Kelly

My father’s family is linked to the Kelly family through the Brumfield family.

William S Kelly was born in Ireland. He served in Captain Brown’s Company in the 1^st Regiment of the North Carolina Militia during the American Revolutionary War. William married Mary Durham c 1776.

“William Kelly came over from Ireland in 1755. Settled in Wake Co., North Carolina. Married Mary Durham of Durham, North Carolina. After Revolutionary War moved to Georgia, and before war of 1812 moved to Franklin Co., Tennessee. Made his will in 1824 and died in 1826. Buried in a country graveyard near Pelham, Tennessee.” From US Sons of the American Revolution

1 William S. Kelly b: 1739 in Ireland, d: 1826 in Tennessee
… + Mary Durham m: 1776 in NC
……2 Margaret Kelly b: 1772 in Wake, NC d: LA
…… + John Brumfield b: c. 1768, m: 23 Oct 1788 in Wake, NC, d: 1834 in LA
………3 William Brumfield b: 1790 in York, SC
………3 Lucy Brumfield b: 1792 in York, SC, d: 1815
……… + Barksdale Statham
………3 Willis Brumfield b: 1794 in York, SC, d: 16 Oct 1833
……… + Nancy Virginia Holmes b: 1797 in GA, m: 25 Jan 1818 in Pike, MS
………3 David Brumfield b: 1795 in York, SC, d: 23 April 1863
……… + Cynthia Holmes m: 23 Nov 1823
………3 Charles Brumfield b: 01 Jan 1796 in York, SC, d: 07 Aug 1870
……… + Harriet Knight
………3 Ridley Brumfield b: 1798 in York, SC
……… + Susanna Statham m: 1816
………3 Isaac Brumfield b: 09 March 1801 in York, SC, d: 14 Feb 1862 in MS
……… + Elizabeth Holmes b: c. 1807 in GA
………3 James Brumfield b: 1803 in York, SC
……… + Leah
………3 Elijah Brumfield b: 1805 in York, SC
……… + Charlotte Temple Ott b: 1815 in LA, d: 1895
………3 Jesse Brumfield b: 01 March 1807 in York, SC, d: 25 July 1884
……… + Hannah Youngblood b: c. 1807 in GA, m: 11 June 1830
………3 Alexander Brumfield b: 1811 in York, SC
……… + Anna
………3 Nathaniel Brumfield b: 1813 in Washington Parish, LA
……… + Charlotte Temple Ott b: 1815 in LA, d: 1895
………3 John Wilson Brumfield b: 1816 in Washington, LA, d: Abt. 1870
……… + Cindyrella
……2 Sarah Kelly b: NC
…… + Joseph Cowling
………3 John Durham Cowling b: Abt. 1814 in Franklin, TN
……… + Frances Camp

Selected Sources:

• 1820 US Census, Tennessee, Franklin. William S Kelly family.
• Conerly, Luke Ward. Pike County Mississippi, Pioneer Families & Confederate Soldiers, 1798 – 1876. 2008 Edition. Madison, Georgia: Southern Lion Books, 1909.
• Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served During the American Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 – 1927, NARA microfilm 0782, North Carolina, First Regiment, Militia, William Kelly.
• US Sons of the American Revolution membership Applications, 1889 – 1970, Louisville, Kentucky; National Society of the Sons of the american Revolution, microfilm.
• Yates Publishing, US and International Marriage Records, 1560 – 1900, Provo UT, ancestry.com