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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd,, 1819
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ByA.T.OUTLAV,KenansvilleJU.
(From Last Week's Ktsue)
SUPLWS HISTORY
le to prealnf official duties and
nearness . of the anniversary .
jratfon, A. T. Outlaw, Register
)eeds. now announces the dis
inuous of his historical 'wrtt
i. " . : -;, ;
he Unal. feature, and one of
best, will appear in next week's
e, ; (this -Issue) entitled "The
nana of Duplin soldiers, lefts
ra, statesmen, phllanthroplsto"
1 It is belnr written In rrateful
ognltlon of larce contributions
members of this dlatmrnistted
iljf toward the construetioni of
plin's Kenan Memorial Auditor-a.'v--.;:v-,v,.,,:
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It will be rt called that Outlaw's!
itorlcal work has been appearlnc
Stato, and local newspapers. In
;ekly, Installments, durlnir the
st six months, or loncer. It has
ved a double: purpose. It ' has
de his most Tslusble material
liable to all interested personaT
1 It has been a most .valuable
nuliu to Duplin's 2Mth annayer
rf procram. ' . :
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4 la ten short years. -
Three of the Kenan family, William, Felix
and Thomas, were among the early settlers in,.
Duplin; 'Some accounts of, the famliy say, they'
came from" County Antrim, Ireland, about the:
year 1736. v "
. (1) WILLIAM KENANwas a member of
Captain Sampson's company of militia and at
tended the "Alarm at Wilmington" (Spanish) in
September, 1748. His name: appears as a . wit
ness to a will, dated 1751, and again as a witness
to a deed, dated 1756. There is no further record
of him in Duplin. v. :
(2) Colonel FELIX KENAN, was a member
of Captain Gregg's company of militia in 1754, a
vestryman of Saint Gabriel parish, and a mem
ber of the County Court. He was a member of
the Colonial Assembly in 1762 and for some
years thereafter. He was Sheriff of Duplin in
176a and 1761, and again from 1769 to. 1776. He
was an officer in the militia and a land agent for
Henry- McCulloch..
'Colonel Kena! first, wife was Catherine
Love, widow of Daniel Love and she died soon -after
the 'marriage. The children of her first .
marriage were Captain James Love, who did con
spicious service in the Revolution, and 'Sarah
Love! who became the wife of General James
Kenan. Colonel Kenan's second wife was Cath
erine NorriSj and their children were: (a) Will
iam Kenan, died without issue, (b) Nancy Ke
nan, 'married Harroll Blackmore and their child
ren were Edward and Mary Blackmore. (c) Jane
Kenan, married John Hill and they had several
children, (d) Rose Kenan, "now in England for
his education", year 1781. i ' .
Colonel Zeljx Kpnan djf d abcrutthexlasejoi
the Revolutionary Wale, and his widow died at
the home of General James Kenan, Jan. 9, 1808,
in her 86th year. -
. (3) THOMAS KENAN, was a man of con
siderable prominence and means, though not as
conspicious in public affairs as his brother Fe
lix. He was a memberof Captain Sampson's
company of militia and served as quartermaster
in Captain Gregg's company in 1754-1755. He
first lived in the Grove 'settlement (now Ke-
nansville) and later located on land purchased
" from McCulloch on Turkey branch near the pres
ent Duplin-Sampsoii County line. ; -(i 7 '
His wife was Elizabeth Johnston. Some of
the family records say she was an. English wo
man, of noble ancestry, and that her marriage .
- was against the will of her parents. He died
about the year 1766 and his widow died about
1789. Their children were: (a) General James
Kenan, (b) Colonel Owen Kenan, (c) Captain
Michael Johnston Kenan, (d) Thomas Kenan,
died young, (e) Arabella Kenan, (f) Elizabeth
Kenan, (g) Penelope Kenan, married General
Richard Clintonr for whom the. town of Clinton,
: County seat of Sampson County, was named.
' (h)-Jane Kenan,, married . Captain James Love
and George Morrisey.- .
