Jonathan Pennington

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+20 ii. Jonathan Pennington (born on May 15, 1818).

Abel left a great deal of land. Each son also gained land grants. When William died, he left his land to his wife Nancy Kelly. We are lucky to have his will. He does not mention his children. Jonathan had moved to Missouri before he died. A deed in favor of Abel (which Abel we do not know) was filed in Lawrence County, Kentucky in 1859 listing LaFayette County, Missouri as Jonathan's address. This may have been his father, as Abel #4 was still alive. It also may have been a nephew as William and Nancy's son Abel was 19 years old by this time. James and Celia Harris' son Abel would only have been 9 years old -- not a likely prospect. Jonathan apparently died shortly after this as he is not listed in the Missouri nor Kentucky census of 1860. He is mentioned in the Elliott County deeds and they refer to the estate of Jonathan Pennington, so he did not deed all of his land before he died. All of the family that are listed in these deeds lived in Missouri by the time of the settlement, except Mary Ann. They all sold their property share to Jonathan Gallion, father-in-law of John K., son of William and Nancy.

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PRA Group 28Jonathan Pennington first obtained land in Lawrence Co., KY in 1846, then moved to Carter Co., KY before the 1850 census was taken.By 1859 Jonathan was living in Lafayette Co., MO. He possibly died there, as he is not listed in either the KY or MO census for 1860.His wife and his children are listed with her brother, David Nethercutt, and his wife in Lafayette Co., MO.In 1859, Jonathan deeded some land in KY to Abel Pennington. This may have been his father, who lived until 1865, or his son, Abel.Nearly all of Jonathan's children moved to Missouri. Some then went farther west to Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. When Jonathan's estate was settled in Elliott Co., KY. in the 1880's, they all gave Missouri addresses.Sources: 1. Jonathan Pennington is listed in the "History of Cass and Bates County, Missouri 1883" as "a native of Virginia, who was married there to Miss Jemimah Neithercut of the same state. They had a family of twelve children." 2. PP 17-2, p. 36 3. Family Record 4. Estate papers of David Pennington, Harrison County Missouri 5. Carter County, Kentucky Census 1850 6. Land grant Lawrence County, Kentucky 1848 7. Deed to Abel (?) in Kentucky from Lafayette County, Missouri 8. Petition for pension from Jemima based on William's Civil War service. 9. PP 6-2, p. 30 10. Elliott County, Kentucky Deeds 11. Vandella's tombstone - Grand Junction, Colorado 12. Osborne County, Kansas Census data on Jordan 13. FGR from Betty Inman: has birth 15 May 1817 Lived Carter County, Kentucky. 1850 Census lists Jonathan and Jemima and seven children. 4 Aug 1858, 50 acres of land deeded over to Abel of Carter County, Kentucky for $1.00. Both Jonathan and Jemima signed in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. In 1858 George Nethercutt and his wife, Sara Cornett lived in Jasper County, Missouri. He was a farmer and a carpenter who made wagons to sell. He later moved his family to Saline County, Missouri. In 1868 they moved again to Lafayette County, Missouri. In the 1860 Census of Lafayette County, Missouri, Jemima and her children are listed with her brother David Nethercutt. Jemima is listed in the 1880 Census in Gentry County, Missouri. In 1863 when her son William joined the Army, Jemima lived in Cass County, Missouri. Property settlement of David Pennington was the farm he was left by Jemima. It was in Harrison County, Missouri (1928). Vandella, last child born to Jonathan and Jemima, was born 1859 in Missouri. Jonathan must then have died in Lafayette County, Missouri. Becky (?) says the family lived in Carsville, Missouri in 1861-1865, over 100 miles south of Lexington. Becky lives in Sheldon, Jasper County, Missouri. This story was submitted by Fran and Jack Pennington, Seattle, WA, who received it from Jack's cousin, George Ripley, Jr. George's mother lived with him at one time and he was able to acquire some valuable information from her. The family legends, some of them embellished or diminished by time, were passed orally from generation to generation, sometimes as entertainment (no TV or radio), mostly to try to preserve family history. In this I will write of things that were told to me by my mother, grandmother, cousins, aunts and uncles. I present these writings not as truths, but as near as the people remembered the ins and outs of family history as it was told to them or as they lived it. I shall not add or take away one bit as there is enough to fill several books without my help or hindrance. My mother, Bessie Pennington Ripley, was the greatest source of information on the family. She was the daughter of Isaac Pennington & Julia Enloe Pennington. Her grandfather was Joshua. Some say his name was Jonathan, but cousin Opal Rebecca Wheeler Clark who lives in Missouri says every one of the elders in the family who knew him called him Josh or Joshua. Becky Clark is the daughter of one of my Grandfather Isaac's sisters who married Wheeler. Joshua's wife was Jamimia Nethercutt of Virginia. Joshua came down from Pennsylvania to Charles City Courthouse, which is a strange name for a town, in Virginia looking for a good place to homestead. The story in this paragraph is from cousin Becky Clark. He met and fell in love with Jamimia Nethercutt and asked her father for her hand. Her father suggested that he go to Kentucky which was just being settled and if he could establish a home, to come back and marry his daughter. Joshua told his sweetheart that he was going, and if he was not back after a year to forget him. One year later he returned and, as in the romance novels, was duly married to the love of his life. A short time later he was away with his bride to their new home in Kentucky. Her father, who was a doctor, gave them a team and wagon, her riding horse, and a cow. At this point I have some questions. Where did Great-Grandfather Pennington come from in Pennsylvania? I find no Nethercutt in any census or marriage record, or tax books at Charles City Courthouse. This is very possible as many courthouses were burned and in others many records destroyed deliberately during the late unpleasantness (Civil War). The riding horse reminds me that Grandmother Julia Enloe Pennington kept a riding horse until she left Oklahoma about 1911, which would make her well into her forties. She was a lady and always rode sidesaddle. The saddle she took with her to Washington State and kept it until Uncle Raymond, who was not noted for spending money unless he had to, cut it up to half-sole shoes which, by the way, made my Grandmother madder than a hornet and thirty years later she still berated him for doing it. Also, she was a really good judge of horseflesh, and if she said a horse was a fairly good animal, you could bet it was a dandy. Mother said she really loved to ride. I have wondered why our Great Uncle William, the oldest of Joshua & Jamimia' 5 children, who was killed in the late unpleasantness, on his military records has his birthplace listed as Missouri. He was in the hospital for war wounds and while there developed typhoid which, in his weakened condition, carried him away. Becky Clark, my mother Bessie, my mother's sisters Blanche and Grace, and my mother's oldest brother, another William, all tell of the trials and tribulations of our great-grandparents in Kentucky, and how after everything to eat and all the livestock and bedding were gone at the farm, Great-Grandmother Jamimia walked with her family 20 miles to Louisville. Our Great-Grandma Jamimia Pennington had a whopping lot of kids to provide for when she got to Missouri. I will never know how she got to Pleasant Hill from St. Louis where she got off the river boat. I am going to leave this last bomb (about where Great-Uncle William was born) just where it is and hope to raise some discussion on this matter. Our folks died taking with them a wealth of information, and I hope not to follow in those footsteps. PP24-2, p. 18-19.

