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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 Creek, now lies in Lincoln County.
1788 - 2 Jul Bryan O'Connelly deeded 100 acres to Hugh F. Connelly; proved by Jean Connelly, Burke County. Registered Jan session 1793.
1790 Burke County census does not show Bryan Connelly. It does show Wm. Conally with two males of 16 and upward. It is believed that one of these is Bryan, for it is to William Connelly that the brothers and sisters sell their portion of the estate. [See next entry.] It is felt that Bryan lived out his days in the homeplace, with son William, as head of household.
1796 - Jan John Connelly, James Connelly, Hugh Connelly, Elizabeth Bellew, and Rebekah Gibbbs deed 117 acres of land (dated Jan 1796) to William Connelly. Proven by William Connelly Jr., Burke County. [This appears to be the settling of their father's estate, Jan 1796 court.]
1800 - Oct Registration in Lincoln county of deed 20:6 (see suit dated 27 Aug 1779, above).
[Note: Lord Granville died in 1763. From his death, when his land office was closed, until the state's land office opened in 1778, there was supposedly no legal way to gain clear title to land in the Granville District. Burke County land lay totally within the Granville District. However, "where there's a will, there's a way". We find that several men from Burke County went to Mecklenburg County and acquired Mecklenburg County deeds for Burke County land at this time.]
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This paper was from the Morganton, Burke Co., NC Library and was copied for me this summer
by William S. Conley who is a decendant of Henry Highland Conley.
If you have any information you could share it would be greatly apprecited.
Charles W. Connelly
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