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- No records have ever been found to substantiate the parentage of MilesPenney. At this time it is thought that his father could be CaptainJames Penn(e)y and his second wife Polly Gann. (The reasoning for thisunproven information is that Miles Penney was living on land purchased byCaptain James Penny when he died in 1887. Capt. James bought this 150acres on Opossum Creek in 1834 from James Coszy.)
The first recorded record of Miles Pinkston Penney is found in theMeigs County, Tennessee Marriage Books. M. P. Penney to Mary Ann Bean,August 31, 1848. Filed August 26, 1848, Meigs Co., TN.
Mary Ann Bean died before 1852, cause unknown. Miles remarried August20, 1852 to Sarah (Sallie) Gann. They were married at her brother,Jefferson Gann's house.
Miles enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Stanley on September 12, 1864for one year in Co. F, 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry. He was 5ft. 9in.tall, blue eyed with dark hair and complexion. The 6th Tennessee MountedInfantry Regiment, USA was totally organized on Oct. 24, 1864 inChattanooga. Commanding Officer for the District of Etowah was MajorGeneral James B. Steedman, with headquarters at Chattanooga. Theirassignment was to scout the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee and NorthGeorgia after numerous guerrilla bands that had infested the ares. Fieldofficers were: Lt. Colonel George A. Gowing, Major William H. Bean, andCaptain William Hughes for Company F.
The first official record of the regiment was dated November 30,1864. General Steedman and the major portion of his command waspreparing to join Major General George H. Thomas for the defense ofNashville against General Hood's invasion. At this time Lt. Col. Gowingwas ordered to send 130 men at daybreak to Cleveland, TN where they wereto report to Co. Boughton, commander of the post. On January 21, 1865,General Steedman reports from Chattanooga that he has sent the 6th southtoward Summerville, Georgia via LaFayette. On February 2, at Ringgold,Georgia Col. Gowin reported the previous night he had attacked theguerrilla leader, Gatewood, with 75 men in McLemore's Cove, killing 14and routing the remainder with the loss of most of their horses andarms. In April 1865, with 80 men, Major Bean was reported part of anexpedition to Dalton and Springs Place, Georgia, and to the CoosawattieRiver, lasting from April 1st until the 4th, in the course of which therewere several skirmishes with guerrillas.
The regiment was then placed under the command of Brigadier GeneralH.M. Judah, Commanding the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, with headquartersin Decatur, Georgia. About the last of March the regiment was assignedto scouting North Georgia until the surrender of the Confederate Army atGreensboro, North Carolina. They were then moved to Resaca, Georgiawhere the men were employed as couriers along the railroad to Atlanta. OnJune 18, 1865, the regiment was ordered to Nashville and was mustered outon June 30, 1865. MILES was discharged as a Corporal of Company F.
He fought in Northern Georgia and Reseca with 2nd Lt. Bird Thomas.Other family members at Reseca were: William I. Tomas, George WashingtonPenney, Andrew Jackson Penney, Isom Penney, Elisha Gann (first cousin ofhis wife Sallie), John Gann, James M. Gann, Andy Gann, Jarett Gann,Campbell A. Gann, Franklin Gann, Preston Gann, and a great many more.
Miles drowned on Christmas Day 1877 while crossing the Soddy Creek atClifts Mill Dam. The creek was up, and he lost control of the boat andwent over the dam. He is buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery on OldHixson Pike, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. His Military Marker reads:
M. P. Penney
Co. F. 6th. TN. MTD. INFTY.
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1830 - 1877 (~ 47 years)
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