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From: Tom Pennington <>
Subject: [Pennington-L] Re: [SCKY] Re: Samuel Pennington and Lydia
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 14:38:57 -0500
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Tom Pennington wrote:
>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > Thank you so much for responding. I found your comments regarding Samuel and
> > Lydia's marriage to be intriguing, as I am currently trying to convince the
> > Pennington Research Association that the oldest woman in Samuel's household
> > in the 1850 Jackson Co., TN federal census was indeed the wife of Samuel, and
> > not of his father Simeon as they believe her to be.
> Hey L.L.;
> In my letter to you last week, I pointed out that in the 1860 federal
> census of Jackson county, Tn. that Lyddia and Sam were the same age, now
> admittedly, either Sam has gotten older, or Lyddia has gotten younger in
> the ten years since the 1850 census,where Sam is 48 and Lyddia is 60.And
> here in 1860 they are both 68.
> Has anyone or yourself looked at this angle?Tom
> >
> > As far as your question about Jane, and about Samuel and Lydia's other
> > children, the most pertinent thing I could find in my database was an e-mail
> > I received from another researcher, which I've pasted here. I do not know
> > his source, so you might want to take it with a grain of salt. Below that I
> > have pasted something I found on the GENDEX web site, regarding Anthony and
> > Elizabeth Pennington. I hope these two items are helpful to you. Meanwhile,
> > I'll get busy researching the references you mentioned to Samuel and Lydia's
> > marriage. Again, thanks so much!
> >
> > Linda
> > -------------
> > Subj: Pennington Families in Jackson County, TN
> > Date: 01/15/1999 6:24:31 PM Eastern Standard Time
> >
> > ...Regarding Elizabeth Pennington, daughter of Samuel and Lydia Pennington, I
> > did not have much information on her other than name and birthdate. It
> > appears probable that she is the same as the Elizabeth "Nettie" Pennington
> > Hughes. If I remember correctly, most of Samuel's children named one
> > daughter Lydia. So this would seem to tie her to Samuel's family. Also,
> > Elizabeth had a brother named William and a sister named Nancy (see below).
> > Of course, this is all just speculation on my part, but it appears very
> > likely they are related.
> > At any rate, Samuel and Lydia were married 28 May 1815 in Cumberland
> > County, KY (now Monroe County). Samuel, of course, being a son of Simeon
> > Pennington and Elizabeth "Betsy" Pate Pennington. Samuel was born abt 1792;
> > and Lydia (Unknown) was born about 1792 in Tennessee, and died between 1860
> > and 1870 in Jackson County, TN. Samuel was married to Ruth (Unknown) by the
> > time of the 1870 Census. Ruth was born about 1804 in South Carolina. There
> > are no records of any children born to the second marriage. Besides, they
> > both were pretty elderly by 1870.
> > ...Clinton Plumlee and Nancy Pennington Plumlee went to Arkansas (see
> > below). There were a lot of Plumlees, as well as other families, from
> > Jackson County that ended up in that State.
> > Here are the children (that I have listed) of Samuel Pennington and Lydia
> > (Unknown) Pennington (all born in Jackson County, TN):
> >
> > 1) Mary "Polly" Pennington born abt 1817; married abt 1836 to John Garner;
> > and died before 1860 in Jackson County, TN.
> > 2) William Pennington born 1819; married abt 1840 to Mary (Unknown).
> > 3) Elizabeth Pennington born abt 1821.
> > 4) Welcome Pennington born 10 January 1823; married abt 1844 to Mahala
> > Moore; and died 6 April 1908 in Clay County, TN.
> > 5) Nancy Pennington born 1825; married abt 1845 to Clinton Plumlee; and died
> > in 1908 in Compton, Arkansas.
> > 6) Jane "Jenny" Pennington born September 1830; married 1855 to Job Plumlee.
> > 7) Unknown Daughter Pennington born abt 1832.
> >
> > From records that I have searched, there appears to be some confusion
> > regarding the last two daughters that I have listed above. And I have seen
> > the dates and information concerning them mixed-up. But according to Census
> > records there were definitely two daughters.
> > I hope that this information will help a little bit. At the very least, it
> > will give Judy a starting point for more research.
> > I will write more later this weekend.
> >
> > Best Regards...
