Redden, Mills, Pettet, Shadwick, Owens Families in NC

REDDEN, SHADWICK, OWENS, PETTET, MILLS

corrected... January 2009

Descendants of Thomas P. Redden to HAYDEN JOSEPH PETTET, husband of EDNA MILLS

GENERATION 1
Descendants of Thomas P. Redden and
Martha [Last Name Unknown]

THOMAS P. REDDEN (Sr.) was born before 1770 in Wilkes, NC, and died in Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC; said to be buried in Henderson County, NC. He married MARTHA on May 24, 1795, in Wilkes Co., NC, with whom he had 6 sons. Sometime around the turn of the century (1800), Thomas moved from Wilkes NC to the Henderson County area of the NC mountains. NOTE: Thomas P. Redden's (this one?) was given a land grant in 1780, and was a veteran of War of 1812 (this one?). The Redden family said to have tendency for twin births.

Children of THOMAS REDDEN and MARTHA are:

1) SAMUEL C. REDDEN

2) THOMAS P. REDDEN II, b. Bef. July 27, 1807, Pumpkintown, Pickens, SC; d. Henderson, North Carolina; m. MARTHA "PATSY" ANN SHADWICK, 1828, Wilkes,NC; b. Bef. August 19, 1811, Henderson County, North Carolina; d. NC.

3) WILLIAM REDDEN

4) ANDREW P. REDDEN

5) JAMES C. REDDEN

6) BENJAMIN F. REDDEN

GENERATION 2
Descendants of Thomas P. Redden II and
Martha "Patsy" Shadwick/Chadwick

THOMAS P. REDDEN, II was born before July 27, 1807 in Pumpkintown, Pickens County, SC; died in Henderson County, NC.

Thomas II married MARTHA "PATSY" ANN SHADWICK in 1828 in Wilkes, NC. Patsy's father is Hardy Shadwick or Chadwick. She was born before August 19, 1811 in Henderson County, NC; died in NC.

Patsy and Thomas Redden had 6 sons, all of whom served at some point as confederate soldiers.

In the 1850 Georgia Census, Thomas II Redden (spelled "Reading") was 41 years of age CENSUS: 1850 Georgia, Gilmer Co., 33rd Subdivision, 19 Aug 1850. Thomas and family are residing in Gilmer with 12 children. Their friend, Dr. Wm. H. Milton, lived next door to them. Ultimately they named their son Levi Milton as a tribute to their friendship.

10 years later they have moved back to NC and are listed in the 1860 NC Census. Thomas II was listed as 53 years old. 1860 NC, Henderson Co., Green River Twp., 27 Jul 1860. Their neighbors are now Ezekial Kuykendall and the Guice family. Only their male children still lived at home, indicating all the females have now moved on.

The Thomas P. Reading/Redden family of North Carolina is related to the Texas Reddens. Clint Redden proudly relayed stories of his kinship who served in the Civil War. Ex: His Uncle John Redden served in the Northern region during the Civil War; was captured but he managed an amazing escape. (Source Book: The War of the Rebellion Volumes). Clint tells how after the War ended, some family members earned money as traveling salesmen who went from state to state in a wagon. On one trip they traveled south and happened upon a home owned by a Texas man with whom their rapport was immediate...they discovered this was their Uncle John - the one who had escaped and then walked to Texas to avoid death by the "Yankees".

Martha "Patsy" Ann SHADWICK is listed as age 39 in the 1850 Georgia Census (born about 1811); 45 in the 1860 NC Census (born about 1815) . She had been married at least 26 years by the time of the 1860 census (married about 1834).

Children of THOMAS REDDEN II and MARTHA "PATSY" ANN SHADWICK:

ESTHER C. REDDEN

PERMELIA N. REDDEN

JAMES P. REDDEN

ROBERT R. REDDEN

MINOR CLINTON REDDEN, COLONEL; born 13 April 1836, died 16 November 1909 m. Harriet Dalton; Member of Mudd Creek Baptist Church in Hendersonville, NC

FRANCIS E. REDDEN

MATILDA REDDEN

JOHN MILLER REDDEN

LUCINDA REDDEN

LIANDERS REDDEN

LEVI MILTON REDDEN, b. Bef. August 19, 1846, Henderson, NC; d. November 8, 1926, Hendersonville, NC; m. SARAH A. SALLIE OWENS, January 7, 1868, Henderson, NC; b. August 1847, SC; d. April 25, 1926, Hendersonville, NC.

WILLIAM B. REDDEN (TWIN)

THOMAS P. REDDEN III (TWIN)

COLIN REDDEN, COLONEL

GENERATION 3
Descendants of Levi "Lee" Milton Redden
and Sarah A. Sallie Owens

HUSBAND:
Levi "Lee" Milton Redden:
1850 Georgia Census: Levi Redden was listed as 4 years old. Gilmer Co. GA, 33rd Subdivision, 19 Aug 1850.

