from The Pettit Correspondent, Vol. 2, No. 3, page 87 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some Descendants of Joshua Pettit of New Jersey and South Carolina I cannot claim to have done any research myself on this family. However, in recent months I have received a number of family group charts from subscribers that are descended from Joshua. As so many are interested in this family it seemed fitting to re- edit the information into a whole and pass it along to everyone. The names and addresses of the individuals from whose charts this was derived are found at the end of this article. Few sources are noted with the data provided me so little documentation is referred to here. And, consequently, I cannot fully assure the accuracy of what follows. 1. Joshua PETTIT, Sr., born 1734, Essex Co., NJ and died 1786 in 96 District, SC. He m. Rachel MONROE(?). She died ca. 1786. Joshua fought in the Revolution under Col. ROEBUCK. + 2. Henry Pettit, Sr. 3. Hannah Pettit, born 1765, NJ. 4. Mary Pettit, born 20 May 1767, NJ; died 8 Feb 1769. 5. Benjamin Pettit, born 20 July 1769; m. Lucinda Pettit. 6. Nathan Pettit, born 2 Sept 1771, NJ or SC. + 7. Joshua Pettit, Jr. 8. Abraham Pettit, born 29 Aug 1776 SC; died 20 May 1808. He was born retarded and was taken care of by his brother Joshua. 9. Rachel Pettit, born 11 Apr 1779, SC. 2. Henry Pettit, Sr., born 22 Jan 1763, NJ and died 12 Oct 1838 in Rutherford Co., NC. He married Mary Ann "Anna" POOLE, daughter of William and Elizabeth (STOVALL) POOLE in Spartanburg Co., SC on 7 Feb 1783. Revolution pension #W5528 states that he volunteered at 96 District, SC on 1 June 1776 while living there with his father. He was allowed pension 12 Oct 1838 while a resident of Rutherford Co., NC. These pension records list the names and dates of birth of his children and state that his widow died 6 Sep 1845 at Gilmer Co., GA. Children, all born at Spartanburg, SC: 10. William Pettit, born 21 Apr 1784; died 10 Dec 1785. 11. Sarah Pettit, born 26 Nov 1786; m. William Abraham TONEY. +12. Henry Pettit, Jr. 13. Mary Ann Pettit, born 19 May 1792; m. Elijah POOLE. 14. Rebecca Pettit, born 22 Oct 1794; m. William STOUT or STREET. 15. Elizabeth Pettit, born 1 June 1797; m. Solomon MOONEY. 16. Hannah Pettit, born 21 or 27 Dec 1799; died 27 July 1883 in Fannin Co., GA. She m. ca. 1821 in NC to Thomas Smith McDANIEL. 17. Anna Pettit, born 5 Feb 1803; m. Asa MOONEY. +18. John Pettit. 19. Susanna Pettit, born 9 Mar 1807; m. John WALKER. 7. Joshua Pettit, Jr. was born 12 Sep 1773 in SC. He died 20 Aug 1827 in Spartanburg, SC. His will is recorded there in Will Book B, pp. 136-140. His wife, Judith POOLE, was a daughter of William and Elizabeth (STOVAL) POOLE. She was born 6 Dec 1766 and died 29 Dec 1842. Joshua is buried in the Poole Cemetery near Cowpens, Spartanburg Co. SC. Their children, all born in Spartanburg: +20. Nathaniel H. Pettit. 21. William P. Pettit, born 1793; died 16 Mar 1858 and buried in the Poole Cemetery, Spartanburg, SC; m. Lucinda LITTLE. 22. Elizabeth Pettit m. ____ WALKER. 23. Rachel Pettit m. ____ HEMBREE. 24. John P. Pettit, born 1796. 25. Henry Pettit, born 1798. 