Person:William Pannill (1)

Information on William Pannill

From "The Genealogy of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and of his collateral relations on his mother's side - Pannill, Strother, Banks, Bruce, etc.", by David H. Pannill:

I. William Pannill, in 1735, married Sarah Bayly, of Urbanna, in Middlesex County, Va. He settled in Orange County. His children were: 1. Samuel; 2. William; 3. John; 4. Joseph; 5. Frances; 6. David. Of these, Joseph was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, serving under General Greene in the Carolinas. His descendants low live in Louisiana. Frances married ---- Farrish and removed to North Carolina. The late Governor Holt of that state was one of her descendants. The first five children above are named of William Pannill are mentioned in his will, executed the 25th ov November, 1749. David, the sixth child was born afterwards.

After the death of the first William mentioned above, his widow married William Strother. The records in Culpeper County show that on February the 20th, 1752, dower was assigned Mrs. Sarah Strother, who was the widow of William Pannill. At the same time her husband William Strother, qualified as guardian of Samuel, William, John, Joseph, Frances and David Pannill, "orphans", says the record, "of William Pannill, deceased."