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Question: Can anyone with an Ancestry!.com membership look up John O'Connelly for me!?
And find out his parent's names and any info as far back as you can go!?

John O'Connelly -

Born in 1720 in Galway, Ireland
Died 1775 in Burke County, NC
Husband of Mary!.!.!.Father of Rebecca


I would appreciate anyone's help! Really!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
This is from a message board on ancestry!.com!.
There are several family trees with John as the forefather!. No one seems to know the parents!.
John or Brian O'Connelly/Connelly
CharlesConnelley (View posts) Posted: 30 Nov 1998 6:00AM

Classification: Query
Surnames: Connelly, O'Connelly, Conely, conley
Although several printed histories of this family list John O'Connelly as the first
member in North Carolina there are no records(tax list, census, land records, will) to
substantiate this claim!. There are several records for Brian Connelly(O'Connolly)in this
area including indication that all of the children listed for John could be Brian's!.

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Brian Connelly

Sightings of Brian/Brine/Bryan/Bryon/Byron Conely/Connelly/Conoly/O'Connelly

(Prepared by Betsy Pittman, 19 April 1994)

1767 - 13-14 Jan (Bryan Connelly) - grantee of 450 A!. on both sides of Mulls Fork, a branch of Elk Creek!. Land is in (now) Catawba County!. Deed is Mecklenburg Co!. Deed 4:70-73!. Grantor was Jacob Whishenhunt!. Both men said to be "of Mecklenburg County"!.

1767 - 5-6 Oct Bryan Connelly & wife Mary (of Rowan County) sell 450 A!. on both sides of Mulls fork a branch of Elk Creek to Gabriel Fry of Prov!. of PA!. [same land as above!.] Mecklenburg Co!. Deed 4:256-259!.

1769 - 9 May (Bryon Conely) - indenture for mulatto to John Oliphant (Rowan County court minutes)!.

1770 - (Brine Conely) with 3 polls on Rowan County list of taxables, "on ye Upper parts of ye Catawba River" (Region above the Horseford)!. [The Horseford was just a bit upstream from the present Highway #321 bridge across the Catawba river!.]

1777 - Burke County was formed from Rowan County!.

1778 - 13 Feb (Bryan Conely) entered 15 acres Island of Catawba River "opisite" to upper end of his own improvements below small free mason creek, Burke County!.

1778 - 26 Feb (Bryan Conely) entered 400 acres on North side Catawba River above mouth of free mason creek, down river for complement, Burke County!.

1778 - 15 Oct (Bryan Connelly) entered 307 acres on north side of Catawba River at mouth of Freemason Creek, Burke County!. [This later became land grant; #360!.]

1779 - 26 May Above 307 acres surveyed for Bryan Connelly; James Moore and Hugh Connelly were chain carriers for survey, Burke County!.

1779 - 2 Jun Land surveyed for John Connelly adjoining Bryan Connolly;chain carriers were James Moore and James Connelly!. [Burke County Land grant #426]

1779 - 27 Aug 450 A!. in Burke Co!. on bith sides of Mulls fork a branch of Elk Creek sold by Daniel McKisick, formerly sheriff of Burke Co!. to Barnet Sigman "since deceased", due to execution from superior court of Salisbury to collect amount due from Gabriel Fry in suit of Bryan Connelly!.

1776-1783 There are two Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers to Bryan Conoly (for public claims) in NC State archives, Raleigh!.

1784 That area of Burke County (present Catawba County, in which lay Bryan Connelly's 450 A!. on both sides of Mulls fork a brabch of Elk Www@QuestionHome@Com