[Transcriptionist's note:  These are a number of pages that were mailed to me.  They were stapled in the order that I have transcribed them.  Some pages seem to end mid-sentence.  Some give authors, others do not.  The entire text has been transcribed "as is" except in the case of gross and obvious errors, (i.e., spelling Pettigrew with 3 t's).  There seem to be a number of sources here - i.e., various authors.  One narrative will include information that another will not, as if the other was unaware of the other.  Hence, it is helpful to read the entire document before forming judgments.]

History of the Pettigrew Family
	The pleasant duty has been assigned me to give the history of the Pettigrew family.  Our prayer is that this may be one of the best reunions from every standpoint, for the observance of such a day will long be remembered by those present and may there be many more such days in store for the descendants for the Pettigrews, and each one happier than the first.
	As we assemble here today in memory of our ancestors, who have gone on before, shall we not renew our faith in our Savior and may we ever strive to follow in His footsteps.  We have a family name to live for, and we should always remember that a good name is the richest possession we have while living and the best legacy we leave behind when dead.  It survives when we are no more.
	How can we obtain it?  It is won by virtue, by skill, by industry, by patience and perseverance, and by humble and consistent trust and confidence in an overruling power.
	This is the first reunion of the descendants of George Pettigrew, whose father James, the Number Three, immigrated from France the year of 1740 and landed at Philadelphia.  James, number three, was the father of 13 children - seven daughters and six sons.
	As we celebrate this day may we feel honored to meet here in our great-grandfather's old home and see the house he lived in and the old clock that has stood many years on the floor.
	It calls back to the recollection of the older ones the facts and events of our forefathers, who for many years have lived in this home.  From what the writer has been told this home was a model of old time hospitality.  It was the center of social life of the community and here the young people especially loved to gather.
	They had many friends and left behind them a monument of virtue that the storm of time can never destroy.
	The first James Pettigrew we know came from France to Scotland previous to 1648 and commanded a troop of cavalry in the army of Cromwell.  His son James, in 1660, settled at Crilly, in the county of Tyrone, Ireland.  For service at the battle of Boyne, he received a grant of 380 acres of land.  He married Martha Moore of Scotland; he was the father of six sons and three daughters.  His offspring are as follows:
1. William, who inherited the estate.
2. Robert, surgeon in the English navy.
3. John (nothing said about him).
4. James, the immigrant, married May Cochran.
5. Charles (no record).
6. Samuel, captain in the English navy, died at Gibraltar.
7. Daughter, who became Mrs. Lynne.
8. Daughter, who became Mrs. Hamilton.
	The offspring of William we will skip.
	James, the immigrant, was born in Tyrone, April 18, 1713, died September 24, 1784.  He was married to Mary Cochran in 1731.  He was the father of 13 children., twelve of whom reached maturity.  He immigrated in 1740 and landed at Philadelphia.  The offspring of James, the third James the immigrant [sic] are as follows:
1. Rachel, born in Ireland; died in 1754.
2. Martha, born in Ireland; married John Witherspoon of Pennsylvania.
3. John, born in Ireland; married Sara Masters about 1755.  No record.
4. James, born in Ireland, killed at the Siege of Savannah, 1779.
5. Charles, born in Chambersburg, PA, March 17, 1774, became the first Bishop of North Carolina.
6. Mary, born in PA, 1745; married John Verner in Virginia, 1767; descendants reside at Walhalla, South Carolina.
7. George, born in PA, 1748; went West.
8. Jane, born in PA, 1750; married in South Carolina to Stephen Tilly, 1768.  No record.
9. Elizabeth, born 1751; died September 1779; unmarried.
10. Ebenezer, born about 1753; married Mary McClaine.
11. Infant daughter, died in 1755.
12. Nancy, born 1756, died in South Carolina, August 1779; unmarried.
13. William, born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, February 25, 1758; died January 23 1837.  Lived in Abbeville, South Carolina; married July 14, 1788 to Louise Gibert, born September 14, 1767.  He was the father of 11 children of whom James Louis Pettigrew was the first.  He (James Louis) changed the original spelling of his name to Petigru in 1809 in veneration of his French ancestry.
	William belonged to that sturdy class of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians which constituted with few exceptions the first settlers of this section of the state.  Louise Gibert, the mother of Mr. Petigru, was the youngest daughter of that celebrated "preacher of the desert" Jean Louis Gibert, who with his little flock fled from France in the year of 1763, seeking elsewhere that freedom of conscience and right to worship God in accordance with its dictates, which has been denied to them in their own country.  On the 14th of April, 1763, they landed at Charleston, (then Charlestowne) and in the summer of that year effected their settlement on the western band of the Savannah River, laid out a town, and still cherishing in their hearts the love of their country, notwithstanding the persecutions they had endured, they called the place New Bordeaux.
	James L. Petigru was born May 10, 1789, died March 9, 1863, married August 22, 1816 to Jane Amelia Postelle.  They had two sons and two daughters, the youngest of whom was Susan, born October 25, 1824 and died September 11, 1875.  She first married Henry King, 1843, and had one daughter.  In September 1870 she married C.C. Dowan, member of Congress of South Carolina.  In 1854 she wrote, "Busy Moments of Idle Women," which was followed by "Lily," "Sylvia," "World," "Crimes That The Laws Do Not Reach," published in 1863.
	Ebenezer, the son of James, number three, married Mary McClaine.  Their children were Robert; Marriet married Stephen "Joubert French" Gibert; Gibert.  [sic]  Some of Ebenezer's offspring who left Abbeville, SC the year of 1864 now reside in Mississippi.
