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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.




KELLY, HENRY, was born about 1742. The place of his birth is not certainly known to his descendants. He was married, and had five sons and two daughters, all born in Rutherford county, North Carolina, namely: John, Elisha, Elijah, William and George W. The daughter, Eleanor, married in North Carolina to Joseph Reavis. Sally married a Mr. Greenawalt. Two of the sons, John and Elisha, preceded their father to Sangamon county. Henry Kelly owned slaves, but none of the sons, except George, would have them; so he freed the slaves, and gave land to his sons, instead. The daughters had three slaves, each; and, after tarrying less than thirty days in Sangamon county, moved on to Missouri. Henry Kelly died in June, 1832, and was buried about two miles north of Curran. He was about ninety years old. His widow moved several years later to the vicinity of Bolivar, Polk county, Mo., and died there about 1840.




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