>
>   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.