Mountain View Cemetery, Marietta, Ga

Grandparents Frank and Minnie Tyson Hunter

Larry Holcomb

Uncle Jack, his wife Ruby has been buried since this photo 

Uncle and Aunt Stanley and Sarah Frasure Hunter

Uncle Bill McLemore wife SarahPetty has been buried since this photo

Uncle and aunt Bill and Eloise Foster Meek

Great uncle

Great Aunt

Cousin

Cousin

Perry Parham, childhood friend and Marietta Sports Hero

Aunt Sarah Petty McLemore

Friend

cousin

Friend Howard White, wife Lois was buried since this photo

Petty Family Cemetery

This is in Fannin County, about ten miles south of Morganton.  An Air Force retiree school bus driver's daughter read my blog and told her father I was looking for the Petty Family cemetery.  He got in touch with me and he showed me where it was at.  I would have never found  it, it was way off in the woods.

My great-great grandfather Elijah Petty's grave

These are the kin folks that I know served in the Armed Forces.  Proceed with caution,  they might not be chronological order and some are not in uniform.  In error I probably left someone out.

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3rd great grandfather -Greenville Pullen, Sr. served in the Indian Wars as a musician.  He played a fife.

3rd great grandfather - Jesse Bookout also fought in the Indian Wars and later became an employee of the famous Chief Van of Chatsworth, Georgia, which was against the law and caused problems.

William A. Hunter/Trammell &Emaline Ray

3rd greant grandfather -William served in the CSA, NC 39th Infantry, Co . I.  He was wounded during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and recuperated nearby in Woodstock, which ended up being his and his family's new home.

William Hunter/Trammell fought on Kennesaw Mountain with the name William Trammell (before he changed his name to Hunter).  

4th great grandfahter - His great grandfather, also named William Trammell fought at Kings Mountain, in the Revolutionary War.  Same name; both wounded in a battle on a mountain that started with the letter K.   

William A. Hunter/Trammell's father, my great great grandfather, Jason Henderson Hunter recruited and formed  his own CSA unit that attacked Federal gunboats on the Mississippi.

1st cousin, 4x removed - Leander Newton Trammell.  He served as a quartermaster in the CSA.

He was an elected representative in Georgia and was the Governor of Georgia, technically for one day.   He made his home in Dalton and Marietta..

I don't have a picture of John T. Huey, but I do have a picture of his wife Drucilla Wilson Huey.  (2nd great grandfather) John was a large landholder, and therefore exempted from Military Service.  However, he went anyway, for a fee, in place of John B. Tippen.  He was caught up in the famous Siege of Vicksburg.

William D. Petty

2nd great uncle -I know he was in, I don't have his facts.

So was his brother Daniel Webster Petty, below.

Great grandfather - Daniel Webster Petty and Jane Garrett

Daniel Enlisted- Confederate Army Co B, 65th Regiment, Ga. Infantry

Great Uncle -Robert Edward Tyson

Uncle Ed, was in WWI.

This picture is the Marietta National Guard in 1937.  Most of the Hunter brothers are there.  In the front row center in the black shirt is Stanley Hunter.

First row:  Jimmy and Bobby Crain.

Uncles & first cousins -Second row: Stanley and Dick Hunter.  Dick was home on leave.  Nephew Bobby would join the Naval Reserves.  I know, because Bobby and I both were Naval Reservists at the same time.

Uncle -Walter Clarence, "W.C." during  WWII W.C was drinking coffee at the Red Cross in Africa and a bunch of U.S. Sailors walked by.  W.C. pointed at one of the sailors and said that kid looks just like his little brother Dick, and it was. He was wounded and a metal plate was put in his head, he was a war casualty that effected him the rest of his life.  He died in the VA hospital many years later.

Uncle - Jack Hunter spent a career in the Navy, and was in the Pacific in WWII.  He survived Pearl Harbor and is credited for pulling Eddie Rickenbacker  from the sea onto their PT boat.

Uncle - Stanley Hunter fought on D-Day, June 4, 1944.  He also had the misfortune of watching his first cousin and best friend Horace Crowder died from enemy fire.

Father - Ed Hunter was in the Georgia National Guard.  I think Daddy loved the fellowship.

Uncle -Doug Hunter was in the Army, I just don't have a picture of him in his uniform.

1st cousin - Ray Hunter, WWII

uncle & 1st cousin, once removed - I think this may be cousins Horace Crowder and Stanley Hunter before their service time, they joined together.  As mentioned above, Horace was killed.

