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Martin Petry (1757-ca. 1839/1840) was born in Orange County, Virginia, and was a son of Matthew Peatross. Martin married Ann Raines, and served in the Revolutionary War. They moved to Rockingham County, Virginia in 1785, and then made several other moves, finally moving after 1798 over the mountains to Summers County, West Vir- ginia. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and elsewhere. Includes probable ancestry and genealogical data in Virginia to the mid-1600s.
The Ellis Family, the trial of their lives during the Civil War. Cooper, the patriarch, with two of his sons on opposite sides of the war, he is determined to remain neutral, wanting nothing to do with the war. While the young bride of his son Bonner has become the victim of an unknown stalker and assailant. He clings to his family, friends, and neighbors as well as to the family homestead settled and cleared by the sweat and blood of his father and mother.