Marshall Keel lived on Georges Fork. During the
Civil War. Capt. Chase and Capt. Fultons Companies were ordered to West
Virginia. Lt. John Fleming in Capt. Chase's Company ask his Brother-in-law
Marshall Keel to put on his uniform and go with them part of the way. On the
first day out Marshall Keel was shot and killed at Big Ridge near Phil
Fleming's by bushwhackers who were out to kill John Fleming and or John McFall.
Children of Marshall Keel and Lavina Fleming;
Martha J Keel b 1853 Russell Co VA d 1860 Wise Co VA
Francis Marion Keel b about 1855 Russell Co VA d about 1910 Pike Co KY m. 17
Dec 1883 Pike Co KY to Demanza Burke b 1862 Pike Co KY, d/o Greenville Burke
and Louvena Leurinda Hall. Francis Marion Keel m. 28 Jun 1887 Pike Co KY to
Mary Smallwood b Apr 1870 Pike Co KY. Children of Francis Marion Keel and Mary
Smallwood;
Willard Keel b Jul 1888
Emaline Keel b Feb 1890
Vina Keel b Sept 1891 Pike Co KY
Mary D Keel b Dec 1892 Pike Co KY
Hattie Keel b Mar 1896
Walter Keel b Nov 1899
Francis Marion Keel m. 11 Mar 1879 Wise Co VA
to Martha J Vanover b 1862 Wise Co VA, d/o William J Vanover and Elizabeth
Howell. Children of Francis Marion Keel and Martha J Vanover;
Fannie Keel b Sept 1884 VA
Sarah E Keel b Oct 1857 Russell Co VA (now Dickenson Co VA) d 1953. Children
of Sarah E Keel and Unknown;
Phoebe Ann Keel b 1876 d 1925
Carney Keel b 1883 Dickenson Co VA m. 29 Oct 1903 Dickenson Co VA to Mary Jane
Fleming b Apr 1886 Dickenson Co VA d after 1910, d/o
Robert Lee Fleming and
Bethany "Betty" Vanover. Children of Carney Keel and Mary Jane Fleming;
William Fleming
Mary Francis Keel
b 11 Feb 1860 Wise Co VA d 25 Jun 1958 Mud River, Lincoln Co WV buried Mullins
Cemetery, Mullins Farm, Mud River, Lincoln Co WV, m. 22 Feb 1877 Pike Co KY to
Andrew Jackson
"Frosty Jack" Mullins b 20 Dec 1848 Pike Co KY d 1892, s/o
Solomon Mullins and
Nancy Matilda Wilcox.
Floyd Keel b 1861 Wise Co VA m. 4 Aug 1883 Dickenson Co VA to Hannabel Minerva
"Nerva" Mullins b 14 Mar 1866, d/o
Isham "Isom"
Mullins and Mary Ann Polly Sanders.
Lavina "Vina" Fleming
and John Bunyon Counts
Lavina Fleming b 24 Mar 1836 Jacks Fork, Big
Beaver Creek, Floyd Co KY d 26 Nov 1906, d/o
John Jackson Fleming
and Mary Jane Mullins. Lavina Vina Fleming m. 15 Dec 1870 to John Bunyon
Counts d about Aug 1874. Children;
Andrew J Counts b 3 Jan 1872 Pound River, Wise Co VA d 9 Feb 1951 m. 24 Jul
1912 to Verna Aldona Grizzle b 1880 d 1964. Children;
Universal Counts b 1913 m. Jerry Hodge
Male Counts m. Ethel Taylor Moore
Noah Columbus "Lum" Counts b 27 Sept 1874 d 1942 m. 17 Mar 1904 to Ura Mullins
b 1887 d 1956.
