John Penland
1764 - Aft 1852 (> 88 years)-
Name John Penland Birth 27 Nov 1764 New Castle Co, DE 
Gender Male _UID C54E898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400003885 Death Aft 3 May 1852 Buncombe Co, NC Person ID I26075 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 12 Jul 2023
Father Robert Penland, b. 1744, Chester Co, PA d. 1828, Burke Co, NC (Age 84 years) Mother Elizabeth Brank Family ID F14229 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alice Moore, b. 1769/1770, Burke Co, NC (now Buncombe Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 91 years) Marriage Bef 1790 Burke Co, NC (now Buncombe Co, NC) Children 1. Abraham D Penland, b. 1790/1791, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 3 May 1852, Cocke Co, TN (Age > 61 years)2. Charles D Penland, b. 1803/1804, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 3 May 1852, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 48 years)3. John H Penland, b. 1808/1809, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 3 May 1852, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 43 years)4. George Newton Penland, b. 1811/1812, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1860, Buncombe Co, NC (Age > 49 years)5. William Penland, b. Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 3 May 1852, Buncombe Co, NC 6. James Cathey Penland, b. Buncombe Co, NC d. Buncombe Co, NC Family ID F11644 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Mar 2025
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Notes - !NOTES:See Letter from Charles A. Moore to Mrs. Jackson 7 Sep 1903
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/moore/moore-charles-letter-1903.htm
!NOTES:Revolutionary War Pension R8093 John Penland;
!NOTES:See Revolutionary War Pension of Isaac Grant. John Penland made affidavit in 1852 on Isaac Grant's behalf and also stated William Moore was his father-in-law:
On December 3rd, 1852 in Burke County North Carolina, John Penland,1 aged about 88, gave testimony that he lived a near neighbor to Isaac Grant in Burke County North Carolina during the time of the revolutionary war and always understood that said Grant was a soldier in said war even though the affiant did not serve with him. The affiant states that Isaac Grant was bound as an apprentice to the affiants father-in-law William Moore in Burke County North Carolina ;
!CENSUS:1790;
!CENSUS:1800;
!CENSUS:1810 Buncombe Co, NC pg 74 John PENLAND age 45+ (bef 1765)
"12101-00111-0-2";
!CENSUS:1820 Buncombe Co, NC pg 84 John PENLAND age 45+ (bef 1775)
"110101-00020";
!CENSUS:1830 * Buncombe;
!CENSUS:1840 * Buncombe;
!CENSUS:1850 * Buncombe;
!WILL:ALOB, Vol. X #7, pp. 89-67 & 89-68 <http://www.obcgs.com/wills-3.html>
"p. 166. 3 May 1852.. I, John Penland, being of sound mind & memory, do make this as my last will & testament. I desire that the land whereon I now live containing some 377 acres to be divided between my sons Charles D. & George Newton Penland as follows. Begining[sic] on the line between me & J.R. Jones where it crosses the road leading to Thomas Moore's Creek & to my stable, then to my Spring branch and ten steps above, then a direct line to Hutsell Spring Branch to Hominy Creek, then down said creek to my lower line, now all the land South & West to be Charles' & the land on the East & North to belong George after the death of their mother. I will to my beloved wife all my property both real & personal during her natural life. My will also that my son William Penland shall have the tract of land whereon he now lives being the same that was deeded in trust for me. My will is that my son Abraham to have a negro girl named Caroline dtr. of Ruth. My will is also that my son William Penland shall have my negro Ruth. I will to my son Charles D. Penland my negro boy named Riley. I will that my son John H. Penland two negroes Sarah & William chn. of Ruth. I will that James Cathey's three children $25 each to be paid at the death of my wife. My will & desire is that all the rest of my estate not mentioned in this will to be sold & divided equally between my children after the death of my beloved wife.
I appoint my sons John H. and G.N. Penland to be executors.
Wit: Charles Moore & G.W. Candler..
Signed.. John Penland.."
- !NOTES:See Letter from Charles A. Moore to Mrs. Jackson 7 Sep 1903