History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 199.   [Cadiz Precinct]

M. F. PETTY was born in February, 1822, in Morganfield, Union Co., Ky. He
is the third child of a family of eight, born to George B. and Maria
(Smith) Petty.  They were natives of Virginia.  The father of our subject
learned the tailor trade when young; this business he carried on in
Princeton, Caldwell County, until his death, which occurred in 1836.  M. F.
Petty was brought to Trigg County when a child, and has since lived on this
farm which was settled by his grandfather Smith, and deeded to him by his
Uncle William S. Smith, consisting of 300 acres.  Mr. Petty was married in
1853 to Martha A. Gray. She was born in Trigg County. She died in October,
1854, aged twenty.  Mr. Petty is a member of the Baptist Church.

Petty Smith Gray
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Morgantown-Union-KY Princeton-Caldwell-KY VA

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