26. Joshua Pettit III, born 1802; m. Mary ____. 27. Mary Pettit. 28. Hannah Pettit. 12. Henry Pettit, Jr. was born 25 Jan 1790 and died 30 May 1858. He m. Anna E. MOONEY, daughter of David and Mary (MONROE) MOONEY, on 14 Dec 1815. Anna was born 16 Dec 1796 and died 14 Dec 1871. 29 Elijah Poole Pettit, born 29 Aug 1817; died 14 Feb 1892 in Arkansas. He m. 1) Margaret E. OSBORN, 27 Jan 1839. 2) Julie ____. 30. Barbara Pettit, born 1 Oct 1819; died in Arkansas; m. Daniel B. MILLER. 31. John Pettit, born 11 Jan 1822; died 3 June 1824. 32. Henry Pettit, born 6 Feb 1824; died 22 Mar 1847; m. Lavina PENCE, 31 Aug 1846. 33. Missouri Pettit born 14 Jan 1826; died about 1870 in Kentucky; m. Adolphus D. ELLISON, 25 Feb 1844. 34. William D. Pettit, born 19 Feb 1828; died 30 Jan 1849; m. Elizabeth D. SEARCY, 11 July 1847. 35. Eleanor Pettit, born 13 Oct 1831; died 3 Feb 1910; m. Isaac N. WALKER, 20 June 1856. 36. George W. Pettit, born 6 May 1834; died 7 Oct 1891; m. Eliza T. HUDSON, 26 June 1856. 37. Sarah Pettit born 6 May 1834; m. 1) Esquire CRANE, 27 Apr 1854. 2) Charles PHILLIPI. +38. John Fulton Pettit. 39. Ann Pettit born 29 Jan 1839; died 19 June 1923; m. J.L. HOLDEN, 18 Nov 1860. 40. Joshua Calvin Pettit, born 28 July 1841, Gilmer Co., GA; died 7 Jan 1910, Gilmer Co., GA; m. Caroline Susan SMITH, 28 Nov 1862. She was born 1 Dec 1836 in South Carolina and died 19 May 1914. 18. John Pettit, born 13 Feb 1805 at Spartanburg Co., SC and died 21 Feb 1888 at Pickens Co., GA. He m. Hattie Eleanor MOONEY. +41. James W. Pettit. 42. Harriet S. Pettit, born 1829; m. Butler JONES, 17 Mar 1847, at Gilmer Co., GA. 43. David L. Pettit, born 1832 in North Carolina. 44. Suzannah S. Pettit, born 1834 in North Carolina; unmarried. 45. Martha J. Pettit, born 1836 in North Carolina; m. Glen Cowant, 1 Dec 1857. 46. Frances Milley Ann Pettit, born 1838 in North Carolina; m. Martin VAN COFFEY, 27 Feb 1859. 47. Mary Monroe Pettit born 1840 in North Carolina; m. John VAN COFFEY, 22 Aug 1859. 48. Henry Pettit, born 1842 in Georgia; died before 1888. 49. Amanda E. Pettit, born 1844 in Georgia; m. William W. BURLSON. 50. Isabella Pettit, born 1846 in Georgia; died before 1860. 51. John Pettit, born 1848 in Georgia; m. Cynthia BEAM, 13 Oct 1868. 20. Nathaniel H. Pettit, was born 1791-2 at Pacolet River, Spartanburg Co., SC. He organized the Bethesda Baptist Church in Spartanburg and the Shiloh Baptist Church in Benton County, Alabama (1836) where he was a deacon. He and his wife, Mary, were married in 1815 in Spartanburg. She was born 1788 in Spartanburg and presumably died before 1870 in Benton Co., Alabama. Nathaniel died after 1872 and is buried at Peaks Hill, Benton Co., Alabama. All their children were born in Spartanburg: 52. Lucinda Pettit, born 1817; never married. 53. Ashford Pettit, born 1818; m. Mary FINLEY, 1837 at Spartanburg. 54. Rachel Pettit, born 1819; died 1865 at Cherokee Co., TX; m. William LITTLE, 1 Apr 1838, Benton Co., AL. 55. John W. Pettit, born 1820; m. Permelia, 25 Mar 1849 in Benton Co., AL. 56. Joshua Pettit born 1821; died 1862 due to wounds inflicted during the Civil War; m. Teressa D. POOLE, 3 Oct 1850, Benton Co., AL. +57. Giles Dalford Pettit. 