	George, the son of James, the number three, had the following offspring:
1. Perry, married Elizabeth Robinson; second wife Phoebe Brown.  He was the father of 20 children, eleven daughters and six sons (three children died in infancy).  He is survived by one daughter and six sons (Lawrence, Will, Robert, Charlie) and grandchildren.
2. Ervin, married Mary Harkness and settled in Georgia.  To them were born two children, Jim and Ella.
3. Robin, married Miss Mauldin.  To them were born five sons and two daughters.
4. William, died unmarried.  He was studying for a doctor, but died before he completed his work.
5. Peggy, married Robinson.  Her descendants reside near Lowndesville and Due West.
6. Rosa, married John Brownlee.  Her grand and great-grandchildren still survive her.
7. Sara married Bob Oliver, went West.
8. Jane married Paschal.  No record.
Our ancestors and those who are near and dear to us in heart are gone, because that particular phase of work they were doing is finished, because God's special purpose for His workers is completed and, indeed, they died that they might rest from their labors, but the seed which they have sown will live on ever bearing fruit down through the ages, until the ingathering of the great harvest.  The workers pass away but their works live on.
Written by Mrs. J.D. McGaw and read at the Pettigrew Reunion, August 24, 1929.
Pettigrew Family
	James Pettigrew born in Tyrone, Ireland on April 18, 1713.  He died September 24, 1784.  Married in 1731 to Mary Cochran of Ireland.  She was born October 1713.  She died in 1786.  He was the father of thirteen children.  He immigrated to America in 1740 and landed at Philadelphia.  His children were:
1. Rachel, born in Ireland.  Died in 1754.
2. Martha, born in Ireland; married John Witherspoon of Pennsylvania.
3. John, born in Ireland; married Sara Masters about 1759.
4. James, born in Ireland, killed at the Siege of Savannah, 1779.
5. Charles, born in Chambersburg, PA, March 17, 1774.  He became the first Bishop of North Carolina.
6. Mary, born in PA, 1746; married John Verner in Virginia.
7. George, born in PA, 1748; went West.
8. Jane, born in PA, 1750; married in South Carolina to Stephen Tilly, 1768.
9. Elizabeth, born 1751; died September 1779; unmarried.
10. Ebenezer, born about 1753.  Married Mary McClane.
11. Infant daughter, died 1755.
12. Nancy, born 1756, died in South Carolina, August 1779; unmarried.
13. William, born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, February 25, 1758.  He died January 23 1837.  Lived in Abbeville.  Married July 24, 1788 to Louise Gibert.
John Pettigrew was the child of James Pettigrew, the immigrant.
James Pettigrew, son of John Pettigrew, was born November 1761, in Prince Edward County, Virginia.  He died April 2, 1841, in Green County, Alabama.  He married November 3, 1785 in Abbeville County to Jane Harkness.  She was born 1766.  Died in Green County, Alabama.
Mary Pettigrew was the child of James Pettigrew.  Married Joseph Fleming Bell.  He was born 1791.  He died December 11, 1870.  Mary Pettigrew was born August 6, 1794.  She died August 16th, 1885 in Abbeville County.
Will of John Pettigrew:  found on page 250 of Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds written by Willie Pauline Young.
Pettigrew, John - Box 74, Pack 1803:
Will dated February 3, 1803 in Abbeville Dist., Rec. Dec. 1, 1806.  Exrs:  Son, Robert Pettigrew, John Gray, Sr.  Witnesses:  Thos. Finley, Robert Pettigrew, William Pettigrew.  Wife, Sarah Pettigrew.  Children:  James, George, Robert, Betsey, William Pettigrew, Polly Wilson.  Sister, Anne Pettigrew.  Inventory made December 11, 1806 by Sterling Dickson, John, William Gray . . . .
James Pettigrew III came to Abbeville in 1768 with his entire family.  They were Presbyterians.  He died December 24, 1784.
John Pettigrew married Sarah Matthews about 1756 in Virginia.  They settled in Abbeville District near Lebanon Presbyterian Church.
William Pettigrew, Revolutionary soldier died in a British Prison in Charleston in 1780.  Pension applied for in October 28, 1834.
James, son of John Pettigrew enlisted in summer or fall of 1776 residing in Abbeville District, and served as a private in South Carolina.  Troops under Capt. W. Baskin, Joseph Calhoun, Col. Anderson, Gen. Pickens, Gen. Lincoln.  He was in the battle of Stono, Cowpens, Hansfield, and Siege of Ninety-Six.  He moved to Alabama in 1816.  He was allowed a pension executed September 22, 1832, then a resident of Green County, Alabama.  He died April 2, 1841 in Green County, Alabama.
He married November 3, 1785 in Abbeville District to Jane Harkness.  She was married at her father's home by a Presbyterian minister, Robert Macklin.  James was allowed a pension executed September 10, 1845, then a resident of Green County, Alabama.  A.D. Hiller, Executive Assistant to Administrator.
[Transcriber's note:  I am unsure if this A.D. Hiller is the author?  Or what?]
Will of Ebenezer Pettigrew, Esquire, found on Page 252 of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds written by Willie Pauline Young.
