Franklin County, KY - Bios:  Jett, Peter
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Peter JETT 3975, Franklin Co. 

Surname: Jett, Tapp, Arnold, Cromwell, Giltner, Reid, Gresham

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Franklin Co.

PETER JETT was born in Culpeper County, Va., June 3, 1804, and is a son of Matthew and 
Susan (Tapp) Jett, also natives of Culpeper County, and of English origin. Matthew Jett 
was born about 1776, served in the war of 1812, came to Kentucky in 1830 and settled on 
a farm between Frankfort and Lawrenceburg, in Franklin County, and died in 1854. Peter 
Jett was reared a farmer, but also learned carpentering, and for years was a contractor 
and builder. He settled in Franklin County, in 1827, was appointed county assessor, and 
after the adoption of the new constitution was elected to that office, in which he served 
eighteen or twenty years. May 27, 1829, he married Miss Julia Ann, daughter of Stephen 
Arnold, of Franklin County. Mrs. Julia Jett died in 1865, and in 1871 Mr. Jett married 
Mrs. Caroline Cromwell Giltner, a native of Fayette County. To the first marriage of Mr. 
Jett there were three children: Martha J. (Mrs. Reid), Matthew Edgar and William L. The 
last named was born in 1841, was a Confederate soldier, married Miss Susan Gresham, of 
Monroe County, Ga., and was appointed post office inspector under Cleveland. Peter Jett 
has been chairman of the Franklin County Democratic County Committee for twenty years.