Melinda, I just had to write and tell you this is a super job! Thanks so much for sharing with the list. Barb S. At 07:35 PM 10/5/98 -0400, you wrote: >Here are some Patrick Co., VA records from my PENNINGTON research: > >The following was provided from Viola Pennington - Ell: > >Dr. Isaac Pennington's fathers name was John Pennington who lived and died in >England (this is verbal info. from relatives). Dr. Isaac was born in England >and came to America to seek his fortune. He lived in Lycoming, PA, N.C., and >PATRICK CO., VA. He married Agnes (Brown) Martindale. The marriage >certificate was seen by a relative who has lost track of it. The original was >found in the town of Blackburg, near Radford, VA. They were married at >Dunkard's Bottom, VA (now under water), but I understand all the records were >moved to Blacksburg, VA. No proof. > >Henry Co., VA (later Patrick Co., VA) Land Grants and Patents (obtained from >Jim Pennington 3/18/96): > >Book K, page 339, #558. Richard Davidson, 28 Feb 1784, 113 acres on the >branches of Elk Creek. Daniel Martindale bought 113 acres from Richard >Davison, July 11, 1789. Henry Co., Deed Book 4, page 17. Isaac Pennington, a >witness. > >Henry Co., VA (later Patrick Co., VA) Land Records >Book 4, page 32 > >Isaac Pennington bought 167 acres from Isaac Cloud, 20 Jan 1789. > >Patrick Co., VA Abstracts of Order Book "O" - June, 1791 to Aug, 1800 by Lela >C. Adams, Sherwood Forest, Bassett, VA 24055 > >14 May 1793 - Pennington vs. Polson, page 32 >13 Aug 1793 - Pennington vs. Polson, page 39 >14 Aug 1793 - Pennington vs. Polson, depo of Zackeriah Stanley to be taken, pg >41 >12 Nov 1793 - Pennington vs. Polson, page 49 >28 Feb 1794 - Pennington vs. Polson, jury sworn...verdict returned, page 58 >26 Apr 1794 - Pennington vs. Polson, page 65 >26 Jun 1794 - Pennington vs. Bristole, page 69 >July Court, 1794 - Pennington vs. Polson, jury sworn..verdict for plantiff, >page 72 >John Bowen ? 3 days, witness Isaac Pennington vs. Andrew Polson, pg 73 >Aug. Court 1794 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 75 >26 Sept 1794 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 79 >28 Nov 1794 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, Page 85 >29 Jan 1795 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 87 >Mar Court 1795 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 94 >28 May 1795 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 100 >25 Jun 1795 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 101 >27 Aug 1795 - Pennington vs. Bristoe, page 107 >31 Oct 1795 - Tatum vs. Pennington, page 115 >26 Feb 1796 - Pennington vs. Lawson, page 122 >26 Oct 1797 - Davis vs. Penington & Martindill, dismd. page 170 >27 Oct 1797 - Hanby vs. Francis & Others, on a motion of complaintant ordered >that Isaac & Joseph Pennington ... couldn't read the rest. >23 Feb 1798 - Pennington vs. Bollings, page 280 >29 Mar 1798 - Pennington vs. Bolling, page 183 >28 Apr 1798 - Pennington vs. Marrs representatives, page 189 >27 July 1798 - Penington vs. Hanby & others, page 197 >26 Oct 1798 - Penington vs. Hanby & others, the Captain having made a deposit >with the Clerk sufficient to pay all costs. I, Samuel Staples do bond myself >to pay all cost that may arise in the case, page 203 >1 Mar 1799 - Pennington vs. Hanby & others, page 208 >25 Apr 1799 - John Tatum vs. Isaac Pennington, Samuel Staples Spl B1., page >212 >25 Apr 1799 - Deed, Isaac Pennington to Samuel Staples, page 212 >25 Apr 1799 - Penington & Brown vs. Hanby & others, Richard Davidson security, >page 212 >26 Apr 1799 - Penington & Brown vs. Hanby & others, dismd., page 213 >25 Jul 1799 - Penington vs. Tatum & others, page 217 >26 Sept 1799 - Penington vs. Tatum & others, page 221 >24 Apr 1800 - Tatum vs. Penington, page 234 >25 Apr 1800 - Tatum vs. Penington, jury sworn.. verdict returned for Pltf, >page 236 > >Patrick Co., VA Land Records > >1796 Isaac Pennington 167 acres >1797 Isaac Pennington 167 acres >1798 Isaac Pennington 167 acres and Joseph Pennington bought 257 acres >1799 Joseph Pennington 257 acres (Isaac not listed) >1801 Joseph Pennington 257 acres (Isaac not listed) > >Patrick Co., VA Abstracts of