Son of William & Priscilla Perritt

Married Sarah W. Bryant
1806
Marion Co., SC

BIO by robin pellicci moore
"Of the old Perritts, there were four brothers known to the writer, viz: David, Joseph, Jesse and John. David only has left posterity.

Of the three brothers of old David Perritt, Joseph never married; he has been dead many years. Jesse married Mary Dew, daughter of of old Christopher Dew; they had no children; she died and he married a second wife, the widow of Alfred Kirven, and was originally Elizabeth Tart, daughter of old Enos Tart; by her he had no child or children; both have been dead for some years.

John Perritt, the youngest brother of old David Perritt. died in 1840 or 1841, a young single man, from the bite of a rattlesnake; he was with a surveying party about the Marlborough line, and in toward the Great Pee Dee River, when the snake bit him; there was no house near them and no doctor near; he was carried two miles to the nearest house and a doctor was finally procured, but too late; he died that same night; a young man of fine character and good habits, and was spoken well of by all who knew him.

Thus it seems that the very large family of Perritts and their many connections of the present day, and know in the county, sprang from old David Perritt, on or near the Ten Mile Bay; he was an energetic and persevering man, exceedingly frugal and thoughtful; would not be in debt, paid as he went, and made a good property by saving it; was a good and law abiding citizen; he lost his wife in his old age; married some one, name not remembered, and left her a widow; I think she drew a pension after his death for his services in the War of 1812 - I think he drew it in his lifetime. Few men anywhere have a larger connection than he has from himself." - pages 183 - 185, A History of Marion County

Note: Grave no longer marked.