She said: Recently a new cousin from Sarah (Petty) Neale's line found us and passed on the oral tradition that Martha and her daughter Sarah were Cherokee. Yes, I know. Everyone wants to be Cherokee. My reaction totally. But serious researchers say check it out. So they may. Here are the notes I've accumulated over the years on this line. Maybe others can add or correct this information. Who our Martha is continues to be a mystery. Why am I not surprised that this family too ties into the Poe, Clanton, Harmon, and Harrington families.
[Editor Myrna: Wouldn’t it be funny if Grandpa Pitt’s joke about the Pitts nose being an American Indian nose really proved to be true?]
From Sharolyn--How we fit:
Ralph Petty and Isabelle McClure;
Albert Petty and Catherine Petty,
Catherine Elizabeth Petty and James Peas Edwards,
Albert Elisha Edwards and Ida Pearl Musig,
Ruth Edwards and Thomas Vivian Pitts,
Howard Pitts and Jessie Elaine Smith
[and then me, Myrna]
Catherine Petty married Albert Petty [note the double Petty]
She was the daughter of George Petty and Lydia Harrington
[That is where my family fits into the Harrington line.]
Hubert Petty and Rebecca
Thomas Petty and Catherine Garton
James Petty and Martha (assumed Clanton)
George Petty and Lydia Harrington
Catherine Petty and Albert Petty
