Roxey Jane Keaton1,2

F, (3 October 1831 - 16 February 1914)

Father*George Keaton2 (c 1806 - )
Mother*Jane (?)3 (c 1812 - )
Roxey Jane Keaton|b. 3 Oct 1831\nd. 16 Feb 1914|p2186.htm|George Keaton|b. c 1806|p2231.htm|Jane (?)|b. c 1812|p2232.htm|||||||||||||

Charts Pedigree for Lyle (N.M.I.) Jones
Relationship 3rd great-grandmother of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 20 May 2005
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Name Variation Roxey J. Keaton2 
Name Variation Roxie J. Seaton 
Note* Based on Margie Jones notes, both George and Roxey were full blood Choctaw Indians. If true, there children would all be full blooded Choctaw Indians.
My grandfather Jones several years ago was contacted by cousins (I believe Margie Jones for one) that informed him that his Grandmother, Georgia (nee Mays) Heistand was 1/2 indian through George Mays her father. Though grandfather Jones never heard that from his mother, he did remember her looking Indian when her hair was undone. The cousins thought that George Mays was either Cocktaw or Cherokee. Through my personal discussion with the cousins, their source of George Mays being Indian comes from a comment from their father Earl Mays (grandson of George Mays). He once indicated in a moment of anger surrounding changing a flat tire that he was full blooded indian. Earl indeed had other ancestors who were documented native americans. However, since learning that George Mays was likely born in West Virginia near the Ohio border it seems less likely that George was an indian. It seems even more remote that he was Cherokee or Choctaw given their historic locations of these tribes. Given the prejudice of the times people rarely acknowledged indian blood which could explain why it was never mentioned, even if George Mays was native american.

Several descendants of Franklin Mays joined the United Lumbee Nation. Franklin did marry a native ameriacn. Note United Lumbee Nation is not affiliated with the Lumbee Tribe. The United Lumbee Nation is Federally or State recognized.

Choctaw History and maps., Principal=George William Mays, Witness=Georgia Emma Mays2 
Birth*3 October 1831 VA, Not quite consistent with 1880 census with regard to date. 1880 census does have VA as birthplace. 1900 census has Oct 1831 as birthdate.2,4 
Mapcirca 1850 Cabell Co., VA (later WV),

19th Century Cabell Co.



Cabell Co., VA (now WV) Maps, Principal=George William Mays 
(Witness) Census27 August 1850 Cabell Co., VA (later WV), Censuses of Mays-Keaton families.
George Keyton , (age:) 44, M(ale), [Color is unmarked as are all people on page], (occupation:) Labourer, [value of real estate: not specified], [birth place: Virginia as is everyone dittoed marked on the page] "
Sandal[?] ", (age:) 38, F(emale), (birth place: Virginia) "
M. Harriet ", (age:) 23, F(emale), (birth place: Virginia) Va, (cannot read & write)
Nancy ", (age:) 20, F(emale), (birth place: Virginia) "
Rocey ", (age:) 19, F(emale), (birth place: Virginia) "
Emiletta ", (age:) 16, F(emale), (birth place: Virginia) "
Mary C. ", (age:) 15, F(emale), (birth place: Virginia) "
John ", (age:) 13, M(ale), (birth place: Virginia) ", (attended school within year)
Willis Mays family lived 3 doors away., Principal=George Keaton, Principal=Jane (?)5 
Married Namecirca 1854 Mays4 
Marriage26 January 1854 Cabell Co., VA (later WV), Date based on Edward Knight's notes which I think comes from Research Marriage records of Cabell County, West Virginia, for the period of years 1809-1851, inclusive by Bell, Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns) , FHL US/CAN Film 848627 Item 2 a Microreproduction of original typescript (90 p.)

1900 Census indicated that Roxie and James Forbs were married 46 year. Note that # of years married does not make sense since that would make this the wrong Roxie -see 1910 census- or him father of all children including Frank Mays. I think that the crossed out 50 was the # of years since he was first married and 46 the number of years from when she was first married. This would place marriage of George and Roxie at about 1854.

., Principal=George William Mays4,6 
Map*circa 1861 Cowley Co., KS,




Cowley Co., Kansas Maps, Principal=George William Mays 
Married Nameafter 1880 Forbs7 
Residence*after 1880 Sedan, KS, Principal=James M. Forbs2 
Note*after 1880 The sisters lived together after James Forbs died., Principal=Eurmaletta Keaton2 
Marriage*after 1880 Principal=James M. Forbs7 
Census8 June 1880 Cedar Township, Cowley Co., KS, Censuses of Mays-Keaton families.
Mays, Roxey J., W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 47,Widdow, [Widowed], (occupation:) Keeping House, (cannot read), (cannot write), (birth place:) Virginia, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia
,Maggie, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 24, (Married), (birth place:) Kansas, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia
, Franklin, W(hite), M(ale), (age:) 19, Son, (Single), (occupation:) at home, (attended school), (birth place:) Kan
Georgie, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 15, daughter, (Single), (occupation:) at home, (attended school), (birth place:) Kansas, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia
Jessie, W(hite), F(emale), (age:) 11 [or 10], daughter, (Single), (attended school), (birth place:) Kansas, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia, Witness=Margaret J. Mays, Witness=Georgia Emma Mays, Witness=Jessie Mays8 
Document©*1883 KS, William G. Cutler's 1883 History of the State of Kansas Detailed section on Cowley Co. Nothing specific about family present., Principal=George William Mays, Witness=Georgia Emma Mays9 
Census*1900 Sedan, Chautauqua Co., KS, Censuses of Mays-Keaton families.
Farbs, James M., Head, W(hite), M(ale), (birth:) May 1822, (age:) 78, (Married), (years married:) 46, (birth place:) Kentucky, (birth place father:) Kentucky, (birth place mother:) Kentucky, (occupation:) none, (can read: no) blank, (can write: no) blank, (can speak English:) yes, O(wned), F[ree of mortgage], H[ouse]
Roxie J., Wife, W(hite), F(emale), (birth:) Oct 1831 (age:) 68, M(arried), (years married:) 46, (mother of how many children:) 6, (how many of these children living:) 5, (birth place:) Virginia, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia, (can read: no) blank, (can write: no) blank, (can speak English:) yes
Keaton, Emaletta, Sister in law, W(hite), F(emale), (birth:) Feb 1834 (age:) 66, S(ingle), (birth place:) Virginia, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia, (can read: no) blank, (can write: no) blank, (can speak English:) yes

Note that # of years married does not make sense since -see 1910 census- or James Forbs father of all children including Frank Mays. I think that the crossed out 50 on his line was the # of years since he was first married and 46 the number of years from when she was first married. Roxie did have 5 living children., Principal=James M. Forbs, Witness=Eurmaletta Keaton4 
Census29 April 1910 Dexter Township, Cowley Co., KS, Censuses of Mays-Keaton families.
Forbes, Roxy J., Head, F(emale), W(hite), (age:) 78, Wd[Widowed], (mother of how many children:) 6, (how many of these children living:) 4, (birth place:) Virginia, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia, (Language:) English, (occupation:) none, Own Income, (can read:) no, (can write:) no, O(wned), F[ree of mortgage], H[ouse]
Keedan, Emmiline, Sister, F(emale), W(hite), (age:) 76, S(ingle), (birth place:) Virginia, (birth place father:) Virginia, (birth place mother:) Virginia, (Language:) English, (occupation:) none, Invalid, (can read:) no, (can write:) no
Taylor, Ida May, Servant, F(emale), W(hite), (age:) 45, S(ingle), (birth place:) Indiana, (birth place father:) Ohio, (birth place mother:) Illinois, (Language:) English, (occupation:) Servant, House, W[employee], no [never unemployed], (can read:) yes, (can write:) yes
Roxy lived near her children who appear on the same census pages: Georgia Hiestand, Jesse Westbrook and granchild Dollie Carter., Principal=Eurmaletta Keaton10 
(Witness) Photocirca 1912 



Circa 1912. L-R: Georgia (nee Mays) Heistand, Seated: Roxy J. (nee Mays) Seaton (married a 2nd time to Forbes), Lloyd Hersal Jones, Minnie C. (nee Heistand) Jones. Copy in possession of Jim McKinney.

Hiestand Family, Principal=Georgia Emma Mays11 
Death*16 February 1914 Dexter, Cowley Co., KS7 
Burial*after 16 February 1914 Patton Cemetery, West of Cedarvale, Cowley Co., KS, Patton Cemetery on Maggie (Mays) Patton's farm. Based on census, they lived in the Grant Township.12 

Family 1

George William Mays
Marriage26 January 1854 Cabell Co., VA (later WV), Date based on Edward Knight's notes which I think comes from Research Marriage records of Cabell County, West Virginia, for the period of years 1809-1851, inclusive by Bell, Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns) , FHL US/CAN Film 848627 Item 2 a Microreproduction of original typescript (90 p.)

1900 Census indicated that Roxie and James Forbs were married 46 year. Note that # of years married does not make sense since that would make this the wrong Roxie -see 1910 census- or him father of all children including Frank Mays. I think that the crossed out 50 was the # of years since he was first married and 46 the number of years from when she was first married. This would place marriage of George and Roxie at about 1854.

., Principal=George William Mays4,6 
Children

Family 2

James M. Forbs
Marriage*after 1880 Principal=James M. Forbs7 

Citations

  1. Or Seaton. Keaton appears as name of sister in 1900 census. Sister is listed as single - not widowed. 1910 Census had last name as Keedan.
  2. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999).
  3. [S82] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Web Page"; http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knight&id=I1688 searched on Jan 21, 2001 Work by Edward Knight (e-mail address). Ed attributes work to Marriages of Cabell Ca. VA and WV Records in this case probably the marriage of George Mays to Roxy J. Keaton in 1854. Web page gives names as George Keaton and Jane ???, Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  4. [S4] 1900 US Federal Census: KS Chautauoua Co. Vol.7 E.D.11 Sheet 10 Line 75.
  5. [S119] 1850 US Federal Census: VA (later WV) Cabell Co. District 10 Page 42 Household 581 Family 600 Line 41.
  6. [S82] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Web Page"; http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=knight&id=I1688 searched on Jan 21, 2001 Work by Edward Knight (e-mail address). Ed attributes work to Marriages of Cabell Ca. VA and WV Records. Web page says marriage record gives names as George Mays b. 1834 and Roxy J. Keaton b. 1832
    , Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  7. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999), Mentions date not place.
  8. [S118] 1880 US Federal Census: Cedar Twp., Cowley Co. KS Vol. 4 E.D. 171 Sheet 7, Line 45/ Page 469.
  9. [S61] Book: 1883. Cutler, William G. History of the State of Kansas.
  10. [S5] 1910 US Federal Census: KS Cowley Co. E.D.53 Family 95.
  11. [S283] Unknown subject unknown record type, unknown repository (unknown repository address).
  12. [S83] Margie Gayle Jones, Descendants of George and Roxey Mays - notebook (n.p.: unpublished notebook hand copied, Copied 1999), Mentions date & place.