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Rev George Manuel Pennington

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Rev George Manuel Pennington

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
11 Dec 1944 (aged 79)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Washington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 3
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George M. Pennington was a Baptist preacher and preached in Konnarock and Green Cove, VA.

Listed in Guion Miller Roll Cherokee applications : Application number: 6883 Pennington George M M 1866 VA Park Po, Ashe, NC
-George M. Pennington, born 1866, is listed on the Guion Miller Cherokee Rolls, born in VA, currently living in Park PO, Ashe, NC. His application number is 6883. On Calaway Seybird Pennington's application, George's brother, he lists George M's birth date as June 22, 1866. On the application, signed in December 1906, George M. list his children Noah age 20, Maggie age 18, Eli age 15, Mary J. age 12, Willie age 8, Dewey age 4 and Isaiah age 14 months. George spells Pennington as 'Penington' on his hand-written application.

--- George M. Pennington was a Baptist preacher and preached in Konnarock and Green Cove, VA. He performed the marriage ceremony for David Junior Pennington and Agnes Viola Hayes in 1942. George and Jenny's picture hangs on the wall in the Green Cove Baptist Church. Per family stories, George would walk to home of Hobert Hayes and Carrie Mae Pennington Hayes with a latern at night and listen to the boxing/fights on the radio (the Hayes' were one of the first families in Konnarock, VA to have a radio - the dates would have been in the late 1920s and early 1930s and George would have been in his early to late 60s).
--- 1900 Census Smyth County, VA, Atkins District, George Pennington 35 b. 1865 md 15 years, Mandy J. 36 b. 1865, s Noah 13, d Maggie E. 11, s David E. 8 b.1892, d Mary J. 6 s William L. 1 b. 1898.
George Pennington is living next door to Ike Hayes and his sister Geroma Elizabeth and the Huffmans, his mother's family, on the other side.
--- 1910 VA Census Smyth County, VA, Atkins District, district 85 family 61-- George M 45 Mandy J. 44, b VA. d Mary J. 15, s Willie L. 12, s Dewey 9. Living in '
--- 1920 Washington County, VA Census, Konnarock District, George Pennignton 48 laborer works in a Sawmill, Jennie 49, s Dewey 13 works in a sawmill (George and Jenny sb ages 55 and 56).
--- 1930 Smyth County, VA, census St. Clair District, George Pennington 64 wife Virginia age 63.
--- George M. or G.M. Pennington appears on several Smyth County, VA. marriage records (as the preacher performing the marriages).
--- Gravestone for George M. and Virginia M. Pennington is in the Konnarock Church Cemetery, Konnarock, VA.
George was buried in the Konnarock Church Cemetery because there were other funerals being held at the same time at the Azen Cemetery and at the Laurel Valley Cemetery.

CHILDREN:
 Noah Monroe Pennington 1887 - 1966
  Maggie Elizabeth Pennington Campbell 1888 - 1968
  Eli David Pennington 1892 - 1978
  Mary Jane Pennington Finley 1896 - 1986
Willie L Pennington 1898-
  Samuel Dewey Pennington 1900 - 1965
  Isaah L Pennington 1906 - 1907
George M. Pennington was a Baptist preacher and preached in Konnarock and Green Cove, VA.

Listed in Guion Miller Roll Cherokee applications : Application number: 6883 Pennington George M M 1866 VA Park Po, Ashe, NC
-George M. Pennington, born 1866, is listed on the Guion Miller Cherokee Rolls, born in VA, currently living in Park PO, Ashe, NC. His application number is 6883. On Calaway Seybird Pennington's application, George's brother, he lists George M's birth date as June 22, 1866. On the application, signed in December 1906, George M. list his children Noah age 20, Maggie age 18, Eli age 15, Mary J. age 12, Willie age 8, Dewey age 4 and Isaiah age 14 months. George spells Pennington as 'Penington' on his hand-written application.

--- George M. Pennington was a Baptist preacher and preached in Konnarock and Green Cove, VA. He performed the marriage ceremony for David Junior Pennington and Agnes Viola Hayes in 1942. George and Jenny's picture hangs on the wall in the Green Cove Baptist Church. Per family stories, George would walk to home of Hobert Hayes and Carrie Mae Pennington Hayes with a latern at night and listen to the boxing/fights on the radio (the Hayes' were one of the first families in Konnarock, VA to have a radio - the dates would have been in the late 1920s and early 1930s and George would have been in his early to late 60s).
--- 1900 Census Smyth County, VA, Atkins District, George Pennington 35 b. 1865 md 15 years, Mandy J. 36 b. 1865, s Noah 13, d Maggie E. 11, s David E. 8 b.1892, d Mary J. 6 s William L. 1 b. 1898.
George Pennington is living next door to Ike Hayes and his sister Geroma Elizabeth and the Huffmans, his mother's family, on the other side.
--- 1910 VA Census Smyth County, VA, Atkins District, district 85 family 61-- George M 45 Mandy J. 44, b VA. d Mary J. 15, s Willie L. 12, s Dewey 9. Living in '
--- 1920 Washington County, VA Census, Konnarock District, George Pennignton 48 laborer works in a Sawmill, Jennie 49, s Dewey 13 works in a sawmill (George and Jenny sb ages 55 and 56).
--- 1930 Smyth County, VA, census St. Clair District, George Pennington 64 wife Virginia age 63.
--- George M. or G.M. Pennington appears on several Smyth County, VA. marriage records (as the preacher performing the marriages).
--- Gravestone for George M. and Virginia M. Pennington is in the Konnarock Church Cemetery, Konnarock, VA.
George was buried in the Konnarock Church Cemetery because there were other funerals being held at the same time at the Azen Cemetery and at the Laurel Valley Cemetery.

CHILDREN:
 Noah Monroe Pennington 1887 - 1966
  Maggie Elizabeth Pennington Campbell 1888 - 1968
  Eli David Pennington 1892 - 1978
  Mary Jane Pennington Finley 1896 - 1986
Willie L Pennington 1898-
  Samuel Dewey Pennington 1900 - 1965
  Isaah L Pennington 1906 - 1907


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