Kellys In Indiana County

• Look for possible fathers of Isaac in the Indiana County area where he first shows up in the census.  This can be done via the census, and other sources.  Of particular interest is the family of James Kelly, mentioned in  J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania -- Her People, Past and Present and well documented in Raymond Martin Bell's family histories, The Story of James Kelly, and Descendants of James Kelly, typewritten documents of 10-25 pages.  Other researchers have added a Meek Kelly to this family tree, and noted certain inconsistencies when compared with other records.

Details

Early Settlers

1807 Assessment Lists

1870 Taxables, Conemaugh Twp.

Archibald Kelly

James Kelly

Raymond Martin Bell's family histories, The Story of James Kelly, and Descendants of James Kelly, notes that James Kelly, Sr had three sons who settled in western Pennsylvania: William (who settled in what is now Centre County), and James and Samuel of Indiana County.  Members of their families eventually ended up in Westmoreland and Jefferson Co, PA, and in Ohio.

James Kellys in Wiley's Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong counties

Wiley also mentions on p. 121 a James Kelly, early settler in Indiana Twp, whose son James M. Kelly played violin, visited Cuba in 1820 and died of consumption, also in 1820.

A quote from Wiley on the Scotch-Irish is priceless: the Scotch-Irish "stretched a broad belt from north to south [of western Pa.], a shield of sinewy men thrust in between the people of the sea-board and the red warriors of the wilderness."  He quotes Dr. J. S. MacIntosh: "their characteristics - unyielding grit, granite hardness, close-mouthed, self-repression, clear firm speech when truth is to be told, God-fearing, honesty, loyalty to friendship, defiant of death, conscience and knee-bending only to God."

Kellys In Indiana Co.

Census Formats

• 1820: males and females in age categories: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older; number of other free persons except Indians not taxed; number of slaves; and town or district and county of residence. Additionally, the 1820 census for the first time asked the number of free white males 16 to 18; number of persons to be naturalized; number engaged in agriculture, commercial, or manufacture; number of "colored" persons (sometimes in age categories); and number of other persons except Indians.
• 1830: name of head of household, number of free white males and females in age categories: 0 to 5, 5 to 10, 10 to 15, 15 to 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 50 to 60, 60 to 70, 70 to 80, 80 to 90, 90 to 100, over 100; the name of a slave owner and the number of slaves owned by that person; the number of male and female slaves by age categories; the number of foreigners (not naturalized) in a household; and the number of deaf, dumb and blind persons within a household.
• 1840: ___

Kelly

Samuel Kelly

Notes started Feb 2002 re Ancestry Search

Ancestry.com
  Isaac Kelly - 2 Feb 2002
    Birth, Marriage, Death - none in PA
    Military - Maine only
    Land and Probate - Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois only

  Father of Isaac Kelly
    Census @ Ancestry.com
    Searching in 1840 census for possible father of Isaac. Isaac = 25 yrs old
    Starting with names of his sons: William, Samuel, Isaac, John, Levi, David, Edward, M. George
    (Note: in 1850 there is a Samuel)

1830: 2x William Kelly - Conemaugh and Wash Twp don't look right

•  Cambria Co, Conemaugh Twp: males 2 (0-5) 1 (5-10) 1 (10-15) 0 2 (20-30) 0 0 0 1 (60-70) ; females 1 (0-5) 0 0 0 2 (20-30)
• 4 in Westmoreland

• 6 in Black Lick where Samuel Kelly, Jr. lives
• 3 in Conemaugh: Robert, David, Hugh (NOTE: Hugh is also the name of a son of Isaac's)
• NONE IN WHEATFIELD - therefore Isaac moved there from somewhere else

    George M. Kelly, Indiana Co, Black Lick Twp, p. 10 (have image)
    Samuel Kelly, Indiana Co., Black Lick Twp, p. 12 (have image)
    Age:     0 5 1015203040
    Males:   0 1 1 1 0 0 1
    Females; 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 ? hard to line up
       => no son of 25
 
 
 

1850:
    1850 census - 41 Kellys in Indiana County (tried to save index matches,
     but had trouble getting the data - several blank pages)
    56 Samuel Kellys

