Colonel John Kelly

1779 - 1845  (66 years)

• Name	John Kelly  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Colonel
  Born	2 Jun 1779	Greenbrier County, West Virginia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Biographical	Jasper, Marion, Tennessee   [1]
  	aided in the organization of Olive Branch lodge, F. & A. M.
  Biographical	1826  [1]
  	was granted a charter by the state to build a turnpike road to Ross' Landing, and at the same time he constructed the first bridge across the Sequatchie river.
  	He was the first to advocate the building of a road around Lookout Mountain, the same to follow the route which is now used by the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.  He made a bid to build that road if the state would give him control of it for a term of fifty years, but a some one else put in a lower bid he did not get the contract.
  Political	1834	Tennessee   [1]
  	was a member of the constitutional convention
  	He was a Whig, served as county court clerk in Marion County, and was justice of the peace.
  Religion	Presbyterian  [1]
  Died	26 Nov 1845	Kelly's Ferry, Marion County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Buried	Kelly's Ferry Cemetery, Marion, Tennessee   [2]
  		Kelly → John
  		Kelly → John
  Person ID	I55061	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Alexander Kelly,   b. Abt 1750, County Armagh, Ireland ,   d. Aft 1824, Dunlap, Sequatchie, Tennessee  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Nancy Robinson,   b. Abt 1760, Greenbrier County, West Virginia ,   d. Abt 1801  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	1778	Greenbrier County, West Virginia
  Family ID	F20190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Mayo,   b. Abt 1777, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Oct 1857, Kelly's Ferry, Marion County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1798	Monroe County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Biographical	had 13 children  [1]
  Residence	1808-1820	Ebenezer, Marion, Tennessee   [1]
  	Their marriage was celebrated in Monroe county Tennessee, and in 1808 they came down the Tennessee river to Lowry's Landing, in Marion county, at which time the Indians were still in possession of this part of the valley.  They located on land that is now owned by the Lamb family in Bledsoe county, there remaining until 1820, when they took up their residence near Jasper, Marion county.
  Residence	1820-1838	Jasper, Marion, Tennessee   [1]
  Residence	Aft 1838  [1]
  	Kelly's Ferry on the Tennessee River
  Children	+ 1. Esther Kelly,   b. 26 Sep 1799, Monroe County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Jan 1888, Kelly's Ferry, Marion County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years) + 2. Nancy Gillespie Kelly,   b. 29 Sep 1801, Ebenezer, Marion, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Feb 1861, DeKalb County, Alabama  (Age 59 years) + 3. Alexander Kelly, III,   b. 7 Oct 1803, Marion County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jun 1879, Oats Island, Jasper, Marion, Tennessee  (Age 75 years)   4. Polly Kelly,   d. Marion County, Tennessee   5. Adaline Kelly,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas Kelly,   d. Florida   7. Martha Kelly,   b. 7 Jan 1813, Marion County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Nov 1834, Marion County, Tennessee  (Age 21 years)   8. Jane Kelly,   b. Abt 1815,   d. Bef 1887, Marion County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 71 years)   9. Valentine Kelly,   d. Bef 1887, Texas   10. James Kelly,   d. Aft 1887, Texas   11. Margaret M. Kelly,   b. 15 Sep 1820,   d. 25 Oct 1838  (Age 18 years) + 12. Major William J. Kelly,   b. 8 May 1823, Jasper, Marion, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Jan 1900  (Age 76 years)   13. Kelly,   d. Infant
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F20041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was a most progressive and public-spirited man, always advocating and supporting some measure that would develop the country and add to the general prosperity. He was government contractor to remove obstructions in the Tennessee river. He was a man of considerable means and owned a large number of slaves, but instead of being a source of income for him his endeavor to provide for their best interest made their labor more of an expense than a source of profit. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S385] Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, Goodspeed's Publishing, (Nashville, Tennessee: Goodspeed's Publishing, 1887), Goodspeed's Biographies of Marion County, I-L | http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnmario2/mbios4.html (Reliability: 3). [S386] McGee Family, Robert Wayne McGee, (http://www.rwmcgee.com/index.html, 2008) (Reliability: 2).