Benjamin was the son of Joshua & Rachel Pettit, he was born on a homestead on Deep Spring Run that was in an area called Dorcas in the German Valley near Fort Henkle .. the area was known as the Shenandoah Valley in present day West Virginia.... Benjamin is recorded on the 1800/1820/1840 census reports in Spartanburg SC
Benjamin's wife was Elizabeth F. Hindman. A portion of their family bible was attached to Archibald McCravy's Pension file..
Joshua Pettit left New Jersey with his first wife & three of their young children after the French Indian war had ended and the roads had opened up along the Ohio River. Joshua settled on the South Branch at Deep Spring Run in the Shenandoah Valley where he established a lumber mill. He sold his lumber for the construction of the new towns (Romney) that were being built after the War. He is found on a 1769 list of things that were sold by the widow of Dr. Hindman in Romney WV.
Charles Lavender, the son of Simeon Lavender & Mary the daughter of Archibald McCravy & Frances Hembree wrote about his grandfather Achibald McCravey in his autobiography. He was one of the Virginia Blues under the command of George Washington and was one of the few survivors at the defeat of general Braddock on the 9th of June 1756. The site of George Washington head quarters was at Fort Loudon in Winchester WV, in the same area we find Joshua Pettit.
Cacapon Baptist Church in Romney was established by missionary Rev. Daniel Marshall the brother in law of Shubal Stearns. Some time after Braddocks defeat in 1756 a group of families who were parishioners of Cacapon Baptist church settled along creeks in the neighbourhood of Sandy River in North Carolina. Shubal Stearns Separate Baptish Church at Sandy River in North Carolina established Sandy River Baptist association that first established churches along the neighbouring creeks of Sandy River and then established Churches in the Back Country of South Carolina
Archibald McCravy qualified for the Savage land grant for compensation for military service during the French Indian War. This was British land along the Ohio River and lower Guyandotte and big Sandy River.
It is likely that Archibald McCravy married his first wife the daughter of James Hembree in North Carolina.
Sandy River (Dan River Tributary) flows Northwards east from Virginia to from the Dan River northeast to Grassy Creek, James Hembree signed a petition in 1755 for the inhabitants of Grassy Creek source Journal of Granville county Genealogical Society 1746 Volume 1 number 2. After 1755 James Hembree left Granville and purchased a 20 acre land plat on Cain River north of the Tyger River source yancyfamilygenealogy.org. Grassy Creek Baptist Church was associated with the church of Shubal Sterns.
The Cape Fear River Basin is one of four river basins completely contained within North Carolinas borders that include head waters (origin) of the Deep and Haw Rivers. Grassy Creek is a seven mile tributary to the Deep River.
James and Martha Petty the family of Sarah Petty wife of Samuel Cathcart homestead was on Robinson creek near the Haw River Tributary. They were members of Haw River Separatist Church established by Shubal Stearns. In the back country of South Carolina the Petty's were members of the Shoal Skull Baptist church in Gaffney on the Pacolet River. Joshua Pettit settled near Grindal Shoals in Graffney and had a gist mill on the Pacolet river and also owned a lumber mill on Lawsons fork. The Petty Cemetery is located in Gaffney only a few miles where the Pettit Cemetery is located.
Samuel Cathcart came to old ninety-six as a young man in 1654 with a group of Scotch Irish settlers from Pennsylvania who lived under the ministry of Rev. Cathcart, in Pennsylvania and established Union Church on browns creek near the Tyger River (source; The Scotch-Irish and their first settlements on the Tyger River). Union Church was also used for for Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist & Presbyterian services. The town Union was built around this church. Samuel Cathcart married Sarah Petty in 1766 their daughter Jane was born in 1767 (on her tombstone find a grave)
About 1759 or 1760 Rev. Mulkey a missionary of Shubal Stearns church led a group of thirteen from Deep River in North Carolina to Broad River in South Carolina. They incorporated into a church in this place and their membership increased to one hundred. However the original body remained only until Dec 1762 when they moved to Fairforest Creek and Tyger River. Three hundred families between Fairforest Creek were connected with the congregation by 1772 p.p. 125-126
In the back country of South Carolina Joshua Pettit built his homestead and a gist mill on Grindal Shoals and Lawsons Fork along the Pacolet River owned a lumber Mill. He was known to have had some business with Samuel Cathcart on the Tyger River perhaps bartering, Joshua Pettit's son Benjamin Pettit married Elizabeth Hindman and his daughter Hannah Pettit married Joel Hembree the son of James & Sarah Hembree who lived on Cain Creek North of Tyger River. The son of Joel & Hannah Pettit Hembree ,James N. Hembree married Nancy the daughter of Absalom Petty the brother of Sarah Petty the wife of Samuel Cathcart. Samuel & Sarah Cathcart's daughter Sally married John Hindman. Archibald McCravy was a mill wright and lived on Cain Creek North Tyger River he married Frances Marie Hembree the daughter of James & Sarah Hembree and his second wife was Jane Cathcart the daughter of Samuel Cathcart and Sarah Petty.