(4) General JAMES KENAN, see section
3, was" born September 23,1740. When onry'22
years of age he was elected Sheriff of Duplin and
served in that capacity from 1762 to 1766 and
again in 1785 and 1786. H took a prominent '
and leading part in ,; public affair and he was i
Duplin's most outstanding military leader in his -r
day. He lead a company of volunteers to Wil
mington to oppose enforcement of the -British
Stamp Act of 1765 even though a very Outstand
ing citizen of Duplin DT. Houston) had been ap
pointed Stamp Master for JNorth Carolina. At l
various times frm 1773 to 1776 he was a mem-
ber of the Colonial Assembly and of the Provin- 1
cial Congress and served as. a member of the
Wilmington Safety Committee and as chairman
of the Duplin Committee. He was an outstand x
ing patriot andparticipated in the Revolution as '
Colonel of the Duplin militia and performed corp. ,
spicious service in the vicinity of Fayetteville,
Wilmington, Rockfish, and elsewhere.' tDeteiis a
of his operations are in the public records. About
the close of the War he was chosen Brigadier- A
General of State militia, Wihnington district, and
' ' was highly honored by the people of his County. ';
At various times ne was a merauer vi we omw
was a member of the State Constitutional Con
ventions of 1788 and 1789. He was also a Coun
cilor of State and a trustee of the State Univer
sity. . - General Kenan's wife was Sarah Love, dau
ghter of Daniel Love, The general died May 23,
1810,- and his widow died March 22, 1819. In
terment on their plantation near Turkey Branch.
Their children were: (a) Daniel Love Kenan, (b)
Colonel Thomas Kenan, (c) Owen Kenan, died
young, (d) Catherine Kenan, married Thomas
Norment. (e) Susanna Kenan, married Colonel
Joseph Green, (f) Elizabeth Kenan, married
James Price, (g) Sarah Kenan, Married Morri
sey. (h) Jane Kenan, married Hall and they
moved to Florida.
(5) Colonel OWEN KENAN, see section 3,
was born about 1743. He served Duplin as Sher
iff and was an outstanding leader for American
Independence. He was killed in a skirmish with
the Tories in Coharie swamp during the war.
His wife was Miss Routledge and their children
were: (a) Owen Kenan, (b) Catherine Kenan,
married Jarnes HalL (c) Susanna Kenan, mar
ried Kinneair. Possibly other children.
(6) Captain MICHAEL JOHNSTON KE
AN, see section 3, was born August 26, 1746. In
company with many Others he took a stand for In-
" dependence and was one of the signers of Dup
lin's Oath of Allegience in 1777 and served as an
officer in the militia and as a'captain in the State
militia of the Wilmington district. Soon after
the war he moved to Jasper County, Georgia,
and later to Hancock County where he died dur
ing the year 1799.
'-- -"-Captain --Kenan's wife was Anne Holmes,
sister of Governor Gabriel Holmes, of Sampson
. County. She died during the year 1816. Their
. children -were: (a) Thomas Holmes Kenan, (b)
Mary Kenan, married Richard Carew and Mr.
Curtis, (c) Gabriel Holmes Kenan, (d) Michael
Johnston Kenan, married Mrs. Deveraux and
- they had several children, (e) Elizabeth Kenan,
married Abram Boreland and they had several
children, (f ) Owen Holmes Kenan, married Mar
tha Marks, (g) James.Kenan. (h) Hardy Holmes
Kenan, (i) Ann Holmes Kenan, (j) Lewis
.Holmes Kenan, (k) Arabella Kenan, married Dr.
William McClure. '
(7) ARABELLA KENAN,
married Andrew Mclntire who
: the public records at times as
- which means that his ancestors
the nobility. They had a son James Mclntire and
probably' others. ;
(8) ELIZABETH KENAN, see section 3,
married Colonel Thomas Torrans of Dobbs (now
Lenoir) County and they had several children.
A daughter married Reverend Samuel Stan
ford who was a leading Presbyterian minister
and educator in Duplin for many years.
(9j DANIEL LOVE KENAN, see section 4,
served as Sheriff in Duplin and as a member of
the State House of Commons; He married Mary
James and Elizabeth James and there were sev
eral children. This family moved to Florida.
" . 10) Colonel THOMAS KENAN, see section
'""4, was born on Turkey branch in Duplin, Febru-
ry 26, 1,771. He was educated by private tutors
iand served as a,member of the State House of
v Commdris and of the State Senate; elected a mem
ber of Ihe United StatestCongress and served
-from fclirch 4, 1805 to March 3, 1811; moved to
' SelmaV Dallas County, Alabama, .in 1833, and
' served tor a number of' ye$rs as a member of the
? V. Alabama House of Representatives. ,He died
' " Octobeir 22, 1843."
v Colonel Kenan's wife was Mary -Rand of
4 I Wake County and their children were: (a) Cath-
J Serine Kenan, (b) Sarah Kenan, (c) Major Owen
' Rand Kenan, (d) Julia Kenan, (e) James Kenan
. , (f ) Tnoinas Kenan. (g John R. Kenan', married
! ?! sMrsi' Louise Kimball, (h) .'Daniel Love Kenan,
married Tollie Cove, (i) William Kenan, married
( t Rebecca , McGee, , (j)( Mary E,- Kenan, married
lCrVChauncy;WiUiams, Graham. f , sc: ' "
'r Vftljt THOMAS HOLMES KENAN, see. sec
tion 6, was born in Duplin, 1774, and moved witn
see section 3,
is described in
a "gentleman"
ranked next to
House of Commons and of the State Senate and a ; : Y his parents to Georgia. , He located at Milledge
ville, Baldwin County, where he was closely and
prominently identified with public affairs for
many years, serving as U. S. District Marshal
and in various other positions of public trust. He
died March 17, 1837.
