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Lewis W. Petty

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Lewis W. Petty

Birth
USA
Death
unknown
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.9846732, Longitude: -88.4770083
Memorial ID
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Civil War: Union
Co. M
6th Tennessee Cav.
Private

Lewis at age 32 enlisted in the army in McLemoresville on June 5, 1862, according to Rick Tucker.The Report to the Adjutant General of the State of Tennessee had his enlistment date as July 9, 1862. By June 1, 1864, he deserted. There are conflicting dates.

Mother: Frances --- Petty
Wife: Jane Wallis
Married October 30, 1855, in Carroll County, Tennessee

1850 Carroll County census

Frances 47
Lewis W. 20
Lindsey 16
Ruth A. 14
Thomas 12
Henry 10

1860 Carroll County census

Frances 60
Ruthy 21
Thomas H.20
Mackey 3
Lewis 25
Mary J. 24
Sallie E. 1

Lewis and his wife, Jane, lived with Frances Petty. He was a day laborer.

Known children of Lewis and Jane are Sallie E. and Lou Jane, who married B. J. Newman.


Jane Wallis Petty filed for her widow's pension June 30, 1880.


Sources:

1850 Carroll County Census, Ancestry
1860 Carroll County Census, Ancestry
Peggy Scott Holley, Civil War Soldiers, Carroll County, Tennessee
Marriages of Carroll County
Rick Tucker, 6th TN Cavalry, Co. M
Civil War: Union
Co. M
6th Tennessee Cav.
Private

Lewis at age 32 enlisted in the army in McLemoresville on June 5, 1862, according to Rick Tucker.The Report to the Adjutant General of the State of Tennessee had his enlistment date as July 9, 1862. By June 1, 1864, he deserted. There are conflicting dates.

Mother: Frances --- Petty
Wife: Jane Wallis
Married October 30, 1855, in Carroll County, Tennessee

1850 Carroll County census

Frances 47
Lewis W. 20
Lindsey 16
Ruth A. 14
Thomas 12
Henry 10

1860 Carroll County census

Frances 60
Ruthy 21
Thomas H.20
Mackey 3
Lewis 25
Mary J. 24
Sallie E. 1

Lewis and his wife, Jane, lived with Frances Petty. He was a day laborer.

Known children of Lewis and Jane are Sallie E. and Lou Jane, who married B. J. Newman.


Jane Wallis Petty filed for her widow's pension June 30, 1880.


Sources:

1850 Carroll County Census, Ancestry
1860 Carroll County Census, Ancestry
Peggy Scott Holley, Civil War Soldiers, Carroll County, Tennessee
Marriages of Carroll County
Rick Tucker, 6th TN Cavalry, Co. M

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