I have reason to believe that my great-great grandfather Harvey KELLEY of Cumberland County, TN started his life as Elisha DORSEY, son of William H. DORSEY. A large group of DORSEYs, including William and his father John H. DORSEY were in Macon County, NC in 1830. By 1834, they had moved to the Walhalla area in what was then the Old Pendleton District and is now Oconee County. William died in 1848, John in 1852. In the settlement of John's estate, the following children are listed in addition to William (who was dead, of course): Elisha (moved to NE Georgia), John , Jr., Catharine (had married Hardin PERKINS and left the state), Rachel (had married Henry MEDFORD and left the state), Elizabeth SHIELDS (deceased), David (also moved to NE Georgia), Mary (known as Polly) and Peter. This family is represented in the Old Pendleton Database but only the descendants of Peter are presented in any detail. In the 1860 census, E. H. Dorsey is living with his wife, Louisa and son John A. close to members of this Dorsey family. By 1870 all traces of E. H. who is Elisha H. Dorsey, son of William H. Dorsey is lost. Coincidentally, in 1870, my great-great grandfather Harvey Kelley shows up in TN with a wife Louisa and son John A (with a couple of other kids too). Word is that Harvey had some sort of Civil War related problem that precipitated the name change and move to TN. William Dorsey had at least one other son named Anderson Dorsey who I think married Elizabeth Jane KING in Pickens in 1858. Harvey Kelley (who may have been Elisha Kelley) was married to Louisa J. BOUKNIGHT from Lexington County. The Bouknight family is well documented in the Orangeburgh District. Unfortunately, more than one source confuses the marriage of Louisa J. Bouknight with that of her niece L. J. Bouknight in Upshur County, Texas. I would be interested to hear from any descendants of the siblings of William Dorsey or any of the other people named above. I am looking for a way to verify this Dorsey/Kelley link. Of course, high on my wish list is a correct marriage record for Louisa J. Bouknight. Nancy Custer