Person:James Petry (1)

Information on James Petry

James Petry, Sr. was born about 1778 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. He died on 9 Dec 1865 in Mercer County, West Virginia. He was buried in the Old Petry Cemetery, Indian Ridge Road, Mercer, West Viginia.

"His name first appears in the records in August, 1801, when we find him serving on a jury in Monroe County. In the 1815 Giles County tax list he is enumerated as being the owner of 2 horses and 3 cows. Clearly he was engaged in farming, although at the time of his second marriage in 1859, he gave "Carpenter" as his occupation. He was the ancestor of all the Mercer, Summers, and Braxton County Pettreys, also spelled Petry, Petrey, and Pettry. Some of his later descendants also moved into Raleigh, Boone, Kanawha, and Fayette Counties. Although he had 21 children, all by his first wife, the names of only 17 are known. The others probably died in infancy." [Source: "Petry, Pettry, Petrey, Pettry, and Allied Families" by D. L. Petry, published 1989].

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