Talk:Abram Penn

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Abram Penn article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Biography: Military

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Low-importance).

Virginia Mid‑importance

	Virginia portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Virginia, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Virginia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.VirginiaWikipedia:WikiProject VirginiaTemplate:WikiProject VirginiaVirginia articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Military history: Biography / North America / United States / Early Modern / American Revolution C‑class

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

C

This article has been rated as C-class on the project's quality scale.

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	Early Modern warfare task force (c. 1500 – c. 1800)
	American Revolutionary War task force

Role at Guilford Courthouse ambiguous, needs discussion

The National Parks service has a handout about Col. Penn's forces that it distributes to those visiting the battleground in Greensboro who inquire about Penn's role in the battle, due to substantial misinformation on this topic. A number of historical markers in Virginia, museum references or genealogical publications make the incorrect assertion that Col. Penn was present at the battle. The parks service document states that instead the forces raised by Penn arrived within a few hours after the end of the battle but not in time to take place in the actual fighting. In addition, they imply that Col. Penn himself was not in command of these forces and did not accompany them. He was only the officer in Virginia who recruited and organized them. Expansion on this issue (and whether Col. Penn was personally present at later battles, such as Eutaw Springs), would be helpful. Ftjrwrites (talk) 19:26, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Family connections

A section addressing the familial connections of Abram Penn may also be of interest. Some of these would have been important during his lifetime, while others are at least of trivial note. Contemporary relatives included North Carolina Congressman, Declaration Signer and Board of War Commissioner John Penn and political philosopher and future Virginia congressman John Taylor of Caroline. Descendants of note include Jefferson Penn, tobacco magnate and builder of North Carolina's Chinqa Penn Plantation, and the great Southern writer Robert Penn Warren. Ftjrwrites (talk) 19:31, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]