1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 6 #1 pg 17, 18, 21-24.
sherriff of Chatham Co., NC.2Katherine Reynolds, Vol 1 pg 121, 121A.
3Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 3.
4Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 11 #1 pg 43.
5Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 3 #2 pg 36, 37, 38.
6Katherine Reynolds, Vol 2 pg 247C.
father came from Holland to America in 1747, settled in VA; Rev. War Soldier, fighting in Battle of Cane Creek and Kin's Mt.; lists dau. Katie who md Henry William Harrington.7http://share.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8563/hill.htm using info from "Hill Families of America" by Byron Hill.
Zachariah lived on the Haw River near Pittsboro, Chatham Co., NC and was the sherrife 1785-1796.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 2 #1 pg 5, 6.
2Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 6 #1 pg 18, 24.
3Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 3.
4Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 9 #1 pg 24.
5Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 11 #1 pg 43.
6Katherine Reynolds, Vol 1 pg 121.
During Rev. War, several of her negroe slaves were taken captive by Tories. She went to the British camp and demanded to see Gen. Cornwallis. When the sentinel refused to let her pass, she laid a whip to her horse and sprang past then rode up to the Gen.'s tent and demanded her property. The Gen. asked her to point it out, which she did and sent an armed escort home with her saying such a brave woman should be rewarded.7Dixie Compere.
lists her b. in Wilkes Co., NC.
1Shirley Dunn.
Minister-Disciples of Christ Church.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 6 #1 pg 7.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 2; Vol 10 #1 pt 23, 45, 50; Vol 12 #1 pg 13-15.
2Family Records.
in possession of William A. Petty; Will of Ralph Petty, Barren Co., Kentucky Will Bk 3 p 344 (copy in possession of Barbara McGee).3Census Record, 1850 Census of Barren Co., KY.
30 Aug 1850, Roll 191, Household 736, Family 753, Pg 455: Petty, Ralph, age 82, VA, Baptist Minister, Real estate $500 Petty, Elizabeth, age 50 KY.4Blake Hatchett.
Old Petty Blue Spring Creek Cemetery, "William W. Clack d. 28 Jul 1833 age 53" "Ralph Petty b. 29 Dec 1769 d. 26 Jul 1779 Baptist Preacher" "Bedy Petty b. 23 Oct 1779 d. 9 Jun 1844".5Marriage Record.
Ceremony by Robert Stockton.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #1 pg 23.
2Marriage Record.
Ceremony by Robert Stockton.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 2; Vol 10 #1 pg 23.
Buried in the same cemetery as her father. Probably unmarried.2Blake Hatchett.
Old Petty Blue Spring Creek Cemetery "Martha Petty b. 20 Sep 1817 d. 2 Oct 1839" Buried in same graveyard as her parents.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 2; Vol 10 #1 pt 23, 45, 50; Vol 12 #1 pg 13-15.
2Family Records.
in possession of William A. Petty; Will of Ralph Petty, Barren Co., Kentucky Will Bk 3 p 344 (copy in possession of Barbara McGee).3Census Record, 1850 Census of Barren Co., KY.
30 Aug 1850, Roll 191, Household 736, Family 753, Pg 455: Petty, Ralph, age 82, VA, Baptist Minister, Real estate $500 Petty, Elizabeth, age 50 KY.4Blake Hatchett.
Old Petty Blue Spring Creek Cemetery, "William W. Clack d. 28 Jul 1833 age 53" "Ralph Petty b. 29 Dec 1769 d. 26 Jul 1779 Baptist Preacher" "Bedy Petty b. 23 Oct 1779 d. 9 Jun 1844".
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #1 pg 23.
2Barren County, Kentucky wills;, 13 Dec 1851, probated Jan 1852.
"John Clack's will. will dated 23 Sep 1851, proven Nov. Term 1852. Names son James M Clack, Dau. Lamyra Pulliam, Granddaughter Patsey Bradley, Daughter Mary Lock, sons Thomas Jefferson Clack & William Clack. Son William W. Clack and friend Henry Eubank executors. wit. Wm Vance, John Ford: Att: Travis Cockrill.".
Will Bk 3 Vol 3 976.972 p. 349.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #2 pg 39, 43; Vol 12 #1 pg 80.
2Barbara McGee.
He was in Ross Co. OH as late as 1813.
Sources: This information was handed down through the family. Marriages have been verified by Barbara McGee. Ebenezer appears in land records in Hampshire and Hardy Co, West Virginnia in 1767. (GS 25133 pt 10 Bk 1 p 529) Deeds of Clark Co., Kentucky. He sells land (2657 pt 4 vol 7 p 236) Fayette Co., Kentucky 1792 He purchases land in Fayette Co., Kentucky; tradition says that he died in a poor house in Cincinatti, Ohio; Jordan River Temple Records, originals in possession of Barbara McGee; Randolph Co. wills Bk 1, p 41, 57, 56 Deeds Pickens Co Alabama3Order Book, LDS Ref book 977.1 B2qw Vol 1, 24 Apr 1806.
#48 p.46: Dated 15 Sep 1808
"Order.".
Page 6: Fobert Donaghe of Ross Co., Ohio: Bequeath to Precilla, his wife; Executors named: Anthony S. Davenport & EBENEZER PETTY, friends, Witnesess, George Emory, Anthony Plte #35 page 35.
Hugh Moore of Ross Co., Ohio; Bequeath Hugh more my brothers' son now in Rockbridge, Virginia & who is to be executor of my estate.
