I am brand new here and have just started my site, but my Grandmother was a Petty and I have researched them. My family ended uo in Dent county, Missouri~but started in NC, and moved through KY and TN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY THE FAMILY TREE IS A HUGE JIGSAW PUZZLE WITH 90% OF THE PIECES MISSING THEY FOLLOWED THE LOGGING TRAILS LOOKING FOR WORK AND AFTER ABOUT 1930 LEFT TN WENT TO ALABAMA THEN TO MS AND WOUND UP IN FL AND ALOT OF THE MOTHERS HAD CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK SO TRACKING BY LAST NAME IS DIFFICULT HOPE WE CAN CORRISPOND AND HELP EACH OTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR