Individual Details
Johnson M. Petty Jr.
(August 11, 1837 - January 21, 1887)
John M. Petty married Cynthia Statira Peacock and had 10 children. This Petty son was perhaps the most daring of all. He did not marry until he was 24 years old and that gave him time to have all sorts of experiences. He served in the Civil Way and had a horse shot from under him at the battle of Galveston. He and all of his brothers drove the trail to Kansas when Texas was nothing but a wild prairie. It was John who was sent back to Missouri to bring one of his widowed sisters to Pettytown. One day John dared his brothers to see which could swallow the biggest rock. Sam and Jim got a good-sized one down their throats but when it came John's time to swallow one, he tried such a big one that he hearly choked to death. That stopped the rock swallowing for that time. John Petty Jr. is buried in the Pettytown Cemetery but no one knows just where his grave is located.
1870 Caldwell County, Texas census.
1880 Bastrop CO census: Family 45: Petty, John w m 43 farmer, AR TN TN, Cinthia w f 34 wife keeping house MS GA MS, Alfred w m 19 son TX AR MS, James w m 16 son TX AR MS, Lucy w f 14 daughter at home TX AR MS, William w m 11 son at school TX AR MS, Cyrus w m 9 son TX AR MS, John w m 8 son TX AR MS, Richard w m 4 son TX AR MS, Arminta w f 2 daughter TX AR MS, Alonzo w m 5/12 son TX AR MS.
1900 Bastrop County, Texas census.
1870 Caldwell County, Texas census.
1880 Bastrop CO census: Family 45: Petty, John w m 43 farmer, AR TN TN, Cinthia w f 34 wife keeping house MS GA MS, Alfred w m 19 son TX AR MS, James w m 16 son TX AR MS, Lucy w f 14 daughter at home TX AR MS, William w m 11 son at school TX AR MS, Cyrus w m 9 son TX AR MS, John w m 8 son TX AR MS, Richard w m 4 son TX AR MS, Arminta w f 2 daughter TX AR MS, Alonzo w m 5/12 son TX AR MS.
1900 Bastrop County, Texas census.
Events
| Birth | August 11, 1837 | Carroll County, Arkansas | |||
| Marriage | March 20, 1861 | Bastrop County, Texas - Cynthia Statira Peacock | |||
| Death | January 21, 1887 | Pettytown, Bastrop County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Pettytown Cemetery, Bastrop County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Cynthia Statira Peacock (1845 - 1883) |
| Child | Alfred Mannon Petty (1862 - 1937) |
| Child | James Elbert Petty (1863 - 1946) |
| Child | Lucy Ann Petty (1866 - 1940) |
| Child | William Walker Petty (1868 - ) |
| Child | Cyrus Thompson Petty (1871 - 1941) |
| Child | John Calvin Petty (1872 - 1915) |
| Child | Richard Edward Petty (1875 - 1975) |
| Child | Lonnie Petty (1876 - ) |
| Child | Francis Elizabeth Petty (1876 - 1878) |
| Child | Arminta Mae Petty (1878 - 1961) |
| Child | Samuel Alonzo Petty (1880 - 1932) |
| Father | John A. Petty Jr. (1801 - 1882) |
| Mother | Betty Elizabeth Dawson (1805 - 1873) |
| Sibling | Jane Ann Petty (1822 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Gipson Petty (1823 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Petty (1824 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Edna Petty (1826 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Alsey Josephine Petty (1827 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Alexander Anderson Petty (1828 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Lavicia Louisa Petty (1829 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Ann Catherine Petty (1831 - 1922) |
| Sibling | James Marion Petty (1833 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Johanna Petty (1835 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Samuel Dawson Petty (1839 - 1905) |
| Sibling | Tempie Arminta Petty (1842 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Joseph Riley Petty (1843 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Mary Petty (1844 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Martha Petty (1845 - 1846) |