Nathaniel T. Petty

Nathaniel T. Petty was born in 1873. He gave his birth date as 22 January 1873 when he registered for the World War I draft on 12 September 1918.¹“U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6482 : accessed 10 Oct 2021), Nathaniel T. Petty, serial no. 1680, McMinn Co., TN; from U.S., World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, M1509, NARA, Washington, D.C. That form does not include a birth place. When he applied for a Social Security number, Nath gave his birth date as 21 February 1873 and his birthplace as Madisonville, Tennessee.²“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), Nathainel T. Petty, SSN 257289974; from Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007. Since the family lived in either Logan or Hopkins County, Kentucky at that time, his birthplace was Madisonville, Kentucky, which is in Hopkins County.³1870 U.S. census, Logan Co., KY, population schedule, Keysburg Dist., p. 33, dwelling 185, family 185, John R. Petty; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163 : accessed 5 Nov 2009); from NARA microfilm M593, roll 483. “Kentucky, U.S., Birth Records, 1847–1911,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1213 : accessed 4 Sep 2013); 1874, Petty male child, father Jno Petty, Hopkins Co.; from Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), microfilm rolls #994027-994058, KY Dept. for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort; Nath’s younger brother John Franklin. His correct birth date is unknown.

Nath was three and a half years old when his mother died in July 1876.⁴“Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852–1953,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1222 : accessed 4 Sep 2013), 1876, M. E. Petty; from microfilm 994027–994058, KY Dept. for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort. He was one of the five children who went to live with their aunt Mary Thomas Echols in Forsyth County, Georgia, after Margaret died.⁵1880 U.S. census, Forsyth Co., GA, population schedule, Coal Mountain, enumeration district (ED) 78, p. 24, dwelling 240, family 240, J. M. Echols; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742 : accessed 5 Nov 2009); from NARA microfilm T9, roll 147.

On 12 May 1906, Nath married Delia Harmon in Cherokee County, Georgia.⁶“Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4766 : accessed 4 Sep 2013), Petty-Harmon, 12 May 1906, Cherokee Co.; County Marriage Records 1828-1978, Georgia Archives, Morrow. Delia was born on 11 February 1887 in Georgia.⁷Find A Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 22 Nov 2012), memorial 33576045, for Delia Petty, (Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., GA), digital image, 6 Jan 2011, by dreid2277. Her parents were James Matison Harmon and Emaline Bennett.⁸1900 U.S. census, Cherokee Co., GA, population schedule, Clayton District, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 11B, dwelling 190, family 195, Mat Harmon; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602 : accessed 20 Oct 2021); citing NARA microfilm T623; Delia living with her parents. “Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4766 : accessed 10 Oct 2021), Harmon-Bennett, 10 Feb 1879, Cherokee Co.; County Marriage Records 1828-1978, Georgia Archives, Morrow.

By 1910, Nath and Delia lived on Lowe Avenue in Collins District in Fulton County, Georgia, and Nath worked as an engineer on the railroad. They had two children.⁹1910 U.S. census, Fulton Co., GA, population schedule, Collins District, enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 8B, dwelling 118, family 130, Nat T. Petty; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884 : accessed 4 Sep 2013); from NARA microfilm T624, roll 193. Alma was born on 10 March 1907.¹⁰“U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693 : accessed 10 Oct 2021), entry for Alma Darby, 1986, SS no. 258-38-6306; from Social Security Death Index Master File, Social Security Administration. Emmett was born on 17 March 1909.¹¹Find A Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 10 Oct 2021), memorial 33576044, for Emmett Petty, (Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., GA), digital image, 4 Oct 2012, by dreid2277. Both children were born in Georgia, probably in Cherokee or Fulton County.¹²1910 U.S. census, Fulton Co., GA, pop. sch., Collins District, ED 126, sheet 8B, dwell. 118, fam. 130, Nat T. Petty.

Delia died on 23 June 1914 at their home in Peachtree Park area of Atlanta in Fulton County.¹³“Miss Dellie Petty,” Atlanta (GA) Constitution, 24 Jun 1914, p 16, col 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 3 Oct 2021. She was buried in Pleasant Hill Christian Church Cemetery in Cagle, Pickens County, Georgia.¹⁴Find A Grave, memorial 33576045, Delia Petty, gravestone photo by dreid2277.

Nath married Amanda Kincaid about 1915.¹⁵Their oldest child was born on 22 Jan in either 1916 or 1917. “U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), Clifford Petty, SSN 258188972; from Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007; oldest child born 22 Jan 1916, parents Nathaniel T. Petty and Amanda Kincade. “U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2238 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), Clifford Petty, serial no. 100; from Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975, Record Group 147, NARA, St Louis, Missouri; birth date 22 Jan 1917. Amanda was born on 20 June 1896 in Fannin County, Georgia.¹⁶Find A Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 10 Oct 2021), memorial 66621718, for Mandy K. Petty, (Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., GA), digital image, 24 Apr 2011, by dgresh; birth date 20 Jun 1896. “Georgia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1914-1940,” digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2562 : accessed 23 Oct 2021), death certificate no. 15773 (1936), Amandy Petty; from Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics, Atlanta; birthplace Fannin Co. GA. Her parents were Calvin Kincaid and Pairlee Lands.¹⁷“Georgia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1914-1940,” death certificate no. 15773 (1936), Amandy Petty; parents Calvin Kincaid and Pairle Lands.

