Philip Pettiford was head of an Oxford District household of 5 male and 3 female
"Blacks" and one white male in 1786 for the state census. He had moved to
Cumberland County by 1790 where he was head of a household of 9 "other free"
[NC:40]. On 5 September 1820 in Granville County Court he applied for a
Revolutionary War pension [NCGSJ XV:162]. His final pension payment papers
recorded his death on 13 April 1825 [National Archives].