Uncle -Leonard Petty, Navy

Uncle -William LeRoy Petty.  He was "Bill" to his friends, he was "Roy" to his family, and "L-Rod "to his service buddies. Roy was in the D-Day Invasion of  Normandy.  He killed a very big number of Germans.  At least two books mentioned him twice and heroic actions:  THE LONGEST DAY and RUDDER'S RANGERS.  He used to stand up in the audience on the Ed Sullivan show to be recognized on or near D-Day.

Me, grandmother, & me -I am in front of my Grandma Viola Ridley Petty and my uncle Osmo Petty.  Osmo was in the Navy.  His brothers, Leonard, Roy, and Wallace considered Osmo the smartest of the Petty siblings. 

I too would be in the Navy in about 20 years, mostly in the Helicopter Squadron HU-4, home station NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey 08733 (Hey look!  I still remember the zip code).

Rocky's late  father-in-law, Sabrina's father,

O'Neal Sexton was in the Army, stationed in South Korea, where he met Sabina's mother-to-be, Chong.

1st cousin - Jerry Hunter was a F-105 Pilot.  He was shot down in Vietnam,  25 May 1966,.  He gave is life.  Hunter Park in Douglasville, Georgia, is named in his memory.

Petty Family in Varnell, Georgia, 1949

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My Petty family  (mother's side) in about 1949*, in Varnell, Georgia:  1st Row L to R:  LaVonn Petty (daugh of Leonard);  MaryBeth Petty (daugh of Wallice, Wallace's arms around her, she died in 2008); Georgianne Petty Grant (died  1966); Cecil Grant (died 1958) (husb of Georgianne); Osmo Petty (died 1978);  and Eddie Hunter (me - son of Janie Petty Hunter).

2nd Row:  Jeannette Phillips Petty holding son Billy (wife of Leonard) died  2004);  Leonard Petty (died 2001); Wallace Petty (died 2007); Thelma Cox Petty (died 1994); Anthony Rollins being held by his mother Opal Petty (died 1992); Janie Petty Hunter (died  1996); Viola Ridley Petty (the grandmother, mother, brother,  or mother law) (died 1968); and Frances Hunter(daugh of Janie Petty Hunter),  Frances arms around  Harriet and Rhonda Petty (daughters of Wallace Petty).

3rd Row:   Mary Jo Johns  Petty(died  2000), wife of Tom Petty;  Tom Petty (died  1979); Walt Ridley (died 1953), brother to Viola Ridley Petty:  Ed Hunter (died 1988), husband of Janie Petty Hunter;  Roy Petty (died 2000); and Sara Petty (not yet McLemore) (died 1999).

*based on a baby in the picture that was born December, 1948.  That would make me age 8 in the picture.

Joseph Garrett and Nancy Elizabeth Emily Mashburn and Their Descendants

Joseph Garrett (1822 - 1900).  Joseph Garrett, son of Joseph and  Sarah Stroud Garrett, was born in North Carolina, and died in Fannin County, Georgia.  At age 26, 28 October 1848, in Gilmer County, Georgia,  24 year old  Nancy Elizabeth  Emily Mashburn (1823-1921), daughter of David and Mary "Polly" Woody Garrett.  Nancy was born in in Tennessee and died in Fannin County, Georgia.    Joseph lived 77 years and Nancy lived 97.  They are both buried in the Garrett family cemetery in Fannin County.

Joseph was a farmer and had a gold mind on his property.  Some believed that he was secretly wealthy with hidden gold.

     From the GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, HERITAGE BOOK:

... Joseph Garrett married Nancy Mashburn and owned a large farm on Newport Road. He was a very wealthy man and owned two gold mines on his property on Rall Mountain.  Even today, you are able to look down into 20 feet shafts, where gold was mined.

     It also has been handed down that his wealth was left to his descendants and in-laws who squandered it away.

     Sometime before he died he went up on a hill above his house and was gone for long while.  When he returned he told his wife Nancy that he had found a beautiful place for a family cemetery.  Becky was his maiden daughter and was cook and housekeeper.  She was setting up a new bed in one of the upstairs rooms when Joseph came in.  He told her that he didn't think that was a good place for the bed.  She turned to him only in time to see him falling.  He died instantly with a heart-attack.  He was buried on the hill under the tree he had sat under and cracked walnuts on the day he found the cemetery spot.  It has become now become a large cemetery for family and friends.

