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Robert Cowan Petty[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1812 - 1856  (43 years)


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  • Name Robert Cowan Petty 
    Initiatory (LDS) 10269  Seventy Record Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 21 Nov 1812  (near) Piney River, Dixon, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence Pottawattamie, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 6 Feb 1856  , , Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10210  Early Latter-day Saints
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 

    Family 1 Margaret Jefferson Wells,   b. 2 Mar 1802, Edgecombe, Endgecombe, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 Oct 1832 
    Children 
     1. Mary Prianah Petty,   b. 3 Jun 1833, , Jackson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Kesiah Albina Petty,   b. 8 Jul 1835, Nashville, Benton, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1907, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     3. Martha Narcissa Petty,   b. 8 Nov 1837, Benton, Polk, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1905, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Louisa Minerva Petty,   b. 27 Dec 1839, Benton, Polk, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1891, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     5. Margaret Jefferson Petty,   b. 13 Sep 1848
     6. Sarah Abigal Petty
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F24808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Adelia Carbine,   b. 1 Mar 1824, Cairo, Greene, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1906, DeLamar, Lincoln, Nevada, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 30 Aug 1852 
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F22845  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Nov 1812 - (near) Piney River, Dixon, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • NAUVOO RECORDS:
      70's Record, p 583
      DEATH: While serving a mission to the Cherokee, Choctaw and Creek Nations

      Name transcribed from the Iowa Branches Members Index 1839 - 1859, Volumes I & II by Ronald G. Watt. Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991. Copyright by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

      Note: Stated in record above, "V. 1 p. 83"

      VARIANT BIRTH PLACE: Pine River, Dixon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA
    • Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records

      NAUVOO RECORDS:
      70's Record, p 583
      70's after 1850, LDS Archives, p 36

      HISTORIES:
      History of the Church, Joseph Smith, Vol 5 pp 102-103
      Treasures of Pioneer History, Kate Carter, Vol 6 pp 2-3
      An Enduring Legacy, DUP 1985, Vol 8 p 141
      Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Frank Esshom, p 1103

      BIOGRAPHIES:
      The Harmony Valley, Sheldon B Grant, 1 page

      OTHER SOURCES:
      Nauvoo Data Bank, 2 pages
      Internet Research:
      www.bonnieruefenacht.com, 1 page
      www.meridianmagazine.com/turning hearts, 1 page
      familysearch.org: Ancestral File, 1 page
      lds.org: Church History, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 2 pages

      VARIANTS:
      Birth: 20 Nov 1812
      Birth place: Pine River
      Death place: Grand River
      Marriage date Carbine: 1850
      Name: Cowen

      FATHER: Thomas Petty
      MOTHER: Jane Darwin

  • Sources 
    1. [S33] LDS - Seventies: Early Seventies, Black, Harvey Bischoff, Compiler and Editor, , p 583.

    2. [S10] Periodical - The Nauvoo Journal, (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1989-1999), Wilford Woodruff Company, 1850.

    3. [S12] Internet Link - BYU Winter Quarters Project - http://winterquarters.byu.edu.

    4. [S13] Internet Link - Pioneer Research Group Project - http://www.pioneerresearchgroup.org.

    5. [S1] Book - A Brief sketch of the life of David Foote, (Genealogical Society of Utah).

    6. [S3] LDS - Iowa Branches Members Index 1829 - 1859, Volumes I and II, Watt, Ronald G., (Historical Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1991,).