Augustus Holmes KENAN

1805 (age 60)

Montpelier, Idaho, United States

Little is known of his education or early training. His first marriage to Henrietta G. Alston ended in divorce. Kenan married Sarah Barnes in the 1830s. They had two sons. He was a Methodist, an ardent Whig, and a close friend of Henry Clay. He settled in Milledgeville, Georgia, where he became a criminal lawyer. For twenty years he was the clerk of the court for Baldwin County. In 1835, he served on the staff of Winfield Scott in the Indian campaign in Florida, where he was also a friend of Joseph E. Johnston ). The same year he helped to remove the Cherokee Indians from Georgia. Before the Civil War, Kenan also served in both houses of the state legislature. At one time he worked for the state arsenal, the state penitentiary, and the state deaf and dumb asylum. Although he was opposed to secession and to slavery, he represented Baldwin County at the Georgia secession convention, where he voted against the Ordinance of Secession thirteen times but finally signed it. As a member of the provisional Congress, he served on the Military Affairs and Engrossment Committees. Although he generally opposed the administration in the provisional Congress, Kenan turned into an administration loyalist upon being elected to the first Confederate House. He served on the Military Affairs and Conference Committees and was an opponent of the Foote faction. He returned often to Georgia to encourage the people to support President Davis ). When his term ended, he refused reelection and retired to his home in Milledgeville. He saw no further service and died at home on June 16, 1865.

Augustus Holmes KENAN

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KENAN, Augustus Holmes was born in 1805 in Montpelier, Baldwin County, Georgia, United States, United States. Son of Thomas Holmes and Aurelia (Powell) Kenan.

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Little is known of his education or early training. His first marriage to Henrietta G. Alston ended in divorce. Kenan married Sarah Barnes in the 1830s.

They had two sons. He was a Methodist, an ardent Whig, and a close friend of Henry Clay. He settled in Milledgeville, Georgia, where he became a criminal lawyer. For twenty years he was the clerk of the court for Baldwin County.

In 1835, he served on the staff of Winfield Scott in the Indian campaign in Florida, where he was also a friend of Joseph E. Johnston ). The same year he helped to remove the Cherokee Indians from Georgia. Before the Civil War, Kenan also served in both houses of the state legislature.

At one time he worked for the state arsenal, the state penitentiary, and the state deaf and dumb asylum. Although he was opposed to secession and to slavery, he represented Baldwin County at the Georgia secession convention, where he voted against the Ordinance of Secession thirteen times but finally signed it. As a member of the provisional Congress, he served on the Military Affairs and Engrossment Committees.

Although he generally opposed the administration in the provisional Congress, Kenan turned into an administration loyalist upon being elected to the first Confederate House. He served on the Military Affairs and Conference Committees and was an opponent of the Foote faction. He returned often to Georgia to encourage the people to support President Davis ).

When his term ended, he refused reelection and retired to his home in Milledgeville. He saw no further service and died at home on June 16, 1865.

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"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.

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Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.

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