John + Mary Delitha Mann. Mary died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1856

John married Elizabeth Lou Pettit on 17 May 1876 in Fannin Co., Texas. Elizabeth (daughter of James Newton Pettit and Mary Emily McFarland) was born on 28 Apr 1858 in Texas; died in 1944 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: ?
• Birth: 28 Apr 1858
• Death: 1944

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 27 Jun 1807
• Birth: 27 Jun 1807, Perry Cty., Missouri
• Death: Nov 1891
• Death: 24 Nov 1891, Fannin Cty., TX

Notes:

James Newton Pettit can be found in the 1880 census in San Bernadino California as a single boarder, working as a farm laborer, age 73.

Emma Shrum Butler's research:

Census Records:
1830 U S Census Ouachita Co, LA. Head of hhold James N Pettit [living alone] - also living in county were uncles Walker Pettit & Wm McDowell Pettit & cousin Francis Pettit
---
1840 U S Census Perry Co, MO. Head of hhold Newton Pettit
Males
(1) 20-30 James Newton
Females
-5 (2) Sarah Missouri
Lucretia Melissa
20-30 __(Cleveland)
Note: Living next to James Newton is WILLIAM CLEVELAND, I believe this is prob his brother-in-law (ESB)
--
1850 U S Census Fannin Co TX, p.163. Head of hhold J N Pettit, wf E. [Emily McFarland]
---
Dt of birth/death; pl of bur: Pic taken of Grave marker May 1991, Moore's Chapel, 4 mi so of Bonham,
Fannin Co TX.
Note: James Newton Pettit is buried beside daughter, Sarah Melissa Pettit Horton.
---
Dt/pl of marr #1-___Cleveland: Est fr birth of first child, Sarah Missouri b. Sep 1837 in MO.
--
Dt/pl of marr #2-Mary Emily McFarland: Copy of Marr Cert.
---
NOTES:
11 May 1857 - Bill of Sale, Fannin Co TX. Deed Records, Bk J, p 250. JN PETTIT sold to John McFarland [father-in-law] the following slave property: Saunders, aged thirty two years;
Harvey aged twenty five years; Mary aged twenty seven; Emily aged twenty two; Charles aged six; Joseph aged two; Sarah aged two; Phillip aged four and another two days old not named, for the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars. Filed & rec 11 Jun 1857.
---
3 April 1858 - Divorce petition filed "Emily Pettit vs James Newton Pettit",
Fannin Co TX, Box 312, paper 7677.
Petition claims that James Newton Pettit commenced a system of harsh and cruel usage of her in MO, that he cut at her with a knife and attempted to set her bed on fire, while she was confined; that since her removal to Texas, only a few days previous to the birth of her youngest child, Emily. James Pettit attempted to blow up the house with powder, he repeatedly threatened her with a knife, that he struck her over the head with a gun and threaten to shoot her and that he was a habitual drunkard. - Divorce Decree Fall Term 1858, ca Dec 1858 [no dt on papers]
---
According to Joseph Pettit Smith's (grand-son of James N. Pettit) autobiography JAMES NEWTON was a cocky little Irishman, erstwhile Mississippi River Steamboat Captain that left Fannin Co. TX (probably after the sale of the slaves to John McFarland, since he was not found during the divorce proceedings) and went to California for 10-12 years. He returned to Texas 1870.
---
LINEAGE: Perry Co, MO, Will No. 46, Filed 12 Oct 1844:
Last Will & Testament of Sarah `Sally' (Donahue)Pettit - "... to my son
JAMES N PETTIT one eaqual [sic] fifth part of my property..."
- James Pettit [1785-1842] Estate papers: several depositions naming the
children of James & Sally.

Pet262_nt
1850 Census - Fannin Cty., Texas

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Fannin REEL NO: M432-910 PAGE NO: 163a
REFERENCE: Enumerated by John Shaffer, 25th day of January 1851
===========================================================================================================
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
===========================================================================================================

27 244 244 Pettit J.N. 38 M Farmer 1,000 MO
28 244 244 Pettit E. 26 F MO
29 244 244 Pettit M. 12 F MO X
30 244 244 Pettit M. 10 F MO X
31 244 244 Pettit E. 6 F MO
32 244 244 Pettit Mary 4 F Tenn
33 244 244 Pettit Ann 1 F Tex
REMARKS: Could be Ami
]
Emma Shrum Butler's research:

