School: Bear Creek School (North Carolina/NC)
Born in 1790 in Moore County. Part of the well known, Kennedy family of gunsmiths of Mechanics Hill, North Carolina. Son of David Kennedy. An existing very plain rifle without a patchbox is signed in script (not stamped) “J*K” for John Kennedy.
Source:
Ivey, William. North
Carolina Schools of Longrifles 1765-1865. Thomasville, NC: Published by the Author, 2010. Print.