     Joseph Garrett owned a large farm on Newport Road.  He was a very wealthy man owned two gold mines on his property on Rail Mountain.  Even today, you are able to look down into 20 feet shafts, where gold was mined.

- THE HERITAGE OF GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA, 1832 -1996

     Edna G. White is a descendent of Joseph Garrett. Unfortunatly, it is not recorded how she is a descendent.  Her obituary:

Edna G. White, 80, former Mariettan

     Edna G. White, 80, of Blue Ridge, formerly of Marietta, died Monday.

     Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Mountain View Cemetery in Marietta.

     Born in Pickens County, Mrs. White was a former office supervisor and computer analyst for the Georgia National Guard.  She was a Baptist.

     She is survived by her sister, Jewell Prather of Blue Ridge.

     Contributions may be made tot he Fannin County Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 1883, Blue Ridge, 30613.

     Akins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

-Marietta Daily Journal, Wednesday, July 13, 1994.

Joseph and  Nancy Elizabeth Emily Mashburn Garrett had eleven children,  3 daughters and 8 sons:

John Garrett (1849 - 1934).

Sarah Jane Garrett (1850-1939).

Mary A. Garrett (1855-   ?   ).

James Garrett (1856-1901).

Willis Garrett (1858 -   ?   ).

Joseph Garrett (1860 -   ?   ).

Rebecca Louise Garrett (1862 - 1947).

Nancy Alice Garrett (1865-1945).

William Virgil Garrett (1867 -    ?   ).

Peter Garrett (1870 -    ?   ).

Lewis David Garrett (1872 - 1955).

John Garrett (1849 - 1934).  At age 23, 22 December 1872, in Gilmer County, Georgia, John married Jane Pell.  Gilmer County, Ga., marriage book said that Jane's last name is KELL.

John and Jane Pell Garrett had  1 daughter and 6 sons:

John Garrett, Jr (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Joseph Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Mack Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Marion Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Webster Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Nancy Garrett (aft 1868 -   ?   ).

Lewis W. Garrett (1880-1904).

Sarah Jane Garrett (1850-1939).  She married Daniel Webster Petty.  They are ancestors and have their own section.

Mary A. Garrett (1855-   ?   ).  At age 18, 3 February 1873, in Fannin County, Georgia, Mary married 17 year old James Thomas Greenway (1855-1905), son of William Francis Marion Greenway and Lucinda Haygood Greenway. 

"My grandmother heard tales of this Mary A. Garrett being related to Pat Garrett*, the famous lawman" - Brian Hood, GARRET Surname site on Internet, Sept 6, 2001.

* Pat Garrett is credited for killing the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid.

James lived 50 years it is unknown (by me) how long Mary lived.

James Thomas Greenway and Mary A. Garrett Greenway had twelve children, 4 daughters and 8 sons:

Lucy D. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Lydia A. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Mary Liza Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Nancy E. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Dave A. "Davey" Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Thomas V. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

James Wesley Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Wilburn J. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Wiley Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Johnny H. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

Joseph M. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

William F. Greenway (aft 1874 -   ?   ).

James Garrett (1856-1901).   At age 26, 12 Feb 1882, James married 20 year old Mary Harris (1861 - 1948).  James lived 45 years and is buried in the Garrett Family Cemetery in Fannin County, Georgia.  Mary lived 87 years.  She died in Cobb County, Georgia.  They had six children, 3 girls and 3 boys:

Lula Garrett (1883 - 1969).  She lived 86 years.

Henry C. Garrett (1885 - 1931).  He lived 45 years.

Dane Garrett (1888-1957).  He lived 68 years.

Ada Garrett (1892 - 1967).  She lived 75 years.

Alice Garrett (1897 - 1933).  She lived 35 years.

Buford Garrett (1900 - 1977).  He lived 77 years.

Willis Garrett (1858 -   ?   ).  At age 31, 21 April 1899, in Gilmer County, Georgia, married Elizabeth E. Bearden.

They had four children, 1 daughter and 3 sons:

Waldo Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Frank Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Dewey Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Callie Garrett (aft 1889 -   ?  ).

Rebecca Louise Garrett (1862 - 1947).  She lived 84 years and is buried in the Garrett Family Cemetery in Fannin County, Georgia.

Nancy Alice Garrett (1865 - 1945).  Nancy was born in and died in Fannin County, Georgia.  At age 33. 1 September 1898, in Fannin County, married 24 year old Andrew J. Long.  They are both buried in the Garrett Family Cemetery in Fannin County.

