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Keziah Cargill was born about 1806, in Kentucky, the daughter of John Cargill, Jr. and Nancy Elizabeth Lewis.
Keziah married Benjamin Palmer, Jr. on September 8, 1825, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Benjamin Palmer, Jr. was born about 1804, in Kentucky, the son of Benjamin Palmer, Sr. and Mary (last name unknown). (Keziah's younger brother Thomas H. Cargill married Benjamin, Jr.'s sister Mary Palmer.)
Census records give the places of birth of their children as Tennessee, Kentucky, then Arkansas. It appears Benjamin and Keziah moved their family to Arkansas about 1837, when the Cargill family moved there from Kentucky. They probably all moved together.
The 1840 Searcy County, Arkansas census shows Benjamin with one male age 30-40; one male 5-10; one male under 5; one female 30-40; one female 10-15; two females 5-10; and two females under 5. The family was living near Benjamin's father, Benjamin Palmer, Sr., Keziah's parents and Keziah's brother Nenion and his family.
The 1850 Conway County, Arkansas census shows Benjamin, 46, a farmer; Kezsiah, 44; Nancy, 17, born in Tennessee; William, 20, born in Tennessee; Sarah, 16, born in Kentucky; Martha, 14, born in Kentucky; Margaret, 12, born in Arkansas; Mary, 9, born in Arkansas; Benjamin, 7, born in Arkansas; Parlee, 6, born in Arkansas; Susan, 3, born in Arkansas; and Robert, 1, born in Arkansas. The family was living in Benton Township, very near Keziah's parents.
The 1860 Conway County census shows the family still living in Benton Township. The census shows Benjamin, 55; Kiziah, 54; Margarett J., 22; Mary, 20; Benj. F., 17; Minerva, 15; and Susan K. A., 13. The family was living very near Keziah's brother William Cargile and his wife.
Benjamin died between 1860 and 1870. Keziah appears on the 1870 Conway County census as head of the household. She was in Benton Township, near Quitman (in present day Cleburne County), with her daughter Susan, age 22. Keziah's brother Nenion Cargile is living near her.
Keziah died October 18, 1879, in Arkansas.
Children of Benjamin Palmer and Keziah Cargill
1. Mariah L. Palmer, b. Feb 1828, TN; m. John H. Moore
2. William Hosea Palmer, b. Nov 30, 1829, TN; m. Elizabeth P. Holland
3. Unknown Son Palmer, b. abt 1830, TN; d. 1840-1850
4. Nancy Elizabeth Palmer, b. abt 1832, TN; d. 1865, White Co, AR; m. Lewis Jackson Norman on Dec 26, 1858, White Co.
5. Sarah Ann Palmer, b. Feb 19, 1833, KY; m. Jesse Edwards
6. Martha M. Palmer, b. Mar 31, 1835, KY; m. Joshua Hendrickson
7. Margaret J. Palmer, b. abt 1838, AR; m. R. A. Reynolds
8. Mary Cynthia Palmer, b. July 14, 1840, AR
9. Benjamin Franklin Palmer, b. Mar 1842, AR
10. Minerva Paralee Palmer, b. Sept 16, 1844, AR; m. Lewis Jackson Norman
11. Susan Keziah A. Palmer, b. Jan 1, 1847, AR
12. Robert Lewis Cargile Palmer, b. Mar 6, 1849, AR; d. 1850-1860, AR