Rev James O'Kelly
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1735/00/00 | James O'Kelly is born. | Born | |||||
| 1777/00/00 | Appointed as a Methodistcircuit riderin 1777, O'Kelly organizes preaching circuits on the frontier in central and southeastern North Carolina during theAmerican Revolutionary War. | Vocation | |||||
| 1784/12/00 | Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States was established. Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke are ordained as its first bishops and James O'Kelly an elder. | Vocation | Lovely Lane Methodist Church | Baltimore, MD | American Methodist Christmas Conference | ||
| 1794/00/00 | Reverand O'Kelly moves to northeastern Chatham County, buys a small farm and establishes the first Christian Church in the South. | Vocation | O'Kelly's Chapel | Farrington | |||
| 1794/00/00 | O'Kelly leaves the Methodist Episcopal Church in to establish a movement which became known as the Christian Church. | Vocation | |||||
| 1810/00/00 | Ravenscroft joins the Republican Methodists, a small sect led by James O'Kelly. | Pastor | O'Kelly's Chapel | Farrington | |||
| 1826/10/16 | O'Kelly continues to lead his church and preach throughout northeastern Chatham County until his death in 1826. | Died |
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