EIGHTH GENERATION

606. Rebecca PETTIT was born on 24 Mar 1790. She died on 1 May 1818 in Washington, Mississippi.

She was married to White TURPIN (son of Joseph TURPIN and Rachel BAYNARD) on 3 Aug 1813 in Washington, Mississippi Territory. White TURPIN was born on 2 Jun 1777. He died on 4 Apr 1842. WHITE TURPIN CAME TO MISS. FROM CENTERVILLE LAND- ING, MD. IN 1808 AND
SETTLED NEAR WASHINGTON, MISS HE LIVED ON A PLANTATION, OAKLAND, BUT
OPERATED A MERCANTILE BUSINESS AT GRAND GULF. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
FIRST MISS. LEGISLATURE IN 1818, AND A FRIEND OF GOVERNOR DAVID HOLMES.
HE NAMED IS FIRST SON AFTER DAVID HOLMES. Rebecca PETTIT and White TURPIN had the following children:

child997 i. David Holmes TURPIN was born on 6 Jul 1814. He died on 20 Feb 1851.
child998 ii. Joseph Alexander TURPIN was born on 18 May 1816.
child999 iii. White TURPIN was born on 1 May 1818. He died on 1 Oct 1842 in Oakland, Mississippi.

She was married to Walter MCGRUDER on 26 Jan 1810 in Ohio County, West Virginia.

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