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 1765 - Abt 1844 (78 years)
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| Name |
William PENNINGTON [1, 2] |
| Birth |
03 Nov 1765 |
NC  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 1844 |
Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY [1] |
| Burial |
Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY |
| Person ID |
I469 |
Rootballs |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Family |
Abigail CAUDILL, b. 27 Mar 1767, Wilkes Co., NC d. Abt 1872, Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 104 years) |
| Marriage |
09 Feb 1785 |
Wilkes Co., NC [1, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary PENNINGTON, b. 14 Dec 1786, SC d. Abt 1872, Wise Co., VA (Age 85 years) [Natural] |
| | 2. Abel PENNINGTON, b. 20 Aug 1789, SC d. 16 Oct 1865, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 76 years) [Natural] |
| | 3. Elizabeth PENNINGTON, b. 07 Feb 1792, Lee Co., VA d. 08 Jun 1848, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 56 years) [Natural] |
| | 4. Rebecca PENNINGTON, b. Aug 1794, Lee Co., VA d. 13 Nov 1875, Lawrence Co., KY (Age ~ 81 years) [Natural] |
| | 5. John W. PENNINGTON, b. 23 Jul 1796, Lee Co., VA d. 24 Jan 1882, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 85 years) [Natural] |
| | 6. James W. PENNINGTON, b. 31 Jan 1799, Lee Co., VA d. 05 Oct 1854, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 55 years) [Natural] |
| | 7. William Nelson PENNINGTON, b. 28 Jul 1801, Lee Co., VA d. 25 Jan 1862, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 60 years) [Natural] |
| | 8. Abigail PENNINGTON, b. 09 May 1803, Lee Co., VA d. Abt 1887, Salyersville, Magoffin Co., KY (Age 83 years) [Natural] |
| | 9. Alfred PENNINGTON, b. 27 Mar 1809, Knox Co., KY d. 23 Oct 1890, Lawrence Co., KY (Age 81 years) [Natural] |
| | 10. Elijah PENNINGTON, b. 01 May 1812, Knox Co., KY d. 18 Dec 1878, Elliot Co., KY (Age 66 years) [Natural] |
| | 11. Elisha PENNINGTON, b. 20 Oct 1814 d. 26 Jan 1851 (Age 36 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F342 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
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| Notes |
- 1.Deacon of Oven Fork Church. One of the founding members of the Oven Fork Church, 1810.
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2.http://penningtonresearch.org/family_groups/fg2000-28.html: William Pennington was born on November 3, 1765 in NC. (1) He died about 1844 in Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY. He was buried in Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY, Webbville Cem.. Source: Elmer Boggs, Pennington Pedigrees 17-2, p. 29 & 33 Death: Entry in Pennington/Lester Bible held by Paul Lafayette Webb, II, (note: address and phone number deleted by Gene Pennington, Research Director) (from Pat Starzer). Pennington Pedigrees 8-2, p. 36: When Fred Sawyer wrote that he had proved the father of Elijah to be William, and not John, as they had formerly supposed, I wrote asking him to give us information of this William. According to census, William was born 1763, South Carolina, and married Abigail Caudill born 1767, Wilkes Co., North Carolina. I will quote from Fred's letter now: "I have just come upon a bit of information that places William in Lee Co., Virginia, for a time: Lee Co. Deed Book 2, p. 207-23 September 1805. William Shepprd and wife Una deeded to William Pennington of Lee Co. for $50 a parcel of land in Lee Co. on North Fork Powell River being dated 28 June 1886. On 25 June 1811 William Pennington of Knox Co., Kentucky deeded to William Sheppard of Lee Co., Virginia for $50 a parcel of land on North Fork Powell River -- 100 acres (note description of land is the same). Thus we know that he was in Knox Co. as early as 1810, as he was in the 1810 Census there. Note that the Census checks with the date in the Kelley Bible (Pennington Pedigrees 8-1, p. 36). The death record of William's daughter Rebecca McHunter gives her birth as 1794, Lee Co., Virginia, which places William there on that date.
In Harlan Co. Records, I find Early Court Order Book A (Knox Co. became Harlan in 1819) William Pemberton p. 21, 1801; p. 182, 1805; p. 193, 1806. William Pennington p. 537, 1815. Knox Co. grants are described as follows: 18 acres Oven Fork, Poor Fork Cumberland River 1814; 100 acres Clear Fork Cumberland River 1816; 50 acres Forks Cumberland River 1818; Harlan Co. 100 acres Forks Cumberland River 1823 and 50 acres Poor Fork Cumberland River 1826.
The Harlan Tax Records show William Pennington, Sr. taxed 1820-1832; William Jr. 1824-1832; James 1820-1832; AAron 1821-27; Micajah 1824; Alfred 1831. No tax books for 1832, and no Penningtons by 1833 (some moved in later). In Lawrence Co. Deed Books William got land 1832 on Dry Creek (Sr. or Jr.), then William Jr. received land on Little Sandy 1843 (William Sr. died 1840). Other sons of William Sr. bought land in Lawrence Co.; Abel 1832 on Little Sandy; also 1833. Sometimes record mentions they were from Harlan Co.. William Sr.'s son James died in Lawrence Co. 5 Oct 1854, age 56, blacksmith, son of William and Abigail.
Pennington Pedigrees 13-2, p. 38: William and Abigail were known to be founders of the Oven Fork Church and the Blaine Trace Church in Kentucky. They may have been sent by a northern church to found a church community. They were members of Washington Association of Regular Baptist. A glance at their church minutes shows a great likeness to Quaker ways. It is obvious that religion was their life.
William and Abigail moved from Wilkes Co., North Carolina to South Carolina where their first two children were born: Mary in 1786 and Abel in 1789. In the 1790 census of Pitt Co., North Carolina, a Wm. and Abby are listed. This seems odd as only heads of households were listed. Census takers did some odd things. William next appears in Lee Co., Virginia for several years. Elizabeth b. 1792, Rebekah b. 1794, John W. b. 1796, James b. 1799, William b. 1801 (d. 1801), Abigail b. 1803 and William Nelson b. 1806, were all born in Lee Co., Virginia. Their land deed showed William purchased land on the Powell River in 1805. He sold this same property back to William Sheppard in 1811. By then he had resided in Knox Co., Kentucky for 2 years. Here in Knox Co., Alfred (Alford) was born in 1809, Elijah was born in 1812 and Elisha in 1816. William received land grants on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River. Then in 1820 this part of Knox Co. became Harlan Co.. The 1821-31 tax list shows William as paying on a great deal of property. In 1832 he sold his land and moved to Lawrence Co., where he purchased land on Dry Creek and Little Sandy River. William died in 1844 at the home of his daughter, Elizabeth Webb, and is buried in Webbville Cemetery along with most of his children.. His sons William, James and Jonathan all took up land grants on Blaine Trace, Elliott Co., Kentucky.
He was married to Abigail Caudill (daughter of James Caudill II and Mary Adams) on February 9, 1785 in Wilkes Co., NC. Abigail Caudill was born on March 27, 1767 in Wilkes Co., NC. (2) She died in Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY. She was buried in Webbville, Lawrence Co., KY, Webbville Cem.. William and Abigail's dates of birth from Paul Pennington.
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| Sources |
- [S143] Caudill, B.K.
- [S17] 1830 Harlan Co., KY Census, p.4.
- [S269] Pennington Reserach.org.
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