submitter: Sondra Nicholson          
 

Husband: George Washington PETTY 
Born: 30 July 1835 
Location: Dixon Co., TN. 
Married: 14 June 1860 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Died: 21 Feb. 1869 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Cemetery: Enon 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
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Wife: Talitha Millege TURNER
Born: 4 Feb. 1836 
Location: TN.
Died: 28 Dec. 1899 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Cemetery: Enon 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Father: William TURNER
Mother: Martha Christian CAUDLE
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Children
Name: Benjamin Franklin PETTY
Born: 14 June 1861 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Died: 7 March 1931 
Location: 
Cemetery: Enon 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Spouse 1: Mattie Jean WILLIAMS
Married: 1891 
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Name: Billy L. PETTY
Born: 1861 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
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Name: Talitha W. PETTY
Born: 28 March 1863 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Died: 7 Sept. 1912 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Cemetery: Enon 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Spouse 1: Andrew Thomas STILLWELL
Married: 5 Dec. 1878 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
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Name: J. W. PETTY
Born: 17 Nov. 1865 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Died: 31 Dec. 1935 
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Cemetery: Enon 
Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Spouse 1: Lula Lee CARPENTER
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Name: Martha Francis PETTY
Born: 5 Sept. 1867     Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Died: 31 March 1941     Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Cemetery: Enon Location: Upshur Co., TX.
Spouse 1: James Franklin YOUNG
Married: 22 Oct. 1885  Location: Wood Co., TX.
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Comments: George W. Petty was in the Confederate Army in TX.  He enlisted in the 18th TX. Inf. Co.H and was mustered in on 6 May 1862.  His records state he had blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complexion, and was 5 ft. 10
in tall. He and his family lived in the area bet. Enon and Grice communities.

Sources: Much of my information came from family, census records, military records and county records. .

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