Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!

John and Harriett Pyatt Griffith

Harriett Pyatt was born c1811 in Tennessee to Henry and Rachel Ferrell Pyatt) and died June 19, 1859, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She married March 25, 1830, in Montgomery County, Illinois, John Griffith. John was born c18 in Tennessee and was a farmer. Their marriage bond was for 'John Griffith' and 'Harriet Pyatt' vol 1 pg 17 license #101.

The known children of John and Harriett:

They appeared as follows on the 1850 census of Montgomery County, Illinois:

  • Griffeth, John age 44 born TN / m / farmer / $1500/
  • Griffeth, Harriett age 38 born TN / f
  • Griffeth, Elizabeth age 19 born IL / f / att school
  • Griffeth, Nancy age 17 born IL / f / att school
  • Griffeth, Harriett age 15 born IL / f / att school
  • Griffeth, Cornelius age 13 born IL / m / att school
  • Griffeth, James age 12 born IL / m / att school
  • Griffeth, Rachel age 10 born IL / f / att school
  • Griffeth, John age 6 born IL / m / att school
  • Griffeth, Henry age 5 born IL / m / att school
  • Griffeth, Silvester age 4 born IL / m / att school
  • Griffeth, Caroline age 2 born IL / f

    The family was enumerated #36 on 10 Aug 1850 (ancestry image 15/150). Their neighbors were #31 Adison McClain, #32 William Nash, #33 James Streete, #34 William Gaston, #35 Phebe Griffeth (age 60), #37 Milton Paden, #38 Margarett Paden, #39 William Curlen, and #40 Phillip Curlen. Harriett's brothers, Cornelius Pyatt and Henry Pyatt, were enumerated later in the same district at #864 and #865.

    By the 1860 census, Harriet had died. Harriett's sister, Elizabeth Wright, had died in 1855 and we find her two children being raised by Harriett's widowed husband in Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois, as follows:

    This family was enumerated #240/249 on 8 Jun 1860 (ancestry image 34/358). (T8R4). Their neighbors were #238/247 Wm Stevenson, #238/248 William McAdams, #240 Wm Alterbury, #241 Wm T Dougherty, and #243 Jacob Smith.

    Source:

    Updated Jul 2004

    Back to Home
    Back to Henry and Rachel Ferrell Pyatt Page

    Email: mcpgene@excite.com