You've posted a very helpful message but the person you're replying to may not be a subscriber to the KELLEY List. Her message was posted on the Kelley Message Board. Replies to those messages need to be entered on the Message Board. Click on the high-lighted link in her message, which will take you to the Message Board. I am sorry this seems to confuse some of our Kelley List subscribers, but the List and the Board are two different resources. Rootsweb sends all the Kelley Board posts to the Kelley List as a courtesy. Paula Kelley Ward KELLEY List Admin since 1996 [email protected] Warning! When shaking family tree, relatives may fall out! -----Original Message----- From: Janet Graham Theberge [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [KELLEY] Johnson (Johnston) Kelly or Kelley Might this be your Johnson Kelley or a descendant? Henry J. Kelley, Piedmont Henry Johnson Kelley, 75, of 113 Sleepy Hollow Road, died Sunday, May 14, 2000. Born in Toccoa, Ga., he was a son of the late Judge David and Huma Porter Kelley, and husband of the late Christine Smith Kelley. He was retired from Smith Transfer Co. Mr. Kelley was a member of Russell Memorial Presbyterian Church, a Masonic Lodge in Georgia and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are daughters, Sheila Smith of Manchester, Ga., and Tanya Rector of Piedmont; sons, Henry Johnson Kelley Jr. and Jim Porter Kelley of Griffin, Ga.; two sisters; five brothers; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Service: 2 p.m. today at Russell Memorial Presbyterian Church. Burial: Greenville Memorial Gardens. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "WAYNE KELLEY, SR." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [KELLEY] Johnson (Johnston) Kelly or Kelley >I am a Kelley myself so I know how you feel. Listen, you might try the >family rolls for the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina. If you >can prove that there is Cherokee blood then the family name should be on >the roll. The Cherokees maintain that anybody with any Cherokee blood is a >Cherokee. Also, if you can prove that someone is I thing at least 1/4 >Cherokee, then the government owes them, based on last treaty with >Cherokees, a 4 year college, 1 acre of land, and I am serious, 1 mule. The >treaty is still valid. You won't get the land or mule but you will get the >college. I know this for fact since I helped young lady here in Richmond, >Va. apply for college thru government. > > Good luck with Kelleys > > Wayne Kelley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:57 PM > Subject: [KELLEY] Johnson (Johnston) Kelly or Kelley > > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Classification: Query >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/CYm.2ACIB/3192 >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> This was my GR-GR Grandfather, he married my Gr-GR Grandmother Gillie >> Savannah. They were both born in Georgia. They had 5 children: Emma >> Elinor B:1878-D:1910, in Texas Walter B:1880, Hiram B. B:1885, D: 1975, >> In Texas, Lumpkin B. B:1882, D: 1978, George W. B:1883. I am hopeing that >> some of the children or Grandchildren are still alive, to help me with >> some information, on my GR-GR Grandmothers maiden name. I am doing >> Geneoalogy, aand she is as far as I can go. I have not been able to find >> out her parents name. Considering she was Cherokee, that they may have >> had some Indian Journals some where with that information, or perhaps it >> has been passed down with some of the Family. I am DESPERATE!! Please >> Help!!! if anyone has any information. Thank you!! >>