Pettigrew, Ebenezer - Box 74, Pack 1814:
Will dated March 10, 1821.  Probated August 5, 1821.  Executors:  Brother, John Pettigrew.  Witness:  Alexander Hunter, Joseph Fleming Bell, S. Stark.  Wife, Nancy Pettigrew.  Children:  Lewis Franklin, Harriet Gibert Pettigrew.  Expenditure:  June 20, 1798 paid John Dunlap, Esquire the costs of a nonsuit obtained against Mrs. Pettigrew, now Mrs. Finley in Pendleton Court $10.00.  Sarah Pettigrew was administrator of estate.  On June 11, 1801 paid John Frazer for teaching Jackey and Ebenezer Pettigrew and Sally and Sarah B. Pettigrew . . . .
Will of James Pettigrew, Sr., found on page 256 of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and Bonds written by Willie Pauline Young.
Pettigrew, James, Sr. - Box 76, Pack 1847:
Will dated December 18, 1784 in the 96 District.  Witness, Handy Harris, James Pettigrew, William, Pettigrew.  Wife, Mary Pettigrew.  Children:  John, James, George, Ebenezer, William, Martha Pettigrew Witherspoon, Mary Pettigrew Verner . . .
Pettigrew (Petigue)
	The first James Petigue we know of came from France to Scotland, previous to 1648 and commanded a troop of horses in the army of Cromwell.
	His own son, James 2nd, in 1660 settled in Criley [sic] in the county of Tyronnee [sic], Ireland.  For services in the battle of the Boyne he received a grant of 380 acres of land.  He married Martha Moore of Scotland.  He was the father of six sons and three daughters.  He died at the age of ninety-three.
	His offspring were:
1. William, who inherited the estate.
2. Robert, surgeon in the English Navy.
3. John, nothing said about him.
4. James, the emigrant, married Mary Cochran.
5. Charles.
6. Samuel, captain in the English Army.  Died at Gibraltar.
7. Daughter who became Mrs. Lynne.
8. Daughter who became Mrs. Hamilton.
	The offspring, William, who still resided in Ireland we shall skip.
	James born in Tyrone, April 18, 1713, died September 24, 1784.  Married in 1731 to Mary Cochran (born October 1713, died 1786).  He was the father of thirteen children, twelve of whom reached maturity.  Six daughters and six sons.  He emigrated in 1740 and landed at Philadelphia.
	Offspring of James III:
1. Rachael [sic], born in Ireland, died 1754.
2. Martha, married John Witherspoon of Pennsylvania.  No record.
3. John, born in Ireland, married Sarah Matthews about 1759.
4. James, 4th, born in Ireland, killed at the Siege of Savannah, 1779.
5. Charles, born in Chambersburg, PA March 17, 1744, who became the first Bishop of North Carolina.
6. Mary, born in Pennsylvania 1746, married John Verner in Virginia.  Descendants reside at Walhalla, SC.
7. George, born in PA 1748, went West.  No record.
8. Jane, born in PA 1750.  Married in SC to Stephen Tilly 1768.  No record.
9. Elizabeth, born about 1751.  Died September 1779.  Unmarried.
10. Infant daughter died 1755.
11. Ebenezer, born about 1753, married Mary McClane.
12. Nancy, born 1756, died in SC August 1779.  Unmarried.
13. William, born in Lumemburg [sic] County, Virginia, February 25, 1758, died January 23, 1837.  Lived in Abbeville, SC.  Married July 24, 1788 to Louise Gibert (Joubert).  He was father of eleven children of whom James Louis Pettigrew was the first.  James L. Pettigrew 5th changed the original spelling of his name to Petigue in 1809 in veneration of his French ancestry.
	Ebenezer married Mary McClane.  Their children:
1. Robert.
2. Harriette, married Stephen Joubert.
3. Daughter.
4. James L. Pettigrew, born May 10, 1789, died March 9, 1863.  Married August 22, 1816 to Jane Amelia Postelle, born 1795, died 1868.  They had two sons and two daughters, the younger of whom was Susan, born October 25, 1824.  Died September 11, 1875.  She first married Henry C. King in 1843, and had one daughter.  In September 1858 she married C.C. Down, carpetbagger member in the Congress of SC.  In 1854 she wrote "Busy Moments of Ideal Women," which was followed by "Lilly," "Sylvia's World," "Crimes That the Laws Do Not Reach," and "Gerald Grey's Wife," published in 1863.  Any dictionary of Southern Literature will give you a list of her books.
James L. Pettigrew 3rd was the emigrant who married Mary Cochran.  James was born in Tyrone, Ireland, 1713, was the father of 13 children.  He emigrated in 1740 and landed at Philadelphia.  Offspring were:  Rachel, Martha, John, James (killed in a siege at Savannah), Charles, Mary, George, Jane, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Nancy, and William.  I am almost sure the George mentioned going west was our great-grandfather because your grandmother and James L. Pettigrew were first cousins and her father was named George.  Our great-Grandpa George had four sons:  Perry, Robin (my grandfather), William, and Ewin.  Perry married twice.  His first wife, Miss Elizabeth Robinson, his second, Phoebe Brown.  He settled near Lowndesville at our grandfather's old home.  Some of the Pettigrews are still at the home.  Ewin married Mary Harkness.  Offspring:  Jim and Ella.  They settled near Atlanta.  Robin settled near Iva.  One of his great-grandsons lives in this home.  William was studying to be a doctor and died before he completed his studies.  There were four sisters:  Peggy, Rose (my grandmother), Sarah, and Jane.  Ross (your grandmother) married John Brownlee.  You see our fathers were first cousins.  Peggy married Robinson.  The Bowman's and Bells' grandmother, Sarah married bob Oliver and Jane became a Mrs. Paschal.  The last two named moved west and that is all I have been told of them.
William Pettigrew from Lebanon, near Abbeville, left from there the year 1844.  His grandchildren still live in Mississippi.  I think from what I can learn that they were descendants of Robert Pettigrew, the son of Ebenezer.
Rosanna Pettigrew, born September 7, 1810, died January 4, 1878, married December 11, 1827 John Brownlee.  Children:  William, Amanda, Ella, Jim, Rosa, John, George.
John Brownlee (the son) born May 9, 1845, died January 29, 1912, married Cora Holland, December 11, 1870.  Children:  Meta, Lena, Wyman, Maud, Ida May, Margaret, Elise, Johnnie, and William.
Waymond Brownlee, born July 10, 1877, married Ludie E. Brownlee, May 27, 1903.  Children:  Helen born October 4, 1909, Wayman Elmer born October 28, 1914, died July 14, 1916.
Leaves from the Family Tree
by Penelope Johnson Allen
State Chairman of Genealogical Records, Tennessee Society DAR
Records of the Pettigrew Family, which was originally French, but migrated to Scotland and Ireland prior to 1496 - James Pettigrew, of Irish branch, emigrated to Delaware and Pennsylvania, then settled in South Carolina.
The Pettigrew family is French in origin, but what time it left France is unknown, however, it was prior to 1496, as in that year, during the reign of King James IV of Scotland, it appears in the records that one Matthew Petigru held lands under the Archbishop of Glasgow.
The family seems to have divided:  one branch located in West Scotland and the other settled in North Ireland, and it is in the letter from which the line traced descends.  According to the tradition of this family, the first known ancestor was James Petigru, who served as an officer in the army of Oliver Cromwell.  James Petigru I was the father of a son, James Petigru II who married a Scottish lady and because of the enmity then existing between the English and French, the name was changed to Pettigrew.  William Pettigrew was the son of James II, and was an officer in the army of King William and participated in the Battle of Boyne.  After peace was declared he was awarded a tract of 300 acres of land in Tyrone County, Ireland.  This William Pettigrew married Martha Moore, and his Irish home was called "Crilly House."  Here he lived, reared a family of nine children and died at a ripe old age.
Among the children of William and Martha (Moore) Pettigrew was a son, James Pettigrew, who was born April 1713 at "Crilly House," county Tyrone, Ireland, and he was the first American ancestor of the family here traced.
James Pettigrew is said to have been wild in his youth, and a forward and daring disposition.  While preparing for Trinity College at Dublin, he eloped in 1731 with Mary, the daughter of Captain George and Rachel (Higginbotham) Cochran, of "The Grange," a beautiful Irish estate.  Mary was a famous beauty of her time and was the same age as her young husband.  The couple had thirteen children, twelve of whom - six boys and six girls - reached the age of maturity.
After a few years James Pettigrew made up his mind to seek his fortune in the new world and leaving the eldest of his four children with her grandmother in Ireland, set sail for America, with his wife, a daughter and two sons.  They landed in Delaware, at New Castle in 1740, and pushed on into Pennsylvania, where he secured 300 acres of land on Marsh Creek, near the present location of Chambersburg.  In Philadelphia he knew the prominent men of the day, and no less a personage than Dr. Benjamin Franklin, advised him to study medicine, but James Pettigrew was born to adventure, and he followed the star of his fortune south, through Virginia and North Carolina and settled at last in North Carolina, where he spent the closing years of his life.  It was while the family was residing in Pennsylvania that the fifth child, Charles, was born on March 20, 1744.  And it is related that about this time James Pettigrew became very religious.  So strict that he in his observance of the Sabbath that [sic] no cooking was allowed in his house on Sunday, and to this circumstance, he and his family owed their lives, for one Sunday hostile Indians visited his premises, but seeing no smoke passed on, as they supposed the house to be unoccupied.  In recognition of this providential deliverance from the hands of the redmen, he afterward named one of his sons Ebenezer.
	After the Pettigrew family was settled in Pennsylvania, James sent to Ireland for his oldest daughter, who set out to join them, but she died during the voyage to America.  About this time the French and Indian War broke out and life on the Pennsylvania frontier became a perilous business.
	After Braddock's defeat in 1755, James Pettigrew sold his land in Pennsylvania for 80 pounds and moved to Luenburg [sic] County, Virginia, where he rented a farm and remained about three years.  Here his thirteenth child, a son, William was born January 26, 1758.  He then moved to Granville County, North Carolina, where he remained for ten years, and while residing there gave the land for the establishment of a Presbyterian church.  In 1768, heating [sic] favorable reports from the Scotch-Irish settlers in South Carolina of the land in that section, James Pettigrew sold his property in Granville County, North Carolina, and after three weeks traveling, reached the "Long Cane Settlement" about seven miles above Abbeville Courthouse.  He stayed in this locality for four years.
	In 1773 he bought a farm in what is known as the "flat section" of Abbeville district situated on Little River.  The land here was fertile, his crops were abundant and his cattle increased.  On the whole he continued to prosper until the outbreak among the Cherokee Indians in 1776 sent a thrill of horror across the frontier.  Those who escaped massacre were forced to abandon their plantations and seek safety in the Huguenot fort of James Noble, which was commanded by Patrick Calhoun, father of James C. Calhoun.  In a short time the settlers returned home and enjoyed tranquility until the tide of the Revolution swept to this locality in 1779.
	James Pettigrew was a strong Whig, and with several of his sons, sons-in-law, and grandsons served with the colonial troops in the Revolutionary army.
	He was somewhat skilled in medicine and, there being few practitioners in the country, he was often called upon to give medical aid, which he did impartially to the Whig and Tory alike, and for this reason, the turbulent days that followed the fall of Charleston, when the life of every man was in danger, with the country infested with bushwhacking of both parties, James Pettigrew's family was little disturbed.
