William was born in 1801. He died in 1873. [1]
William Pennington married Mary A. Waldrop on 2 Jul 1855 in Coweta Co., GA, with Abram Young, JP, officiating. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hwrdwl&id=I7259
At present, the names of William's parents are not known. He was born between 1801-1803, but there is currently confusion as to whether it was Mecklenburg County, Virginia or somewhere in North Carolina (different census years give VA or NC). He married three times; first to Mary Elizabeth "Eliza" Coggin and had seven children, second to Mrs. Louisa J. [Webster] Byram and had no children and third to Mrs. Mary Ann Margaret [Dodds] Waldrop and had two children. He is buried at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta County, Georgia.
William's date and place of birth is confusing in the censuses and funeral records WH 1850 47 (census before birthday = 1802) - VA WH 1860 55 (no date calcs fit the data = birth date mistake by family) - NC WH 1870 68 (census after birthday = 1802) - VA HA 1880 (Parent Notes) - SC [mistake by later family] Father - S Car Mother - Ga [Neither of these is correct] Confused information after WH's death. Grave says abt 1801, but 2 censuses point to 1802-3 as more likely and all seem to rule out 1801 as a possibility
Tax Lists with William Henry Pennington Pike County, Georgia The following Tax lists include William (Henry) along with a group of Coggins, Crooks, Singletons and other associates in the following years: 1825 (Some of the others are listed, but William is not yet listed - not of age, no property, I'm not sure yet? He is likely in Pike with the above group, but not separately listed until the following year) 1826, 1827, 1829, 1831, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1850
Coweta County, Georgia 1861
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