They had six children, 4 daughters and 2 sons.  Only one daughter and one son reached adulthood:

Ivory J. Long (1900-1900).  She lived 19 years.

Myrtle Long (1901-1963).  She lived 62 years.

Mae Long (1903-1909).  She lived 5 days short of 6 years.

Minnie C. Long (1905-1916).  She lived 11 years.

Venlin Long (1907-1916).  He lived 9 years.

Alfred Long (abt 1910-1931).  He lived about 21 years.

Dr. William Virgil Garrett (1867 -   ?   ).  William was born in Fannin County, Georgia.  At age 27, in Gilmer County, Georgia, 7 February 1895, he married Marlena Cinia Edmondson.  

He studied medicine and became a doctor.  He once had to cut off a Petty nephew's toes because they were frost bit.

They had three sons:

Stanton Garrett (1895 -    ?   ).

Clarence Garrett (1895 -    ?   ).

Wayne E. Garrett (1911-1956).  He lived 44 years.

Peter Garrett (1870 -   ?   )  He was born in Fannin County.  He married Annie Goss.  They had two sons:

Guy Geneva Garrett (aft 1899 -   ?   ).

L. Garrett (aft 1899 -   ?   ).

Lewis David Garrett (1872 - 1955).  Lewis was born in Fannin County, Georgia.  He Married Lydia Laveda "Tilly" Jones (1882-1965).  He lived 83 years and Lydia lived 83 years also, ten years apart.  They are both buried at Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia.

They had two children, a daughter and a son:

Florence Marie Garrett (aft 1900-   ?   ).

William McCellon Garrett (aft 1900 -   ?  ).

Florence Marie Garrett (aft 1900 -   ?   ).  Florence married Hubert A. Story. 

I think Florence was a caregiver for my first cousin Jack Hunter, Jr.  I don't know how my mother did, but she figured out her and Florence Garrett Story were cousins and they became friends.  My mother was good about raking up kin.

They had one son: 

John James Story.

Elijah Petty's Descendants

Descendents of Elijah Petty (1806-1881).

to read more about Elijah Petty, he has his own section, just before this.

Children of Elijah Petty (1806-1881) and Letty Lewis (1808-1849):

William D. Petty (1834-1917).

Elias A. Petty (1838-1895).

Nancy C. Petty (1841-1917).

Daniel Webster Petty (1843-1913).

Sarah Elizabeth Petty (1846 -   ?   ).

Children of Elijah Petty and Sarah Parker (1818 - 1897):

Martha "Mary" Petty (1851-1945).

Letty Jane Petty (1854-1938).

John Franklin Petty (1856 -   ?  ).

Charity Petty (1858 -   ?   ).

Lotty Petty  (1859 -   ?   ).

Emily Petty (1860 - ?    ).

Cinthia Petty (1866 -   ?   ).

William D. Petty (1834-1917) was born in North Carolina, and died in Murray County, Georgia.   He fought in the Civil War, on the Confederate side (of course).  I read someplace that William could quote any part of the Bible, love to sing hymns, and knew Latin.   In 1867, he was appointed to the Murray County Board of Education;  1880 He was a Census enumerator.  In 1889 he was appointed Postmaster in Cisco, Murray County, Georgia. 

This is from the publication SUMACH ON THE HILL:

William D. Petty was born on November 29, 1834 and was almost 83 years old at the time of his death.  He was recognized  as one of the best successful farmer and a deeply religious  man.  He was seventeen years old when Sumach Church was organized may have been one of the charter members.

At age 32 in 1866, William D. Petty was ordained an elder and served for the next 51 years.  He remembered the first church building and the first shed used at Shumach for camp meetings and revivals.  He was likely one of the leaders in the establishment of the Sumach Seminary around 1876.  He also attended all presbytery  meetings as a ruling elder of the Sumach congregation for many years.  On September 21, 1904 he voed with a majority of the ruling elders and ministers of the Chattanooga Presbytery in opposition to the organic union of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

In 1913  William D. Petty donated the necessary funds and building materials to construct a second shed at Sumach.  An old brush arbor  which had stood for many years was destroyed and the second shed was located  on or near the site of the first.

At age 23, 23 December 1857, in Murray County, Georgia, he married  Jane "Lizzie" Harris, age 16.  They had seven children, 4 daughters and 3 sons.

He also married Mindy. 

