1Rollie Taylor.
1880 TN census, Henry Co, ED99/SH10/LN19. Hack Petty, age 31, and Mary C., age 38, have 5 children in the home. Minnie is 11; Mathe is 9; Thomas is 5; John is 3; and Lillie is 6 months.
1900 TN census, Henry Co, ED59/SH12A/LN17. Mary Underwood, age 50, is a widow. She is the mother of 8 children, all living. Minas Hackney Petty is the father of her 5 oldest children. John M. Petty, age 22, remains in the home with the three children of her 2nd marriage: Katie Underwood, age 14; Chester Underwood, age 12; and Lula Underwood, age 9.
1Census Record.
1850 Census; Fort Osage Township, Jackson Co., MO pg 320
gives his age as 56.2Tombstone.
died 11/2/1860 age 67 (calculated birthdate: Mar 1793).3Will.
""Afflicted in body. To my beloved wife Sarah Franklin during her widowhood, my home and all buildings and that part of thre farm she may need, all my slaves and all horses, jennets, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, & c. furniture, farming tools, wagons, buggys, &c. I leave this choice to my wife to enable her to afford for my daughter-in-law Rebecca Franklin, widow of my son Albert M. Franklin, deceased & my grandchildren to live and reside with her without expense. And my granson Willam H. Franklin, son of my deceased son Albert M. Franklin, my grandson James L. H. Franklin and Sarah Ann Franklin my granddaughter who are the children of Benjamin P. Franklin, deceased shall live with my wife Sarah. I will to my son John R. Franklin 320 acres of land off the south end of the farm on which I now reside, divided off by a line running due east and west or parallel with the east and west section lines of said tract of land to be estimated to my said son and accounted for at the price of $10 per acre in the further provision of my will for the summ f $2000. Advanced by me to him during the past Spring of the year 1857. To William H. Franklin [goes into detail on land boundaries, acreage]. To said son William, the following slaves [details listed]. My executor to sell all remaining lands in Jacson, Buchanan, and Grundy Counties at auction, not for less than $15.00 per acre. After the death of my wife Sarah, sell all lands devised to her except a tract of land laying on the south side of the Independence & Lexington Roads to be laid off ina square so as to include the famly burying ground which it is my will shall never be sold. My wife can sell any slaves that become unmanageable. . . . . Apoint son William H. Franklin and friend George W. Buchanan executors. dated 15 Jun 1857."
Wills and Administrations 1860, Jackson Co., MO, by Joanne Chiles Eakin 1992 977,841 p2ej.4Marriage Record.
Barren Co., KY
Marriage was performed by her father.
License date: 29 Apr 1816
Marriage date:: 30 Apr 1816
sur: Wilson Ritter said she was age 21 by oath of Lewis Franklin. Md by her father, "Rev. Ralph Petty".5Marriage Certificate.
"Barren County, Kentucky."
1Tombstone.
"died 2/21/1860 age 68y and 1 and 27" Birthdate calculated from that: 25 Dec 1791.2Marriage Record.
Barren Co., KY
Marriage was performed by her father.
License date: 29 Apr 1816
Marriage date:: 30 Apr 1816
sur: Wilson Ritter said she was age 21 by oath of Lewis Franklin. Md by her father, "Rev. Ralph Petty".3Marriage Certificate.
"Barren County, Kentucky."
1Rollie Taylor.
1900 TN census, Henry Co, ED57/SH11A/LN38. S. P. Petty, age 45, and Virginia V., age 39, have been married 23 years. Virginia is the mother of 9 children, all living. Four remain in the home. Thomas B. is 18; George is 15; Virgie V. is 8; and Hackney is 6. S. P. is a railroad engineer, and Thomas is a steam laundry engineer."
" 1880 TN census, Henry Co, ED15/SH01/LN36. Samuel P. Petty, age 27, and Virginia D., age 19, have 3 children in the home. Cora? Bell?, age 4; Mary? F?., age 3; and Samuel N., age 1. (This 1880 census entry is impossible to read.)
Sam Petty, b. 21 August 1848, d. 15 December 1945, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels County, TX, married Texanna Clements 28 June 1873 in Bell County, TX. Texana, the daughter of Israel Clements and Harriet Anderson, was born 4 April 1858, died 28 May 1918, buried in Roberts Cemetery, Brown County, TX.2Rollie Taylor.
Sam Petty, b. 21 August 1848, d. 15 December 1945, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels County, TX, married Texanna Clements 28 June 1873 in Bell County, TX. Texana, the daughter of Israel Clements and Harriet Anderson, was born 4 April 1858, died 28 May 1918, buried in Roberts Cemetery, Brown County, TX.3John B. Summers.
in 1860 census for Henry Co., TN.4John B. Summers.
"After reviewing the Petty Papers, the Federal Censuses for Henry County, TN for 1850 and 1860, and the Compendium of Henry County Cemeteries, I have concluded that Samuel P. Petty's father is more probably Geroge R. Petty, b. 1822, Chatham, NC, the nephew of John H. Petty, b. 18 Apr 1804, the <said> John H. Petty. The gravestone transcripts from Palestine Cemeetery, Henry Co., TN have the following entries: Samuel was b. 27 Nov 1848 and died 10/11 Jun 1908.".5John B. Summers.
gravestone transcriptions from Palestine Cemetery, Henry Co., TN:
Samuel P. Petty 27 Nov 1848, 10/11 Jun 1908
Dora Petty 7 Jun 1862 16 Apr 1915.
1John B. Summers.
According to the gramsetone transcriptions of Palestine Cemetery, Henry Co., TN Dora Petty was b. 7 Jun 1862 and died 16 Apr 1915.
1Rollie Taylor.
Full name, and date of birth from WWI Draft Registration Card. Earnest was single, and listed S. N. Petty, brother, as next of kin. Cemetery marker lists date of birth as 18 November 1883.