Miscellaneous Information II

• Book 1, p. 515, 16 Dec 1778—orphans of John Pyate decd.
• Book 1, p. 525, 16 Dec 1778—orphants of John Pyatt, decd.
• Book 2, p. 158, 1 Mar 1780—orphans of John Pyatt’s estate’s corner
• Book 2, p. 164, 1 Mar 1780—John Pyatt’s orphans
• Book 3, p. 50, 13 Apr 1784—John Pyatt’s orphans
• Book 4, p. 135, 10 Jan 1786—Jacob Pyatt, Jane Pyatt & Peter Pyatt (Guilford Co.). Jacob & Peter signed their names and Jane left her mark (an X)
• Book 5, p. 81, 22 Aug 1782—“begins at Pyatt’s corner white oak”
• Book 5, p. 101, 17 Jan 1783—Jacob Pyatt is a witness
• Book 5, p. 103, 9 Jan 1788—“in trust for orphans of John Pyatt”
• Book 5, p. 323, 8 dec 1788—Jacob Pyatt (Guilford Co.) purchased land.
• Book 5, p. 324, 16 Mar 1789—James Pyatt and John White & wife Martha (Guilford Co.) sold land. James & John White sign their names, while Martha used her mark (X)
• Book 5, p. 442, 1 Aug 1793—James Pyeatt is a witness to a transaction involving Catharine & Samuel Finley
• Book 5, p. 496, 15 Dec 1792— refers to land formerly owned by Pyatt’s orphans
• Book 5, p. 501, 23 Jun 1793—James Pyeatt is listed as a witness to a transaction involving Catharine Finley & William Finey who are executrix and executor of Andrew Finley’s estate.
• Book 6, p. 33, 18 Aug 1795—Jacob Pyeatt signed, but only James Pyeatt is listed as a witness
• Book 6, p. 107, 18 Nvo 1794—Jacob Pyatt was a witness to a transaction involving Thomas Blair.
• Book 6, p. 148, 8 Feb 1796—reference to land “formerly property of Pyatt’s orphans”
• Book 6, p. 235, 10 Nov 1796—Jacob Pyatt sells property.
  North Carolina - Rowan County [see Guilford County, NC]
  John Pyatt, among others, was ordered to “lay off a road from Dann River Ford, at the Sorrow Town to Daniel Dillons Mill, from thence into Cornelius Cooks road at the head of Deep River or on the Sand Ridge.” The citation for the original document was from the microfilm, Rowan County Minute Docket County Court, 1753-1772, vols. 1-3, Reel 1.

  A transcription of the 14 July 1767 Rowan Co., NC minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions was given in “Abstracts from the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Rowan County, North Carolina 1765-1774, vol. 2 by Jo White Linn, p. 705. It is difficult to read John Pyatt’s name; some have transcribed it as “John Pyoatt” (whereas when I read it, I see it as “Pyeatt” because that is how his Arkansas descendants continued the spelling)

  John Pyoatt/Pyeatt appears on the N.C. Archives, Rowan County tax list for 1768 C.R.X. 244

