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2. John2 Davis Kelly (John1) was born Abt. 1783 in MD ?, and died Bet. 1832 - 1833 in Surry Co., NC or Davie Co., NC. He married Mildred Sater 08/10/1813 in Surry Co., NC, daughter of John Sater and Sarah Unknown. She was born Abt. 1784.

John Kelly, Jr. served in the 2nd Company, 2nd Surry County Regiment, in the War of 1812. The 1820 Surry County, NC census listed John and Mildred with 2 females under 10, 1 male under 10 (probably Thomas S. Kelly), 1 male 25-45 (John Kelly, Jr.), 1 female 25-45 (Mildred Sater Kelly), and 1 female over 45 (possibly the mother of John or Mildred).

A deed dated May 25, 1851 from Milly Kelly to Thomas S. Martin for lots nos. 49,50, 52,53,47, 58.59, & 60, which Milly had purchased in 1843 from Elizabeth W. Chafin states that this property is where "Thomas S. Kelly now lives (See Yadkin County Deed Book B, p. 404).

Children of John Davis Kelly (Gen 2) and Mildred Sater are:

10 i. Thomas Sater Kelly (Gen 3), born 06/13/1815 in Surry Co., NC; died 10/10/1875 in Yadkin Co., NC.

11 ii. Daughter Kelly (Gen 3), born Abt. 1816

12 iii. Daughter Kelly (Gen 3), born Abt. 1818

4. Thomas Davis2 Kelly (John1) was born 05/18/1786 in MD?, and died 01/10/1850 in Lafayette, GA. He married Phebe C. Bryan 02/18/1824 in Wilkes Co., NC. She was born Abt. 1800 in Wilkes Co., NC? and died Abt. 1892 in GA.

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Phebe Bryan

Thomas Davis Kelly was 1st Lieutenant in the 2nd Company, 2nd Surry County Regiment, during the War of 1812. He lived for a time in Huntsville, but moved to Georgia in 1848, and died shortly thereafter. Information on this family was recently discovered in the pension application of his widow, Phebe Bryan Kelly, and shared by William and Barbara Kelley, St. Petersburg, FL.
 
Children of Thomas Davis Kelly (Gen 2) and Phebe Bryan are:


13 i. Thomas LaFayette Kelly (Gen 3), b. 1826 – d. 1904

14 ii. Clarentine Kelly (Gen 3), b. 1828 – d. 1909 She married Boughdant Johnson.

 

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Clarentine Kelly

15 iii. Delphia Ursula Kelly (Gen 3), b. 1830 – d, 1808

16 iv. Frances Cornelia Kelly (Gen 3), b. 1834 – d. 1920 She married Cicero McCutchen 1870 in Whitefield Co., GA.

16a Laura A. Kelly (Gen 3) b. 1836 – d. 1912

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Laura Annie Kelly

16b Mary Eugenia Kelly (Gen 3) b. 1839 – d. 1934

17 v. John A. Kelly (Gen 3), born Abt. 1842


6. William Davis2 Kelly (John1) was born Abt. 1789 in MD?, and died Abt. 1853 in Surry Co., NC. He married Elizabeth Creson Abt. 1814 in Surry Co., NC, daughter of Joshua Creson and Rachel Steelman. She was born Abt. 1792 in Surry Co., NC, and died Bet. 1857 - 1858 in Surry Co., NC.

William D. Kelly was a Captain in the 2nd Company, 2nd Surry County Regiment, during the War of 1812.

The Will of William D. Kelly proved Feb. 1853 term, Surry County, NC Court, recorded Book 4, p. 329. dated April 24, 1848.


The Will of Elizabeth Creson Kelly, dated Nov. 14, 1857, probated Feb. 1858 Term Surry Co., NC court, and recorded in Surry Co., NC. Elizabeth Creson Kelly was living near Richmond Hill, Yadkin County, NC, in 1853.


Children of William Davis Kelly (Gen 2) and Elizabeth Creson are:

 

 

18 i. Tabitha Kelly (Gen 3) born 1820 and died 1853

19 ii. Mary Kelly (Gen 3), born 1814 in Surry Co., NC. And died 1865

20 iii. Nancy Kelly (Gen 3), born 1815 in Surry Co., NC; died Aft. 1884

21 iv. Elizabeth Kelly (Gen 3), born 06/06/1817 in Surry Co., NC; died 09/25/1869 in NC.

22 v. Juliet Kelly (Gen 3), born 1818 in Surry Co., NC; died Aft. 1880

24 vii. John C. Kelly (Gen 3), born 1821 in Surry Co., NC. He married Sarah A. Baker 08/11/1959 in Yadkin Co., NC.

23 vi. William C. Kelly (Gen 3), born 1823 in Surry Co., NC, died 1877 in Arkansas

7. Leonard Davis2 Kelly (John1) was born Abt. 1800 in Surry Co., NC, and died Abt. 1839 in Huntsville, Surry Co., NC. He married Rebecca Creson 05/11/1822 in Surry Co., NC, daughter of Joshua Creson and Rachel Steelman. She was born Abt. 1800 in Surry Co., NC, and died Bet. 1840 - 1850 in Surry Co., NC.


The house and land where Leonard D. Kelly lived and died is described in the following deed:


Joseph Gray, guardian of Leonard Kelly [II], to W. W. Long, recorded in Deed Book A, p. 337, dated Sept. 19, 1853, Yadkin County, North Carolina.


Beginning at a dogwood sapling in Richard C. Puryear's line, runs South 18 chains and 18 links to a white oak, said Puryear's corner; then West with Joseph Gray's line 35 chains and 50 links to a white oak, North 3 chains to a

Hickory bush; thence West 30 chains and 50 links to a Pine; thence North 50 chains and 18 links to a stake, Samuel L. Davis' corner; thence with his line to the beginning, containing 109 acres, more less, being the tract where Leonard D. Kelly lived and died.

This land is believed to have been on Battle Branch between the Joseph Gray Property (now the Hartman-Holden place), and the Richard Puryear land near Huntsville.


Children of Leonard Davis Kelly (Gen 2) and Rebecca Creson are:


25 i. John C. Kelly (Gen 3), born 1820 - 1821 in Surry Co., NC; died between 1870 - 1880 in Yadkin Co., NC.

26 ii. Elizabeth Kelly (Gen 3), born 1826 in Surry Co., NC; died 1888 in Yadkin Co., NC.

27 iii. Leonard Davis Kelly II (Gen 3), born 05/14/1830 in Surry Co., NC; died 11/23/1876 in Yadkin Co., NC.

28 iv. Samuel L. Kelly (Gen 3), born 1835 in Surry Co., NC; died Abt. 1864 in Yadkin Co., NC.



8. Nancy2 Kelly (John1) was born 1807. She married Thomas C. Davis 08/03/1822 in Surry Co., NC2, son of Samuel Davis and Rachael Creson. He was born Abt. 1805 in Surry Co., NC, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860. The 1850 Census lists Thomas’s occupation as a Waggoner.


Children of Nancy Kelly (Gen 2) and Thomas Davis are:


29 i. Elizabeth A. Davis (Gen 3), born 1830

30 ii. Samuel Davis (Gen 3), born 1828

31 iii. Thomas S. Davis (Gen 3), born 1832

32 iv. Luckett Davis (Gen 3), born 1835 and died 1912

33 v. Almedia Davis (Gen 3), born 1846

34 vi. Lamira Davis (Gen 3) born 1839 and died 1910

35 vii. Jane Davis (Gen 3) born 1839

 

9. Samuel(2) Davis Kelly, (John 1) born Abt. 1803 in Surry Co., NC; died 1875 in Hinds Co., MS. He married:

1. Amelia E. Masten 09/26/1838 in Wilkes Co., NC; born 05/14/1817 in Wilkes Co., NC; died 06/30/1840.

  1. Parthenia M. Wells Aft. 1840; died 1876 in Hinds Co., MS.

  2. Unknown Spouse b. 1808

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Parthena Wells

Nancy Kelly b. 20 Aug 1828 in North Carolina d. 27 Dec 1851 in Hinds County Mississippi

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