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Eventually selling those lands to the Hairston family, Penn moved with his family a few miles farther west to what is today Patrick County, where he built his home Poplar Grove.

During the American Revolution Col. Penn ordered the muster of some 300 militiamen under his command to march south to aid General Nathanael Greene at the battle of Guilford Court House, although some question whether the troops arrived in time for the fighting.

Militia under Penn's command were also involved in the Battle of Eutaw Springs.

Penn was later present at Yorktown to witness the surrender of the British forces under General Cornwallis.

Col. Penn was one of the organizers of Patrick County, which he served many years as a justice.

The unincorporated community of Penn's Store is named for Col. Penn and his descendants.

The Abram Penn Highway in Patrick County is also named for Col. Penn, who died in 1801.