Joshua Pettit Sr. (1734 - 1786)

Born 20 Sep 1734 in Scotch Plains, Essex County, Province of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Valentine) Pettit — married 1761 in Scotish Plains, Essex County, Colony of New Jersey

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1786 at age 51 in Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Soldier Joshua Pettit Sr. served with Roebuck's Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Joshua Pettit Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A089896.

Birth Date: 20 Sep 1734 Birth Place: Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Marriage: 1761 Family moved to South Carolina around the time Nathan was born in 1771.

Military: Member of Roebucks Regiment Revolutionary War

Death Date: 15 Sep 1786 Death Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Cemetery: Pettit Family Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Cowpens, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

• WikiTree profile Pettit-376 created through the import of Low Family Tree.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Robert Low. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.

Marriage: Source Citation Source number: 17106.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Birth and Death; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9015886&ref=acom

• The Pettit Correspondent Vol2, #3, Page 87 http://newsummer.com/pettit/text/vol.2.3/2-3.html

• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 24 Jul 2022)