Display Patriot - P-228686 - James KENNEY/KINNEY/KENNY Sr
James KENNEY/KINNEY/KENNY Sr
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P-228686
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Memorial plaque at Bourbon County, KY Courthouse. GPS coordinates: 38.213000, -84.249820
photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
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Author: Paul David Banister
James Kenney, Sr. (1752-1814) was born in Augusta County Virginia, near Staunton. He married there in 1771 to Mary Frame, daughter of David Frame.
Kenney came to Boonsborough in April 1776 and lived there until June 1776. He brought with him his brother Joseph. James met frontiersman Michael Stoner at Boonesborough and Mr. Stoner invited James and Joseph to come to his improvement on what was to become known as Stoner Creek, near Paris, Kentucky in Bourbon County. Mr. Stoner gave James 50 acres of land in payment for stocking a shovel plough for him. James liked the look of Kentucky and decided to settle there. Returning to Virginia, he served in the Revolutionary war in Captain Joseph Crockett's Company, 7th Virginia Militia. James was taken prisoner Oct. 4, 1778 at Germantown. Joseph was killed. At the close of the war James brought his family to his land on Stoner Creek. Polly Kenney, the fourth child, told her children she remembered the long trip on horseback as she sat in front of her father in the same saddle. In the "History of Bourbon County," James Kenney is listed along with the first people to raise corn, "The first corn ever raised in Bourbon County was in 1775, by John Cooper, near Hinkston Creek. Thomas Whitledge, James Kenney and several others raised corn on a quarter an acre or two each.” James Kenney was a farmer all of his life, successfully raising large crops of hemp, then a comparatively new staple in the State. He was one of the original trustees of the Bourbon County Academy in 1799 and from it at a later time public schools evolved. James and Mary Frame Kenney had 8 children. She died in 1796. In 1799, James married Margaret Johnson and they had 10 children. James died in 1814. He owned several acres of land on the Stoner and willed it to his wife and children when he died. James as well as both of his wives and other members of the family was buried in the Kenney Graveyard on his farm on Stoner Creek. Copied from old Kenney Bible by Corday Leer Buckley
Born the year of our Lord 1752, Nov 29, James Kenney, Sr. Born May 14, 1747, Mary Kenney, wife of James Kenney. David Kenney was born in the year of our Lord, Jan 26, 1772. Elizabeth Kenney was born Oct 10, 1773. John Kenney was born July 8, 1775 Polly Kenney was born July 4, 1779 James Kenney, Jr. was born July 24, 1782 Moses Kenney was born April 4, 1784. Sallie Kenney was born July 24, 1786 Nancy Kenney Aug 4, 1788 Peggy Kenney, 2nd wife of James Kenney was born the 11th day of Jan., 1770. Marie Kenney was born Mch 18, 1800. Abby Kenney was born Oct 8, 1801 Helena Kenney was born Jan 7, 1804 Joseph B. Kenney was born Jan 19, 1806 Napoleon Kenney was born Feb 12, 1808 Charlotte Corday Kenney was born Dec 12, 1809 Victor Mareau Kenney was born Dec 14, 1812. Peggy Kenney was born Dec 14, 1813. Mary Ann Kenney was born May 20, 1815.
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