Corporal Asa Simeon Pennington

Corporal Asa Pennington was born 26 August 1775 in Surry County, North Carolina and died 26 September 1853 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. He is the son of Timothy Pennington and Susanna Nancy / Nancy Susanna Riggs. He married 9 September 1797 in Virginia to Rachel Lane, daughter of Corbin Lane and Frances Fanny Prock or Proctor. Their son's name is spelled Corben not Corbin. Corben Pennington is my 3x great grandfather. I descend through their youngest daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. Thank you! [Yerva Williams Nelson #46791486]

Asa Pennington was born 26 August 1775, in North Carolina, and moved to Barry (now Lawrence) County, Missouri ca. 1837-38. He was a son of Asa and Mary (Tyler) Pennington. He was married in September 1797 in either Lee or Russell County, Virginia, to Rachel Lane. He died 1 November 1853, and his estate was probated in Lawrence County. His wife is also said to be buried here. Their children were

• Sarah Pennington McGeehe
• Simeon Pennington
• Corbin Pennington
• Peter Pennington
• Timothy Pennington
• William Carrol Pennington
• Frances Pennington Connell

See the Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin for January, 1976. [From Volume Two, Lawrence County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions. Lawrence County Historical Society. Notes probably written by Fred G. Mieswinkel]

War of 1812 - Asia Penington, Corporal, 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia. Drafted September 20, 1814 into Captain Thomas Delany's Company under Colonel Lowery (six months service), discharged March 20, 1815 at Mobile, Alabama.

From the 1850 federal census, Asa Pennington lived with his wife at Lawrence County, Missouri. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head Asa Pennington 74
• Wife Rachael Pennington 72

GEDCOM Source

@R1103587405@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=160621836&pi...

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 14 2017, 8:03:24 UTC

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  • ***************************** Pennington Cemetery********************************

… This old burial ground is in the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 9, Township 28, Range 27, on the Jesse Burns farm, just southeast of the barn. This survey made 24 October 1968, by Fred G. Mieswinkel. As of 1983, it is open to stock and nearly all stones are down.
… Asa Pennington was born 26 August 1775, in North Carolina, and moved to Barry (now Lawrence) County, Missouri ca. 1837-38. He was a son of Asa and Mary (Tyler) Pennington. He was married in Sept. 1797 in either Lee or Russell County, Virginia, to Rachel Lane. He died 1 Nov. 1853, and his estate was probated in Lawrence County. His wife is also said to be buried here.
... Their children were Sarah Pennington McGeehe, Simeon Pennington, Corbin Pennington, Peter Pennington, Timothy Pennington, William Carrol Pennington, and Frances Pennington Connell. See the Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin for January, 1976.
[Volume Two, Lawrence County Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions. Lawrence County Historical Society. Notes probably written by Fred G. Mieswinkel]

War of 1812 - Asia Penington, Corporal
2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia
Drafted September 20, 1814 into Capt. Thomas Delany's Company under Col. Lowery (six months service), discharged March 20, 1815 at Mobile, Alabama.
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-- Biography sent from Yerva Williams Nelson --
Cpl. Asa Pennington was born 26 Aug 1775 in Surry Co., North Carolina and died 26 Sept 1853 in Mount Vernon. He is the son of Timothy Pennington and Susanna Nancy / Nancy Susanna Riggs. He married 9 Sept 1797 in Virginia to Rachel Lane, daughter of Corbin Lane and Frances Fanny Prock or Proctor. Their son's name is spelled Corben not in. Corben Pennington is my 3x great grandfather. I descend through their youngest daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. Thank you!
[Yerva Williams Nelson #46791486]
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-- From Michelle Shreve 10-24-2017 --
Vicki, thanks for the response! I had contacted Yerva back in 2012 to ask about her sources, and it didn't help much. Here is her response:

Hi I am responding to your question concerning sources. When I first started I was stupid and didnt write down sources but I also am very leery of family trees as I see to much misinformation on there. Asa & Rachel's marriage date is from U.S. and International Marriage Records,1560-1900 (posted on Ancestry.com). Alot of information came from the Pennington Research Institute I believe its called whose members have done alot of research on the different lines of Penningtons. Also the list of children of Timothy and Susannah Pennington is from a letter written by Robert Elijah Pennington to Jonnie Mae Shaufler. The letter was written on March 20, 1941. They are descendants of Riggs Pennington, brother to Asa and son of Timothy. The information concerning Corben is from my family. My great great grandmother is Sarah Elizabeth Pennington who was born in 1850. She was born in Missouri but Corben and Elizabeth (McGehee) Pennington moved to Coryell Co., Texas. They raised their family there. Sarah married my gg grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Beckett ( I have a copy of their marriage license albeit not a great copy sent to me by a genealogist who works in the courthouse in Coryell Co.) Hope this helps you. Yerva

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-- Asa Pennington (85318638) --
Suggested edit: This part of his BIO needs to be corrected. "He was a son of Asa and Mary (Tyler) Pennington." Since it also states in the BIO lower down that he is the son of Timothy Pennington and Nancy Susannah Riggs Pennington. Please delete one or the other because he can't be the son of both sets of parents!* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Nov 25 2023, 19:00:59 UTC