It is said that John Richmond was from Aberdeen, Scotland. But it is not known if he was born there, or if his family may have come from there a generation or two before him.

He came to the colonies before the American Revolution”with an older brother” and settled in Lunenberg county, VA; he served in Blount’s Company during the war.

She was of the LEA family in Caswell County (for whom Leasburg is named). She may have been his second wife.