58. Abner B. Pettit, born 1829; died 186(4?), from wounds inflicted during the Civil War; m. 1) Judith PETTIT, 6 Feb 1852, at Peaks Hill, Benton Co., AL 2) Nancy A. POOLE, 16 Sep 1858. 38. John Fulton Pettit, born 27 Feb 1837; died 3 Mar 1903; m. 1) Rebecca GRIFFITH, daughter of Stephen and Sallie (WALKER) GRIFFITH, on 4 Sep 1859. She died 6 July 1874. He m. 2) Martha Eliza HARRIS, 21 Oct 1874 (no children). Martha was born 8 Mar 1845. +59. Elijah William Pettit. 60. Henry Burton (or Benton) Pettit, born 23 Oct 1860; died 27 Oct 1860. 61. Sarah Ann Pettit, born 8 Dec 1861; died 22 Feb 1945; m. William A. SIMMONS, 29 Dec 1885. 62. Stephen Fletcher Pettit, born 27 June 1863; died 28 Feb 1955; m. Eliza J. HUDSON, 25 Dec 1884. 63. Mary Jane Pettit, born 14 Mar 1865; died 25 Oct 1878. 64. Noah Webster Pettit, born 7 Dec 1866; died 2 Aug 1953; m. Texas BURKE, 16 Aug 1893. 65. Martha Rebecca Pettit, 28 Dec 1868; died 13 Apr 1869. 66. George Fester Pettit, born 25 Mar 1870; died 14 Oct 1940; m. Bessie Mae ROBINSON, 21 May 1898. 67. Joshua Bernice Pettit, born 25 Mar 1870; died 9 July 1870. 68. Margaret Talitha Pettit, born 4 Aug 1872; died 13 June 1965; m. James KELL, 18 Jan 1898. 69. Infant, stillborn 6 Feb 1874, buried with mother. 41. James W. Pettit, born 20 Oct at Rutherford Co., NC and died 3 Sep 1888 at Harrison, Boone Co., Arkansas. He m. Cinthia Eleanor CLAYTON, 4 May 1814 at Gilmer Co., GA. Their children were all born in Georgia: +70. Sarah Jane Pettit m. John Henry RAYNOR. 71. Elizabeth M. Pettit, born 5 Feb 1852; m. John DUDLEY, 19 Mar 1868, Boone Co., Arkansas. 72. John William Pettit, born 24 Mar 1854; died 17 Jan 1929, Boone Co., AR; m. 1) Martha P. SUMMERS 2) Dora Lee STROUD. 73. Josiah Sidney Pettit, born 3 Oct 1856; died 5 Oct 1856. 74. Cynthia Eleanor Pettit, born 18 Jan 1858; died 6 Sep 1860. 75. Nancy Ann Pettit, born 20 June 1860; died 28 Dec 1922; m. William E. LANKFORD, 25 Dec 1879 in Boone Co., AR. 76. Isabelle Catherine Pettit, born 10 Feb 1863; died 6 Oct 1951; m. Thomas COX, son of Walton and Sarah (KINDALL) COX, in Boone Co., AR on 23 Feb 1879. 77. Edith Malissa "Edy" Pettit, born 6 Apr 1866; m. Richard M. JOHNSON, 9 Oct 1877, Boone Co., AR. 78. Eleanor Palestine Pettit, born 12 Oct 1869; died 26 July 1944, Boone Co., AR; m. Andrew R. CAPPS, 13 Feb 1890, Boone Co., AR. 57. Giles Dalford Pettit, born 20 May 1825 in Spartanburg Co., SC. He was a CSA veteran, having fought in the 19th Alabama Infantry Co. (1861-1865). He and wife, Mary S. POOLE, were married 1 Feb 1852 at Peaks Hill, Benton Co., Arkansas (p. 250 marriage records, Silas WOODRUFF, MG). Mary, a daughter of George W. and Agnes POOLE, was born in Spartanburg 14 Nov 1829. The couple died at Parks, Scott Co., AL; he on 4 Apr 1909; she 3 Feb 1913. They are both buried in Parks. 79. Monroe Jackson Pettit, born May 1854, Benton Co., AL; died 24 Oct 1929, Polk Co. Arkansas; m. Josephine R. Ward, 1873 in Scott Co., Arkansas. 80. Lucinda Pettit, born 1855, Benton Co., AL. 81. Sarah Jane Pettit, born Feb 1856, Benton Co., AL; died 23 Mar 1924, Hughes Co., Oklahoma; m. John Elijah WELCH, 1876, Scott Co., AR. 82. Rachel L. E. Pettit; born Sep 1859, Benton Co., AL; died 1933, Scott Co., AR; m. 1) James SMITH, 2) Amizi Love WATKINS. 