Hi Barbee, I have included a listing of the Pettus Cemetery. I was there a few years ago and took pictures of John and Amy Phillips' tomb stones (and Richard Phillips for that matter) if you are interested. There are a number of Phillips relatives in the cemetery. Gentrys, Owens and Pauls. I don't have any knowledge of a specific Pettus connections, but I believe that back in Virginia the Phillips, Pettus, McGills and Gentrys were all related and traveled together from VA, to KY, MO, KS and then to parts west incl. OR. I have not been able to determine where in VA these people came from but by tracking the satellite families I hope to narrow the field and then take a trip to VA and KY and spend some time digging! Pettus Cememtery Elkhorn, Ray County MO Located on the Glenn Pettus farm, east of the Elkhorn Elementary School on Highway 10 in Ray County MO. This is a transcript of a record by Carol Colleen Crowley and Joni Harris on November 5, 1985. It was passed on to my brother and me by Mr. Pettus. He says all the folks in this cemetery are related. I was in this cemetery in the summer of 2002 and took some pictures of the Phillips tombstones. The whole cemetery was badly overgrown. The cemetery is a good way off the road. It is fenced in as it is in the middle of a pasture. Mary A. Haynes d. Oct. 13, 1902 aged 39 yrs, 9 mos. 24 days dau. of Albert Haynes Albert M. Haynes d. May 11, 1897 aged 38 yrs. 6 mos. 4 days Bessie Haynes d. April 19, 1890 aged 10 mos. 7 days - dau. of Albert and Mollie Haynes Fanny L. Pettus b. Feb 3, 1873 d. March 16, 1888 J. T. Pettus b. Sept. 24, 1830 d. Aug 12, 1917 Mary E. (his wife) b. Dec. 26, 1846 d. Oct. 10, 1897 Cordelia Pettus b. March 10, 1875 d. May 24, 1899 Maggie Pettus b. Oct. 31, 1879 d. Apr. 10, 1919 Lurah A. Welton b. Nov. 20, 1879 d. May 4, 1906 Ebbie T. Pettus 1849-1938 (same stone as) Daniel W. Pettus 1839 - 1930 Annie J. Pettus 1840 - 1923 (same stone as) John R. Pettus 1838 - 1923 Loreen Pettus d. July 22, 1902 aged 3 yrs. 7 mo. 16 days - dau. of J.F and N. L. Pettus Hattie Pettus b. June 28, 1860 d. May 25, 1862 - dau. of J.R. and G.A. Pettus Joseph Pettus b. Feb. 9, 1806 d. Dec. 19, 1852 Mary A. W. Pettus b. Apr. 12, 1814 d. Aug. 20, 1860 - wife of J. Pettus Willie G. Pettus d. Sept 6, 1842 aged 1 yr, 10 mo. 5 days - son of J and Mary A. W. Pettus Virginia F. Pettus b. April 4, 1852 d. Nov. 18, 1859 - dau. of J and Mary A. W. Pettus Cyrus Pettus b. Apr. 11, 1851 d. Oct. 7, 1882 Bessie C. McDonald d. July 18, 1828 aged 1 yr. 5 mo.12 days - dau. N.S. and R. McDonald Martha J. A. Pettus b. Oct. 10, 1839 d. May 22, 1866 - wife of H. C. Pettus Joseph N. Pettus d. Oct. 28, 1883 aged 41 yrs. 5 mo. 27 days Pettus Cemetery (cont.) page 2 Henry Craig d. Jan. 3, 1824 aged 63 years Sarah J. Gentry d. Mar? 25, 1823 dau. of John and ? Gentry Mary Gentry d. Feb. 27, 1890 aged 23? years - wife of John Gentry John Gentry d. Apr. 30, 1828/78? aged 60 yrs Cyrus Johnson d. May 6, 1855 aged 21 yrs 3 mos 23 days Almira Berry b. 22 Feb 1827 d. 15 Jan 1896 - wife of Moab Berry Moab Berry b. 25 Dec 1821 d. 3 Jan 1900 Richard Phillips b. Dec. 14, 1808 d. Nov. 8, 1865 Elizabeth J. Paul b. Dec. 16, 18?2 d. Oct 12 1866 - wife of John Paul Fordis Conry d. Dec. 26, 1822 aged 56 yrs 2 mos 22 days Emily Owen b. Nov. 20, 1821 d. Dec. 26, 1886 - aged 65 yrs Robert J. Owen b. May 13, 1852 d. Dec 26, 1866 - son of J.T. and Emily Owen William Owen b. Jan 12, 1849 d. Aug. 3, 1866 - son of J.T. and Emily Owen Amy Phillips d. Oct 22, 1851 84th year of her age - wife of John Phillips John Phillips d. June 8, 1852 84th year of his age John Odell b. 1820 d. May 13, 1867 Infant Brown d. May 27, 1869 2 days old - infant of G. and S.E. Brown Nora A. Owen d. June 22, 1885 aged 4 yrs 1 mo 2 days - dau. of W.T. and V. Owen Charles Owen d. Oct 30, 1890 aged 20 yrs 11mo 30 days - son of W.T.and V. Owen Virinda Owen b. May 27, 1843 d. May 11, 1898 aged 54 yr 11 mo 14 days - wife of W. T. Owen -----Original Message----- From: Barbee Hodgkins [mailto:bhodgkin@oregonvos.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1:44 PM To: MORAY-CGA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MORAY-CGA] Elizabeth Asenath Wheeler Pettus Do you have information on the people buried in the Pettus Cemetery in Ray County? I am curious as to why John Phillips and his wife Amai were buried there 1851 and 1852 as I have no evidence of a relationship to the Pettus name. Thank you On Sunday, November 14, 2004, at 03:35 PM, terryhamiltonwollin@gmail.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Wheeler, Magill, Pettus, Hamilton > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/723 > > Message Board Post: > > Trying to locate data on Elizabeth Asenath Wheeler m WIlliam Rice > Pettus. She had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Pettus Magill, b 1861 and > possibly 1 other child. She died by abt 1865 and Pettus married > Malvina Crithfield with whom he had several more children. Dead-end > everywhere on any information on Elizabeth Wheeler or her family. > > > ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== > Ray CO. Genealogical Assn. maintains the library in the Ray County > Museum. Open Wed-Sat 10:00 - 5:00. Library volunteers on duty from > 12:00 - 4:00. Free admission to the library. > > bhodgkin@oregonvos.net ==== MORAY-CGA Mailing List ==== Ray County Missouri was created in 1821 from Howard County.