These families were kin and members of Friendship (Tyger River) Baptist Church in Pauline, Spartanburg SC.
Friendship church was organized in 1765 it was first known as Jacob Roberts Church and then called Tyger River Baptist Church before it was renamed as Friendship Church. It traces its heritage through Fairforest Church founded by Philip Mulkey and a group of Separatist Baptist missionaries from Shubal Stern's Sandy Creek Congregation.
Attached to Archibald McCravy's pension record on line record contains following Pettit Bible record and states it is not clear what connection if any these records have with the claim.
The complete NARA Rev War record contains the answer to how a portion of Benjamin Pettit & Elizabeth F Hindman's family bible wound up in McCravy's pension records that the "selected" records omitted.
Widow Jane Cathcart McCravy needed to prove a connection to Archibald McCravy to obtain a pension. Evidently her family record had been lost or destroyed by fire. The midwife that delivered the baby of Jane Petty Cathcart testified as to the date of the birth of the baby and said that she remembered this happened on the exact same night that she helped with the birth of another family's baby, that being Benjamin & Elizabeth Pettit's. In order to substantiate the claim, the McCravey's asked the Pettits to submit their Bible record which showed the date of the birth of the child and were assured that they would be given the record back.
Benjamin b. July 26 1769-Elizabeth Hindman b. June 20, 1771- joined in Wedlock on the 2nd day of June 1790
1) Jane Pettit b. July 2, 1792
2) Rachel Petit b. July 18, 1794 m .Henry Howard were joined in Wedlock on the 24th of March 1814 Children ..John J. Howard b. April 8th 1816 & Miza C Howard b. Oct 1819
3) Aaron Pettit b. June 20 1796
4) Henry Pettit b. Nov. 26, 1798
5) Hannah Pettit b. Feb. 15, 1801
6) Isaac Pettit b. March 15, 1803 m. Elizabeth Howard moved to Murray county Georgial
7) Hiram Pettit b. April 13th, 1805
8) Silas Pettit b. May 9, 1809
9) Rhoda Pettit b. May 9, 1809-d. 29 April 1873 Pauline, Spartanburg SC m. Theon Shands
10 ) Andrew Pettit b. August 17,1811 m. Mary Vise Aug 4, 1836 children ..Benjamin Franklin Pettit b. Jan 28 1839; Nathan Pettit b. 7th Sept 1840; Rilla Ann Pettit b. March 21 1842
11) Lecil Pettit b; July 26, 1814- d. Jan 1, 1890 Ashville, Buncombe NC m. Mary Wilson
Copies of the two family bibles of Benjamin Pettit (1769) can be seen on the website of Pettit Family genealogy and history / From Virginia????: The Pettit Family of Spartanburg Co. South Carolina
Benjamin's wife was Elizabeth F. Hindman. A portion of their family bible was attached to Archibald McCravy's Pension file..
Joshua Pettit left New Jersey with his first wife & three of their young children after the French Indian war had ended and the roads had opened up along the Ohio River. Joshua settled on the South Branch at Deep Spring Run in the Shenandoah Valley where he established a lumber mill. He sold his lumber for the construction of the new towns (Romney) that were being built after the War. He is found on a 1769 list of things that were sold by the widow of Dr. Hindman in Romney WV.
Charles Lavender, the son of Simeon Lavender & Mary the daughter of Archibald McCravy & Frances Hembree wrote about his grandfather Achibald McCravey in his autobiography. He was one of the Virginia Blues under the command of George Washington and was one of the few survivors at the defeat of general Braddock on the 9th of June 1756. The site of George Washington head quarters was at Fort Loudon in Winchester WV, in the same area we find Joshua Pettit.
Cacapon Baptist Church in Romney was established by missionary Rev. Daniel Marshall the brother in law of Shubal Stearns. Some time after Braddocks defeat in 1756 a group of families who were parishioners of Cacapon Baptist church settled along creeks in the neighbourhood of Sandy River in North Carolina. Shubal Stearns Separate Baptish Church at Sandy River in North Carolina established Sandy River Baptist association that first established churches along the neighbouring creeks of Sandy River and then established Churches in the Back Country of South Carolina
Archibald McCravy qualified for the Savage land grant for compensation for military service during the French Indian War. This was British land along the Ohio River and lower Guyandotte and big Sandy River.
It is likely that Archibald McCravy married his first wife the daughter of James Hembree in North Carolina.
Sandy River (Dan River Tributary) flows Northwards east from Virginia to from the Dan River northeast to Grassy Creek, James Hembree signed a petition in 1755 for the inhabitants of Grassy Creek source Journal of Granville county Genealogical Society 1746 Volume 1 number 2. After 1755 James Hembree left Granville and purchased a 20 acre land plat on Cain River north of the Tyger River source yancyfamilygenealogy.org. Grassy Creek Baptist Church was associated with the church of Shubal Sterns.
The Cape Fear River Basin is one of four river basins completely contained within North Carolinas borders that include head waters (origin) of the Deep and Haw Rivers. Grassy Creek is a seven mile tributary to the Deep River.
James and Martha Petty the family of Sarah Petty wife of Samuel Cathcart homestead was on Robinson creek near the Haw River Tributary. They were members of Haw River Separatist Church established by Shubal Stearns. In the back country of South Carolina the Petty's were members of the Shoal Skull Baptist church in Gaffney on the Pacolet River. Joshua Pettit settled near Grindal Shoals in Graffney and had a gist mill on the Pacolet river and also owned a lumber mill on Lawsons fork. The Petty Cemetery is located in Gaffney only a few miles where the Pettit Cemetery is located.
Samuel Cathcart came to old ninety-six as a young man in 1654 with a group of Scotch Irish settlers from Pennsylvania who lived under the ministry of Rev. Cathcart, in Pennsylvania and established Union Church on browns creek near the Tyger River (source; The Scotch-Irish and their first settlements on the Tyger River). Union Church was also used for for Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist & Presbyterian services. The town Union was built around this church. Samuel Cathcart married Sarah Petty in 1766 their daughter Jane was born in 1767 (on her tombstone find a grave)
About 1759 or 1760 Rev. Mulkey a missionary of Shubal Stearns church led a group of thirteen from Deep River in North Carolina to Broad River in South Carolina. They incorporated into a church in this place and their membership increased to one hundred. However the original body remained only until Dec 1762 when they moved to Fairforest Creek and Tyger River. Three hundred families between Fairforest Creek were connected with the congregation by 1772 p.p. 125-126
In the back country of South Carolina Joshua Pettit built his homestead and a gist mill on Grindal Shoals and Lawsons Fork along the Pacolet River owned a lumber Mill. He was known to have had some business with Samuel Cathcart on the Tyger River perhaps bartering, Joshua Pettit's son Benjamin Pettit married Elizabeth Hindman and his daughter Hannah Pettit married Joel Hembree the son of James & Sarah Hembree who lived on Cain Creek North of Tyger River. The son of Joel & Hannah Pettit Hembree ,James N. Hembree married Nancy the daughter of Absalom Petty the brother of Sarah Petty the wife of Samuel Cathcart. Samuel & Sarah Cathcart's daughter Sally married John Hindman. Archibald McCravy was a mill wright and lived on Cain Creek North Tyger River he married Frances Marie Hembree the daughter of James & Sarah Hembree and his second wife was Jane Cathcart the daughter of Samuel Cathcart and Sarah Petty.
These families were kin and members of Friendship (Tyger River) Baptist Church in Pauline, Spartanburg SC.
Friendship church was organized in 1765 it was first known as Jacob Roberts Church and then called Tyger River Baptist Church before it was renamed as Friendship Church. It traces its heritage through Fairforest Church founded by Philip Mulkey and a group of Separatist Baptist missionaries from Shubal Stern's Sandy Creek Congregation.
Attached to Archibald McCravy's pension record on line record contains following Pettit Bible record and states it is not clear what connection if any these records have with the claim.
