I am looking for anyone who is researching the following person:
William Pettit
- born between 1800 and 1810 possibly in SC
- 1829 was in Butler County, OH
- 1830 was in Vermillion County, IL
- neighbors include Armenius Miller, Nathan Pettit (son of Joshua and Rachel Pettit of Spartanburg Co., SC), Hampton Loftis, and Jonathan Harris.
Based on the 1830 census, William Pettit may have had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. I do not know what became of him or his family after 1830.
I would like to know if he was related to the Spartanburg County Pettits as his movements seemed to follow Nathan Pettit 1775 of that clan. If he is, I would like to know what branch.
William is not listed in the estate records of Nathan so he is not one of his children.
He is not the son of Henry Pettit (1763). Henry's son William died while an infant.
He is not the son of Joshua Pettit Jr (1765). His son William P. Pettit is on the 1830 census in Spartanburg Co., and he never left the area. The ages of his children do not match the William Pettit in the 1830 IL census.
He is not the son of Benjamin Pettit (1769). We have two Bible records that list all his children and there is no William.
He could possibly be another son of John Pettit.
Or he could be someone else.