Thirdly, William At age 71, 19 April 1906, he married Maggie S., abt age 57.  Maggied died 24 August 1914.

Children of William D. and Jane "Lizzie" Harris Petty:

Elijah W. Petty (1858-1927).

John N. Petty (abt 1862-1915).

Mary A. Petty (aft 1860 -   ?  ).

Wesley D. Petty (1869 -    ?   ).

Georgia E. Petty (1875-1901).

Unknown 1 Petty (abt 1876 -   ?   )

Unknown 2 Petty (abt 1877 -   ?   ).

Elijah W. Petty (1858-1927).  Elijah was probably born in Murray County, Georgia.  He died in Dalton, Whitfield county. 

He first married Eliza "Lizzie" Lackey (1858-1899).  Coincidentally, his mother had the same nickname.  They had one son:

Edward Harlam Petty (1910 -     ?  ). 

Elijah secondly married  Annie E, (1872-1927(.  They had one daughter:

Lee Petty.

John N. Petty (abt 1862-1915).  John married Mae C. (1866 - 1943).

There's a reprint of an old newspaper (whole page) in the Chatsworth Times on Wed., Feb. 13, 2013, page B-8. It is from August 5, 1943 and says she died "last Saturday." It has an obit. for Mrs. J. N. Petty (late husband, John N. Petty) of Greenberg, Ind., formerly of Sumach. It says she died in Greenberg, Indiana at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.C. Bradley of Greenberg, Ind. and that she had lived in Indiana for 23 yrs. It lists her sons as Jim Petty (Aurora, Ind.); Earnest Petty (Atlanta); and Horace Petty (Kankakee, Ill.) Her funeral and burial were at Sumach Presbyterian in Murray Co., GA. I have a John N. Petty in file, but not enough info to be sure if it's the same one. Probably is, though. Does this ring a bell?

They had  three children, 1 daughter and 2 sons:

Ethel L. Petty (1888-1910).  She lived 22 years.  She is buried at Sumac Cemetery.

Jim Petty (Bef 1900 -    ?   )

Mac Petty (bef 1900 -   ?   ).

Mary A. Petty (aft 1860 -   ?  ).  Mary married John P. Gregorry.

Wesley D. Petty (1869 -    ?   ).    He married Clara E. Howell, 10 March 1893, Murray County, Georgia.

Georgia E. Petty (1875-1901).  At age 16, 25 December 1901 (Christmas Day).   She married  John H. King.  Georgia lived 26 years and they are both buried at Sumac Presbyterian Cemetery, in Murray County.

They had three children, 1 daughter and 2 sons:

Willie King (1895 - 1912).  He lived 16 years and is buried at Sumac Presbyterian Cemetery.

Ruth King (aft 1895 -  ?  ).    She married an Edmondson.

Ray P. King (1900-1901).  He lived 8 months and is buried at Sumac Presbyterian Cemetery.

Unknown 1 Petty (abt 1876 -   ?   ).  She married a James.  They had one son:

A.J. James (aft 1895 -   ?   ).

Unknown 2 Petty (abt 1877 -   ?   ).  She married a George.  They had one son:

Henry George (aft 1897 -   ?   ).

Elias L. Petty (1838 - 1895).  Elias was born in North Carolina.  He was the executor o f his father's will after his brother refused.   He spent of of his formative years in Fannin County and moved to Murray County, Georgia, before 1870.

At age 24, 27 November 1862, in Fannin County, Georgia, he married 17 year old Susannah Hunt (1845 -   ?  ), daughter of  Elisha and Rebecca Grantham Hunt.  On the 1900 Census Susannah was in Hico, Hamilton County, Texas.

The family apparently moved to Hamilton County, Texas.  Elias lived 57 years.

They had eleven children:

Eliza Jane Petty (1865 -   ?   )

John E. Petty (1865 -   ?   ).

Avery  C. Petty (1869 -   ?   ).

Lucy Lency Petty (1871 -   ?   ).

William D. Petty (1874 -   ?   ).

Walter L. Petty (1876 - ?    )

Wallace E. Petty (1882 -   ?   ).

Watson Petty  (1885 -   ?   ).

Fannie Petty (1887 -   ?  ).

Rosa L. Petty (1889 -   ?   ).

Hattie Petty (1889 -   ?   ).

The below are Elias and Susannah Hunt Petty's children that I have that married and/or had children.   Because I don't have the names of many of them that did, I am not listing below the ones that I don't have any additional information on.  In other words, the information on this family is very scant.

