Thornton
Pennington
[uncertain]
Born about in Ashe County, NC
Son of James Pennington
and Katherine (Sexton) Pennington
Brother of
Andrew Pennington, Peggy Pennington, Esther Pennington, Abel Pennington and Artremisia Pennington
Husband of
Elizabeth (Combs) Bowling
— married
19 Apr 1856 (to 1863) in Ashe, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Poindexter Pennington and Richard Meredith (Pennington) Combs
Died about
at about age 27
in Dade County, GA
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2014
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Biography
According to census records and civil war records, Thornton Pennington was born about 1836 or 1839. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Combs on 19 Apr 1856 and they had two sons: Poindexter (b. 1857) and Meredith Richard (b. abt 1861). He enlisted as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War on 20 Jul 1862. The US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles of 1861-1865 list him as mustering out on 20 Sep 1863 at Chickamauga, GA. There is, however, an article transcribed from the North Carolina Standard Register on 14 Oct 1863 which lists him as "killed" at the Chickamauga battle. It is likely that he did die then since there don't appear to be any later records for him and his wife remarried sometime between 1870 and 1880.
Sources
- 1850 U.S. Census, Ashe County, North Carolina
- 1860 U.S. Census, South East District, Ashe County, North Carolina
US Civil War Soldier Records & Profiles, 1861-1865 North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-2004
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thornton by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thornton:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thornton by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thornton:
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~3.12%
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