Connelly

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="d4d20643.gif"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="44078100.gif" border=0 width="120" height="16" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.connellyclan.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.connellyclan.com/"><U><IMG SRC="426351b0.gif" border=0 width="53" height="27" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:JpCantrell2000@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:JpCantrell2000@aol.com"><U><IMG SRC="4252d340.gif" border=0 width="45" height="52" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cantrell Family Website</B></FONT>     |   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Website"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Connelly</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="318" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#339933" BORDERCOLORDARK="#336600" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 328 WIDTH="302"><div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Margaret "Peggy" Connelly</B></FONT> <A NAME="connelly_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>Birth: 8 AUG 1779 -- Guilford Co. North Carolina </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Father: Henry Connelly</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Wife1. Mother: Ann MacGregor </B></div> <div> <B>  Wife2. Temperance Blair</B></div> <div> <B>Siblings*</B></div> <div> <B>Edmund Connelly Sr.</B></div> <div> <B>Thomas Connelly Sr.</B></div> <div> <B>Margaret Peggy Connelly</B></div> <div> <B>David Conley Sr.</B></div> <div> <B>Rachel Connelly</B></div> <div> <B>Henry Connelly Jr.</B></div> <div> <B>Elizabeth L. "Becky" Connelly</B></div> <div> <B>William Connelly</B></div> <div> <B>Joseph Connelly</B></div> <div> <B>John Conley Sr.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="467" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#339933" BORDERCOLORDARK="#111111" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1552 WIDTH="455"><div> <B>Notes: on Margaret "Peggy" Connelly Father:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Henry Connelly"</B></div> <div> <B>Notes </B></div> <div> <B>1   "Revolutionary War Patriot. Consecrated to preserving and </B></div> <div> <B>expanding this great nation."Henry was born and spent his </B></div> <div> <B>formative years in Chester Co. Pennsylvania. His father Thomas </B></div> <div> <B>was frequently traveling and he was raised by his mother's </B></div> <div> <B>family, the Van Harlingens. The extent of their influence can be </B></div> <div> <B>seen in his Rev. War pension and his heavy Dutch accent. During </B></div> <div> <B>the battle of Cowpens, Henry's troops exhibited great valor, and </B></div> <div> <B>came to be known as "the Dutch Company" in honor of Henry. </B></div> <div> <B>After the war, Henry moved his family to Hager Hill Kentucky </B></div> <div> <B>from Guilford Co. North Carolina, near Winston-Salem. Here Henry </B></div> <div> <B>and Ann lived out the rest of their years. Henry Connelly was a </B></div> <div> <B>Captain of Cavalry in the War of Independence, in North </B></div> <div> <B>Carolina. The record of this service is contained in the </B></div> <div> <B>declaration made in application for a pension, now on file in </B></div> <div> <B>the Bureau of Pensions, Wahington D.C.:Pension Date 15 Aug 1833. </B></div> <div> <B>Currently a resident of Floyd Co. Kentucky. That he entered the </B></div> <div> <B>service and commanded one hundred state troops of North Carolina </B></div> <div> <B>(called militia) as the captain thereof on the 7th day of July </B></div> <div> <B>1777, for five years. This applicant's company was ahorse </B></div> <div> <B>company and was raised for the especial purpose of keeping down </B></div> <div> <B>a daring Tory Colonel by the name of Fanning who made several </B></div> <div> <B>daring attempts in the neighborhood of Salisbury and Charlotte. </B></div> <div> <B>During the first year, by orders of his colonel, the company </B></div> <div> <B>traversed and marched to Rowan and Guilford in order to keep </B></div> <div> <B>Fanning and his confederates down. The general rendezvous area </B></div> <div> <B>was Haw Ford on the Haw River. These counties and the adjacent </B></div> <div> <B>neighborhood was assigned to the applicant's charge by His </B></div> <div> <B>Excellency the Governor of North Carolina in the month of June </B></div> <div> <B>1778. During the winter of 1778, the men suffered much for </B></div> <div> <B>clothes and every necessary, and our forage master frequently </B></div> <div> <B>had to press forage for our perishing horses. Continental money </B></div> <div> <B>was