Rachel Petty
was born 13 Dec 1754 Granville District, Orange, North Carolina although another record says she was born on May 10, 1755 Union district South Carolina, later became Union county.
Her parents were James Petty (son of Thomas Petty and Catherine Garton Petty) and Martha (possibly Clanton) Petty.
She married Drury Harrington January 2, 1773 in North Carolina. They had seven children. Drury and Rachel settled on Thickety Creek near Jonesville, South
She died in Chambers Co., AL and was buried on the Harrington Farm on Thickety Creek near Jonesville, Union Co., SC.
And that's about all I could find out about Rachel.
But Drury is another story. I could fill a small book with the files I found on him. But this is her day so I'll be brief.
Drury Harrington was born born: June 22, 1751 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
"Drury enlisted in the revolutionary Army in 1776 from Chatham county and served as a lieutenant. He fought in the battle of Moore's Creek, the first battle of the Revolution fought in the South; was in the cavalry under Clarke and Sumpter at Ransom's Mill; served under Pickens at Cowpens against the Cherokee Indians and was in the seige and surrenderof Augusta Georgia.
Drury and Rachel settled on Thickety Creek near Jonesville, South Carolina in 1779. North Carolina records show that there were land grants to Drury in Beaufort, Halifax and Granville Counties in North Carolina.
In his later years, after Rachel died, he came to Chambers County, Alabama to live with his son, Jeptha. He had filed for his revolutionary War pension on October 3, 1832 in Union County, South Carolina.
He was buried in Chambers County, Alabama on the Harrington Plantation and later reinterred in Pinewood Cemetery West Point, Georgia. Harrington Heights Cemetery is named for him."from an archived mailing list.
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