John Kelly Patriots of North Carolina

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Greene County NC / TN

Identifying all John Kelly's who served in the Revolutionary War in North Carolina. The Goal is to indentify the correct John Kelly of Greene County, NC later TN.

North Carolina, U.S., Revolutionary War Soldiers, 1776-1783

• Original data: Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution. Durham, NC, USA: The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932. At HathiTrust

Contents 1 John Kelly's in Need of Futher Evaluation 2 Not John Kelley of Greene CO, NC/TN 3 John Kelley of Greene CO, NC/TN 4 Sources

John Kelly's in Need of Futher Evaluation

1. John Kelly p.13, Certificate # 91346, ^[1][2][3]
2. John Kelley (Jno. Kelley), p. 54, Name and Rank: Kelly, Jno., 1st Regiment, Col. Thomas Clark, Pt. Company: Ely's Period of Service: 3 yrs.^[4][5][6][7]
3. John Kelly (Jno. Kelly), p. 62, Name and Rank: Kelly, Jno., 2nd Regiment, Col. Alexander Martin, Pt. Company: Ely's Period of Service: 3 yrs^[8][9]
4. John Kelly (Jno. Kelly), p. 139, Name and Rank: Kelly, Jno., Pt. 10th Regiment, Col. Abraham Shephard, 1Company: Hadley's Dates of Enlistment and Commission: 1 Aug. '82 Period of Service: 18 mo.^[10][11][12]
5. John Kelley, p. 184, Soldier, North Carolina Revolutionary War Accounts, Book A.A., Vol II, Pg. 16, Folio Page 3. ^[13]

Not John Kelley of Greene CO, NC/TN

1. John Kelly (3139), p. 296, #3139, The heirs of John Kelly, decsd. ^[14].

• 17 July 1794 Grant No. 2393, Hawkins Co. "I have a record of six hundred and forty acres Grant he got from a Robert King, bk. 81, p. 603." [Wade] Wrong John Kelly, Robert King, Assignee of the Heirs of John Kelly (Military Warrant No. 3139) [Deceased]

1. John Kelly of Halifax, b. 22 Aug 1755, North Carolina 1st Battalion, Col. Thomas Clark, Capt. Tilman Dixion's Company, # 45, John, Kelly

• John Kelly, p. 242, Grant No.: 467. To whom granted and rank: John Kelley, Privt. No. acres: 640 Service in months: 84 : Jno. Elliot, Ald. Thomas^[15][16][17]

John Kelley of Greene CO, NC/TN

Note: The DAR record for John Kelly of Greene County suggests his service can be found in the North Carolina Revolutionary War Accounts, VOL XI, P 62, FOLIO 3, ROLL #S.115.57.5. However, it is not included in the resource above. [Obtain and determine why this may be the case?]

Note: Ancestry.com has identified 10 Records which have been added as redundant sources below. John Kelly service records from NC

Names associated with John Kelly of Greene County.

Col. Archibald Lytle (From the Halifax Dist.)

Lt. Col. 1 Feb 1781 to close of war (September 3, 1783) (6th NC Line)

6th NC Line

Capt - 16 Apr 1776

Lt. Col. - 26 Jan 1777

Col. 30 Sep 1783

Note: Archibald Lytle, Comm. of Hillsborough Dist, NC, issued a John Kelley, Pricipal 217 Pounds, 18 Shillings, Interest 26 Pounds, 13 Shillngs. No other information provided. (Army pay voucher?) - Revolutionary War Accounts, Vol. XI, Page 62, Folio 3 (Bundle #1) [See DAR supporting docs]

George Doherty, Major Hathi Trust [See also, Tilman Dixon]

• #18, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062885116&view=1up&seq=259&q1=Tillman%20Dixon

6th NC Line

1st Lt. - 16 Apr 1776

Capt. - 28 Oct 1776

Transfer to 4 NC - 1 Jun 1778

4th NC Line

Major - 13 Oct 1781 - Feb 1782

Served til Jun 1783

17 Jul 1782 - close of war (September 3, 1783) (6th NC Line)

Note: There are a couple of Land Transaction in North Carolina between a George Doherty and a John Kelly. [Find these tranx'n]

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89WV-TXB1?cat=695114

Tilman Dixon

• https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062885116&view=1up&seq=208&q1=Doherty
• https://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr15-0687#p15-732

Sources

1. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932. p. 13. HathiTrust, #39
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783, John Kelly, p. 13.
3. ↑ PIERCE'S REGISTER The general index of the register is preserved in MSS. in the Library of Congress N.C. Certificates 89,501 to 91,938 Pierce's register; register of the certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army under act of July 4, 1783
4. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932., p. 54. HathiTrust #80
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783,Jno. Kelley, p.54.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com, Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783,Jno. Kelly
7. ↑ Ancestry.com, Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783,Jno. Kelley.
8. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932., p. 54. HathiTrust #88
9. ↑ Ancestry.com Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783, Jno. Kelly page 62.
10. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932., p. 139. HathiTrust #165
11. ↑ Ancestry.com Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783, Jno. Kelly, p. 139
12. ↑ Ancestry.com Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783, Jno. Kelly, p. 139
13. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932., p. 184. HathiTrust #210
14. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932., p. 296,HathiTrust #322
15. ↑ National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina, and Gertrude May (Sloan) Mrs. Hay. Roster of the Soldiers From North Carolina In the American Revolution: With an Appendix Containing a Collection of Miscellaneous Records. [Durham, N.C.]: The North Carolina Daughters of the American revolution, 1932., p. 242. HathiTrust #268
16. ↑ Ancestry.com Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783, Jno. Kelly, p. 242
17. ↑ Ancestry.com Reference: North Carolina State Records, Clark, Vol. XVI, 1782-1783, John Kelley, Volume X, p. 242.

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