Thomas S. Kenan

[1] Born in Kenansville, North Carolina, Kenan was educated by private tutors at home.

He married Mary Rand Kenan on January 3, 1800,[2] and soon after the second Liberty Hall was built located in Kenansville after his father's home had been lost to fire.

[citation needed][3] Kenan was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons representing Duplin County from 1798 to 1799.

[4] He and Mary Rand had ten children and in March 1811 Thomas decided to move the family to Selma, Alabama, to start a new plantation.

Thomas left behind his oldest son Owen Rand Kenan to look after the Liberty Hall Plantation and start his own family.