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Owned Slaves - Perhaps Pennington Gap is named after him.
https://www.co-opliving.com/coopliving/issues/2000/January/pdf/dh_2...
https://www.penningtonresearch.org/Names_Religions_Migrations
(Magazine article and Pennington Research state the Town of Pennington Gap was named for Edward Pennington)
Unmarked grave (on farm) in Lee Co., VA. Edward is believed to be the founder of Pennington Gap, Virginia along with a brother.
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1850 Census, Lee County, Virginia
Edward Pennington, 80, farmer, value of real estate owned - 2000, born in North Carolina, cannot read/write Martha, 72, born in ? (looks like DO - maybe "ditto"?), cannot read/write
(I have a copy of this census page)
Possibly confused with Edward Mitchell Pennington
1769 |
December 29, 1769
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Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
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1785 |
1785
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Lee County, Virginia, United States
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1792 |
1792
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Ashe, NC, United States
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1794 |
September 26, 1794
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Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
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1796 |
1796
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Watauga county, nc
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1797 |
July 5, 1797
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Ashe, North Carolina, United States
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1798 |
March 12, 1798
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Ashe, North Carolina, United States
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1801 |
January 19, 1801
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North Carolina, United States
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1802 |
October 5, 1802
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Lee, Virginia, United States
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