1900 NC Census: Levi ("L.M.") listed as born August 1847; married 32 years (married about 1868); having 10 living children. Father listed as born in Georgia; mother born in NC. His wife, Sarah listed as both parents being born in SC. NC, Henderson Co., Dist. 4 & 91, Jun 1900.

1910 NC Census: "Lee" was living with Jacob McCarson family (relationship unknown). Lee was married. May have been working with this family at that census point. He was listed as 64 years old. NC, Henderson Co., Hendersonville, 1910.

FAITH: Levi Redden was member of the Beulah Baptist Church, 1877.

MARRIAGE: He was married in Henderson County, NC when 22 years old. By the 1900 Census he was listed as being married for 32 years; 42 years on the 1920 NC Census.   His wife was Sarah Owens, daughter of Noah Owens and Lettie Belcher.

DEATH: Levi, or Lee, as he is nicknamed, died on 8 Nov 1926 in Henderson Co. NC at the age of 81. The informant on death certificate is T. N. Redden (Thomas Noah). Lee was buried at Shaws Creek Cemetery, 10 Nov 1926, per Shepherd's Mortuary.   His obituary in The Hendersonville News; Sunday, Nov 14, 1926; included:

Sudden death of L. M. Redden, 81 yr old farmer living north of the city on Monday, Nov 8, from heart failure.

Sixth in the family to have passed within five months, including the following, the father, mother, brother, niece, and nephew of S. P. Redden of Inman, S.C., who was here for the funeral, who with the following children survive; S. P. Redden of Inman SC, Mrs. Mary Pettit of Horse Shoe, Mrs. Etta Justice of New Hope, Miss Maguire Redden, Mrs. Ruth Moore of Horse Shoe, Mrs. J. E. Barnwell of this city, and Miss Suzie Redden of Hendersonville. Funeral Service held Nov 10 at 1:30.

WIFE: Sarah A. Sallie Owens Redden:

1900 North Carolina Census: Sarah 52 years old. Sarah stated she gave birth to 10 children, with 10 children living. Also that her father and mother were both born in South Carolina.

1910 North Carolina Census: Sarah and the children do not appear. Lee M. is living with Jacob McCarson and his family.

Sarah was buried in April 1926 at the Coston Cemetery, Henderson, NC\

Children of SARAH OWENS and LEVI MILTON REDDEN:
   1. John Milford REDDEN
   2. Mary Elizabeth REDDEN
   3. Thomas Noah REDDEN
   4. Missouri S. REDDEN
   5. Martha Jane Etta REDDEN
   6. James William REDDEN
   7. Simon Peter REDDEN
   8. Allis F. REDDEN
   9. Annie T. Lulu REDDEN
10. Sue Ann REDDEN
11. Ruth Cleveland REDDEN

GENERATION 4
Descendants of Mary Elizabeth Redden
and William Benjamin Pettet/Pettit

MARRIAGE OF William Benjamin Pettet and Mary Elizabeth REDDEN on January 1st, 1893 in Mills River, Henderson County, NC. Marriage Performed by T. C. Holzclaw at Mills River, witnesses were W. J. Maxwell, W. P. Case, and Foster Owens.

Pettet Family Bible

1920 Census: Hendersonville, Henderson County, NC, District 93

Per this Census, wife Mary E. Pettit was born in NC. to a SC born father and a NC born mother. Husband, W. Ben Pettit (JR?) was born in NC to a NC born father and a SC born mother. He was a tenant farmer. All others were born in NC to NC parents. Son Arthur was a farm laborer. Is "Harold" really Carroll Columbus Pettet?

William Benjamin PETTIT
BIRTH: 4 JUL 1870, Dana, Henderson, NC
DEATH: 19 FEB 1930, Hendersonville, NC
BURIAL: FEB 1930, Ebenezer Baptist, BIRTH/DEATH Monument: Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Howard Gap Road and Hwy.64, Hendersonville, NC.

