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Harriet Grimes Pettus 1802–1883 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 November 1802

Birth Location: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 16 October 1883

Death Location: Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Father: Horatio Pettus

Mother: Mary Poindexter

Spouse(s): Nathaniel Rice

Children(s): Jesse Rice, Mary Rice, Elizabeth Rice, Susan Rice, Sarah Rice, Nathaniel Rice

In 1802, Harriet Grimes Pettus entered the world in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA, born to Horatio Overton Pettus And Mary Stevens Poindexter. In 1850, Harriet Grimes Pettus resided in Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, . In 1860, Harriet Grimes Pettus resided in District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA. Harriet Grimes Pettus married Nathaniel Nathan Rice, and had children including Elizabeth Lizzie Rice, Jesse Pettus Rice, Mary A Rice, Nathaniel Horatio Rice, Sarah Sally Sallie Mitchell Rice, Susan Rice. Harriet Grimes Pettus passed away in 1883 in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1802, Harriet Grimes Pettus entered the world in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA, born to Horatio Overton Pettus And Mary Stevens Poindexter.
  • In 1850, Harriet Grimes Pettus resided in Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, .
  • In 1860, Harriet Grimes Pettus resided in District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA.
  • Harriet Grimes Pettus married Nathaniel Nathan Rice, and had children including Elizabeth Lizzie Rice, Jesse Pettus Rice, Mary A Rice, Nathaniel Horatio Rice, Sarah Sally Sallie Mitchell Rice, Susan Rice.
  • Harriet Grimes Pettus passed away in 1883 in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Horatio Pettus
1775–1856
Birth Location: Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
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Mary Poindexter
1780–1846
Birth Location: Mecklenburg, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Nathaniel Rice
1796–1870
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Jesse Rice
1821–1880
Birth Location: Lauderdale County, Alabama
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Mary Rice
1823–1885
Birth Location: Alabama
MR
Elizabeth Rice
1826–
Birth Location: –
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Susan Rice
1834–1885
Birth Location: Alabama
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Sarah Rice
1829–
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
SR
Nathaniel Rice
1838–1895
Birth Location: Center Star, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
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Harriet Pettus's Ancestors

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Harriet Pettus
1802–1883
Birth Place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Parents
Horatio Overton Pettus
1775–1856
Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Mary (Stevens) Poindexter
1780–1846
Mecklenburg, Virginia
Grandparents
John Pettus
1736–1799
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Harriet Pettus's Descendants

