Brief Life History of Virginia
When Virginia Pettus was born in 1808, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Overton Pettus, was 34 and her mother, Louisa Anna Shotwell, was 34. She married John Foster about 1837, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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English: variant of Pettis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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