From The Pettit Correspondent, Volume 4, Number 2, page 181

Pettit Households on the 1850 Federal Census for Virginia - Part Two


                                                            	                  R/E
PLACE          PG/DW/FAMILY  NAME                   AGE  SEX OCCUPATION          VALUE	BIRTH

CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Not Listed     296/214/214   Francis Stegon (?)      41    m farmer              10000 	VA
                             Narcissor (?) "         29    f                            "
                             Semantha "              8     f                            "
                             George "                3(?)  m                            "
                             Elmina "                3     f                            "
                             Nancy "                 73    f                            "
                             William Pettit          37    m teacher                    "
               320/576/576   Joseph C. "             32    m farmer              1000   VA
                             Elizabeth "             40    f                            "
                             Richard A. "            19    m                            "
                             Melissa "               17    f                            "
                             James "                 13    m                            "
                             Silas "                 10    m                            "
                             Andrew "                8     m                            "
                             Samuel Mags(?)          28    m laborer                    "

FAIRFAX COUNTY
Not Listed     117/137/137   Robert Petit1           21    m laborer                    VA
               119/164/164   John W. Disney          21    m farmer              800    VA
                             Mary "                  40    f                            "
                             Richard "               19    m farmer                     "
                             Mary S. "               16    f                            "
                             Robert "                14    m                            "
                             Julia "                 7     f                            "
                             George E. "             6     m                            "
                             Samuel C. "             3     m                            "
                             Jane Petitt             66    f                            "
               148/602/602   Richard Bayliss         30    m farmer                     VA
                             Mary R. "               28    f                            "
                             John "                  9     m                            "
                             Julia "                 6     f                            "
                             Richard H. "            2/12  m                            "
                             Wilson Dainty           40    m laborer                    "
                             Jefferson Petit         17    m    "                       "
               154/699/699   Kisiah Snallen (?)      72    f                            VA
                             Mary Pettit             12    f                            "
               158/750/750   Moses G. Pettitt        39    m cooper                     VA
                             Eliza "                 33    f                            "
                             Ann R. "                10    f                            "
                             Mary E. "               9     f                            "
                             James H. "	             7     m                            "
                             George D. "             5     m                            "
                             Edward "                1     m                            "

FAUQUIER COUNTY 
Turner's Dist. 275/?/110     Franklin Ball           25    m carpenter                  VA
                             Harriet "               22    f                            "
                             Jane A. "               15    f                            "
                             Edward "                29    m wagon maker                "
                             Cuthbert Petit          20    m [ditto?]                   "
                             Virginia "              18    f                            "

FLUVANNA COUNTY
Not Listed     16/246/247    Joseph Woolling         55    m farmer              4210   VA
                             Overton B. Pettit       57    m carpenter                  "
                             Mary E. "               52    f                            "
                             Elizabeth "             12    f                            "
                             Mary E. Woolling        85    f                     3500   "
                             Joseph "                18    m student                    "
               18/284/285    Hugh Pettit             54    m farmer              7250   VA
                             Elizabeth A. "          53    f                            "
                             George W. "             31    m teacher                    "
                             Samuel R. "             29    m overseer                   "
               19/297/298    William Pettit          59    m millwright                 VA
                             Elizabeth "             57    f                            "
                             Ann "                   24    f                            "
                             Martha "                22    f                            "
                             Sarah "                 20    f                            "
                             William "               19    m farmer                     "
                             Lucy (?) "              13    f                            "
                             Samuel "                85    m                            "
               20/304/305    Samuel M. Pettit        54    m                     1880   VA
                             Francis L. "            44    f                            "
                             Francis J. "            21    f                            "
                             Margaret A. "           19    f                            "
                             Susan E. "	             17    f                            "
                             Rebecca "               10    f                            "
                             Elisa V. "              8     f                            "
                             Mary C. "               6     f                            "
                             William "               4     m                            "
                             James H. Luend (?)      22    m overseer                   "
               22/339/340    Benjamin Pettet/Pellet2 41    m farmer              400    NJ
                             Emily "                 33    f                            VA
               27/417/419    John C. Pettit          36    m overseer                   VA
                             Martha "                25    f                            "
                             Mary "                  11    f                            "
               56/863/866    Overton F. Pettit       31    m overseer                   VA
                             Norella "               31    f                            "
                             Norella E.M. "          2     f                            "