	Not long after the close of the war, one December day, he went to a sacramental occasion at "Pickens" House where Abbeville courthouse now stands, and there remained all night.  The weather was very cold and he contracted a violent cold.  After the close of the meeting, on Sunday night, he rode twelve miles home in bitter weather and pneumonia developed, which resulted in his death on December 24, 1784, at the age of 71 years.  His wife survived him two years and died October 7, 1786, aged 73 years.
	Two of the younger daughters died unmarried at the ages of 25 and 23 about the close of the Revolution and youngest son, William, was the only child left at home and to him the family homestead was bequeathed.
	The South Carolina indents [sic] of Revolutionary service show that James Pettigrew, Sr., Ebenezer Pettigrew, George Pettigrew, William Pettigrew, and James Pettigrew, Jr. Received pay for tours in the militia of Abbeville District.  John Pettigrew is recorded as having been paid for duty both as horseman and foot soldier.
	The written declaration for Revolutionary pension of James Pettigrew III is on file in the pension bureau at Washington D.C., and shows him to have been a grandson of James Pettigrew, Sr., and that he enlisted in the continental service at the age of 18 years.  It also shows that he had a brother, William Pettigrew, who died in the service as a regular soldier.  From the land records in the secretary of state's office at Columbia, SC the following records have been taken:
James Pettigrew, Abbeville County, SC on Calhoun's Creek, 200 acres, June 19, 1772, Vol. 26, page 43.
James Pettigrew, Abbeville County, SC on Long Cane, 300 acres, July 8, 1774, Vol. 31, page 363.
James Pettigrew, Abbeville County, SC, Long Cane, 150 acres, September 30, 1774.  The will of James Pettigrew, Sr., is recorded in book 1, page 14, Wills of Abbeville District, SC.  It was made December 18, 1784, proven July 7, 1789.  It mentions wife Mary, children Martha Witherspoon, John Pettigrew, Mary Verner, Jean Tilley, James Pettigrew, and George Pettigrew.  Pay one dollar each if demanded.  Land to sons, Ebenezer and William.  William Pettigrew qualifies as administrator November 29, 1788.
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	James Pettigrew born April 1713, County Tyrone, Ireland, died December 24, 1784, Abbeville District, SC; married 1731 in Ireland, Mary Cochran, born October 1713 in Ireland, died October 7, 1786, Abbeville District, SC.
	James and Mary Pettigrew (Mary Cochran Pettigrew) had issue:
1. A daughter born circa 1732, died enroute to America.
2. Martha Pettigrew born circa 1732, died 1796 in Wilkes County, NC, married John Witherspoon, who was killed by Tories in Wilkes County, NC in 1778.  This couple settled in Wilkes County, NC and left descendants, some of whom removed to Tennessee.
3. John Pettigrew married Sarah Mathew.  He died in Abbeville District, SC in 1806.  He was a Revolutionary soldier.
4. James Pettigrew, Jr., was a Revolutionary soldier.
5. Charles Pettigrew, born March 20, 1743, at Chambersburg, PA, died April 5, 1807, located in Tyrell County, NC was rector of an Episcopal church in Edenton, NC and was elected first bishop of NC, but died before he could travel to Philadelphia to be consecrated.  Married first October 29, 1778, Mary, daughter of Col. John and Elizabeth (Vail) Blount.  Married second June 12, 1794, Mary, daughter of James Lockhart of "Scoth [sic] Hill."  Charles and Mary (Blount) Pettigrew were the grandparents of Gen. Pettigrew, distinguished soldier of the Confederacy.
6. Mary Pettigrew married John Verner.  This family settled in Anderson County, SC, and some of the descendants removed to Alabama.
7. George Pettigrew was born 1746.  He served in the Revolutionary . . .[page cut off]
8. A child, died young.
9. Jean Pettigrew born 1750 in Pennsylvania, died 1838, Gwinette Co., GA, married in 1768, Stephen Tilly, who died in 1781 in Wilkes County, NC.
10. Ebenezer Pettigrew, born 1752, in Pennsylvania, 1795, Abbeville District, SC married Sara, who married as her second husband Thomas Finley of Abbeville District.  Ebenezer Pettigrew served as a soldier in the Revolution.
11. A daughter born in 1754, died in 1780, unmarried.
12. A daughter born in 1756, who died in 1780, unmarried.
13. William Pettigrew, born February 26, 1758, Luenburg Co., VA.  Died January 23, 1837 at Barwell, Abbeville District, SC and married Louise Gibert.  They were the parents of James Louis Pettigrew, the distinguished statesman of South Carolina.  William Pettigrew was a Revolutionary soldier.
James Pettigrew died December 24, 1784, in Abbeville District, SC and his wife Mary Cochran Pettigrew died at the same place October 7, 1786.  They were the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom reached the age of maturity.
	The eldest child, Rachel, of this couple, was a daughter who was left in Ireland with her grandmother when the family emigrated to America about the year 1740.  They sent back for her some time later and she died on shipboard while crossing the ocean.