Census Records:
1830 U S Census Ouachita Co, LA. Head of hhold James N Pettit [living alone] - also living in county were uncles Walker Pettit & Wm McDowell Pettit & cousin Francis Pettit
---
1840 U S Census Perry Co, MO. Head of hhold Newton Pettit
Males
(1) 20-30 James Newton
Females
-5 (2) Sarah Missouri
Lucretia Melissa
20-30 __(Cleveland)
Note: Living next to James Newton is WILLIAM CLEVELAND, I believe this is prob his brother-in-law (ESB)
--
1850 U S Census Fannin Co TX, p.163. Head of hhold J N Pettit, wf E. [Emily McFarland]
---
Dt of birth/death; pl of bur: Pic taken of Grave marker May 1991, Moore's Chapel, 4 mi so of Bonham,
Fannin Co TX.
Note: James Newton Pettit is buried beside daughter, Sarah Melissa Pettit Horton.
---
Dt/pl of marr #1-___Cleveland: Est fr birth of first child, Sarah Missouri b. Sep 1837 in MO.
--
Dt/pl of marr #2-Mary Emily McFarland: Copy of Marr Cert.
---
NOTES:
11 May 1857 - Bill of Sale, Fannin Co TX. Deed Records, Bk J, p 250. JN PETTIT sold to John McFarland [father-in-law] the following slave property: Saunders, aged thirty two years;
Harvey aged twenty five years; Mary aged twenty seven; Emily aged twenty two; Charles aged six; Joseph aged two; Sarah aged two; Phillip aged four and another two days old not named, for the sum of four thousand five hundred dollars. Filed & rec 11 Jun 1857.
---
3 April 1858 - Divorce petition filed "Emily Pettit vs James Newton Pettit",
Fannin Co TX, Box 312, paper 7677.
Petition claims that James Newton Pettit commenced a system of harsh and cruel usage of her in MO, that he cut at her with a knife and attempted to set her bed on fire, while she was confined; that since her removal to Texas, only a few days previous to the birth of her youngest child, Emily. James Pettit attempted to blow up the house with powder, he repeatedly threatened her with a knife, that he struck her over the head with a gun and threaten to shoot her and that he was a habitual drunkard. - Divorce Decree Fall Term 1858, ca Dec 1858 [no dt on papers]
---
According to Joseph Pettit Smith's (grand-son of James N. Pettit) autobiography JAMES NEWTON was a cocky little Irishman, erstwhile Mississippi River Steamboat Captain that left Fannin Co. TX (probably after the sale of the slaves to John McFarland, since he was not found during the divorce proceedings) and went to California for 10-12 years. He returned to Texas 1870.
---
LINEAGE: Perry Co, MO, Will No. 46, Filed 12 Oct 1844:
Last Will & Testament of Sarah `Sally' (Donahue)Pettit - "... to my son
JAMES N PETTIT one eaqual [sic] fifth part of my property..."
- James Pettit [1785-1842] Estate papers: several depositions naming the
children of James & Sally.

Pet262_nt
1850 Census - Fannin Cty., Texas

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Fannin REEL NO: M432-910 PAGE NO: 163a
REFERENCE: Enumerated by John Shaffer, 25th day of January 1851
===========================================================================================================
LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE MRD. SCH. R/W DDB
===========================================================================================================

27 244 244 Pettit J.N. 38 M Farmer 1,000 MO
28 244 244 Pettit E. 26 F MO
29 244 244 Pettit M. 12 F MO X
30 244 244 Pettit M. 10 F MO X
31 244 244 Pettit E. 6 F MO
32 244 244 Pettit Mary 4 F Tenn
33 244 244 Pettit Ann 1 F Tex
REMARKS: Could be Ami
]

James married Mary Emily McFarland on 16 May 1844 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. Mary (daughter of John McFarland and Mary Fleming) was born on 10 Nov 1824 in Missouri; died on 14 May 1900 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1824, Missouri
• Possessions: 1849, Purchased 350 acres from John F. Crawford for $350., survey of Thomas Mohansen?
• Death: 1900, Fannin Cty., Texas

Notes:

Known as Emily. Shown on 1860 Slave holder census as owner of one slave. She is shown in 1860 as a property owner living in same household with father John McFarland. In 1870 she is shown living with John McFarland, 89 yrs. old, born in Tennessee. With them are her children, Loucinda, 16, born in Texas and James N. and Elizabeth.
McFARLAND, ELI NEWMAN SAMUELS, ANN M. 12/14/37
McFARLAND, ELIZA DEGUIRE, FRANCIS 11/28/30
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH BENNETT, THOMAS S. 4/27/54
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH MADISON, GEORGE 10/16/25

McFARLAND, EMILY PETTIT, JAMES NEWTON 5/16/44

McFARLAND, EVELINE HUES, MAHLON 9/21/37
McFARLAND, FRANCES FARRAR, MOSES 8/16/29
McFARLAND, FRANKLIN B. BATEMAN, JANE MRS 5/8/59
McFARLAND, HUSTON C. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH R. 10/19/37
McFARLAND, ISABEL VANCE, CHARLES A. P. 1/4/55
McFARLAND, ISABELLA H. HORNE, JOHN N. 3/21/66
McFARLAND, JESSE J. SMITH, SARAH J. 9/11/62
McFARLAND, JESSE J. VANCE, SARAH JANE 12/16/40
McFARLAND, JOHN SHOOK, LOUISA 10/31/39
McFARLAND, JOHN L. THOMAS, MARY M. 3/13/60
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. 1/12/34
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLIN, POLLY 7/4/22
McFARLAND, JOSEPH G. ROOKER, LETTY 3/12/58
McFARLAND, LOUISA COX, ROBERT S. 3/9/36
McFARLAND, LUCINDA DOUTHIT, WILLIAM H. 11/16/45
McFARLAND, LUCRETIA M. VANCE, WILLIAM R. 12/17/40
McFARLAND, MALISSA M. J. VANCE, SAMUEL C. 7/24/45
McFARLAND, MARGARET KEITH, ABRAM W. 7/2/59
McFARLAND, MARTHY E. FRAZEE, WILLIAM L. 10/2/56
McFARLAND, MARY A. WATTS, HENRY S. 9/25/53
McFARLAND, NAMAN H. HORNE, REBECCA JANE 3/20/66
McFARLAND, NANCY E. LOVE, T. S. 2/5/57
McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. McFARLAND, S. V. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. McFARLAND, JOSEPH 1/12/34
McFARLAND, REBECCA LANE, ROBERT H. 11/26/40
McFARLAND, S. V. McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, SARAH GEORGE, CARRIE ? 11/10/22
McFARLAND, SARAH J. KEITH, JOHN B. 4/8/58
McFARLAND, SOPHIA DEGUER, FRANCOIS 12/20/27
McFARLAND, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, IRENE B. 6/25/56
McFARLAND, WILLIAM A. VANCE, ELIZABETH H. 10/31/38
McFARLIN, POLLY McFARLAND, JOSEPH 7/4/22
Known as Emily. Shown on 1860 Slave holder census as owner of one slave. She is shown in 1860 as a property owner living in same household with father John McFarland. In 1870 she is shown living with John McFarland, 89 yrs. old, born in Tennessee. With them are her children, Loucinda, 16, born in Texas and James N. and Elizabeth. McFARLAND, ELI NEWMAN SAMUELS, ANN M. 12/14/37
McFARLAND, ELIZA DEGUIRE, FRANCIS 11/28/30
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH BENNETT, THOMAS S. 4/27/54
McFARLAND, ELIZABETH MADISON, GEORGE 10/16/25

McFARLAND, EMILY PETTIT, JAMES NEWTON 5/16/44

McFARLAND, EVELINE HUES, MAHLON 9/21/37
McFARLAND, FRANCES FARRAR, MOSES 8/16/29
McFARLAND, FRANKLIN B. BATEMAN, JANE MRS 5/8/59
McFARLAND, HUSTON C. ROBINSON, ELIZABETH R. 10/19/37
McFARLAND, ISABEL VANCE, CHARLES A. P. 1/4/55
McFARLAND, ISABELLA H. HORNE, JOHN N. 3/21/66
McFARLAND, JESSE J. SMITH, SARAH J. 9/11/62
McFARLAND, JESSE J. VANCE, SARAH JANE 12/16/40
McFARLAND, JOHN SHOOK, LOUISA 10/31/39
McFARLAND, JOHN L. THOMAS, MARY M. 3/13/60
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. 1/12/34
McFARLAND, JOSEPH McFARLIN, POLLY 7/4/22
McFARLAND, JOSEPH G. ROOKER, LETTY 3/12/58
McFARLAND, LOUISA COX, ROBERT S. 3/9/36
McFARLAND, LUCINDA DOUTHIT, WILLIAM H. 11/16/45
McFARLAND, LUCRETIA M. VANCE, WILLIAM R. 12/17/40
McFARLAND, MALISSA M. J. VANCE, SAMUEL C. 7/24/45
McFARLAND, MARGARET KEITH, ABRAM W. 7/2/59
McFARLAND, MARTHY E. FRAZEE, WILLIAM L. 10/2/56
McFARLAND, MARY A. WATTS, HENRY S. 9/25/53
McFARLAND, NAMAN H. HORNE, REBECCA JANE 3/20/66
McFARLAND, NANCY E. LOVE, T. S. 2/5/57
McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. McFARLAND, S. V. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, POLLY ELIZA. McFARLAND, JOSEPH 1/12/34
McFARLAND, REBECCA LANE, ROBERT H. 11/26/40
McFARLAND, S. V. McFARLAND, NARCISSA E. 1/1/61
McFARLAND, SARAH GEORGE, CARRIE ? 11/10/22
McFARLAND, SARAH J. KEITH, JOHN B. 4/8/58
McFARLAND, SOPHIA DEGUER, FRANCOIS 12/20/27
McFARLAND, WILLIAM CRAWFORD, IRENE B. 6/25/56
McFARLAND, WILLIAM A. VANCE, ELIZABETH H. 10/31/38
McFARLIN, POLLY McFARLAND, JOSEPH 7/4/22