> > ----------------
> >
> > >From GENDEX: HTML created by GED2HTML v3.1a-UNREGISTERED (8/20/97) on Wed
> > Mar 25 08:56:07 1998. 3597 individuals, 1254 families from file TEST.GED (25
> > MAR 1998) Address: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~rdefore/html/surnames.html:
> >
> > Notes on Elizabeth and Anthony Pennington:
> > 1. A marriage agreement signed by Simeon Pendleton (sic) and Joshua
> > Pennington as parents of the couple.
> > 2. Declaration of Elizabeth Pennington, State of TENNESSEE, Clay of
> > Clay, date May 25, 1871. She states she is 74 years of age, a resident of
> > near Lodi P.O., Clay County, Tennessee; that she is the widow of Anthony W.
> > Pennington, who served in the War of 1812; who enlisted in Captain McNeer
> > Company on 25th. day of August, 1812, and discharged about 1st. day of March,
> > 1813; that he was in the service on the lakes of Canada; that she was
> > Elizabeth Pennington and married Anthony Pennington on the 2nd. day of June,
> > 1813 by Rev. Fears, a minister of the Gospel in Cumberland County, KY.; that
> > her husband died in Wayne County, Mo. on June, 1849; that her husband
> > volunteered at Burksville, Cumberland County, Kentucky for term of 6 months.
> > Affidavat singed by Samuel Pennington (signed Penington) 29th. of August,
> > 1872; he states he is a brother of
> > Elizabeth and that her maiden name was Penington. PP1-3, pg 23. Elizabeth is
> > found in the 1880 Federal Census living with her grandson Barton Moss,
> > household #43, Clay Co., TN. District #3. Age shown in this census is 83 and
> > would agree with the above statement. Clay Co., TN. was formed from Jackson
> > and Overton counties in 1870.
> >
> > ==================================================
> > In a message dated 11/12/2000 8:02:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > writes:
> >
> > << X-Message: #3
> > Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:23:07 -0700
> > From: Doug Moore <>
> > To:
> > Message-ID: <>
> > Subject: [SCKY] Re: Samuel Pennington & Lydia
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> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am searching for a Cumberland Co., KY marriage record that supposedly
> > > exists for Samuel PENNINGTON and Lydia (?), dated May 28, 1815. I've
> > > searched the Rootsweb archives, and found Sandi Gorin's Cumberland Co.
> > > Marriage Records postings, but didn't find Samuel among them, nor did I
> > find
> > > anything on the GenWeb Cumberland Co. site. Can anyone give me some
> > > guidance? Any help would be more than appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Linda
> > >
> >
> > I don't think you will find it in the standard marriage lists.
> > The Penningtons and Thompsons (I have a Thompson question for you
> > below) lived generally near the Barren-Cumberland Co line a few
> > miles north of the Tennessee border in the early 1800s. Thus marriages
> > could have been recorded in either Barren or Cumberland counties.
> >
> > There are several marriages of interest here. Samuel Pennington's
> > sister, Elizabeth, married her cousin Anthony Pennington in 1813.
> > This is not recorded in the Barren County early marriages and it
> > is not in the Cumberland Co early marriages compiled from ministers
> > returns. However, there are a couple of entries in the early Cumberland
> > County deeds relating to the marriage of Anthony aand Elizabeth. Now
> > Rodden Thompson was a witness to these deeds and he also was a co-signer
> > with Anthony Pennington on the marriage bond. Moreover, Rodden Thompson's
> > second marriage (in 1806) was to an Elizabeth Pennington, born c1790 in
> > Virginia. Who was the Elizabeth Pennington who married Rodden Thompson?
> > Could she have been a sister of Anthony ?
> >
> > Now to Samuel Pennington's marriage. I think (based on some old email
> > communications) that the date, 28 May 1815, showed up in a deposition
> > by Samuel Pennington in 1872 in Clay Co that was related to a pension
> > application by his sister Elizabeth. This marriage is not in the early
> > Monroe Co ministers returns, the Barren Co records nor the Cumberland Co
> > ministers returns. However, you might find it in early Cumberland Co
> > deeds, since his sister Elizabeth's marriage was referenced there.
> >
> > In 1850 Jackson Co Samuel and Lyddy have living with them a girl,
> > Jane 19, his father Simeon and sister Elizabeth (whose husband
> > Anthony Pennington had died c1847). I don't have any information
> > on Samuel's children. Is Jane his daughter ? Do you know anything
> > about the other children of Samuel and Liddy ?
> >
> > Doug Moore >>
> >
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