PETTY is not a direct surname of mine either, but he BANNING family of Shelby Co, IL were cousins of my paternal grandfather Ernest William HIMES. In my database is Alexander BANNING Sr. b.1885 Washington Co, VA d.1848 Shelby Co, IL married Lucinda PETTY and also a Nancy PETTY. http://members.truepath.com/beverly/index.html Beverly (HIMES) BARGER in NM Myline99@aol.com wrote: > I have a Marion Andrews b. 1823 in SC married Sarah ?. Their children: > Mary b. 1846, Pamela b. 1848, and Annie Matilda b. March 1859 > > Elizabeth "Eliza" Kimbro b. 1810 Tallapoosa Co. AL, m. Benjamin Perry 1829 > > Isaac Lloyd Merriman b. 1854 some census say KY others TN, m. Marietta > Hiser/Kiser 1883 Callahan Co. TX > > Irene Smiley b. 1866 LA m. John Smith Dwyer abt 1896 TX. Her parents: William > Smiley b. Bibb Co. AL m. Nancy Williamson 1865. > > Jeremiah Sanford Johnson b. 1821 GA, m. unknown, child: George Washington b. > 1845 AL m. Cynthia Russell. > Jeremiah m. 2) Virginia Parker before 1850 and they had dau. Nancy Johnson > m.3) Martha Elizabeth Reed bef. 1855. > > God Bless, > Angela > > My Family Tree > > Main Tree line Branches > WATSON ROBINSON > PERRY KIMBRO/UGH > BINYON JACKSON > MERRIMAN HISER > DWYER SMILEY > JOHNSON BOYD > WEDDLE KINNINGHAM > ANDREWS NALL > STEPHENS ROBISON