Elizabeth Pettus was born on 18 July 1754, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Dabney Pettus, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Rodes, was 23. She married William Gates about 1790, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 March 1822, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mason, Kentucky, United States.
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