William Kelly, Indiana Co, Wheatfield Twp
    p. 98 (in script: 195), roll M432_785
     William age 24 (or 29??) Laborer = likely brother of Issac, Sr. iwc should also find a male 10-15 in 1840
     Margaret age 25
     Ann age 7/12

    p. 102
    Isaac Kelly, Indiana Co, Wheatfield Twp - my g.g.gf.

    p. 121
    Robert Kelly, Indiana Co, Wheatfield Twp
    Robert age 33 Laborer
    Rebecca age 29(?)
    Amanda age 2
    Catherine age 1

    William Kelly
    p. 133 (according to index), roll M432_785
     William age 30(?) Laborer
     Nancy age 34
     May(?) female, age 74

Census search (via Ancestry.com)

• 1790 - no entries found for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania w/o Soundex
• 1800 - 5 matches for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania w/o Soundex: Allegeheny, Cumberland, Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland (one of the parent counties of Indiana, which had not been formed yet)
• 1810 - 5 matches for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania w/o Soundex: Armstrong, Cambria, Greene, Indiana (Conemaugh) (also sid file) Lancaster, Westmoreland
  • Indiana, Conemaugh details: males: 2 1 2 1 1 / females 1 2 0 0 1 [categories are: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older]  Presumably Samuel Sr is the male in the category 45 and older, and his son Samuel, who is 26-45 below, is either the 1 26-45 year-old, in which case he would be 36-45 in 1820. or one of the two 16-26 year-olds, in which case he would be 26-36 in 1820.
• 1820 - 7 matches for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania w/o Soundex: Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Dauphin, Franklin, Indiana (Conemaugh) (now Samuel, Jr.) (sid), Lancaster.
  • Indiana, Conemaugh details: males: 1 (0-10) 0 0 1 0 / females 1 1 1 0 0 / plus 1 and empty [categories are: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older; number of other free persons except Indians not taxed; number of slaves; and town or district and county of residence. Additionally, the 1820 census for the first time asked the number of free white males 16 to 18; number of persons to be naturalized; number engaged in agriculture, commercial, or manufacture; number of "colored" persons (sometimes in age categories); and number of other persons except Indians. ] => possible father for Isaac Kelly, b. 1815.  Samuel would be the male 26-45, if he was then 16-26 in 1810, he's now 26-36..  Isaac would be 5.
• 1830 - 12 matches ( 1 / 2 ) for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania w/o Soundex: Allegheney, Beaver, Bradford, Delaware, 2 in Indiana (Conemaugh and Black Lick), Huntingdon, Mercer (2), Westmoreland (2), York
  • Samuel, Indiana, Conemaugh (jpg / sid): 0 0 0 1 (=15-20) 0 0 0 0 0 1 (70 to 80) 0 0 0 = only 1 adult and doesn't match Samuel Jr [categories 0 to 5, 5 to 10, 10 to 15, 15 to 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 50 to 60, 60 to 70, 70 to 80, 80 to 90, 90 to 100, over 100; the name of a slave owner and the number of slaves owned by that person; the number of male and female slaves by age categories; the number of foreigners (not naturalized) in a household; and the number of deaf, dumb and blind persons within a household. ]  SAME PAGE: William and George(?)  Isaac would be 15.  Age could match Samuel, Sr.  Same page: William Kelly age 30-40 with 3 infant girls 0-5, wife age 20-30, and Robert age 40-50, wife age 30-40, 6 boys and girls up to their 20's.
  • Samuel, Indiana, Black Lick: (jpeg / sid): 1 (0-5) 1 (5-10) 0 0 0 0 1 (=40-50) 0... / 0 1(5-10) 1 (10-15) 0 0 1 (=40-50)
• 1840 - 12 matches ( 1 / 2 ) for Samuel Kelly, Pennsylvania w/o Soundex:  Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Greene, Indiana (1), Jefferson, Mercer, Northumberland, Philadelphia (3), Westmoreland
  • Samuel, Indiana, Black Lick: (jpeg / sid): 0 1 (5-10) 1 (10-15) 1 (15-20) 0 0 1 (40-50) ... / 0 0 2 (10-15) 0 0 1 (30-40) ... [age categories same as 1830: 0 to 5, 5 to 10, 10 to 15, 15 to 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50, 50 to 60, 60 to 70, 70 to 80, 80 to 90, 90 to 100, over 100]  Samuel has not advanced from 40-50 to 50-60!?  No Isaac match.