John E. Petty (1865 -   ?   ).  At age 28, 15 April 1894, in Hamilton County, Texas, John married  Lucy Jane Thompson (1861 -   ?    ), age 32.  Lucky was born in Texas.

They had 2 daughters:

Rosa L. Petty  (1897 -   ?   ).  Born in Texas.

Wilhelmina Catherine Petty (1900 - 1979).  She married Charles Richard Edgar.  She lived 78 years and is buried at Old Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton County, Texas.

Avery C. Petty (1869 -   ?   ).  Avery, at age 30, 20 December 1899, in Hamilton County, Texas, married Maye L. Sellers (1878 -   ?   ), age 21.  Maye was born in Texas.

William D. Petty (1874 -   ?   ).  At age 26, 15 April 1901, William married Annie Carinean, in Hamilton County, Texas.

Walter L. Petty (1876 - ?    ) Walter married Woodie D. Toler, 2 July  1899, in Hamilton County, Texas.

Wallace E. Petty (1882 -   ?   ).  Wallace married Margaret Wall in Hamilton County, Texas.  Margaret was born in Mississippi.

Nancy C. Petty (1841-1917).  Nancy was born in North Carolina and died  in Fletcher, Comanche County, Oklahoma. 

Certificate of Death, Oklahoma State Board of Health, Reg. no. D 4140.

    County: Comanche. Township: Fletcher

    Nancie K. Murry*

    Sex: Female. Color: W.  SMW: Widowed

    Date of birth: Nov. 24 1842*

    Age: 74 yrs, 4 mos, 24 day

    Birth Place: North Cariluna

    Father: Elija Petty , birth place: North Cariluna

    Maiden name of Mother: Nance Pettie**, birth place: North Cariluna

    Informant: E. A. Murry, address: Fletcher

    County Supt. of Public Health: E S. Gooch

    [Medical data]:

    Death: Apr. 18, 1917, 10:30 A.m.

    Last seen alive by doctor: 19 Feb 1917.

    Cause of death: "arlerioscloroses" [arterioschlerosis? most likely]

    Duration, etc: Don't know

    Signed: Chas W. Joyce, MD [of] Fletcher, Okla. [date] 1917

    Place of burial or removal: Elgin, Okla***

    Date of burial: 4-19, 1917; address: Fletcher

    Undertaker: J.W. Misener [could be Wisener]

 ____________

My notes:

*Nancy's birth data and spelling of name disagrees with what I have.  This

gives date of birth as "Nov 24, 1842," which disagrees with the date given

on her tombstone: 14 Sep 1841, and the spelling, "Nancy C. Murray."  [I

guess you could say that second date is "carved in stone."]  Also, middle

initial here is given as "K." All other sources give "C." I would hazard a

guess that "Catherine" is her middle name, since that's the first name I tho

ught of that can be spelled with a "C" or a "K." But of course, that's

speculation, and we'll probably never know.

**Notice that the informant apparently gives Nancy's maiden name instead of

her mother's when asked.  Probably, he misinterpreted the question to mean,

"your" mother's maiden name.

Notice also that here, the surname is spelled "Pettie," while Nancy's

father's surname is spelled, "Petty." The surname "Murray" is often

mispelled in documents, as here, but I know the descendants spell their name

"Murray."

Also, please note that descendants earlier told me that Nancy was later

disinterred and moved to Hyland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche Co., Oklahoma,

because the cemetery at Elgin had no caretaker and was neglected.  E.A.

Murray (the informant) would be Nancy's son, Elias Andrew Murray.  Her late

husband [W.S. Murray] is not listed on the certificate--it only asks for

marital status, not names.

- D.K. Pritchett

She married Winfield Scott Murray (abt 1820 - bef 1880).  I think Winfield Scott Murray served in the Civil War and I also think he died before 1880 because at the time of the 1880 Census Nancy's younger sister Sarah was living with her. 

Winfield Scott and Nancy Petty Murray had six children, 4 daughters and 2 sons:

William E. Murray (abt 1870 -   ?   )

Alice Saphronia Murray (1872-1944).

Mary A. Murray (1874 -    ?   ).

Andrew Murray (abt 1877 -   ?   ).

Scott Lucy Murray (1867 - 1897).

Jane Murray (1870 -    ?   ).

