Person:John Kennedy (132)

John Kennedy was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Records of John Kennedy

• 1748 VA; Augusta Co. Records: Tax List: Felix Canaday gone, John Kennedy -gone.

• 1749 NC; Felix and John Kennedy or Canaday, located in the IRISH SETTLEMENT on Sills Creek

• 1753 NC; Anson Co, Felix Kennedy to John Kennedy (land)

• 1754 NC; Anson Co, 16 Mar 1754, Peter Mith to James Land, wit: John Kennedy

• 1753 NC; Anson Co, Felix Kennedy to John Kennedy (Became Lancaster Co. SC)

• 1755 NC/SC; Waxsaw - Col. Pickens Militia lists: Felix Kennedy, John Kennedy, Samuel BURNET, John Lynn

Information on John Kennedy

From "Carolina Cradle", by Robert Ramsey:

Felix and John Kennedy (or Canaday), probably from Kent County, Maryland, entered the Shenandoah Valley prior to 1744. Eleven years later, both were living in the Waxhaw... [Page 43].

From "Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records", by F. Edward Wright:

... (in) the register of St. Peter's Parish in Talbot County, Maryland records the marriage of John Canaday and Margaret Summers [Marget Sumers] on Augusta 17, 1727, and the register of St. Paul's Parish records the birth of their five children between 1728 and 1735, the oldest of which was John Cannaday, born on July 22, 1728.