The complete NARA Rev War record contains the answer to how a portion of Benjamin Pettit & Elizabeth F Hindman's family bible wound up in McCravy's pension records that the "selected" records omitted.
Widow Jane Cathcart McCravy needed to prove a connection to Archibald McCravy to obtain a pension. Evidently her family record had been lost or destroyed by fire. The midwife that delivered the baby of Jane Petty Cathcart testified as to the date of the birth of the baby and said that she remembered this happened on the exact same night that she helped with the birth of another family's baby, that being Benjamin & Elizabeth Pettit's. In order to substantiate the claim, the McCravey's asked the Pettits to submit their Bible record which showed the date of the birth of the child and were assured that they would be given the record back.
Benjamin b. July 26 1769-Elizabeth Hindman b. June 20, 1771- joined in Wedlock on the 2nd day of June 1790
1) Jane Pettit b. July 2, 1792
2) Rachel Petit b. July 18, 1794 m .Henry Howard were joined in Wedlock on the 24th of March 1814 Children ..John J. Howard b. April 8th 1816 & Miza C Howard b. Oct 1819
3) Aaron Pettit b. June 20 1796
4) Henry Pettit b. Nov. 26, 1798
5) Hannah Pettit b. Feb. 15, 1801
6) Isaac Pettit b. March 15, 1803 m. Elizabeth Howard moved to Murray county Georgial
7) Hiram Pettit b. April 13th, 1805
8) Silas Pettit b. May 9, 1809
9) Rhoda Pettit b. May 9, 1809-d. 29 April 1873 Pauline, Spartanburg SC m. Theon Shands
10 ) Andrew Pettit b. August 17,1811 m. Mary Vise Aug 4, 1836 children ..Benjamin Franklin Pettit b. Jan 28 1839; Nathan Pettit b. 7th Sept 1840; Rilla Ann Pettit b. March 21 1842
11) Lecil Pettit b; July 26, 1814- d. Jan 1, 1890 Ashville, Buncombe NC m. Mary Wilson
Copies of the two family bibles of Benjamin Pettit (1769) can be seen on the website of Pettit Family genealogy and history / From Virginia????: The Pettit Family of Spartanburg Co. South Carolina
Benjamin was the son of Joshua & Rachel Pettit, he was born on a homestead on Deep Spring Run that was in an area called Dorcas in the German Valley near Fort Henkle .. the area was known as the Shenandoah Valley in present day West Virginia.... Benjamin is recorded on the 1800/1820/1840 census reports in Spartanburg SC
Benjamin's wife was Elizabeth F. Hindman. A portion of their family bible was attached to Archibald McCravy's Pension file..
Joshua Pettit left New Jersey with his first wife & three of their young children after the French Indian war had ended and the roads had opened up along the Ohio River. Joshua settled on the South Branch at Deep Spring Run in the Shenandoah Valley where he established a lumber mill. He sold his lumber for the construction of the new towns (Romney) that were being built after the War. He is found on a 1769 list of things that were sold by the widow of Dr. Hindman in Romney WV.
Charles Lavender, the son of Simeon Lavender & Mary the daughter of Archibald McCravy & Frances Hembree wrote about his grandfather Achibald McCravey in his autobiography. He was one of the Virginia Blues under the command of George Washington and was one of the few survivors at the defeat of general Braddock on the 9th of June 1756. The site of George Washington head quarters was at Fort Loudon in Winchester WV, in the same area we find Joshua Pettit.
Cacapon Baptist Church in Romney was established by missionary Rev. Daniel Marshall the brother in law of Shubal Stearns. Some time after Braddocks defeat in 1756 a group of families who were parishioners of Cacapon Baptist church settled along creeks in the neighbourhood of Sandy River in North Carolina. Shubal Stearns Separate Baptish Church at Sandy River in North Carolina established Sandy River Baptist association that first established churches along the neighbouring creeks of Sandy River and then established Churches in the Back Country of South Carolina
Archibald McCravy qualified for the Savage land grant for compensation for military service during the French Indian War. This was British land along the Ohio River and lower Guyandotte and big Sandy River.
It is likely that Archibald McCravy married his first wife the daughter of James Hembree in North Carolina.
