Asa Pennington (1775 - 1853)

Born 26 Aug 1775 in Surry, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Rachael (Lane) Pennington — married 9 Sep 1797 in Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1853 at age 78 in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Asa Pennington was born 26 August 1775, in North Carolina, son of [[Pennington-19|Timothy Pennington and Nancy Susannah Riggs.

Asa and Simeon Pennington are twins.

He was married 9 September 1797 in either Lee or Russell County, Virginia, to Rachel Lane. Rachel is the daughter of Corbin Lane and Frances Fanny Proctor. Their children were:

1. Sarah Pennington McGeehe 1797 - 1860
2. Simeon Pennington 1800 - 1862
3. Corbin Pennington 1805 - 1880
4. Peter Pennington
5. Timothy Pennington 1813 - 1871
6. William Carrol Pennington 1816 - 1903
7. Frances Pennington Connell 1818 - 1901

'Military: War of 1812 - Asia Penington, Corporal 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia Drafted September 20, 1814 into Capt. Thomas Delany's Company under Col. Lowery (six months service), discharged March 20, 1815 at Mobile, Alabama. He moved his family to Barry (now Lawrence) County, Missouri about 1837-1838.

Asa and family are shown in the 1850 census for Lawence County, Missouri:

Asa Pennington 74 North Carolina

Rachael Pennington 72 Pennsylvania

He died 22 September 1853 (aged 78), in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, and is buried in Pennington Cemetery, Phelps, Lawrence County, Missouri. His estate was probated in Lawrence County.

Pennington Cemetery:

"This old burial ground is in the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of Section 9, Township 28, Range 27, on the Jesse Burns farm, just southeast of the barn. This survey made 24 October 1968, by Fred G. Mieswinkel. As of 1983, it is open to stock and nearly all stones are down."

"Asa Pennington was born 26 August 1775, in North Carolina, and moved to Barry (now Lawrence) County, Missouri ca. 1837-38. He was a son of Asa and Mary (Tyler) Pennington. He was married in Sept. 1797 in either Lee or Russell County, Virginia, to Rachel Lane. He died 1 Nov. 1853, and his estate was probated in Lawrence County. His wife is also said to be buried here. ... Their children were Sarah Pennington McGeehe, Simeon Pennington, Corbin Pennington, Peter Pennington, Timothy Pennington, William Carrol Pennington, and Frances Pennington Connell." See the Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin for January, 1976. [Volume Two, Lawrence County, Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions. Lawrence County Historical Society. Notes probably written by Fred G.

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #85318638

Lawrence County Historical Society Bulletin for January, 1976; Volume Two, Lawrence County, Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions. Lawrence County Historical Society. Notes probably written by Fred G. Mieswinkel

Barren County Court Records, Kentucky, 1814;

Family Search.org: Asa Pennington 1775–1853 • LCP6-8HN

United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-22DB : 12 March 2018), Asia Penington, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 162; FHL microfilm 882,680.

United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZD-ZH4 : 29 October 2019), Asa Pennington, Lawrence county, Lawrence, Missouri, United States; citing family 59, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Geni World Family Tree MyHeritage.com [online database]. Lehi, Utah: MyHeritage (USA) Inc.; Asa Simeon Pennington: Birth: August 26 1775 - Surry County, Province of North Carolina, (present USA) :Death: September 26 1853 - Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri; Father: Timothy Pennington; Mother: Nancy Susannah Pennington (born Riggs); Wives: Rachel (born Lane), Elizabeth Pate Pennington (born Whitson); Children: Sarah McGehee (born Pennington), Simeon Sylvester Pennington, *:Corbin Pennington, Timothy Pennington, Peter Pennington, William Carroll *:Pennington, Francis Connell Pennington, Wilson Pennington; Siblings: Moses Pennington, Riggs Pennington, Reuben Pennington, Joel Pennington

International Genealogical index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family History Library, 35 N. West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, www.familysearch.org

NOTES: "Biography sent from Yerva Williams Nelson -- Cpl. Asa Pennington was born 26 August 1775 in Surry Co., North Carolina and died 26 September 1853 in Mount Vernon. He is the son of Timothy Pennington and Susanna Nancy / Nancy Susanna Riggs. He married 9 September 1797 in Virginia to Rachel Lane, daughter of Corbin Lane and Frances Fanny Prock or Proctor. Their son's name is spelled Corben. Corben Pennington is my 3x great-grandfather. I descend through their youngest daughter, Sarah Elizabeth. Thank you!" [Yerva Williams Nelson #46791486]

From Michelle Shreve 24 October 2017: "Vicki, thanks for the response! I had contacted Yerva back in 2012 to ask about her sources, and it did not help much. Here is her response:"

"Hi I am responding to your question concerning sources. When I first started I was stupid and did not write down sources but I also am very leery of family trees as I see to much misinformation on there. Asa & Rachel's marriage date is from U.S. and International Marriage Records,1560-1900 (posted on Ancestry.com). A lot of information came from the Pennington Research Institute, I believe its called, whose members have done a lot of research on the different lines of Pennington's. Also the list of children of Timothy and Susannah Pennington is from a letter written by Robert Elijah Pennington to Jonnie Mae Shaufler. The letter was written on March 20, 1941. They are descendants of Riggs Pennington, brother to Asa and son of Timothy. The information concerning Corben is from my family. My great-great grandmother is Sarah Elizabeth Pennington who was born in 1850. She was born in Missouri but Corben and Elizabeth (McGehee) Pennington moved to Coryell Co., Texas. They raised their family there. Sarah married my gg grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Beckett ( I have a copy of their marriage license albeit not a great copy sent to me by a genealogist who works in the courthouse in Coryell Co. Hope this helps you. Yerva"