Barbara Pettus

Daughter of Col. William Pettus and Susannah Graves.

Married John Arnold, her second cousin once removed (via Davis Davenport).

The following notes are from John Scott Davenport, Holmdel, NJ: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DAVENPORT/1999-11/094...

John Arnold obtained a marriage bond to wed Barbara Pettus in Louisa County, Virginia on 9 January, 1775, with Garret Minor, Thomas Minor, and William Arnold, Jr., his securities.

This John Arnold (there are at least three contemporaries to keep separate) was the son of William Arnold, Sr., and wife Mary Davenport, eldest daughter of William Davenport of Spotsylvania.

John Arnold and wife Barbara (nee Pettus) ... left Spotsylvania County in late 1791, likely going south with John [Davenport] of Richard [Davenport] and his family, to wit:

21 Oct 1791 - Deed: John Arnold, wife Barbara, to James Arnold, all of Spotsylvania County, for L40, 400 acres in Spotsylvania County, adjoining John Waller, Joel Trigg, Jonathan Clark, John Wiglesworth, Jr., and William Buchanan.../s/ John Arnold, BARBARA ARNOLD. Wit: None. (Crozier's Abstracts of Spotsylvania County Deeds, 450)

John Arnold and Barbara apparently first settled with his parents William Arnold, wife Mary (nee Davenport) in Laurens County, South Carolina, approximately twenty miles north on the north side of Saluda River, but by the time of John's death, they had joined John's family in Abbeville.

[William Pettus's] LW&T was made on 18 Sep 1795, probated on 4 Sep 1798, was witnessed by Sharp Smith, Peter Arnold, and Charles Dabney. His executors were sons William Pettus, Overton Hart Pettus, James Pettus, Joseph Pettus, and son-in-law William Graves. He left legacies to his wife [unnamed], sons Overton Hart Pettus; James Pettus; Joseph Pettus; nominated trustees: friends Jonathan Clarke, Edmund Clark, and Samuel Overton Pettus; and daughter Louisa. He identified his children as: BARBARY ARNOLD, William Pettus, Nancy Graves, Susanna Davenport, Overton Hart Pettus, James Pettus, Joseph Pettus, and Louisa Pettus. (Spotsylvania County, VA, Wills, F:37)