Individual Details

According to "A History of Spartanburg County" compiled by the Work Projects Administration the Penny family was among a group of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlers that migrated from Pennsylvania to the Spartanburg District, SC area in 1761. They also included families with the surname Barry, Moore, Collins, Anderson, Thompson, Vernon, Pearson, Dodd, Jamison, Ray, McMahon, Miller and Nichols.

1767 Land Grant

1790 Spartanburg County SC Census: Roll M637_11, pg. 89, line .
Penny, John
Males: 2 over 16, 2 under 16
Females: 6 in household, no slaves.

1800 Spartanburg County SC Census: Roll M32_50, pg. 181, line
Penny, Thomas
Males: 1 under 10, 1 over 44
Females: 1 under 10, 1 over 44, no slaves.

1810

Spartanburg County SC Deed Book H p. 321-323 Mar. 1, 1803.
Thomas Penney (Spartanburg County, SC) to Joseph McMillin (same); for one guinea sold 125 ac on Middle Tyger R; where Thomas Penney lives; part of 300 ac grant to Thomas Penney; Thomas Penney and wife get to remain there for their lifetimes. Witness Samuel Brice and Thomas Brice. signed Thomas and Sarah Penney's marks.
Wit. oath Mar. 29, 1803 Thomas Brice to John Anderson. Rec. Apr. 25, 1803.

Spartanburg County SC Deed Book I p. 535-537 Mar. 9, 1804 ( or Feb. 17, 1804).
Thomas Penney, Sr. (Spartanburg County, SC) to Michel Maclerath (same); for $80 sold 150 ac on N side of Middle Fork Tygar R; border; N & W-James Vernon, S & E-John McMullen, and William McElrath. Signed Thomas and Sarah Penney's marks.
Wit. oath Mar. 15, 1804 William McElrath to James Kilgore. Rec. Jan. 21, 1805.

Spartanburg County SC Court of Ordinary 6 May 1805 Proved l w & t of Thomas Penny by the evidence of John Collins one of the wit ...

Spartanburg County SC Deed Book O p. 26-27 Aug. 10, 1813.
Sarah Penny, wife of Thomas Penny, (Spartanburg County, SC) to Robert McCrory (same); for $50 sold 125 ac on Middle Tygar R; border; Abner Wingo; part of grant in 1767 to Thomas Penny. Witness Samuel Brice and Sarah McMillin. Signed Sarah Penny's mark. Wit. oath Aug 11, 1813 Samuel Brice to John Chapman. Rec. Nov. 8, 1813.

Spartanburg County SC Court of Ordinary 28 March 1816 Samuel Brice returned the citation to prove the will of Sarah Penny decd; proved by James Neasbitt; quallifyed Samuel Brice exr; John Collins a named exr; refusing to qualify.

Spartanburg County Will Book A p. 83-84 29 Apr. 1816
L W & T of Sara Penny, to my daughter Mary Person, one shilling; to my son John Penny one shilling; to my son-in-law Robert McCrory one shilling; to my grandson Robert McCrory one horse and tract whereon I now live; John Collins and Samuel Nesbitt, Samuel Brice, John Collins. Proven by James Nesbitt, 19 Apr. 1816. W. Lancaster O.S.D.

Birth	Bef 1746
Death	Bef 10 Aug 1813	Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA

Spouse	Sarah UNKNOWN ( - 1816)
Child	Martha "Patsy" PENNY (1771 - 1816)
Child	Mary PENNY (1760 - )
Child	Living
Child	Living