Dickson Co, TN GS# 497,399 shows up as registering a marriage bond to Elizabeth Petty on 31 Jan 1837 but marriage is not registered - marriage may have not taken place. Signed by John H. Wright and Dill Shering
Petty Papers Vol 2 #3 pg 58; Vol 3 #3 pg 40
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Petty Papers Vol 3 #3 pg 41
Petty Papers Vol 11 #2 pg 11
2nd mgPetty Papers Vol 2 #3 pg 58,59
estate sale 1831
mentions a daughter, Sarah Petty & widow Peggy
Gabriel Petty guardian of Sarah
Johnathan Petty admin. of estateFrom Sharolyn P. Wood: "Samuel PETTY [Gabriel Petty/James Petty) /Thomas Petty/Hubert Petty] b. 8-6-1805 USC d. 4-27-1829 Dickson CO TN m.
--Nancy Redden (not married)+ Margaret (Peggy) Jefferson Wells b. 3-2-1806 Edgecombe Co NC d. 1-20-1890 Lewiston, Cache Co Utah bur Richmond, Cache, Utah. M1. Samuel Petty ca 1825 DICKSON CO TN. m2. R. C. Petty 3-26-1831 HI [Paretns Leonard Wells and Sarah Barnes]
Note: Probate. See Dickson Co TN record: Admin settlement sale held 4-27-1829 by Administrator Jonathan Petty. Buyers: Peggy Petty; Jonathan Petty; James Petty Jr; Ambrose Petty, Gabriel Petty, filed 4/1831.
Note: Probate. See Dickson Co TN record of Admin Settlement 1/1832. Written at the bottom of estate settlement papers: “Credit by receipt in full of the above amount on all amounts due estate, from the guardian Gabriel Petty”.
Note: Law suit. 4-5-1826, State v. Samuel Petty, Bastardy. Bond Gabriel Petty. Mother of child, Nancy Redden. See Estate of Geo. Petty, Martha, a minor, as heir.
Illigitimate Child of Samuel Petty was Martha Redden: b.Ca 1825 d. prob before 1860 (Never married)
MARTHA REDDEN [Samuel Petty /Gabriel Petty/James Petty/Thomas Petty/Hubert Petty]b. ca 1825 DI d. prob. before 1860 prob. never married
Note: 1830 Census Dickson Co p. 330 Ancestry Image 45/73
Margarett Petty 2001 45/73 330
Note: Peggy (Wells) Petty, widow of Samuel L. Petty; children probably Martha and SarahNote: 1830 Census Dickson Co p. 343 Ancestry Image 68
Lucy Redden 0021 3101001(40-50) 68/73 343Note: Nancy b. 1806 TN is the daug age 15-20?
Is Samuel’s daug Martha age 4 – 6 living with her mother Nancy & grandmother Lucy? or Samuel’s widow Margaret?
Who is the father of the other Redden children?
In Samuel's will there were the nieces of George Petty in his will (Sarah and Martha). And since then I've seen the info on Samuel having a wife before Margaret Jefferson Wells--but I have no idea where it came from. (Shane Symes)Where are Elizabeth Petty, age 19, daug of Gabriel and her husband James Redden, age 20?
Note: 1840 Census Dickson Co TN
Lucy Reddin 00011 0310101(40-50) really (50-60)More on Benton Co TN
1836 Tax Rolls Benton Co TN
Thomas Petty; John M. Petty; R.C. Petty
]Note: 1850 Census Dickson Co TN H/H 910/190
Redden Lucy 66 f 300 KY
Nancy 44 f TN; Sydney L. 24 f TN; Lucy 25 f TN; Mary 23 f TN; George 7 m; Frances 2 f TNNote: 1860 Census Dickson Co TN H/H 409/409
Redin Louisa 78 Domestic 400/100 cannot read or write
(no others in household)"
Petty Papers Vol 3 #3 pg 41
age 27 in 1831Granddaughter, Sarah is living with Margaret Petty in the 1860 Census: (daughter of Keziah Albina Petty)
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Cache, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 593; Image: 49.In 1870 Sarah is living with her grandmother Margaret in the Lewis Petty household.
Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Richmond, Cache, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1610; Page: 174; Image: 349.
The storywas told was that Margaret did not want to leave TN...but R.C. told her he was leaving and she could come or stay there in Benton Co. She decided to go.Note: Peggy (Wells) Petty married 2nd Robert Cowan Petty [Thomas Petty/James Petty/Thomas Petty/Hubert Petty] b. 11-20-1812 Piney Creek, DICKSON CO TN d. 2-1-1856, OK m to R.C. Petty 3-26-1831 HI; and accompanied him on the trek to Utah. Eleven PETTY children of second marriage b. 1833 to 1849 [Robert Cowan Petty/Thomas Petty/James Petty/Thomas Petty/Hubert Petty.
Gabriel Petty, father of Samuel Petty (Samuel who md Margaret Wells died in 1825) & had been the guardian for Margaret's daughter by Stephen Petty...and then R. C. became her guardian. His reports were filed annually and approved by the probate court in Benton Co. The old books are there and the entries can be found.
surname also spelled WILLS
called "Peggy"
lived last part of her life in Richmond and Wellsville, UTNote from Sharolyn P.Wood: 1830 Census Dickson Co p. 343 Ancestry Image 68
Lucy Redden 0021 3101001(40-50) 68/73 343
Note: Nancy b. 1806 TN is the daug age 15-20?Is Samuel’s daug Martha age 4 – 6 living with her mother Nancy & grandmother Lucy? or Samuel’s widow Margaret?
Who is the father of the other Redden children?
Where are Elizabeth Petty, age 19, daug of Gabriel and her husband James Redden, age 20?Note: 1840 Census Dickson Co TN
Lucy Reddin 00011 0310101(40-50) really (50-60)Note: 1850 Census Dickson Co TN H/H 910/190
Redden Lucy 66 f 300 KY: Nancy 44 f TN; Sydney L. 24 f TN; Lucy 25 f TN; Mary 23 f TN; George 7 m; Frances 2 f TNNote: 1860 Census Dickson Co TN H/H 409/409
Redin Louisa 78 Domestic 400/100 cannot read or write: (no others in household)
Petty Papers Vol 11 #1 pg 33
surname spelled Peavyhouse
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Lived in Jack County Texas in 1860
Lived in Ellis County with W.A. Phifer her husbnd in Ellis Texas