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Betsey  Kegg 

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John Kegg
1770 - 1852

 


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Betsey Kegg
1796 - 1830
Betsey Kegg was born about 1796 in an unknown place and died about 1830 somewhere in South Carolina. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 34 years old.

She had 3 children with husband John:

  1. Abigail Saphronia (6/11/1820) married John McCormick
  2. Penellope Sarah (4/12/1812) married William McCormick
  3. Tellitha Ann (9/10/1825).
Her father may have been John and she may have had a brother named James (Jamey). James Kegg at 66 years of age, born 1781,appears on the list of Names of Catawba Indians -970.1 A1 No.105' on Sept. 29, 1847.
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Other9/30/1816 SC  20 yrs old 
Sept. 30, 1816 – Jamey Clinton willed his rent to Jamey Kegg and Betsey Kegg Ayers. Plat Book 284. 
Other8/16/1818 SC  22 yrs old 
Aug. 16, 1818 Polley Stephens willed rent to John Ayers and his children with Besey Kegg. Plat Book 315 
Other1/1/1822 SC  26 yrs old 
In 1822 - Rent on lease assigned to Jamey Kegg is paid to Betsey Kegg. Plat Book 108 -109. 

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3 1799 The Rosetta Stone was discovered
4 1800 The first battery was invented by Volta
11 1807 The first steamboat was invented by Fulton
18 1814 The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
34 1830 The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
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4 1800 NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC
15 1811 NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians.
16 1812 NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured.
32 1828 Gold is discovered in Georgia.
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34 1830 South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union, setting the stage for the creation of the Confederacy.
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2 1798 Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida,
7 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans.
8 1804 The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL.
9 1805 Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier.
10 1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread.
15 1811 By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians.
24 1820 The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
34 1830 Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
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1 1797 Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa


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Capt. John 'Jack' Ayers
Born on October 7, 1791 and died about 1858.
They were married 1/1/1812.

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The Children of Betsey Kegg

Abigail Saphronia Ayers
Born somewhere in South Carolina on June 11, 1820 and died somewhere in Florida about 1860. She was about 39 years old.

She married John McCormick.
Children:
James M. (abt. 1838)
William (abt. 1840)
Daniel (abt.1842) he married Nancy Philemon
John (abt.1844)
Joseph (abt.1846)
Mary Ann (1848 ...
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Penellope Sarah Ayers
Born somewhere in South Carolina on April 12, 1821 and died somewhere in Florida about 1890. She was about 68 years old.

She married William McCormick.

Children:
Telitha "Litha" McCormick(abt.1837)she married Augustus Reese on 2/18/1857 in EarlyCo.GA,
Lewis McCormick (abt.1839),
Sarah McCormick (abt....
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Telitha 'Annie' Ann Frances Ayers
Born somewhere in South Carolina on February 18, 1824 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida about 1880. She was about 55 years old.

Annie's first marriage was to William David Cutts they had one son William David Cutts Jr. ...
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