no image
Privacy Level: Open (White)

William Henry Pennington (abt. 1801 - 1873)

William Henry Pennington
Born about in Virginia, United Statesmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 14 Feb 1828 (to 17 Jun 1852) in Pike, Georgia, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 31 Aug 1853 (to 1855) in Pike, Georgia, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 2 Jul 1855 (to 13 May 1873) in Coweta, Georgia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 72 in Coweta, Georgia, United Statesmap
Problems/Questions Profile managers: Margaret Cole private message [send private message] and Howard Waldrop private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 18 Sep 2016
This page has been accessed 91 times.

Biography

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.

Research Notes

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

Sources

  1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 September 2022), memorial page for William Pennington (1801–13 May 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #11369160, citing Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Senoia, Coweta County, Georgia, USA; maintained by Bob and Valerie (Johnson) Freeman (contributor 46892856), two headstone photos.
  • 1830 US Census - Pike County, Georgia (Ancestry) - William Pennington (pg 107, img3) [1]
  • 1840 US Census - Pike County, Georgia (Ancestry) - William Pennington (Img 7) [2]
  • 1850 US Census - Pike County, Georgia (Ancestry) - William Pennington (Img 25) [3]
  • 1860 US Census - Coweta County, Georgia (Ancestry) - William Pennington (Img 45, P 70) [4]
  • 1870 US Census - Coweta County, Georgia (Ancestry) - William Pennington (P 48, Img 48) [5]
  • Family tree at Family Search (submitter did not specify tree or ID)
  • FamilySearch Profile LK1X-1F1 - William Henry Pennington (with extensive documentation) [6]
  • Marriage Record - Pike County, Georgia (FamilySearch) - William Pennington and Eliza Coggin [7]
  • Tax Lists - Pike County, Georgia (Ancestry) - 1826-1850 [8]
  • Tax Lists - Coweta County, Georgia (Ancestry) - 1861 [9]




Is William your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message private message a profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.



Comments: 2

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
[Living Anderson]
Pennington-6833 and Pennington-3297 are not ready to be merged because: The date and place of death match exactly but it is not clear that the person who had the parents attached to Pennington-6833 is the same as the person who died on 13 May 1873 in Coweta, GA.
posted by [Living Anderson]
Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Pennington-5136 and Pennington-3297 appear to represent the same person because: they share a similar birth year, the same spouse, Mary Ann Dodd, and the exact same marriage year.
posted by Linda (Johnson) Leslie

Unmerged matches › William Henry Pennington (1801-1873)

William is 23 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 22 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 24 degrees from Maggie Beer, 47 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 28 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 31 degrees from Michael Chow, 20 degrees from Ree Drummond, 24 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 25 degrees from Matty Matheson, 24 degrees from Martha Stewart, 29 degrees from Danny Trejo and 30 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

P  >  Pennington  >  William Henry Pennington