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- To reach the Mountain Grove Cemetery, driving north from Memphis on I-65 in southern Indiana: Exit 16 West onto Memphis-Blue Lick Road for about 2 miles, Turn left onto Bartle Knob Road for 0.5 miles, Right on Mountain Grove Road for approximately 1.5 miles, Mountain Grove Cemetery on top of hill on the right.
Mountain Grove in Clark County, Indiana. Lawrence R. Kelly and his wife Martha are buried there
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Sabra's parents were Abraham Kelly (1777-1822) and Hannah Bartley (1732-1831).
Abraham's parents were Lawrence Robert Kelly (1740-1823) and Martha Smith (1742-1823). Lawrence was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Clark County, Indiana, sometime before 1820.
I have a long note that I copied from somewhere that gives sources for some of this. I think the rest of the connections were deduced from census data and online geneaologies. Because this is so well documented, you should be able to google and find a lot of information. Here is the note:
Pennsylvania Vital Records, Volume II, Record of Marriages Performed by Rev. John Conrad Bucher, 1763-1769, Broderbund Software, Inc- 1757 April ye 8th - Laurenz Kelleyah to Martha Smith - performed by Rev. John Conrad Bucher. They were married in the Cumberland Valley which today covers the counties of Cumberland, Lancaster & York.
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Lawrence Kelly SAR Membership: 20032
Birth Date: 1740 Death Date: 24 Sep 1823 Death Place: Clark, Indiana Spouse: Martha Smith Kelly
Children: John Kelly
Source Citation: Volume: 101; SAR Membership Number: 20032.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
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Marriage of Lawrence and Martha 8 April 1767 , Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania
Lawrence married Martha Smith on 8 Apr 1767 in Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania. Martha was born 1742. She died 22 Sep 1823 in Clark County, Indiana and was buried in Mountain Grove, Monroe Township, Clark County, Indiana. Death date taken from granddaughter Nancy Kelly's diary.
They had the following children:
+2Mi John Kelly was born 24 Jan 1772 and died 22 May 1850.+3Mii Hugh Kelly was born 1776 and died 12 Dec 1839.+4Miii Abraham Kelly was born 22 May 1777 and died 1822.+5Fiv Nancy Elizabeth Kelly was born 1778 and died about 1819.+6Fv Martha Kelly was born Jun 1784 and died after 1850.+7Mvi William Kelly was born 22 Feb 1786 and died 24 Apr 1857.+8Mvii Davis Kelly was born 8 Sep 1789 and died 11 Jun 1847. sriki1added this on 15 Mar 2008 Ma
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1790 United States Federal Census about Lawrence Kelly Name: Lawrence Kelly [Laurence Kelly]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Northumberland, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3
Free White Persons - Females: 4
Number of Household Members: 10
Source Citation: Year: 1790; Census Place: , Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: M637_9; Page: 70; Image: 293; Family History Library Film: 0568149.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
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From the Annals of Buffaloe Valley PA., Tax lists, and Provincial papers. Laurence and Martha Kelly are listed living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
1775-1780 White Deer Twp. - Laurence Kelly - 1 Horse 1 Cow
1781 Buffaloe Twp - Laurence Kelly - 2 Horses 2 Cows
1785 Turbutt Twp.200 Acres 1 Horse 2 Cows
1787 Chillesquaque Twp - Laurence Kelly
1793 Northumberland County Warrentees - Laurence Kelly - 400 Acres
1790 Census of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, NA Film M637-9, page 190 - Laurence Kelly - 3 males 16+, 3 males <16, 4 females.
1800 census of Beaver Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, NA Film M32-37, page 840 - Lawrence Kelley - 1 male <10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male 45+, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45+
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1810 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 Name: Lawrence Kelly Gender: M (Male) State: Indiana
Locality: Indiana Territory County: Clark County Residence Year: 1810
Household Remarks: Name on petition, 16 Dec 1813, to Congress by citizens of Clark County seeking a grant "to all actual Setlers one quarter Section of land to each of the nigh[est] to the fronteer inhabitents of the In
Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US. Volume Number: Vol 8. Page Number: 278. Family Number: 5.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.
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1820 census of Clark County, Indiana, NA Film M33-13, page 20 - Lawrence Kelly, 1 male 45+, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45.