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Harriet (Grimes) Pettus (9 November 1802–16 October 1883) m. Nathaniel (Nathan) Rice (1796–Apr 1870)
  1. 1. Jesse (Pettus) Rice 1821–1880 m. Susan Gresham 1829–1900
    1. 1. John (Pierce) Rice 1852–1884 m. Sarah (Jane "Sallie") Sledge 1861–1935
      1. 1. James (Minton) Rice 1877–1904 m. Ida (Lee) Nicholson 1877–1936
        1. 1. Lennis (Rice) White 1904–1993 m. Osborne White 1897–1993
        2. 2. Lorraine (Rice) White 1905–1997
        3. 3. William (Austin) Rice 1900–1959
      2. 2. Ida (Payne) Rice 1879–1953 m. William (B) Bretherick 1875–1952
    2. 2. Thomas (Horatio) Rice 1859–1940 m. Susan (G.) Bottin 1878–
      1. 1. Ellis (Lee) Rice 1881–1961 m. Maud Young 1889–
        1. 1. Ruby (M) Griffin 1917–1993
        2. 2. Brunner (Lee) Rice 1913–1977
        3. 3. Elbert (Eugene) Rice 1920–1985
        4. 4. Claude (Turner) Rice 1907–1974
      2. 2. Norah Rice 1880–
      3. 3. Jesse (Clyde) Rice 1886–1947
        1. 1. Ruth Rice 1923–1987 m. Harden (Hillard) Hughes 1920–1994
        2. 2. Grady (Lee) Rice 1919–1943 m. Juanita Johnson 1923–
      4. 4. Benjamin (Coleman) Rice 1889–1923
    3. 3. Benjamin (F) Rice 1854–1921 m. Martha (Ann) Crow 1852–1893 m. Ida (Lee) Winborne 1871–1916
    4. 4. Henry (Manson "Mance") Rice 1869–1931
    5. 5. Harriet (Jane) Rice 1861–1923 m. Benjamin (Newton) Matthews 1855–1927
    6. 6. Winston (Pettus) Rice 1850–1925 m. Judith (Francis Angel) RICE 1852–1943
      1. 1. Hugh (L. Rice) Sr. 1888–1967 m. Mamie (Cornelia) Johnston 1898–1984
        1. 1. Maxine Rice 1926–1995
        2. 2. Hugh (L Rice) Jr 1916–2001 m. Eleanor (Virginia) Cliff 1922–2008
        3. 3. Wanda Rice 1922–2020 m. Walter (Glennn) Murphy 1917–2008
      2. 2. Susan (Missie) Rice 1874–1952 m. Robert (Charles) Smith 1864–1922
        1. 1. Alice (Claude) Smith 1911–1987 m. Lester (Allison) Davis 1915–1960
        2. 2. Ethel (Blanche Smith Grizzard) Clopton 1896–2001 m. Walton (Williamson) Grizzard 1891–1932
        3. 3. Helen Smith 1918–2004 m. William (Lee) Young 1916–1998
        4. 4. Myrtle Smith 1903–1915
        5. 5. Alma Smith 1901–1992
        6. 6. William (Winston) Smith 1909–1984 m. Mattie (Lucille) Dewberry 1905–2003
        7. 7. Charles (Louie) Smith 1913–1957 m. Dorothy Smith 1913–2010
        8. 8. Eula Smith 1904–1982 m. James (Madison Peerson) Jr 1901–1952
        9. 9. Robert (Earl) Smith 1898–1963 m. Martha (O.) Smith 1903–1996
        10. 10. Annie (Ruth Smith) Dowling 1907–1981 m. Mack (David) Dowling 1904–1976
      3. 3. William (James) Rice 1879–1954 m. Cora (Lee) McKelvey 1886–1970
        1. 1. Allen (Rivers) Rice 1905–1979 m. Ruby (McPeters) Stanley 1908–1990 m. Mary Williams 1909–1942 m. Georgia Preston 1914–1979
        2. 2. Granville (Horace) Rice 1906–1980
        3. 3. William (Leverne) Rice 1908–1986 m. Nina A 1917–2002
        4. 4. James (Evans) Rice 1910–2001 m. Lucille Pruett 1912–2005
        5. 5. Claud (Lorender) Rice 1911–1916
        6. 6. Jesse (Winston) Rice 1913–2009 m. Charlotte (Elizabeth) Price 1924–2009
        7. 7. Paul Rice 1915–2015 m. Louise (Murphy) Rice 1918–2002
        8. 8. Pauline Rice 1918–2011 m. Millard (F) Howard 1926–2003
        9. 9. Annie (Lee) Rice 1921–2008
      4. 4. Alice (May) Rice 1892–1978 m. John (Louis) Stark 1893–
        1. 1. Agnes (Margurite) Stark 1920–1992 m. Elmer (Franklin) Alexander 1920–1958
        2. 2. Annie (Mae) Stark 1917–
      5. 5. John (Robert) Rice 1876–1947 m. Mary (Frances) Whitten 1883–1976
        1. 1. Mary (R.) Rice 1917–2011 m. William (Marvin) Clingan 1905–1989
        2. 2. Elizabeth Rice 1912–2000 m. Horace (E) Call 1910–1967
        3. 3. Elsie (Mae) Rice 1905–1984
        4. 4. Erline Rice 1908–2008
        5. 5. William (Winston) Rice 1909–1986
      6. 6. Claudia (Elizabeth) Rice 1881–1957 m. Robert (Lewis) Malone 1872–1944
        1. 1. Lena Malone 1903–1919
        2. 2. Frank (Mitchell) Malone 1905–1988
        3. 3. Clyde (Rice) Malone 1906–2000 m. Tassie (Mae) Wikinson 1914–2007
        4. 4. Frances (M) Malone 1909–2005
        5. 5. Robert (W) Malone 1920–2012
        6. 6. Mildred Malone 1916–2000
      7. 7. Hulet (Thomas Rice) Sr. 1884–1983 m. Rebecca (Ruth) Hall 1892–1957
        1. 1. Winston (Petway) Rice 1917–2007
        2. 2. Walter (Warren Rice) Sr 1918–2016 m. Marion (Mae) Anthony 1922–
        3. 3. Thomas (Hulet) Rice 1920–2004 m. Delores (Fredena) O'Neal 1928–2008
        4. 4. Faye (Ruth) Rice 1928–2009
        5. 5. Myrtle (Judith) Rice 1933–1933
        6. 6. Briggs Rice 1923–2015
        7. 7. Louis (Victor) Rice 1926–2018
      8. 8. Earley (H) Rice 1890–1892
    7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) Rice 1857–1887 m. Robert (Taylor) Killen 1847–1926