GILMER COUNTY
17th District  31/435/436    Silas Petit             30    m farmer              1400   VA
                             Kesiah "                28    f                            "
                             Arsama "                9     f                            "
                             Aaron "                 7     m                            "
                             Benjamin "              5     m                            "
                             Martha "                3     f                            "
                             Joseph "                2     m                            "
                             Amanda Petit            2/12  f                            VA

GOOCHLAND COUNTY
Not Listed     105/35/35     William Pettit          45    m farm agent          1980   VA
                             Mary Y. "               17    f                            "
                             Charles A. "            13    m                            "
                             William W. "            8     m                            "
                             Ellen "                 5     f                            "
               106/46/46     Narcissus W. Miller     44    m clerk of the county 5000 	VA
                             Killy E. "              41    f                            "
                             William "               20    m assistant clerk            "
                             John Roberts            16    m student                    "
                             Edward Buttedge         13    m                            "
                             Anne Sirris(?)          11    f                            "
                             Betty Morton            9     f                            "
                             Mary "                  6     f                            "
                             Charles M. "            3     m                            "
                             John Morris             1     m                            "
                             James Pettit            20    m farm agent                 "
               108/82/82     Edward Pettit           51    m farmer                     VA
                             Angeline F. "           32    f                            "
                             Sarah F. "              17    f                            "
                             Mary Jane "             15    f                            "
                             Margaret Anne "         12    f                            "
                             Susan "                 8     f                            "
                             Tabythea (?) "          7     f                            "
                             Canella "               5     f                            "
                             Josephine "             3     f                            " 
?                            Arabella "	             18/365f                            "
                             Jane Poor "             70    f                     1100   "
                             Lucy Haley "            14    f                            "
               128/417/419   Henry J. Pettitt3       26    m manager of farm            VA

HAMPTON COUNTY 
Dist. #24      225/1157/1157 John Pettett            56    m farmer              3000   NJ
                             Rebecca "               50    f                            "
                             Herbert Cool            24    m laborer                    "
                             John McNamus            8     m                            "
                  /1546/1546 Enos Everett            55    m farmer              600    NJ
		             Sarah "                 53    f                            "
                             Elizabeth "             15    f                            VA
                             Lyndona "               19    f                            "
                             Lyndona Pettitt         83    f                            "

HANOVER COUNTY
West Dist.     367/428/428   Saml. S. Pettit4        30    m overseer                   VA
                             Lucy A. "               26    f                            "
                             George W. "             10    m                            "
                             Samuel "                7     m                            "
                             Eugene "                5     m                            "
                             Charles "               3     m                            "

HENRICO COUNTY 
Richmond City  340/1656/1808 John Petit5 (1846)      39    m quiller                    VA
               375/562/662   Sebastian Delarue       48    m confectioner        500    France
                             Margaret "              46    f                            "
                             Pauline Pettet          66    f                            "
                             Nicholas Fisher         41    m shoe maker                 "
                             Antonell (?) "          42    f                            "
                             Merseills Delarue       16(?) m                            "
               556/783/813   Sam S. Pettit6          33    m overseer                   VA
                             Lucy A. Pettit          26    f                            "
                             George E. "             9     m                            "
                             Saml. B. "              7     m                            "
                             Jos Eugene "            5     m                            "
                             Charles "               3     m                            "

HENRY COUNTY 
Not Listed     17/353/353    Phebe Dillion           50    f                            VA
                             Jacob "                 52    m farmer                     "
                             Nancy "                 35    f                            "
                             Francis Gear            14    f                            "
                             Stephen Petit           14    m                            "
               47/654/654    John Petit	             50    m farmer                     VA
                             Polly "                 50    f                            "
                             Nancy "                 17    f                            "
                             Mary J. "               12    f                            "
                             Eliza A. "              10    f                            "
                             Martha "                8     f                            "


1One of several laborers living in the household of William H. Huntington. 2This was indexed as Pettet, but is clearly written as Pellet. 3Living in the household of John J. Trevelean(?). 4This family appears to be the same that appears for both Hanover and Henrico counties. 5Inmate in the Penitentiary of Virginia for horse stealing. Each person has a year noted after their name. There is no explanation that I could find. It could denote the year of incarceration. 6This family appears to be the same that appears for both Hanover and Henrico counties.