These Townships are near Milton & Lewisburg Pennsylvania. Union and Northumberland Counties today. Northumberland County was formed from Lancaster, Berks, Cumberland, Northhampton, & Bedford Counties in 1772. The towns of Kelly Point and Kelly Crossroads are in Union County Pennsylvania today (this is same area that was Northumberland County from 1772-1813) The same location where Laurence & Martha Kelly lived from 1775-1781. These Townships west of the Susquehanna River, White Deer & Buffaloe, became Union County in 1813. From 1785-1800 Lawrence & Martha Kelly lived on the east side of the Susquehanna River. Forced to because of Indian attacks. This time period was known as "The Great Runaway" (about 1780-1784). During the Revolutionary War Laurence Kelly was a private in Captain John Forster's Company. This was the 1st Company in the 1st Battalion known as the Northumberland Rangers. In command of the 1st Battalion was Colonel John Kelly. It is very possible that Laurence Kelly and Colonel John Kelly are in someway related. How is not known. Perhaps first cousins or maybe even brothers. Colonel John Kelly was born in 1744 on his father's farm (John Kelly Sr.) near Marietta, Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., PA. The towns of Kelly Point and Kelly Crossroads ae named after Colonel John Kelly who was a Revolutionary War Hero for Northumberland County Pennsylvania. Laurence Kelly and Colonel John Kelly both came to the same area of Northumberland County around the same dates. In 1800 Laurence & Martha Kelly along with their children with their families moved west to western Pennsylvania and then onto Ohio and Indiana. They were in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio from around 1802-1809. Staying there for only about 7 years. Then about 1810-1812 Laurence and Martha Kelly along with their sons and daughters (Hugh, John, Abraham, Martha, Elizabeth, William, & Davis) arrived in Blue lick, Monroe Township, Clark County, Indiana. Where Laurence & Martha Kelly are both buried. Martha (Smith) Kelly died September 22 and Laurence Kelly died two days later on September 24, 1823
These deaths were recorded in the diary written by Daniel Guernsey Sr., Schoolmaster in Blue lick - The diary reads... In the year 1823 on September 21, Bronson Guernsey watches at the home of John Kelly. September 22, At 4 o'clock this morning old Mrs. Kelly died, aged 81 years. Old grandfather Kelly is supposed not to survive many days. Bronson watches. September 23, We all attend the funeral. Guy & Seymour Guernsey, Laz Kelly, Robert Campbellton, and William Patrick dig the grave in the woods near the home of John Dietz. I get home from the burying about five o'clock. September 24, Old Mr. Lawrence Kelly, age 83 years, dies about six thirty this morning. September 25, Attended the funeral of Mr Kelly. Mr. Little preached an excellent sermon. I got home from the burial about four o'clock.
William is listed as a son of Lawrence in "History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties, Volume II", L.A. Williams & Co., Cleveland, 1882, page 362 - The most prominent family in the extreme west of Clark county was that of Lawrence Kelly, who came from Pennsylvania and was here as early as 1810. His sons were John, Hugh, Abram, William and Davis... Mountain Grove graveyard is one of the oldest burying grounds in the county. Lawrence Kelly and his wife, who died on the same day, were the first to be interred in it.
History of Clark County, Indiana, Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1909, page 52.
Ralph J. Kelly, "Kelly", Private Print, 1939, pages 1, 2 & 4
Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1755 -1855, Hart, Harrisburg, 1877, page 182 - Lawrence Kelly living in white Deer Township in 1770
Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XXIII, page 351 - Lawrence Kelly listed as a Ranger on the Frontier 1778-1783 in John Foster's Company
Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume
From: Tom Kelly < tpkelly@swbell.net>
Subject: LOOKING FOR DESCENDANTS OF LAWRENCE KELLY & MARTHA SMITH
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:15:43 -0600
Hello,
I'm repeating this again because a few persons asked me to includ dates and locations.
My name is Thomas Edward Kelly and I am a descendant of Lawrence Kelly &
Martha Smith. They are my forth great grandparents. This is my family line as I descend.
1st. generation in America that I'm aware of, Lawrence Kelly 1740-1823 & Martha Smith 1742-1823 married 4/08/1767 Cumberland Co., PA.
Locations they lived in, Northumberland CO., Pennsylvania - Jefferson Co., Ohio - Clark Co., Indiana.
2. Davis Kelly 1789-1847 & Hannah Mills 1794-1878 married 12/01/1812 Clark Co., Indiana Territory.
Loc. lived, Clark Co., IN. - Bartholomew Co., IN. - Cumberland Co., Illinois.
3. John Barrett Kelly 1819-1891 & Rebecca Hamilton Cairns 1822-1850 married 12/25/1842 Bartholomew Co., IN.
Loc. lived, Clark Co., IN. - Cumberland Co., Illinois.
4. George Davis Kelly 1848-1920 & Mary Etta Morrow 1856-1925 married
3/23/1874 Cumberland Co., IL.