  North Carolina - Watauga County A History of Watauga County, North Carolina by John Preston Arthur
  Page 159 Chapter XII 'War Times and Afterwards'
  [end of pg 164] The next day they crossed John's River and Brown's Mountain, where they were fired into by pursuing Confederates at 3 :30 pm. Kirk put some of his Camp Vance prisoners in front, and one of them, B. A. [Page 165] Bowles, a drummer, was killed and a seventeen year old boy wounded. Colonel Kirk was himself wounded here with several others of his command. This was at Israel Beck's farm. They camped that night at top of the Winding Stairs Road, where they were attacked next morning. Col. W. W. Avery and Phillip Chandler were mortally wounded, Col. Calvin Houck was shot through the wrist and Powell Benfield through the thigh. The attacking party then retreated and Kirk continued his retreat, passing by Col. J. B. Palmer's home and burning it that morning. Kirk and all his men escaped without further mishap. On July 21, 1864, General Stoneman, wiring from Atlanta, thanked and complimented Kirk, but instructed General Scofield at Knoxville not to allow him to undertake another such hazardous expedition. Joseph V. Franklin, now living at Drexel, N. C., was the guide. A man named Beech, who had been wounded, was left at John Franklin's, near Old Fields of Toe, where he was attended by Eleazer Pyatt. At Henry Barringer's, on Jonas's Ridge, some of Kirk's men threw off some of the plunder they had captured, lest its weight should retard their retreat. In his "Reminiscenses of Caldwell County" (p. 51), G. W. F. Harper gives an account of an attack upon Kirk's retreating men by ten men, including himself, at Moore's Cross Roads, where they captured one prisoner, two mules and some arms. No mention of this is made in the official report. (See Rebellion Records, Series i, Vol. XXXIX, Part I, p. 232.) Harper also states that the detachment which attacked Kirk at the head of the Winding Stairs was under command of Col. Allen Brown, from the garrison at Salisbury, with militia and volunteers from Burke County, and was well armed. The pursuing party was composed of about 1,200 men.
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  North Dakota - Sargant County "The place has a weekly newspaper, the Sargent County "Item." Messrs. Turner & King, proprietors; a general store by Laughlin & Turner; a hardware store by Yesgerm & Aneny; a hotel by R. Thomas; a law and real estate firm (Turner & Worden); B. F. Pyatt, real estate; the Fargo Lumber Co.; and Laughlin, Palmer & Co. dealers in machinery."