Mary Elizabeth REDDEN Pettit
BIRTH: 28 October 1870 in Gilmer Georgia to parents, Levi Milton Reading REDDEN and Sarah A. Sallie OWENS
DEATH: 5 APR 1959, Hendersonville, NC
BURIAL: APR 1959, Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Hendersonville, NC

CHILDREN of William and Mary Redden Pettit
   1. Lee Oliver PETTIT
   2. Arthur Newton PETTIT
   3. Junie Ellen PETTIT
   4. Willie Albert PETTIT
   5. Frank Elijah PETTIT
   6. Ernest Theodore PETTIT (See Marker Below)
7. Ida Lee PETTIT
   8. Hayden Joseph PETTIT
   9. Edger PETTIT
10. Carroll Columbus PETTIT

GENERATION 5
Descendants of HAYDEN JOSEPH PETTIT and EDNA MILLS

Hayden Joseph Pettit, the son of William Benjamin Pettit and Mary Elizabeth Redden Pettit married Edna Mills. Hayden Joseph Pettit was born May 19, 1910 in NC; died March 1977 at a hospital in Winston-Salem *(he lived in Salisbury), NC. He served as a Corporal in the United States Army during World War II. Edna Mills was born March 22, 1916 and died December 23, 1997 in Hendersonville, NC. She had a twin sister Ella and a brother named William P. Mills, Jr. Her parents were Thomas Floyd and Mary Green Mills.
Following is from Ancestry.com :

Hayden Joseph and wife, Edna Mills Pettet

Ernest and wife, Helen V. Pettet

THE LINEAGE OF EDNA MILLS, WIFE OF HAYDEN JOSEPH PETTET
CONTAINED A MAJOR ERROR AND I HAVE CORRECTED THIS BELOW.

Part II: Descendants of Ambrose and Phalby Mills to EDNA MILLS, wife of Hayden Joseph Pettet

1870 Census for Ambrose and Phalbie Mills, Columbus Township 3, Polk County, NC

In the 1870 Census, Ambrose and Phalbie are 69 and 62 years of age respectively. Ambrose is a farmer who owns his farm valued at about $1500, with personal property of $454. He was born in North Carolina, as was Phalbie. Their children are Ambrose B.F. Mills and Roxanna Mills, age 10. Ambrose and Roxanna went to school, but Roxanna is listed as being able to read, but not to write! They live next door to the Green family and the C. Mills family.

Below is the death certificate for Thomas Floyd Mills, son of Ambrose BF and Elizabeth Lawter Mills:

Below is the Obituary for Ella Mills Vaughn, daughter of Thomas Floyd and Mary Armenta Green Mills:

Ella Mills Vaughn, 92, of Hendersonville, NC, died Sunday, October 19, 2008, at her home after a period of declining health.

Born in 1916 in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Mary Green Mills. She was the lone survivor of this family of four sons and four daughters. She was married to Grady Vaughn, Sr. for almost 72 years and was preceded in death by an infant daughter. She was a loving wife and soul mate to her husband and was always helpful to anyone she had an occasion to be associated with. Ella was also a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother to a number of children who will miss her very much. Her passing will leave a vacancy no one can fill.

In 1926, she moved to Hendersonville where she attended the city school system and graduated from Hendersonville High School in 1934. She was a longtime and faithful member of Moore’s Grove United Methodist Church.

She was employed by the Henderson County tax office in 1963 and served for 25 years, retiring in 1988. She was instrumental in enabling the tax office to migrate from a paper record system to a paper record system to a computerized system. She served the tax office under five leaders and was the assistant tax supervisor for a number of years.

In addition to her loving husband, she is survived by her sons, Grady Vaughn, Jr. and wife, Adriana, and Michael E. Vaughn and wife, Aki; her grandchildren, Lisa Romine, Cheryl Vaughn, Chris Vaughn, Julie Taylor and Jennifer Tankersley; and great-grandchildren, John Tankersley, Ali Perrone, Joshua Tankersley, Skyler Romine, Simeon Vaughn, and Caldwell Vaughn.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, October 23, 2008, at Moore’s Grove United Methodist Church. The Reverends Doug Tankersley and Glenn Camp will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one our prior to the service at the church.

Facts
Born: March 22, 1916 Spartanburg, South Carolina
Death: October 19, 2008 Hendersonville, North Carolina
Occupation: Assistant Tax Supervisor
Organizations: Moore's Grove United Methodist Church

Preceded in Death By
Thomas F. Mills, Father
Mary Green Mills, Mother

Below is the Obituary for EDNA Mills Pettet, daughter of Thomas Floyd and Mary Armenta Green Mills. Edna and Ella were twins:

EDNA MILLS, a twin, was born 22 Mar 1916 in SC and died 23 Dec 1997 in Hendersonville, NC at the age of 81. After attending school for 11 years, she married HAYDEN JOSEPH PETTET sometime after 1930^., son of WILLIAM PETTET and MARY REDDEN. Edna and Hayden are buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Row 14 in Henderson County, NC. Per the Census of 10 Apr 1930, she was then age 12; born in NC as were both her parents. They lived on Fulton Street, Salisbury, NC. They had three daughters. See photos of gravestones.

One of Hayden and Edna Mills' daughters married WILLIAM JAMES BECKER of Washington DC. William is now deceased. My husband grew up with William, who was his best friend throughout their youth years. The following is from Ancestry.com.