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Lt. Richard Kennon (-1805) of “Finewood,” Mecklenburg County, served in the Fifth Virginia Regiment during the Revolution, was promoted to brigadier-general of the State troops, and was among the first members of the Society of Cincinnati. Kennon married Elizabeth Mumford, a daughter of Col. Robert Munford of “Richland,” Mecklenburg County, 16 May (bond) 1780, and they were the parents of nine children.
Kennon represented Mecklenburg County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1788-92) and at the Convention of 1788. He was in the State Senate for Brunswick, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Greensville counties (1798-1802), and served as its speaker, 1800-02. The Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography devotes a topic to Kennon.
Mecklenburg County taxed Kennon on 23 horses and 28 slaves in 1800.
Richard Kennon died in the Louisiana Territory where he was serving as governor (will dated 4 Feb. 1805, recorded 8 April 1805). Elizabeth was residing in Warrenton County, North Carolina, in 1807 when she gave a power of attorney to her brother William Mumford.
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