Obituary of Mrs. W.D. Petty - Murray County, Georgia

Obituary of Mrs. W. D. Petty, aged 65, 'an aged and respected matron of Murray county.' The subtitle refers to her as an angel. Death: 'Monday afternoon' [est. 24 August 1914]. [Kinship]: Step-Mother of Mr. E. W. Petty (of Dalton). Survived by husband. Funeral: Tuesday [est. 25 August], at Sumach [probably Sumach-Cumberland Presbyterian Church]. Officiator: Rev. John Miller. [Source]: Obituary, 'Mrs. W. D. Petty died at her home at Fairy,' 

/North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 27 August 1914, page 1 (digital image 1), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1914-08-27/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_603x817_from_846,6292_to_1631,7354/

(clipping, of page accessed 04 Mar. 2020). 

Harlan Petty, Letter to Santa in North Georgia Citizen, 1916

Harlan Petty's letter to Santa is published:

'Dear Santa:--I want a nice horn, drum, telephone, some candy, oranges, nuts, raisins and bananas; and if it is not asking too much, would like a pair of shoes.'

        'Your little friend,
              Harlan Petty, Dalton, Ga.'

[Source]: Harlan Petty (letter), 'Wants Pair of Shoes,' in 'Letters To Santa Claus,' /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 21 December 1916, page 2.

Death Record Searches for Petty, Murray, and Pritchett - Crandall, Georgia, and Oklahoma

Scrap From My Genealogy Files

Search Subject: Death Records and sources of a search centering on the surnames of Petty, Murray, and Pritchett, extended family members of a family in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia, having roots in Union, Gilmer, and Fannin County, Georgia; one branch moved to Oklahoma.

Death Certificate of Nancy Petty Murray, Extract: "Commanche" County, Fletcher township, Oklahoma. Full name: "Nancie K. Murry." Sex: Female; Race: W; Widowed. Date of birth: "Nov 24 1842. Age: 74 yrs, 4 mos, 24 day." Birth place: "North Cariluna." Name of father: "Elija Petty." Birth place of father: "North Carioluna's." Birth place of mother: "North Carioluna." [North Carolina is misspelled and partly illegible, each time]. Maiden name of mother "Nance Pettie" [obviously, here, Elias incorrectly gave his own mother's maiden name, rather than Nancy's mother's name.] "Informant: E.A. Murry. Address: Fletcher." Date of Death: "Apr. 18, 1917." Doctor certifies that he last saw her alive on 19 Feb. 1917, and that death occurred on the date stated above at "Apr. 18 10:30 A.m." Cause of death: "arterioscloroses." Duration, etc.: "Don't know." [Signed by doctor]: Chas W. Joyce M.D., 1917, Fletcher, Okla. Place of burial or removal: Elgin, Okla. Date of burial 4-19*-1917 [difficult to read, could be 4-18-1917]. Address Fletcher. Undertaker J.W.Wisener. Co. Supt. of Publ. Health: E.S. Gooch. [Separate source/Family note: Nancy's body was later removed to the cemetery in Lawton because the one at Elgin wasn't being kept up.].

Death Certificate of Nancy Petty Murray, Extract: "Commanche" County, Fletcher township, Oklahoma. Full name: "Nancie K. Murry." Sex: Female; Race: W; Widowed. Date of birth: "Nov 24 1842. Age: 74 yrs, 4 mos, 24 day." Birth place: "North Cariluna." Name of father: "Elija Petty." Birth place of father: "North Carioluna's." Birth place of mother: "North Carioluna." [North Carolina is misspelled and partly illegible, each time]. Maiden name of mother "Nance Pettie" [obviously, here, Elias incorrectly gave his own mother's maiden name, rather than Nancy's mother's name.] "Informant: E.A. Murry. Address: Fletcher." Date of Death: "Apr. 18, 1917." [Signed by doctor]: Chas W. Joyce M.D., 1917, Fletcher, Okla. Place of burial or removal: Elgin, Okla. Date of burial 4-19*-1917 [difficult to read, could be 4-18-1917]. Address Fletcher. Undertaker J.W.Wisener. Co. Supt. of Publ. Health: E.S. Gooch. [Separate source/Family note: Nancy's body was later removed to the cemetery in Lawton because the graveyard at Elgin wasn't being kept up].

Claud T. Pritchett, married white male, aged 39, born in Georgia; head of household, with wife, Edith I Pritchett, and two children. Census: 1940, Militia District 874, Murray, Georgia.

Orriville Pritchett, white male, aged 17, born in Georgia; son of Stefan I. and Alice Pritchett. Spelling/index variation: Orriville Pritchett, instead of Arvel or Arvil Pritchett. 1920 census, Tenth District, Murray, Georgia.

