John Doby Kennedy
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John Doby Kennedy was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, as well as a post-war planter, attorney, politician, and the 57th lieutenant governor of South Carolina se
Brig. Gen. John D. Kennedy, head and shoulders portrait, facing right
Kershaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,403. The county seat and largest community is Camden. The county was created in 179
John Doby Kennedy
…Carolina serving under Governor Johnson Hagood. Kennedy was born in Camden, South Carolina. His father was an immigrant from Scotland who had settled in Kershaw County about 1830 and married a local woman. Kennedy served as a lieutenant in a Camden pre-war militia unit. He studied at South Carolina College from 1855…
Old Kershaw County Courthouse in Camden
Original Kershaw County Courthouse in 1978
Joseph Brevard Kershaw