Martin PETTRY

  General Notes:

The following list was compiled by Judge Winton A. White and presented to the Beckley Post-Herald newspaper in 1950. The list was published in the 1850 Centennial Edition of the Beckley Post-Herald on 26 Aug. 1950. It is now available in either the "Smith-Riffe" microfilm collection at the Raleigh County Public Library in Beckley, or from the Beckley Register-Herald Archives also located in Beckley, WV.

Judge Riffe was an excellent historian, however, there are known errors in this work, so please check all information against primary sources.

1820 - 1830

PETTRY, Martin and Jacob - Father and son, the Pettrys came from Giles (now Mercer). Martin moved to the mouth of Little Marsh at what is now Packsville, and Jacob settled at the mouth of Hazy (Edwight). Jacob was at one time one of the largest land owners of the county. From 1849 to 1856 he lived at the McGinnis farm on Soak Creek.

Martin married Sarah "Sally" DAVIS, daughter of Peter DAVIS and Susannah MEADOWS, on 20 Mar 1830 in Monroe Co., VA.³¹⁹⁰ (Sarah "Sally" DAVIS was born in 1814 in VA ²⁹⁷¹ and died between 1880 and 1900 in Raleigh Co., WV.)