Family Group Sheet


Name Andrew Jackson Pettit
Birth 26 Dec 1836, Lenoxburg, Bracken Co., Ky, or Ohio*
Death 2 Feb 1891, Moore's Ferry, Bath Co., Kentucky
Father UNKNOWN Pettit
Marriage 25 Jan 1856, Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio
Spouse Mary Livia McGill
Birth abt 1839/1841, Kentucky or Ohio
Children
1 F Anna Belle Pettit
Birth abt 1858, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Spouse Clark Crouch
2 F Sarah E. Pettit
Birth abt 1861, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Spouse George M. Jones
3 M George W. Pettit
Birth abt 1863/1864, Kentucky
Spouse Sarah E. Pierce
4 M Samuel Pettit
Birth abt 1865, Kentucky
5 F Nancy M. Pettit
Birth abt 1868, Kentucky
6 M Robert Foster Pettit
Birth 4 Mar 1873, Bracken Co., Kentucky
Death 1957, Lebanon, Boone Co., Indiana
Spouse Rena Jane Moore
7 M Edgar Author Pettit
Birth 4 Aug 1878, Kentucky or Ohio
Spouse Addie Moore
Notes for Andrew Jackson Pettit
All information on the family and descendants of Andrew J. Pettit, other than the census notes and the speculation below about his parentage, is from email correspondence in 1996 with:
Barbara (Pettit) Houck (Mrs. Richard)
1470 Northwood Rd. #243-F
Seal Beach, CA 90740
(310) 596-6925
richbarb@ix.netcom.com
Barbara is a daughter of Andrew's grandson Marvin, son of Robert. She says that her father thought Andrew J. had a sister Mary, and brothers George, Willis, and Levi.

Andrew is probably a grandson of Amos Pettit and Milly Glen of Pendleton Co., since they are the progenitors of all the known Pettits of the Pendleton Co. area. (Lenoxburg, where Andrew was born, is right on the Pendleton/Bracken Co. border, and he appears in the 1870 Pendleton Co. census.) The best possibility is Amos's son George, who married Permelia Porter in 1815 in Pendleton Co. George is not in the 1820 or later censuses of Pendleton Co., so he apparently moved elsewhere, perhaps to Bracken Co. George's family is not known (by me or Steve Navaro, at least), and Andrew had a son George, and according to his grandson Marvin, a brother George.
Census
1860 census of Bracken Co., Ky, lists:
Pettit, Andrew J., 27, OH; Mary, 21, KY; Anna Belle, 2, KY.

1870 census of Pendleton Co., Ky, Catawba P.O., p. 428, family #114:
Pettit, Andrew J., 36; Mary L., 31; Annie B., 12; Sallie E., 9; George, 7; Samuel, 5; Nancy M., 2. Andrew b. in Ohio, others in Ky. (Although the 1880 census gives Ky for Andrew too.)

1880 census of Fleming Co., Ky, Hillsboro, (sheet 24, line 35):
Pettit, Andrew J., 45; Mary L., 38; Sarah E., 19; George, 15; Nannie, 12; Robert, 9; Edgar, 4. All born in Ky.
(There is considerable disagreement between the ages in this census and the 1870 one, so I am listing most birthdates on this family as a range.)
Notes for Mary Livia McGill
Barbara Houck has Mary's middle name as "Livid ?", from the marriage record. I wonder if maybe this represents a misreading of "Livia".
Last Modified 2 Dec 1996 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh