Carroll County GaArchives Biographies.....KELLEY,, W. W., REV. 1847 - 
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Author: S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., 1986
REV. W. W. KELLEY, Baptist minister, Whitesburg, Carroll Co., Ga., son of
Andrew Wilson and Elizabeth J. (Pitts) Kelley, was born in Coweta county, Ga., 
in 1847. His paternal grandparents, John and Mary (Hews) Kelley, were natives 
of North Carolina, and came to Georgia about 1810. His grandfather was a 
soldier in the War of 1812. Mr. Kelley's father was born in North Carolina, 
came to Georgia with his father, and had a very fair education for his day. He 
was a member of the Baptist church and a man of considerable prominence in his 
day. His maternal grandparents, Archey and Charlotte (Burnett) Pitts, were 
South Carolinians, were Baptists, and early settlers of Georgia. Mr. Kelley 
was reared on a farm and received a good common-school education, and attended 
a theological school at Greenville, S. C. a part of one term in 1873. His 
father being a poor man, he earned the money himself to pay for his higher 
education. In 1863 he became his father's substitute in Company G, Second 
Georgia regiment, and served two months, when he was relieved. During this 
time he was sent to Grayville, Tenn., to engage in a battle, but it had been 
fought before he and his comrades reached the field. In 1864 he enlisted in 
Company I (Capt. J. Johnson), Bell's battalion, his' company performing guard 
duty most of the time. He began life after the war very poor, but feels that 
he has been wonderfully sustained and blessed by Providence. He was ordained a 
Baptist minister in 1871, but the first pastorate to which he was called was 
that of Whitesburg in 1874, since which time he has been actively engaged in 
the Master's service. He is now pastor of the churches of Central Hatchee, 
Heard Co.; Corinth
(at Banning), and Salem, Carroll Co., and Effices, in Douglas county, Ga. He 
aided in the organization of the three last named, and also in the 
organization of Friendship, in Heard county, and Friendship and Ebenezer, in 
Douglas county. He was pastor of Friendship for fifteen months. In addition to 
this arduous work he taught school in 1874-75-76 and a part of 1877. During 
his ministry he had baptized about 1,000 persons and made scores of couples 
happy by uniting them in marriage. Rev. Mr. Kelley was married to Miss 
Elizabeth T., daughter of James D. Moore, a pioneer settler, in 1877, who has 
borne him five children, of whom three, James A., William B. and Charles 5., 
are living, and two, Carrie E. (Mrs. Van D. Sewell) and Thomas Mercer are 
dead. Rev. Mr. Kelley is a master Mason and Mrs. Kelley is a member of the 
Baptist church. He has a fine farm and comfortable residence in the edge of 
Whitesburg, is an exemplary Christian minister, and a useful and very highly 
esteemed citizen. To Andrew W. and Elizabeth Kelley ten children were born, 
eight sons-and two daughters. Of these W.W., Thomas A. James M. were ordained 
Baptist ministers, and actively engaged in the ministry. Andrew W. died in 
infancy and Newton Calvin at the age of eighteen. J. M. and Mary K. were 
twins. The latter married Mr. Capes, and the other sister, Amanda J., is the 
wife of W. M. Hunter.


Additional Comments:
From the book "Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, 
published in 1896. Author S. Emmett Lucas, Jr. 

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