From The Pettit Correspondent, Volume 3, Number 2, page 136
Who are the five children of Benjamin Pettit, Jr. and Hannah McNelly (various spellings) who married in Lincoln Co, KY 23 Aug 1793? Benjamin, Jr. died in SE Missouri 1803-04 shortly after the extended family moved there and the depositions for land grants indicate that there was a widow and five children. A Hannah Pettit apears on the Lincoln County tax roll about 1814, for only one year. Is this the same Hannah? Diana Pearson White, 818 Crescent, Denton, TX 76201
Does anyone have documented proof of the parents of Walker Pettit who served in the War of 1812 from KY? He is with other Pettits in Ouchita, LA in 1830 but appears in Texas prior to the Revolution, living in Shelby County. Walker appears to be dead by 1850 and his widow is with children, including a son Benjamin and a daughter Hannah. Diana Pearson White, 818 Crescent, Denton, TX 76201
Need information about George H. Pettit born about 1792 in TN. He married Jane Cathrey (Cathery) who was born c1799 (VA?). The children were: Jonas, b 1816, KY, m Elvira J.; Elizabeth, b 7-23-1818 KY, m Loney; Pauline, b 1822, KY, m Robert Rogers; Sarah, b 1826, KY, m John Rogers; Jane Emeline, born 1827, KY, m Squire Jennings; Mary Polly Ann, b 1830, TN, m David W. Jones; Julia Ann, b 9-2-1828, KY, m Finis Rogers; George W., b 1835, KY, m Tabitha Jennings; Martha J., b March 1836, KY, m William French. Virginia Ross, 12830 17th St., Redlands, CA 92373
Moses Felt, born Boston, MA 22 Dec. 1714, son of Joshua and Ann (Walcott), died 13 June 1780, lost at sea. He married in Dedham, MA, 5 June 1748, Mary Pette of Dedham, born c1726, died 8 Feb 1805 Andover, VT. Need parents of Mary. Shirley M. Jardine, P.O. Box 92, White River Jct., Vermont 05001-0092
Need more info about Robert Rogers and his wife Parlena Pettit. Robert was killed by bush whackers in Arkansas during the Civil War period. Wild hogs had him nearly ate up when found. Perlena loaded up her family and came to Walnut Springs, Bosque County, Texas where she is buried. W.G. Wainscott, Route 1 - 200 Dunlap, Italy, TX 76651
Searching for Joseph Pettit's parents, sisters & brothers. He was born about 1815 in PA and married Elizabeth Mohler (sometimes spelled Moler) in Morgan Co., OH 20 January 1835. Bonnie Bartlett, 3251 Partridge Way, Springfield, OR 97477
Seek info of Isaac and Nancy ____ Pettit born Canada 1812-13. Removed to Manlius, Onondaga Co NY about 1852. Ch: Gideon, Phebe A., Sophie, Mary Eliza, Orrin W., Caroline M. Poss. Loyalist par. C.L. Taylor, 473 Pine St., 3rd Fl., San Francisco, CA 94104
Seeking the family of Mary Pettit, ca. 1810, who married Samuel Gardner in Burlington County, NJ. They came to Indiana in 1846. They had at least 12 children, the last two being born in Indiana. A son Charles was listed as living with a Charles and Rebecca Pettit in an 1860 census report for Indiana. His age was 25 years. I presume Charles was a brother of Mary as his age was given as 42. Betty Gardner, RR #2, Box 37A, Camden, IN 46917
Researching Ira Pettit, Sr., Ira Pettit, Jr. born 1784/94 Albermarle, VA married Nancy Rhodes and Eliza Pettit born 1806 Richmond, VA married Richard Howard 1824; in Bloomfield, MO 1843, died 1877 McKinley, Collin Co., TX. Will exchange. Jessie Armstrong, 9205 Armstrong Rd., Marysville, CA 95901
Need information on Henry Pettit, father of Sarah Pettit who was married to Daniel Boone Bryan 25 January 1849 in Bryans Station, Fayette County, Kentucky. She was born 1828 and died in 1881. Vivian A. Smith, 148 Via Mantilla, Walnut Creek, CA 94598