return to Miscellaneous
Contributed by: Russell James
1802 Feb 4 Hanson Kelly and Susan Clark are married in New Hanover County, North
Carolina. Bondsman was Samuel Bludworth. Witness was Thomas F. Davis.
Source: Jean McCall Coleman Olin@puritanproject.com
182? Kelly family moves to Pensacola.
1830 Census, population schedule, Escambia County, West of Escambia River, page 61, line 14
Kelley, Hanson
3 males 5-10?
1 male 50-60?
2 females 10-15
3 females 15-20
1 female 30-40
2 slave males 0-10
1 slave male 24-36
2 slave females 0-10
1 slave female 24-36
1831 Nov 24 Hanson Kelly appointed postmaster of Pensacola
Source: “Postmasters of Pensacola, Florida, 1821-1962.” Archives Division, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Escambia County, Florida.
1833 Hanson Kelly is listed for the first time in the Pensacola Gazette as postmaster. There are missing
years 1831-1832. In 1830, another man is listed as postmaster.
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 18 January 1833, p. 3
Hanson Kelly is on the board of directors of the Bank of Pensacola
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 25 January 1833, p. 2
Hanson Kelly is operating an import/export business
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 25 January 1833, p. 2
1837 Jan 23 Signed a petition to Congress asking for the establishment of a steamboat mail
route from Pensacola to Mobile.
Source: Territorial papers
1840 Census, Florida, Escambia County, page 19, line 20
Found in the census in the household of his father Hanson Kelly
Hanson Kelly had one son 5-10, one son 15-20, two sons 20-30, one daughter 0-5,
Two daughters 20-30, and a wife 40-50. He also owned 3 male slaves 0-10, one
Male slave 36-55, 1 female slave 0-10, 2 female slaves 24-36, and one female
Slave 36-55.
Source: 1840 U.S. Census, population schedule, Florida, Escambia County, page 19, line 20.
1841 Mar 27 Hanson Kelly ran for mayor against B. D. Wright. Wright won.
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 27 Mar 1841, p. 4
Hanson Kelly’s import/export business included ownership of an ice house
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 10 Apr 1841, p. 2
1850 Census: page 127, household 81 Escambia County
KELLY Hansen 73 port master NC
Hannah 60 NC should be Susan
W.W.I. 34 lawyer NC should be W. W. J.
Frederick 29 NC
Blakely 23 NC probably Hanson, Jr.
1855 May 11 Hanson Kelly died in this year intestate and his estate was handled by Hanson Kelly, Jr., who does not show up on any of the census returns (may have been Blakely).
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 12 May 1855, p. 2
Source: Hanson Kelly probate record, Escambia County Clerk of the Court Archives, file number 0-616-CP-03
Source: St. Michael’s Cemetery book
Jun 25 Susan Kelly died.
Source: Pensacola Gazette, 30 Jun 1855, p. 2
Source: St. Michael’s Cemetery book