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| Birth: | 22 OCT 1792 in Moore County, North Carolina |
| Death: | 20 AUG 1862 in Lauderdale County, Alabama |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | David Kennedy b. 20 JAN 1768 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mother: | Joanah Moore b. 17 JUL 1766 in Orange County, North Carolina |
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Burial: AUG 1862 in Kennedy-Stutts Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Alabama
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Hiram Kennedy and his family moved to Lauderdale County, Alabama about 1824; at this time, they had four children. He was one of the first to buy land in Lauderdale County; the Government first sold land grants in Lauderdale County on March 5, 1818, and he bought a land grant on June 19 of that year (the earliest grants were signed by the President). Eventually, he owned over two thousand acres in this county near the village of Green Hill, about fifteen miles from Florence on the Military Road -- now Jackson Highway. The Kennedy home was east of the highway before Green Hill, and other land was west of the home on Shoal Creek at a community called Cowpens. The home stood until about 1944, but as none of the family had lived in it since 1875, it had greatly deteriorated. Originally, it was a fine house of considerable size. The woodwork -- mantels, door, and window frames and wainscoating in the principal rooms were all hand carved. There is still evidence of a gun factory northeast of where the home stood.
The family cemetery is south (and across a dirt road) from where the home stood; in 1957 a new fence was placed around it. In it, Hiram and his wife Mary were buried; he died August 20, 1862 and she died January 22, 1875. After his death, she continued to live on the Kennedy Plantation, although toward the end of her life she lived with her youngest child, on the Brookes Plantation. Although only six when her grandmother died, Mary's granddaughter recalls seeing her grandmother reading her Bible by candlelight.
Hiram and Mary Spinks Kennedy were considered exceedingly fine and gentle people, living the good life and providing well for their large family. When they settled far from other like families, they lacked social contacts, but they maintained their standards of culture and education. There was no ostentation, unless sending to London for the wedding trousseau of a granddaughter they raised was that; and life was so pleasant, a grandson, John Robie Kennedy, when he was married in Tuscaloosa brought his bride to visit his widowed grandmother on their honeymoon.
"Matthew, Wilson, and Hiram Kennedy took the census of the county in 1850. They were required to list a real estate evaluation for each property owner. Less than $1,000 was the value of the majority of most peoples' real estate. The enumerators were also required to make a list of all persons who had died in the county ending 1 June 1850. Only the list kept by Hiram Kennedy was available."
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