Witnesses: EBENEZER PETTY & ELIZABETH PETTY (note date in which both Ebenezer and Elizabeth are still living in Ross Co., Ohio. (15 Sep 1808).
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #1 pg 49.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #1 pg 49.
2Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Book 977.2125 S2a, 2 Dec 1825.
Wills of Switzerland Co., Indiana: His property to go to Polly Newman, widow of David Newman (property in Switzeland IN, and his property in Ohio to go to his children in Ohio.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 2.
2Marriage Record, Book 976. 992 V25Ha.
Marriage Record of Ebenezer Petty to Mary A.T. Chipman on 16 of July 1840.3Marriage Record, Marshall Co., KY Marriage Records.
1Marriage Record, Marshall Co., KY Marriage Records.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #1 pg 23.
William W. Clark (should this be Clack?) is buried in the Spring Creek Cem. Heiseville, Barren Co., KY d. 28 Jul 1833 at age 53 (which puts birthdate at 1880).2Barbara McGee.
Sources: Will Book 3, Barren Co., KY; personal ck of Barren Co, KY; Court house Rev. Earl Kidd; Barren Co. deeds July 1837; Bk O p 343 sell land; 1840, 1850 census Barren Co.; Cemetary Records Hiseville, Barren Co., KY; Mg record Barren Co; WW Clack estate settled 5 Aug 1857, Barren Co., KY; FGR with temple stamps on ordinances.3Diana Rawlings.
William Wood Clack's estate was settled 5 Aug 1857, in Barren Co., KY. Deeds 8 July 1837 Bk O pg. 343; William W. Clack & Isabel his wife sold land on Blue Springs to Ralph Petty.
1Greg Boyd.
"Apparently, Issabella followed her oldest son to Era, Cooke Co., TX near Gainesville and died in 1884."2Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, !Petty Papers Vol 7 #2 pg 2; Vol 12 #1 pg 15.
3Greg Boyd.
Apparently, Isabelle followed her oldest son to Era, Cooke, TX near Gainesville and died in 1884.4Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Letter from Miss Mattye Clack, Gainsville Texas, 4 Jul 1959.
Item: Regarding the Death of Isabelle Petty Clack: "Mrs Isabella (Petty) Clack was born in Barren Co, KY., March 13, 1804 and died in Cooke County, Texas, June 23, 1884. Her death was a Christian t r iuph; her hop never weakened, and her faith in Christ to the last was stronger thatn death. She had been a consistent and devoted Baptist for sixty years in her native county of (Barren), Kentucky, but last january came to Texas, suffering with cancer on the face with which she has been afflicted for years. Her sufferings were great, but she never murmured. She was the daughter of rev. Ralph Petty, who was for 46 years a Baptist preacher in Kentucky and was the widow of W.W.Clack who died in Barren County KY in 1853. (Som months before two of her grandsons, Albert and Jamie Clack died of typhoid fever in Cooke County, Texas.) Mrs Clack leaves five children and nemerous friends to mourn her departure.
By Henry Petty 26 Aug 1884.
1Nancy Jane Williams Smith.
""1999 -- I saw their graves when I was a child & went with my mother to clean the lot. Also on this lot are Jushua & Martha Ann, Eugene & Ann & their son Lee who died young. There is a tall monument & permanent markers at each of these graves at West Hill Cem., Sherman, TX. Another lot contains Lut & Lell and my parents and Maude Ellen buried there. Also Frank is buried by his first wife on the McCollum lot in West Hill. William Eugene & Christian Anne Petty had one son Albert Lee who died at age 23 unmd. Eugene died of yellow fever when Lee was 1 yr old."."
Fought in Civil War but could find no military record of his service. Farm was destroyed in the Civil War. He served 2 terms as a judge in Independence, MO before moving to Sherman, TX. In the 1880 census, he was running a boarding house. He was a Mason. John and his wife are buried in the Petty lot without markers. Was listed in 1880 Independence, Missouri Census w/parents -- he was running a boarding house.2Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Petty Papers Vol 7 #2 pg 2.
3Census Record, 1850 of Barren Co., KY.
Division 2; 18 Sep 1850; Roll 191, househould 1045, Family 1065, Pg 476
Petty, Joshua, age 30, KY, Farmer, Real estate $1000
Petty, Marth A, age 25 VA
Petty, John M. age 6 KY
Petty, Joseph L. M. age 5 KY
Read, Joseph age 27, KY Farmer
Clack, John M. age 19 Farmer.4Nancy Jane Williams Smith.
Fought in Civil War but could find no military record of his service. His farm was destroyed in the war. He served 2 terms as a judge in Independence, MO before moving to Sherman, TX. In the 1880 census he we running a boarding house.5Nancy Jane Williams Smith.
She gave birth to Mattie while hiding in the grass during a Yankee raid during the Civil War. Mattie was born prematurely.
1Nancy Jane Williams Smith.
She gave birth to Mattie while hiding in the grass during a Yankee raid during the Civil War. Mattie was born prematurely.2Nancy Jane Williams Smith.
She gave birth to Mattie while hiding in the grass during a Yankee raid during the Civil War. Mattie was born prematurely.
1Nancy Jane Williams Smith.
He was a corporal in the Spanish American War. Came home sick and did not marry. I haven't been able to trace him.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 7 #2 pg 2.
2Census Record, 1850 Census of Barren Co., KY.
Division 2; 14 Aug 1850; Household 490; Family 500; Pg 437
Petty, Henry age 34 KY Farmer, Real estate $1200
Petty, Louisa J., age 17 KY.
1Census Record, age 17 on 14 Aug 1850.