	Martha Pettigrew who was born about the year 1734, County Tyrone, Ireland, came with her parents to America and grew up while the family resided near Chambersburg, PA.  She married in Pennsylvania, John Witherspoon, a near relative of Dr. John Witherspoon, president of Princeton College, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
	This family removed to Granville County, NC about the same time that James Pettigrew settled there and remained in that locality until 1772 and 1773.  About that time the Pettigrews went farther south to the Long Cane settlement in SC and the Witherspoons moved west to the waters of the upper Yadkin River in what later became Wilkes County, NC.  John Witherspoon took a prominent part in the formation of Wilkes County, and was one of the commissioners appointed by the General Assembly to select a location for the county seat, June 3, 1778.  John Witherspoon died in November 1778.  He is said to have been killed by Tories of the neighborhood.  He left a large estate for that time and a family of ten children.  His wife, Martha Pettigrew Witherspoon died in May 1796, Wilkes County, NC.
	John and Martha (Pettigrew) Witherspoon had issue:
1. Thomas Witherspoon who died in Wilkes County, NC April 1790, leaving issue:
a) John Witherspoon
b) Joshua Witherspoon,
c) Wesley Witherspoon
d) David Witherspoon
e) a daughter, Darius Witherspoon
2. Mary Witherspoon
3. Flora Witherspoon
4. David Witherspoon, born in 1758, served as lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and was one of Col. Ben Cleveland's "Bull Dogs" who was active on the Carolina frontier against the British and Tories.  He and his brother, John, are mentioned several times in Lyman G. Draper's "King's Mountain and Its Heroes."  He was the father of Col. John H. Witherspoon who was a resident of Lauderdale County, AL in 1830.  David Witherspoon Represented Wilkes County in the NC legislature in 1795 and was for many years a magistrate of this county.  He died in 1828 while on a visit in SC.
5. James Witherspoon died April 22, 1790 in Wilkes County, NC.  He was unmarried and his brother, John, was the heir to his property.
6. John Witherspoon was born October 17, 1763 in Pennsylvania.  He removed with his parents to NC and was reared in Wilkes County where he served in the Revolution.  He received a pension for his service.  In 1793 or 1794 he removed to the neighborhood of Nashville, TN, where he resided until his death in 1839.
7. Martha Witherspoon
8. Nancy Witherspoon
9. Jane Witherspoon married February 7, 1794, Cleveland Coffey.  This family removed to Kentucky in 1794.  They lived first in Madison County, and later in Russell County.  Their son, Elijah, resided in 1873 at Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky.
10. Elizabeth Witherspoon.
John Pettigrew
John Pettigrew was born about the year 1736 in County Tyrone, Ireland.  He came to America as a child with his parents and grew to manhood in Pennsylvania.  His wife's given name was Sarah Matthews, and in 1761 they were residing in Prince Edward County, VA.  Later they moved to Granville County, NC, where they resided during the Revolution.  John Pettigrew and at least two of his sons, James and William, were Revolutionary soldiers.  John Pettigrew served with Capt. Joseph Calhoun and Capt. James Caldwell in a company of cavalry which did good service on the frontier.  John Pettigrew died in November 1806 in Abbeville Dist., SC.  He was survived by his wife Sarah and the following children:
1. James Pettigrew, born November 1761 at Prince Edward County, VA, died April 2, 1841, Green County, AL.  He was a Revolutionary soldier and received a pension for his service; married November 1785 Jane Harkness, born 1766, a daughter of Robert Harkness of Abbeville Dist., SC.  At one time he was overseer for Patrick Calhoun, father of John C. Calhoun.  In 1816 he removed to Tallapoosa, AL where he lived for two years and then located in Green County, where he lived the remainder of his life.  Issue:
a) John Pettigrew born October 14, 1786
b) Robert Pettigrew born May 24, 1788
c) Sarah Pettigrew born November 29, 1790
d) Rosannah Pettigrew born April 30, 1793
e) Mary Harkness Pettigrew born August 6, 1794
f) Agnes Pettigrew born June 15, 1798
g) James Harkness Pettigrew born February 16, 1800
h) Ebenezer Pettigrew born June 19, 1806
i) William Pettigrew born January 14, 1809
2. George Pettigrew.
3. William Pettigrew was a solider in the Revolution and died while confined in a British prison at Charleston, 1780.
4. Polly Pettigrew married Mr. Wilson.
5. Samuel Pettigrew died in September 1794 in Abbeville District, SC.  His wife's name was Ann and they had a son, James Pettigrew.  There were probably other children.
6. Robert Pettigrew.
7. Betsy Pettigrew was unmarried at the time of her father's death
James Pettigrew, Jr. Born about the year 1738 in Tyrone, Ireland.  Moved with is family to SC where he was living in Abbeville District during the Revolution.  He served with his brothers in Col. Robert Anderson's regiment during the war and is mentioned in his father's will in 1784.  His receipt for payment for his service in the war dated June 19, 1785 is to be found in the SC stub entries on file in the state archives.  No further record.
Charles Pettigrew born March 20, 1743, near Chambersburg, PA was the first of the children of James and Mary Pettigrew to be born in America.  He died April 8, 1805 in Tyrell County, NC.  When his parents removed to SC Charles Pettigrew remained in NC.  In 1773 he was mater of a school in Edenton, NC and about that time decided to devote his life to the ministry.  In the winter of 1774 he went to England to be admitted to Holy Order and was duly ordained by the Bishop of London and Rochester.  He returned to America on the last ship that sailed before the Revolution and took up his work as a rector of a church in Edenton where he was located from 1778 to 1784.  He was an active Whig during the Revolution and at times accompanied the NC militia on some of the campaigns.  After the close of the war he and other clergymen vainly endeavored to form a diocese in NC.  Meetings to this were held from 1790 to 1794, when on May 28 Charles Pettigrew was unanimously elected by the convention Bishop of North Carolina.  He died, however, before he could be consecrated, as ill health prevented his travelling to Philadelphia where the ceremony was to take place.  In his lives of the "Bishops of North Carolina," Marshall D. Haywood says, "Of all the zealous clergymen of the church of England in NC about the time of the Revolution, none ranked higher than the Rev. Charles Pettigrew who built Pettigrew's Chapel at his own expense and for many years ministered there as well as at Edenton and elsewhere throughout the province."  Charles Pettigrew was a man of considerable means and owned large landed estates in Tyrell and Pasquotank Counties on the eastern shore of NC.  The census of 1790 showed that he was taxed with 16 slaves.  He was twice married.  His first wife whom he married October 29, 1778 was Mary, the daughter of Col. John and Sarah Elizabeth (Vail) Blount of Mulberry Hill.  She was born in 1734 and died March 16, 1786.  Charles Pettigrew married second June 12, 1794, Mary, daughter of James Lockhart of "Scotch Hall."  There were two children by the first marriage.