Alice Saphronia Murray (1872-1944).  Alice was born in Fannin County and died in Murray County, Georgia.  She married Stephen Thomas Pritchett (1871-1939), son of David Wesley and  Elizabeth Anna Pankey Pritchett.   Alice lived 71 years and Stephen lived  68,  They are buried at Calvary Baptist Church, in  Crandall, Murray County, Georiga.  They had eight children, 2 daughters and 6 sons:

Lola Mae Pritchett (1895 - 1993).

Willie Lee Pritchett (1896 - 1939)

Luther David Pritchett (1899 - 1972).

Claud Thomas Pritchett (1900 - 1978).

Arvel Henry Pritchett (1902 - 1941).

Mary Lizzie Dove Pritchett (1904 - 2000).

John Earnest Pritchett (1906 - 1990).

James Walker Robert Pritchett (1910 - 1984).

Lola Mae Pritchett (1895 - 1993).  Lola Mae was born in Crandall, Murray County,  Georgia, and died in Chatsworth of Murray County.  At  age 27, 30 May 1922, in Murray County she married  Oscar Holcomb.  She lived  97 years.

Willy Lee Pritchett (1896 - 1939).  Willy was born and died in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia.  At age 26. 23 April 1923, in Crandall he married 17 year old Ester Vallie Headrick (1905-1995), daughter of William Abraham Lincoln and Anna Louise Brownlow Dunn Headreick.    She was born in Cisco, Murray County, Georgia, about 3 week before her 90th birthday.

They had three children, 1 daughter and 2 sons:

Fred Thomas Pritchett (aft 1923-2006).  He married Nellie Leona Bryant .  They had 10 children.

Lewis Carl Pritchett (aft 1923 - bef 2000).  He married Dorothy Ruth McCallister.

Nellie Sue Pritchett (aft 1923-Jul 2000).  She married Candler Shepard, Jr.

Luther David Pritchett (1899-1972).  Luther was born and died in Murray County, Georgia.  At age 24, 16 April 1923, in Murray County, he married Lena Jane Peden (1904-2000), age 18.  Luther lived 73 years and Lena  95.  They are buried at Calvary Baptist Church, Crandall, Murray County, Georgiqa.

Claud Thomas Pritchett (1900-1978).  At age 26, in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, he married  Edit Dunn.  He died in Cleveland at age 77.

Arvil Henry Pritchett (1902-1941),  Arvil was born in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia, and died in Murray County.  At age 26, 12 August 1928, in Murray County, he married Sudie Headrick.  He lived 38 years.

Mary Lizzie Dove Pritchett (1904-2000).  She was born in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia, and died in Chatsworth, Murray County.  At age 17, 16 April 1922, in Crandall, she married  Noah Samuel Carter.   She lived 95 years.

John Earnest Pritchett (1906-1990).  He died in Murray County at age 84.

James Walker Robert Pritchett (1910-1984).  He married Leona Headrick.   James  died in Murray County, Georgia, at age 74.

Mary A. Murray (abt 1874 -   ?   ).  She married James J. Cochran, 14 February, 1886, in Fannin County, Georgia.

Sarah Lucy Murray  (1867 - 1897).  Sarah was  probably born in Murray County , Georgia, and also died there.  At age 20, 8 December 1887, in Murray County, she married  25 year old, Andrew Greenville Pullen (1862 - 1936), son of Greenville Pullen, Jr., and Elizabeth "Eliza" Bokout Pullen.  The Pullen are relatives through the Ridley family, and more will be about him and his second wife on this blog later.

Sarah only lived 30 years and Andrew Greenville Pullen remarried to  Lucy Serephthia Ridley.  More about them in the Ridley section, coming up.  All three of them are buried in the same plot at Sumac Presbyterian Church, in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia.

Sarah Murray and Andrew Pullen  had  four children, 1 daughter and 3 sons:

John William Pullen (1888-1966).

James Taylor "Jim" Pullen (1889-1918).

Clara Georgia G. Pullen (1892-1970).

Charlie Clifford Pullen (1896- 1973).

John William Pullen (1888-1966).   He lived 77 years and is buried at Sumac Presbyterian Church, Crandall, Murray County, Georiga.

James Taylor "Jim" Pullen (1889-1918).  WWI, Pvt. 128 Inf., 32nd Div  He lived 29 years.  He is buried at National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN.

Clara Georgia G. Pullen (1892-1970).  Clara was born in Murray County, Georgia, and died there.  At age 19, 28 April 1912, in Murray County, she married William Henry Crider (1889-1962), age 22. 

