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Isaac Kelly (Fleming County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and captain 40th KY Inf USA)

b. 1817?

Fleming County, Kentucky, tavern keeper and soldier. Pennsylvania native. Married to Sarah A. Kelly. Father of Sarah C. Kelly, Samuel B. Kelly, Mary M. Kelly, and George A. Kelly. Tailor in Fleming County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Fleming County in 1850. Tavernkeeper in Fleming County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860. Served in the 40th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from July 27, 1863, to December 30, 1864. Postmaster of Mount Carmel in Fleming County from December 7, 1861, to September 21, 1864. Postmaster of Mount Carmel from February 14, 1865, to April 21, 1868.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 352B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 110.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 719.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 477.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 438.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, p. 403 (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Citation

Kelly, Isaac. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211118 (November 12, 2026).

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