Archibald Keeton was born on 20 November 1827, in Walker Co., Alabama, the son of Reuben Keeton and his wife Mary K. Townley. In 1850 in Walker Co., Alabama, Archibald Keeton married Martha Jane Staggs. On September 6, 1862, in Jasper, Alabama, Archibald enlisted as a private in Co. C, 13th Battalion Alabama Cavalry Partisan …