Robert Penland Sr. [851]

  General Notes:

One of Col. McDowell's soldiers at the battle of Kings Mtn also fought at Ramsaurs Mill, and Musgrove Mill. Vol 1 DAR page 526.

Drapers "King Mountain Papers" page 492/3 letters from Mr. Tate states in part...
"The Penland's, Duckworth, and Alexanders, were mentioned as active in the persecution of Tories."

Was one of the first Elders of the Quaker Meadows Presbyterian Church. They had 10 children.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Notes. John Newton Penland served in the Revolutionary War in Robert Sr.s place. There is evidence of Robert's will on file in the North Carolina State Archives, but, it hasn't shown up on line as of 4/4/2007

Robert married Elizabeth Brank [852] [MRIN: 265], daughter of Robert Brank [1846] and Elizabeth [1847], in 1772 in Rowan County, NC. (Elizabeth Brank [852] was born in 1748 in Bladen County, NC and died on 26 Jan 1841 in Burke County, NC.)