Petty Papers Vol 12 #2 pg 12
sources lists birthdate as 31 Apr 1819, however--April has only 30 days
first name may be Telford
surname may be spelled also as REID or READ
of Carroll Co., AR
6) John A. PETTY [Joel Petty (b. 1779)/ John Petty (b. 1748)/William Petty (b. 1708)./Thomas Petty/Hubert Petty] b. 12-9-1801 poss McNairy Co TN d. 3-26-1882 Pettytown, Bastrop Co, TX
+ Elizabeth Dawson m. 10-1820 b. 2-5-1805 TN d. 8-3-1873 Pettytown br. Pettytown Cem.
Note from researcher: Elizabeth’s father Samuel Riley Dawson; Mother Polly Ann “Was-Li” Rodgers, a Cherokee Indian. Polly Ann's half sister was Tiana Rogers that married Sam Houston
Note from researcher: I find Ora Alice PEACOCK married Robert Wesley JOHNSON 31 July 1899 in Waelder, Gonzales Co, TX. Ora Alice Peacock is the ggranddaughter of Elizabeth DAWSON (Mrs. John PETTY of Bastrop Co. TX). Called "Betsy" she is one half Cherokee Indian, the daughter of Polly Ann and Capt. John ROGERS and granddaughter of Chief Joseph VANN of Georgia Plantation. Polly Ann's half-sister is Tiana ROGERS (Sam Houston's Indian wife). The CHANDLERS and Peacocks are cousins and my info is not complete on them. Your best source is the very good work of Mrs. Barbara Chandler Spray "Chandler and Peacock Cousins with Petty and Hayhurst Families". A reference copy is available at the Bastrop Library in Bastrop, TX.
Note: Clark Co KY Marriages
12/19/1816 Petty Betsy Petty Betsy KY Clark wed Webb James 12/2/1802 Petty Francis W Petty Francis W KY Clark wed Ragland Sary 9/13/1825 Petty Larkin Petty Larkin KY Clark wed Dawson Nancy 9/19/1820 Petty Polly Petty Polly KY Clark wed Hutchings Cader 3/10/1804 Petty Rhoda Petty Rhoda KY Clark wed Cost Elisha 1/20/1818 Petty Rhody Petty Rhody KY Clark wed Taylor Thomas 12/4/1816 Petty William Petty William KY Clark wed Sphar Polly
Samuel Riley Dawson, Sr. b. 1782 SC d. 1874 TX
+ Polly Ann “Was-Li” Rogers b. ca 1787 Calhoun, McMinn Co TN d. 1854 Mills Co Tx
Children of Samuel Riley and Polly Ann (Rogers) Dawson:
i. Elizabeth “Betsy” Dawson b. 2-3-1805 poss Stewart Co TN d. 8-3-1873 Pettytown m. John A. Petty b. 12-9-1801 TN d. 3-14-1882 Pettytown
ii. Edna Ann Dawson Dawson b. 3-12-1810 McNairy Co TN d. 12-12-1902 Lockhart, Caldwell Co Tx m.James Magee 1827 Powelton, Taliferro Co GA
iii. John F. Dawson b. 1811
iv. James Dawson b. 2-18-1814
v. Robert Dawson b. 2-14-1815
vi. Joseph Dawson b. 1820 MS Territory m. Martha G. Wilson b. 1823 McNairy Co TN [parents Robert Wilson and Mary “Polly” Magee]
vii. Samuel Riley Dawson, Jr. b. 5-4-1824
Note: McNairy Co 1830 Census
PETTY
136 7 Petty Josiah 00001 100001
136 13 Petty John, Sr. 2110101 111201
142 13 Petty Elizabeth 1122 2000101
148 19 Petty John, Jr. 11001 31001
148 20 Dawson Samuel 0122001 0000001
150 20 Petty William 1001 00001
HOUSTON
124 1 Houston Samuel 000010001 00020001
133 16 Houston Archibald C. 230001 000001
133 17 Houston Robt. C. 100001 11001
133 18 Houston Archibald C. 0000100001 000000001
134 4 Houston David 11001 10001
Note: 1830 Census McNairy Co TN
148 Dawson Samuel 148 0122001000000 0000001 Males: 1 5-10, 2 10-20, 2 20-30, 1 50-60 Females: 1 50-60
148 Petty John 148 19 1100100000000 31001 Males: 1 under 5, 1 5-10, 1 20-30 John b. 1801
Females: 3 under 5, 1 5-10, 1 20-30 Elizabeth b. 1805
Note: 1850 AR Carroll Prairie 153 Petty John
Petty, John 48 KY, Elizabeth 45 KY (DAWSON), Louisa 17 TN, James 16 AR, Joanna 14 AR, John 12 AR, Samuel 11 AR, Riley 9 AR, Arminta 7 AR, Mary 2 AR Carroll Co. Census Prairie Twp 153
Note: 1860 Census Bastrop Co Tx
1860 TX Bastrop Bastrop PO 281 Petty John 624/581:
Petty, John 56 m farmer TN
Elizabeth (Dawson) 55 f TN, John 22 m TN, Samuel 21 m TN, Riley 18 m AR.