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  Ohio - Adams County "A History of Adams Co OH," by Nelson W Evans & Emmons B Stivers (1900), pp 331 & 336: Benjamin Piatt was born in 1763 in Virginia. He came to Adams County in 1810, and bought land in Tiffin Township. He was a first lieutenant under General McCullough. He married Polly Waddle in Virginia, and was a pensioner. He died in 1851, at the age of ninety-eight [my note: Does not add or agree with 1850 census. MCP], and is buried near West Union, probably in the Trotter Cemetery. No stone marks his grave. He had a son, Benjamin, who was living in 1898, near West Union. A daughter, Margaret Denning, lived near Stone Chapel in 1898. He had six children, three sons and three daughters. His son Jacob married Polly Trotter. His son John married Hester Black. Benjamin married Myra Bayless. Margaret married Newton Denning. Elizabeth married Lewis Trotter. Polly married John Black. [my note: Is this an abstract or the full article?. MCP]
  Ohio - Delaware County "History of Delaware County and Ohio", O L Baskins & Company (1880), page 701
  W S PIATT, farmer, P O Tanktown, born in Augusta Co VA, November 3, 1818, the seventh son of James and Mary (Donahue) Piatt; on his father's side, his ancestry hail from France, and his mother's, from Ireland. William emigrated to this State when he was 10 years of age; his parents located in Marlborough. William left home at the age of 15, and began for himself; commenced driving stage, which he followed for about ten years, in the employ of Othel Hinton (stage agent); during the latter part of the time he was engaged in this business, he ran an opposition line against Neal, Moore & Co., and after a lively competition they were glad to buy him off. After a successful career in staging, he railroaded, as baggage-master, for three years, on the Mad River and Lake Erie Road. In 1840, he bought fifty acres of land, in Berlin Township, at $4 per acre; moved on it in 1850, and began improvements; built a cabin, deer and turkey often visiting their primitive dwelling. November 3, 1839, was married to Betsey Fowler, born March 12, 1820, in Winsor [sic], N Y, daughter of James B and Polly (Clauson) [sic] Fowler; they came to this State in 1833; were twenty six days up on the road. They have had five children - Phoebe L., George A., Francisco and Frank (twins), and Charles W., all living in this township but George, who is in McHenry Co IL. Mr Piatt has been successful in life; began poor and has acculumated a good deal of property, and ranks among the most affluent in this part of the township. Mrs Piatt's father first settled in Orange, and had a truly pioneer experience.
  Ohio - Mac-a-cheek Valley Dauguerrotypes of Miss Belle Piatt of Mac-a-cheek Valley in southern Ohio made April 1857 appeared in the Sep 1939 issue of DAR publication; her brother was Kentuck Ben Piatt.
  Ohio - Hamilton County NEGRO RIOT OF SEPTEMBER, 1841. This city has been in a most alarming condition for several days, and from 8 o'clock on Friday evening until 3 o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning almost entirely at the mercy of a lawless mob, ranging in number from 200 to 1500. On Tuesday evening last, as we are informed, a quarrel took place on the corner of Sixth street and Broadway, between a party of Irishman and some negroes; ......About this time, before 9 o'clock, they were addressed by J.W. Piatt, who exhorted them to peace and obedience to the law; but his voice was drowned by shouts and throwing of stones. The mayor also attempted to address them. The savage yell was instantly raised; "Down with him! run him off!" were shouted and intermixed with horrid imprecations and exhortations to the mob to move onward.....
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  Ohio - Hamilton County History of Hamilton County Ohio with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. Compiled by Henry A. Ford, A.M. and Mrs. Kate B. Ford, L.A. William & Co., Publishers; 1881
  PERMANENT SETTLERS. The Government land being surveyed, in 1802 it was offered for sale at public auction held in Cincinnati. The law required it to be sold in sections of six hundred and forty acres at not less than two dollars per acre. The sale was continued for several days, at its close the unsold land could be entered at one dollar and a quarter an acre. The first land sold, sections fifteen and sixteen, was bought by Ezekiel HUGHES for two dollars and some cents per acre. At the sale competition for these choice sections ran high. Mr. HUGHES, an immigrant from Wales, who had carefully noted the location and fertility of the sections, and a Pennsylvania German were the competitors, and eventually the Welshmen became the purchaser. All the rest of the land in the township was entered at Government price, and in a few years all Congress land was taken up either by speculators or by actual settlers. Among these were the EWINGS, MILLS, PIATT, HUNT, OURY, PERINE, CILLEY, and ANDREWS families. Mr. PIATT built the first frame house in the township, a part of which is now the parsonage of the Presbyterian church at Elizabethtown. Thomas MILLER built the first stone house; Peter PERINE built the first mill on the Whitewater, for which he received a bonus of a quarter section of land.
  JACOB HERRIDER: Jacob was born in Pennsylvania, near Somerset, January, 1790, and came to this county in 1795 or 1796. He first stopped at White Oaks for one year; then came to Crosby township and remained seven years; then to Cincinnati for three years, draying; then to Miamitown and bought the first lot sold there after the town was laid out. First he worked at the cooper's trade. He at last bought a mill--flouring-mill built by Major HENRIE and continued in this business ten or fifteen years, at the end of which time he began in agriculture and continues yet, except not in the vigor of full manhood. His wife first wife Nancy VANTRESE, bore him two sons and one daughter, the latter being dead. His second wife was Susan HENRIE, whom he married November 24, 1824, who bore him five children three sons and two daughters. Mrs. HERRIDER's father and mother came from Pennsylvania when she was a child and were called Pennsylvania Dutch. She was born December 24, 1802. Her grandfather Michael HENRIE - the name has been mutilated was a brother of Patrick HENRY, of Revolutionary fame. Her grandmother was sister of John H PIATT, one of the early and noted citizens of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. HERRIDER are active consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Miami, he building the church - but which was rebuilt last fall - by contract in 1834. His father lived to be over one hundred years old; and at this writing he is the oldest man in Whitewater township.
  SAMUEL McHENRY: Samuel a native of Pennsylvania, emigrated from that State in 1806 and settled at Elizabethtown, on the farm now owned by Mr. Ezra GUARD. The same year he was appointed by Governor Tiffin as captain in the Ohio Militia, and, May 23, 1811, was commissioned Major of the First battalion, Third regiment, First brigade, First division, in the militia. His wife was Margaret PIATT, also a native of Pennsylvania, who died at Elizabethtown June 22, 1845. He died in Indiana in 1858, aged eighty-one.

  HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898
  HAMILTON COUNTY - part 33
  From Mr. Henry B. Teetor's "Past and Present of Mill Creek Valley," we quote: "Mr. Piatt [John H Piatt] entered with great energy and intrepidity indeed upon business enterprises. He was among the foremost in starting institutions, foundries, banks, launching steamboats, building houses and in imparting a spirit of progress to the young city. He founded in 1817 the first bank west of the mountains. One of the bills of this bank is in the hands of Mr. George H. Schoenberger, and greatly prized by him. His prosperity and success were unequaled -evidenced by the possession of a large estate and a commanding position as a banker and a merchant. His name had gone out over the Northwest Territory. He knew its leading men and was familiar with its resources when the war of 1812 came on. In an evil hour for Mr. Piatt he contracted with the government to furnish provisions to the Northwest army, then under Harrison. Congress adjourned without making appropriations for a continuance of the war. The consequences to the country at large were disastrous, to John H. Piatt fatal. Rations that he agreed to furnish at twenty cents rose through a depreciated currency to forty-five cents. After six months he had drawn on the government for $210,000, the drafts for which had gone to protest for non payments. During this time about $46,000 had come into Mr. Piatt's hands as a commissariat fund, resulting from the sales as commissary of the army. He applied this sum to the payment of debts incurred for supplies. This was treated by the departments as a violation of law. This was the state of his offending. This condition obtained on the 26th of December, 1814, when Gen. McArthur made a requisition on him for 800,000 rations to be delivered in thirty days which at existing rates would have cost $360,000 more. Unable to meet this requisition, and unwilling, that the public should suffer Piatt immediately repaired to Washington to lay the matter before the Department, accompanied by the Hon. Justice McLean, then his representative in Congress. They found the war minister of the United States sitting in the ashes of the burned capital, in an agony of despair over a bleeding country and an empty treasury. The Secretary appealed to Mr. Piatt's patriotism for help, and gave him verbal assurances, that if he could furnish the supplies called for he should be remunerated and allowed the market price for the rations regardless of the original contract. Upon these assurances John H. Piatt returned home, and put his entire fortune and credit in the service of his country. When the final settlement came the government refused to allow him the difference between the first contract price of rations and the market value of supplies purchased under the assurances of Secretary Monroe. We have not the space to follow in detail the heart-breaking struggle of this great patriot, for justice at the hands of a government he had so nobly served. For years he haunted in vain the ante-chamber of a department that had once only been too glad to welcome him. Once thrown into prison by the department for his technical violation of law, he was released only to have his creditors imprison him again. At last, heart-broken and bankrupt, he died a prisoner, without enough money to give him a decent burial. Sixty years after the Supreme Court of the United States adjudicated the claim and allowed the principal. But to this day the government has not paid the interest. The PIATTS are all descended from John Piatt, a French Huguenot, who settled in New Jersey about 1740. Four of his five sons were soldiers of the American revolution. One, Captain William Piatt, was killed at St. Clair's defeat; two others emigrated with Judge Symmes to North Bend. The family were numerous and of high intellectual reputation. JACOB WYKOFF PIATT. -This noted citizen of Cincinnati was born in Kentucky in 1801. Brought to Cincinnati when quite young, he grew to man's estate in the home of his father, Benjamin M. Piatt, elder brother of the more famous John H. Piatt. Jacob Wykoff became a successful lawyer, and accumulated quite a fortune in his practice, and successful operations in real estate. The one event in his life was his success in establishing a paid fire department, that is now known in every city of the civilized world. The old volunteer fire system, once the pride of the citizens, had fallen into disrepute. The better class had either neglected the companies to which they belonged, or had been shouldered out by the worse elements of a prosperous town. This evil was not confined to Cincinnati. Every city in the Union suffered from the same cause. The Mose of New York, the brazen-cheeked, red-shirted ruffian was duplicated in every municipality that possessed a fire department. Mr. Piatt returned to the city council at a time when the most reputable citizens considered it an honor to be a councilman, opened war on the volunteers, by introducing an ordinance providing for the selection of, and paying the firemen for their services. There was scarcely a member of council that did not privately admit the necessity for such a reform, and yet when the vote was taken, in a chamber crowded by roughs, whose noisy demonstrations left no doubt as to their opposition, but one man was found brave enough to vote with Mr. Piatt in favor of this measure. This gentleman was Judge Timothy Walker, the well-known author and jurist. Nothing daunted Mr. Piatt continued his efforts. At every assembly of a new council his ordinance was offered to be again voted down. But the minority grew slowly in spite of the brutal opposition. Mr. Piatt was wont to defy the crowd in the debate that preceded defeat, and the feeling got so intense, that it was dangerous for the bold reformer to go to and from the chamber. As it was a volunteer guard of Irish constituents accompanied their representative. One night after a heated debate a mob assembled in front of Mr. Piatt's residence and amid groans, hisses, howls and yells, he was burned in effigy. This contest continued for years. A happy event, however, came to end it. This was the invention and building of the Latta fire engine. After being tested by a commission of experts, the engine was accepted. What to do with it was the question, turn it over to the volunteers was to insure its immediate destruction. It was resolved, at length to organize a paid company to use and protect the machine. A committee was appointed having on it Messrs. Piatt, Walker, Kessler and Loder to organize a company. To the amusement of his associates Mr. Piatt nominated Miles Greenwood as the captain of the new company. Judge Walker remonstrated. It was, he said, putting the new engine in the hands of the enemy, for Miles Greenwood was the pet of the volunteers, and had been loud in his denunciation of what he called the degradation of the paid system. Mr. Piatt persisted and asserted that Greenwood was the only man in the city who would make the new machine a success. "Well try him," was the response, "he wont accept." Greenwood was sent for. He was startled at the offer but immediately accepted, provided that he could select the men. The machine will be attacked at the first fire, and I want to know whom I am to rely on. The first alarm of the fire that brought out the new engine proved the correctness of Greenwood's prophecy. The fire was a serious one on Sycamore street above Fourth. The general alarm brought all the engines to the fire and among the rest the new steam machine. Drawn by huge horses at a gallop, driven by Miles himself, a noble figure in his brass helmet, red shirt and speaking trumpet swung to his side, the impression made on the swiftly gathering crowds was impressive. Miles had about him the newly made firemen in their splendid uniforms. He had in addition all the men of his great foundry and workshops; and hurrying to the front of his first and only flight came Jacob Wykoff Piatt, followed by two hundred and fifty bold Irishmen from the old Thirteenth. The volunteers were prompt to a redemption of their word. They attacked the new fire company. The fight was fierce, bloody and brief. Miles Greenwood led the van. His tall figure, bright helmet and trumpet-toned voice, made him a leader to follow and a man to fear. The engagement lasted about thirty minutes. A few bloody heads, and damaged countenances, and the tumult ended in the volunteer companies striving to put the steam "squirt as they called the new engine out of public favor, through their own superior management and work. It was all in vain. The new device won, and in less than a month all the fire companies were clamoring for the new invention, organization and pay.
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  Ohio - Monroe County - Piatt Park Go to Piatt Park information

