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Henry Pettit Sr b.1763

Joshua Pettit Jr

Benjamin Pettit b.1769

John Pettit b. 1771

Nathan Pettit b. 1775

 

Henry Pettit b. 1763

Enlisted to fight in the American Revolution at the age of 13 while living on Lawsons Fork of the Pacolet River in Spartanburg County, SC.  Married Ann Poole.  Lived on Pettit Mill Branch in SC until moving to Rutherford County, NC in XXXX.  After his death, his children moved to Gilmer and Pickens County, GA.  Generations later they spread to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

 

Joshua Pettit Jr

He married Judith Poole in Spartanburg County, SC.  He owned thousands of acres of land around Pettit Mill Branch in SC where he and his brother Henry had a water powered mill and blacksmith forge.  Some of his children stayed on this Pettit land and some moved to Alabama and Mississippi before the Civil War.  Many of his descendnats still live in and around Spartanburg County, SC today.

Benjamin Pettit b. 1769

He married Elizabeth Hindman and lived near the Tyger River in Spartanburg County, SC.  Some of his children moved to Georgia but a good number of descnednats still live in and around Spartanburg County, SC today.

John Pettit b. 1771

John married and lived on Peters Creek in Spartanburg County, SC.  Most of his children remained in Spartanburg County, SC but John moved to Cherokee County, Georgia with his son Daniel Pettit towards the end of his life.  John’s descendants include the Blount County, Alabama Pettits and the Cedartown, GA Pettits and a good number of descnednats still live in and around Spartanburg County, SC today.

Nathan Pettit b. 1775

Nathan Pettit married a woman named Levina and lived on Motlows Creek in Spartanburg County, SC.  Later in life he moved across the country, eventually setting up a mill on Petit Creek in Hancock County, IL.  His Pettit descendants originate from only one grandson, Austin Pettit, who moved from Ohio to Illinois and eventually to Hannibal, Missouri.