For more information see - 94092372∼"Sallie" Pendleton was born in 1837 near Rye Cove, Scott County in the southwest corner of Virginia and came to Texas in a covered wagon with her parents Rev. JOHN & JEMIMA (KILGORE) PENDLETON in 1858. Her father was a Methodist minister and farmer in that area of Virginia, but decided to move his family to Texas shortly before the Civil War started. This overland trip took about 64 days & passed through the states of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas & probably Indian Territory. Sarah's paternal Pendleton ancestors came from Norwich, England and settled in Virginia during the 1660's. Sarah's grandfather was Benjamin Pendleton, a Revolutionary War veteran, who settled in southwest Virginia after the war.
For more information see - 94092372∼"Sallie" Pendleton was born in 1837 near Rye Cove, Scott County in the southwest corner of Virginia and came to Texas in a covered wagon with her parents Rev. JOHN & JEMIMA (KILGORE) PENDLETON in 1858. Her father was a Methodist minister and farmer in that area of Virginia, but decided to move his family to Texas shortly before the Civil War started. This overland trip took about 64 days & passed through the states of Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas & probably Indian Territory. Sarah's paternal Pendleton ancestors came from Norwich, England and settled in Virginia during the 1660's. Sarah's grandfather was Benjamin Pendleton, a Revolutionary War veteran, who settled in southwest Virginia after the war.
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