83. Giles Dalford Pettit, Jr.; born Sep 1864, Mississippi; m. 1) Josephine LAIRD 2) Virginia (Jennie) MILLER. He is buried in the Walnut Grove Cemetery, Scott Co., AR. 84. Mollie E. Pettit, born July 1866, Mississippi; died 1906, Scott Co., AR; m. George B. MILLER, 7 Jan 1886, Scott Co., AR. 85. Fannie Pettit, born 1870, Mississippi; died 1895, Scott Co., AR; m. John Lafayette WILSON, 31 Aug 1890 in Gravelly Hill, AR. 59. Elijah William Pettit, born 23 Oct., 1860; died 19 Jan 1891 in Texas; m. Lucy BRADLEY, daughter of Dr. John Calvin and Keturah (FERGUSON) BRADLEY, on 6 Mar 1881. She died 21 May 1945. 86. Rebecca Keturah Pettit, born 16 Apr 1882; died 30 May 1973; m. R.O. OSBORN, 14 May 1919. Her husband died in June 1942. 87. Mary Lucy Pettit, born 5 Nov 1883; died 20 Mar 1976; never married. 88. John Bradley Pettit, born 11 Sep 1886; died 17 Apr 1952; m. 1) Ina Missouri REECE, daughter of John Washington and Mary Melinda (COX) REECE, on 15 Apr 1906. She died 23 Jan 1949. John m. 2) Elizabeth BRENAN, 31 Oct 1951. 89. Frank Elijah Pettit, born 27 Oct 1889; died 22 Sep 1974; m. Cleola ANDERSON, 11 June 1916. 90. Nancy Pettit born 6 Sep 1891; died 10 Nov 1976; m. A.P. McINTYRE. Her husband died 1 Nov 1958. 70. Sarah Jane Pettit, born 31 Oct 1849 at Ellijay, Gilmer Co., NC; died 8 Jan 1929, Georgia. She m. John Henry RAYNOR, 19 Feb 1873, at Harrison, Boone Co., Arkansas. Children, all born in Arkansas: 91. Almeda "Zona" Raynor, born 31 Jan 1874; died 8 Mar 1952; m. Jackson Harvey KINDALL. 92. Cynthia Viana RAYNOR, born 4 Mar 1875; died 1 Sep 1948. 93. William Bruce RAYNOR born 26 May 1876; died 6 Sep 1948; m. Elizabeth KINDALL. 94. Mary Caldona "Dona" RAYNOR, born 31 Oct 1878. 95. Martha Elizabeth "Bessie" RAYNOR, born 2 Sep 1880; died 28 June 1949; m. Delbert Francis KINDALL. 96. Edith Palestine "Tina" RAYNOR; born 19 Feb 1882; died 22 Dec 1961. 97. Elender May RAYNOR, born 31 Jan 1884. 98. James Samuel RAYNOR, born 22 Mar 1885; died 12 May 1953. 99. Millie Ann RAYNOR, born 30 Sep 1887. 100. John Henry RAYNOR, born 26 Aug 1890; died 2 Dec 1959; m. Tempie Victoria "Kay" KINDALL. 101. Steven Richard RAYNOR, born 29 Apr 1892; died 15 Jan 1977. 102. Charles Franklin RAYNOR, born 24 Aug 1893; died 14 Feb 1973; m. Ethel KINDALL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The above was compiled from Family Group Charts and/or Ancestor Charts filled out by the following persons: Betty HUSS, 2631 Burlington, Maud HOSTETTER, La Jara, CO 81140 Billings, MT 59102 Viola JONES, Rt. 3, Box 312. J.B. PARKER, Rt. 2, Box 994, Louisville, KY 37777 Ellijay, GA 30540 Hazel SEARS, 1 Bohr Dr., Johnnie Faye ANDERSON, Rt. 5, Box Chattanooga, TN 37415 205, Ellijay, GA 30540 William Jordan WELCH, 1207 E. 21st St., Tulsa, OK 74114 Mrs. HOSTETTER's chart for Joshua, Sr. included these citations: "Copy of the old Pettit Bible in poss. of the family representative; deeds of Sprtnbg Co. Bk C page 162; Bk D page 6; Bk K page 286; Bk 2 page 219; S. Cr. Archives, Rev. Accts. #AA 5901 Acct. #3671 X."