GILMER COUNTY, GA - CEMETERIES - Pettit Family Cemetery Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Strickland strick719@cableone.net Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/crawford.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Cemetery Transcription By: Jim Strickland strick719@cableone.net Name of Cemetery: Pettit Family Cemetery Location: Gilmer County GA Date: 14 Oct 02 Compiling Method: Tombstone inscriptions of All visible burials Driving Instructions: Because Cemetery is on private property and therefore requires permission to enter driving instructions nor coordinates will not be given. Interested descendant may contact the transcriber for property owner's name driving instructions and coordinates. Condition of Cemetery: For an old family cemetery it is in excellent condition. a very small bit of brushy growth but does not hinder walking nor viewing of gravestones. Headstones and footstones although weathered are in good condition the only ones being unreadable are the hand inscribed fieldstones. General Notes: There are several graves marked only with a fieldstone bearing no inscription These are recorded as "Unmarked" . There are several sites which could be graves but are totally unmarked and not fully ascertainable as a grave (These are not recorded). Row Surname Given Name(s) Birthdate Death Date Other Inscriptions Notes Pettit George W. 06 May 1834 07 Oct 1891 Stone lying flat not in a row of graves believe stone was replaced and not discarded see G W Pettit last stone in row 1 1 Smith A. M. 29 Apr 1886 27 Sep 1910 1 Smith C. M. 1849 1896 Father 1 Smith Efford 1888 1889 1 Spicer Sarah A. 19 Dec 1857 08 Oct 1881 23 yrs 9 mos & 19 days Additional inscription: Daughter of G W and E. C. Pettit 1 Unmarked Small stone 5" high no markings 1 Pettit Eliza 26 Jul 1876 Daughter of G. W. & E. C. Pettit 1 Pettit Pettit G. W. 06 May 1834 07 Oct 1891 PETTIT Given Name: George Washington 1 Pettit Pettit Eliza C. 08 Nov 1830 29 Nov 1911 PETTIT Maiden Surname: Hudson; Middle Name: Caroline 2 Pettit Inf Dau of Mr and Mrs Fletcher 2 Pettit Henry 25 Jan 1790 03 May 1858 68 yrs 3 mos 8 days This is Henry Pettit Jr. 2 Pettit Anna 16 Dec 1796 14 Dec 1871 Middle Initial: E. Maiden Name: Mooney 2 Pettit Margret Elvira 13 Oct 1820 29 Nov 1884 Maiden surname: Osborn 2 Unmarked Small Stone approx 12" high. This grave lying between his wife and grandson with his daughter being the next grave is believed to be the grave of Elijah Poole Pettit b. 29 Aug 1817 d. 14 Feb 1892; Son of Henry Pettit Jr 2 Strickland Lewis Olin 19 Apr 1888 29 Mar 1903 Son of L. D. and E. A. 2 Strickland Elizabeth A. Pettit 21 Jan 1851 08 Jan 1908 Footstone inscribed Mother 2 Strickland Lewallen D. 24 Dec 1840 21 Jun 1921 Lewallen D.'s death date is incorrect on stone it is actually 08 Jun 1921. Footstone inscribed Daddy. 3 Pettit Henry 12 Mar 1847 A 23 y 1 m 6 d Son of Henry Pettit Jr.; Hand inscribed stone 3 Pettit William Decatur 19 Feb 1828 30 Jan 1849 Son of Henry Pettit Jr. Two headstones second (newer) headstone also has inscription: Erected by Morris Pettit 3 Unmarked Small 12" stone 3 Unmarked Small 6" stone 3 Unmarked Small 6" stone 3 Unmarked Small 6" stone 4 Walker Mary E. 21 Sep 1857 12 Feb 1858 with Jesus 4 Simmons B. F. 15 Nov 1886 19 Jul 1888 Baby Gone to be an Angel Possibly child of William A. Simmons & Sarah Ann Pettit 5 Pettit Martha Rebecca 28 Dec 1868 13 Apr 1869 Daughter of J F & R Pettit 5 Pettit Henry B. 23 Oct 1860 27 Oct 1860 Middle Name: Burton; Son of J F & R Pettit 5 Pettit Joshua B. 25 Mar 1870 09 Jul 1870 Middle Name: Bernice; Daughter of J F & R Pettit 5 Pettit Rebecca 23 Jul 1837 06 Feb 1874 Also infant child Maiden Name: Griffith; Wife of J F Petit 5 Pettit Mary Jane 14 Mar 1865 23 Oct 1878 Daughter of J F & R Pettit 5 Pettit Rev. John Fulton 27 Feb 1837 02 Mar 1903 Holy Bible (on top of stone) Son of Henry Pettit Jr. 6 Pettit J. C. 28 Jul 1841 07 Jan 1910 Thy trails ended Thy rest is won Joshua Calvin; Son of Henry Pettit Jr 6 Pettit George Fulton 17 Feb 1870 30 Nov 1888 Son of J C & C S Pettit C. S. Pettit is Caroline Susan (maiden name: Smith) 6 Derden Leca A. 07 Oct 1866 09 May 1889 Additional inscription: Daughter of J. C. and C. S. Pettit Wife of G. W. Derden 7 Cantrell Polly 05 Dec 1866 03 Aug 1889 7 Unmarked Large Stone over grave no inscriptions 7 Unmarked 2' high stone no inscriptions 7 Unmarked 4" high stone no inscriptions 7 Unmarked 1' high stone no inscriptions 7 Unmarked Med Stone no inscriptions 7 Tucker Elizabeth Hand inscribed No Dates 7 Unmarked No inscriptions 8 Cantrell Marget Hand inscribed 8 Chadwick Evaline ?? Aug 1840 unreadable Hand inscribed stone 8 Chadwick James 1919 Hand inscribed stone