My
5th great grandfather was one of many soldiers who helped to secure
our independence from the British Empire.
William
Stark Kelly, 1739 – 1826
Private,
1st Regiment Bute Co.,
NC Militia
NC Militia
Served under Capt. William Brinkley & Capt.
John Pitts; both under Col Samuel Jarvis.[1]
"Served
as a private in Capt. Bown's Company, Col. Thomas Clark's Regiment (first)
North Carolina Continental Line 1777; also in Capt. Brinkley's Company of 1st
Regiment of North Carolina Militia."[2], [3]
In
trying to discover about William Kelly’s service information was brief so I looked
for information about his Regiment.
The 1st North Carolina Regiment was raised on 1 September 1775, at Wilmington, North Carolina, for service with the Continental Army. In January 1776 the organization contained eight companies. The regiment was present at the defense of Charleston in 1776. It transferred from the Southern Department to George Washington's main army in February 1777. At that time, Thomas Clark became colonel of the 1st Regiment. The unit became part of Nash's North Carolina Brigade in July. In 1777 the 1st North Carolina saw action at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown and it was present at White Marsh. Still led by Clark, it fought at Monmouth in June 1778. The North Carolina Brigade marched south under the command of James Hogun and arrived at Charlestown, South Carolina in March 1780. The 1st Regiment was captured by the British army at the Siege of Charleston on 12 May 1780. Clark and 287 men became prisoners. The regiment was reformed in the summer of 1781 and fought well in Jethro Sumner's brigade at Eutaw Springs in September that year. The 1st North Carolina was furloughed on 23 April 1783 at James Island, South Carolina and disbanded on 15 November 1783.[4]
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Descendant Report for William S. Kelly
1 William S. Kelly b:
1739 in Ireland, d: 1826 TN
... + Mary Durham m:
1776 NC
......2 Margaret Kelly
b: 1772 in Wake, North Carolina, USA, d: Louisiana, USA
...... + John Brumfield
b: c. 1768, m: 23 Oct 1788 Wake, NC, d:
1834 LA
.........3 William
Brumfield b: 1790 York, SC, d: 1868 Washington Parish, LA
......... + Harriet
Statham
.........3 Lucy
Brumfield b: 1792 York, SC, d: 1815
......... + Barksdale
Statham m: 1815 LA
.........3 Willis
Brumfield b: 1794 York, SC, d: 16 Oct 1833
......... + Nancy
Virginia Holmes b: 1797 GA, m: 25 Jan 1818 Pike, MS
.........3 Davis
Brumfield b: 1795 York, SC, d: 23 Apr 1863 in Pike, MS
......... + Cynthia
Holmes b: 12 Dec 1804 GA, m: 23 Nov 1823 MS, d: 10 Jul 1884 MS
.........3 Charles
Brumfield b: 01 Jan 1796 in York, SC, d: 07 Aug 1870 MS
......... + Harriet
Knight b: 22 Aug 1804 GA, m: 22 Aug 1820 Marion, MS, d: 18 Mar 1870 MS
.........3 Ridley
Brumfield b: 1798 York, SC
......... + Susanna
Statham m: 1816
.........3 Isaac
Brumfield b: 09 Mar 1801 York, SC, d: 14 Feb 1862 MS
......... + Elizabeth
Holmes b: 11 Feb 1808 GA, m: 31 Jan 1827, d: 24 Jun 1890 Tylertown, Walthall, MS
.........3 James
Brumfield b: 1803 York, SC, d: 15 Mar 1883 Tangipoha Parish, LA
......... + Leah James
.........3 Elijah
Brumfield b: 1805 York, SC, d: Aft. 1860
......... + Charlotte
Temple Ott b: 1815 LA, d: 1895
.........3 Jesse Kelly
Brumfield b: 1 Mar 1807 York, SC, d: 25 Jul 1884 Amite, MS
......... + Hannah
Youngblood b: c. 1807 GA, m: 11 Jun 1830
.........3 Alexander C.
Brumfield b: 1811 York, SC, d: Unknown
......... + Anna Tate
.........3 Nathaniel
Brumfield b: 1813 Washington Parish, LA, d: 8 Feb 1852 LA
......... + Charlotte
Temple Ott b: 1815 LA, m: 1835, d: 1895
.........3 John Wilson
Brumfield b: 30 Jun 1811 Washington, LA, d: 19 Jun 1889
......... + Cindyrella
Lanier b: c. 1817 Washington Parish, LA, m: 14 Feb 1839, d: 30 Dec 1884
......2 Sarah Kelly b: NC
...... + Joseph Cowling
.........3 John Durham
Cowling b: c. 1814 Franklin, TN
......... + Frances Camp
Colleen, I had a 5th Great Grandfather Frederick F. Rivers that was captured at the Siege of Charleston on 12 May 1780. One of the sourecs in his record is: Gen. Benjamin Lincoln Papers in Thomas Addis Emmet Collection, New York Public Library, including petitions from the country militia at Charleston in May 1780 urging the surrender of the city." I have never had a chance to look at these papers.
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