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Note: N2955 All evidence points to this James is the father of David. Kelly. Marriage Book A shows a marriage between James Kelly and Peggy (Margaret?) Campbell, March 4, 1813 in Jones Co., Georgia, performed by Icabod Cox. The marriage record was found in "GA Marriages 1811 through 1820". Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 James Kelly and Randolph both obtained a land grants in Early Co. The 1820 Early Co., GA census lists as neighbors: William, James, Randol and Jesse Kelly James and Margaret Kelly are not the proven parents of David, but there is a strong probability. David named his first son, James, and his first daughter, Margaret. This James Kelly lived just a few households from Thornton Fowler when Thornton's daughter, Elizabeth, married David J. Kelly James was found in the census reports of Early Co., Georgia for 1820, 1830 and 1840. I found a land record indicating that he sold his land in 1843, and nothing can be found of him after that date. No will is on file in Early Co. The 1820 census appeared to have another young couple in the home. James was a neighbor of Thornton Fowler in the 1830 census 8 households away, and I found them together on several lists. Thornton Fowler was the father of Elizabeth Fowler, who married David Jackson Kelly. CD 226, 1st Edition Georgia Marriages, Early Co., GA MARRIAGES From 1820 to 1850 K400 KELLY, James Loyd O350 ODOM, Malinda 20/01/1839 K400 KELLY, John B400 BAILEY, Susan 13/03/1845
1820 Early Co., Georgia census: James Kelly: 1M-10 David 2M 26-44 James plus another 2F-10 1F16-25 Margaret 1F45+ Margaret’s mother Elizabeth Campbell?
Dildatha Odom, next household Randel Kelly (Randolph) oldest male 45+ Jesse Kelly, oldest male 25-44 Wm Kelly, oldest male 25-44
On May 8, 1821 the first grand jury of the court of Early Co Georgia was empaneled, of the 19 grand jurors these 11 men became permanent residents of Early Co. These men are Dilthanta Odom, Richard Grimsley, Dr. Alexnder M. Watson, Solomon V Wilson, William S Wilson, Othniel Weaver, Jefferson Nichols, James Kelly, John Dill, Laddin Smith and Mark Cole(who died within two years).[Early Co., GA records quoted in Dews, Robert P. "Early Joel" p. 49-50 and page148, 150]
1830 Early Co., Georgia census: James Kelly 1 male under 5 1 male 5-10 1 male 10-15 (David Jackson) 1 male 50-60 2 females 5-10 2 females 10-15 1 female 30-40 3 households from Randolph Kelly, age 40-50 5 households from Dildatha Odom, father-in-law of James Loyd Kelly 8 households from Thornton Fowler, father-in-law of David Jackson Kelly
1840 Early Co., GA census, District 510 James Kelly 2 males under 5 2 males 10-15 1 male 50-60 (James) 1 female 5-10 1 female 15-20 1 female 20-30 1 female 40-50 (Margaret) Next household to Dildatha Odom
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/1786/swampfox_NCO_K-L.html THE MEN WHO SERVED WITH MARION in SC James Allen James Kelly Bod 115 Joseph Kelly V537or 587 John Kelly V 559 Peter Kelly W 536 Samuel Kelly Q 155
NOT THIS JAMES KELLY: This is the James, son of William and Hannah in Wilkes Co., GA. James Kelley was born about 1785, and died Nov. 18, 1849, on his plantation on the Yocoma River in LaFayette County, Mississippi, where he was a prosperous farmer. Before moving to Mississippi about 1845, he had lived in Georgia., probably in Jones County, not far from Macon, and then in Coweta County for a few years. He was married twice, and left ten children and many descendents today in Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas.
His first wife died in Georgia after the birth of eight children. I do not know her name for certain, but it may have been Mary Wyatt. His second wife was named Harriett. She was much younger than James Kelley, and after his death she married James Harrison and lived in LaFayettte County until she died about 1855. by Mrs. Rudene Kelley Morris, amendum: Rudene passed away Feb 25, 1985.
1. See "The History of Fayette County 1821-1971" four pages on James W. Kelley Family,
(Fayette County Historical Society, Fayetteville, Georgia).
2. See also "Palmetto a town and it's People" (history of Palmetto, Georgia.
3. See "Coweta County History (Coweta County, Georgia)
James was born in 1789, the son of William Kelley in Wilkes County, Georgia. His parents died before he was ten years old. His uncle Moses Walker raised James and his sister Jane. James and Jane drew land in the 1807 land lottery, being eligible as orphans, in Jones County, Georgia. He had eight children by his first wife (name unknown), and lived on the a farm near the Ocmulgee river in Jones County, Georgia. James and his family came to Coweta County after its formation in the 1825-26. The family later moved to Butts County and returned to Coweta County between 1828 and 1832. He, also, owned land in Carroll and Randolph County, GA (Source: James H. Kelley)
In 1832 James purchased about 810 acres in Coweta County in the area of Madras. James was a trustee of Concord Methodist Church, between Palmetto & Newnan, on the Old Campbellton Road, Coweta County, Georgia. About 1840 his first wife died, and he married Harriett (last name unknown). Harriett and James moved to Lafayette County, Mississippi in 1845. 45
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