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Welcome to the Pettifords of Alamance County North Carolina
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About The Pettiford Family of Alamance County North Carolina
This site has been created to capture as much of the family history as possible of the several  of the children of James Uncle Pap (Jimmy) and Eliza Daye who left Person county and settled in  Alamance County.  Three of the brothers (William, Obe, and Charles) settled in the White Level  community just off HWY 119 North of Mebane.  William later sold his land to the Currie family  and moved further North into the Pleasant Grove community.

The site is ever evolving and you should come back often to see what's new!

SOME ADDITIONAL HISTORY from the Pettifords of North Carolina (Hall, 2009)

On this site, most Pettifords from the Central NC area were classified as "Mulattos"  often mixed with African-American and Native American Ancestry ( also there are some Pettifords  ofEuropean and Australian descent also featured on the database) of tribes such as the "Lumbee"  Tribe, the "Nansemond" Tribe and the "Tuscarora" Native American Tribes.  There were a lot of Pettifords' also in servitude or locked into Indentured Servitude until a  certain period of time and then bound out and given their complete "Freedom".  During the Pre-Antebellum periods, the Free Negro Codes of North Carolina were  repealed, and a lot of "Free-Born" Blacks were forced back into servitude, and a lot  of them left NC and migrated west to areas such as Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Canada,  Illinois, Oklahoma, and other midwest US territories to avoid being institutionalized  or re-institutionalized into the bonds of Slavery. Many Pettifords followed these  migrations mid-west and also settled and established themselves in new areas around  the United States of America besides NC and Va. Some of the Vital Records are  available, and some of the following information has been passed down through many  generations of the various Pettiford families across the nation who originate from  North Carolina and of course some of the information is unavailable or missing or  inconsistent because of the era of time of which we are researching.

The earliest evidence of "Free Born African American Ancestry" amongst the Pettifords  begins with three "3" brothers in Granville County, NC:

1) Lawrence Pettiford - 1732
 2) Lewis Pettiford - 1734
 3) George Pettiford - 1736

(Pettifords of North Carolina. Susan Hall, 26 Feb. 2009. Web. 25 June 2017.)


Getting Around
There are several ways to browse the family tree. The Tree View graphically shows the relationship of selected person to their kin. The Family View shows the person you have selected in the center, with his/her photo on the left and notes on the right. Above are the father and mother and below are the children. The Ancestor Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph above and children below. On the right are the parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Descendant Chart shows the person you have selected in the left, with the photograph and parents below. On the right are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Do you know who your second cousins are? Try the Kinship Relationships Tool. Your site can generate various Reports for each name in your family tree. You can select a name from the list on the top-right menu bar.

In addition to the charts and reports you have Photo Albums, the Events list and the Relationships tool. Family photographs are organized in the Photo Index. Each Album's photographs are accompanied by a caption. To enlarge a photograph just click on it. Keep up with the family birthdays and anniversaries in the Events list. Birthdays and Anniversaries of living persons are listed by month. Want to know how you are related to anybody ? Check out the Relationships tool.

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