Joshua Pennell manumitted his slaves by his will, and his nephew, Joshua Winkler, as executor, took them to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Kansas and set them free. Many still remember their passage through Boone just prior to the Civil War. Joshua Winkler and Joshua Pennell had lived in Wilkes County, but Winkler soon after his return from Kansas bought land in Watauga and removed to this county, where he died. Among other valuable properties accquired by him wa sthe old Noah Mast farm near St. Jude post office, afterwards conveying one-half thereof to his son, William F. Winkler. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> JOSHUA PENNELL. In 1859 or 1860, Joshua Pennell of Wilkes left a willsetting all his slaves free, and providing for their removal to a FreeState, and their support there until they could raise a crop. Pennell wasa bachelor. Joshua Winkler was made executor, and old citizens of Booneremember seeing him and the negroes pass through that town one brightSabbath morning on their way to Kansas. Henry C. Pearson, Winkler'sbrother-in-law, accompanied them also.(16) 40 Female Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /> 22 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 19 Female Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 18 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 15 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 13 Female Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 10 Female Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 9 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 7 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 5 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 1 Male Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 1 Female Black Joshua Pennell Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina 1860 census Kansas Nancy Name: Nancy Pennill Age in 1860: 46 Birth Year: abt 1814 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1860: Wolf River, Doniphan, Kansas Race: Black Gender: Female Post Office: Walnut Grove Value of real estate: View image Household Members: Name Age Nancy Pennill 46 Calvin Pennill 27 Isaac N Pennill 26 Sophronia Pennill 24 Mary A Pennill 20 Augustus Pennill 18 Charles Pennill 16