Sandy River (Dan River Tributary) flows Northwards east from Virginia to from the Dan River northeast to Grassy Creek, James Hembree signed a petition in 1755 for the inhabitants of Grassy Creek source Journal of Granville county Genealogical Society 1746 Volume 1 number 2. After 1755 James Hembree left Granville and purchased a 20 acre land plat on Cain River north of the Tyger River source yancyfamilygenealogy.org. Grassy Creek Baptist Church was associated with the church of Shubal Sterns.
The Cape Fear River Basin is one of four river basins completely contained within North Carolinas borders that include head waters (origin) of the Deep and Haw Rivers. Grassy Creek is a seven mile tributary to the Deep River.
James and Martha Petty the family of Sarah Petty wife of Samuel Cathcart homestead was on Robinson creek near the Haw River Tributary. They were members of Haw River Separatist Church established by Shubal Stearns. In the back country of South Carolina the Petty's were members of the Shoal Skull Baptist church in Gaffney on the Pacolet River. Joshua Pettit settled near Grindal Shoals in Graffney and had a gist mill on the Pacolet river and also owned a lumber mill on Lawsons fork. The Petty Cemetery is located in Gaffney only a few miles where the Pettit Cemetery is located.
Samuel Cathcart came to old ninety-six as a young man in 1654 with a group of Scotch Irish settlers from Pennsylvania who lived under the ministry of Rev. Cathcart, in Pennsylvania and established Union Church on browns creek near the Tyger River (source; The Scotch-Irish and their first settlements on the Tyger River). Union Church was also used for for Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist & Presbyterian services. The town Union was built around this church. Samuel Cathcart married Sarah Petty in 1766 their daughter Jane was born in 1767 (on her tombstone find a grave)
About 1759 or 1760 Rev. Mulkey a missionary of Shubal Stearns church led a group of thirteen from Deep River in North Carolina to Broad River in South Carolina. They incorporated into a church in this place and their membership increased to one hundred. However the original body remained only until Dec 1762 when they moved to Fairforest Creek and Tyger River. Three hundred families between Fairforest Creek were connected with the congregation by 1772 p.p. 125-126
In the back country of South Carolina Joshua Pettit built his homestead and a gist mill on Grindal Shoals and Lawsons Fork along the Pacolet River owned a lumber Mill. He was known to have had some business with Samuel Cathcart on the Tyger River perhaps bartering, Joshua Pettit's son Benjamin Pettit married Elizabeth Hindman and his daughter Hannah Pettit married Joel Hembree the son of James & Sarah Hembree who lived on Cain Creek North of Tyger River. The son of Joel & Hannah Pettit Hembree ,James N. Hembree married Nancy the daughter of Absalom Petty the brother of Sarah Petty the wife of Samuel Cathcart. Samuel & Sarah Cathcart's daughter Sally married John Hindman. Archibald McCravy was a mill wright and lived on Cain Creek North Tyger River he married Frances Marie Hembree the daughter of James & Sarah Hembree and his second wife was Jane Cathcart the daughter of Samuel Cathcart and Sarah Petty.
These families were kin and members of Friendship (Tyger River) Baptist Church in Pauline, Spartanburg SC.
Friendship church was organized in 1765 it was first known as Jacob Roberts Church and then called Tyger River Baptist Church before it was renamed as Friendship Church. It traces its heritage through Fairforest Church founded by Philip Mulkey and a group of Separatist Baptist missionaries from Shubal Stern's Sandy Creek Congregation.
Attached to Archibald McCravy's pension record on line record contains following Pettit Bible record and states it is not clear what connection if any these records have with the claim.
The complete NARA Rev War record contains the answer to how a portion of Benjamin Pettit & Elizabeth F Hindman's family bible wound up in McCravy's pension records that the "selected" records omitted.
Widow Jane Cathcart McCravy needed to prove a connection to Archibald McCravy to obtain a pension. Evidently her family record had been lost or destroyed by fire. The midwife that delivered the baby of Jane Petty Cathcart testified as to the date of the birth of the baby and said that she remembered this happened on the exact same night that she helped with the birth of another family's baby, that being Benjamin & Elizabeth Pettit's. In order to substantiate the claim, the McCravey's asked the Pettits to submit their Bible record which showed the date of the birth of the child and were assured that they would be given the record back.