  PLAINVIEW CENTENNIAL - November 5 & 6, 1937 Published in the Monroe County Republican By Forrest S. Hogue (Who taught the Plainview (Rice) School for almost forty years. (This typed story was located in the genealogy files of the public library in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. It is retyped here, typos and all, as it appeared there. There are occasional "My Notes" included in the Mt. Vernon copy. )......Presuming that many of you are interested in knowing the original settlers of your present [1937] homes we are listing the names of those who now occupy the farm, the original owner appearing first followed by the present owner: Mr. Rice - Carl Kinsey; H. Barnard - Henry Barnard; S. Barnard - Roger Briggs; Capt. William Dougherty - Haud Hendrix; Mr. Menamie - Philip Pickens; John Phillips - John Thomas; Isaac Phillips - Rex Kindall; Mr. Piatt - William Foraker; George Andrews - Victor Colvin; Philip Truex - Marion Covert; Tom Moffett - Janie Bonam; George Eickleberry - Henry Bonam; John Drum - Pearlie Briggs; Mr. Dunn - Tom Dillon; George Foraker - Arthur Weddle; Mr. Stewart - Denver Haught; Thomas West - Oliver West; Samuel Cox - Paul Pickens; Nathaniel States - Earl West; Jacob Hall - Pete Edington Place. Nearly all of the names recorded here are all found in a school register of the early 1850's which is in the possession of Mr. West. It will be displayed during our program.
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  Ohio - Richland County - Mansfield Sturges Family Papers, Mss539, Box 1, Folder 15
  Sherwood and Sturges Daybook, October 1815-July 1817, Mansfield OH
  The records found in the daybook of this early store in Mansfield are believed to pertain to Thomas Piatt, b 1767, Path Valley PA, d 1850 Grant Co IN and to his son, John Piatt, b 1800, Belmont Co OH, 1867, Grant Co PA. Thomas Piatt married Catherine Bell daughter of Robert Bell who founded Bellville in the southern part of Richland Co OH. For a time between 1812 and 1820, Thomas Piatt was an owner of land on (present day) Linn Road north of Mansfield.
  The best interpretation is a follows:
  