Abbrev: A letter written, Dated 1881, for theapplication o Title: Rebecca (Sturgill) Neithercutt, A letter written, Dated 1881, for theapplication of the War of1812pension (National Archives) Note: Page: File of Leee Neithercutt Abbrev: War of 1812 Pension Title: National Archives, War of 1812 Pension Note: Abbrev: Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Fran Title: County Tax officials, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Frankford, KY Microfilm Note: Text: Page 7 of 1824, page 8 of 1825, page 10 of 1827, page 11 of 1828 oftaxbooks Abbrev: Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. Volume 3:N-Z Title: Virgil D. White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. Volume 3:N-Z (The National Historical Publishing Company Waynesvoro, Tennessee 1989) Note: Page: Page 1344, Volume III:N-Z Abbrev: Lee County, VA Personal Propety and Land Book Title: Lee County, VA Personal Propety and Land Book Note: Page: Micro -Film Reel 202 Abbrev: Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Fran Title: County Tax officials, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Frankford, KY Microfilm Note: Abbrev: Tax list of Cartr County, KY for years 1839/1859 Title: Tax list of Cartr County, KY for years 1839/1859 (Copy on File) Note: Abbrev: War of 1812 Pension Title: National Archives, War of 1812 Pension Note: Page: File #38608

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+20 ii. Jonathan Pennington (born on May 15, 1818). land grants. When William died, he left his land to his wife Nancy Kelly. We are lucky to have his will. He does not mention his children. Jonathan had moved to Missouri before he died. A deed in favor of Abel (which Abel we do not know) was filed in Lawrence County, Kentucky in 1859 listing LaFayette County, Missouri as Jonathan's address. This may have been his father, as Abel #4 was still alive. It also may have been a nephew as William and Nancy's son Abel was 19 years old by this time. James and Celia Harris' son Abel would only have been 9 years old -- not a likely prospect. Jonathan apparently died shortly after this as he is not listed in the Missouri nor Kentucky census of 1860. He is mentioned in the Elliott County deeds and they refer to the estate of Jonathan Pennington, so hedid not deed all of his land before he died. All of the family that are listed in these deeds lived in Missouri by the time of the settlement, except Mary Ann. They all sold their property share to Jonathan Gallion, father-in-law of John K., son of William and Nancy. ved to Carter Co., KY before the 1850 census was taken.By 1859 Jonathan was living in Lafayette Co., MO. He possibly died there, as he is not listed in either the KY or MO census for 1860.His wife andhis children are listed with her brother, David Nethercutt, and his wife in Lafayette Co., MO.In 1859, Jonathan deeded some land in KY to Abel Pennington. This may have been his father, who lived until 1865, or his son, Abel.Nearly all of Jonathan's children moved to Missouri. Some then went farther west to Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. When Jonathan's estate was settled in Elliott Co., KY. in the 1880's, they all gave Missouri addresses.Sources: 1. Jonathan Pennington is listed in the "History of Cass and Bates County, Missouri 1883" as "a native of Virginia, who was married there to Miss Jemimah Neithercut of the same state. They had a family of twelve children." 2. PP 17-2, p. 36 3. Family Record 4. Estate papers of David Pennington, Harrison County Missouri 5. Carter County, KentuckyCensus 1850 6. Land grant Lawrence County, Kentucky 1848 7. Deed to Abel (?) in Kentucky from Lafayette County, Missouri 8. Petition for pension from Jemima based on William's Civil War service. 9. PP 6-2, p. 30 10. Elliott County, Kentucky Deeds 11. Vandella's tombstone - Grand Junction, Colorado 12. Osborne County, Kansas Census data on Jordan 13. FGR from Betty Inman: has birth 15 May 1817 Lived Carter County, Kentucky. 1850 Census lists Jonathan and Jemima and seven children. 4 Aug 1858, 50 acres of land deeded over to Abel of Carter County, Kentucky for $1.00. Both Jonathan and Jemima signed in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri. In 1858 George Nethercutt and his wife, Sara Cornett lived in Jasper County, Missouri. He was a farmer and a carpenter who made wagons to sell. He later moved his family to Saline County, Missouri. In 1868 they moved again to Lafayette County, Missouri. In the 1860 Census of Lafayette County, Missouri, Jemima and her children are listed with her brother David Nethercutt. Jemima is listed in the 1880 Census in Gentry County, Missouri. In 1863 when her son William joined the Army, Jemima lived in Cass County, Missouri. Property settlement of David Pennington was the farm he was left by Jemima. It was in Harrison County, Missouri (1928). Vandella, last child born to Jonathan and Jemima, was born 1859 in Missouri. Jonathan must then have died in Lafayette County, Missouri. Becky (?) says the family lived in Carsville, Missouri in 1861-1865, over 100 miles south of Lexington. Becky lives in Sheldon, Jasper County, Missouri. This story was submitted by Fran and Jack Pennington, Seattle, WA, who received it from Jack's cousin, George Ripley, Jr. George's mother lived