Levi Petty (1836 - 1901)

Born 11 Jun 1836 in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Feb 1901 at age 64 in Hunt, Texas, United States

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Biography

PRA GRP 6 & 23

BURIAL Concord Cemetery Jacobia, Hunt County, Texas, USA ^[1]

Birth

Levi Petty was born about 1843 according to the 1880 Census. Place of birth is in Alabama according to the 1870 Census. According to the 1880 Census, he was born in Georgia.

Death

Levi (spelled Levy) Petty died on February 3, 1901 and is buried in the Concord Cemetery in Jacobia, Hunt, Texas. This record also shows that his birth date was June 11, 1836.Find A Grave: Memorial #8100549

Timeline

Marriages

Census

1850 Census. Mary was living alone in a home located between James and Zephronia and William and Isabella. She was 44 and had the following children still in the home with her:

1. Mary age 17;
2. Elizabeth age 14;
3. Simpson age 12;
4. Augustus age 12; and
5. Levi age 9.^[2]

1870 Census. Census Record. 24 June 1870 Township 20 Range 11, Choctaw, Mississippi page 475, family 58. Image 9.

1. Levi Petty 28 Alabama
2. Mary A Petty 26 Alabama
3. Parilee Petty 4 Mississippi
4. Thomas Petty 1 Mississippi

Caroline Henry 16 Mississippi (Black domestic servant)

1880 Census. 9 June 1880 Sumner, Mississippi page 430b, family 82. Image 12.

Mary A. Petty 30 Mississippi (widowed) (don't understand this, as Levy is in 1900 census)

1. Pazalee M. Petty 15 Mississippi
2. Thomas Petty 10 Mississippi
3. Georgia Petty 7 Mississippi

Note: by John Petty - Mary Ann Clegg Petty's parents were living in household 84.

Source: 11 June 1880 Sumner, Mississippi page 432, family 109. Image 15. Gus Petty 38 Georgia I have him as Augustus Petty Rin 3769 Sallie Petty 33 Mississippi - Sally is Sallie Seeley Rin 3782 Ada Petty 9 Mississippi-Ada is Ida Rin 21534 Greeley Petty 7 Mississippi - This I have as Horace Greeley Petty born Mar 12, 1873 Filson Pettey 5 Mississippi -Filson is listed on my site as Tilden Hays Pettey 3 Mississippi - Not listed Jolie Pettey 1 Mississippi- I have her as Julia 1874 Pollie Pettey 80 South Carolina (mother) {Polly is Mary Pennington) Mary Pettey 44 Georgia (sister) Levi Pettey 37 Georgia (brother) (For some reason, Levi is living with his brother's family) Wess Sanford 33 Alabama (Laborer on farm) Henry Read 27 Alabama (Laborer on farm)

1900 Census. 16 June 1900 Justice Precinct 3 (All South of Cotton Belt Rd.), Hunt, Texas page 234b, family 215. Image 24.

1. Levy Petty head w m Jun 1835 64 md 40y AL GA GA farmer
2. Mary A Petty wife w f Jun 1845 54 5 children 0 living AL SC SC
3. Felix W Swallows son-in-law w m Sep 1859 40 widow TN TN TN farmer
4. Lee Swallows g-son w m Nov 1886 13 MS TN MS
5. Thomas Swallows g-son w m Feb 1889 11 TX TN MS
6. Robt Swallows g-son w m Dec 1890 9 TX TN MS
7. Joseph Swallows g-son w m Jan 1893 7 TX TN MS
8. John Swallows g-son w m Apr 1895 5 TX TN MS.

2John Petty, jpetty2000 at msn.com (as of 2005). Gus Petty 38 Georgia I have him as Augustus Petty Rin 3769 Sallie Petty 33 Mississippi - Sally is Sallie Seeley Rin 3782 Ada Petty 9 Mississippi-Ada is Ida Rin 21534 Greeley Petty 7 Mississippi - This I have as Horace Greeley Petty born Mar 12, 1873 Filson Pettey 5 Mississippi -Filson is listed on my site as Tilden Hays Pettey 3 Mississippi - Not listed Jolie Pettey 1 Mississippi- I have her as Julia 1874 Pollie Pettey 80 South Carolina (mother) {Polly is Mary Pennington) Mary Pettey 44 Georgia (sister) Levi Pettey 37 Georgia (brother) (For some reason, Levi is living with his brother's family) Wess Sanford 33 Alabama (Laborer on farm) Henry Read 27 Alabama (Laborer on farm).

3Census Record, 16 June 1900 Justice Precinct 3 (All South of Cotton Belt Rd.), Hunt, Texas page 234b, fami. Levy Petty head w m Jun 1835 64 md 40y AL GA GA farmer Mary A Petty wife w f Jun 1845 54 5 children 0 living AL SC SC Felix W Swallows son-in-law w m Sep 1859 40 widow TN TN TN farmer Lee Swallows g-son w m Nov 1886 13 MS TN MS Thomas Swallows g-son w m Feb 1889 11 TX TN MS Robt Swallows g-son w m Dec 1890 9 TX TN MS Joseph Swallows g-son w m Jan 1893 7 TX TN MS John Swallows g-son w m Apr 1895 5 TX TN MS.

4Barbara McGee, editor, Petty Papers, Vol 6 #2 pg 31.[[1]

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Notes

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8100549
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census.