Extract from the 1850 Census:
Name: Granville Pettis
Age in 1850: 23
Estimated birth year: 1827
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: unknown
Home in 1850: Dryden, Tompkins, New York
Value of real estate: not listed
Occupation: laborer
Census place: Dryden, Tompkins, New York; Roll: M432_605; Page: 83; Image: 169
Date: 12 Aug 1850

Extract from the 1860 Census:
Name: Granville Pettis
Age in 1860: 23
Estimated birth year: 1837
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1860: Fountain Prairie, Columbia, Wisconsin
Post office: Leeds
Value of real estate: not listed
Value of personal property: $150
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Fountain Prairie, Columbia, Wisconsin; Roll M653_1401; Page: 272; Image: 279; Family History Library Film: 805401
Date: 9 Aug 1860

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Granville Pettis
Age in 1870: 38
Estimated birth year: 1832
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1870: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Post office: Augusta
Education: not able to write
Value of real estate: $1000
Value of personal property: $500
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Bridge Creek, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1712; Page: 221; Image: 440
Date: 18 Aug 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Granville Pettis
Age: 54
Estimated birth year: 1826
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-household: head
Home in 1880: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: Rhode Island
Mother's birthplace: Rhode Island
Occupation: farmer
Census place: Fairchild, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1425; Family History Film: 1255425; Page: 526.4000; Enumeration District: 139
Date: 21 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1885 Minnesota State Census:
Name: Granville Pettis
Age: 59
Estimated birth year: 1826
Birthplace: New York
Race: white
Gender: male
County: Lac Qui Parle
Locality: Mehurin
Parents of foreign birth: no
Date: 1 May 1885
Line: 29
Roll: MNSC_31

He married Lucinda Arminda Livermore 14 Oct 1857 in Fall River, Columbia, New York.