Augustus D. Petty (1832 - 1895)

Born 18 Mar 1832 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Frances (Sealey) Petty — married 9 Aug 1863 in Choctaw County, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1895 at age 62 in Double Springs, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

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Name

Birth

Gus was born on March 18, 1832 in Georgia. Find A Grave: Memorial #67432817 According to the 1880 Census, he was born in 1842 in Georgia. His mother was born in South Carolina and his father was born in Georgia.

Death

Gus died on January 2, 1895 in Maben, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi and was buried in the Double Springs Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #67432817

Timeline

Gus was born in Georgia Gus moved to Mississippi

Marriages

Gus was married to Sarah Frances (Sealy) Petty. Find A Grave: Memorial #67432817

Children

1, Ida Petty b. 5 Feb 1870 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
2. Horace Greely Petty b. 1873
3. J. Tildon Petty b. 1875 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
4. Hayes Petty b. 1877 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
5. Julia Petty b. 1879 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
6. Aurelia Petty b. in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
7. James Petty b. 1884 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
8. Lee Petty b. 1887 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
9. Charles Miller Petty b. 1889

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.^[1]

1870 Census. Gus was living in Choctaw County, Mississippi at age 30 with his wife, Sarah age 24, and one child, Ida, less than one year old. There were also three other people living with him at the time: William T. H. Hodges, Messer Langford and Ann Holland.^[2]

Note: There was a Mary Petty living close by, who I believe was his mother. Also, they were living a couple of houses away from Pinkney F. Shuffield and his wife Eliza.

1880 Census. Gus age 38 was living at home with his spouse, Sallie Petty age 33, in Sumner, Mississippi. There were five children and his mother, "Pollie" age 80; his sister Mary age 44; and one brother, Levi age 37 and widowed. The children were:

1. Ada (Ida) age 9;
2. Greeley age 7;
3. Filson (Tildon) age 5;
4. Hays (Hayes) age 3; and
5. Jolie (Julia) age 1.
   

Henry Read and Henry Johnston were also living with them.^[3]
The above census shows Pollie as mother being born in SC with her parents born in GA. Should this census be correct, this would not be Mary 'Pollie' daughter of Levi II. More research is needed. (Notes by Teresa J. Gorge)

1890 Census.

Records

John Petty, jpetty2000 at msn.com (as of 2005). 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 - daughter) Rin 21534 Greeley Petty 7 Mississippi - (I have as Horace Greeley Petty born Mar 12, 1873 - son) Filson Pettey 5 Mississippi - (Filson is listed on my site as Tilden) - son Hays Pettey 3 Mississippi - (I have Hayes) - son Jolie Pettey 1 Mississippi- (I have her as Julia) - daughter 1874 Pollie Pettey 80 South Carolina (mother) {Polly is Mary Pennington) Mary Pettey 44 Georgia (sister) Levi Pettey 37 Georgia (brother) Wess Sanford 33 Alabama (Laborer on farm) Henry Read 27 Alabama (Laborer on farm)

Notes

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3Q-MWR : 12 April 2016), Augustus Petty, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 9, family 63, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,224.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB8-74G?cc=1417683&wc=QZ2W-4Z2%3A1589407292%2C1589403353%2C1589408206%2C1589397017 : 24 December 2015), Mississippi > Sumner > Beat 4 Trenton > ED 179 > image 15 of 35; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)