Hi, No Penningtons on this list but maybe the other surnames will help some of you. A good website to search data base in Fredericksburg, VA. Many records are located there especially circuit court records. It is growing all the time. Court Record Data Context Extract Civil War families in indigent circumstances whose head or representatives are serving in the Confederate Army: - Mrs. Melvin Coates & 2 children - Mrs. James A. Turner & 3 children - Mrs. Lavinia Jones & 3 children - Mrs. Sarah Reynolds & 3 children - Mrs. Lewellen South - Mrs. William Hogans & 3 children - Mrs. Elizabeth Dye (husband dead) & 1 child - Mrs. Ellen Hesberg (husband dead) & 1 child - Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd (son died in service) & 1 child - Mrs. Madison White & 4 children - Mrs. James Martin (husband killed in service) - Mrs. Limerick & 5 children (son killed in service) - Mrs. J.L. Cridlin & 2 children - Mrs. Josephine Coakley & 2 children - Mrs. H.C. Dager & 1 child - Mrs. William L. Hancock & 2 children (2 sons in service) - Mrs. James Haislop & mother - Mrs. Patterson & 4 children [nb: pencil notation: deserted] - Mrs. Henry Boling & 4 children - Mrs. Josiah Powell & 4 children - Mrs. Robert Keyser & 2 children - Mrs. Thomas King & 1 chilid - Mrs. Philip Rose & 2 children - Mrs. Thomas Finney & 1 child - Mrs. Hudson & 2 grown children (son William Hudson in army) - Mrs. Elizabeth Jordan & children - Mrs. Littrell & 3 children - Mrs. Margaret Dye (son Broaddus Dye in service) - Mrs. Jos. W. Perry (son in service) - Mrs. Gaines - Mrs. Hugh Mussulman & 4 children - Mrs. Susan Hicks & 2 children (wife of Ed Hicks) - Mrs. John Perry & 1 child - Mrs. Sorrell, mother of William Sorrell - Mrs. Parker, mother of Allan Parker - Mrs. Malone, daughter of Capt. Bayne (husband in service) - Capt. Baker wishes to be reported as he has a son in service & also has no means of support) - Mrs. Thomas Procter & 1 child - Mrs. Ed Stevens & 1 child - Mrs. John Edwards & 2 children - Mrs. Elizabeth Jones & 5 children (wife of H. Jones) - Mrs. Susan Jones & 2 children (wife of J. Jones) - Mrs. A. Bode & 4 children - Mrs. Thomas McGill - Mrs. Mary Willey (son in service) - Mrs. Raines & 1 child (son in service) - Mrs. Haney & 1 child (husband a Marine) - Mrs. Catherine Jemkins & 4 children - Mrs. Owen Foulke (2 sons in service) - Mrs. John Browne & child - Mrs. Richard Bozell & 5 children - Mrs. Wordall & 2 children (husband 10th AL) - Mrs. Sarah Hendricks & 2 children - Mrs. Caroline Chesley & 1 child - Mrs. Williams - Mrs. Oaks (son in service) - Mrs. James Perry & 2 children - Mrs. John Grotz - Mrs. Charles Layton - Mrs. S. Proctor Locality Fredericksburg Administrative Information Record title List of Indigent Families in Fredg. Year recorded 1863 Collection MP-MP-M Record ID 474-986 End Notes Preserved by City of Fredericksburg Processed by Margaret Anne Crickman Extracted by Barry L. McGhee Extracted on 2/19/2004 Found at http://www.historiccourtrecords.org/courtrecords.stm Rene'e Davis ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org