Family Group Sheet


Name John A. Pettit, Half GGG Uncle
Birth Oct 1850, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death aft 1900, prob. Hocking Co., Ohio
Father Samuel Pettit (~1810-1870)
Mother Rebecca Jane Foster (~1827->1901)
Marriage 11 May 1873, Greenup Co., Kentucky
Spouse Nancy Susan Holley
Birth Feb 1851, Mason Co., West Virginia
Death aft 1900, prob. Hocking Co., Ohio
Father Thomas Holley (1800-)
Mother Nancy E. Jenkins (1810-)
Children
1 M William Thomas Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth Jul 1873, Greenup Co., Kentucky
2 M James E. Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth abt 1875, Greenup Co., Kentucky
3 M Samuel H. Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth 20 Jul 1876, Greenup Co., Kentucky
4 F Martha J. Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth 1 Feb 1878, Greenup Co., Kentucky
5 F Mary E. Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth 1 Feb 1878, Greenup Co., Kentucky
6 M John H. Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth Jul 1880, Greenup Co., Kentucky
7 F Hattie Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth May 1884, Greenup Co., Kentucky
8 M Charles Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth Jul 1886/1887, Greenup Co., Kentucky
9 M Floyd Pettit, Half 1C3R
Birth Jul 1890, Greenup Co., Kentucky
Notes for John A. Pettit
According to Daryl Duncan, John and his family lived in Greenup County near the head of a hollow called Big White Oak. Supposedly they moved there to work in the manufacturing of pig iron.

They apparently moved from Kentucky to Hocking Co., Ohio sometime between 1891 and 1900.
Census
1880 Soundex lists in Greenup Co., Liberty precinct, page 79 A, family #209/214:
Pettit, John, 29, ore digger; Nancy S., 27; Wm T., 7; Jas E., 5; Sam H., 3; Martha J., 2; Mary E., 2. Nancy S. born in Virginia, the others in Kentucky.

1900 Census of Hocking Co., Ohio, lists this family twice, 6 pages apart:

On p. 218,

Pettit, John, 49, b. Oct 1850, KY; Susan, wife, 49, b. Feb 1851, WV;
Samuel, son, 23, b. Jul 1876, KY; John H., son, 19, b. Jul 1880, KY; Hattie, dau, 16, b. May 1884, KY; Charles, son, 12, b. Jul 1887, KY; Claude, son, 9, b. Jul 1890, KY; Nixon, Debbie, niece, 15, b. Mar 1885, OH; Nixon, Porter, nephew, 11, b. Jan 1889, OH. Couple married 28 yrs, 11 children born, 9 living. His parents born in KY, hers VA.

And on p. 224:

Pettit, John, 49, b. Oct 1850, KY; Susan, wife, 49, b. Feb 1851, WV;
Samuel, son, 24, b. Jul 1875, KY; Thomas, son, 26, b. Jul 1873, KY; John H., son, 19, b. Jul 1880, KY; Hattie, dau, 16, b. May 1884, KY; Charles, son, 13, b. Jul 1886, KY; Floyd, son, 9, b. Jul 1890, KY.
Same information about years of marriage and number of children, but the two Nixon children are not listed.
Notes for Nancy Susan Holley
In 1850, Mason Co. was in Virginia, but it became part of West Virginia when it was formed.
Last Modified 15 Aug 1997 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh