JohnAKelly1811

The Family of John A Kelly/1811 & Martha Long/1816

s/o Abner Kelly /1784 & Margaret /1785

Research By

Mary Ann Willoughby

1 Cranwood Court

Greensboro, NC 27455

John A Kelly / 1811

Born : 1811 in Ga

Married : Jan 3 1838 in Hancock Co GA

Divorced : March 6, 1856

Father : Abner Kelly/Kelley /1784

Mother : Margaret Mason/ 1785

Spouse : Martha Long /1816

Born : 1816 in Ga

Died : 4 Mar 1898

Father : Crawford Long/1791 NC

Mother : Nancy Pellerson/1793 NC

Children Of John A Kelly/1811 & Martha Long/1816

Based on 1850 Census Hancock Co., GA.

1. Amanda M. Kelly/1838

Born : 1838 in GA

Married : abt 1870 in Hancock Co Ga

Died : Mar 13 1918 in Hancock Co Ga

Burried :

Spouce : Tyler H Harrison/1841 CSA

Born :Dec 1841 in Hancock Co., Ga

Died : Jun 14 1914

Military : Co. I, 59th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Anderson's

Brigade, Hood's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia,

CSA, Hancock Co., Ga., (Turner Guards). Private, May 7, 1862.

Surrendered at Appomattox, Va. April 9, 1865

Burried : Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery --Grave has UCV marker

Joined Bethel Baptist Church by faith, Sept 17, 1882.

2. Joseph G. Kelly /1840

Born : 1840 in GA

3. Martha A. Elizabeth Kelly /1842

Born : 1842 in Hancock Co

Married : Aug 15, 1869

Died : 1919

Burried : Bethyl Cemetery

Spouse : James Curry Dickson /1842

Born : Apr 14, 1843 in Hancock Co, GA.

Died : May 17, 1920 in Hancock Co

Buried : Bethyl Cemetery Hancock Co, Ga

Father : James Monroe Dickson /1813

Mother : Margaret A Crawford

Children of James Curry Dickson /1842 & Martha A. Elizabeth Kelly /1842

4. Rebecca A. Kelly /1844

Born : July 4, 1844 in Hancock Co., Ga

Married : December 23, 1865 in Hancock Co., Ga..

Died : October 4, 1923 in Hancock Co., Ga.

Burried : Dickson Cemetery, Hancock Co., Ga

Spouse : William Solomon DICKSON II /1839 CSA

Father : James Monroe Dickson

Mother : Margaret A. Crawford

Born : September 25, 1839 in Hancock Co GA

Died : December 30, 1913 in Hancock Co., Ga

Burried : Dickson Cemetary

Military : Company K, 15th Regiment Georgia Volunteers, C. S. A.

Hancock County, Ga.Private July 15, 1861. Wounded, left

shoulder, permanently disable, at Sharpsburg, MD, Sept. 17,

1862. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1862. On detached

duty at C Cop Hospital April 9, 1865. Captured and paroled at

Athens, Ga. May 8, 1865.

William & Rebecca Dickson became members of the Bethel Baptist Church,

Hancock Co., Ga. in 1867. He was a deacon and served as Clerk there for 37

years, from 1875 until his death in 1913. This William S. was the nephew

of William S. (1) and grandson of James Curry Dickson/1791

William and Rebecca Kelley Dickson had no children. At her death, the

property was left to his nephew, Bolding Clarke. Bolding and his wife

Della had lived there and worked the farm in her later years with the

understanding that they would inherit.

1850 Hancock Co, Ga Census

6 510 520 Long Crawford 59 M Farmer 1,000 N.C.

7 510 520 Long Nancy 57 F N.C.

8 510 520 Long Jackson 35 M Farmer Ga

9 510 520 Long Larkin B. 30 M Farmer 400 Ga

10 510 520 Long David 22 M Farmer Ga

REMARKS: Insane

11 510 520 Long Wm L. 21 M Ga

12 510 521 Kelly Martha 34 F Ga

13 510 521 Kelly Amanda M. 12 F Ga

14 510 521 Kelly Joseph G. 10 M Ga

15 510 521 Kelly Martha A. 8 F Ga

16 510 521 Kelly Rebecca A. 6 F Ga

17 511 522 Long Henry 37 M Farmer 800 Ga

18 511 522 Long Drusilla 27 F Ga

19 511 522 Long Larkin D. 7 M Ga

20 511 522 Long Sarah F. 4 F Ga

21 511 522 Long Eliza 2 F Ga

29 513 525 Long Davs 46 M Farmer 600 Ga

30 513 525 Long Elizabeth 42 F Ga

31 513 525 Long Sarah J. 17 F Ga

32 513 525 Long James M. 14 M Ga

33 513 525 Long Martha E. 12 F Ga X

34 513 525 Long Wm D. 10 M Ga X

35 513 525 Long Marietta 8 F Ga

36 513 525 Long Emily M. 6 F Ga

37 513 525 Long Julia A. 4 F Ga

38 513 525 Long Haseltine 2 F Ga

39 513 525 Long Martha 90 F N.C.

40 513 525 Hutchinson Sarah 27 F Ga

29 407 413 Kelley Abner 66 M Farmer N.C.

30 407 413 Kelley Margaret 65 F N.C.

31 407 413 Kelley Delilah 47 F Ga died 30dec 1870

32 407 413 Kelley Amelia 40 F Ga

33 407 413 Kelley Amanda M. 24 F Ga

34 408 414 Kelly John A. 39 M House Carpenter Ga

Data on john A Kelly Divorce Furnished by Mary Ann Willoughby

Divorces

The following persons were relieved of any penalties resulting from their divorces, by act of March 6, 1856.

