The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA/NC
Qualifying Service: Private
This cemetery is owned by the Garrison Fork Baptist Church. The Bevins Cemetery is adjacent to it, but not part of it
Author: Fred Ray Ryan
Richard Keele was born on 10 June 1757 in Wythe County, Virginia, the son of Arthur Keele and Sarah Monnote. He married Lydia Richmond on 19 July 1777.
Keele enlisted as a private at Henry County, Virginia, in 1776. He served with Captain James Lyon and P. Harston, and Colonel John Sevier at King's Mountain.
Richard Keele died on 8 July 1849 in Bedford County, Tennessee, and was interred at the Keele-Bivins Cemetery. He also has a headstone at the Old City Cemetery at Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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