I am trying to place Nelson into a family, can anybody help? Descendants of Nelson Kelley Generation No. 1 1. Nelson1 Kelley. He married Elizabeth Jefferies November 04, 1751 in Overwharton Parish Stafford Co VA. Notes for Nelson Kelley: According to records at Mount Vernon, Nelson Kelley was the overseer at George Washington's Dogue Run Farm (one of five farms making up his Mount Vernon plantation). George Washington rented him 135 acres of land in January 1762 and hired him as an overseer later that same year. Nelson Kelley signed a contract to be overseer for George Washington in 1762,before Reuben's birth in 1763. So it is possible that Reuben Kelley was born on the plantation of George Washington. Nelson was in NC during the Revolutionary War. He was assigned to work the roads in Anson Co NC was in Capt Wm. Brinkley's Company of NC militia, and recieved payment for services in Salisbury Dist. Nelson and Reuben Kelley are on the 1790 and 1800 census in Laurens Co SC along with the Bramblett, Garrett, and Couch families who came to Bedford Co TN. Bramblett and couch both came to Franklin Co. GA first, pausing there for 20 years, then moving on to Bedford Co TN. Nelson Kelley apparently went from VA to NC before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. We find him on the pay roll of Capt. William Brinkley's company of the First Regiment of NC Militia commanded by Col. Samuel Jarvis (State Records of NC Vol XVII, p 1060). Another name of interest on the list is William Kelley, said by his descendants to be the William S. kelley who died in 1824 in Franklin Co neighbor of Bedford Co TN. Nelson kelley received payment in Salisbury Dist, NC in 1782 for sundry claims (from Treasurer's and Comptroller's Papers, Revolutionary pay Vouchers, voucher #699, NC State Archives). We first find Nelson, Ruben, and Thomas "Kellogg" in Laurens Co SC in the 1790 census. A search by Brent Holcomb, well-known SC genealogist, found no record of Nelson Kelley owning land there, even though they were there about twenty years. Ruben Kelley bought 35 acres from Stephen Mullings in 1801 ( Deed Book G, p 180). The record which ties the Nelson Kelley of VA to the Nelson kelley of Laurens Co SC and which leads us to believe that the various records we have found are all for one man, is his report of the noncupative will of Edward Garrett in Aug 1794 (Larens Co SC Will Book A-1, p 102 as transcribed by Sara M. Nash).In Edward Garrett, 1733-1794, Corinne Mehringer, quoting land and court records, shows that the Garrett family of Laurens Co had its roots in Fairfax and nearby VA Counties. A daughter of Edward Garrett, Martha, born 1778, married William Kelley. This William Kelley must have been a son of Nelson Kelley. Leah Townsend, in SC Baptists, 1690-1805, records that Nelson and Rueben Kelley were messengers to the Bethel Association from Upper Duncans Creek Church in 1796 and that Rueben also served for several of the following years. On p 227-228 she says: "..Rueben kelley was a licentiate in 1803" (for the ministry). "Rueben Kelley is probably the man listed as Reuben Kellogg in Laurens Co in 1790; he was at New Hope Church, Elks River Association, TN, in 1812 (Benedict, Baptist history, II, 538)." The names of Nelson Kelley and Elizabeth Kelley are on the second, undated roll of New hope Baptist Church at Fairfield, TN marked "dead." Ruben Kelley who died in 1815 is also marked dead, so perhaps Nelson and Elizabeth also died in this time period. The Keller Cemetery in Bedford Co TN is on land which was bought in 1808 by Ruben Kelley and passed to the Keller family when Francis H. and Joseph Keller bought out the other six heirs of Ruben Kelley. It is likely that it was the Kelley Cemetery before it became the Keller Cemetery and that Nelson and Elizabeth Jefferies Kelley are buried there, even though no tombstones have been found for them. Children of Nelson Kelley and Elizabeth Jefferies are: 2 i. Reuben2 Kelley, born 1763; died November 11, 1815 in Bedford Co TN. He married Lovicy. Notes for Reuben Kelley: The Kelley family came from Laurens Co SC also the home of the Jones family, to Bedford Co TN about the time that the land was first obtained by treaty with the Indian and opened for settlement. New Hope Baptist Church at Fairfield TN where services are still held on a regular schedule, was begun by a small group which included Reuben Kelley and his wife, Lavisa, and Nelson Kelley and his wife, Elizabeth, in 1809 according to the church minutes. Reuben Kelly was the first Baptist preacher in Bedford Co TN and founder of New Hope Baptist church. Book- Land Deed Genealogy of Bedford Co TN 1807-1852 pg 123 "Page 30 - 28 Apr 1826. William Kelley to frances Kelley (Keller), 50 acres. William Kelley conveyed to Frances H. Keller and Joseph Keller, all of Bedford Co TN, the undivided part of land in Bedford Co, the same being William Kelleys undivided part as a legatee of Ruben keller, deceased, of land conveyed to Reuben Kelley by Patton & Erwin of NC (Ashville), dated 11 Mar 1811. Registered in Deed Book C, page 400. Note: All Kelley should be Keller. Wit: William Jones and Ruben Kelley. Reg: 17 Apr 1827. Reuben Kelley's tombstone is in the Keller Cemetery, Bedford Co TN, it reads; Nov 11, 1815 Rev R K Dec Age 52 It appears likely that Reuben was born on the plantation of George Washington. Reuben Kelley was a Primative Baptist preacher and he and wife came from SC and bought 400 acres of land in Bedford Co TN on the Garrison Fork of Duck River for 800 from Patton and Ervin of Ashville, NC, this being a part of a 5,000 acre tract of land granted by the state of NC to John Gray Blount and Thomas Blount bearing date of June 27, 1793. This deed is recorded in the register's office in Shelbyville, TN. Book C, pg 400.Date March 11, 1811. Many years after the death of Reuben Kelley one of his sons, Nathan T. or Benjamin D. came back to Bedford Co to visit in the homes of the children of his sisters, Anne and Sarah. At this time he told them he had never eaten any fried turkey. Rachel keller, who married James Bramblett, was raising some young turkeys at this time, so she decided to have fried turkey while he was visiting in her home. No doubt when he got home he told his family that he had fried young turkey to eat while visiting the children of his two sisters in the community in which he was raised. The above was told to Klyne Jack Keller by Rachel Stephens Justice, a niece of Rachel Keller Bramblett, but she could not tell where his home was. 3 ii. William Kelley. He married Martha Garrett. 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