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William A. Pettit (Pendleton County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1818?

Pendleton County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Milly H. Pettit. Married to Elizabeth Highfill Pettit in Pendleton County, Kentucky, on January 10, 1838. Father of Margaret Pettit, Sarah Pettit, Zachariah Pettit, John M. Pettit, Hetta Pettit, Martha M. F. Pettit, and William H. Pettit. Farmer in Pendleton County in 1850. Farmer in Pendleton County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, District 1, p. 357B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Pendleton County, p. 559.

Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Pendleton County Marriages, 1827-1847, Film #000272805, p. 421 and 448 of 475 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Find A Grave, “William Angell Pettit (1818-1866)," Memorial #8609881, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8609881/william-angell-pettit (accessed May 17, 2021).

Citation

Pettit, William A.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198855 (November 12, 2026).

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