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Role at Guilford Courthouse ambiguous, needs discussion edit
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)
Family connections edit
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)