Loc. lived, Cumberland Co., Illinois (short times in NE.& KS. but return
to Cumberland Co., IL.)
5. Ralph R. Kelly 1893-1932 & Winnie Pearl Welker 1891-1936 married
7/30/1913 Cumberland Co., IL.
Loc. lived, Cumberland Co., Illinois - St. Louis, Missouri.
6. Franklin Eugene Kelly b.1925 & Mary J. S. b.1929
Loc. living, St. Louis, Missouri.
7. (me) Thomas Edward Kelly b.1956 & Pamela M. R.
Loc. living, St. Louis, Missouri.
####### PLEASE DO THE SAME. #######
GIVE YOUR FULL NAME!!
GIVE YOUR LINE FOR HOW YOU DESCEND FROM LAWRENCE KELLY & MARTHA SMITH!!
Also add dates & locations!
By doing this we will learn who is still on mailing list. (subscribed)
And Perhaps find some missing persons or family lines. (Gen. Info.)
Okay, Hope everyone will do the same as I did....
Your cousin, Tom Kelly
Thanks....
Kelly, Lawrence R., b. 1740, d. 24 Sep 1823, Capt John Foster's Co Revolutionary War, aged 83
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1770 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Lawrence Kelley Gender: Male
Birth Place: PA Birth Year: 1740 Spouse Name: Martha Smith Spouse Birth Year: 1742
Marriage Year: 1770 Number Pages: 1
Source Citation: Source number: 1277.035; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: .
Source Information:
Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
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1813 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 Name: Lawrence Kelly Gender: M (Male) State: Indiana
Locality: Indiana Territory County: Clark County Residence Year: 1810
Household Remarks: Name on petition, 16 Dec 1813, to Congress by citizens of Clark County seeking a grant "to all actual Setlers one quarter Section of land to each of the nigh[est] to the fronteer inhabitents of the In
Source Citation: Document: Territorial Papers of the US. Volume Number: Vol 8. Page Number: 278. Family Number: 5.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Census Publishing. State Census Records. West Jordan, Utah: Census Publishing, 2003-2009.
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Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 Name: Lawrence Kelly State: Pennsylvania
Court Type: District Court Court Location: Eastern District, Pennsylvania
Naturalization Record Type: Petition for Naturalization
Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930; NARA Series: M1522; (Roll 060) Petition Nos. 8456-8985.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Original data:
Record of Admissions to Citizenship, District of South Carolina, 1790-1906; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1183, 1 roll); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Naturalization Records Created by the U.S. District Court in Colorado, 1877-1952; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1192, 79 rolls); Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Name: Lawrence Kelly SAR Membership: 20032
Birth Date: 1740 Death Date: 24 Sep 1823 Death Place: Clark, Indiana Spouse: Martha Smith Kelly Children: John Kelly
Source Citation: Volume 101; SAR Membership Number 20032.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
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Descendants of Lawrence & Martha (Smith) Kelly of Clark Co, IN
Copyright © 2012 by Gary W Watson
First Generation
1. Lawrence Kelly was born in 1740 in Pennsylvania. He died on 24 Sep 1823 in Clark County, Indiana. He was buried in Mountain Grove, Monroe Township, Clark County, Indiana.
Pennsylvania Vital Records, Volume II, Record of Marriages performed by Rev John Conrad Bucher, 1763-1769, Cumberland Valley (Cumberland, Lancaster & York Counties, PA) 1757, April ye 8th, Laurenz Kelleyah to Martha Smith
Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, 1755 -1855, Hart, Harrisburg, 1877, page 182 - Lawrence Kelly living in white Deer Township in 1770
Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XXIII, page 351 - Lawrence Kelly listed as a Ranger on the Frontier 1778-1783 in John Foster's Company
Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume XIX, page 480 - Lawrence Kelly on Northumberland County, Pennsylvania tax list for 1778-1780
From the Annals of Buffaloe Valley, PA, Tax lists, and Provincial papers
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
1775-1780 White Deer Twp - Laurence Kelly - 1 Horse 1 Cow
1781 Buffaloe Twp - Laurence Kelly - 2 Horses 2 Cows
1785 Turbutt Twp - Laurence Kelly - 200 Acres 1 Horse 2 Cows
1787 Chillesquaque Twp - Laurence Kelly
1793 Warrentees - Laurence Kelly - 400 Acres
1790 census of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, NARA M637-9, page 70
Name: Lawrence Kelly [Laurence Kelly]
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 3
Free White Persons - Females: 4
Number of Household Members: 10
1800 census of Beaver, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, NARA M32-37, page 840
Name: Lawrence Kelley
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 6
1810 census - unable to locate record
1820 census of Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana, NARA M33-13, page 20
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3
These Townships are near Milton & Lewisburg Pennsylvania. Union and Northumberland Counties today. Northumberland County was formed from Lancaster, Berks, Cumberland, Northhampton, & Bedford Counties in 1772. The towns of Kelly Point and Kelly Crossroads are in Union County Pennsylvania today (this is same area that was Northumberland County from 1772-1813) The same location where Laurence & Martha Kelly lived from 1775-1781. These Townships west of the Susquehanna River, White Deer & Buffaloe, became Union County in 1813. From 1785-1800 Lawrence & Martha Kelly lived on the east side of the Susquehanna River. Forced to because of Indian attacks.
