Selected Families and Individuals

Citations

Mary K. Petty-47579

¹List from James Dolphus Jr., Pickens Co., Cemetery records.
"gave list of Cemetery Records of Pickens County, AL.".
In Petty's Cemetery, Lee's Bend, Pickens Co., AL d. 11/17/1846 age 26 y. wife of John B. Roberts.

Tom McElroy-47645

¹Sharolyn P. Wood.
b. 6-15-1877 or 7-18-1878.

Robert Franklin Petty-47635

¹Sharolyn P. Wood.
Note: Favorite Race Horse: “Minnie P” The Jockey Club, No. 52667, Certificate of Foal Registration 1906, fouled March 1, 1906, marks: Blaze face. Transferred to R. F. Petty of Angus, Texas date March 3, 1909.

Note: Bob’s sister Minnie brought him back a wallet from her “Miss America” trip, reportedly to Baltimore. The wallet has been customized with “Jamestown-1907-“ & “--R.F.P.-“ on the front and “R. F. Petty Angus Texas” on the inside.

Note: Among papers in Bob’s wallet: tax receipt from November 19, 1872, (the year Bob was born) where W. C. Petty paid 1872 property taxes for E. W. McElroy on 140 acres in the P.J. Burrow and B. R. Goodloe surveys.