TX Family Groupsheet: Family of John Pruitt Contributor: Mike Pruitt mailto: *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** HUSBAND: John PRUITT Birthdate: @ 1811 Birth place: Thought to be So. Carolina Death date: after 1864 Death place: Limestone Co., Texas Burial place: Father: Unk. Mother: Unk. WIFE: Artemessia "May" - thought to be Shaw Birthdate: Nov 1817 Birth place: Georgia Death date: July 3, 1903 Death place: Limestone Co., Texas Burial place: Unk. Father: Unk. Mother: Unk. Marriage date: 1837 Marriage place: Unk. CHILD 1: Rebecca A. Pruitt Birthdate: @1838 Birth place: Death date: Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 2: Frances Marion Pruitt Birthdate: @1842 Birth place: Alabama Death date: Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 3: John Henry Pruitt Birthdate: @1844 Birth place: Alabama Death date: 08-15-1862 Death place: Little Rock, Ark in a Hospital from Fever from the War Spouse: None Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 4: Louisa J. Pruitt Birthdate: 03-20-1846 Birth place: Alabama Death date: Oct 1888 Death place: Spouse: Ira. W. Ware Marriage Date: 1869 Marriage Place: Texas CHILD 5: Robert James Pruitt Birthdate: 03-05-1849 Birth place: Mississippi Death date: 01-09-1911 Death place: Tafrrant Co.Texas Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Black (sister of Priscilla Black) Marriage Date: 11-20-1868 Marriage Place: Cherokee Co., Texas CHILD 6: Milton Ebenezer Pruitt Birthdate: 11-11-1853 Birth place: Mississippi Death date: 08-01-1910 Death place: Limestone Co., Texas Spouse: Priscilla LeeAnna Black (sister of Martha Black) Marriage Date: 01-07-1877 Marriage Place: Unk. CHILD 7: Benjamin Franklin Pruitt Birthdate: 03-17-1858 Birth place: Mississippi Death date: 12-17-1913 Death place: Richmond, Marin Co., California Spouse: Ida Johnson Marriage Date: 04-04-1887 Marriage Place: Roswell, Chavez Co., New Mexico CHILD 8: William Pruitt Birthdate: @1859 Birth place: Mississippi Death date: Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: CHILD 9: James Pruitt Birthdate: @1861 Birth place: Texas Death date: Death place: Spouse: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: SOURCES: NOTES: John and Artemessia Pruitt/Prewitt/Prewit was in Hancock Co.,Mississippi in 1850 census, then in 1860 in Freestone Co., Texas near the Cottin Gin Post Office and then in 1870 in census in Limestone Co., Texas with "May" Pruitt as head of household and unk. what happened to John Pruitt. According to 1860 census in Freestone Co., Texas John Pruitt was a Mill Wright.