William and Angelica were married in St. Louis County, Missouri, September 13, 1838. They still lived in Jefferson County, Missouri, in 1845 when they sold William's share of his father's estate in Jefferson County.
They had the following children known to us:
City of St Louis deed book B4 pg 208 (abstracted from microfilm at the archive office of the St. Louis City Courthouse. Dec 2001) St Louis County, Missouri...7th Oct 1845...William Smith of Boon Co and Andrew Kelso and Isaphena, his wife, and Willis Biddick and Lucinda, his wife, and Frederick Pyeatt and Pamela, his wife, of county of St Genevieve and William Pyeatt and Angeleka, his wife, of St. Louis and Samuel Byrn of Jefferson Co...$50.00 to each as heirs of George and Mary Smith deceased...SW 1/4 of section N 7 Twp 43 N of Range 4 E....150 acres...(signed) William Smith; Andrew Kelso; Isaphena (her mark) Kelso; Willis Bittick; Lucinda Bittick; William Pyeatt; Angeleka (her mark) Pyeatt; Frederick (his mark) Pyeatt; Pamela (her mark) Pyeatt
William and family appeared as follows on the 1850 census of St. Louis County, Missouri near his brothers, Jacob and Frederick:
Olive Hildebrand was the daughter of William's sister, Nancy with her husband, Isaac Hilderbrand.
Their daughter Manervia claimed to have been born in St. Francois County, Missouri, in 1854. I do not have other evidence of their residence there.
By the 1860 census William can be found in Bates County, Pleasant Gap Township, Missouri as follows:
However, by the 1870 census they had removed to Stone County (Washington Township), Missouri. They appeared as follows:
Also in Washington Township was Angelica's daughter, Minerva Pyeatt Harris, as follows:
I performed several searches of the 1880 census found at familysearch.org. I searched the US for J/John Pyeatt (all spellings) born in Missouri in 1840 (+-2 years) - found John Pate in Caldwell Co, MO, father born TN. I searched the US for F/Frederick Pyeatt (all spellings) born in Missouri in 1841 (+-2 years) - no matches. I searched Missouri for 'Nancy' born in Missouri 1845 (+-2 years) with more that 200 found. Inspected many with a middle initial J and found none in likely counties.
The will of Anjelica Pyeatt was filed in Stone County, Missouri. An abstract of the pertinent facts which were published are as follows: Pyeatt, Anjelica, Will written 1 Nov. 1887 - prob. 16 Nov. 1887. Wit. M. A. Stone, R. B. Bennett and Mary Benett. Exec. None named. Heirs: Manervia Pyett, Mattie Pyeatt, William Pyeatt, Manervia Harris, Fred Pyeatt's children. When I wrote to the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City, Missouri, and requested a copy of this will in Stone County c1887. Their reply was "I have searched Stone county will records from 1848-1898 for Anjeclica Pyeatt and did not locate a record". So, was it misfiled, misplaced, etc., or, was it never microfilmed? It is possible that it is at the Stone County courthouse and was transcribed for the book in which it appears.
Thanks to Mabry Benson, I now have the text of the will which she located on LDS microfilm as follows:
Will made 1 Nov 1887, pr 7 Nov 1887.
Mrs Pyeatt calls witnesses to dispose of
her property. Manerva Harris to have
feather bed, Mattie Pyeatt the bedstead
and straw tick Mattie to have 1 feather bed to
have 1 two year old heifer, William Pyeatt to
have the cow & calf. my bed clothes to be
equally divided between Manervia Harris,
Mattie Pyeatt and Wm Pyeatt 1 black ring
for Wm 1 breast pin and ring for Mattie
Pyeatt 1 ring for Minervia 1 watch for
Mattie Pyeatt all the hogs for Manervia
Harris all the glass dishes Ja for Mattie and
$5.00 for Fred Pyeatts children 1 bed stead
and straw tick for Marnervia Harris 1
little chest for Mattie My land to be divided
equal between Manervia Harris and Wm Pyeatt.
Stone County, Missouri, Probate Book 1, p 207-8
So, we see that she named four heirs (one deceased); Manerva Harris, Mattie Pyeatt, William Pyeatt and Frederick Pyeatt('s children). Manerva Pyeatt Harris received a feather bed, bed clothes, a ring, all the hogs, one bed stead and straw tick, and half of the property. William Pyeatt received a cow and calf, bed clothes, a black ring, and half of the property. Mattie received a bed stead and straw tick, a feather bed, a young heifer, bed clothes, a breat pin and ring, a watch, all the glass dishes, and a little chest. Fred's children received $5.00 indicating that they did not live close by. I'm starting to think that Mattie was William's daughter, Martha, who would have been 11 years old. Since Angelica lived with that family and Martha was the only grandchild in the area, perhpas she gave her household items.
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