See also: 1860 Census Caldwell Co Tx- (Pettytown on county line)
1860 TX Caldwell Lockhart 203 Petty Riley 315
Jane Gillerlon 34 TN
Mary E 15 MS, William S 7 TX, James Long 35 TN, Riley Petty 16 ARNote: Pettytown was named for John and Elizabeth Dawson Petty who came to this area from McNairy County, TN. Elizabeth's parents were Samuel Riley Dawson and Polly Ann Rogers. (Polly Ann is the 1/2 sister of Tiana Rogers, who was the 2nd wife of General Sam Houston.) John Petty was the son of Joel Petty. Most of the people buried in this cemetery are their descendants and their families.
Note: John Petty owned 132 1/2 acres on land in McNairy County, Tennessee in an area called the Little Hatchey.
Around 1835, John Petty sold his farmland for $1500 and moved his family from Tennessee to the Ozark region of Arkansas and Missouri. During the family's time in the Ozark region, the Pettys met and became friends with the Queens, Fowlers, Baizes and Williams'. These families together traveled to Texas and also settled together or in nearby counties.
Note: Some say that John Petty fought in the Texas Revolution. If so, that year would have been the logical time to have left his family in Arkansas and his coming on to Texas. The exact date that John Petty brought his family to Bastrop County, Texas, is not known but it is believed to have been before 1850.The 1860 Census taken from Bastrop County gave the real estate of John Petty as being worth about $1,500, which was quite a bit for that early year. We do know that he settled several of his children, including two or three widows, around him. Such land could have been a grant from the State if he did fight for Texas' independence.
Note: In 1871, John Petty pre-empted 160 acres of the public domain in Bastrop-Caldwell counties and received title to this land on September 7, 1876. The property ran along Walnut Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River, to a point thirteen and one half miles east of Lockhart. On December 10, 1877, John Petty sold this land to his son, John M Petty, for $600. Bastrop Co. land records, BK.Z, page 625. On this date he also bought 198 acres, plus two forty-acre tracts along Walnut Creek and Elm Creekfor $900 from the same son. (Bastrop Co. land records BK Y page 124). It is said that the Bastrop/Caldwell County lines ran through the middle of his houseNote: John Petty made his living in the early years by freighting lumber, etc., from South Texas. This he did by oxcart. Many of the old homes in Pettytown were built of lumber that he had brought into the country that way.
Today the area that John Petty and his family lived is called Pettytown even though many of the Petty's moved away. The Pettytown Cemetery contains many graves of his and associated families. The Cemetery association has been in existence for 50 years and has established a fund to maintain the area. It gathers once a year in May on the cemetery grounds located on County Rd. 267 near the Red Rock, Bastrop Co., Texas area.
file of Debbie Rowinsky using FGR from Mrs Roy F Loe
died in infancy
Petty Papers Vol 6 #1 pg 60
has birthdate as abt 1848file of Mrs. Roy F Loe
birthdate, deathdatefile of Debbie Rowinski
same info as Loe
burial placePetty Papers Vol 11 #1 pg 36
Donny L Hamilton
"It is based on her headstone in the Pettytown Cemetary which has her born
in 1844 (in Arkansas) and dying in 1848 in Pettytown."