Third Generation14. William O* Kelley was born in 1779.10 as shown by poll-taxes paid for him by his father until he was 21 yrs. old and Alethea Jane Macon in her book claims he remained in Va when his father an mother moved to GA. He was the first grandchild to be born in America, William was named after his parternal grandfather William Kelley' He might have been the father of the below William Kelley b 1801 in Mecklenburg VA who moved to Washington Co Arkansas in about 1840. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KELLEY/2001-07/0995749629 Webmaster's comments in Red. When Charles and Mary moved to Oglethorpe about 1805, William remained in Mecklenburg Co VA maybe to help take care of his grandparents who could have still be alive at that time. William Kelley had the following children:
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*Source for O of the middle name is the Whiteheaddna.com website where he is listed as William O O'Kelley but at the time of his birth his father was not yet using the O'Kelley name and was using the Kelley name without the O' something William's descended continued.