Luke Kelly (1757 - 1821)

Born 3 Apr 1757 in Frederick, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Keyser) Kelly — married 1 Feb 1782 in Shenandoah County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1821 at age 64 in Lawrence, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Luke Kelly^[1] was born April 3, 1757, in Shenandoah County (present-day Page County). He married Mary Keyser on February 1, 1782^[2]. He died on November 25, 1821, in Lawrence, Ohio, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ironton, Ohio. ^[3]

Luke Kelly settled with his family, in Lawrence County, Ohio around 1797.

• "He is credited with having the first grist mill in the county - a floating mill that he kept anchored on the river at what was later referred to as Union Landing. The mill, set on a flatboat, was secured by grapevines to the shore just above Union Landing. In operation for four or five years, it ground a coarse grain and could produce a bushel per hour running 24 hours a day during peak season."

Military

• Served in the Revolutionary War^[4], along with his brothers Darby and Edward,in Michael Reader's Company of Dunmore, Virginia.

DAR Record

Private Luke Kelly served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.

Luke Kelly is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A064222.

KELLY, LUKE Ancestor #: A064222

Service: Virginia Rank(s): Private

Birth: 4-3-1757 FREDERICK CO Virginia

Death: 11-25-1821 LAWRENCE CO OHIO

Service Source: BRUMBAUGH, REV WAR RECS, VA, VOL 1, P 602

Service Description: 1) Captain Michael Reader, Militia

Research Notes

SOURCE 9: This information was obtained from the Mennonite Family History, Volume 4, Number 2, APRIL 1985. DATE: December 28, 1996. PAGE: 66. THE CONSPIRACY ON SHELLY'S ISLAND, BY E. ELAYNE ALEXANDER, PAGES 64-68.

RE: HUSBAND, CHILDREN, LOCATION OF DEATH, THE FOLLOWING WAS RECORDED: FATHER WAS CHRISTIAN SHELLY, DIED MARCH 1767 IN MANHEIM TWP., LANCASTER CO., PA., MARRIED MAGDALINA ______________. MARY SHELLY, CA 1730-1771, MARRIED CHARLES KEYSER, SHE DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA. THE FOLLOWING WERE THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE:

1.) CHARLES KEYSER, BORN CA 1752, DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA.

2.) JOHN KEYSER, BORN CA 1754, MARRIED AUGUST 30, 1791 TO CATHARINE RHINEHART.

3.) ANNA KEYSER, CA 1756-1833, MARRIED AUGUST 22, 1785 TO PHILLIP KOONTZ.

4.) ANDREW KEYSER, BORN DECEMBER 16, 1758, DIED NOVEMBER 23, 1833, MARRIED TO FIRST WIFE ON NOVEMBER 24, 1784 WHOM WAS SARAH RHINEHART, MARRIED A SECOND TIME ON OCTOBER 8, 1820 TO ELIZABETH STRICKLER, HE DIED IN SHENANDOAH CO., VIRGINIA.

5.) MARY KEYSER, BORN AUGUST 5, 1760, DIED AUGUST 10, 1824, WAS MARRIED FEBRUARY 1, 1782 IN VIRGINIA TO LUKE KELLY, SHE DIED IN LAWRENCE CO., OHIO.

6.) ELIZABETH KEYSER, CA 1762, DIED AUGUST 10, 1832, MARRIED JANUARY 10, 1784 TO HENRY HURST, DIED IN BREATHITT CO., KENTUCKY.

7.) ESTHER KEYSER, DIED OCTOBER 4, 1846, MARRIED MAY 9, 1797 TO GEORGE DATIN AUSTIN, DIED IN LAWRENCE CO., OHIO.

8.) CATHARINE " KATE " KEYSER, UNMARRIED.

9.) JOSEPH KEYSER, DIED CA 1816, MARRIED SUSANNA STACY, HE DIED IN RUSSEL CO., VIRGINIA.

Sources

1. ↑ Luke Keley, "United States Census, 1880" Detail: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M89F-L8B : accessed 11 December 2015), Luke Keley, Perry, Lawrence, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district 95, sheet 270B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1039; FHL microfilm 1,255,039. Url: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89F-L8B
2. ↑ pg. 189. Mead relations : Mead, Brown, Powell, Keyser, Kelly, Trumbo, Austin, Toler, Prichard : Virginia, Kentucky / compiled by A.M. Main Author: Prichard, A. M. b. 1875. Language(s): English Published: Staunton, Va. : A.M. Prichard, 1933. Prichard.https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061976627;view=1up;seq=199
3. ↑ Source: #S170 Page: Pvt Lawrence "Luke" Kelley Data: Text: Birth: Apr. 3, 1757 Death: Nov. 25, 1821 Lawrence County Ohio, USARev Solider Pvt Virginia Patriots index p. 381 ************ Permission to post given by: Martha of The lawrence Register Lawrence Co OH 1/2/2012 Family links: Children: Reuben B. Kelley (1798 - 1865)*Burial: Kelley-Collins Ironton Lawrence County Ohio, USA Created by: Misty & Company Record added: Jan 03, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 82904088 NOTEhttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82904088
4. ↑ Page22. Volume 22. Issue 3. LAWCO LORE. Lawrence County Genealogical Society