with him at one time and he was able to acquire some valuable information from her. The family legends, some of them embellished or diminished by time, were passed orally from generation to generation, sometimes as entertainment (no TV or radio), mostly to try to preserve family history. In this I will write of things that were told to me by my mother, grandmother, cousins, aunts and uncles. I present these writings not as truths, but as near as the people remembered the ins and outs of family history as it was told to them or as they lived it. I shall not add or take away one bit as there is enough to fill several books without my help or hindrance. My mother, BessiePennington Ripley, was the greatest source of information on the family. She was the daughter of Isaac Pennington & Julia Enloe Pennington. Her grandfather was Joshua. Some say his name was Jonathan,but cousin Opal Rebecca Wheeler Clark who lives in Missouri says every one of the elders in the family who knew him called him Josh or Joshua. Becky Clark is the daughter of one of my Grandfather Isaac's sisters who married Wheeler. Joshua's wife was Jamimia Nethercutt of Virginia. Joshua came down from Pennsylvania to Charles City Courthouse, which is a strange name for a town, in Virginia looking for a good place to homestead. The story in this paragraph is from cousin Becky Clark. He met and fell in love with Jamimia Nethercutt and asked her father for her hand. Her father suggested that he go to Kentucky which was just being settled and if he could establish a home, to come back and marry his daughter. Joshua told his sweetheart that he was going, and if he was not back after a year to forget him. One year later he returned and, as in the romance novels, was duly married to the love of his life. A short time later he was away with his bride to their new home in Kentucky. Her father, who was a doctor, gave them a team and wagon, her riding horse, and a cow. At this point I have some questions. Where did Great-Grandfather Pennington come from in Pennsylvania? I find no Nethercutt in any census or marriage record, or tax books at Charles City Courthouse. This is very possible as many courthouses were burned and in others many records destroyed deliberately during the late unpleasantness (Civil War). The riding horse reminds me that Grandmother Julia Enloe Pennington kept a riding horse until she left Oklahoma about 1911, which would make her well into her forties. She wasa lady and always rode sidesaddle. The saddle she took with her to Washington State and kept it until Uncle Raymond, who was not noted for spending money unless he had to, cut it up to half-sole shoes which, by the way, made my Grandmother madder than a hornet and thirty years later she still berated him for doing it. Also, she was a really good judge of horseflesh, and if she said a horse was a fairly good animal, you could bet it was a dandy. Mother said she really loved to ride. I have wondered why our Great Uncle William, the oldest of Joshua & Jamimia' 5 children, who was killed in the late unpleasantness, on his military records has his birthplace listed as Missouri. He was in the hospital for war wounds and while there developed typhoid which, in his weakened condition, carried himaway. Becky Clark, my mother Bessie, my mother's sisters Blanche and Grace, and my mother's oldest brother, another William, all tell of the trials and tribulations of our great-grandparents in Kentucky, and how after everything to eat and all the livestock and bedding were gone at the farm, Great-Grandmother Jamimia walked with her family 20 miles to Louisville. Our Great-Grandma Jamimia Pennington had a whopping lot of kids to provide for when she got to Missouri. I will never know how she got to Pleasant Hill from St. Louis where she got off the river boat. I am going to leave this last bomb (about where Great-Uncle William was born) just where it is and hope to raise some discussion on this matter. Our folks died taking with them a wealth of information, and I hope not to follow in those footsteps. PP24-2, p. 18-19.nsion (National Archives) Note: Page: File of Leee Neithercutt Abbrev: War of 1812 Pension Title: National Archives, War of 1812 Pension Note: Abbrev: Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Fran Title: County Tax officials, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Frankford, KY Microfilm Note: Text: Page 7 of 1824, page 8 of 1825, page 10 of 1827, page 11 of 1828 oftaxbooks Abbrev: Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. Volume 3:N-Z Title: Virgil D. White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. Volume 3:N-Z (The National Historical Publishing Company Waynesvoro, Tennessee 1989) Note: Page: Page 1344, Volume III:N-Z Abbrev: Lee County, VA Personal Propety and Land Book Title: Lee County, VA Personal Propety and Land Book Note: Page: Micro -Film Reel 202 Abbrev: Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Fran Title: County Tax officials, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives-Frankford, KY Microfilm Note: Abbrev: Tax list of Cartr County, KY for years 1839/1859 Title: Taxlist of Cartr County, KY for years 1839/1859 (Copy on File) Note: Abbrev: War of 1812 Pension Title: National Archives, War of 1812 Pension Note: Page: File #38608