Thomas and Catherine Bell Pyeatt

Their children were as follows:

• Jacob Pyeatt b: 22 May 1802 Belmont Co, OH d: 8 Feb 1857, Perry Co, IL (buried Old McElvain Cemetery near DuQuoin, IL) m: 30 Jun 1823 Richland Co, OH, (recorded 11 Jul 1823) Elizabeth Stewart b: 12 Jul 1805 VT d: 3 Mar 1875 Perry Co, IL

Thomas Pyeatt and brother-in-law, George Yearian, served in the War of 1812 together. George received bounty land in Illinois for his service, and that is how he came to be there, even though he didn't go until around 1838. Belmont County, Ohio, must be where the three families (counting the Bells) met. George was born in 1785 in Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, and came with his father into Belmont County in the early 1800's. About 1811 he married Robert Bell's daughter, Elizabeth. Robert Bell purchased land in Richland County where he founded the town of Bellville. Apparently the Pyeatts made the same move into Richland County, the same into Perry County, Illinois, and the same into the Lemhi Valley of Idaho as the Yearians did. George Yerian, 1733-1804, moved to Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA; Frederick Yerian, 1762-1840, moved into Belmont Co, Ohio. Later to Muskingham and Morgan Counties. George Yearian, 1785-1867, married 1st Elizabeth Bell. They both died in Illinois.

Thomas and family were enumerated in Perry Township, Richland County, Ohio on the 1820 census as follows:

• Pyeatte, Thomas pg 185 #136 (from index only)

• Piatt, Thomas pg 30 #61 (from index only)

• Piatt, Jacob pg 30 #61 (from index only)

• Carl Bennett of Escondido, CA, j.lane9@cox.net
• 1820/1830 Richland Co, OH, census

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