Arvil H. Pritchett, white male, aged 27, born in Georgia; head of household, with wife, Sudie H. Pritchett. 1930 census, Tenth District, Murray, Georgia.

Sudie Pritchett, white female, aged 17, died 23 Nov 1931, in Crandall, Murray, Georgia. Estimated birth year, 1914; married, wife of A. H. Pritchett. Parents, Bill Headrick and Quincy Davis (both born in Georgia). Informant, Enoch Headrick, Cisco, Georgia. Buried at Calvary Cemetery, 14 November 1931.

Whitfield-Murray Historical Society, "Murray County, Georgia Marriages (Volume II): 1907-1941", p.50, Lents, Elmer (married) Onie Adams on 01 Mar 1925. Book N, p.497.

Murray County, Georgia, Superior Court Records, Criminal Docket E, Index

Murray County, Georgia 
Superior Court Records
Criminal Docket E, Index

Incomplete Record - Selected Surnames Only

Name and page number:

Headrick, Arvil (2) - 65

Luffman, Jim - 209 (operating automobile/intoxication - plea & sentence 2/10/42)

Petty, Bill - 147
Petty, Jessie Harris (2) - 103
Petty, Jessie H. - 106
Petty, Woodrow - 108, 109
Pritchett, Arthur - 76, 88
Pritchett, Lee - 96
Pritchett, Kermit - 198
Pullen, Jay - 48
Pulliam, Major - 44

Scott, Virgil - 63, 198 (p. 63 is just possessing liquor, etc.)
Scott, Virgil (5) - 171
Thompson, Eula Elrod - 138, 198

________________________________

Note: Some of these listings have a number in parentheses following the name. I'm not sure what that is; it could mean that there are multiple charges or cases on the page, but not sure. 

Peace Warrant Docket A, Murray County, Georgia, Superior Court Records

Murray County, Georgia 
Superior Court Records
Peace Warrant Docket A

Page 7
no. 1)

The State vs. W.W. Luffman
case: peace warrant
___________________________

Page 8
no. 1)

The State vs. Oscar Holcomb
case: peace warrant
___________________________

Page 8
no. 3)

The State vs. W.W. Luffman
case: peace warrant
___________________________

Page 9
no. 1)

The State vs. Jesse Harris Petty
case: peace warrant

________________________________

Transcriber's note: My notes here are undated; not sure if the original record is dated or undated. This would probably be the 1930s or 1940s.

Newspaper Clipping: Photo of Harlan E. Petty - Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia

Harlan E. Petty

Newspaper Clipping: Harlan E. Petty, of Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia: Manager of Hill's Red Store on South Hamilton Street, Dalton, Georgia.

Papers of Mary Lizzie Dove (Pritchett) Carter, of Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia; previously papers of Alice (Murray) Pritchett.

Harlan E. Petty was related to Alice (Murray) Pritchett, whose mother was Nancy (Petty) Murray.

This clipping is probably from The Dalton Citizen (North Georgia Citizen), and may be from the 1930s.

Deed: John R. Harris to Nancy C. Murray, Murray County, Georgia, Deed Book T, page 419

Deed from John R. Harris to Nancy C. Murray

Murray County, Georgia

Deed Book T, page 419

[TRANSCRIPT BEGINS]

_______________________________________________________

Deed from

John R. Harris

To Nancy C. Murray

40 acres of #168-10&3

State of Georgia,

Murray County.

This indenture made and entered into this the 9th day of November Eighteen hundred and Eighty five (1885) Between John R Harris and Nancy C. Murray both of the County and State above written. For and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred and fifty Dollars ($250) the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged does hereby sell and convey unto the said Nancy C Murray, here heirs and assigns a certain tract or lot of land situated in the State and County aforesaid to-wit:

Forty acres more or less of land in the South East corner of lot of land No. 168 in the 10th. District & 3rd Section of Murray County State of Georgia. The premises hereby conveyed being ¼ part of said lot of land situated in the South East corner of said lot and in the form of a square, with all the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging in fee simple, and the said John R. Harris his heirs executors and administrators the title to the premises aforesaid will forever warrant and defend to the said Nancy C. Murray her heirs and assigns against the lawful claim of all other persons. In witness whereof the said John R. Harris has hereunto set his hand and seal, the day and year above written.

Signed sealed and }

delivered in presence }

of  W.D. Petty } M.S. Hall } J.H. Oneal J.P. }

J.R. Harris (Seal) Recorded March 25, 1903. J.H. Arrowood     Clerk S.C.

________________________________________________

[END OF TRANSCRIPT]

Transcription notes: transcribed from a hand-written (fairly easy to read). Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on 25 December 2015.