William Kelly search - possible father of Isaac, Robert, William (the only Kellys in Indiana Co,  Wheatfield Twp)

• 1830: there are 28 William Kellys (non-Soundex search) in PA, we're looking for a man about 40-50 with sons 5-10 and two 10-20, plus 3 daughters.  We might also identify the supposedly single schoolteacher, son of William Kelly of Samuel Kelly's family, and Sr. himself.
  • 1 Allegheny
  • 1 Bedford
  • 2 Bradford
  • 1 Cambria, Conemaugh Twp - 2 1 1 0 2 = males age 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 20-30, wife 20-29, daugher 0-5.
  • 2 Chester
  • 1 Crawford
  • 1 Cumberland
  • 2 Dauphin
  • 1 Erie
  • 1 Fayette
  • 1 Huntingdon
  • 2 Indiana:
    • 1 Conemaugh Twp - age 30-40, wife age 20-30, 3 girls under 5 = married circa 1825.  Same page as Samuel Kelly (age 70-80) and Robert Kelly (age 40-50)
    • 1 Washington Twp - age 30-39, no wife or kids - could this be the schoolteacher?  Same page as Archibald Kelly.
  • 1 Lycoming
  • 1 Northampton
  • 3 Philadelphia
  • 1 Union
  • 1 Washington
  • 4 Westmoreland (to the south of Indiana Co!)
    • p. 118, N. Huntingdon Twp, age 20-30, wife 15-20, daughter 0-5.
    • p. 136, Capt. William Kelly, Males 1 (0-4) 1 (5-9) 2 (10-15) 0 0 0 1 (40-50), females one 30-39, entry just above Geo Kelly and Ann Kelly.  Ages match on 3 of the sons, but there are no daughters.  Is this Kelly in the Samuel K genealogy?
    • p. 145, S. Huntingdon Twp, Males 2 2 0 0 0 1, Females 0 1 1 0 1.
    • p. 229, Washington Twp, listed in brackets to indicate living with John Reed.  Wm is age 20-30.
  • 1 York
• 1840:
  William Mc (or M) Keley, Indiana Co, Wheatfield Twp
      Males: 1 15-20(b. 1820-1825 = possible Isaac), 2 20-30 (b. 1815-1820 = possible Isaac), 1 50-60 (=> born 1780-1790)
      Females: 1 5-10, 2 20-30, 1 30-40, 1 40-50, 1 50-60
      Persons Employed column titles are:
      1. Military 2. Agriculture 3. Commerce 4. Manufacturing and Trade
      5. Navigation on the Ocean 6. Navigation on Canals, Lakes, Rivers
      7. Learned Professors and Engineers (not sure which line is William)
  This could be a family of 3 boys and 4 girls (one just over 30?) plus another relative or servant (female, age 40-50)
• 1850: not present in Wheatfield Twp, just the 3 possible brothers above - could he have died?
  • William Kelly, Indiana Co, Wheatfield Twp
        p. 98 (in script: 195), roll M432_785
         William age 24 (or 29??) Laborer = likely brother of Issac, Sr. possible son of William from 1840.
         Margaret age 25
         Ann age 7/12

Isaac Kelly

• 1850: the online images are incomplete or corrupt: only 1 page is listed for Wheatfield, and it's not the one that Isaac is listed on!  There is a William Kelly there though, age 24, m. Margaret, child Ann.

Kelly other than Samuel in census, Indian Co.

• 1800: Indiana Co formed 1803 from Lycoming, Westmoreland ... check there?  13 Kellys in Westmoreland including 3 James (one is a Jr) and a Samuel (Salem Township, same as James & James Jr., Nathaniel, Alexander) 1 (0-10) 0 1 (16-26) 0 0 / 0 0 (16-26) 1 0 0 0 [categories: 0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older]  too young to match our Samuel Sr, who should be >=35 and have about 6 kids
• 1810:
• 1820:
• 1830:
• 1840:

Kellys in Franklin Co

• 1800: (4: James, James, Francis, Owin):  James: 3 (0-10) 0 0 1 (26-45) 0 / 0 0 1 (16-26) 0 0 (error downloading the other James)