Henry B. Kemp (1731/1736 – February 15, 1819<) married Dinah (? - ?). He was born in Queen Annes Co., MD (?) / Orange Co., NC (?), and migrated with his father Richard to Johnston Co., NC. After Wake County was created from Johnston, Cumberland and Orange Counties, Henry, about 1804 - 1806, migrated from Wake Co., NC, to Wilson Co., TN, and then later to the Defeated Creek area of Smith Co., TN. Some sources have the migration beginning from Granville Co., NC, which was just north of Wake Co., NC. He died in Smith Co., TN. His children were: Rebecca Kemp (~1755 - ~1833) was born in Caswell Co., NC and died in Wilson Co., TN. On 20 Jun. 1781, she married Roger Reece Jr. (1751 -1798) in Wake Co., NC; they had 4 children. Roger and Sarah Reece (Richard Kemp’s wife) were likely siblings. On 4 Nov. 1799, Rebecca married Fielding Neal in Granville Co., NC, marriage bond #5302. (This is the same day that her brother Richard Kemp married Sarah Reece!) Murphy Kemp (21 Mar. 1770 – 1851/1860) was born in Granville Co., NC and married Sarah See (22 Apr. 1775 - ?). They had four sons and five daughters. See below. Burrell P. Kemp Sr. (~1771 – 1 Sep. 1827) was born in NC/VA and married Nancy Foster/Fauster/Fouster (1765/1775 – 1835) on 15 Dec. 1791, in Wake Co., NC. He died in Cainsville, Wilson Co., TN. They had four sons and five daughters. Richard Kemp (1774 – 1850<) was born in NC, was literate and married Barbara (Sarah) Reece (~1760 - ~1833) on 4 November 1799 in Granville Co., NC, marriage bond 5303. Roger (Rebecca Kemp’s husband) and Sarah Reece were siblings. Solomon Kemp (1782 – 1861/1869), born in Wake Co., NC, married twice, first to Judah (Juda) Lankford (~1784 - ?), daughter of William Lankford and Amanda Stone, on 7 Feb. 1801 in Granville Co, NC, then to Hannah (1788 - ?), also from NC. Solomon and Judah had 4 sons and 5 daughters. Henry B. Kemp and his four sons were the progenitors of the Smith County, TN, Kemps. To descend to John Hailey Kemp, we follow the line of Murphy Kemp. Murphy Kemp (21 March 1770 – 1851/1860). Born in Granville Co., NC, and married Sarah/Sally See/Baird (22 Apr. 1775 - ?) ; died in Smith Co., TN. They had nine children, one of whom was: Jinks/Jenks/Jenkins Kemp (27 Jan. 1792 – 27 Aug. 1840), died in Smith Co., TN, married Lucretia (Lucrecy) Hickerson (possibly Harper) (~1794/1804 – 9 Apr. 1844), daughter of Capt. John and Martha (Patsy) Loving Hickerson, born and died in Smith Co., TN, 29 Mar. 1812. (NB – Lucretia could be a daughter of her mother’s second husband, Matthew Harper, who died in Smith Co., TN, in 1807.) They had 13 children, one of whom was: Wade M. Kemp (~1833 – 22 Feb. 1877) married Minerva Celia Brockett (3 Mar. 1836 – 3 Mar. 1859), daughter of Elisha and Celia Young Brockett, 9 Oct. 1856, then married Margaret Octavia (Octavia) Thomas (~1833 - ?), daughter of William and Nancy Young Thomas, 19 Nov. 1863. Minerva was a sister to Merlin/Marlin Luther Brockett, husband of Tabitha F. Kemp and to Cyrus Jackson Brockett and to Benjamin Franklin Brockett. Margaret was sister to Eleanor (Ellen) Thomas, wife of James S. Kemp and had another sister Elizabeth. Wade and Minerva had a daughter. Wade and Octavia had four children, one of whom was: John Hailey (Hailey) Kemp (3 July 1868 – 19 Mar. 1935) married Maggie Leota Canady/Kennedy (4 Jan. 1881 – 7 May 1966), daughter of Taut and Martha Russell Canady/Kennedy, 23 Dec. 1900. [NOTE: The SSDI lists Maggie’s DoD as 15 May 1966.] Hailey and Maggie were born, married and died in Smith Co., TN. They had four sons and three daughters. I would be pleased to share the Kemp data that I have, try to field Kemp questions, and welcome comments, critiques, corrections, additions re the preceding or any of my genealogical data. Gary Pace San Jose, CA researching the descendants and antecedents of Henry B. Kemp