Joseph Roscoe Penn

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Phillip, b. Feb 6, 1742 or 1743, m. 1761/2 Martha Holloday.

 -  Jos R Penn, b. July 30, 1768. VA, d. Dec 27, 1848, Ill m.(1)  Apr 22, 1790 Bedford VA, Sally King, d. Dec 27, 1848; their children 

1. Susanna Penn, b. Aug 22, 1791, m. Phillip Smith.
#John Smith, b. Mar 3, 1814, in St. Clair Co., d. Jan 23, 1883, Tablerock, Fulton
m. Jane Hargis.
# Phillip Penn, b. July 16, 1792, d. Nov 1850,
m. Mary Ann Starr nine children, living in St. Clair Co., Illinois.
* 3. William Penn, b. Nov 19, 1796, d. 1850,

     m (1) Rhuma Redman, b. abt 1800, d 1842.  

By the first marriage eight daughters and two sons, all in St. Clair Co., Illinois.
(2) Mary Reynolds,Feb 20, 1842, b. Sep 1798.
* 4. Joseph Penn, Jr., b. June 6, 1798, d. Nov 25, 1840,

     m. October 8, 1817, Candice (Crodie) Barton, b.~ 1795, d.~ 1850, probably in Macoupin Co., Illinois, dau of Wm Barton &  Nancy Hunter: nine children - five identified: (Sarah, John, Mary, Emesly (Emsley),and Benjamin H.).

* 5. Sarah (Sally) Penn, b. May 25, 1800, in Elbert County, GA (Also shown as Bedford, VA.), d. May 11, 1882, in Paragonah, Iron County, Utah, married John Barton, born February 19, 1796, died November 13, 1846, in Lebanon, St. Clair Co., Illinois, brother of Candice Barton, and son of William Barton and his wife, Nancy Hunter. This family eventually became Mormons, migrating to Utah in the early days of that movement. They had the following children (all born in St. Clair Co., Illinois):

o 1. Elizabeth Barton, born December 28, 1818, St. Clair Co., Illinois, died October 27, 1823, St. Clair Co., Illinois.

o 2. William Barton, born January 30, 1821, buried Octobe

(2) _________,        (3) Dec 24, 1827, Elizabeth Ebberman.

Joseph and Sally moved from Georgia to Illinois in 1811 or 1812. There is listed a Muster Roll of a company of drafted militia of the Illinois Territory commanded by Captain Amos Squires, called into service by His Excellency Ninian Edwards, Governor of said Territory. In this muster roll from September 9, 1812 to November 14, 1812 were listed Joseph Penn Corporal, and also listed were Joseph Penn, Jr. and William Penn. In the period from August 10, 1814 to October 9, 1814 the muster rolls listed the sons, Philip Penn and William Penn as serving. Joseph Penn was a Justice of Peace in St. Clair Co. in 1818. On January 24, 1835, Joseph Penn, Sr., of St. Clair Co. got permission to locate a road from Lebanon to the house of Benjamin Johnson.