He moved to Bath County, Virginia, where he pre-empted a tract of land and settled for the remainder of his life.
Note: Research indicates that a similarly named individual, Captain William Heyser (sometimes spelled Keyser), commanded a company in the German Battalion, but this is a separate historical figure. The subject of this write-up is the Private William Keyser of the Virginia Continental line, as detailed in the Pension App W3427. William Keyser Revolutionary War
They were parents to at least eight children: William, James, Fleming, John (Jack), Christopher Columbus, Sarah, Bettie, and Kate. He moved to Bath County, Virginia, where he
The following summer, under the command of Colonel Charles Dabney, he marched after the British and was present during the Battle of Monmouth . He moved to Bath County