Florida Family Group Sheet for Jeremiah E. AVRIETT Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Geneva A. Cunningham Email address: Allamanda4@aol.com Husband: Jeremiah E. AVRIETT (AVERETT) "Jerry" Birth date: 16 Jun 1838 Birthplace: Twiggs Co., GA Death date: 15 Sep 1910 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL. Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery Father: Benjamin F. AVERETT, Sr. Mother: Mary Unknown Marriage date: 24 Jan 1867 Marriage place: Stewart Co., GA Wife: Mary Lavina BOWERS Birth date: 7 Apr 1845 Birthplace: Georgia Death date: 27 May 1924 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL. Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: David Benjamin AVRIETT, Sr. Sex: Male Birth date: 2 Feb 1868 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 17 Nov 1944 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL. Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery Marriage date: Marriage place: Hamilton Co., FL Spouse's name: 1) Julia R. MORGAN b. 10 Oct 1874 d. 16 Sep 1900 Bur. Sasser's Landing. m. #2) 1901, Doshie RATLIFF b. 18 May 1881 d. 6 Mar 1949. Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery. Child No. 2: Laura E. AVRIETT Sex: Female Birth date: 1869 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL. Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Mack (Matthew?) MORGAN Child No. 3: Mary Levinia AVRIETT Sex: Female Birth date: Nov 1871 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 1929 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL Marriage date: 1894 Marriage place: Hamilton Co., FL Spouse's name: Joseph W. NUNN b. Apr 1871 Child No. 4: Martha L. AVRIETT "Mattie" Sex: Female Birth date: 5 Ar 1875 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 6 Sep 1968 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL. Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery Marriage date: 1894 Marriage place: Hamilton Co., FL Spouse's name: David C. NEWSOME b. 22 Feb 1868 d. 7 Nov 1934 Child No. 5: William Erskin AVRIETT Sex: Male Birth date: 23 Mar 1877 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 23 Jun 1955 Place of death: Hamilton Co. ,FL Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 6: James Henry AVRIETT Sex: Male Birth date: 1870 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 1870 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL Child No. 7: Willie Edgar AVRIETT Sex: Male Birth date: 1874 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 1874 Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL Child No. 8: Roswell Eugene AVRIETT Sex: Male Birth date: 17 Sep 1880 Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL Death date: 7 Aug 1964 Place of death: Lowndes Co., GA. Bur. Oak Grove Cemetery, Hamilton Co., FL. Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Gladys DOWNES b. 13 May 1908 d. 18 Dec 1979 NOTES: Jeremiah E. AVERETT enlisted as a Private on 3 May 1862 in Co., F, 5th Infantry Regiment Florida. He was a POW on 5 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. He was exhanged on 3 Mar 1864 and took the Oath of Allegiance on 23 May 1865 at Madison, FL. He filed for his CSA Pension in 1904, Hamilton Co., FL. #01176. In 1830, Twiggs Co., GA Census there was a James AVERETT and a John AVERETT. In 1840 Twiggs Co., GA Census there was a Benjamin F. AVERET and a James Averet. In 1850 Twiggs Co., GA Census, Mary (widow of Benjamin F.) is listed with her family. By 1860 she had relocated family to Hamilton Co., FL and she appears in 1860 Census as Mary Everett. Sometime after the family moved to Hamilton Co. ,FL, the spelling of the name AVERETT changed to AVRIETT. SOURCES: 1830, 1840, 1850 Twiggs Co., GA Census, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1920 Hamilton Co.,FL Census; 1885 Florida State Census; online marriage database at FLGenWeb Hamilton Co., FL; Florida Department of Archives and History online database for CSA Pension Records; online database at Ancestry.com for American Civil War Soldiers. "Cemeteries of Hamilton County, Florida" Registered by Winnie Smith Hodges. Personally researched by me and submitted to the FL FGS Project 12 May 2006.