Pettit Family Genealogy and History
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Our plan was to navigate down the Pacolet River and camp under the stars on the land that once belonged to Henry Pettit and William Poole. We set out to explore the old Poole Springs (Healing Springs), Pettit Mill Branch, Tumbling Shoals, Lawsons Fork, and various other sites. We planned to exit the river the next evening at Pacolet Mills.
Expect to walk away from this read with a deeper understanding of not only Richard Pearis and Jacob Hite, but also the entire misunderstood and oft forgotten world in which they lived. If you are interested in Virginia or South Carolina colonial or Revolutionary period history, the fine details of Indian trade and traders, the dark and dirty deeds of Loyalists and Patriots in the struggle for independence, and the ultimate fate of those who were exiled from the United States, I strongly recommend these books.
Joshua Pettit traveled the South Branch, VA area and stopped in at the Steenbergen Ordinary at various times in 1767, 1768 and 1770. This Joshua Pettit was there in 1768 at the same time as Richard Pearis.