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The earliest records we have found of my ggg grandfather, Jonathan PINNELL and his wife, Jemima (surname unknown),are from Union County, SC, about 1783.Census records for 1800 and later indicate that he was born about 1755-1758.In 1800, Jonathan's land was adjacent to or near those of Peter and Burrel PINNEL and Lewis PENNIL.We believe these four were brothers or otherwise closely related.Census, Deed and Court records show that Jonathan and his family owned property in Union, Craven, Spartanburg and Greenville Counties, SC by 1800.For reasons unknown, over the years, members of the family often used the surnames PINION, PINNION, or PENYON, as well asseveral variations in thespelling of PINNELL.We have many documents to support this fact, including several which use different names for the same person within a single document.By 1810, Peter and his wife, Ann Yarbrough (Nancy Yarber) had emigrated to Kentucky and thence to Misssouri.By 1820, Jonathan and his second wife, Rebecca GARRARD, were living in Hall County, GA, where Jonathan died in late 1831.Jonathan's youngest son, Richard, in 1850, is resident in DeKalb County, GA, using the name PENION.I would be most interested in any information relating to the ancestry of Jonathan and his line, and I will gladly share the information I have.There is a widely accepted school of thought that Peter was the son of William and Sarah (BAGLY) PANNELL, and any authoritative evidence supportingthis contention would be greatly appreciated. I am currently researching the surnames PINNELL (in all it's variations), GARRARD, STONE, WILBOURN, EVINES, MCCRARY, BONE and FRANKLIN.My wife's family lines include the surnames AYE, DELONG, ROHMAN, and FOSTER in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
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