Nell, I apologize for not answering sooner. Joshua Pennington is supposed to be a son of Micajah Pennington, Jr, grandson of Micajah Pennington and Rachel Jones. The mother is unknown. It is somewhat of a disputed line. It would be great if someone who is descended from Joshua could be tested for DNA. Joshua Pennington was married to Nancy Sparks and had 11 known children. He and his family moved to Johnson Co., KY and most of them are buried there! Carmen Assistant Research Director - JFMF www.penningtonresearch.org PRA Family Group 7 Leader http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 8:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: War of 1812 Carmen, may I ask who the parents of this Joshua Pennington were? Thanks. Nell > I'm not aware of anyone who has done a lot of work on the War of 1812. > However, you do point out that there are probable several Pennington's who > served. The only one in Group 7 that I am aware of is Joshua Pennington - > here are the notes that I have on him and his pursuit of his 1812 pension. > As you can see, they originally came from the Pennington Pedigrees. > > > Joshua made a total of four attempts to get a War of 1812 Veteran Pension, > beginning on 22 September 1852 from Johnson Co., KY. He was rejected for > lack of required number of days of duty. Sixty days of active duty was the > minimum requirement for a pension. In June 1854, he applied for a pension > from Morgan County, KY., and for bounty land on April 12, 1855, stating that > he was 59 years old. He was rejected for the pension, but was granted 160 > acres of land on Warrant #23284-160-55. It has not been found where or when > he took possession of this land. He filed again on June 3, 1871, stating > that he was then 79 years old. The results were the same. The pension law > was liberalized in 1878 and he filed again from Paintsville, KY, where he > lived on Hood's Creek. He was unsuccessful again. When he made both of the > last two applications by his son, Levi with whom he may have been living. He > was, by this time, in his mid-eighties. His wife, Nancy died on March 15, > 1878, while Joshua was still alive in Johnson Co., KY , but he has not been > found after that. It is unknown where and when he died. This is per > Pennington Pedigrees19-1 pg 19-27. > > Carmen > Assistant Research Director - JFMF just a note from . . . . . Nell Truitt ==== PRA Mailing List ==== ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== For help with your research, go to http://www.penningtonresearch.org and click on Research Tips.