To get to where Edward Pennington's farm was, drive north on US421 from its junction with US58 in the town of Pennington Gap. In about a half mile, you will see the North Fork of the Powell River to your right, and the highway runs along to the left of it. The flat land to your right across the river was the Pennington farm. After about another half-mile, turn right onto State 621. After about a half mile, you will see a small cemetery to the right on a hill overlooking what was part of the farm. Edward Pennington and his wife Martha "Patsy" Flanary a buried there, along with one son. Edward and Patsy's gravestones are gone, but the stones of their son, Thomas Pennington (1799-1878), and his wife are still there and legible. To get to the Pennington Gap through Stone Mountain, drive on north on US421. North of its junction with State 621 on the right, the highway will begin to run between a railroad on the left and the North Fork of the Powell River on the right. Your are passing through Pennington Gap, which was cut by the river (not by Stone Creek, as I mistakenly wrote earlier). You will come to a store and service station on the right. If you park there, and look back down the highway, you will see the Great Stone Face on the side of the mountain. The railroad runs throught the rock beneath the stone face. Stone Creek runs into the North Fork near the junction of US421 and State 606, in the village of Stone Creek, a little more than a mile beyond where US421 passes under the railroad trestle beyond the store. The highway then runs upward to the left of Stone Creek for several miles on its way to Kentucky. Edward and Patsy Pennington were my GGGgrandparents. Ken Cherry kdhcherry@comcast.net. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Destini Warner <kittykat9899@yahoo.com> > Thank you for the wonderful story. My mom family moved from NC TO LEE CO ALSO. > My mom was born in Pennington gap, va. Her family moved 2 yrs after she was > born. I haven't seen what it looks like at POWELL RIVER, STONE CREEK. I had > never heard of Stone creek and couldn't find it. My Mom told me she thought her > Dad's mom was born there. But, I have no idea it was right there in the area my > mom was born. Does anyone know how close pennington gap and stone creek are and > What they look like? Does anyone know of a good book that has all the pictures > in it of the area? Destini Martin > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, kdhcherry@comcast.net wrote: > > > From: kdhcherry@comcast.net > > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Pennington Gap > > To: valee@rootsweb.com > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 8:16 AM > > Pennington Gap was named for the Pennington family, which > > immigrated from North Carolina to Lee county around 1800. > > Edward Pennington (1769-1860) owned a farm on the North > > Fork of the Powell River, where Pennington Gap now is. His > > farm included a gap through Stone Mountain cut by Stone > > Creek. The gap was a passage through the Cumberland > > Mountains that was used, as was the more famous Cumberland > > Gap sixty miles to the southwest, by settlers travelling > > from the Valley of Virginia to Kentucky. > > > > The settlement became known as Pennington's, or > > Pennington's Gap, and was shortened through usage. > > Edward Pennington and his wife, Martha "Patsy" > > Flanary, daughter of John Flanary, and one of Edward and > > Martha's sons are buried in the Turner-Pennington > > Cemetery overlooking the Powell River on State 621 just > > east of US 421. > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: LeeHash@aol.com > > > > > How did Pennington Gap get it's name > > > Lee Hash > > > > > > > > > > > > **************Get fantasy football with free live > > scoring. Sign up for > > > FanHouse Fantasy Football today. > > > > > (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com > > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of > > > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALEE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message