Nath and Amanda’s son Clifford gave his birthplace as Copperhill, Tennessee, which is in Polk County, when he applied for a Social Security number.¹⁸“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” Clifford Petty, SSN 258188972. He said he was born in Fannin County, Georgia when he registered for the World War II draft.¹⁹“U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947, Clifford Petty, serial no. 100. Amanda’s parents lived in Sugar Creek in Fannin County, which borders Polk County and is fourteen miles from Copperhill.²⁰1910 U.S. census, Pickens Co., GA, population schedule, Sugar Creek District, enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 2B, dwelling 33, family 33, Calvin M. Kincaid; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884 : accessed 20 Oct 2021); from NARA microfilm T624, roll 182. Clifford was also inconsistent about his birth year giving the date as 22 January 1916 to Social Security and 22 January 1917 on his draft registration.²¹“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” Clifford Petty, SSN 258188972. “U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947, Clifford Petty, serial no. 100.

When Nath registered for the World War I draft on 12 September 1918, they lived in Etowah, McMinn County, Tennessee.²²“U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918,” Nathaniel T. Petty, serial no. 1680, McMinn Co., TN. Geneva Harriet was born on 22 June 1919 in Cooperhill.²³“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), Geneva Harriet Petty, SSN 254327986; from Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007.

In 1920, Nath and Amanda lived in Fairplay in Cherokee County, Georgia, and he farmed.²⁴1920 U.S. census, Cherokee Co., GA, population schedule, Fairplay, enumeration district (ED) 31, sheet 4B, dwelling 73, family 73, Nathaniel T. Petty digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061 : accessed 4 Sep 2013); from NARA microfilm T625, roll 243. They apparently soon moved as Pauline was born on 2 November 1921 in Whitestone in Gilmer County, Georgia.²⁵“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), Pauline Petty, SSN 244325531; from Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007.

The family lived in Town Creek in Gilmer County in 1930, but it is possible they moved between 1921 and 1928 and then returned to Gilmer County.²⁶1930 U.S. census, Gilmer Co., GA, population schedule, Town Creek, enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 3A, dwelling 49, family 50, Nathaniel Petty; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224 : accessed 9 Jul 2021); from NARA microfilm T626. Dorothy was born about 1924 in either Tennessee or Georgia, but the exact location is unknown.²⁷1930 U.S. census, Gilmer Co., GA, pop. sch., Town Creek, E) 11, sheet 3A, dwell. 49, fam. 50, Nathaniel Petty; Dorothy age 6, born in Tennessee. 1940 U.S. census, Pickens Co., GA, population schedule, Dug Road, enumeration district (ED) 112-2, sheet 11A, household 179, Nathaniel Petty; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442 : accessed 13 Feb 2021); from NARA microfilm T627, roll 700; Dorothy, age 16, born in Georgia. John William was born on 23 February 1926 in Copperhill, Tennessee.²⁸“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), John William Petty, SSN 254328996; from Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007. Annie Mae was born on 18 November 1928 in Gilmer County.²⁹“U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901 : accessed 3 Oct 2021), Annie Mae Petty, SSN 259361615; from Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007. In 1930, Nath worked as a fireman in a dolomite mine.³⁰1930 U.S. census, Gilmer Co., GA, pop. sch., Town Creek, E) 11, sheet 3A, dwell. 49, fam. 50, Nathaniel Petty.

Nath and Amanda moved to Pickens County, Georgia, by the time their youngest child, Bertha Neel, was born there on 10 August 1933.³¹Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home (https://andersonunderwood.com/ : 27 Oct 2021), “Bertha Nell Harkins,” obituary; parents Nathaniel and Amanda Kincaid Petty, born 10 Aug 1933, Pickens Co. Amanda died on 30 June 1936 in Ball Ground in Cherokee County where they lived since at least 1935.³²“Georgia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1914-1940,” death certificate no. 15773 (1936), Amandy Petty. 1940 U.S. census, Pickens Co., GA, pop. sch., Dug Road, ED 112-2, sheet 11A, household 179, Nathaniel Petty; family lived in Cherokee County in 1935. She was buried in Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery in Pickens County.³³Find A Grave, memorial 66621718, Mandy K. Petty, gravestone photo by dgresh.

Nath lived in the Dug Road District in Pickens County in 1940 and was again farming. The six youngest of his and Amanda’s seven children lived with him.³⁴1940 U.S. census, Pickens Co., GA, pop. sch., Dug Road, ED 112-2, sheet 11A, household 179, Nathaniel Petty.

On 30 October 1942, Nath died in Pickens County.³⁵“Georgia, U.S., Death Index, 1919-1998,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5426 : accessed 8 Sep 2021), death certificate no. 28827 (1942), N. T. Petty; from Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta. He was buried beside Amanda in Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery.³⁶Find A Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 23 Jun 2021), memorial 66621676, for Nath T. Petty, (Four Mile Baptist Church Cemetery, Pickens Co., GA), digital image, 24 Apr 2011, by dgresh.

Cite this page: Linda F. McCauley, "Nathaniel T. Petty," Documenting the Details, 1 Nov 2021 (https://documentingthedetails.com/ntpetty : accessed [enter current date]).

My Connection: John R. Petty and Margaret E. Thomas (2nd great-grandparents) > Samantha Angeline Petty (great-grandmother) > Verda Waller Hankins (grandmother) > David Hankins McCauley (father)

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