Dear Gail and Jack, Do your KENNEDY's go back to the KENNEDY's of Campbell County, KY? Our line of BEAGLE married into the KENNEDY line. Would be interested to know how you connect. He was one of the earliest and largest landowners in Campbell County by 1785. EWING and RITCHIE are names associated with our WM THOMPSON of Campbell County, when he moved from VA to Lincoln Co., KY in 1782. All were early Scottish settlers in the early forts along with THOMPSON and BOONE. Wm Thompson had a 1000 acre Land Patent that was adjacent to the KENNEDY property in 1785 in Campbell Co, KY. His son, Wm Thompson moved to Campbell to settle there in 1800. There are RITCHIE's tied to this Wm THOMPSON by marriage prior to 1800. EWING's were neighbors in Lincoln County and fought with Wm Thompson in the early Indian conflicts of 1780's. They are mentioned in the Pension Application of Wm Thompson-age 15 in 1782 who applied for a Pension from Campbell Co. in 1833. This is on microfilm at the Federal Archives. There is a RITCHIE mentioned in a marriage bond for Wm. THOMPSON's daughter in Campbell County very early, prior to 1820. Then they seem to disappear, I think to MO. There are RITCHIE's in nearby Harrison Co., KY, however. Please email me at Karen Beagle, [email protected]