Peninah Walton

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Personal and Family Information

Peninah was born in 1772 in Goochland County, Virginia, the daughter of unknown parents.

She died on 17 Aug 1823 in Alabama.

Her husband was Holman Freeman, who she married on 10 Nov 1786 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Their three known children were John Walton (1793-1858), Fleming (1791-1875) and Mary Ann (1788-1856).

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EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth1772
Place: Goochland County, Virginia
Death17 AUG 1823
Place: Alabama
Will26 APR 1817
Place: Wilkes County, Georgia
Type: Document
Address: named in husband Holman's will Will Book 1818-1819 Page 57
Will - Freeman, Holman Jr 1817
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Note 1

from Thomas M Owen's Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama

http://www.archives.state.al.us/al_sldrs/f_list.html

FREEMAN, PENINAH (WALTON)—Widow of Holman Freeman, Jr. who served in the Revolution under General Elijah Clarke, came to Alabama from Wilkes County, Ga., after the death of her husband in 1817. She was born in 1772, died in 1823, in Alabama, and was married about 1783 to Holman Freeman. Their children were: Fleming, married Sally Bibb; John, married Miss Callaway; and Mary, who married Dr. William Bibb, Territorial Governor of Alabama. All three children moved to Alabama. See also McCall's Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers of Georgia, p. 70. D.A.R. Lineage Book, vol. 38, p. 167.

Sources

  1. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume 1 This book is said to have caused more problems ……because "all that stuff cannot be proven and much of it can be shown to be false …."
    Source: Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Volume 1 This book is said to have caused more problems ……because "all that stuff cannot be proven and much of it can be shown to be false …."
    Authors: Mrs. Howard H McCall, DAR
    Date: 1969
    Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co. Baltimore Vol. 1 originally published 1941, 1969, 1996, 2004. problems…known errors in Simmons families …. < - 2013 Fayetteville AR Library has all 3 volumes of this book, 1969 edition Gen 973.3458 extracts attached>