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Reubin Keef
b.Bef 1725
d.Aft 1797
Facts and Events
| Name |
Reubin Keef |
| Alt Name |
Reubin Keeth |
| Alt Name |
Reuben Keef |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Bef 1725 |
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| Marriage |
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to Unknown |
| Death? |
Aft 1797 |
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Possible Relation
Note: some researchers believe Reuben Keeth/Keef may be the father of Thomas Keef of Maryland, Montgomery County, Virginia and Greene and Warren County, Tennessee. Additional research is needed to establish this suspected relationship. Some of the records below establish Reuben Keef and Thomas Keef were both in Montgomery County, Virginia around the same time period.
Records in Virginia
- Rebuen Keef was one of a large group of men listed in a 1758 Bedford VA document which read: "... in an Act for raising the Sum of Twenty-five Thousand Pounds, for the better protection of the Inhabitants on the Frontiers of this Colony, and for other purposes..." [Note: possibly this Reuben Keef, needs additional research] Virginia Keef's
- 1785 Sept 1 Reuben Keeth. grantee.
- Land grant 1 September 1785.
- Summary Location: Montgomery County.
- Description: 600 acres on the waters of Greasy Creek the waters of New River.
- Source: Land Office Grants R, 1785, p. 243 (Reel 58).
- Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
- Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.
- 1785 Sept 1 – Reuben Keeth. grantee.
- Land grant 1 September 1785.
- Summary Location: Montgomery County.
- Description: 400 acres on the head waters of Greasy Creek branch of New River.
- Source: Land Office Grants R, 1785, p. 244 (Reel 58).
- Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
- Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.
- 1785 Sept 1 – Reuben Keeth. grantee.
- Land grant 1 September 1785.
- Summary Location: Montgomery County.
- Description: 350 acres between the head waters of Greasy Creek and Inaian Creek waters of New River.
- Source: Land Office Grants R, 1785, p. 247 (Reel 58).
- Part of the index to the recorded copies of grants issued by the Virginia Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
- Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-.
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- Montgomery County, Virginia Delinquent Tax List 1797
- A List of Delinquents Returned by me James Gordon DS for Montgomery County in the bounds of Thomas Goodson Commissioner of the taxable property in the seventy fifth Reightment tax for the year 1797.
- [Signed] James Gordon DS
- Micager Keeth, tax on 4 horses, 0.1.8 [Note: possible relative?]
- Rubin Keef tax on 350 acres of land, 0.0.10
- Ditto on 400 acres of land, 0.1.0
- Ditto on 500 acres of land, 0.1.3
- Ditto on 600 acres of land, 0.1.6
- [Source: Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 37, No. 4, pg. 300]
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