Richard Stephens was an American Revolutionay War soldier, politican, slave plantation owner and Breckinridge County pioneer. He is the namesake of Stephensport (plotted in 1803) a river and port town on the Ohio River in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
Richard married Elizabeth Jennings in September of 1780 in Virginia. To this union nine children were born, Ann (1781), Eleanor (1782), Robert (1786), Richard (1788), Elizabeth (1791), Sarah (1794), Daniel (1796), Mary Ann (1797), and Jemima (1801).
Mr. Stephens served as a private in the Continental Army for three years during the American Revolution. In February 1784, the twenty-nine year old Stephens accepted a 90,000 acre land grant on the Ohio River in Breckinridge, Jefferson and Nelson counties in Kentucky as payment for his service as an American Revolutinary soldier on the Virginia line, serving under General George Washington. The deed is recorded on sheep skin in the Breckinridge County Courthouse.
Over time Mr. Stephens added more land to his estate. By 1799, with over 100,000 acres (about 150 square miles) including a large plantation eight miles south of Hawesville, and a 2,000 acre tract of land that Stephensport was sitting on, and at least a dozen slaves.
Mr. Stephens served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and in the Kentucky Senate 1823-1827 and was the wealthiest landowner in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
Richard married Elizabeth Jennings in September of 1780 in Virginia. To this union nine children were born, Ann (1781), Eleanor (1782), Robert (1786), Richard (1788), Elizabeth (1791), Sarah (1794), Daniel (1796), Mary Ann (1797), and Jemima (1801).
Mr. Stephens served as a private in the Continental Army for three years during the American Revolution. In February 1784, the twenty-nine year old Stephens accepted a 90,000 acre land grant on the Ohio River in Breckinridge, Jefferson and Nelson counties in Kentucky as payment for his service as an American Revolutinary soldier on the Virginia line, serving under General George Washington. The deed is recorded on sheep skin in the Breckinridge County Courthouse.
Over time Mr. Stephens added more land to his estate. By 1799, with over 100,000 acres (about 150 square miles) including a large plantation eight miles south of Hawesville, and a 2,000 acre tract of land that Stephensport was sitting on, and at least a dozen slaves.
Mr. Stephens served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and in the Kentucky Senate 1823-1827 and was the wealthiest landowner in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
Richard Stephens was an American Revolutionay War soldier, politican, slave plantation owner and Breckinridge County pioneer. He is the namesake of Stephensport (plotted in 1803) a river and port town on the Ohio River in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
Richard married Elizabeth Jennings in September of 1780 in Virginia. To this union nine children were born, Ann (1781), Eleanor (1782), Robert (1786), Richard (1788), Elizabeth (1791), Sarah (1794), Daniel (1796), Mary Ann (1797), and Jemima (1801).
Mr. Stephens served as a private in the Continental Army for three years during the American Revolution. In February 1784, the twenty-nine year old Stephens accepted a 90,000 acre land grant on the Ohio River in Breckinridge, Jefferson and Nelson counties in Kentucky as payment for his service as an American Revolutinary soldier on the Virginia line, serving under General George Washington. The deed is recorded on sheep skin in the Breckinridge County Courthouse.
Over time Mr. Stephens added more land to his estate. By 1799, with over 100,000 acres (about 150 square miles) including a large plantation eight miles south of Hawesville, and a 2,000 acre tract of land that Stephensport was sitting on, and at least a dozen slaves.
Mr. Stephens served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and in the Kentucky Senate 1823-1827 and was the wealthiest landowner in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
Richard married Elizabeth Jennings in September of 1780 in Virginia. To this union nine children were born, Ann (1781), Eleanor (1782), Robert (1786), Richard (1788), Elizabeth (1791), Sarah (1794), Daniel (1796), Mary Ann (1797), and Jemima (1801).
Mr. Stephens served as a private in the Continental Army for three years during the American Revolution. In February 1784, the twenty-nine year old Stephens accepted a 90,000 acre land grant on the Ohio River in Breckinridge, Jefferson and Nelson counties in Kentucky as payment for his service as an American Revolutinary soldier on the Virginia line, serving under General George Washington. The deed is recorded on sheep skin in the Breckinridge County Courthouse.
Over time Mr. Stephens added more land to his estate. By 1799, with over 100,000 acres (about 150 square miles) including a large plantation eight miles south of Hawesville, and a 2,000 acre tract of land that Stephensport was sitting on, and at least a dozen slaves.
Mr. Stephens served in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and in the Kentucky Senate 1823-1827 and was the wealthiest landowner in Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
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