Charles Dean O'Kelley
1756 - 1810 (54 years)
Person ID: I3001
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Name Charles Dean O'Kelley Born 1756 Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, United States 
Gender Male Died 1810 Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States Buried O'Kelley Whitehead Cemetery, Comer, Madison, Georgia, United States [1] gravestones\OKELLEY Charles d1810 Siblings None -
Family
Wife Mary Polly Crowder, b. 25 Dec 1757, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States , d. 12 Nov 1842, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States (Age 84 years) Children 1. Elizabeth Dean "Betsey" O'Kelley, b. 22 Oct 1781, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States , d. 15 Feb 1859, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States (Age 77 years)2. George Washington O'Kelley, b. 1783, Virginia, United States , d. 28 Dec 1849, Madison, Georgia, United States (Age 66 years)+ 3. Francis P. O'Kelly, b. 1790, Virginia, United States , d. Bef 1870 (Age < 79 years)4. James O'Kelley, b. 26 Aug 1792, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States , d. 23 Sep 1862 (Age 70 years)5. Polly Crowder O'Kelley, b. 1797, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States , d. 1870, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States (Age 73 years) -
Other Personal Events
DAR ID A085952 Family Search ID LZNW-Q41 Military Service From 1775 to 1783 [2] American Revolution, patriotic service - While not a member of the armed services, his service as a civilian during the war was sufficient to earn him recognition as a patriot for inclusion in the DAR. "Provided a substitute" means that he paid someone else to go fight on his behalf.
DAR listing:
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Service Description: 1) PROVIDED A SUBSTITUTE, 1779
From the Find a Grave entry: Charles appears on the Mecklenburg Virginia Militia at the age of 19 with Militia Lt John Farrar the second cousin of Thomas Jefferson as his substitute
_UID 5615F5D44E904C4695FD4CA5753F5E94CD80 - While not a member of the armed services, his service as a civilian during the war was sufficient to earn him recognition as a patriot for inclusion in the DAR. "Provided a substitute" means that he paid someone else to go fight on his behalf.
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Photos gravestones\OKELLEY Charles d1810
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Event Map
Born - 1756 - Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, United States 
Died - 1810 - Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States 
Buried - - O'Kelley Whitehead Cemetery, Comer, Madison, Georgia, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S1247] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for Charles O'Kelley (1756–1810), Find a Grave Memorial no. 60043795, citing O'Kelley Whitehead Cemetery, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Rick OKelley (contributor 47365062) ..
- [S1389] Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogy Research Center, "Ancestor Database - Revolutionary Era Ancestors", (Washington, D.C.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 2022), Daughters of the American Revolution (https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=1)., Charles Dean O'Kelley #A085952.
- [S1247] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for Charles O'Kelley (1756–1810), Find a Grave Memorial no. 60043795, citing O'Kelley Whitehead Cemetery, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Rick OKelley (contributor 47365062) ..