Keefauver-Bacon-DeWald Ancestry

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Henri DeVaux b. 1733 near Dole, France, escaped with his Huguenot parents to the Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, where he was known as Heinrich DeWald. m. 1762 Catherine Marie Graver. They sailed from Rotterdam to Philadelphia 1766 and settled in York Co., Pa. Buried Hanover, Pa. Henry d. 1817

They had 11 children incl.:
Phillip DeWald
Margaret DeWald
Elizabeth DeWald
Gabriel DeWald
Mary DeWald
Henry DeWald
Valentine DeWald
Frrederick DeWald
Julia DeWald
Jacob DeWald
Catherine DeWald b. 1770 m. Nicholas Keefauver b. 1760, Pennsylvania. They lived in the Leesburg community of Washington Co., Tn.

Catherine and Nicholas had a son, Nicholas Keefauver 1807-1891 who m. Dicey Bacon 1809-1892. They are buried in Leesburg.

Nicholas and Dicey had several children including:

Shelton Keefauver
Henry Keefauver
Elizabeth Keefauver
Nancy Keefauver
George L. Keefauver 1835-1917 married Lida Ann Bacon 1835-1889.

George and Lida's son was Alvin V. Kefauver 1859-1930 who m. Nora Crouch

From The History of Washington County, Tennessee, published 1988 by the Watauga Association of Genealogists, pp. 392-392.



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