Sarah Loudusty Myers is the first ancestor I helped find something about as an adult. I attended a university with excellent census records (before they were all digitized online) and my dad had me look for possible parents for her and work on her name possibilities.Together we worked thru whether or not she was the same person or different wives each year.
Sarah Loudusty Myers is a great example of the fun and joy of finding and using information about your ancestors from census records. She ages 10-15 years between each census, her birth location and that listed for her parents changes. She is unsure of her month and year of birth, and how long she's been married. Her name is spelled many different ways. Some years she is "Sarah L". Other years she is "Loudusty" which was spelled a different way every time. McKeehan has many possible spellings as well. The only thing that makes it easy for us is that she doesn't move around but stays in the same area.
Sarah Loudusty lived in Whitfield County, Georgia for almost all of her life and wasn't far from it as a babe in Walker County.
Sarah Loudusty Myers was born 9 January 1836 in Georgia. Her parents are believed to be William & Eliza Ann Myers.
She appears in the 1850 census in East Chickamauga, Walker county, Georgia as Sarah L Myers, age 12, born in GA
She married John William McKeehan in about 1854 in Georgia.
(Whitfield GA in 1855.)
Her first child, a daughter, Elizabeth Ann "Betty " McKeehan is born 7 Aug 1855.
Her second child, a daughter, Cornelia Ann McKeehan is born in 1857.
Her third child, a son, Benjamin McKeehan is born in Oct 1859.
In the 1860 census in Trickum district, Whitfield county, Georgia, she is listed as Sarah L McKeehan, age 23, born in AL.
Her fourth child, a son, James William "Bill" McKeehan is born 12 Nov 1861.
Her husband, John joined the 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry in the Confederate Army March 10 1862. He was a prisoner of war at Vicksburg from July 4th to July 8th 1863. He swore an Oath of Allegiance to the USA on Mar 2 1864 in Chattanooga, TN.
Her fifth child, a son, Charles P "Charlie" McKeehan is born 27 Aug 1864.
(Whitfield, GA in 1865 - Trickum is listed!)
Her sixth child, a son, Andrew Jackson McKeehan is born 8 Mar 1869.
Her seventh child, a son, S K "Cay" McKeehan is born 12 May 1870.
In 1870 in 27th district (Tunnel Hill Post office) Whitfield County, Georgia, she is listed as Lodisca McKehan, age 36, born in GA. She is listed as being able to read, but not write in this census.
Her eighth child, a son, Porter Pledger McKeehan is born 18 Dec 1872.
Her ninth child, a son, Dock L McKeehan, is born 11 Apr 1874.
Her tenth child, a son, George W McKeehan is born 2 Jan 1878.
Her eleventh child, a son, Jerry Jackson McKeehan is born 12 Dec 1879.
1n 1880, in Trickum, Whitfield County, Georgia she is listed as Lodis Key Mc Keehan, age 44, born in GA. She can read and write, though her husband can't.
(Whitfield GA in 1885, Trickum is listed!)
(1899 map of Whitfield, GA, can see Trickum)
In 1900, in Trickum, Whitfield County, Georgia she is listed as Lodisky McKeehan, age 60, born in GA, but unknown year or month of exact birth. 11 children, 10 living.
In 1910, in Trickum, Whitfield County, Georgia she is listed as a widow, Loduca McKeehan, age 75, born in GA, living with her son George W McKeehan. Still 11 children, 10 living.
Her husband died in 1912 according to the tombstone. Her tombstone must be wrong, listing her death in 1919.
Because in 1920, in Trickum, Whitfield County, Georgia she is listed as a widow, Sarah L McKeehan, age 85, born in AL, living with her son George W McKeehan.
She must have died 2 April of 1920, instead of 1919 as listed on her tombstone at Dunagan Cemetery, in Whitfield, Georgia.
Sources:
US Federal Censuses, 1850 - 1920
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/whitfieldhistmaps.htm (Georgia Historical Maps)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~prsjr/families/ar/nevada/sam-aj01.htm (Elizabeth "Betty" Ann McKeehan Sarrett birthdate, marriage, move to Arkansas)
Footnote.com - Confederate Soldier Service Records
Hester McKeehan Sosebee's family bible
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