Buried Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi

http://www.best.com/~tpettit/family/pettit/FG02/FG02_234.htm

Benjamin Pettit Sr. taxable in Lincoln Co., KY, in 1790 and 1800. 

Dates and places of birth and death, and marriage to Rebecca Larrimore, from 
"First Kentucky Ancestors" membership roster of Christine Peters, P.O. Box 26, 
Tuttle, OK 73089, on p. 23 of Vol. 27, No.1, Spring 1991, Kentucky Ancestors 
(publication of the Kentucky Historical Society.)

(1998) Graves are marked and exist near an elementary school today! Near to 
where the Hopewell Methodist Church once stood.  Benjamin and Rebecca 
graves, their daughter Elizabeth Donahue as well as that of an infant Pettit and 
Joseph Prentice, Elizabeth's grandson is near. 

Military Service
Served in Revolutionary War - Lieutenant in the KY Militia, Jan 18, 1781 
(formerly VA)

Rev War:
"Captain (Benjamin) Logan was badly wounded. We had no surgeons but 
Benjamin Pettit, and he knew nothing about it, only from necessity. Mr. Pettit 
applied 'Slippery Elm Bark'" 

(re: Colonial Men & Times' by Harper, P. 36 R929.3 H294C Dallas Pub Lib)

Sainte Genevieve Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials From the Church Registers, 
Some Marriages from the Court House Records, and a List of Inscriptions from 
the Protestant Burying Grounds, 1759-1839, made by Mrs. Ida M. Schaaf and by 
her Presented to the Missouri Historical Society, 1918. Jefferson Memorial St. 
Louis, MO 1918.


from site: http://www.shawhan.com/local_root_folder/logan.htm

Source: Talbert, Charles Gano. Benjamin Logan: Kentucky Frontiersman. 
University of Kentucky Press, 1962, p. 18

The total population of Kentucky at this time (1775) was estimated at three 
hundred. James Harrod had returned with forty-two men to the Salt River 
tributary on which he had started a settlement the year before. There were four 
settlements or camps which were looked upon by Richard Henderson as towns, 
Boonesborough, St. Asaph's, Boiling Spring, which Harrod had just established, 
and Harrodstown, now beginning to be known as Harrodsburg, where the current 
leader was a North Carolinian, Thomas Slaughter. Scattered over a wide area 
other men were planting corn and building cabins. Some of these were 
associated with one or another of the four settlements, while others were 
operating alone. Isaac Campbell and Benjamin Pettit were near St. Asaph's, 
Richard Calloway, his nephew Flanders Calloway, and James Estill were on 
Otter Creek, John Hinkston and John Martin were on the South Fork of Licking 
River, William Gillespie was on Boone's Creek, and James Knox was on 
Beargrass Creek. Squire Boone, Daniel's brother, left Harrodsburg long enough 
to mark a claim in what is today Shelby County. [Draper MSS. I CC 203. Floyd to 
Preston, May 30, 1775, Draper MSS. 17 CC 180-81. "Preemption Books of 
Virginia Land Commission of 1779;" Draper MSS. 60 J 379-89. Deposition of 
Squire Boone in Shelby County Court Depositions, p. 5. "Certificate Book," 27.]

from site: http://www.shawhan.com/local_root_folder/rice.html

Source: Rice, Otis K. Frontier Kentucky. The University Press of Kentucky, 1993, 
pp. 78-80
Statistics on the number of residents in Kentucky in the summer of 1775 are at 
best sensible estimates. Counting the forty-two men who had returned to 
Kentucky with James Harrod, there were probably about three hundred persons 
residing in the Bluegrass region, most of them at the four stations which had 
been established. Other pioneers apparently ventured out on their own. Isaac 
Campbell and BENJAMIN PETTIT located near St. Asaph's; Richard Calloway, 
Flanders Calloway, and James Estill were on Otter Creek; and John Hinkston 
and John Martin were on the South Fork of the Licking River. William Gillespie 
had taken up a claim on Boone's Creek, and James Knox, a former Long Hunter, 
had built a cabin on Beargrass Creek. Squire Boone had left Harrodsburg for a 
time in order to stake out a claim in present Shelby County. During the summer a 
number of pioneers, among them Daniel Boone and Benjamin Logan, returned to 
older settlements for their families. Many of the men actually in Kentucky, 
therefore, were probably members of surveying and land-seeking parties, such 
as those of John Floyd on the Kentucky and Elkhorn Creek and Thomas 
Slaughter on the Green River.

