Has anyone studied the records of Penington/Pennington men who served in the War of 1812? I stumbled upon an interesting item. 10 of the 16 Penington's listed for Maryland, served in one unit, 49th Regiment Veazey Maryland Militia. I would think militia members would be family members and neighbors. Has anybody studied these records thoroughly? Cheryl Spaulding

Cheryl, 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 www.penningtonresearch.org PRA Family Group 7 Leader http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm -----Original Message----- From: Spaulding [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 6:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: War of 1812 Has anyone studied the records of Penington/Pennington men who served in the War of 1812? I stumbled upon an interesting item. 10 of the 16 Penington's listed for Maryland, served in one unit, 49th Regiment Veazey Maryland Militia. I would think militia members would be family members and neighbors. Has anybody studied these records thoroughly? Cheryl Spaulding ==== PRA Mailing List ==== ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== To see our new list of resources, go to http://www.penningtonresearch.org