Mary Elizabeth Delph Oddenino's mother was Adeline Kennon who was the
daughter of Tandy Kennon and Mary M. Chiles.
Here is a pedigree chart starting with Adeline Kennon:
With the assistance of the genealogist extraordinaire, Therese Fisher, we
learned a little about the Kennon family:
The below map shows Louisa County firmly situated in Central
Virginia. When Patrick Henry first entered the Virginia House of
Burgesses in 1765, he did so as a representative of Louisa County,
Virginia:
Here is a map from the official Louisa County website:
Here is a Family Group Sheet for John Kennon's family:
Here is a Family Group Sheet for Joseph Kennon's family:
Here is an old family home of Joseph Kennon from the book Old Home Places of
Louisa County by Claudia Anderson Chisholm and Ellen Gray Lillie
Here is an Indenture from May 1826 entered into by Tandy Kennon and his wife
Mary Chiles:
Here is a court record from Louisa County, Virginia regarding the will of Ann
Kennon, sister of Tandy Kennon:
Cty. Lou, Book: 8, Page: 227, Ann Kennon, Type: Will, Date: 14-Feb-1831
Will Ann Kennon of Louisa, for kindness of my friend Robert Dalton and
money advanced for me by him I give all my interest in the undivided part
of my father's estate both real and personal now held by my mother for life.
Also Negor girl, Mahala and her increase and after his death to my two
nieces Jane M. R. Kennon and Mary F. Kennon. To my mother, Frances
Kennon, my sisters Mary Yeager, Mary Kennon and my brother Tandy
Kennon's wife and brother Ire Kennon's wife, cousin Martha Kennon
daughter of George Kennon, dec'd. Appoint Robert Dalton executor 9 Aug
1830. Sig. Ann C. Kennon (x) wit. Nathl. Mills, James M Saunders,
John Downing. Rec. 14 Feb 1831.
Here are court documents from February 1825 regarding the Estate of Joseph
Kennon, Tandy's father (note that Joseph predeceased his father John):
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Here are the court records from March 1827 of the Estate of John Kennon, which
details the division of the slaves of John Kennon: