Betty, great help! This could have been my family's land back then. I am trying to trace some land back to the beginning of the county. Ron macbetty wrote: > here is a site describing where Kelly's Ferry cemetery is located as well as a picture > http://www.hctgs.org/Cemeteries/cemetery_kellys_ferry.htm > hope this helps > betty > > > ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== > *********************************************************************** > PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, > requests for help, and other genealogical related information > that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a > possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. > Noel Matthews - tnmarionmail@noelm.com - keeper of the list. > Marion County Web Site: http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html > *********************************************************************** > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Kelly's Ferry Mine was one of the coal mines listed as well. There is also a Kelly's Cove just off of or rather near Battle Creek area. In fact on our web site http://www.noelm.com/marion/home.html , I have a picture of a dry creek bed in front of my Sister-in-laws house that lives in Kelly's Cove . There are still a lot of Kelly families in the area, I do believe. In fact my husband went to school with some of them. There was a store there by the name of George Kelly's store , referred to in a neat story by Bill McConnel on the web site as well. I was hoping some of the locals that live around there would be able to help you more than I can . Perhaps it is storming in that area and they aren't on line yet today. I know a storm was expected to move through the area about an hour or so ago. There was a post office listed for Kelly's Ferry in 1878-- post master was John Cummings in 1907, it was latter renamed to Oate's Island. The there was also a Kellyville Post office listed 1829 with Wesley Glaza/Thomas Hargis 1838 . I do have some more sketchy information here on the subject of Kelly's in and around Marion County and different areas named as such , but rather than bore every one to death with my sketchy bits and pieces I would like to step back and see if some one else that knows more about the area than I do , will please come forward with some more information for you . thanks Betty http://www.geocities.com/macbettyboop/sitemap.html researching McBee, Spence, White, Ward, Barnes, Murray, Rector, Kilgore-- Holly, Breshears, Flanagan, Stiles, Bradley, Whitenberg,Huff, Lynch,Chitwood,Hanes,Hills to name a few