Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION
#3378
JOHN KELLY PAPERS
Inventory
Abstract: Papers of John Kelly, his wife, Mary Holden Kelly,
and members of their family, of St. Mary's District,
Orange County, N.C., consisting of twelve legal
papers; six letters, 1824 and 1879-1882, about family
matters, from relatives who had moved to Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Alabama; bonds and wills; and several
hundred receipts for household and farm purchases and
other items.
Online Catalog Terms:
Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century.
Family--Southern States--Social life and customs--19th
century.
Kelly family.
Kelly, John, 1744-1826.
Kelly, Mary Holden.
Kentucky--Social life and customs--19th century.
Migration, Internal--Southern States--History--19th century.
Orange County (N.C.)--Economic conditions.
St. Mary's District (Orange County, N.C.).
Tennessee--Social life and customs--19th century.
Size: About 450 items (0.5 linear feet).
Provenance: Received from David K. Lockhart of Durham, N.C.,
in September 1958.
Access: No restrictions.
Processing Note: This collection was processed with support
from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
or their descendants, as stipulated by United
States copyright law.