This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: kennon Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QhB.2ACI/1570 Message Board Post: HI I am a Kennon and the oldest brick home in VA is the old Kennon home.. The "Old Brick House" was built in the early 1600's by Dr. Richard Kennon and wife who had arrived from England via Bermuda I believe--I have that info too somewhere. I have been to the Kennon home and as a Kennon want to have our home preserved for our future generations The emails below are from the Neighborhood association where the house stands. Ask me Ann Kennon Breslauer any Q's or write to Laura Steele. I can send you a photo of the house if desired. Please get this info to as many kennons as you can. This house belongs to all of us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your support. We are in the process of setting up the Old Brick House Foundation. We do have our 501(c)3 status as a non-profit corporation. Any one wishing to make a tax deductible donation can send it to our treasurer who is a CPA. Heer info is: Martha Floyd 406 Waterfront Dr Colonial Heights, VA 23834 Thank you for your interest and I will keep in touch. We are scheduled for the city council meeting in Dec to ask for support. We are trying to do local fund raising to cover set up and transfer/closing costs. Thank you again for your support. I am so sorry I missed you this summer. Sincerely, Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your families. I hope that you all had a joyous holiday. The Old Brick House Foundation hit the ground running yesterday preparing for the events of the next sixty days. Getting the property transferred has become more complicated than we had anticipated due to subdivision requirements. We must now cover the costs for a Subdivision plat, Construction plat detailing water and sewer hook-ups and costs for installing water and sewer within the boundaries of the new lot(digging up the streeet, etc). It will cost approximately $5,000- $6,000. We have begun the process of soliciting funds by applying to several foundations and planning fund raisers. These things take time. Would you assist our cause by contacting the Kennon descendants to cover the cost for getting the house transferred to the foundation? We need to raise $5,000 in 30 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Old Brick House Foundation in on the big project of raising $300,000 in the next five years. When I sent you all the plea for more funds it was to ask for your support is seeking any Kennon relatives to donate to our cause. I am not aware of who/how many originally sent funds. We are seeking a process to reach as many people as possible. There used to be a newsletter that was going out to Kennon descendants and was wondering if there was a way to get in touch with a large number of Kennons. We are looking for as many supporters as we can find. I am going to get together an outline of our progress this year. Our need now is to get the costs to have the property transferred to the Foundation and get started applying to foundations. Thank you for your interest in the project. Laura ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards Ann