Lucretia "Lucy" Pettey

"... family records show she died 3 miles north of Flint, Madison County, AL. They don't really clarify if that was the death place, or the burial place, or both. ... don't see Flint listed as a town, but New Market was mentioned, ... Her husband was in the Revolutionary War, and there is a plaque for him. His name, ... was William Eli Petty, Jr. Apparently it was also spelled Pettey. ... They were married January 25, 1783 in probably, but not certain, Fauquier County, Virginia."

• Ref: FindAGrave memorial

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GEDCOM Note

<p>[g675.ftw]</p><p><p></p></p><p>THE HERITAGE OF YADKIN COUNTY, published by The Yadkin County Historical Society, Yadkinville, NC 27055 1981. Lucretia/Lucy Wright was born July 7, 1765, in FauquierCo. VA the daughter of John Wright III and Ann Williams. She was about nine years of age when she accompanied the family to Surry Co. NC. With her husband and family and some of the Frosts and other neighbors Lucy migrated to Madison County, Al. about 1817. they both died there and are buried on the side of the road near Blucher's Ford. William died Sept. 26, 1834, and Lucy died Aug. 16, 1842. On the tombstones also are inscribed the birth dates of their thirteen children, all born in Wilkes County, NC.