then one hundred for one - applicant could not get breakfast </B></div> <div> <B>for $100 in Continental money. Actively participated at the </B></div> <div> <B>battle of Colson's Mills in May 1780. Durng the fall of this </B></div> <div> <B>year, this company abandoned the district of protection and </B></div> <div> <B>under Colonel Davis and General Davidson, opposed the passage of </B></div> <div> <B>Lord Cornwallis through North Carolina. At the approach of </B></div> <div> <B>Cornwallis to Charlotte, the troops posted themselves to meet </B></div> <div> <B>the enemy. This company then received the first onset from </B></div> <div> <B>Tarleton's Cavalry. General Nathanial Greene took comand of us </B></div> <div> <B>all in 1780. After marching to several places, now under General </B></div> <div> <B>Morgan, it was reported that Tarleton's men were after us and a </B></div> <div> <B>terrible conflict ensued at the Cowpens. We were victorious and </B></div> <div> <B>took many supplies and soldiers prisoner. It was January 1781 </B></div> <div> <B>and raining during the battle. Later fought at the battle of </B></div> <div> <B>Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina. The troops were defeated </B></div> <div> <B>and his men ran in panic back to their homes. The Governor gave </B></div> <div> <B>him a leave due to illness and lack of men. he tried all summer </B></div> <div> <B>to rally his men but their cry was "No Pay" and that their </B></div> <div> <B>families needed them. He then went over into Virginia and raised </B></div> <div> <B>a small volunteer company for three months to join General </B></div> <div> <B>Washington at Little York (Yorktown). However, Yorktown was </B></div> <div> <B>taken before they arrived. At the end of the wwar he received a </B></div> <div> <B>thanks from the Governor of North Carolina. Family history </B></div> <div> <B>recorded in a Bible by his father Thomas (In Dutch) After North </B></div> <div> <B>Carolina, lived three years in Montgomery County Virgina, then </B></div> <div> <B>moved to Floyd Co. His Captains commission was from Governor </B></div> <div> <B>Burke of North Carolina. He was at the battle of Hillsboro and </B></div> <div> <B>had nineteen of his horsemen killed on the field, and sevn died </B></div> <div> <B>later form wounds. The time he had off, was spent with his </B></div> <div> <B>relatives in Montgomery Co. Virginia. This was the group he </B></div> <div> <B>raised the volunteer company from. Several witnesses verified </B></div> <div> <B>his testimony, one man said Captain Connelly's company was </B></div> <div> <B>chiefly made up of Dutch soldiers. The lawyer who transcriped </B></div> <div> <B>his testimony said he was a Dutchman and could hardly understand </B></div> <div> <B>a word he said. His claim was allowed, however, and he received </B></div> <div> <B>150 dollars per annum along with 160 acre of Ohio land. This was </B></div> <div> <B>probably sold since many man did not want to go to Ohio. His </B></div> <div> <B>widow Temperance received 600 dollars per annum after his death </B></div> <div> <B>due to the small amount he received during life. The North </B></div> <div> <B>Carolina Comptroller's office stated Captain Connelly's account </B></div> <div> <B>was "the best history of the Revolutionary struggle from 1777 to </B></div> <div> <B>1781, in the middle counties of North Carolina which I have ever </B></div> <div> <B>seen. There are not five men in the state who could have written </B></div> <div> <B>so concise and correct a history.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="397" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#000000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#339933" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 280 WIDTH="385"><div> <B>Children of ELIJAH CANTRELL and PEGGY CONNELLY are:</B></div> <div> <B>        i.        JOHN6 CANTRELL, b. 1798, North Carolina; d. Bet. 1852 - 1860, Paint Creek, Morgan Co., Ky..</B></div> <div> <B>CANTRELL, b. 1804, North Carolina.</B></div> <div> <B>HENRY CANTRELL, b. 1806, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Johnson Co. Ky..</B></div> <div> <B>FRANCES CANTRELL, b. Abt. 1807, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1870, Rule Branch, Johnson Co., Ky..</B></div> <div> <B>BETSY CANTRELL, b. Abt. 1808, North Carolina; m. JAMES FLEETWOOD, May 18, 1822, Floyd Co., Ky; b. Abt. 1805.</B></div> <div> <B>RACHEL CANTRELL, b. Abt. 1815, North Carolina.</B></div> <div> <B>ESTER (ALSEY) CANTRELL, b. 1815; d. Johnson Co. Ky..</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cantrell Family Tree"><U><B><IMG SRC="dbd96320.gif" border=0 width="150" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>