from The Pettit Correspondent, Vol. 1, No. 3, page 35
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                           Some Nebraska Pettit Info
       
                            Compiled by Mary Anders
                    (1717 Avenue B, Scottsbluff, NE  69361)
       
       
       Pettit is not a common name in Nebraska during any era.
       
       1860 Nebraska territorial census
       
               Samuel Petit in Nemaha Co. p. 51 #408, aged  37,  b.  NY,
       male,  farmer.  Andrew  Petit in Douglas Co. p. 91 #962, aged 29,
       male, blacksmith, b. Leicester, Eng.
       
       
       1870 Nebraska census index
       
               Petit, Ezekial - p. 252, Camden twp., Saline Co.
               Petitt, William - p. 2478, Fairview twp., Sarpy Co.
                 "  Anna E. - p. 007, Cincinnati twp., Pawnee Co.
                 "  Levi -       "         "                "
       
       1870 Nebraska census; Lincoln, Lancaster Co. - p. 78, #133
       
               Petit, S.M. - aged 33, b. Ohio
                 " Caroline - aged 33, b. Ind.
       
       1870 Nebraska census;  Cass Co., Oreopolis Pct., Plattsmouth P.O.
       (21 July), p. 15
       
               Pettit, H.H. - aged 43, male, white, farmer, b. NY
                 "  Eliza L. -  39, female, white, b. NY
                 "  Hettie - 8, female, white, b. NE
               Todd, Deasle - 15, female, white, at home, b. NE
       
       Eliza  L.  Pettit:   shown  in  Reg/Deeds  Office,  Cass  Co.  NE
       (Plattsmouth) on  17  Oct.  1885:  School  Dist.  #28 to Eliza L.
       Pettit, 1 acre lot 16  S.35,  T.13,  R.13.   Further,  on 26 Dec.
       1885, Eliza L. Pettit, widow, to Andrew Barry  same acre of land.
       (Oreopolis was a busy railroad area).
       
       Joseph  W.  Petit:  marriage record for him in Daily NE Herald 14
       Sept. 1871,  Plattsmouth, Cass  Co.,  NE,  reel  #71.   (from  NE
       Newspaper Abstracts for 1871 from selected newspapers by NE State
       Gen. Society 1983.)
       
       Petit  infant:  death  notice 15 Aug. 1879, Juanita Herald, Adams
       Co., NE, reel #71, J95v.   NE  St.  Gen.  Soc.   -  Could this be
       daughter of above Joseph?