Mary "Polly" Gist

Female 1786 - 1839  (52 years)


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  • Name Mary "Polly" Gist 
    Birth 12 Oct 1786  Greene County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Oct 1839  Doyle, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Bethlehem Cemetery, Doyle, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I27113  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2013 

    Father William Gist, Sr.,   b. 1759   d. 1828 (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Rebecca LNU,   b. ~1764   d. 1786 (Age ~ 21 years) 
    Marriage ~1783  Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F10393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joshua P. Pennington,   b. 25 Feb 1778, Wilkes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1868, (White County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1806  Barren County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5
    Children 
     1. Granderson Pennington,   b. 22 Apr 1811, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1873, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. Susan Jane "Jane" Pennington,   b. 1822-1823, Sparta, White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~1870, Richwoods, Sharp County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F9716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Oct 1786 - Greene County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Feb 1806 - Barren County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Oct 1839 - Doyle, White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bethlehem Cemetery, Doyle, White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Maiden name was Gist, wife of Joshua Pennington. Joshua was the 1st child of Richard & Hannah (Boone) Pennington. Source: PP Vol. 14, No. 1, pg. 6 "from tombstone"

      Daughter of William GIST 1759 – 1828 and wife Rebecca 1764 – 1786; descendant of the eminent Gist family, whose ancestors' descendants were President George Washington, Winston Churchill, and Lady Diana Spencer, among others.

      CHILDREN:
      William PENNINGTON 1805 – 1888
      Richard Daniel PENNINGTON 1809 – 1891
      Granderson PENNINGTON 1811 – 1873
      John PENNINGTON 1815 – 1879
      Joseph PENNINGTON 1818 – 1879
      Altamira PENNINGTON 1820 – 1874
      Rhoda Ann PENNINGTON 1822 – 1870
      Sarah Jane "Betsy" PENNINGTON 1823 – 1870
      Elizabeth Jane PENNINGTON 1823 –
      Joshua PENNINGTON Jr 1826 – 1886

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  • Sources 
    1. [S17430] Soard,Richard;COUCH Registry;5160 Davidson Road,Marietta,GA 30068,.

    2. [S14691] "Mary “Polly” Gist Pennington (1786-1839)", http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29639274, This person,.

    3. [S50973] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29639274.

    4. [S14690] "Jennie Couch, United States Census, 1910", "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fa.

    5. [S14692] "Joshua P. Pennington (1778-1868)", Cemetery Profile, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31363923, Th.