Passage to the West
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Passage to the West

ATHAWOMINEE

The Path of the Armed Ones.
Before settlement had become permanent, the great buffalo trace to Kentucky, or that part of Virginia forming Kentucky - by way of Cumberland Gap, from 1766 to 1775.

WILDERNESS
ROAD

This was the “Indian Path" - a route for hunters and adventurous explorers on whom numerous murders and robberies were committed by various tribes of Indians, but mostly by Cherokee and Shawnee. Before settlement had become permanent, the great buffalo trace to Kentucky, or that part of Virginia forming Kentucky - by way of Cumberland Gap, from 1766 to 1775.

HISTORY

During the First Half of the Century of colonization following the English settlement at Jamestown in 1607, many colonists came from Europe who, with their descendants, played a remarkable part in the development and growth of America.

INTRODUCTION

Purpose The purpose of this site is to provide researchers with early colonial historical documents up to and including the settlement of the frontier states of the 1800s.

CHAPTER 1 **
        History
  • PettIET
  • PettIT
  • PetIT
  • PettITT
  • PettET
  • PettIETTE
  • Col. Thomas Pettit (b. 1598 - d. 1663) **

  • Descendants and their history. **
  • Will of Col. Thomas Pettit - d. 1663 - Rappahannock, VA
  • Capt. Thomas Pettit, Jr. (b. Spring 1664 - d. late 1720) **

  • Descendants and their history. **
  • Will of Capt. Thomas Pettit - d. 1720 - Essex Cty., VA
  • Benjamin Pettit (b. circa 1703 - d. 1785) **
    Descendants of Benjamin and wife, Elizabeth.
  • Will of Benjamin Pettit - Surry Cty., NC 1785
CHAPTER 2
Section One
Captain Benjamin Pettit
  • HISTORY of KENTUCKY Vol. 2 by Collins; pg 21 "Pettit's Station"
  • THE KENTUCKY GENEALOGIST Vol. 4, No. 3 pct 107
  • GARRARD County Court - Lawsuit with brother Thomas
  • FILSON CLUB HISTORY QUARTERLY Vol. 15 pg 103 Logan's Fort
  • REGISTER KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. 21 ppg 12, 15 Right of Settlement
  • COLONIAL MEN and TIMES ed. by Harper ppg 36, 147 Pvt. Benjamin
  • LOGAN - Logans Fort - Pettit Station
  • REGISTER KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. 20 ppg 171, 182
      History of the County Court of Lincoln County Va. (KY)
  • KENTUCKY COURT AND OTHER RECORDS - Volume II Lincoln County - 1781
  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES Washington, D.C.
  • HISTORY OF KENTUCKY by Collins Vol. 1 pg 20 Lorimer's store
  • INDIAN MASSACRE - LINK to Dunkin site
  • VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
      Order Books - 1783 to 1792 Benjamin Pettit
  • DEPARTMENT OF STATE ARCHIVES - LINCOLN COUNTY
  • TAX LISTS - 1789 Benjamin Pettit
  • THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE 1787 to 1800
       Genealogical and Historical Abstracts by Karen Mauer Green - Benjamin Pettit
  • SECOND CENSUS of Kentucky - 1800 PETTIT
  • SOURCE: Talbert, Charles Gano. Benjamin Logan: Kentucky Frontiersman
  •   University of Kentucky Press, 1962, p. 18. Information on Logan Reference-Logan
  • SOURCE: Rice, Otis K. Frontier Kentucky. The University Press of Kentucky, 1993, pp. 78-80
      Reference - Kentucky
  • PETTIT STATION ... Nathan Huston was already busy in Lincoln County.
CHAPTER 2
Section Two
Captain Benjamin Pettit
and Rebecca Larrimore

  • Buried - Summer 1827 - in Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi ... excerpt from HOPEWELL CEMETERY and the old town of WARRENTON by Gordon A. Cotton. A history of the first county seat of Warren County, Mississippi and Hopewell Methodist Church, which was the first church established in the county.
  • CAPT. PETTIT'S FAMILY - Benjamin and Rebecca's graves, their daughter, Elizabeth (Pettit) Donahue as well as that of an infant Pettit and Joseph Prentice, Elizabeth's grandson are near.
  • THE KENTUCKY GENEALOGIST Vol. 18, No. 2 pg 66 - LAND DEALS
  • Lincoln County KY for Pettit Order Book:
  • Lincoln County Deed Book D - page 117 ... Sept. 11, 1799 Pettit
  • REFERENCE Information listed under Pettit search - http://www.rootsweb.com
    Please click on the underlined text above to begin a search yourself.
  • **Pettit Deed 16 May 1813 - Ste. Genevieve Cty., MO
  • **Pettit Deed 23 Feb 1818 - Ste Genevieve Cty., MO
  • ** Benjamin Pettett and Rebecca deed to son Robert T. Pettett of Cape Girardeau
  • Marriages of Benjamin and Rebecca's children are recorded in the Sainte Genevieve Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials From the Church Registers.
  • Family Oral Tradition

  • DAR National No. 367585 - Mrs. Anne Coffman Kristenmacher, descendant of the patriot Benjamin Pettit.
  • Petit Family File
  • McDowell Family File
CHAPTER 2
Section Three
Descendants of Captain Benjamin Pettit
CHAPTER 3
Brevard
Information only - NO Pettit Lineage Connection
  • Descendants of John/Jean Brevard b. circa 1675 to 1680 in France-French Huguenot
  • Generation America -Genealogy
  • ALEXANDER, BREVARD, MCKNITT, WALLACE Scotch-Irish
  • Migration Routes of Settlers-Europe to MD to PA to KY or Carolinas
  • Lincoln County, NC Brevards and related lines
  • Wills and Deeds of Rowan Co. Nc
CHAPTER 4
Larrimore
Information only - NO Pettit Lineage Connection
  • 1723 LARRIMORE JAMES Somerset County MD
  • Land Transaction Larrimore
  • DEED William Squires To John Lowrimore
  • ALEXANDER, BREVARD, MCKNITT, WALLACE
  • Larrimore (Larimur, Larimer), Thomas, Sr., planter, Somerset Co.,
  • Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 6
  • Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 6
  • WILL of John McMahan 1776 NC
  • Census Records
  • Marriages from Ninety-Six and Abbeville District SC 1774-1890,
  • Marriages - LARIMORE
  • Military 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment Larrimore, T. J.
  • Marriages: Green Co., Ky. Marriages 1793-1836 Book B
  • Lorimer, John-Will Warren Co Mississippi.
  • The Mill
CHAPTER 5
Migration Trails

  • Arkansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Missouri
  • Natchez Trace
  • North Carolina
  • Revolutionary War in the South
  • South Carolina
  • Texas
  • Virginia
CHAPTER 6
Maps **
CHAPTER 7
Miscellaneous Emails
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Queries and added comments to the information listed within this site as well as info still unconfirmed.
CHAPTER 7
Reference Materials
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  • References **
  • Pettit Sources and Additional Pettit Data **
  • Families Associated through History and Land Dealings
  • Frontier Forts, Colonial History and Accounts
  • Draper and Moseley Frontier Manuscripts
  • Gateway Series by Moseley

CONCLUSION

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Last Updated on January 26, 2010

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Introduction
Early History
Miscellaneous Emails
References