Hi, Kelley's. My wife is the Kelley of the family. I've been researching her tree for a year or so, starting at a cemetry (Concord Baptist Church Cemetery) in Anderson Co., TX near the cities of Palestine and Tyler, East Texas. I will send an outline of the basics of her family tree to see if anyone out there on the list may be connected. By the way, I use Broderbund's Family Tree Maker Ver. 5.0. Starting as far back as I can go: William C. Kelly b.1775 in Belfast. Came to NC as a small child. Parents ?. m. Temperance Tabitha Simkin 2-11-1811 in Johnson Co., NC. All 4 children born in NC. d. 12-19-1843 in AL. 1. John C. Kelley b. 1816. d. 2-11-1879 Chambers Co., TX. m. (1)Eliza Smith (2) Lucinda E. Hoskins 12-20-1869. John also called "Jack" in a few references. . 2. Jennie Kelley b. abt. 1820. m. ? Smith d. ? 3. Joel Parish Kelley b. 10-3-1825, d. 2-19-1872 in Concord, Anderson Co., TX. m. Deborah Ansafee Funderburk. 4. Malinda Kelley, b. 1827 d. ? in Concord, TX. WC Kelley and family moved from NC to AL in the early 1830's. WC died there ( where in AL ?) . His wife Tabitha and rest of family moved to Union Parrish, LA in 1842. Near Farmerville in Northern LA. They lived there for about 27 years. My wife's great greatparents are Joel Parrish Kelley and Deborah Ansafee Funderburk, married in 1845 in Farmerville, LA. All eight children were born in Union Parrish, LA. In 1869 the whole Kelley families ( all brothers and sisters were married then) left LA and moved to Concord, TX. Malinda was a widow and Joel became the guardian of her children . John C. Kelley and family went on and did not settle at Concord. Van R. Funderburk ( Deborah's brother) and family also came to TX. Joel Parish Kelley was a founder of the church and donated the property for the Cemetery. He died in 1872 and was the first buried there. My wife's line: Bonnie Caroline (Stanford) Sulser W. C. Kelley b. 1775, Ireland m. Temperance Tabitha Simpkin Joel P. Kelley b. 1825 NC m. Deborah A. Funderburk, LA Baron DeKalb (Cal) Kelley b. 1850 TX m. Virginia Fitzgerald Lauder Thomas Enoch Kelley b. 1874 m. Ida Alice Morrow Ethel Caroline Kelley b. 1914 TX m. Samuel Henry Stanford Bonnie Caroline Stanford b. 1943 m. Philip Ray Sulser children: Lauria Kristine (Sulser) Wagner Katherine Kelley (Sulser) Nellenback Most of the Kelley family from Joel through Thomas are buried at the cemetery in Concord which has a state historical marker. I have all of the names of the children of Joel P. Kelley but won't list them here. I am interested if this family may connect to any of yours. Thanks. Phil Sulser