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 1731 - 1790

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• Suffix	Jr, III
  Birth	1731	, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1790	, , Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I3839	Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2008
  Father	John Key, Jr/Sr,   b. 1716, , King William, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1780, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA
  Mother	Waller,   b. Abt 1716,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1731
  Family ID	F639	Group Sheet
  Family	Agnes Witt,   b. Abt 1734, , Albemarle, Virginia, USA ,   d. Aft 1769, , , Virginia, USA
  Married	27 Dec 1750	, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. John Waller/Walter Key,   b. 11 May 1751, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. 1827, , , Georgia, USA   2. William Key,   b. 7 Oct 1751, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. 1808 > 3. George Key,   b. 1753, , Bedford, Virginia, USA ,   d. 15 Jan 1836, , Callaway, Missouri, USA   4. Barbary Ann Key,   b. Abt 1755,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Judith Key,   b. Abt 1756,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Joseph Staunton Key, Sr,   b. Abt 1758, , , Virginia, USA ,   d. 1829, , , Georgia, USA   7. Winnie Caudle Key,   b. Abt 1759,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Elizabeth Key,   b. 1769,   d. 10 Feb 1843, , Washington, Illinois, USA
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2008
  Family ID	F652	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1758 - living in Albemarle Co.; 1764 - living in Amherst Co. In 1758, John Key, Jr. III, was living in Albemarle County on his father's 1732 patent, which had been divided between "Martin Key and his younger brother John Key." By 1764 John Key, Jr., had moved to Amherst County (now Nelson County) where he purchased 71 acres from his brother Henry. In 1765 he patented 190 acres in the same area. He bought and sold land in Amherst County until 1777 when he disposed of what was probably the last of his holdings there. In 1777 he was appointed a road surveyor in Amherst County. From Amherst Co., John Key (Jr. was not used after 1777) apparently moved to Bedford County, Virginia. where he was listed in the tax records from 1782 to 1789. In 1783 he purchased 440 acres on the Stauton River (upper Roanoke River) in Southern Bedford, which land he and his wife disposed of in 1788. John Key's wagon and team was employed in the service of the United States four days, for which he was allowed 10 shillings per day, June 23, 1783 in Bedford Co., Va. He was paid for wagon and use furnished the Continental Army, December 1, 1783 in Bedford Co., VA. John and Agnes Key, Jr. sold property in Amherst County to John Craighead, who became George Key's father-in-law. It should be noted that Nelson Co., was created in 1808 from the eastern part of Amherst Co., VA. JOHN KEY, JR. III, (1731-1790), a son of John Key, Jr./Sr. (1716-1780) and Miss Waller, (Some show Susannah Watts as the moher of John Key, Jr. III. Records show that John Key, Jr./Sr. married 1st Miss Waller and 2nd Susannah Watts). John Key, Jr. III was born about 1731 and died about 1790 in Virginia. He was married to Agnes Witt on December 27, 1750 in Albemarle County, Virginia. In 1758, he was living in Albemarle County on his father's 1732 patent which had been divided between "Martin Key and his younger brother John Key." By 1764 John Key, Jr., had moved to Amherst County (now Nelson County, Virginia) where he purchased 71 acres of land from his brother Henry Key. In 1765, John patented 190 acres in the same area. He bought and sold land in Amherst County until 1777, when he disposed of what was probably the last of his holdings there. In 1777, John Key, Jr.III, was appointed a road surveyor in Amherst County. He moved from Amherst County to Bedford County Virginia, where he was listed in the tax records from 1782 to 1789. In 1783. He purchased 440 acres of land on the Stauton River (upper Roanoke River) in southern Bedford County. This 440 acres of land was disposed of in 1788.

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