Wills, etc. (1791-1820) by Lela C. Adams, page 53 >Inquistion: Inquistion taken at the plantation of Shadrach Going before Edward >Tatum a commissioner. The body of Nathan Going then and there lying dead. >One Robert Hall on Saturday, 21 September, last on the plantation of Jacob >Lawson mortally wounded the said Going on the head with a weeding hoe and >broken the skull of Going, through rage and passion of Robert Hall. >Jurors: Jonathan Hanby, foreman; Obadiah Hudson, Isaac PENNINGTON, Aaron Rea, >Marbert Smith, Warham Easley, William Easley, Thomas Collings, William >Collings, Anthony Collings, John Wilson and Richard Davidson. > >1810 Tithables, Patrick Co., VA >Isaac Pennington, one white male, no slaves, two horses. > >Patrick Co., VA Misc. Records > >1812, Isaac Pennington got some land from a marriage and children, final >settlement Oct, 1803 - 1907 acres > >Patrick Co., VA Census Record > >1820 Census - page 108A >Isaac Pennington 2-2-0-1-0-1/2-1-0-1-0 > >Book 6, page 181 >Isaac Brown Pennington sold land to Agness Brown (Pennington) and Jefferson >Brown Pennington. 1 July 1822. 100 acres. Neighbors were William Martindale, >Jacob Hudson, Jeremiah Wood, and William Boyls. Name Agness Pennington given >one place. Witnesses: William Martindale, Ralph Martindale, Leucy Martindale >(?). > >Book 6, page 396 >Isaac Pennington (and Leucy?) sold land to Jefferson Pennington. 16 Nov 1824. >50 acres. Neighbors: Jeremiah Wood, Jefferson Pennington, Jacob Hudson, >William Martindale. William Martindale was a witness. > >Book 6, page 427 >William & Nancy Brown sold land to George W. Gaines. Part of Chandler tract, >being 150 acres. July 23, 1825. Neighbors: Andrew Joyce, William Boyles. >Witnesses: Jefferson Brown PENNINGTON, Ralph Martindale, Daniel Collins. >(Note: Nancy was the wife of William Brown Martindale, at this time). > >Book 7, page 364 >Agness Brown, Isaac Pennington (alias Brown) and his wife Sarah Pennington, >Jeremiah Wood (his wife Elizabeth Wood) sold land to Richard Standley 29 Dec >1824. 162 acres on Hixer Fork of Peter's Creek. John Joyce, Jr. a witness. > >Book 6, page 573 >Isaac Pennington of Surry Co., NC gave land to Isaac Pennington, alias Brown, >and to Jefferson Pennington, alias Brown, in Patrick Co., VA...."in >consideration of the natural love and affection I have"... 27 Jan 1827 > >CENSUS RECORDS > >1830 US Census, Patrick Co., VA >Sally Pennington, head of household, 45 years old >Three children belonging to Sally Pennington >Isaac Pennington, husband >Edith Pennington, wife > >Note: Who is this Sally? Could this be a half brother to Jefferson >Pennington? -mgp > >Patrick Co., VA marriage records: (following records obtained from Jim >Pennington on 3/18/96) > >Jefferson Pennington married Eady Redford on 5 Feb 1829, Jesse Redford, >Witness: Bird Lowe, Minister (Note: Jefferson was the son of Dr. Isaac >Pennington the nephew of Joseph Pennington) > >Patrick Co., VA or Surry Co., NC records > >Book 7, page 364 >Jefferson Pennington witnessed a land sale of William Martindale (alias Brown) >and his wife Sarah. > > >1) Elizabeth Pennington born 1795 in Patrick Co., VA married Stone Tobias >Lone/Long between 1815-1832 and died in Hobbiesville. > >2) Samuel Pennington born 1797 in Patrick Co., VA died 16 Oct 1858. > >3) Martha Pennington born 27 Jan 1803 in Patrick Co., VA married 5 Aug 1824 to >Arch Carmichael and died 12 Mar 1886 in Pickering, MO and buried in the State >Line Cemetery. > >4) Joseph L. Pennington born 8 Oct 1806 in Patrick Co., VA married 16 Nov 1828 >to Mary Ann (Chambers) Deckard, daughter of Anthony and Mary Rosebury >Chambers. Married Nancy Unknown in 1855. Died 12 Nov 1882 in Smithville, >Indiana in the Lucas Cemetery. > >5) Ruth Pennington born 24 June 1808 in Patrick Co., VA married 28 Apr 1828 >Lawson Oliphant and died 1 Dec 1886 in Hobbiesville. > >6) Sarah Pennington born 1810 in Patrick Co., VA married 3 May 1832 to Willis >Lamb. > >7) Rachel Pennington born 13 Mar 1812 in Patrick Co., VA married 13 June 1836 >to William Lucas, died 25 Dec 1881 in Brown Co., Indiana and buried in the >Lucas Cemetery. > >Abstracts of Henry County, Virginia Deed Books III & IV shows > > "p. 