Although the danger from Indians generally increased during the summer of 
1776, occupation of Kentucky continued without serious disruption. William 
Whitley located on Cedar Creek, about two miles west of Crab Orchard, and his 
brother-in-law, George Clark, took up lands not far away. Joseph, George, 
Morgan, William, Samuel, and James Bryan settled on the North Fork of the 
Elkhorn. Others who had established habitations included Jesse Benton on Silver 
Creek, John Todd on the West Branch of Hickman's Creek, John Strode near the 
headwaters of the South Fork of the Licking, and James Strode on Howard's 
Creek. John Floyd, John Bowman, and Leonard Helm had also made 
settlements in central Kentucky.

On July 14, 1776, a narrow escape from tragedy drew attention to the need for 
more adequate protection for the Kentucky settlements. That afternoon Betsey 
and Frances Calloway, the daughters of Richard Calloway, and Jemima, the 
second daughter of Daniel Boone, went for a boat ride on the Kentucky River in 
the only canoe at Boonesborough. At a bend in the river below the station the 
current carried them to the opposite shore and they were captured by six Indians. 
A pursuit party was delayed for lack of a boat with which to cross the river, and 
when night came on it had traveled only five miles. At daybreak it resumed the 
chase and after great difficulty overtook the Indians before they reached the 
Licking River. The pursuers killed three of the Indians, all Shawnees, but the 
other three, Cherokees, escaped. Nevertheless, they succeeded in rescuing the 
three girls, all of whom were unharmed.

News of the incident accelerated defense measures at all the Kentucky stations. 
Work on the fort at Boonesborough, begun soon after the arrival of Henderson 
the previous year, had languished, but it was now speeded to completion. The 
defenses at Harrodsburg and Royal Spring on Elkhorn Creek were also 
strengthened. Yet, even these measures were insufficient for the security of 
Kentuckians caught between angry Shawnees on the north and disgruntled 
Cherokees on the south. Within a week after the capture of the girls at 
Boonesborough, John Hinkston's settlement on the South Fork of the Licking 
River broke up as families sought safety elsewhere. Benjamin Logan temporarily 
gave up the idea of building a fort at St. Asaph's and moved, with several 
families, to Harrodsburg. Also seeking security at Harrodsburg were William 
Whitley, George Clark, and a few families from Crab Orchard. Numerous other 
pioneers who had boldly established solitary residences remote from more 
densely settled centers also abandoned their homes for the safety of greater 
numbers.

from site: http://clanhuston.com/hustvill.htm
Nathan was already busy in Lincoln County. He was no stranger to those at the 
court sessions, including Benjamin Logan, John Logan, Hugh McGary, and 
Stephen Trigg, who had been named as Justices of the Peace. The first county 
court was formed in January of 1781, and the following month Benjamin Logan 
donated ten acres that could serve as a location for a courthouse. The Justices 
began including Nathan among those could appraise the estates mentioned in 
probated wills. One of the men with whom Nathan worked as an appraiser was 
William Montgomery, who had settled with his father and brothers on land very 
near the Hustons at the headwaters of Green River, about twelve miles from 
Benjamin Logan's fort. William the elder was Benjamin Logan's father in law, and 
four cabins were built in the same area for family members, including the families 
of William Sr. and William Montgomery Jr. -- the grandson of William the elder, 
John Montgomery, Thomas Montgomery, and Joseph Russell. Nathan had 
occasion to ride his horse over to the Montgomerys often, even when there was 
no court business that needed tending. He was seeing Anne Montgomery, a 
daughter of Thomas Montgomery who had served with Nathan under Captain 
Joseph Kinkead. Anne was fortunate to be alive. Just after the Hard Winter had 
broken -- in March of 1780 -- a band of Indian warriors surrounded all four of the 
cabins at Montgomery's settlement during the night. The next morning, when 
William the elder and one of the slave children stepped outside the front door, 
they were both shot and killed. While one of William's daughters closed the door 
and called for a rifle, another daughter scampered out of the cabin through the 
short chimney and ran to PETTIT's STATION - just over two miles away -- where 
a messenger was sent to Benjamin Logan. By the time Logan and his men 
arrived, John Montgomery had also been killed, and -- except for Joseph Russell, 
who escaped -- the remaining family members had all been taken captive. Logan 
discovered their trail and as his men drew near, the Indians abandoned their 
captives in order to move more quickly in getting away. 

FROM site http://www.logansfort.org/certificate.html