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https://pettitresearch.com/familyhistory/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/Foothills-of-the-blue-ridge.png1099703The date it was written is not given though it would have certainly been within the author's lifetime of 1870-1940. The story opens with an account of the movement from North Carolina to Gilmer County, GA of Henry Pettit Jr (b.1790), his brother John Pettit, and son Elijah Pool Pettit and their families.