James Pettit (1725) and Martha McCune Family Record Book
A James Pettit and Martha McCune Family Record Book was recently discovered which gives the names and birth dates of their children.
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A James Pettit and Martha McCune Family Record Book was recently discovered which gives the names and birth dates of their children.
This Bible record appears to have been the work of multiple generations of Gilmer County, GA Pettits. The handwriting of three different people can be easily distinguished. The note that accompanied these pages said that it was the record of William Henry Pettit and “John Waitsel Pettit, father of Morris Pettit”. It is possible the information was taken down by William Henry Pettit, John Waitsel Pettit and Morris Pettit.
James Pettet was born in the town of Westfield County of Saraotga Washington N.Y. on the 20th day of April AD 1798. Eleanor Bennett was born in the town of Halfmoon on the 17th day of April AD 1803.
We will attempt to list all the known children of Joshua and Rachel Pettit and their birth date and birth place.
The story of how copies of the Benjamin Pettit (1769) family bible records have come down to us through the ages is one of intrigue. There are actually two distinct bible records in circulation among researchers which contain similar lists of the births of Benjamin and Elizabeth Pettit’s children.
This Bible record was received from Jeff D. Hendricks of Independence, MO. He is the great great grandson of Missourie Pettit. I originally corresponded with Mr. Hendricks in 1998 via email. At the time he had reviewed the Bible but did not own it. I contacted him again in August of 2018 and he informed me that he was now in possession of the Bible
On the 13th day of June in 1846 in Gilmer County, Georgia, John Pettit stood before his brother Henry Pettit Jr. (b. 1790), the Justice of the Inferior Court. His deposition that day was in regards to the settlement of the Revolutionary War pension account of his father Henry Sr. (b. 1763). John’s mother, Anna (Poole) Pettit, who had been in his care since the death of his father, had recently passed on as well.