Ebenezer Pettigrew, son of Charles was born March 10, 1783, at the family estate in Tyrell Co., NC, died July 8, 1848 at the same place.  He devoted his life to the cultivation of the fertile lands which he inherited from his father and his public service consisted of one term each in the NC legislature and the United States Congress.  He married may 17, 1815, Ann Blount Sheperd, daughter of William and Mary (Blount) Shepherd of New Bern, NC, who was born November 16, 1795, died July 1, 1830.  They had three children:
a)  Charles Lockhart Pettigrew born February 21, 1816, died November 20, 1873.  Married April 20, 1853 Jane Caroline North, daughter of John Cough North and his wife Jane Gibert (Pettigrew) North who was born July 16, 1828 and died March 8, 1827.
b)  James Johnston Pettigrew born July 4, 1828 at the family estate "Bon Arva" in Tyrell County, NC and died from mortal wounds received near Winchester, VA July 17, 1863.  Gen. Johnston Pettigrew was one of the distinguished leaders of the Confederacy and his war record especially his conspicuous bravery at the battle of Gettysburg in a matter of history.  He never married.  Prior to the war between the states he traveled extensively both in America and in Europe, where he studied several years.  He was a gifted writer and left several books which show the cultivated habit of his mind.  He studied law at one time, practiced his profession with his cousin the Hon. James Louis Pettigrew of Charleston, but forseeing the oncoming war, he returned to NC where his life was dedicated to the service of his native state.
Mary Pettigrew, daughter of James and Mary (Cochran) Pettigrew, born in Pennsylvania about the year 1745.  She married John Verner who was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and died in January 1798 in Pendleton District, SC.  This family located in Pendleton, SC where John Verner and three of his sons, James, John Jr., and David Verner served in the Revolutionary War.
a)  James Verner who died in December 1780 after he was taken prisoner in a battle near Long Cane Creek and marched to Charleston.  In the Revolutionary claims filed with the state of SC the following interesting document is found:  No. 51, the State of SC, John Verner, Sr. To one silver watch lost in battle sworn appraisement by John Luckie and William Elliott $140 in currency, sworn before us 12th day of July 1783, John Luckie and William Elliott.  John Verner made oath before me that the above watch was taken by the enemy when his son James Verner was taken prisoner in a battle near Long Cane Creek about the 12th of December 1780, while he was under the command of Lt. Co. James McCall and from thence the said Verner was carried prisoner to Ninety-Six and from there to Charleston where he died.  That the aforesaid John Verner, father of James Verner had never received any pay for the watch.  Sworn this 12th day of July 1783.  William Luckie (note) in a different hand.  Col. James McCall is since dead.  Verner was taken prisoner and lost his life.  Certified by Robert Anderson, Col.
b)  John Verner, Jr., son of Mary Pettigrew and John Verner, Sr. Married Rebecca Dickey.  Their son, Ebenezer Pettigrew Verner lived in Oconee County, SC and married Emily Foster.  Among other children they were the parents of William M. Verner, born August 31, 1846 at Walhalla, SC.  Captain of the 19th Carolina Calvary CSA.  Located after the war between the states at Tuscaloosa, AL, where he founded the University High School.  He was one of the leading educators of the South.  He married in 1875, July L. Oliver of Green County, AL.  Issue:  three children.
c)  Charles Verner
d)  Samuel Verner
e)  David Verner, served as a Sargeant in the Revolutionary War.
f)  Jennie Verner
g)  Nancy Verner
h)  Dianna Verner, married Mr. Wakefield.
i)  Sarah Verner, married Mr. Montgomery.
j)  Mary Verner, married Mr. Ewing.
George Pettigrew, son of James and Mary (Cochran) Pettigrew was born about the year 1746 in Pennsylvania.  He removed with the family to SC and served with the militia from Abbeville District during the Revolutionary War.  About the year 1794 he removed to Georgia, where he received a grant of land in Elberton County, January 16, 1795.  Later he and his family located in Franklin County, where he and his wife Jean sold property in 1804.  They were the parents of several children, among whom were:
a)  James Pettigrew of Franklin County, GA
b)  John Pettigrew who resided in Christian County, KY in 1813.
Child of James and Mary (Cochran) Pettigrew died in infancy.
