Jimerson "Jimpse" Kennedy, an influential 19th century resident of what was then a larger Bulloch County, left several legacies south and west of Statesboro, including the name of Kennedy Bridge Road and, due to his efforts, along with those of several of his friends and relatives, the community of Excelsior. "For about 30 years near the end, the latter part of the 19th century, he was the most influential single individual in western Bulloch County," Dr. Roger Branch told the Bulloch County Historical Society on Monday. "In some ways, he might just have been the most influential individual in all of Bulloch County."