      1. 1. Doctor (Duncan "Dock") Killen 1878–1957 m. Ruth (Jane) Davis 1878–1959
      2. 2. Susan (Polk "Susie") Killen 1879–1959 m. W. (D.) Davis 1880–
    8. 8. William (I) Rice 1874–1889
    9. 9. Fanny (Belle) Rice 1871–1964 m. Calvin (Willett Young) Sr 1874–1960
      1. 1. Lydia (Mae) Thigpen 1897–
    10. 10. Annie Rice 1867–1933 m. Calvin Swinea 1856–1937
      1. 1. Delia Swinea 1893–
      2. 2. Mary Swinea 1888–1945
  2. 2. Mary (A) Rice 1823–1885
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rice 1826–
  4. 4. Susan Rice 1834–1885
  5. 5. Sarah ((Sally, Sallie) Mitchell) Rice 1829–
  6. 6. Nathaniel (Horatio) Rice 1838–1895 m. Rebecca McClanahan 1844– m. Nancy (Jane) Joiner 1860–1949
    1. 1. James (Henry) Rice 1866–1943
      1. 1. Jewel Rice 1890–1971
      2. 2. Lucille (Elberteen) Rice 1907–1974
    2. 2. George (Manson) Rice 1867–1953 m. Mary (Edna) Luckett 1879–1950
    3. 3. Franklin Rice 1870–
    4. 4. Martha Rice 1869–
    5. 5. Robert (Marion) Rice 1871–1939 m. Mary (Jane) Coleman 1867–1937
      1. 1. Constance (Savilla) Rice 1893–1959 m. Harvey (Ellis) McGrew 1877–1965
        1. 1. Mary (Frances) McGrew 1917–
        2. 2. Thomas (Lindsey) McGrew 1914–1986
        3. 3. Marion (Earl) McGrew 1914–1995
      2. 2. Mary (Estelle) Rice 1896–1967
      3. 3. Lindsey (Coleman) Rice 1897–
      4. 4. Lona (Francis) Rice 1899–1983
      5. 5. Nina (Elizabeth) Rice 1905–1981 m. Robert (Penn) Ware 1913–1982
        1. 1. Billie (Jo) Shaw 1929–2007
      6. 6. Ida (Margaret) Rice 1905–1969 m. Hugo (M.) ZETZMAN 1901–1977
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) ZETZMAN –1949
    6. 6. Mamie (Rill) Rice 1877–1902 m. Charles (Henry) Nebhut 1880–1939
      1. 1. Henry (Carroll) Nebhut 1901–1940
    7. 7. John Rice 1878–
    8. 8. Abner (Bedford) Rice 1885–1922
    9. 9. Wm. Rice 1865–
    10. 10. Winston Rice 1862–
    11. 11. Isaac (Jackson) Rice 1893–1963 m. Doris (Molly) Milton 1902–1972 m. Leona (Delphia) Morris 1889–1974
      1. 1. Johnny (Ray Rice) Sr 1934–2021 m. Shirley (Ann) Brown 1935–2004 m. Glenda (Marie) Wicks 1940–2006 m. Juanita (Lillian) Light 1930–2001 m. Rose (Marie) Bullock 1937–2012
      2. 2. Emil (Cox) Rice 1923–2001 m. Stella (Geneva) Coe 1923–1987
        1. 1. Juanita (Ruth) Rice 1947–2019
        2. 2. Donna (Jean) Rice 1948–2021
        3. 3. Charles (Wayne) Rice 1950–2024
        4. 4. Stephen (McArthur) Coe 1942–2001 m. Sandra (Gayle Cameron) COE 1946–2017
      3. 3. Helen (Christine) Rice 1927–2005 m. Charles (Edward) Milliken 1926–2002
      4. 4. Wallace (Clifton) Rice 1912–1961 m. Lenora (Mae) Mauldin 1918–2010
      5. 5. Grady (Watson) Rice 1913–1993 m. Margie (Jo) Hawthorne 1925–1997
    12. 12. Rufus (Daniel) Rice 1891–1954 m. Etta (M.) Morris 1892–1975
      1. 1. Cecil (Leon) Rice 1915–1979
    13. 13. Arthur (Washington) Rice 1895–1976 m. Exar (Lee) Milton 1904–1991
      1. 1. Marvin (James) Rice 1925–2007
      2. 2. Parvin (Wayne) Rice 1925– m. Dorothy (Nell) Norris 1929–
      3. 3. Murel (Inez) Rice 1922–2013

Harriet Pettus's Timeline

4 Records

1802
9 November 1802
Birth of Harriet Grimes Pettus in Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 48
Harriet Grimes Pettus resided here in Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
1860
1860
Age 58
Harriet Grimes Pettus resided here in District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
1883
16 October 1883
Age 81
Death of Harriet Grimes Pettus in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 November 1802
    Event Place: Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M653_13; Page: 228; Family History Library Film: 803013
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M653_13; Page: 228; Image: 234; Family History Library Film: 803013
    [3] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M432_7; Page: 318B; Image: 648
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [5] Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2 East of the Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M432_7; Page: 318B; Image: 648

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M653_13; Page: 228; Family History Library Film: 803013
    [2] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 1, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M653_13; Page: 228; Image: 234; Family History Library Film: 803013

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1883
    Event Place: Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Findagrave, Harriet G Pettus Rice 16 Oct 1883

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 October 1883
    Event Place: Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012
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