From <i>The Pettit Correspondent</i>, Volume 4, Number 1, page 160<p>

<h2>Pettit Households on the 1850 Federal Census for Virginia - Part One</h2>

<i>The following entries were taken from rolls 932, 933, 934, 937 and 940 of
the Federal Archives microfilmed census.  Included here are all the
households in Virginia for Accomack, Albemerle, Alexandria, Amhurst,
Augustus, Buckingham and Clarke Counties in which any Pettits
appreared.</i>

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                                                                    R/E 
PLACE       PG  DW  FAM    NAME              AGE SEX   OCCUPATION  VALUE BIRTH
                                                                 
ACCOMACK COUNTY
Accomack    14  210 210 Levin Pettit          32 m         farmer         VA
Parish                  Louisa   "            34 f                         "
                        Susan    "             9 f                         "
                        Henry Planter         13 m black                   "
            25  391 391 James H. Pettit       41 m         farmer   2500  VA
                        Sally      "          17 f                         "
                        Eveline    "          15 f                         "
                        James      "           8 m                         "
                        Mary S.    "           3 f                         "
                        Edmund Manuel         25 m black   laborer         "
                        Rachel Ewell          15 f black                   "
            41  661 661 William Pettit        45 m         farmer   8625  VA
                        Mary       "          53 f                         "
                        Mary       "          12 f                         "
                        Matilda Hess          29 f                         "
                        Robert Planter        22 m         laborer         "

ALBEMERLE COUNTY 
Not         179 343 343 Fountain Petit        52 m         farmer   1000  VA
Listed                  Joseph     "          22 m         millwright      "
                        Adaline    "          22 f                         "
                        Ira        "           6 m                         "
                        Thomas     "           5 m                         "
                        Frances    "           3 f                         "
                        Martha     "           2 f                         "
            195 553 553 Mary Fitch            60 f                        VA
                        Elizabeth Petit       17 f                         "
                        Paulina Patton        14 f                         "
            217 895 895 Jessee S. Pettit      28 m         millwright     VA
                        Sarah       "         30 f                         "
                        Mary A.     "          7 f                         "
                        Louisa      "          5 f                         "
                        James A.    "          3 m                         "
                        Ellen       "          1 f                         "
                896 896 Ira Pettit            75 m         cooper         VA
                        Benjamin H. Pace      30 m         miller          "
                        Mary         "        25 f                         "

ALEXANDRIA COUNTY     
Town of     310  55  61 Geo. Pettit           47 m         blacksmith     VA
Alexandria              Elizabeth "           43 f                         "
                        W.R.      "           21 m         laborer         "                                          
                        Mary E.   "           18 f                         "
                        George W. "           15 m         none            "
                        Sarah C.  "           12 f                         "
                        Kezina    "           10 f                         "
                        John F.   "            7 m                         "
                        James E.  "            3 m                         "
                        Margaret  "         5/12 f                        VA
            314 113 122 Casey Pettit          80 f                        VA
                        Kesiah    "           40 f                         "
                        E.F.      "           16 f                         "
            340 511 537 James A. Patten       34 m         blacksmith     VA
                        Eliza     "           40 f                     Germany
                        Henry  Swenerburg(?)  14 m                  Jamaica(?)
                        Amelia    "           11 f                  Jamaica(?)
                        Mary A. Patten      8/12 f                        VA
                        William Pettet        35 m         blacksmith      "
            349 644 674 Harrison(?) Jacobs(?) 26 m   barber & hairdresser VA
                        Susan          "      23 f                         "
                        Emma F.        "       1 f                         "
                        Edwd. Pettit          16 m         barber          "
            350 666 697 John Creighton        68 m         baker       Ireland
                        Ann       "           68 f                        MD
                        John Wells            20 m         baker          VA
                        Henry  "              22 m         baker           "
                        Lewis Walker          30 m         baker           "
                        Jane N. Creighton     24 f                         "
                        Julia M.  "           22 f                         "
                        Emily     "           19 f                         "
                        Edmund Pettit         12 m                         "
                        Robt. Monroe          80 m                     Ireland

AMHURST COUNTY        
Eastern     140 940 940 Samuel Pettit         52 m     hotelkeeper 10,000 VA
District                Lucinda     "         40 f                         "
                        Alfred      "         21 m         merchant        "
                        James       "         19 m         student         "
                        Margaret E. "         17 f                         "
                        Edward      "         16 m                         "
                        Wm.         "         14 m                         "
                        Susan       "         12 f                         "
                        Wesley      "          8 m                         "
                        Virginia    "          6 f                         "
                        Roberta     "          1 f                         "

AUGUSTA COUNTY        
District    341 200 207 David S. Hunter       37 m         farmer   2145  VA
#12-1/2                 Jane         "        37 f                         "
                        Cyrus        "        13 m                         "
                        Elizabeth S. "        11 f                         "
                        Jno. T.      "         9 m                         "
                        David S.     "         7 m                         "
                        Wm. Pettit            30 m         teacher         "

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY
(Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute)
District #1 377 405 405 Margaret Pettit       18 f                        VA

CLARKE COUNTY         
12th        171  35  35 Uriah   Petit         38 m         cooper         VA
District                Frances     "         38 f                         "
                        William E.  "          7 m                         "
                        Permelia F. "          8 f                         "
                        Noah C.     "          6 m                         "
                        John A.M.   "          3 m                         "
                        Julia A.D.  "          1 f                         "

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