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Micajah Pettaway
grave markers
On Sunday afternoon July 4, 1976, the Micajah Pettaway Chapter unveiled a bronze and granite marker for the grave for whom the chapter is named. He and Mrs. Holt both now have DAR markers on their graves. There are many descendants of Micajah Pettaway in the area.
Our Chapter
On June 10, 1922, Mrs. R. P Holt convened an organizational meeting at her house for women in the area that were eligible for membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR). Kate Station Parks, Regent of the now disbanded Miles Harvey Chapter NSDAR, came from Tarboro, North Carolina to discuss what procedures were needed to organize a chapter. North Carolina State Regent Mrs. W.O. Spencer attended the organizational meeting. The chapter was recorded on August 23, 1923, with eight charter members. A report of the new chapter was announced at the 23rd North Carolina Society State Conference.
From the beginning, the daughters of this chapter have conformed to the DAR bylaws and have been committed to serving our nation through patriotic endeavors. The chapter has presented bronze markers to commemorate various historical sites around Rocky Mount and during WWII began volunteering in the war effort. Hundreds of certificates have been presented to Good Citizens and ROTC cadets. We work for patriotism, to uphold the constitution, protect our flag and honor our veterans.
Micajah Pettaway
The chapter was named for an ancestor of Mrs. Holt, Micajah Pettaway. He was an American Revolutionary War soldier who served with Marquis de Lafayette at Brandywine and with George Washington at Valley Forge.
Micajah Pettaway was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina in 1757. He was a major in the American Revolution and a captain in the War of 1812. He was buried in Edgecombe County in 1849 at the age of 92 years.
Mrs. Holt searched until she found his grave in a burial ground that had become a “mule yard” and his was the only stone left. An elderly man told her that it was still there only because it had an American flag on it. They believed that if you bothered anything with an American flag you would be put in prison. Mrs. Holt had the remains moved to Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount on the Whitehead family plot.
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