This time period was known as "The Great Runaway" (about 1780-1784). During the Revolutionary War Laurence Kelly was a private in Captain John Forster's Company. This was the 1st Company in the 1st Battalion known as the Northumberland Rangers. In command of the 1st Battalion was Colonel John Kelly. It is very possible that Laurence Kelly and Colonel John Kelly are in someway related. How is not known. Perhaps first cousins or maybe even brothers. Colonel John Kelly was born in 1744 on his father's farm (John Kelly Sr.) near Marietta, Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., PA. The towns of Kelly Point and Kelly Crossroads ae named after Colonel John Kelly who was a Revolutionary War Hero for Northumberland County Pennsylvania. Laurence Kelly and Colonel John Kelly both came to the same area of Northumberland County around the same dates.
In 1800 Laurence & Martha Kelly along with their children with their families moved west to western Pennsylvania and then onto Ohio and Indiana. They were in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio from around 1802-1809. Staying there for only about 7 years. Then about 1810-1812 Laurence and Martha Kelly along with their sons and daughters (Hugh, John, Abraham, Martha, Elizabeth, William, & Davis) arrived in Blue lick, Monroe Township, Clark County, Indiana. Where Laurence & Martha Kelly are both buried. Martha (Smith) Kelly died September 22 and Laurence Kelly died two days later on September 24, 1823
These deaths were recorded in the diary written by Daniel Guernsey Sr, Schoolmaster in Blue lick - The diary reads... In the year 1823 on September 21, Bronson Guernsey watches at the home of John Kelly. September 22, At 4 o'clock this morning old Mrs. Kelly died, aged 81 years. Old grandfather Kelly is supposed not to survive many days. Bronson watches. September 23, We all attend the funeral. Guy & Seymour Guernsey, Laz Kelly, Robert Campbellton, and William Patrick dig the grave in the woods near the home of John Dietz. I get home from the burying about five o'clock. September 24, Old Mr. Lawrence Kelly, age 83 years, dies about six thirty this morning. September 25, Attended the funeral of Mr Kelly. Mr. Little preached an excellent sermon. I got home from the burial about four o'clock.
History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties, Volume 2, 1882, page 362, The most prominent family in the extreme west of Clark county was that of Lawrence Kelly, who came from Pennsylvania and was here as early as 1810. His sons were John, Hugh, Abram, William and Davis... Mountain Grove graveyard is one of the oldest burying grounds in the county. Lawrence Kelly and his wife, who died on the same day, were the first to be interred in it.
History of Clark County, Indiana, Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, 1909, page 52, The most prominent family in the extreme west was that of Lawrence Kelly, who came from Pennsylvania, and was here as early as 1810. His sons were Hugh, John, Abram, William, and Davis, who lived in the township till their deaths. Martha Kelly, married John Lewis Sr of Monroe Township. Another daughter married William Blakely, a Virginian, but here from Kentucky. One of the daughter married William Patrick, whose descendants are quite numerous in the county at this time.
Lawrence married Martha Smith on 8 Apr 1767 in Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania. Martha was born in 1742. She died on 22 Sep 1823 in Clark County, Indiana. She was buried in Mountain Grove, Monroe Township, Clark County, Indiana.
Death date taken from granddaughter Nancy Kelly's diary.
They had the following children.
+ 2 M i John Kelly was born on 24 Jan 1772. He died on 22 May 1850.
+ 3 M ii Hugh Kelly was born in 1776. He died on 12 Dec 1839.
+ 4 M iii Abraham Kelly was born on 22 May 1777. He died in 1822.
+ 5 F iv Nancy Elizabeth Kelly was born in 1778. She died about 1819.
+ 6 F v Martha Kelly was born in Jun 1784. She died after 1850.
+ 7 M vi William Kelly was born on 22 Feb 1786. He died on 24 Apr 1857.
+ 8 M vii Davis Kelly was born on 8 Sep 1789. He died on 11 Jun 1847.
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