Re: John Penn (d. Caroline Co., VA 1743)
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Re: John Penn (d. Caroline Co., VA 1743)
Christine Adams 1/26/99
mY GGGG GRANDFATHER WAS jOHN RICHARD PENN, BELEIVED TO BE THE SON OF A RICHARD PENN. JOHN RICHARD WAS BORN 1789 IN NORTH CAROLINA. MARRIED PRIOR TO 1812 TO CATHERINE(UNKNOWN) BORN ABOUT 1796.THEIR CHILDREN WERE VICEY, MARY, NANCY, WILLIAM RILEY, CHARLES H, JOHN GORDON, RICHARD JEFFERSON AND SIENNA ANN PENN. THIS FAMILY WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 1830 CENSUS OF BEDFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE.LAND PURCHASE HAS HIM THERE AS EARLY AS JUNE 1816.HIS FAMILY MOVED TO PERRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND FINALLY TO LAWRENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS.FAMILY LEGEND SAYS JOHN RICHARD COULD BE A DESCENDANT OF JOHN PENN, THE SIGNER.I KNOW JOHN PENN, THE SIGNER HAD A SON WILLIAM.DID WILLIAM HAVE ANY HEIRS?COULD THIS BE THE FAMILY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR?