Family Group Sheet


Name Nathaniel Pettit Jr.
Birth 1781/1790, Fauquier Co., Virginia
Death Feb 1846, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Father Nathaniel Pettit Sr. (~1755-1809)
Mother Rebecca Owens (~1760-1825)
Other spouses Rebecca H. Dennison
Marriage 9 Mar 1818, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Spouse Martha Clifford
Children
1 M Nathaniel Pettit
Birth abt 1818, Fayette Co., Kentucky
2 M (son) Pettit
Birth 1820, Fayette Co., Kentucky
3 M James O. Pettit
Birth abt 1823, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Death 17 Jun 1853, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Spouse Mary Ann Frances Blackwell
4 F (daughter) Pettit
Birth abt 1826/1830, Fayette Co., Kentucky
5 M (son) Pettit
Birth abt 1826/1830, Fayette Co., Kentucky
6 F Martha A. Pettit
Birth abt 1832, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Spouse David B. Henderson
7 M Benjamin Franklin Pettit
Birth 1838, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Death 1890, Kentucky
Spouse Clara M. Barbee
Notes for Nathaniel Pettit Jr.
See notes for Nathaniel Pettit Sr. on some newspaper notices Nathaniel Jr. posted regarding his father's estate in 1809 and 1814.

Will of Nathaniel Pettit, dated 12 Nov 1845, probated 9 Feb 1846, mentions wife Rebecca, son Nathaniel, son Benjamin, son James, daughter Martha.

Sylvia Welch (see notes for Obediah Pettit) writes that Nathaniel Pettit Jr. married 1st Martha Clifford (no date given), who was the mother of all his children, and married 2nd Rebecca H. Atchison, on 23 June 1840, minister Robert Stewart. She lists as the children of Nathaniel & Martha: Nathaniel (no other data); Benjamin F. Pettit married Clara Barbee; Martha Pettit married David B. Henderson 28 Jan 1852; James O. Pettit. From census data, Nathaniel obviously had more children, but some of them may have died young.
Census
1820 census of Fayette Co., Ky, lists on p. 95:
Nathaniel Pettit, 1 m < 10, 1 m 26-44, 1 f 10-15, 1 f 16-25. The teenage girl is probably Nathaniel's sister Rebecca. The family also had 10 slaves (3 m 14-25, 5 m 26-44, 1 f < 14, 1 f 14-25.) 9 persons total engaged in agriculture.

1830 census of Fayette Co., Ky, lists on p. 295:
Nathaniel Pettit, 1 m < 5, 1 m 5-9, 2 m 10-14, 1 1 m 40-49, 1 f < 5, 1 f 15-19, 1 f 30-39, 1 f 50-59 Since Nathaniel's mother died before 1814, the woman 50-59 is probably his wife's mother. It is not clear who the girl 15-19 would be, since there was no girl under 10 with the family in the 1820 census, nor with any other Fayette Co. Pettit family.

1840 census of Fayette Co., Ky, lists on p. 139:
Nathaniel Pettit, 1 m < 5, 1 m 10-14, 1 m 15-19, 1 m 20-29, 1 m 50-59, 1 f 5-9. The ages here suggest that Nathaniel's wife had died within the last 4 years. (Also note there is no f 10-14 listed, to correspond to the f < 5 from the 1830 census, who may have died.)

1850 census of Fayette Co., Ky, lists on p. 223, family #437:
Rebecca Pettit, 50, b. Ky; Catherine Denison, 80, b. Va; Martha Pettit, 17, b. Ky; Benj. Pettit, 12, b. Ky.
Last Modified 5 Apr 1995 Created 1 Jan 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh