RODHAM KENNER
was born ca. 1759, in Northumberland
County, Virginia; son of Francis and Elizabeth (Howard) Kenner. Removed to the Watauga area with his father, both of
them having served in the American Revolution; Rodham having been at
the Battle of King’s Mountain. Farmer;
lived near Rogersville for the rest of his life. Married c. 1786 to Malinda Payne; children--Howsen, Ruth, Elizabeth (Mrs.
George Savage), Sally Anne (Mrs. Daniel Carmichael), James, Francis, Louisa, William Rodham, Matilda (Mrs. Alexander
Shields), and Polly Kenner (Mrs. William Shields). He served in the House, 5th and 6th Tennessee General Assemblies,
1803-07; representing Hawkins County; Democrat. He was killed in a fall from his horse in Hawkins County on October
14 (or 18), 1814; buried in Rodham Kenner Cemetery on the north side of the Holston River, Hawkins County. Father of
Dr. William Rodham Kenner, grandfather of John Houston Savage and of Abram Monroe Savage, all sometime members
Tennessee General Assembly.
Bibliography
Sources: Worley, Records of the Savage and Kenner Families, 13-15; Rosters and Soldiers, 960;
“Hawkins County Will Book, 1797-1886, Pt. 1,” p. 291; Bible Records of Families of East Tennessee,
274; Northumberland County, Virginia, Records, passim.
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