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John Alexander Kelly
1816 - 1913

John Alexander Kelly was born about 1816 somewhere in North Carolina and died about 1913 in Calhoun County, Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. He lived to be about 97 years old.

His parents were Archibald Kelly Jr. (1773) and Mary Green (1778). John married Sarah M. Peacock
Children
Amanda Jane
Sarah Elizabeth (1862-1926)married John A. Kent
Georgia Ann(1865-1900)married Irvin Pierce Messer
John Alexander Jr.(1867-1942)
Mary Jane (1870-1900) married Charles Hansford
William A.
Lucy Ella (1876-1913)married John A. Johnson

Land Deed

12/24/1850

FL (Calhoun County)

35 yrs old

Name: John A. Kelly, Issue Date: Dec. 24, 1850, Place: Calhoun, Florida, Land Office: Tallahassee, Meridian: Tallahassee, Township: 2-N, Range: 8-W, Section: 35, Accession Number: FL0200__.345 Document Number: 9357

Census

7/26/1860

Chipola FL (Calhoun County)

44 yrs old

Recorded as dwelling #163: John A. Kelly (age 46), Sarah M. Kelly (age 21), Amanda Kelly (age 11), Francis Peacock (female, age 15), James Peacock (age 6), and Washington King (age 10). John is a farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $200 and personal property at $400. John was born in NC, his wife in GA and all of the children in FL. John can read and write while Sarah cannot.

Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1860: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.

Military

12/6/1864

Milledgeville GA (Baldwin County)

48 yrs old

The Confederate States,
To: John A. Kelley administrator of George W. Peacock, deceased late private of Capt. Dicksons Co. 4th Reg't. Florida Vol

For pay of said deceased from July 1, 1862 where of day he has last said to November 19, 1862, the date of death, inclusion
4 mo. & 19 days at $11 per mo.
$30.90
$50.00
________
$100.96
-$12.00
_______
$88.96

Payable to John A. Kelly, Ochessee, Calhoun Co. FL
Treasury Department,
Dec. 6, 1864
J. Bunting, Clerk
Comptroller's Office -B. Haster, Clerk
Dec. 16, 1964

Census

6/7/1880

Pippins Mills CA (Calhoun County)

64 yrs old

Recorded as dwelling #79: John Kelly (67), Sarah (wife, age 40), Amanda J. (age 21), Elizabeth (18), Georgia (15), John (13), Mary Jane (10), William (7), and Lecy (5). John (sr) is a farmer while John Jr. says his occupation is ????. John Sr. and his parents were born in NC. Sarah and her parents were born in GA. Amanda was born in AL and the other children in FL.

Land Deed

5/25/1903

FL (Calhoun County)

87 yrs old

Name: John A. Kelly, Issue Date: May 25, 1903, Place: Calhoun, Florida, Land Office: Gainesville, Meridian: Tallahassee, Township: 2-N, Range: 8-W, Section: 30, Accession Number: FL1050__.153 Document Number: 16658

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during John Kelly's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of John, his family, and friends. For example, John is 4 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.

Age	Date	Event
2	1818	First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida.
5	1821	Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-On�s Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards.
6	1822	Florida Territory is purchased
7	1823	The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula.
8	1824	Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol.
19	1835	The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
21	1837	NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
26	1842	Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
26	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
29	1845	Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
34	1850	Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
39	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
45	1861	No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
48	1864	Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
49	1865	May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
49	1865	Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.
54	1870	During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers.
66	1882	The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads.
67	1883	Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co.
68	1884	Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles.
90	1906	An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.

Age	Date	Event
14	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
23	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
28	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
37	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
40	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
43	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
49	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.
53	1869	Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France
61	1877	Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed.
63	1879	Edison invents the electric light bulb.
73	1889	The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards
79	1895	Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance.
81	1897	First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph
84	1900	Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams"
84	1900	The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control.
85	1901	First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent.
86	1902	The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
87	1903	Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
88	1904	The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
90	1906	Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
90	1906	The triode vacuum tube is invented
90	1906	Electrons are discovered by Thomson
96	1912	The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
97	1913	Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant

Age	Date	Event
12	1828	Gold is discovered in Georgia.
18	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
45	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
46	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
66	1882	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity.
69	1885	NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen.
92	1908	NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
96	1912	White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
97	1913	NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures

Age	Date	Event
14	1830	The U.S. Government begins forcing Cherokee Indians from their homes in what becomes known as the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee hide in the mountains of North Carolina and surrounding states.

Age	Date	Event
4	1820	The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
14	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
19	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
21	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
24	1840	Oregon Trail is established
26	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
39	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
44	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
46	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
47	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
49	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"
52	1868	An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees.
59	1875	Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law.
60	1876	The National League of Baseball is founded
93	1909	The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
94	1910	Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.

Age	Date	Event
17	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico
93	1909	The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe

Marriages

Sarah Peacock
Born about 1838 and died about 1920

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