Abram Penn

George Greensville (or Green) Penn, married 1st Miss Leath, of Manchester, VA; 2nd Martha Reed of Bedford Co., VA. 7.

Thomas Jefferson Penn, married 1st Frances Leath of Manchester, VA; 2nd Mary Christian Kennerly, of Amherst Co., VA. 8.

Phillip Penn, born in March 1792 and married Louise Briscoe of Bedford Co., VA.[1] They made their home at "Poplar Grove" plantation in Patrick County, Virginia.

Abram Penn served with General Andrew Lewis (soldier) at the Battle of Point Pleasant in Lord Dunmore's War, 1774.

He commanded a fort at Culbertson's Bottom and a company in the Battle of Point Pleasant, in which the Indians were defeated October 10th 1774.

Commissioned by the Governor, he administered State and Federal oaths to the officers of Patrick County at its first court, June 1791.

He led his regiment to join General Nathanael Greene in North Carolina, March 1781, but arrived a day late and met the retreating forces heading back home.

Later he and his troops joined General Greene in defense of the Carolinas, fought in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, and continued in service through the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.

His service in the American Revolution is summed up by a local historian: "He was a man of resolute purpose, magnetic, with a vigorous intellect and a commanding presence.

When one considers how he gathered up men from this section drilled them into soldiers, and fought them like veterans against the British, he is in a class by himself, and should be forever honored as the highest type of patriot in the wilds of the forest primeval.