Catherine Keeney and Martha Katherine Keeney
Husband of Frances Harris
Father of Catherine Littlepage; Frances Brawley; David A. Keeney; Moses Walls Keeney, Sr.; Michael R. Keeney and 9 others
Brother of Peter Mercer Keeney; Michael Keeney; John Jonathan Kinney; James Kinney; Jacob Kinney and 4 others
Half brother of John Jonathan Keeney, Sr.

Managed by: Jonathan William Truax
Last Updated:

About Moses W Keeney

Born in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia.

Married Frances Harris on 11 Aug 1789.

Documentation: Annotated 1850 Census for Kanawha County (West) Virginia, published 1987 by Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society.

"Frances Keeney Brawley Family" by Rosco C. Keeney, Jr.

"2,597 Keeney Relatives" by Rosco C. Keeney, Jr. P.O. Box 70, Handley, WV 25102.

Page 162 of the above 1850 census shows Moses Keeney as married to Frances Harris on 11 Aug 1789 in Greenbrier County, (West) Virginia. They moved to Cabin Creek District in Kanawha County, WV sometime prior to the 1820 census. This source also says that his date of death was "circa" 1840.

His children are listed as follows:

Frances (f.) b. 1790 Greenbrier Co. WV d. 1879. She married William S. Brawley.

John D. b. 1793, Greenbrier Co. WV d. circa 1860, Kanawha County, WV, married Rachel Burdett.

David A. b. 1794, Greenbrier Co. WV d. circa 1860, Kanawha County, WV. Married Catherine Jarret, b. 1810.

Moses Walls, b. 15 June 1797, Greenbrier Co, WV d. 1888 Kanawha County, WV. Married Mary D. Huff, b. 1803 Greenbrier Co, WV.

Thomas H. b. 1803, Greenbrier, WV d. 1880 Kanawha County, WV. Married Elizabeth Caraway.

Michael R. b. 1804, Greenbrier, WV d. 1875 Kanawha Co, WV. Married Elizabeth Ann Gatewood in May 1831. She was born in Amhers County, VA. She died 15 Jan 1882.

William E. b. circa 1808, Greenbrier, WV d. 1870s Kanawha Co. WV. Married Sarah R. "Sally" Huff.

Foster H. b. 1811, Greenbrier, WV d. 1870s Kanawha Co. WV. Married Elizabeth Jean Huff (sister of Sally Huff), b. 1816 d. 1864.

Stires (Stiars) Jade, b. 1813, d. 1860s. Married Mildred P. Gatewood (sister of Elizabeth Ann Gatewood) on 25 Jan 1832.

Elizabeth, b. 1815. Married Thomas McDowell on 1 Jan 1835.


Moses Asbury Keeney
BIRTH
1766
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
DEATH
1840 (aged 73–74)
Cabin Creek, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial details unknown No Cemetery

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190994626/moses-asbury-keeney


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Moses W Keeney's Timeline

1766
1766
Muddy Creek, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States
1789
1789
Greenbrier County, Virginia, USA
1790
1790
Greenbriar, VA, United States
1791
1791
Greenbrier, Virginia, United States
1793
1793
Greenbrier, Virginia, USA
1794
1794
Greenbrier County, Virginia, USA
1797
June 15, 1797
Greenbriar County, Virginia
1801
1801
Kanawha County, Virginia (WV), United States
1803
March 12, 1803
Greenbrier, Virginia, United States