Benjamin b. July 26 1769-Elizabeth Hindman b. June 20, 1771- joined in Wedlock on the 2nd day of June 1790
1) Jane Pettit b. July 2, 1792
2) Rachel Petit b. July 18, 1794 m .Henry Howard were joined in Wedlock on the 24th of March 1814 Children ..John J. Howard b. April 8th 1816 & Miza C Howard b. Oct 1819
3) Aaron Pettit b. June 20 1796
4) Henry Pettit b. Nov. 26, 1798
5) Hannah Pettit b. Feb. 15, 1801
6) Isaac Pettit b. March 15, 1803 m. Elizabeth Howard moved to Murray county Georgial
7) Hiram Pettit b. April 13th, 1805
8) Silas Pettit b. May 9, 1809
9) Rhoda Pettit b. May 9, 1809-d. 29 April 1873 Pauline, Spartanburg SC m. Theon Shands
10 ) Andrew Pettit b. August 17,1811 m. Mary Vise Aug 4, 1836 children ..Benjamin Franklin Pettit b. Jan 28 1839; Nathan Pettit b. 7th Sept 1840; Rilla Ann Pettit b. March 21 1842
11) Lecil Pettit b; July 26, 1814- d. Jan 1, 1890 Ashville, Buncombe NC m. Mary Wilson
Copies of the two family bibles of Benjamin Pettit (1769) can be seen on the website of Pettit Family genealogy and history / From Virginia????: The Pettit Family of Spartanburg Co. South Carolina
Benjamin's wife was Elizabeth F. Hindman. A portion of their family bible was attached to Archibald McCravy's Pension file..
Joshua Pettit left New Jersey with his first wife & three of their young children after the French Indian war had ended and the roads had opened up along the Ohio River. Joshua settled on the South Branch at Deep Spring Run in the Shenandoah Valley where he established a lumber mill. He sold his lumber for the construction of the new towns (Romney) that were being built after the War. He is found on a 1769 list of things that were sold by the widow of Dr. Hindman in Romney WV.
Charles Lavender, the son of Simeon Lavender & Mary the daughter of Archibald McCravy & Frances Hembree wrote about his grandfather Achibald McCravey in his autobiography. He was one of the Virginia Blues under the command of George Washington and was one of the few survivors at the defeat of general Braddock on the 9th of June 1756. The site of George Washington head quarters was at Fort Loudon in Winchester WV, in the same area we find Joshua Pettit.
Cacapon Baptist Church in Romney was established by missionary Rev. Daniel Marshall the brother in law of Shubal Stearns. Some time after Braddocks defeat in 1756 a group of families who were parishioners of Cacapon Baptist church settled along creeks in the neighbourhood of Sandy River in North Carolina. Shubal Stearns Separate Baptish Church at Sandy River in North Carolina established Sandy River Baptist association that first established churches along the neighbouring creeks of Sandy River and then established Churches in the Back Country of South Carolina
Archibald McCravy qualified for the Savage land grant for compensation for military service during the French Indian War. This was British land along the Ohio River and lower Guyandotte and big Sandy River.
It is likely that Archibald McCravy married his first wife the daughter of James Hembree in North Carolina.
Sandy River (Dan River Tributary) flows Northwards east from Virginia to from the Dan River northeast to Grassy Creek, James Hembree signed a petition in 1755 for the inhabitants of Grassy Creek source Journal of Granville county Genealogical Society 1746 Volume 1 number 2. After 1755 James Hembree left Granville and purchased a 20 acre land plat on Cain River north of the Tyger River source yancyfamilygenealogy.org. Grassy Creek Baptist Church was associated with the church of Shubal Sterns.
The Cape Fear River Basin is one of four river basins completely contained within North Carolinas borders that include head waters (origin) of the Deep and Haw Rivers. Grassy Creek is a seven mile tributary to the Deep River.
James and Martha Petty the family of Sarah Petty wife of Samuel Cathcart homestead was on Robinson creek near the Haw River Tributary. They were members of Haw River Separatist Church established by Shubal Stearns. In the back country of South Carolina the Petty's were members of the Shoal Skull Baptist church in Gaffney on the Pacolet River. Joshua Pettit settled near Grindal Shoals in Graffney and had a gist mill on the Pacolet river and also owned a lumber mill on Lawsons fork. The Petty Cemetery is located in Gaffney only a few miles where the Pettit Cemetery is located.
