Hi Jeanne, How are ya? Hey, I have a mutlitude of VA and WV books after all, VA is my ol' stomping ground. If you can be specific - I will be happy to do some look-ups for you. Post to the list so that information can reach more people and one of them might hold the key to unlock the door. Just let me know - Okay? Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanne Thomas" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:16 AM Subject: RE: [Pennington-L] FW: Group V > Hi Ewin, > I have the possible children of Rev. Charles & Cassandra Swartzlander > Pennington as William, Charles, Ephraim & Joshua. > Also, I have Mary born 17 May 1783 as a their child. The John Pennington > you mentioned was born on 6 Sept. 1782, which makes Mary still a question > mark with barely 9 months between their births. > I looked at the records I have and most are from the PA and TN areas. I > couldn't find anything more on VA for the time period of 1790-1810. > Hopefully, a researcher on mainly VA records will be able to help us. > I have been concentrating on Cassandra's family and have gathered more > information on her siblings and families. > Jeanne F. Thomas > > > >From: "Ewin Kiser" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [Pennington-L] FW: Group V > >Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:14:10 -0500 > > > > > >This is to hopefully attract Gr. V researchers (including Jeannie Thomas), > >as well as any others who can help sort Penningtons in SW Virginia in the > >1800 to 1830 period. I am still struggling to identify children of Rev. > >Charles. It seems logical that with families as large as they were in the > >early 1800's that Charles and Cassandra had children other than John and > >Effie. > > > >Working from the date of Rev. Charles and Cassandras marriage as "about > >1871" and the date of birth of their son John as 1782, it seems pretty > >solid > >that he was the first son. The next known child, Effie, has a birth date > >of > >1787, so this leaves room for maybe four children in between and several > >afterward. > > > >In combing records in Grayson County VA in the 1790 - 1810 era, I have > >developed a list of young males who are candidates as sons of Charles and > >Cassandra. They are Isaac, James and Charles Jr. > > > >Rev. Charles and John moved to the north to Russell Co. VA in 1807 - 1808, > >and lived there about five years, after which they moved to White County > >TN. > >In Russell County, Charles and son John both bought parcels of land. Just > >before leaving Russell County, John sold one of his parcels of land but > >Rev. > >Charles did not sell his parcel. Much later, Rev. Charles gave John Power > >of Attorney and in 1832 John sold Rev. Charles' parcel as well as his own > >remaining land. Thus the big question - Why would this land just sit there > >for twenty years, or maybe some of his relatives stayed there, or perhaps > >Rev. Charles returned there on occasion to perform his pastoral duties. > > > >I have also been intrigued with the Lee Co. VA census of 1830, which on > >page > >315 contained 27 names, eight of which are Penningtons. Four of these, > >which are adjacent, are: Charles, John, James (all names that Charles son > >John named his children) and Miiajlor (probably Micajah). Others on this > >page are David, and Edward, Thomas and Samuel (which are next to each > >other). > > > >The bottom line is - Does anyone have information about the identy of these > >SW VA folks and can they be identified as or not being of the Rev. Charles > >line. Would appreciate any help or ideas. > > > >Ewin Kiser > > > > > >==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > >Please do not post virus warnings on this list. > >Practice safe e-mail habits and only open attachments you're expecting > >For addition virus info see http://www.symantec.com/us.index.html or > >http://www.mcafee.com/ > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software — optimizes dial-up to the max! > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1 > > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings on this list. > Practice safe e-mail habits and only open attachments you're expecting > For addition virus info see http://www.symantec.com/us.index.html or > http://www.mcafee.com/ > >