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Isaac Keyes 1819–1864 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1819

Birth Location: Bottetourt County, Virginia

Death Date: 28 September 1864

Death Location: Elmira Prison, Elmira, NY

Father: Joseph Keys

Mother: Mary (Gurtner)

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Isaac Keyes was born in 1819 in Bottetourt County, Virginia, the child of Joseph Keys And Mary Ann Gortner Gurtner. Isaac Keyes passed away in 1864 in Elmira Prison, Elmira, NY.

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Biography

  • Isaac Keyes was born in 1819 in Bottetourt County, Virginia, the child of Joseph Keys And Mary Ann Gortner Gurtner.
  • Isaac Keyes passed away in 1864 in Elmira Prison, Elmira, NY.

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Isaac Keyes's Ancestors

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Isaac Keyes
1819–1864
Birth Place: Bottetourt County, Virginia
Parents
Joseph Keys
1795–1860
Keyes Ferry, Virginia, USA
Mary (Ann Gortner) (Gurtner)
1792–1850
Virginia
Grandparents
Humphrey (Keyes) Jr
1763–1833
Keyes Ferry, Jefferson Co, Virginia, USA
Phoebe ((Fawcett)) Strider
1766–1803
Keyes Ferry, Jefferson Co, Virginia, USA
Phillip (Gortner or) Gurther
Manchester, Carroll, Maryland, United States
Catherine Gutelach
1767–1818
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
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Isaac Keyes's Timeline

2 Records

1819
abt 1819
Birth of Isaac Keyes in Bottetourt County, Virginia
Bottetourt County, Virginia
1864
28 September 1864
Age 45
Death of Isaac Keyes in Elmira Prison, Elmira, NY
Elmira Prison, Elmira, NY

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1819
    Event Place: Bottetourt County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 September 1864
    Event Place: Elmira Prison, Elmira, NY

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