Samuel Cathcart came to old ninety-six as a young man in 1654 with a group of Scotch Irish settlers from Pennsylvania who lived under the ministry of Rev. Cathcart, in Pennsylvania and established Union Church on browns creek near the Tyger River (source; The Scotch-Irish and their first settlements on the Tyger River). Union Church was also used for for Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist & Presbyterian services. The town Union was built around this church. Samuel Cathcart married Sarah Petty in 1766 their daughter Jane was born in 1767 (on her tombstone find a grave)
About 1759 or 1760 Rev. Mulkey a missionary of Shubal Stearns church led a group of thirteen from Deep River in North Carolina to Broad River in South Carolina. They incorporated into a church in this place and their membership increased to one hundred. However the original body remained only until Dec 1762 when they moved to Fairforest Creek and Tyger River. Three hundred families between Fairforest Creek were connected with the congregation by 1772 p.p. 125-126
In the back country of South Carolina Joshua Pettit built his homestead and a gist mill on Grindal Shoals and Lawsons Fork along the Pacolet River owned a lumber Mill. He was known to have had some business with Samuel Cathcart on the Tyger River perhaps bartering, Joshua Pettit's son Benjamin Pettit married Elizabeth Hindman and his daughter Hannah Pettit married Joel Hembree the son of James & Sarah Hembree who lived on Cain Creek North of Tyger River. The son of Joel & Hannah Pettit Hembree ,James N. Hembree married Nancy the daughter of Absalom Petty the brother of Sarah Petty the wife of Samuel Cathcart. Samuel & Sarah Cathcart's daughter Sally married John Hindman. Archibald McCravy was a mill wright and lived on Cain Creek North Tyger River he married Frances Marie Hembree the daughter of James & Sarah Hembree and his second wife was Jane Cathcart the daughter of Samuel Cathcart and Sarah Petty.
These families were kin and members of Friendship (Tyger River) Baptist Church in Pauline, Spartanburg SC.
Friendship church was organized in 1765 it was first known as Jacob Roberts Church and then called Tyger River Baptist Church before it was renamed as Friendship Church. It traces its heritage through Fairforest Church founded by Philip Mulkey and a group of Separatist Baptist missionaries from Shubal Stern's Sandy Creek Congregation.
Attached to Archibald McCravy's pension record on line record contains following Pettit Bible record and states it is not clear what connection if any these records have with the claim.
The complete NARA Rev War record contains the answer to how a portion of Benjamin Pettit & Elizabeth F Hindman's family bible wound up in McCravy's pension records that the "selected" records omitted.
Widow Jane Cathcart McCravy needed to prove a connection to Archibald McCravy to obtain a pension. Evidently her family record had been lost or destroyed by fire. The midwife that delivered the baby of Jane Petty Cathcart testified as to the date of the birth of the baby and said that she remembered this happened on the exact same night that she helped with the birth of another family's baby, that being Benjamin & Elizabeth Pettit's. In order to substantiate the claim, the McCravey's asked the Pettits to submit their Bible record which showed the date of the birth of the child and were assured that they would be given the record back.
Benjamin b. July 26 1769-Elizabeth Hindman b. June 20, 1771- joined in Wedlock on the 2nd day of June 1790
1) Jane Pettit b. July 2, 1792
2) Rachel Petit b. July 18, 1794 m .Henry Howard were joined in Wedlock on the 24th of March 1814 Children ..John J. Howard b. April 8th 1816 & Miza C Howard b. Oct 1819
3) Aaron Pettit b. June 20 1796
4) Henry Pettit b. Nov. 26, 1798
5) Hannah Pettit b. Feb. 15, 1801
6) Isaac Pettit b. March 15, 1803 m. Elizabeth Howard moved to Murray county Georgial
7) Hiram Pettit b. April 13th, 1805
8) Silas Pettit b. May 9, 1809
9) Rhoda Pettit b. May 9, 1809-d. 29 April 1873 Pauline, Spartanburg SC m. Theon Shands
10 ) Andrew Pettit b. August 17,1811 m. Mary Vise Aug 4, 1836 children ..Benjamin Franklin Pettit b. Jan 28 1839; Nathan Pettit b. 7th Sept 1840; Rilla Ann Pettit b. March 21 1842
11) Lecil Pettit b; July 26, 1814- d. Jan 1, 1890 Ashville, Buncombe NC m. Mary Wilson
Copies of the two family bibles of Benjamin Pettit (1769) can be seen on the website of Pettit Family genealogy and history / From Virginia????: The Pettit Family of Spartanburg Co. South Carolina
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