Death date is based on the Will date. He died between 22 Sept 1869 and when it was executed on 11-13, 1871.
Petty Papers Vol 8 #2 pg 45
Margaret not named in the wil of James H. Petty will # 2490 Boone Co, MO dated 22 Sep 1869
Petty Papers Vol 8 #2 pg 45
Petty Papers Vol 8 #2 pg 45
Petty Papers Vol 8 #2 pg 45
Petty Papers Vol 12 #1 pg 57
children not neccessarily in order of birth
FHL archives
Notes for Hezekiah Harman:
Source: Judge Walter D. Siler’s 1931 and 1932 historical sketches of Chatham County, North Carolina.
BEAR CREEK early church of the Baptist denomination organized in Chatham.
This church is located on Bear Creek in Chatham County, N.C. From 1785 to 1787 they held meetings as an arm of some other church, and met for worship at Powell’s meeting House, Bear Creek, Lick Creek and occasionally at private houses.They were constituted into a church in 1787.Elder Sherwood White was their first pastor.He was succeeded in 1790 by James Younges. It appears from the records that the other pastors who served this congregation in the ancient days were John Record, John Hunter, James Beck, and Hezekiah Harmon, the last named serving for many years.
Source: ROCK SPRING
This church is located two miles north of Pittsborough.It was first known as ‘The Haw River Church,’ then as the ‘Old Fork,’ and when moved to its present location, it took the name Rock Spring.It is regarded as the second oldest church in the association, and Bear Creek is the third. Following the year 1816, Robert T. Daniel, George Brown, Hezekiah Harmon, Thomas D. Armstrong, William H. Merritt, and George W. Purefoy served as pastors.
MAY’S CHAPEL
This church is located in Chatham County, eight miles south east of Pittsborough. It was constituted in the year 1802 by Elders George Pope, William Brantley and William Angel.It was at first called George’s Creek.
The following constituted its early ministers or pastors: George Pope, William Brantley, Hezekiah Harmon, Eli Phillips, Thomas D. Armstrong, James McDaniel, P.W. Dowd, and William Lineberry.
Petty Papers Vol 7 #1 pg 20; Vol 9 #1 pg 25;Vol 6 #1 pg 19,23,24
Dixie Compere
lists her b. Chatham Co., NC 16 Jan 1763; md 1783; d. 29 Mar 1832(John Petty notes:)
Kizziah5 Petty, born 19 Dec 1762 in Orange Co., NC; died 09 Oct 1820 in Chatham Co., NC. She married (1) William Dillard Abt. 1780 in Chatham Co., NC; born 1728; died 1782 in Chatham Co., NC. She married (2) Hezekiah Harman 1783 in Chatham Co., NC; born 17 Nov 1763 in Chatham Co., NC; died 30 Mar 1832 in Chatham Co., NC.Notes for Kizziah Petty:
Source of Marriage date to Hezekiah Harman from: World Family Tree Volume 12, Tree 203
Source: February 1782 "Keziah Dillard granted administration on the Estate of William
Dillard"
Ref: "CHATHAM COUNTY COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS (1781-1785)
Source: February 1782 "Deed of Gift from William Petty Sen'r to his Daughter Keziah
Dillard Ack'd. by Wm. Petty Sen'r."
Ref: "CHATHAM COUNTY COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS (1781-1785).
Notes for William Dillard:
William Dillard of Chatham County, NC died between May 28, 1781, when he was mentioned in the Will of Mial Scurlock of that same county, as co-owner of a mill and plantation on the Haw River with that same Mial Scurlock, and February 20, 1782 when the inventory record of his, William Dillard’s, estate was recorded in Chatham County. In 1782, Chatham County, North Carolina, Kesiah Petty Dillard was administrator of her husband's estate.
From: ORPHAN'S INDENTURES & GUARDIANSHIP RECORDS IN COURT MINUTES
Taken from Chatham Co. Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions- 1774-1800
NC State Archives film # C.022.30001
Pg. 29A - Feb., 1783
WILLIAM PETTY Sr.. appointed guardian to LEVINA DILLARD, orphan of WILLIAM DILLARD, dec'd, he giving JAMES PETTY security.
Along with John and Ozburn, other Dillard males documented as having resided in Chatham County between 1773 and 1790 were a second William, Elisha, and Willis, all possible sons of the elder William Dillard and Zachariah who came to Chatham County from Halifax County, NC after 1783. All of the above moved to Middle Tennessee between 1793 and 1810 and settled in the Sumner, Smith and Wilson County area.
At the August term, 1774, the record shows that it was ordered: That William Dillard be allowed one pound and five shillings for making a clerk’s table and chair for the King’s Attorney.
Note: Thomas, the elder's, son William moved to Chatham County, North Carolina around 1772. Land sale records, discovered by Dorothy Dillard Hughes, indicate that this William Dillard sold the land inherited from his father Thomas Dillard, the elder, to his brother, Thomas of Spotsylvania County, Virginia on Nov. 17 1781.
Petty Papers Vol 6 #1 pg 19