32-33: 20 Jan 1789, Isaac Cloud of Surry County, NC to Isaac Pennington >of Henry County, VA for the sum of thiry pounds sells and conveys to >Pennington 167 acres of land in Henry County on Elk Creek adjacent to the >lines of Marr and Hanby." > >There was a land transaction between Jacob Fulk and Joseph Pennington in >Surry County, 9 Dec 1809 made in the presence of Henry Lamb and Jacob Smith. >The 1812 tax list of Surry County North Carolina shows Joseph Pennington >with 460 acres and one white poll; Isaac Pennington with 349 acres and one >white poll; and Henry Lamb, Sr. with 100 acres and no white poll. > >Apparently Grace Martindale's family stayed in Patrick County. The 1810 tax >records for Patrick County, Virginia show Daniel, John and William B. >Martindale and Isaac Pennington on the same page. Back in the 1787 tax >records of >Virginia, several Penningtons, including an Isaac were listed in Bourbon >County which was a large part of what was to become eastern Kentucky. That >countie's tax list also had William Anderson, William Lamb, and Jeremiah >Dunn. Perhaps Joseph and Grace were even married in Kentucky? Daughter >Sarah Lamb's 1880 census record says her mother was born in Maryland and her >father was born in North Carolina. > >The 1830 Indiana Census shows Joseph Pennington and Joseph, Jr. on page 157 >and Samuel on page 165 of Greene County. In the 1840 census Joseph >Pennington (Jr.) is listed in Monroe County on page 104 along with Alexander >and John W. Lamb, while Samuel Pennington is on page 80 and Willis Lamb is >on page 82. Land records for Indiana show that a Joseph Pennington had land >in Lawrence County in 1831. Samuel Pennington had a land transaction in >1836, the same year the Joseph Pennington estate was settled. > >Patrick Co., VA information from our BROWN research: > >Patrick Co., VA Revolutionary War Soldier in Peter Hairston�s Company >listed... William BROWN. (Could possibly be a relation to Agnes Brown) > >I have a hunch that the records of the below Augustine Brown who resided in >Patrick Co., VA, is the father of the Agnes Brown. But unproven at this time. > >Henry Co. Commonwealth's Grants or Patent, History of Henry & Patrick Co., VA: > >Page 478, Book #10 >William Brown, purchased 170 acres on 9 Aug, 1787, on the South fork of >Leatherwood Creek, adjoining Williams' line. > >Page 647, Book A >Augustine Brown, purchased 324 acres on 14 July 1780, on the branches of >Peter's Creek & Russel's Creek. > >Page 850, Book D >Augustine Brown, purchased 162 acres on 10 Apr 1781, on the waters of Peter's >Creek, adjoining the County line. > >Page 40, Book F >August Browne, purchased 680 acres on 10 Apr 1781, on the waters of Peter's >Creek, adjoining George Rogers. > >Page 611, Book U >Augustine Brown, purchased 330 acres on 2 Dec 1785, on the South side of the >North Fork of Little Dan River. > >Page 170, Book X >Augustine Brown, purchased 320 acres on 2 Dec 1785, on the branches of Little >Peter's Creek, adjoining Lawson's, etc. > >Martindale research: > >Lawson Oliphant's younger sister Nancy married another Martindale, Andrew, >who was born 15 Mar 1824 in Patrick County, Virginia which bordered Surry >County, North Carolina on the north. There were no Martindales in the >available early census records for Virginia, but they are in the 1810 tax >list for Patrick County. > >* * * >Apparently some of Daniel Martindale's family stayed in Patrick County. The >1810 tax records for Patrick County, Virginia show Daniel, John and William B. >Martindale and Isaac Pennington. This was apparently Daniel Martindale, III >because his children's births and marriages indicate he stayed in >Patrick/Surry. It could be that the Isaac Pennington was Joseph's father. >This would make Joseph an uncle of the Grahams who married Willis Lamb's >brothers Alva and Samuel. The published marriage register for Patrick >County did not show Grace's marriage. It could have been unrecorded, >especially if it was a Quaker marriage, or they may have married in North >Carolina. However, Daniel may have gone as far as Alabama. The following >land transaction is recorded: >* * * >I hope this helps someone. Melinda Pennington >