She was about five years old when her mother died.

     She and William Henry were married on the Little Murray Bridge. After they were married they lived in the Little Murray District.  They migrated to Fletcher, Ok, for a few years.  Afterwards, they purchased and lived at the Jesse Bookout homeplace.

- Facts and quoted from Paul Pullen's PULLEN book.

Clara lived 78 years and William lived 73 years.  They are buried at Calvary Baptist Church, Crandall, Murray County, Georgia.

They had eight children, 7 daughters and 1 son:

Waymon Mitchell Crider (1913-1988)

Loretta Elizabeth Crider (1914-1991)

Frances Pearl Crider (1916- 1997)

Viola Jane Crider (1921 -      )

Ruby Charlene Crider (1924-    )

Thelma Joyce Crider (1929-    )

Willie Allene Crider (1930 -    )

Jimmie Lou Crider (1935-     ).

Waymon Mitchell Crider (1913-1988).  At 18, 4 Jul 1931, married 20 year old Minnie Pearl Harris (1911-1997).  He lived 75 years and Minnie lived 86 years.  They are both buried at Sumac Presbyterian Church, Crandall, Murray County, Georgia. 

They had two sons:

Jimmy Windle Crider (1936 -     ).

Julian Dale Crider (1940 -   ?   ).

Waymon Mitchell Crider [2563], son of William Henry Crider [2469] and Clara Georgia G. Pullen [2470], was born on 16 Mar 1913, died on 27 Dec 1988 at age 75, and was buried in Sumac Presbyterian Cemetery - Murray Co., GA.

Waymon married Minnie Pearl Harris [2570] [MRIN: 1093] on 4 Jul 1931. Minnie was born on 31 Mar 1911, died on 18 Apr 1997 at age 86, and was buried in Sumac Presbyterian Cemetery - Murray Co., GA. They had two children: Jimmy Windle and Julian Dale.

Jimmy Windle Crider [34361] was born on 29 Apr 1936.

Jimmy married Trenalo Auther [34363] [MRIN: 9129], daughter of Unknown and Unknown,. Trenalo was born on 14 Mar 1937. They had one daughter: Quantell.

Quantell Crider [34364] was born on 1 Nov 1965.

Quantell married Allen Coffee [34365] [MRIN: 9130]. Allen was born on 15 Aug 1952. They had three children: Travis, Kyle Nicklas, and Kevin Mathew.

Travis Coffee [34366] was born on 29 Jul 1973.

Travis married Michelle Hubbard [34369] [MRIN: 9131]. The marriage ended in divorce. Michelle was born on 23 Apr 1973. They had one son: Travis Cole.

Travis Cole Coffee [34370].

Kyle Nicklas Coffee [34367] was born on 28 Jan 1986.

Kevin Mathew Coffee [34368] was born on 18 Dec 1987.

Julian Dale Crider [34362] was born in 1940.

Julian married someone.  He had three children: Janna, Joy, and Jenna.

Janna Crider [34371] was born on 27 Feb 1964.

Joy Crider [34372] was born on 24 Jan 1966.

Jenna Crider [34373] was born on 6 Aug 1986.

1-Charley Clifford Pullen [2562], son of Andrew Greenville Pullen [2559] and Sarah Lucy Murray [2525], was born on 10 Jan 1896 in , Murray Co., GA and died on 18 Dec 1973 in Fletcher, Comanche Co , OK at age 77.

Noted events in his life were:

•  He served in the military. WW1

Charley married Iva Countz [2583] [MRIN: 1104], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, in Fletcher, Comanche Co , OK. Iva was born on 28 Mar 1906 and died in Oct 1976 at age 70. They had four children: Matha Lou, Betty Jean, Frances June, and Darlene Sue.

2-Matha Lou Pullen [2584] was born after 1910 and died on an unknown date.

Matha married Ted Ledford [2588] [MRIN: 1105], son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________.  They had one daughter: Sherry Ann.

3-Sherry Ann Ledford [2589] was born after 1930.

2-Betty Jean Pullen [2585] was born after 1910 and died on an unknown date.

2-Frances June Pullen [2586] was born after 1910 and died on an unknown date.

2-Darlene Sue Pullen [2587] was born after 1910 and died on an unknown date.

If you are reading this paragraph it means I am not through adding to this page yet .  There is more to add which I will get around to.  Keep checking back, y'hear?