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   Documentation: Source:  Joseph Pruitt II is Found  in the 1860,
New
Albany, Pontotoc Co. MS., Census, reel 590, page 526, June 22, 1860
/
Slave Schedule line 263 / Farmer / 19 Slaves; Joseph 30 M, Wife,
Emma 27
F / Children, Martha 8 F, Texas 7 F, Joseph 5 M, George 3 M, Shows
that
he was born in GA, I suspect Jackson Co. , as a Joseph Pruitt is
listed
in the 1830 census for Jackson Co., GA. Which is next to Banks Co.,
GA
where Joe Pruitt Sr lived with his father and mother.
Source: 1830 Jackson Co., GA census shows a Joseph Pruitt.
Source: Prewitt - Pruitt Records of Georgia, Richard A. Prewitt,
1996,
page 100; Dec 12, 1829, Joseph Jackson Pruitt born to Joseph and
Martha
Sneed Hensley.
Source, Page 88, Pruitt - Prewitt Ancestors, Charles Raymond Dillon,
1922, copyright 1960, Higgenson Book Co., Salem, MA., 929.373.
Source: Records and Brands, 1854 - 1873, Navarro County, TX; J.J.
Pruitt,
Emma E Pruitt, (Ellis County), June 19, 186
Source: Joseph J Pruitt II;  Mississippi Marriages From 1829 to
1900,
Surnames Beginning P to R found in: Marriage Index: AR, MO, MS, TX ;
Spouse: Emma Holditch; Marriage Date: Mar 09, 1851; Location:
Pontotoc,
Mississippi
Source: Joseph J. Pruitt III death certificate dated 3/2/1940 #
16583.
Shows Joseph J. Pruitt II and Emma Hoditch parents.
Source:  Martha Pruitt and AT Stocks, found in the 1880 US Census,
MS,
Baldwyn, Prentiss Co., MS. with Argyle, O’Conner and Ethel Stocks.
Source: Martha Pruitt found in  the 1920, Hinds Co., MS Census,
Township
6, beat 1 line 29. Taken January 2, 1920. As mother in law age 60
living
with daughter Texie P.
Source:  Deed, Union Co. MS / Joseph J Pruitt III and George H, sold
there share of the Pruitt family farm near New Albany MS, to AT
Stocks on
3/8/1889 for $500.00.
Source: Obituary from the Ft. Worth Starr Telegram newspaper
3/2/1940.
Shows Joseph Pruitt III is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Ft. Worth
TX,
died on 3/1/1940. Joseph internment site is Section 3K, Lot 67, July
2004.  Grave is not marked however is about 60 feet south of his
daughter
Emma Rogers, and son in law, Haskell Rogers graves.
Source: Joseph J Pruitt III and Lucy Wilkins are cousins,  married
as
found in the 1910 Coke County TX., U.S. Census.
Source: Certificate of death for son Joseph J Pruitt shows Joseph
Pruitt
III born in MS.
Source: The 1900, Henderson County TX., census shows that Joseph
Pruitt
III was born Dec 1855 in MS.
Source, George Pruitt and Martha Reeves internment location;   The
old
cemeteries of Hinds County, Mississippi : from 1811 to the present /
by
Mary Collins Landin. Publication info Utica, Miss. : Hinds History
Books,
c1988.
Source, Joseph Pruitt III and family found in the 1900, Henderson
Co.,
TX., Census, Pct# 3, 7/7.
Note: Where the Pruitt’s lived in Jackson Co., GA is now Banks Co.,
GA.
Note: Where the Pruitt’s lived in Pontotoc Co., MS is now Union Co.,
MS
Note: Pruitt has been spelled various ways over the years. Joseph
Pruitt
and his ancestors spelled it Prewitt.