Genealogy note: Nancy C. Murray is also known as Nancy C. Petty (maiden name). She is Nancy C. (Petty) Murray. Her father was Elijah Petty. Her husband was Winfield Scott Murray, of Fannin County, Georgia. After his death, Nancy lived for a time in Fannin County, then moved to Murray County, Georgia.

Obituaries - Extract of Selected Surnames, North Georgia

Brief Extract from Georgia Obituaries

Selected Surnames

This scrap of genealogy is from my extract of a source called Georgia Obituaries 1740-1935 by Jeanette Holland Austin, 1993. My note says “9/14/93 page 47,” but I’m not sure if all extracted names were found on that one page.

Cooper, John, died 1-27-1814 in Alabama. Killed by Indians. Source: The Georgia Journal 2-2-1814, Milledgeville 1835-1836.

Gray, Mattie L., Mrs., died 5-24-1920. Walker Co., Georgia. Born 5-2-1857 at Ascalon. Parent: Wm. Campbell. Spouse: Rev. Lee Gray. Source: WM 11-5-1920
(I failed to note what the WM source code referred to—probably Walker Messenger.)

Petty, Wm., died 5-1864, Paulding Co., Georgia. Born —. Spouse: Cynthia (b.1832).  
Source code: Paulding CWP (Civil War Pensions).
————
The following all note “CS,” but it’s not clear whether that refers to The Cartersville Sentinel, Cartersville, Georgia (or) The Cassville Standard, Cassville, Georgia.

Bryant, John, died 8-9-1887 at Oxford. Born 1880. CS 8-9-1887.

Petty, Nancy, Mrs., died 1-1-1889 in Newton Co., Georgia.. Born 1802. Spouse: Littleton Petty. CS 1-8-1889.

Petty, Wm. H., died 6-16-1896 in Newton Co., Georgia. Born 1842. Parents: Littleton Petty. CS 6-16-1896.

Petty, Thos. F., died 6-9-1896 in Newton Co., Georgia. Born 2-8-1818. Spouse: Sarah A. Bearry. CS 6-9-1896.

Elijah Petty, Fannin County, Georgia: Will - 1899

W.D. Petty, Executor of Elijah Petty Will (duty complete)

Transcript of the petition to relieve
W.D. Petty of the duties as executor of the will of
Elijah Petty, following completion of his duties. (1899)

[Transcript begins]:
__________________________________________________

Georgia Fannin County }

To the Court of the petition of W.D. Petty Executor or administrator of the last will and testament of Elijah Petty deceased showeth that he has or will fully discharged all the duties of such executor or adm that he has paid all the debts of his testate presented to date has turned over or will the residue on his books to the lawful heirs of the said Elijah Petty decd as provided in said will he therefore prays the usual citation may issue requiring all persons interested to show cause if any they can why he should not be discharged from his administration and while such citation is running his proceedings as such Executor or adm may undergo a through revision by this court

            W. D. Petty  Adm

To the Court of ordinary March term 1899  the above petition having been read and considered ordered that the prayer of petitioner be granted and that the petition be entered on the minutes of the Court

            Thos. J. Wilson  Ordinary

Georgia }
Fannin County }

Whereas W.D. Petty adm executor of Last Will of Elijah Petty represents to the court in his petition duly filed and entered on record that he has fully administered or will [on?] Elijah Pettys estate this is therefore to [lit?] all persons concerned kindred and creditors to show cause if any they can why said Executor should not be discharged from his administration and relieved letters of dismission on the first Monday in June 1899

            Thos. J. Wilson
                    Ordinary
    ____________________

[End of transcript]

Transcribed verbatim insofar as I could read the handwriting. The writing itself is fair, but there is a heaving blurry, smudged quality in the copy that I used to do the transcription. Misspelled words (such as “through” for “thorough”) left as they were in original.

Transcript by D.K. Pritchett, from the files of Southern Muse. Previously published on my Family Tree Documents blog on Tumblr.
 

Nancy (Petty) Murray and Family

Elias Murray (left), Nancy Petty Murray (mother, center), and Jane Murray (right)

Nancy (Petty) Murray

Nancy Petty married Winfield Scott Murray of Union County, Georgia. After Scott's death, Nancy is found in Fannin County, and later, in Murray County, Georgia. Some time after 1910, Nancy moved, with her grown sons and daughter, to Oklahoma. This wonderful photo shows Nancy with Elias & Jane (her offspring) on a farm northeast of Elgin, Okla. in 1916. This photo was migrated from my old Family Tree Maker site, Families of North Georgia and Alabama ~ so this is the best quality digital image I have of it right now. One day, I'll try to do a new, larger scan from my hard copy.