Samuel M and Mary T Marrs Pyeatt
Samuel Miller Pyeatt was born c1824 (probably in Pulaski County, Arkansas) to Peter and Mary "Polly" Miller Pyeatt. On October 26, 1848, Washington County, Arkansas, he married Mary Tattle/Tuttle Marrs who was born July 2, 1832 in Washington County, Arkansas. Samuel died September 19, 1866 in Robertson County, Texas. Mary died in 1898 and is buried in the Pleasant View Cemetery, Bell County, Texas.
Samuel and Mary had the following known children:
- William H Pyeatt b: 8 Sep 1849 Washington Co, AR d: 14 Feb 1918 (probably Benton Co, AR) m: c1887 Elizabeth ?
- Sanford Eli Pyeatt b: 3 Jan 1851 Washington Co, AR d: 1 Jun 1921 Decatur, Wise Co, TX m1: 4 Nov 1877 Valley View, Cooke Co, TX, Alice Ann Francis m2: aft 1878 TX Dellaphene Weaver
- John P Pyeatt b: c1852 Washington Co, AR
- Andrew Francis Pyeatt b: 31 Oct 1854 Summers, Washington Co, AR d: 31 Oct 1945 Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR (buried Prairie Grove Cemetery, Washington Co, AR) m1: 2 Dec 1885 Washington Co, AR, Mary Elba Edmiston b: 6 Jun 1859 Washington Co, AR
- Samuel Miller Pyeatt b: 11 Apr 1857 Washington Co, AR d: 1 Jul 1948 (buried Pleasant View Cemetery, Bell Co, TX) m: 1 Nov 1890 TX Sarah Travis Burton b: c1870 d: 1958 (buried Pleasant View Cemetery, Bell Co, TX)[May have son, Robert Lee Pyeatt 1893-1894, and daughter, Fay Pyeatt 1910-1911]
- James Henry Pyeatt b: 5 Jun 1859 Washington Co, AR d: 31 Jul 1948 (probably Wise Co, TX) m: 15 Nov 1885 Washington Co, AR, Mary Caroline Mitchell
- Isabella Pyeatt b: c1862 Washington Co, AR d: 13 Oct 1947 (probably Bell Co, TX) m: 1907 TX J S Campbell
Samuel appears for the first time as a head of household on the Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas, census of 1850.
- Pyeatt, Samuel M. age 23 / m / born AR / Farmer
- Pyeatt, Mary age 18 / f / born AR
- Pyeatt, William age 1 / m / born AR (this family enumerated #111 on page #418B)
Samuel was in the 3rd Arkansas Infantry, State Troops (CSA) and was wounded at Wilson's Creek, Missouri August 1861 (MCP note: Is that the right year?).
By the 1860 census of Ada, Marrs Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, they appeared as follows:
- Payatt, Samuel age 35 born AR / wm / well digger / $0/$50
- Payatt, Mary age 26 born AR / wf
- Payatt, William age 10 born AR / wm
- Payatt, Eli age 9 born AR / wm
- Payatt, John age 8 born AR / wm
- Payatt, Andrew age 6 born AR / wm
- Payatt, Samuel age 4 born AR / wm
- Payatt, James age 1 born AR / wm
This family was enumerated #409 pg 537A ancestry image 59/338. Their neighbors were Francis Fellows, William Woodruff, Francis Woodruff, Pleasant Tucker, and Nancy Petigou.
I do not find Mary anywhere in the US on the 1870 census using various information. I did however find what I believed to be some of their children living under the name Reed in Boonesboro, Cane Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas. However, further investigation into the 1860 census showed that these children were born to John and E Catherine Reed. So, where were Mary and her children?
Mary died in 1898 in Bell County, Texas. I wonder if she was living with one of her children in Texas or elsewhere. I need to look for additional Texas Pyeatt families.
Arkansas land records which seem to relate to Samuel are as follows:
- Samuel M Pyeatt 09/01/1849; doc #5043; NWSW sec 6 town 14N rang 32W 40.23 acres; AR0940_.467
- Samuel M Pyeatt 09/01/1857; doc #7784; NESE sec 36 town 15N rang 33W 40 acres; AR1010_.137
Sources:
- Information provided by Jean Clarke tjclarke@cybertrails.net
- 1850-1870 census of Washington County, AR
- Marriage records of Washington County, AR
- Arkansas land records
Updated Mar 2009
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