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Kelleytown is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Georgia, United States. Kelleytown is within the postal limits of McDonough, GA and as such, most residents list McDonough as their city. The community is located just eight miles (13 km) northeast of the historic downtown McDonough Square. The community has produced many prominent Henry Countians including Congressmen, a mayor, commissioners, judges, attorneys, politicians, educators, and many professional, highly respected businessmen and women. Kelleytown Road takes you to a four-way stop that is the very heart of the community. In its day, three sisters and a brother each had a home on the corners of this crossroad. Large, plantation-style homes that sat back from the road with their expansive front lawns and breezy porches set the scene for wonderful community get-togethers. On one corner stands perhaps the most popular and defining landmark of a rural community, the country store. The cotton gin once stood on the other corner. Just down Airline Road is Kelley Presbyterian Church, where most of the whites in Kelleytown worshipped. Going east (in the other direction) is Kelley Chapel Baptist where most blacks who lived and worked in the community attended worship. About a mile before the crossroads is a spot on Kelleytown Road where Pleasant Grove School once stood. These sites provided the backdrop for life in Kelleytown. Neighborly and quaint, the area is known today for its excellent public schools and the quality, family-friendly neighborhoods that dot its landscape. Many people mistakenly spell "Kellytown" without the second "E"; however, it is spelled "Kelleytown." ==History== :"Kelleytown was a place where happiness was a state of mind - the boys there were handsome and athletic and walked the world with confidence. Rather than being country, the girls were like princesses. They were the most popular and talented, and they were all you ever wanted to be. And relations between the blacks and the whites who lived there were that of community." - Mary Jane Owen, 2004 ---- Kelleytown (known in the early 20th century as Kelleystown) is an unincorporated center whose inhabitants made many worthwhile contributions to Henry County history. The people of Kelleytown are known for their hospitable Southern charm. Southern history is, more than any other region, the history of its families. The names Chafin, Crumbley, Elliott, Owen, Hightower, Phillips, and Thompson figure prominently in the community. It is from the Kelley family, one of Henry County’s founding families, that Kelleytown Community and Kelley Presbyterian Church derived their names. The 1850 Henry County Census notes ten people with the Kelley surname. White House Community became established around the homestead of a first settler Silas Moseley, and Kelleytown Community around that of his brother Benjamin Moseley (1787–1851). Reuben Kelley (1800–1875), another first settler of Henry County, married Mary Moseley (1807–1895), a daughter of Benjamin, and settled nearby. According to land ownership records and census data, Reuben Kelley was originally from Greene County. Today their old homeplace remains in a dilapidated state off of Kelleytown Road, and the original Kelley family graveyard is in the back of the property. There are ten graves, including three that are unmarked. All the monuments have fallen from their bases and are weatherworn. Several of the Kelleys served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Thomas Hughey Kelley (1832–1865), son of Reuben and Mary, enlisted March 6, 1862 and served in Company I of the 44th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Doles-Cook Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, of the Confederate States Army. At the time of the War he was in his mid-30s and had a wife and three young children at home. He was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 10, 1864, and held prisoner by the Yankees at Fort Delaware where he died of disease contracted in the prison. He is buried in Finns Point National Cemetery in New Jersey. Captain Henry Holcombe Kelley (1834–1910) married Alice Cloud Elliott and they lived and reared their family at the crossroads at Kelleytown. The couple had four children: son, Thomas Cloud (1869–1963) and daughters Kate, Maude, and Elon. Kate married Edgar Owen, Maude married Henry Owen, and Elon married Manse Crumbley. All continued to live in Kelleytown. Henry was one of Henry County’s prominent and most widely known citizens. A June 1885 issue of ''The Henry County Weekly'' proclaims that "H.H. Kelley has the best patch of cotton in his district." He was a confederate veteran, and during the Civil War commanded a company in the Nineteenth Georgia Regiment. Another article in ''The Henry County Weekly'' states, "Beneath the giant oaks that form the beautiful grove near Mr. Henry Kelley's home on the 8th day of August 1900, was held the reunion of Company B, 2nd Georgia Battalion, Georgia Reserves. This was the first time these comrades had met since they parted more than 30 years ago." Following in the footsteps of his father, Thomas Cloud Kelley (known as “T.C.”) was a successful entrepreneur and owned over of land that featured a working farm, cotton plantation, cotton gin, sawmill, and dairy in Kelleytown. As such, he was respected as a progressive businessman in Henry County. He took an active interest in the welfare and further building of the County in all areas for most of his life. He was a public-spirited man, having formerly served as commissioner from 1917-1920. He was a Freemason, and a charter member of the old White House Masonic Lodge. John Thompson (1803–1881) and wife Jane Elliott (1807–1879) lived at Benjamin Moseley’s old home. W.F. Chafin (1840–1908) a member of a large Henry County family lived nearby, and members of his family became allies with the Kelleys. L.P. Owen (1848–1921) and wife Elizabeth Crumbley lived there and were the parents of the Kelleytown Owens. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kelleytown, Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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