Jean Pettigrew born 1750 in Pennsylvania died 1838 in Gwinnette Co., GA.  Buried at Bethesda Methodist Church.  Married about 1768 in Granville County, NC to Stephen Tilly.  He was born in 1742, Orange County, Virginia.  Died December 1780, Wilkes County, NC.  This family did not accompany the Pettigrews to SC, but moved to the Yadkin River in Western NC at about the same time the Witherspoons settled in that region.  Stephen Tilly died in 1780, leaving his widow with four small children.  She remained near her kindred in Wilkes County, NC until the year 1794 when she located on Generostee Creek.  She spent the last years of her life in the home of her son, Stephen Tilly, who settled in DeKalb County, GA.  Stephen and Jean Tilly had four children:
a)  Lazarus Tilly, born 1770, in NC, died December 23, 1834, Pendleton District, SC, married Mary (probably Keys) and had five children:
1) Nancy Tilly married David T. Ledbetter and moved to Alabama.
2) John Tilly.
3) Milla Tilly.
4) Lucinda Tilly.
5) Lewis Tilly.
b)  Burgess Tilly born 1773, son of Stephen and Jean Pettigrew Tilly, settled in Habeesham County, GA where he died in 1834.  His wife, Nancy Tilly and Stephen Tilly administered on his estate.
c)  Frances Tilly, daughter of Stephen and Jean Pettigrew Tilly was born in 1780 Wilkes County, NC, died 1840 in Forsythe Co., GA, and is buried at Mt. Zion Church.  Married March 25, 1802 in Pendleton, SC to Robert King, born 1773, died 1837, Hall County, GA.  This family moved from Pendleton District in 1822 and located on the Chattahoochee River in Hall County.  Robert and Frances Tilly King had issue:
1) Nancy King, born March 23, 1803.  Married December 30, 1828 in Hall County, GA, John Chambers.
2) Mary King born November 3, 1804, married March 9, 1824, Abner Bishop.
3) Rebecca King, born November 21, 1806.  Died April 9, 1837 and married February 19, 1826, Hall County, GA Ephraim Malone Johnson.
4) Jane King, born July 23, 1808, married Mr. Brice.
5) James R. King, born November 27, 1811, married March 1, 1832, Hall County, eorgia, Cynthia Conley.
6) Lucinda King, born April 13, 1814.  Married Obed Smith.
7) Robert King, born July 15, 1817.  Married Miss Gober.
8) Ebenezer King, born July 25, 1819, married Miss Smith, sister of Obed Smith.
d)  Stephen Tilly, son of Stephen and Jean Pettigrew Tilly was born in 1871, Wilkes County, NC, died June 1862 in DeKalb County, GA.  Married in 1812, Pendleton District.  Rebecca King, sister of Robert King, who married Frances Tilly.  Rebecca King Tilly died June 12, 1826 in Pendleton District while on a visit to relatives.  Stephen Tilly moved with his family in 1819 to Georgia and located in DeKalb County.  Stephen and Rebecca Tilly had issue:
1) Ebenezer Tilly married Miss Ballenger.  Resided at Chamblee, GA.
2) Margaret Maline Tilly born February 12, 1815, Pendleton District.  Married William McElroy and resided at Norcross, GA.  She lived to be over 100 years old and retained her mental faculties until the end of life.  From Mrs. McElroy many interesting incidents in this family record were secured.
3) Adeline Tilly married Mr. Ballenger, a Methodist preacher.
4) Robert Tilly settled at Cave Springs, GA.  Married Miss Conway.
5) Caroline Tilly married Mr. Williamson, a preacher in South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
6) Jane Tilly married Bluford Dean and resided at Alexander City, GA.
7) John Wesley Fletcher Tilly married Susan Medlock and resided at Doraville, GA.
Ebenezer Pettigrew, son of James and Mary Cochran Pettigrew was born about the year 1752 in Pennsylvania and died in May 1795, Abbeville District.  He served with his brothers in Col. Robert Anderson's Regiment of SC militia during the Revolutionary War.  From his father he inherited half of the home plantation and was a successful farmer.  His estate was administered in June 1795 by his widow Sarah Pettigrew and Thomas Finley, Esquire.  Further reports show that the widow and Thomas Finley were married sometime before September 3, 1799.  Records of this estate show that there were three minor heirs:
a)  John Pettigrew.
b)  Ebenezer Pettigrew who died in 1821 in Green County, AL, leaving a wife, Nancy Pettigrew, and two children:
1) Lewis Franklin Pettigrew
2) Harriet Gibert
c)  Sarah B. Pettigrew.
James and Mary Cochran Pettigrew had two daughters who were unmarried and living at home in Abbeville District, SC when both died of fever in 1780.
William Pettigrew, youngest child of James and Mary Pettigrew was born February 26, 1758 in Luenburg Co., VA.  Died January 23, 1837 at Badwell District, SC, married Louise Guy Gibert, born September 14, 1767 and died September 14, 1826, Abbeville District, SC.  William Pettigrew served with his brothers in SC militia during the Revolution and received a pension for his service.  William and Louise Gibert had issue:
a)  James Louis Pettigrew, born May 10, 1789.  Died March 10, 1863.  Distinguished statesman and lawyer of SC who changed the spelling of his name to the ancient French form.
b)  Thomas Petigru, Captain in the US Navy.
c)  Charles Petigru, WSA [sic].
d)  John Petigru who went west.
e)  Mary Petigru who never married.
f)  Jane Gibert Petigru married her cousin John Cough North.
g)  Louise Petigru married Philip Johnston Porcher.
h)  Adeline Petigru married Robert F.A. Allston, Governor of SC.  Their daughter Elizabeth W. Allston Pringle is the author of "A Woman Rice Planter" and "Chronicles of Chicora Wood."
i)  Harriet Petigru married Henry Dess Leasene.
(This was published in the Chattanooga, TN paper.  Writer was Mrs. Penelope Johnson Allen.)