His wife was Mrs. Aurelia (Gray) Powell
and their children were: (a) Colonel Augustus
Holmes Kenan, (b) Michael Johnston Kenan,
(c) Uriah Threatt Kenan, married John T. Lamar
and William L. Gordon, (d) Arabella Kenan,
married James U. Horn and left a large and prom
inent family, (e) Anne Holmes Kenan, married
Sam Beecher and William G. Robinson.
( 12 ) Major OWEN RAND KENAN, see sec
tion 10, was born in Duplin, March 4, 1804. He
was a militia officer, member State House of
Commons and of the Confederate Congress. His
home place "Liberty Hall" in the town of Ke
nansville is still standing and is now owned by
his grandson, Col. Owen H. Kenan of New York
and Florida. He died March 3, 1887.
Major Kenan's wife was Sarah Rebecca Gra
ham, daughter of Dr. Stephen Graham, and their
children were: (a) Colonel Thomas Stephen Ke
nan, 1838-1911, was one of the outstanding law
yer oi the State. He entered the service of the
Confederacy as Captain of the Duplin Rifles and
later became Colonel of the 43rd N. C. Regiment.
He was a member of the State House of Com
mons, Attorney-General of the State, and Clerk
of the State Supreme Court. A portrait of him
hangs on the wall in Duplin courtroom. Colonel
Kenan's wife was Sarah Dortch and they had no
children, (b) Captain James Graham Kenan.
He was a Confederate officer, Sheriff and Legis
lator. His wife was Annie H. Hill and their chil
dren were: Col. Owen Hill Kenan; Emily Howard
Kenan; Thomas S. Kenan, business man of At
lanta; Graham Kenan, lawyer, died in "flu" epi
demic of 1918; and Fannie Hill Kenan, died in
infancy, (c) Captain William Rand Kenan.
He was a Confederate officer from Duplin, and
later located in Wilmington. His wife was Mary
Hargrave of Chapel Hill and their children
were: Mary Lily Kenan, married Henry Morrison
Flagler, Standard Oil capitalist and founder of
the Florida East Coast Railway, and after his
death she married Judge Robert Worth Bingham,
American Ambassador to Great Britain; Jessie
H. Kenan, married J. C. Wise; William Rand
Kenan, capitalist and philanthropist, of New
York City; Sarah Graham Kenan, married Gra
ham Kenan, (d) Annie Dickson Kenan, never
married.
(13) Colonel AUGUSTUS HOLMES KE
NAN, see section 11, was a lawyer of Milledge
ville, Baldwin County, Georgia, and has been de
scribed as one of the ablest criminal lawyers of
his time. He was a soldier in the Seminole War,
and a member of the Confederate Congress at
Richmond.
Colonel Kenan married Henrietta G. Alston
and Sarah Barnes, and the children, probably by
the first marriage, were: (a) Henrietta A. Kenan,
(b) Ella Kenan, (c) Martha Kenan, (d) Lewis
Holmes Kenan. He was a lawyer and practiced
for many years in Milledgeville. (e) Dr. Thomas
Holmes Kenan. He was a physician and practiced
for many years in Milledgeville, moving to At
lanta, where he died.
(14) MICHAEL JOHNSTON KENAN, see
section 11, lived at Milledgeville and was a law
yer by profession but gave it up on account of
deafness and became a cotton planter.
His wife was Catherine Ann Spalding and
their children were: (a) Sarah Aurelia Kenan,
married Dr. Charles H. Hall and they had sev
eral Children, (b) Dr. Spalding Kenan, a surgeon
in the Confederate Army, (c) Catherine Clifford
Kenan, married Capt. William W. Williamson,
a lawyer, and they had several children, (d) Col.
Owen Thomas Kenan. He was a soldier of the
Spanish-American and World Wars and was ac
tive in military affairs from early life. He has
been described as a natural born soldier, and his
military activities brought him honor, promotion,
and distinction. - His wife was Lizzie B. White,
daughter of Dr. Samuel G. White, and they had
several children.
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