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Monticello News
JASPER REFLECTIONS

BY

JOHN HARVEY

"Revolutionary War Veterans Who Settled in Our Area"



	When we started this column one of our source books was Lucian Lamar 
Knight's "Georgia Landmarks, Memorials and Legends."

	This book has a list of Revolutionary War veterans and early settlers 
in each of the 159 counties of the state.  Some of the names have bits of 
information about the individuals, others do not.

	In my search of other records, whenever I come across one of these 
names I write the bits of information thereby adding to the total of what I 
have on each.  Also the mention of one of these names in this column will often 
bring a letter in the next week's mail with some more information that I had 
not previously had.  Sometimes a descendant of one of these families will call 
and tell me about their relative.  As is in the case of William Penn who is 
covered in this week's column.

	WILLIAM PENN

	Among the first settlers in our county was William Penn.  Any serious 
search of the history of Jasper County cannot go very far in the records of the 
county without coming across his name. 

	William Penn was a Revolutionary War soldier.  He came to Randolph 
(Jasper ) county in 1808, previously he had come to Wilkes County from 
Virginia.  The census of 1820 showed that there were six members of his 
household, probably including his wife and five children. 

	Earlier his sister, Martha, had probably been in his household but by 
1820 she had married Dr. David Brown, a dentist and another early settler.  The 
Penns lived in a house occupied now by th home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Jordan, 
Jr. on College Street. 

	SOME MEMBERS of the Penn family believe that the part of the original 
house on the lot is still standing.  They point to the attic windows just under 
the roof which are shaped like "ten pins" as identifying the house as the 
residence of the Penns.  Mr. Penn was a member of the Baptist Church, which is 
nearby and was prominent in it. 

	IN later life he felt that as the town grew that his neighbors were 
building too close and sold the house on College Street.  He next built on land 
he owned outside of town, the property where Monticello High School is now 
located.  A grandson, Alex Penn, lived in the house for many years.  Later the 
house was sold to the Wilborn family.  The Pen-Wilburn house was destroyed by 
fire in the early 1930's. 

	Later the property was used as a county fairground for a number of 
years.  During World War II, a German prisoner of war camp was located on the 
property.  In the early 1960's the county high school was built there. 

Sources:  Mrs. Hulon Penn, Harvey Powell, U.S. Census for 1820




Additional Comments:
Transcribed by Suzanne Forte (suzanneforte@bellsouth.net) from copies of 
articles contained in the Monticello News. There articles were prepared by Mr. 
John Harvey and published in this newspaper during the 1970's time frame.  
Permission has been granted by Mr. Harvey for use of these very valuable and 
informative articles. 



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