1Family Bible, Culpeper Co., WPA Report- The Petty Family Bible.
1. SUBJECT: The Petty Family Bible 2. LOCATION: In the town of Culpeper, Virginia, at the home of Mrs. C. H. Smith, 605 North Main Street 3. DATE: 1834 4. OWNERS: Mrs. C. H. Smith, Miss Georgie Petty 5. DESCRIPTION: This Bible is in bad condition, one back being torn off and a home made one substituted. Some of the pages are loose also. The book is twelve inches long, about nine inches wide and four inches thick. The back which remains is pasteboard. The book is illustrated with full page pictures and maps and has the usual features, with the apocrypha added. It was published in Boston by Langdon Coffin, 77 Washington Street. 6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The following family record was copied from this Bible:.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbpetty.htm
Zachariah S. Petty son of Marshall & Elizabeth Petty , departed this life January 22, 1854 aged 32 yrs & 1 Month.
Researched by: Margaret Jeffries, Culpeper, Virginia
February 14, 1938
1Bobbie Prosser.
Working from a letter. Letter said that sons Matthus, William and Nathan served in the Civil War.2Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #1 pgs 26,27.
Alabama Records, Vol 64, Madison Co., Alabama. Page 3
William T. Petty and Abigail Byless md. 3 Dec 1821.
1Census Record.
1860 Census Lamar Co TX Pct 6 128 126
1850 Census Lamar Co TX 9th Pct 302 413
Abigail Petty 40 TN, Nancy W 19 AL, Sarah E 18 TN, William H 17 TN
Abigal Petty 55 TN.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #2 pg 55.
age 47 in 1860 census of Adair Co., KY b. KY.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #2 pg 55.
age 27 in 1860 census of Adair Co., KY: am assuming that he is a child of Hickman Petty since he was living in the house and is about right age--but could be a younger brother.
1Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 10 #2 pg 55.
listed in 1860 census of Adair Co., KY no age given
may be child of Stephen W. Petty listed in this record as an older brother.
1Viltal Recors of Springfield, Mass, L.D. S. (old #) 25409 Part 3.
Vital Records of Springfield Massachusetts. Call # is the old call # of the LDS library.