The Pettway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,807 people carried this name — #6,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,480 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Pettway in American newspapers,
1910–1920.

Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name Pettway
The Freeman 1910-04-16
Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name Pettway
The Freeman 1910-02-26
Newspaper page from Evening Capital And Maryland Gazette carrying the name Pettway
Evening Capital And Maryland Gazette 1920-02-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 556 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pettway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henrietta Pettway 1894–1971 · artist
  • Pearlie Irby Pettway 1898–1955 · quiltmaker
  • Missouri Pettway 1902–1981 · textile artist
  • Annie E. Pettway 1904–1972 · artist
  • Pearlie Pettway Hall 1908–2000 · quilter
  • Ethel Young 1910–2000 · quiltmaker

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pettway,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States86 records

86 records of the Pettway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 59
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Duke J. Pettway

    Born 1917 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1940 at Jackson; farm hand from Warren County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Patrick Henry Pettway

    Born 1941; from Tyler, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Thuy, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Edward Pettway

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1999; buried at Quantico National Cemetery, Virginia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 86 records for Pettway in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Pettway.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Pettway is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Pettway volume
Scroll to Top