Pettit Family Genealogy and History
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An entire branch of Spartanburg Pettits was missing. Below is the brief story of how they were recently discovered. If you are from this Austin Pettit line, this is the story of how your ancestor was rediscovered. After reading, please please contact The Pettit Research Project here! You have cousins who have been looking for you.
Download the complete book for free from The Pettit Research Project: Nathan Pettit 1775-1855 of Spartanburg SC and Hancock, IL, Book.PDF Currently Reading Part III Read Part I Here Read Part II Here FAMILY…
Nathan grew up in back country South Carolina during its most savagely violent period. His older brother Henry Pettit, Sr., and father Joshua defended their homeland while in the Spartan Regiment under Colonel Benjamin Roebuck. Nathan would have been about five years old when the patriot troops under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter stopped by the Pettit farm for provisions. The Pettit family supplied them with beef from their herd.