Richard Stephens

Richard Stephens (September 7, 1755 – died July 2, 1831) was an American Revolutionary War soldier, politician, slave-plantation owner and Breckinridge County, Kentucky, pioneer. He is the namesake of Stephensport, Kentucky, a river town and port along the Ohio River. Early life and personal life Stephens was born in the Colony of Virginia. In Virginia, in September 1780, Stephens married Elizabeth Jennings, four years his junior and a native of Fairfax County, Virginia. Elizabeth and Richard produced nine children: Ann (born 1781), Eleanor (born 1783), Robert (born 1786), Richard (born 1788), Elizabeth (born 1791), Sarah (born 1794), Daniel (born 1795), Mary Ann (born 1797), and Jemima (born 1801). Career Stephens served as a private in the Continental Army for three years during the American Revolution.