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     Family of Samuel Pettus  
 

SAMUEL5 PETTUS (DAVID WALKER4, THOMAS3, DABNEY2, JOHN1 PETTIT)1,2 was born August 22, 1784 in Lunenburg County, Virginia3,4,5, and died September 10, 1857 in Lunenburg County, Virginia6,7. He married SOPHIA MUSGROVE LAMB8 May 29, 1806 in Lunenburg County, Virginia8. She was born September 20, 1784 in Virginia9,10, and died March 19, 186110.

More About SAMUEL PETTUS:
Occupation: Farmer11
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia11

Children of SAMUEL PETTUS and SOPHIA LAMB are:
i. CLARISSA ANNE6 PETTUS12, b. July 23, 180713,14; d. December 23, 187815; m. WILLIAM ALLEN STONE16, August 14, 1822, Lunenburg County, Virginia17; b. Abt. 180218; d. Unknown.

More About WILLIAM ALLEN STONE:
Occupation: Farmer18
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia; Gibson County, Tennessee18,19

ii. MUSGROVE LAMB PETTUS, b. October 11, 1808, Virginia20,21; d. September 03, 188122; m. SUSAN D SMITH23, February 25, 1833, Mecklenburg County, Virginia24; b. Abt. 1809, Virginia25; d. Unknown.

More About MUSGROVE LAMB PETTUS:
Occupation: Farmer25
Residence: Mecklenburg County, Virginia25

iii. ELIZABETH HARRIET PETTUS, b. November 20, 181126; d. Unknown; m. WARNER R HARWOOD27, December 24, 1828, Lunenburg County, Virginia28; d. Unknown.
iv. DR JOHN RICHARD PETTUS, b. September 12, 181829; d. September 26, 187029; m. MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, June 03, 1841, Lunenburg County, Virginia30; b. Abt. 182331; d. Unknown.

More About DR JOHN RICHARD PETTUS:
Occupation: Physician31
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia; Richmond, Texas31,32

v. SOPHIA ADELINE PETTUS, b. April 17, 1820, Virginia33,34,35; d. 189836; m. WILLIAM P JORDAN37, September 21, 1836, Lunenburg County, Virginia38; b. Abt. 1810, Virginia39,40; d. Unknown.

More About WILLIAM P JORDAN:
Occupation: Attorney; Farmer41,42
Residence: Lunenburg County, Virginia43,44

Endnotes

1. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 871.
2. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 864.
3. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 182.
4. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 872.
5. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #676.
6. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
7. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 872.
8. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
9. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #676.
10. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
11. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #676.
12. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 851.
13. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
14. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #656.
15. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
16. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 851.
17. Compiled by John Vogt & T William Kethley, Jr, Lunenburg County Virginia Marriages of 1750-1853, (Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, 1988.), 76.
18. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #656.
19. Bell, Landon C, The Old Free State, Volume II, (The William Byrd Press, Inc, Richmond, Virginia, 1927), HH #322.
20. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
21. 1850 Federal Census of Mecklenburg County Virginia, HH #4.
22. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
23. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 872.
24. Family Tree Maker, Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, WV, 1728-1850 (FTW CD #229).
25. 1850 Federal Census of Mecklenburg County Virginia, HH #4.
26. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
27. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 872.
28. Compiled by John Vogt & T William Kethley, Jr, Lunenburg County Virginia Marriages of 1750-1853, (Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, 1988.), 141, "Pettus, Elizabeth H & Warner R Harwood 24 Dec 1828; min- Silas Shelburne."
29. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
30. Compiled by John Vogt & T William Kethley, Jr, Lunenburg County Virginia Marriages of 1750-1853, (Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, 1988.), 63.
31. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #660.
32. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 872.
33. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
34. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #206.
35. 1860 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #97.
36. CD511 Early Tennesse Settlers, 1700s-1900s, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Vital Records, 183.
37. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 872.
38. Compiled by John Vogt & T William Kethley, Jr, Lunenburg County Virginia Marriages of 1750-1853, (Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Georgia, 1988.), 141, "Pettus, Sophia A & William P Jordan 18 Sep 1836; b- Musgrove L Pettus min- James M Jeter- 21Sep1836."
39. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #206.
40. 1860 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #97.
41. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #206.
42. 1860 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #97.
43. 1850 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #206.
44. 1860 Federal Census of Lunenburg County Virginia, HH #97.

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Posted October 7, 2005.

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