Family Group Sheet
NameAsa Thompson Pettit, 2C5R
Birth1 Feb 1810, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Death31 Dec 1860/1861, Stanton, Powell Co., Kentucky
BurialStanton Cemetery, Stanton, Powell Co., Kentucky
FatherThomas Darling Pettit (1767-1837)
MotherMargaret Pratt
Marriage24 Jun 1830, Clark Co., Kentucky
SpouseSarah Ann Johns
Birth1811, Clark Co., Kentucky
Death1883, Stanton, Powell Co., Kentucky
FatherAnderson Johns
MotherNancy Key
Children
1 FNancy Ann Pettit, 3C4R
Birthabt 1834, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
2 FMartha Petitt, 3C4R
Birthabt 1836, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Death5 Apr 1855, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
3 MGeorge M. Pettit, 3C4R
Birth10 Nov 1836, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Death11 Jan 1891, Stanton, Powell Co., Kentucky
SpousePriscilla Ann Wills
4 MWilliam R. Petitt, 3C4R
Birthabt 1840, Clark Co., Kentucky
Death7 Apr 1864, Stanton, Powell Co., Kentucky
5 FMary Petitt, 3C4R
Birthabt 1842, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Death1906, Slater, Saline Co., Missouri
SpouseJohn H. Donahue
6 MJames W. Pettit, 3C4R
Birthabt 1844, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1844, Kentucky
Deathbef 1930, prob. New Mexico or Illinois
SpouseFrances R. French
SpouseFrances McKinney
SpouseLucy A. Schultz
SpouseWilliam French
SpouseDaniel Vaughn
SpouseJohn Aikman
SpouseJames Allen Spencer
8 FJulie T. Pettit, 3C4R
Birth18 Jun 1857, Kentucky
Notes for Asa Thompson Pettit
Linked in as a son of Thomas (see his notes) per Silvia Pettit Welch, daughter of Asa Clay Pettit, son of Asa and Frances’s son James W. Pettit.
Notes for Asa Thompson & Sarah Ann (Family)
Clark Co. Marriage records list marriage of Asa T. Pettett and Sally Ann John on 24 June 1830.
Census
1840 census of Montgomery Co., KY, lists on p. 299, line 10:
Asa T. Pettit, 2 m < 5, 1 m 30-39, 1 f < 5, 1 f 5-9, 1 f 20-29.
1850 census of Montgomery Co., KY, District 2, taken 17 Aug, records on p. 71, family #382:
Asa T. Petitt, 40, farmer; Sarah A., 39; Nancy, 16; Martha, 14; George, 12; William, 10; Mary, 8; James, 6; Sarah, 4; C. R. Myers, 30, miller; Benjamin Ramy, 40 (mulatto). All born in KY.
(This is the only family headed by a Petitt/Pettit in the 1850 Montgomery Co. census. Note that C. R. Myers, living here with the family, married Asa's daughter Nancy two years after this census was taken.)
1860 census of Powell Co., Ky, Stanton P.O., enumerated 30 June, lists on p. 47 as family #315:
A. T. Pettit, 50, farmer; Sarah, 49; Wm R., 21; Mary, 19; Jas, 17; Sarah, 14; Juley, 3. All born in Kentucky.
Asa T. Pettit, 2 m < 5, 1 m 30-39, 1 f < 5, 1 f 5-9, 1 f 20-29.
1850 census of Montgomery Co., KY, District 2, taken 17 Aug, records on p. 71, family #382:
Asa T. Petitt, 40, farmer; Sarah A., 39; Nancy, 16; Martha, 14; George, 12; William, 10; Mary, 8; James, 6; Sarah, 4; C. R. Myers, 30, miller; Benjamin Ramy, 40 (mulatto). All born in KY.
(This is the only family headed by a Petitt/Pettit in the 1850 Montgomery Co. census. Note that C. R. Myers, living here with the family, married Asa's daughter Nancy two years after this census was taken.)
1860 census of Powell Co., Ky, Stanton P.O., enumerated 30 June, lists on p. 47 as family #315:
A. T. Pettit, 50, farmer; Sarah, 49; Wm R., 21; Mary, 19; Jas, 17; Sarah, 14; Juley, 3. All born in Kentucky.
