David Lewis Perritt (1783 - abt. 1872)

Born 1783 in Georgetown District, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about 24 Jul 1872 at about age 89 in Marion County, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

David Perritt was born about 1783 to William Perritt and Priscilla.

He married Sarah "Sally" Bryant.

Children:

Celia "Sealy" Perritt b: 1808

Anna Perritt b: 22 Jul 1818 in South Carolina

Asa Perritt

He married Martha Johnson after 1859.

He passed in 1872 and was buried in Perritt Cemetery in Marion County, South Carolina.

Excerpt from W. W. Sellers' book A History of Marion County, South Carolina From its Earliest Times to the Present:

"Another numerous family of the county is the Perritt family. Of the old Perritts, there were four brothers known to the writer, viz: David, Joseph, Jesse and John. David only has left posterity; he married a Miss Smith, a sister of old Mr. Hugh Smith, and he in turn married a sister of David Perritt (this latter is according to information, may be wrong).

The old man Perritt raised a family, mostly sons, David B., Needham, William, Bennett, Jesse, John E. and Asa, and one daughter, if no more.

David B. Perritt married Miss Martha Edwards, daughter of the late Rev. David Edwards, and by her had several children, sons and daughters; and they in turn have perpetuated the name and connections to a second and, perhaps, third generation, and of whom the writer knows nothing.

Needham Perritt married a Miss Moody, sister of the late Joshua W. Moody, a man highly esteemed for his many good qualities and noble traits of character. Needham Perritt is dead; he left a considerable family, sons and daughters, and they (the children) have become fathers and mothers, and extending down to another generation or more.

William Perritt married a Miss Carmichael, daughter of the late Dugald C. Carmichael, of Buck Swamp and Maiden Down; William Perritt is dead, and left a son, Morgan, and three daughters, who, it is supposed, are among the present inhabitants of the country, unknown to the writer.

Bennett Perritt married a Miss Powers, sister of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mitchell Powers; he raised a family, about whom the writer knows but little; one daughter married James Sanderson, who has been dead for years; his widow still lives, and. has raised her family respectably, and is said to be doing well; she has two sons grown; one daughter married Hugh Price, a prosperous citizen in that neighborhood; he has a family, about whom the writer knows nothing. Another daughter married Frank Huggins ; he and she have both left the country, and their whereabouts unknown. If Bennett Perritt had any sons, it is unknown to the writer.

Jesse Perritt, another son of old David, the writer has not been able to get anything concerning him; whom he married and whether he had any family or not, is unascertainable; it is said that he is dead.

Another son of old David Perritt is our very worthy fellow-citizen, John E. Perritt; he married, first, a Miss Campbell, a' daughter of the late Wm. S. Campbell, and raised a large and respectable family, mostly daughters, and two sons, A. J. A. Perritt and Arvington Perritt.

A. J. A. Perritt moved to Darlington County some years ago, and since he has been there has held several positions of honor and trust, to wit: County Superintendent of Education, Representative in the State Legislature and a member of the State Constitutional Convention, all of which positions he has filled with credit to himself and satistory to his constituents; he married a daughter of the late Rev. John W. Murray, of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church, South.

Arvington Perritt left the county a single man and went to Texas; nothing further is known of him.

Of John E. Perritt's daughters, one married our excellent fellow-citizen, Jerry Lambert; another married W. C. Bracy, of Dillon; another married a Mr. Keith; another married a Mr. Smith, below Marion, think a son of Reddin W. Smith. I think there is another one or two daughters, whether married or not, is not known.

Asa Perritt, the youngest son of old David, was a Lieutenant in Captain S. A. Durham's company in the late war; he married a daughter of the late Rev. David Edwards, and removed West not long after the war; nothing further is known of him.

Of the three brothers of old David Perritt, Joseph never married; he has been dead many years. Jesse married Mary Dew, daughter of old Christopher Dew; they had no children; she died, and he married a second wife, the widow of Elias Townsend; she had been the widow of Alfred Kirven, and was originally Elizabeth Tart, daughter of old Enos Tart, a notable man in his day, and of whom something may be said hereinafter; by her he had no child or children; both have been dead for some years. John Perritt, the youngest brother of old David Perritt, died in 1840 or 1841, a young single man, from the bite of a rattlesnake; he was with a surveying party about the Marlborough line, and in toward the Great Pee Dee River, when the snake bit him; there was no house near them and no doctor near; he was carried two miles to the nearest house and a doctor was finally procured, but too late; he died that same night; a young man of fine character and good habits, and was spoken well of by all who knew him. Thus it seems that the very large family of Perritts and their many connections of the present day, and now in the county, sprang from old David Perritt, on or near the Ten Mile Bay; he was an energetic and persevering man, exceedingly frugal and thoughtful; would not be in debt, paid as he went, and made a good property by saving it; was a good and law-abiding citizen; he lost his wife in his old age; married some one, name not remembered, and left her a widow; I think she drew a pension after his death for his services in the War of 1812 — I think he drew it in his lifetime. Few men anywhere have a larger connection than he has from himself. They and the Perritt connections are numerous, and are an honest, well-meaning people ; ambitious only to live honestly and to let others live, and are primitive in their modes of life." ^[1]

Research Notes

Census

1790 Census:

Census Category	Person Guess	Reasoning
xx	xx	xx

1800 Census:

Census Category	Person Guess	Reasoning
xx	xx	xx

1810 Census: Marion, Marion, South Carolina ^[2]

Census Category	Person Guess	Reasoning
Male 16-25	David Perritt	27 years old
Female 16-25	Sarah Perritt	20 years old
Female Under 10	xx	xx

1820 Census: Marion, Marion, South Carolina ^[3]

Census Category	Person Guess	Reasoning
Male 26-44	David Perritt	37 years old
Female 26-44	Sarah Perritt	30 years old
Female 10-15	xx	xx
Male Under 10	xx	xx
Female Under 10	xx	xx
Female Under 10	xx	xx
Female Under 10	xx	xx

1830 Census:

Census Category	Person Guess	Reasoning
xx	xx	xx

1840 Census: Marion, Marion, South Carolina ^[4]

Census Category	Person Guess	Reasoning
Male 50-59	David Perritt	57 years old
Female 50-59	Sarah Perritt	50 years old
Male 15-19	xx	xx
Male 15-19	xx	xx
Male 10-14	xx	xx
Male 5-9	xx	xx
Male 5-9	xx	xx
Male 5-9	xx	xx
Male Under 5	xx	xx
Female 80-90	xx	xx

Note: Elderly female could be a parent or in-law.

1850 Census: Marion, Marion, South Carolina ^[5]

Household Members: David Perritt (Male, 66), Sarah Perritt (Female, 60), Asa Perritt (Male, 17)

150 Slave Schdule: TBD

1860 Census: Marion, Marion, South Carolina ^[6]

Household Members: David Perritt (Male, 75), Mary Bryant (Female, 11) Allen Bryant (Male, 9), John Bryant (Male, 7), Saml A Bryant (Male, 1)

Note: These are presumably relatives, maybe grandnieces and grandnephews. The next neighbor is his son Asa Perritt.

1860 Slave Schedule: Marion, South Carolina ^[7]

1870 Census: Reeves, Marion, South Carolina ^[8]

Note: With David on this census is Martha Perritt age 43.

Probate

NAMED-PROBATE ROLL # 1834 Marion Co., SC David Perritt 1872

Will 28 Dec 1866 proven 21 Aug 1872

Wife Martha Ann Perritt

...

John E. Perritt shows that David Perritt Sr died 24 Jul 1872 intestate, he son of decd

... heirs:

Martha Perritt wife John E. and David Perritt, Elizabeth Moody wife of Gadi Moody in Wayne Co., MS, Needham Perritt, Anna Lane wife of Crawford Lane, Jesse B. Perritt, Miranda Cribb wife of Leonard Cribb a dau of predecd dau Celia who married Theophilus Campbell (both dead) and grandsons by said dau Celia, Wilson and Enos Campbell and ... her son John Campbell decd ... in Shelby Co., TX, ... George Campbell decd ... gr-ch (ch of dau Chloe, decd): Eustacia Rogers wife of Johnson Rogers, David Rogers, Sarah Watson wife of Barna Watson, Robert Rogers and gr-gr-ch by said dau Chloe and gr-dau Elizabeth Rogers who married James C. Campbell by whom she had Franklin Campbell, a minor. The children of William Perritt, a decd son: Louisa Edwards wife of Franklin Edwards, Sarah Rogers wife of Levin Rogers who has since died leaving one child William Robert a minor, Martha Perritt, William Morgan Perritt and Henrieta Perritt, last three minors, and Asa Perritt son of decd intestate in Wayne Co., MS. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Sellers, W. W. A History of Marion County, South Carolina From its Earliest Times to the Present. Columbia, SC: The R.L. Bryan Company, 1902, pp. 183-185
2. ↑ "US Census, 1810," online database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Y-Q4B : accessed 23 November 2022), David Perrett, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA; p. 83A, line 42; National Archives microfilm M252, roll 61.
3. ↑ "US Census, 1820," online database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-XM3 : accessed 23 November 2022), David Perrit, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA; p. 64, line 27; National Archives microfilm M33, roll 121.
4. ↑ "US Census, 1840," online database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRY-C8P : 3 December 2020), David Perrit, Marion, South Carolina, United States; p. 135, National Archives microfilm M704, roll 513.
5. ↑ "US Census, 1850," online database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QV-KV7 : 23 December 2020), David Perrit, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA; p. 139, family 1044, dwelling 1039, lines 7-9; October 4, 1850; National Archives microfilm M432, roll 856.
6. ↑ "US Census, 1860", online database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTX-N2V : 18 February 2021), David Perrit, Marion, Marion, South Carolina, USA; p. 261, family 1999, dwelling 2029, lines 33-37; August 7, 1860; National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1223.
7. ↑ Source: #S92 Page: SC 1860 Slave Schedule
8. ↑ Source: #S48 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Reeves, Marion, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1503; Page: 253A; Image: 511; Family History Library Film: 553002.
9. ↑ Missing direct source! Marty Grant

See Also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #130085398
• Repository: R2 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Address 1: http://www.Ancestry.com
• Source: S48 Abbreviation: 1870 United States Federal Census Title: Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data: CONT 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. CONT Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Repository: #R2
• Source: S92 Abbreviation: South Carolina Census, 1790-1890 Title: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated IndexingSystems, comp., South Carolina Census, 1790-1890 (Online publication - Provo,UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled anddigitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. FederalDecennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.Orig