John H. {A.} Kelly of Hancock Co., (relief from penalties {as guilty party})

Martha A. {Long} Kelly

February 22, 1856

Pam, pp 520-21

Source: The Georgia Black Book by Robert Scott Davis, Jr.

Southern Historical Press. c1987. Volume 2, page 26

1827 GEORGIA LAND LOTTERY, Hancock County Residents, sorted by last name

SEC DIST LOT NO. NAME RESIDENCE CAPT. DIST. COUNTY OF DRAW

5 11 206 Mason, Thomas R.S. Hancock County 112th Carroll County

1 23 232 Mason, Thomas jr Hancock County 112th Lee County

Hancock County, GA 1830 Federal Census

162 6 Mason Thomas pg00159.txt

161 17 Mason Thomas Jr. pg00159.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/hancock/military/civilwar/rosters/cok15reg.txt

Mason, James Irwin- private July 15, 1861. Severely wounded

in right arm at Chickamauga, Ga. September 19,1863. Furloughed

for 40 days in 1863. Roll for May - June 1864, shows him absent

sick, on wounded furlough in Ga. Furlough extended. Pension

records show he was at Danville, Va. returning to command April

9,1865. (Born in Hancock County, Ga. March 4,1834. Died in

Atlanta, Ga. December 27,1911.)

Mason, Joseph D.- private July 15,1861. Died at Richmond,

Va. January 1862.

Mason, Thomas M.- private July 15,1861. Killed at

Sharpsburg, Md. September 17,1862.

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/hancock/military/14regidx3.txt

Mason, William Greenpp. 113

Mason, John W.pp. 169

Mason, Newton`pp. 169

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/hancock/military/14th179.txt

John W. Mason( Single )

Newton Mason( Married )

Benjamin F. Dunn( Do )

David N.Dickson( Single )

Thos. Dickson( Married )

James C. Dickson

Reuben Kelly

Georgia: Hancock County: Inventory, Appraisement & Sale of Drury Dunn Estate, 1811

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/hancock/wills/dunndrry.txt

John Kelley, Thomas Mason, Robert Lattimore, Loyd Kelley; sworn

appraisers

3rd June 1811

Henry Dunn Adm.

AN ACCOUNT OF MONIES PAID OUT OF THE ESTATE OF DURY DUNN, DEC'D

(Hancock Co., Ga. Will Book Ga, 1811-1813, page 170)

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/hancock/churches/bethelam.txt

Mason, Esq. John Surva 1843.-

Mason, Wm Lewis - 1832

From: Mary Ann Willoughby

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 8:15:05 PM

To: Coyle@Whitten.com

Subject: Dickson, Dunn, Kelley, Mason

Hi, Coyle,

I have just discovered a new ancestor who might also be of interest to you.

If you already have information on Thomas Mason please let me know.

Thomas Mason (b. 1727? VA- d. 1837 Hancock Co., Ga., supposedly lived to be

110!) married Franky Whatley (b. Va), daughter of Michael Whatley (b. VA

-d. 1800, Greene Co., Ga.)

One of their daughters was named Margaret. She married Abner Kelley.

Their known children were:

Rebecca b. ca 1807

John A. b. ca 1810

Delilah b. ca 1813

Amanda M. b. ca 1826

Rebecca Kelley m. Augustus B. Dunn in 1830 (my second great grandparents)

John A. Kelley m. Martha Long in 1838. They were divorced in 1856. (your

second great grandparents.)

Children:

Amanda m. Tyler H. Harrison

Joseph no more info

Martha A. Elizabeth m. James Curry Dickson II

Rebecca A. m. Wm. S. Dickson II

The 1850 Hancock Co., Ga. Census shows that Abner Kelly's wife was named

Margaret. The Masons, Dunns, Kellys all lived in the same area of Dry

Creek. Margaret must have been a MASON. NOW, I have no concrete proof

that Rebecca Kelley is the daughter of Abner & Margaret but all evidence

points that way. John A. Kelley is definitely their son as shown on the

1850 census and Abner's will.

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Source Information: 1880 United States Census

Census Place Morgan, Georgia

Family History Library Film 1254159

NA Film Number T9-0159

Page Number 308B

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace

Martha LONG Self W Female W 63 GA Keeping House GA GA

I am searching for the parents of ABNER KELLEY/KELLY who died in Hancock Co., Ga. in 1859. He was born ca 1784 in NC and was married to Margaret Mason, born ca 1785 also in NC (1850 Hancock Co., Ga. Census)

Margaret Mason was a daughter of Thomas Mason, Revolutionary Soldier, and Frances "Franky" Whatley, daughter of Michael Whatley.

Among the known children ofABNER KELLEY and MARGARET MASON are: (all born in Hancock Co., Ga.)

Rebecca b. 1807, m. Augustus B. Dunn 1830, Hancock Co.

Amelia b. 1810

John A. b. ca 1811 m. Martha Long 1838, divorced 1856, also in Hancock Co.

Delilah b. ca 1813

Amanda M. b. ca 1826; m. William H. Jernigan 1852 Hancock Co.

If anyone has any clue as to the parentage of Abner Kelley I would appreciate your getting in touch with me.

I will be happy to share information.

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Searching Clarke, Dennis, Dickson, Dudley, Dunn, Mason, Whatley and Worsham