Individual Details

John Sutton Petty brought his bride in January 1842 to his first land grant near Daingerfield. This grant cornered a grant of his father-in-law, Joel Boston, and family. In 1845, John moved to a smaller grant, half of which was in present Cass Co. and half of which was in Morris Co. Their three children were born on this grant, John Allen abt 1845, James Hardin, Sept 9, 1849, and Martha Jane Dec 4, 1851.
In Anderson Co, Kentucky, on Aug. 17, 1838, John Sutton Petty, son of Samuel Briant Petty and Tabitha Buntain, married the 14 year old Juliett Adeline Boston, daughter of Joel Boston and Sarah Hawkins. John had been born in the area Jan. 29, 1819, and Juliett around 1824. Though John arrived relatively late in Texas, he fought for the cause of Texas in the Mexican War.
Juliett did not live to raise the last children she bore, but John was married to Mahala Jane Henson in 1855 and had a second family of seven more children. In 1860 he had moved to another grant in the Bryans Mill area of Cass Co. and continued as a farmer there until his death on Dec 26, 1887. He was buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery near his home (Daughters of Republic of Texas 219).

Birth	29 Jan 1819	Anderson, Kentucky, United States
Marriage	17 Aug 1838	Anderson, Kentucky, United States - Juliett Adeline Boston
Census (family)	12 Sep 1850	Titus, Texas, United States - Juliett Adeline Boston
Marriage	1855	Mahala Jane Henson
Census (family)	1860	Beat No 3, Cass, Texas, United States - Mahala Jane Henson
Census (family)	1870	Mahala Jane Henson
Census (family)	1880	Precinct 3, Cass, Texas, United States - Mahala Jane Henson
Death	26 Dec 1887	Cass, Texas, United States
Burial		Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Bryans Mill, Cass, Texas, United States

Spouse	Juliett Adeline Boston (1824 - 1855)
Child	John Allen Petty (1845 - )
Child	James Hardin Petty (1849 - )
Child	Martha Jane Petty (1851 - )

Spouse

Mahala Jane Henson (1839 - )

Father	Samuel Briant Petty (1788 - 1851)
Mother	Tabitha Buntain (1796 - 1839)
Sibling	William Briant "Will" Petty (1816 - 1879)
Sibling	Elizabeth Buntain Petty (1821 - 1870)

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