School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC)
Born in 1805 in Moore County, died 1835. Part of the well known, Kennedy family of gunsmiths of Mechanics Hill, North Carolina. Son of David Kennedy. A known coin silver mounted flintlock pistol bears identical engraving found on other Kennedy made rifles. The pistol is signed in script “ES Kennedy” on a silver plate inlayed in the top flat of the barrel.
Source:
Ivey, William. North
Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
