Latest Full Color Photos -Family Bibles of Joshua Pettit (1734) and Henry Pettit (1763)

In May of 2025, The Pettit Research Project was granted special access to the the Henry Pettit Sr. Revolutionary War Pension file at the National Archives in Washington, DC.  The folder containing his records was removed from the vault and given to this researcher by the lead archivist.  Examination of the contents was permitted under his supervision for safe handling and security reasons....

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The word above Abraham is possibly "deaf" ? Deaf children often in the past were categorized as mentally deficient.....

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