George Washington Pennington 
George Washington was born about 1818 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina.1 George Washington's father was Benjamin Pennington and his mother was Catherine Tackett. His paternal grandparents were Levi Pennington and Elizabeth Ray. He had seven brothers and four sisters, named John B., William, Benjamin, Joseph M., Alfred, James Ervin, Franklin, Mary, Nancy, Viney and Cynthia. He was the sixth oldest of the twelve children. He died due to Cancer of Face in 1884. He was buried in Spring Creek Cemetery, Lamar, Alabama.2 General Notes
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George Washington Pennington died intestate in the State of Mississippi in 1879, according to testimony regarding the administration of his estate and sale of property in Vernon, Lamar, Alabama. The property was sold for a value equal to the costs of the sale.
1850 Federal Census for Fayette County, Alabama
Pennington, George 32 SC
Sarah 30 TN
Rachel C. 12 AL
Nancy C. 10
Frances M. 08
James E. 06
Henry J. 04
Angelina 04
Zachery Taylor 02
1860 Federal Census for Fayette County, Alabama
Pennington, George 41 SC
Louisa 36 TN
Emeline 16 AL
James 14 AL
Henry 11 AL
Angeline 11 AL
Taylor 10 AL
Mary Jane 09 AL
Franklin 07 AL
Washington 06 AL
Barten 05 AL
Berry 03 AL
Hankins Andrew 24 TN
Nancy 20 AL
Mary 8/12 AL
1870 Federal Census for Lamar County, Alabama
Precinct #1 P.O. Big Pond 01 August 1870
Morton John W. 33 AL Dry Goods Clerk
Nancy C. 30 AL Keeping House
Mary 11 AL [See Mary L. Hankins below]
William C. 05 AL Attending School
Idella J. 03 AL
Thompson R. 8/12 AL
Hankins Mary L. 11 AL Attending School
The following information is taken from the research of Carrie Lee Pennington Boggan, The Pennington Family, vol.1, page 43:
"All of George Pennington's children were born in Lamar County near Vernon, Alabama. It is said that he purchased one of the first lots ever sold in the town of Vernon. He was a large land owner of tht area. He gave a lot to the First Methodist Church to build on.
"According ti the Confederate Military Records, 'George Pennington enlisted June 16, 1864 in Fayette County (later Lamar County) in Capt. Everett Palmer's Company, Private, Fayette Militia. He furnished a horse to July 24, 1864.
"Other record says: 'Absent without leave since December 11, 1864. Payroll dated Cahaba, Alabama December 31, 1864.
"Another card on George Pennington explained his absence without leave. 'Furlough by Medical Board for 60 days since Oct. 11, 1864.'
Another card on George Pennington says, 'George Pennington, Capt. E. Palmer's Company, age 48. Enlisted June 15, 1864 in Fayette County (Lamar). Black eyes and black hair, and dark complexion. Detailed as a farmer. In Home Guards. Record Roll, dated June 22, 1864.
After the Civil War George Pennington and his wife and most of their children moved to Calhoun County near Water Valley, Mississippi.
He died of cancer, which ate away most of the flesh on one side of his face before his death in 1884."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.BET. 1712 - 1714 in Guilford or Randolph Co., North Carolina d.BET. 1789 - 1790 in , Randolph, North Carolina
- b.~ 1758 in Guilford or Randolph Co., North Carolina d.~ 1808 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina
- b.17 Jun 1714 in Guilford or Randolph Co., North Carolina d.27 Nov 1800 in , Randolph, North Carolina
- b.1782 in , Randolph, North Carolina d.~15 Sep 1868 in , Sanford, Alabama
- d.~ 1829 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina
- b.~ 1818 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina d.1884
- b.~ 1789 in , , North Carolina d.~ 1868 in , Sanford, Alabama
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They had eight sons and five daughters, named James Ervin, Henry J., Zachariah Taylor, Stephen Franklin, George Washington, Alfred Burton, Berry, Robert L., Rachel Catherine, Nancy Caroline, Frances Emeline, Susan Angeline and Mary Jane.
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Children
Rachel Catherine Pennington
Rachel Catherine was born on March 1st, 1836 in , Fayette, Alabama.1 She died due to Cancer of Eye at the age of 68 on August 23rd, 1904.1
Nancy Caroline Pennington
Nancy Caroline was born about 1840 in , Fayette, Alabama.1 She died in , Fayette, Alabama. She was buried in Probably Unmarked Grave.1 1
1 MarjorieGreensHankinsPenningtonResearch.FTW
2 Boggan, Carrie Lee Pennington, The Penningotn Family, Vol 1. @ 43
2 Boggan, Carrie Lee Pennington, The Penningotn Family, Vol 1. @ 43
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