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

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.