Brandon There is more information on the Pettit family Bible I will be publishing in a paper in the near future. I have identified the last known family member who had it in their possession. There is also a family Bible that belonged to Benjamin Pettit (b1769) that may still be in the Spartanburg Co., SC area. More to come...
PettitResearch Examining the Henry Pettit Sr. Family Bible Record and the Record of his Father Joshua Pettit (as preserved in the National Archives) On the 13th day of June in 1846 in Gilmer County, Georgia, John Pettit stood before his brother Henry Pettit Jr. (b. 1790), the Justice of the Inferior Court. His deposition that day was in regards to the settlement of the Revolutionary War pension account of his father Henry Sr. (b. 1763). John’s mother, Anna (Poole) Pettit, who had been in his care since the death of his father, had recently passed on as well... Read the full story here.
