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Submitted by: Robert A. Nelson
Email address: <1bobnelson@verizon.net>
Husband: Joseph PRUITT I
Birthdate: 4/7/1798
Birthplace: Franklin Co., GA
Death date: 7/26/1864
Place of death: Pontotoc Co., MS
Burial: Pruitt Hill
Father: Samuel Walters PRUITT II
Mother: Lavina WALTERS
Marriage date: 5/14/1814
Marriage place: Franklin Co., GA
Wife: Martha Sneed HENSLEY
Birthdate: 2/17/1797
Birthplace: Franklin Co., GA
Death date: 8/17/1840
Place of death: Pontotoc Co., MS
Burial: Unknown
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Sarah PRUITT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11/1815
Birthplace: Franklin Co., GA
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Child No. 2: Samuel PRUITT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 3/5/1821
Birthplace: New Albany, Union Co., MS
Death date: 11/23/1887
Place of death: Crier Creek, Navarro Co., TX
Burial: Crier Creek Cemetary, Crier Creek, Navarro Co., TX
Marriage date: About 1845
Marriage place: Unknown
Spouse's name: Mary Louise HENSLEY
Child No. 3: David Hensley PRUITT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1/20/1822
Birthplace: New Albany, Union Co., MS
Death date: Before 1900
Place of death: TX
Burial: Unknown
Marriage date: Unknown
Marriage place: Unknown
Spouse's name: Elizabeth J. SINGLETON
Child No. 4: Cursey Carolina PRUITT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1/4/1824
Birthplace: Franklin Co., GA
Death date: 1/2/1827
Place of death: Unknown
Burial: Unknown
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Child No. 5: Adecia Martin PRUITT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 3/24/1826
Birthplace: Franklin Co., GA
Death date: Unknown
Place of death: Unknown
Marriage date: Unknown
Burial: Unknown
Marriage place: Unknown
Spouse's name: Alex BRYSON
Child No. 6: Elizabeth Lavina PRUITT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 3/4/1828
Birthplace: Todderville, MS
Death date: 7/8/1829
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Child No. 7: Joseph Jackson PRUITT II
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12/12/1829
Birthplace: Jackson Co., GA
Death date: 12/5/1865
Place of death: Wheelock, Robertson Co., TX
Burial: Unknown
Marriage date: 3/9/1851
Marriage place: Pontotoc Co., MS
Spouse's name: Emma Elizabeth HOLDITCH
Child No. 8: Rhoda Martin PRUITT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11/20/1831
Birthplace: GA
Death date: 1/22/1866
Place of death: Unknown
Burial: Unknown
Marriage date: 10/26/1851
Marriage place: Pontotoc Co., GA
Spouse's name: Charles Terrell BOND
Child No. 9: George Washington PRUITT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 3/26/1834
Birthplace: GA
Death date: 7/8/1845
Place of death:
Burial: Unknown
Marriage date: Unknwon
Marriage place: Unknown
Spouse's name: Unknown
Child No. 10: Amanda Meeks PRUITT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11/24/1835
Birthplace: GA
Death date: 1/15/1833
Place of death: FL
Burial: Unknown
Marriage date: 5/22/1860
Marriage place: Pontotoc Co., MS
Spouse's name: James A. HICKMAN
Child No. 11: John Calvin PRUITT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 2/25/1838
Birthplace: MS
Death date: 9/18/1862
Place of death: Antietam, MD
Burial: Washington Confederate Cemetary, Hagerstown, Washington Co.,
MD
Marriage date: Unknown
Marriage place: Unknown
Spouse's name: Unknown
Documentation: Source: Joseph Pruitt I; Pontotoc Co. MS
1860 Federal
Census shows him married to Sarah J Pruitt (second wife) / Census
Slave
Schedule shows Joseph Pruitt farmer 19 slaves line 277 / personal
value
10,000 / real value 45,500.
Source: US Census, 1860, Roll 590, Book 1, Pontotoc Post Office
-
Sandy
Hills, Pontotoc Co., MS, line 16, household 277.
Source: US Census, 1830, Jackson Co., GA, page 341; Prewitt - Pruitt
Records of Georgia, Richard A. Prewitt, 1996;
Source: Bureau of Land Management - Joseph Pruitt bought 13 land
patents
on 4/9/1842 at the Pontotoc land office, Pontotoc Co MS. One land
patent
shows J Pruitt as assignee of Edward McGehee and one other as assignee
of
Joel Pinson.
Source: Joseph Pruitt I; Prewitt - Pruitt Records of Georgia, Richard
A.
Prewitt, 1984, born in Franklin Co., GA
Source: Samuel Pruitt II, Lavina Walters, Joseph Pruitt I, Martha
Hensley; Family Bible of Samuel Pruitt Jr & John Willis Pruitt,
Banks
Co,
GA.
Source: Pruitt Family; Early Settlers of Banks County Including
Slaves,
Barbara Le-Fevre, 1999.
Source: Joseph J. Pruitt II; 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.
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: Records and Brands, 1854 - 1873, Navarro County, TX; J.J.
Pruitt
II, Emma E. Pruitt (Ellis County), June 19, 1861.
Source, Charles Terrell Bond; Page 88, Pruitt - Prewitt Ancestors,
Charles Raymond Dillon, 1922, copyright 1960, Higgenson Book Co.,
Salem,
MA., 929.373. Established and named Union County, MS. One of the
original
settlers. Built the first store and handsome home. His home was the
head
quarters of General Forest during the Civil War. He amassed quite a
fortune for those days and was a leader in his community.
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
Note: James A Hickman, CSA Veteran
Note: John Calvin Pruitt, CSA Veteran; Army, Age 22, Private,
Infantry,
Company K, 21st Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers 1861.
Also known
as
the New Albany Grays. Were organized in New Albany MS on 5/18/1861,
tendered and accepted for the war; reached Richmond Va on June 26 and
remained there until sent to Manassas in September and then to
Leesburg
on November 14, 1861.
Note: John C. Pruitt died on 9/18/1862 in the Battle of Sharpsburg
(Antietam), Sharpsburg MD.
Source: John C. Pruitt; Found in the 1860 Pontotoc County Ms Census,
Line
15, household 276, as a Male, farmer, age 22, real property
$10,300.00.
Does not show a wife or children.
Source: John C. Pruitt; Listed in the 1860 Pontotoc County, MS Census
Slave Schedule, line 276 as having 7 slaves.
Note: John C. Pruitt; Buried at Washington Confederate Cemetery
Hagerstown, MD. Western Maryland Historical Library (Whilbr) 26 * J.C.
Pruitt * 21st Miss. Buried in Col. Miller’s woods, west of church
along
the fence line fence between Miller and Mrs. Lucker, on flat, under
a
large walnut tree; some boards are still here. .