Individual Details
Betty Elizabeth Dawson
(February 5, 1805 - August 3, 1873)
This is where the Pettys get their Indian blood. Elizabeth was one-half Cherokee Indian from the state of Tennessee. Many of the Cherokee Indians migrated to Oklahoma in later years. It is said that Elizabeth's mother was the daughter of a Colonel Potts. Her father was Samuel Dawson. Old timers of Pettytown said that she once had a brother, Riley Dawson, to visit her at Pettytown. He rode on horseback and left the same way. It is thought that he came from Oklahoma.
The Pettys in general were daring and adventurous. Like all pioneers they feared nothing and if there were a war or anything dangerous going on they were among the first to get into it. All of the sons of John and Elizabeth served in the Civil War. Some saw action in battle while some endured hardships that affected their health in later years. All of their 14 living children followed them to Texas but all did not settle at Pettytown. Others stayed there for a while and then moved away. The land was poor in Bastrop County and the spirit of adventure carried some to other places.
Source for Cherokee lineage: Cherokee by Blood.
Vol 1 Petty, Catherine Petty mentioned in Case #417 (Sizemore) and in application 1306-Joanna Barber of Crowell, TX whose mother was Elizabeth Petty "who died in Texas in 1873".
Vol 5 Petty, Alexander 12729, Catherine, 12798, Bertie 12838, Eliz. 10482 and 12731, Greeny 12430, John 10482, John C 12970, John W 11182, Lee A 12428-12429.
Vol 6. McBee, Lou Flora 15850, Luta 14971, Sallie 14870 (James Newton McBee who was born in Arkansas, MO or OK moved to Texas with wife Martha Petty. Had daughter Leta who married George Petty. George and Leta moved to Kinney/Uvalde CO where they ranched. Retired to Del Rio, TX.)
Vol 7 Petty, Jasper 18155
Vol 8 Petty, Amanda 22111
The Pettys in general were daring and adventurous. Like all pioneers they feared nothing and if there were a war or anything dangerous going on they were among the first to get into it. All of the sons of John and Elizabeth served in the Civil War. Some saw action in battle while some endured hardships that affected their health in later years. All of their 14 living children followed them to Texas but all did not settle at Pettytown. Others stayed there for a while and then moved away. The land was poor in Bastrop County and the spirit of adventure carried some to other places.
Source for Cherokee lineage: Cherokee by Blood.
Vol 1 Petty, Catherine Petty mentioned in Case #417 (Sizemore) and in application 1306-Joanna Barber of Crowell, TX whose mother was Elizabeth Petty "who died in Texas in 1873".
Vol 5 Petty, Alexander 12729, Catherine, 12798, Bertie 12838, Eliz. 10482 and 12731, Greeny 12430, John 10482, John C 12970, John W 11182, Lee A 12428-12429.
Vol 6. McBee, Lou Flora 15850, Luta 14971, Sallie 14870 (James Newton McBee who was born in Arkansas, MO or OK moved to Texas with wife Martha Petty. Had daughter Leta who married George Petty. George and Leta moved to Kinney/Uvalde CO where they ranched. Retired to Del Rio, TX.)
Vol 7 Petty, Jasper 18155
Vol 8 Petty, Amanda 22111
Events
| Birth | February 5, 1805 | Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | 1820 | Tennessee - John A. Petty Jr. | |||
| Death | August 3, 1873 | Pettytown, Bastrop County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Pettytown Cemetery, Bastrop County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | John A. Petty Jr. (1801 - 1882) |
| Child | Jane Ann Petty (1822 - 1909) |
| Child | Gipson Petty (1823 - 1864) |
| Child | Elizabeth Petty (1824 - 1860) |
| Child | Edna Petty (1826 - 1848) |
| Child | Alsey Josephine Petty (1827 - 1910) |
| Child | Alexander Anderson Petty (1828 - 1889) |
| Child | Lavicia Louisa Petty (1829 - 1885) |
| Child | Ann Catherine Petty (1831 - 1922) |
| Child | James Marion Petty (1833 - 1905) |
| Child | Johanna Petty (1835 - 1908) |
| Child | Johnson M. Petty Jr. (1837 - 1887) |
| Child | Samuel Dawson Petty (1839 - 1905) |
| Child | Tempie Arminta Petty (1842 - 1907) |
| Child | Joseph Riley Petty (1843 - 1907) |
| Child | Mary Petty (1844 - 1848) |
| Child | Martha Petty (1845 - 1846) |