This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------NetAddressPart-00--=_meJA1248S0q2aabae62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi group, Well I finally copied my g-g-g-g-gf's will into html format. I have bol= ded and Italicized Pennington First names, and Bolded the rest of names. To= day I had gone to library and I was researching the family. In the Clayton Library I found all the Pennington Pedigree's from 1968-1995 except for the yea= r 1972. There is some information on that volume and on another one that if I c= an I would like to get the information off of. Now when I wrote down the vol= umes I forgot to include which issue, but I do have the page number. So if any= one can help me please do. In vol 4 page 20 there is mention of a Marcus Pennington, being the son= of a Graves Pennington (the guy that made the will). I dont know if it menti= ons it but Im pretty sure it does, that Marcus' middle name was Jefferson, the= name mentioned in will. Can someone also tell me what Vol 3 page 52 says about Graves Penningto= n? ok enough with requests. In my research I started thinking of the James= Pennington and Graves P. connection. Since Graves died b4 James did and= James is not mentioned in his will, which I believe he would be no matter how= much Graves hated him.... well youll have to see it for yourself. = However on the other hand James had a son by the name Graves, and a J W= Pennington was executor of his estate, and the only other J W P. is a s= on of Graves, I think they are close relatives, if not father son. This thing about Marcus, brings to mind better proof Graves is the Son = of Marcus Pennington, even tho vol 5 1975, mentions that the writer does n= ot believe that Graves came from NC, and in fact census says he was born i= n Va. Attached you will find the will. David Robertson [email protected] ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=3D= 1 ------NetAddressPart-00--=_meJA1248S0q2aabae62 Content-Type: text/plain; name="Graveswill.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Graveswill.txt" Graves Pennington decd Will Received 3-29-1854 I Graves Pennington of the County of Davidson and state of Tennessee being of sound and despairing? mind but old weak and infirm do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all other wills by me made. 1st It is my will and desire that my funeral expenses be first paid out of my estate. 2nd It is my will and desire that all of my just debts be paid 3rd It is my will and desire that my estate be settled according to my notes, books, and papers, and that my estate be equally divided between my children. The property or money I have heretofore given or advanced to them is to be taken into account in the general distribution subject to the following exceptions. Graves and Martha WILLIAM are to have a slave in addition to an equal share of my estate to wit my son Graves to have Matthew and my daughter Martha to have Fanny. It is further my desire that my daughter Martha should have 2 slaves Hi??son and Andrew at their valuation, as she owns a woman who is the wife of one of the and the mother of the other. It is further my will and desire that the supposed children of my son Marcus iJefferson who is now dead, be excluded from any interest or share in my estate as I believe they are in fact not his children. It is my further will and desire that the portion or share of my estate which may be allotted to my daughter Mary Amanda McGhee be vested (in her as though she were a fine sole) exclusive of her husband that she have the right of disposing of it as she thinks proper . In no event is it or any part of it to be liable for the debts or contracts of her husband. It is further my will and desire that my son John Pennington, Graves! ! Pennington, B F McGhee and John William act as my executors and I hereby appoint them executors to this my last will and testament hoping they will carry out my wishes as here expressed. Witness my hand and seal this 9th day of December 1852. Graves Pennington Witnesses F D Misely John Maxey _______ State of Tennessee Davidson County Court January Term 1854. A paper writing purporting to be the last will and Testament of Graves Pennington deceased was produced in open court for probate and proved this F D Misely and John Maxey the subscribing writing witnesses there to being first duly sworn ****** and say that they became such at the request of the said Graves Pennington deceased and in his presence and in the presence of each other, and that they ****ly believe he was of sound and disposing mind and memory at the time of executing the same. Ordered that said paper writing be amitted to record as such last will and testament of the said Graves Pennington deceased. i In vol. 4 of Pennington Pedigree's it mentions a Marcus Jefferson as being a son of Graves Pennington though will does not mention Marcus It does say Jefferson, and I think this could be used as proof of Graves being a son of Marcus Pennington. ------NetAddressPart-00--=_meJA1248S0q2aabae62--