Vital Stats
Born: March 01, 1800 in Amherst County, VA
Married: May 09, 1825 in Amherst County, VA
Occupation: farmer
Died: May 11, 1868
Burial: Salt Creek, Amherst County, Virginia
Parents
Elizabeth Watts
Spouse
Nancy Ann Taylor Reynolds*
Children
James Pettyjohn Abt. 1826
Isaac Newton Pettyjohn 1827-1851
Henrietta G. Pettyjohn Watts 1830
Maria "Mariah" Louise Pettyjohn 1834-1878
Sarah "Sallie" Anne Pettyjohn 1838-1915
George Washington Pettyjohn, Jr.
Seth Woodruff Pettyjohn 1843-1926
John Patterson Pettyjohn 1846-1939
Lucian Guilford Pettyjohn 1849-1921
Siblings
Rhoda Pettyjohn Woodruff
Elizabeth "Betsy" Pettyjohn Wills
Mary "Polly" Pettyjohn Ridgeway
William Pettyjohn, Jr.
Joseph Pettyjohn, Sr.
John Wiatt Pettyjohn, Sr.
From: National Archives, Washington DC 1850 (7th Census) Vol 1, Amherst County, VA
farmer, value of estate $24,500
George took his family to live in Washington County during the Civil War, returning after the war to his plantation on Harris Creek and the James River.
After his father's death, he received, as his share of his father's estate, the parcel of the plantation on which the mansion house stood.
Marriage notes from: D.A.R. Library, Washington, D.C. Amherst Co, VA, Marriage Bonds 1753-1853
from Familysearch.com: When George Washington Pettyjohn was born on 1 March 1800, in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, William Pettyjohn, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Watts, was 41. He married Ann Nancy Taylor Reynolds on 9 May 1825, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Washington, Virginia, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 11 May 1868, in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Salt Creek, Amherst, Virginia, United States.
George Washington Pettyjohn ~ Find a Grave Story
George Washington Pettyjohn married Ann Taylor "Nancy" Reynolds on May 9, 1825 in Amherst County, Virginia. George received a share of his fathers estate, after William died. It was a parcel of the plantation on which the mansion house stood. George Pettyjohn took his family to live in Washington County during the Civil War. After the war he returned with his family to his plantation on Harris Creek and the James River.
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*from Familysearch.com: When Ann Nancy Taylor Reynolds was born on 20 November 1805, in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, her father, Archelius Reynolds, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Rucker, was 28. She married George Washington Pettyjohn on 9 May 1825, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Elon, Amherst, Virginia, United States in 1870. She died on 2 January 1880, in Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Creek, Amherst, Virginia, United States.