William R KEELAND

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1880 census Long Creek, Carroll Co., AR
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William R KEELING 33 AR TN TN
Elizabeth J 31 MO TN TN
Nancy E 11 AR AR MO
Rebecca E 10
Louisa J 9
William A 8
Sarah C 7
Lydia A 5
George M 2
Mary F 3
Joseph H 1

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Hi Stephen,

I've made some progress lately with the Keeland research, and I thought I'd pass it along.

I feel confident that John Keeland's father was named Adam.
1830 - Adam Keelan, Carroll Co., TN
1840 - Adam Keelin, Carroll Co., TN
1850 - Appears to have passed away

There's also a "Perry Keelin" that's 10-30 years younger than Adam. This could be a younger brother or the oldest of his children.

Also, I've learned that John Keeland DID go to California during the Gold Rush in the early 50's (from his son's pension application). It also says that he died soon after the war. It doesn't say wher e.

So here's all the information I was able to extract from the pension related documents of John's sons, Wiley R. and John H. I know you descend from Sarah, who's not mentioned, but maybe you'll find i t interesting anyway.

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John H. Keeland was known as “Henry”. His brother William R. Keeland went by “Riley”.
Henry didn't know the month or date of his birth, but he had been told that he was born in Carroll County in 1845 and that he was a year and nine months younger than his brother, Riley.
As a small boy, Riley injured his left knee by falling on an ax that he was carrying.
In the early 1850's, John Keeland left his wife and six children and went to California. He died soon after the war.
His wife, Emaline abandoned the children and took up with Zack Hobbs.
The children, except for Columbus, were raised by Emaline's parents, Green and Sarah Williams.
None of the children attended school.
The children, Emaline and her parents were all illiterate. John Keeland Sr. could read and write.
Green Williams operated a mill.

Civil War
About 1863, Riley and Henry moved to Texaswith their uncles Joel R. Williams and John Skates. [Most of their grandmother's family had moved to this area several years earlier. Since they were raised b y their grandparents, this family in Texas was in essence their Aunts and Uncles and Cousins.] They stopped for about a year in Bell County. They then moved on to Williamson County, where they staye d for a few days with their relatives, the J. T. Van Hook family.
While at the Van Hook’s house, Riley and William were arrested and taken to either Georgetown or Round Rock. They were given ten days to report to Galveston for Confederate service. The boys returne d to the Van Hook house, but instead of heading on for Galveston, they headed back home to Carroll County, Arkansas. Henry was on his own horse and Elias Queen gave a horse to Riley.
Henry says that nothing bothered them on their way north and that they did not stop until when, near Hot Springs, Arkansas, they were captured by a group of Confederates. Henry wasn’t sure if the gr oup that captured them was a regularly organized squad or bushwackers. They wore the “Confederate Gray” and took them, along with another prisoner, Marion Burr, to Monticello where the company o r regiment was stationed. Marion had been captured a couple days after the Keelands.
At Monticello, the boys were told that they had to go into the Confederate Army. They were turned over to the Confederate officers there, who (according to Henry) enrolled their names and given the oa th of enlistment. Riley says that they were never enlisted and that they did not have a uniform and never participated in any battles, skirmishes, guard duty or any other soldier duties while they wer e with the Confederates. After a few days, the Confederate regiment departed for Shreveport, Louisiana. After two or three days, Riley, Henry and Marion dropped out of the march at night, near Poiso n Springs, and hid in the bushes until the army had passed. Marion Burr piloted them to near his home, where they parted ways.
Shortly after, near the border of Montgomery and Hot Springs Counties, the Keeland brothers crossed paths with James and George Hall. George was a recruiting officer, and the Keelands joined them an d traveled to Fort Smith. James Hall recalls that this happened in about February.
They had to travel slowly because the enemy and bushwackers were so thick. All of their time was spent in the brush. They occasionally had little skirmishes along the road and were sometimes separate d for three or four days at a time. Within a couple days of arriving at Fort Smith, Riley, Henry and James were all enlisted on April 2 into Company I of the 1st Arkansas Volunteer Infantry.
The boys were stationed at Fort Smith for the majority of their service. Most of their time was spent on guard duty around town. They also made a few short trip out in the surrounding country and foug ht in one little skirmish with the bushwackers. Henry was wounded in this fight, getting shot in the right arm, right side, right thigh and knee, and left thigh. Since all of these injuries came fro m one shot, and were for the most part flesh wounds, he speculated that he was hit by buck-shot.
Henry and Riley were the only men in his family that fought during the war. His father was in California at the time.

Riley and Henry do not appear to be the most intelligent men. They never attended school, did not know how to read or write, and O. W. Goodwin, the Special Examiner who spent a good deal of time inter viewing them for their pension applications, said that the brothers were “very ignorant and forgetful, but are reported men of honor and integrity.”

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Einsender	Stephen W.
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