  • p 108 1 June 1816, Thomas Piatt, [unreadable], 4 [...] 10 oz butter 59 [cents] [ditto] [ditto] 1 oz snuff scotch 4 [cents]
  • p 115 10 June 1816, John Piatt, due on [unreadable] 24 [cents]
  • p 122 22 June 1816 John Piatt pr cotton socks 75 [cents] [ditto] [ditto] [unreadable] 25 [cents]
  Also notable is the additional entry indicating that a famous Richland County resident, visited the store just a few weeks before:
  
  • p 100 18 May 1816 John Chapman or as some say Appleseed 2 (plugs?) tobacco 1.00
  The librarian at Ohio Genealogical Society said that this record is the only one known to be in existance that was made about Johnny Appleseed, by that name, while he was living.
  Ohio - Stark County History of Stark County, Ohio. Chicago: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co., 1928. 3 Vol 2 pg 350
  "On September 1, 1914, in Jackson, Michigan, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Fern Kinney, who was born and reared in that city and is a daughter of Irving and Minnie (Piatt) Kinney, the latter now deceased.
  Indian Territory "History of the Cherokee Indians"
  pg 423 John Goodwin. Margie Elnora Pyeatt

  pg 545 Margaret Downing, a Cherokee, married Bledsoe Gore, a white man, and their daughter, Agnes Gore, born April 10, 1829, married April 1, 1850, Pleasant Holloman Pharris, born July 11, 1826, in Tennessee. He served in the sixth Missouri Cavalry in the Mexican War. He died January 1893 and Mrs. Agness Pharris died in 1913. They were the parents of Mrs. Samuel Coke Blake. Samuel Coke Blake is the founder and breeder of the Famous Blake Horse, near Pryor.

  pg 545 Samuel Blake, born January 5, 1818, in Ryde, Isle of Wright, England, and married Martha Jane Pyratt who was born 1824. She died in 1914 and Samuel Blake died in 1878. They were the parents of Samuel Coke Blake. James and Kate (Finley) Pyratt, natives of North Carolina, settled thirteen miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1812, and moved to Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas, 1827. Since that time, the Pyratt's have been socially prominent in Arkansas.

  pg 545 Blake, Samuel C (See Downing, Gore) - Samuel Coke Blake, born at Cane Hill, Washington, County, Ark. April 10, 1862, educated in that county, married at Wagoner, June 10, 1888, Georgia Anna Pharris, born Oct. 5, 1867 at Petaluma, Calif. They are the parents of: Jennie Agnes, born August 23, 1889, married Charles E Stamps; Nita Emory, born February 11, 1892, married Charles Alonzo Spencer and has two children, Myrtle Caroline, born February 5, 1911 and Alonzo Blake Spencer, born March 24, 1919; John Fenlon, born September 4, 1894; Albert Watts, born May 17, 1897; Georgia Kezzie, born April 18, 1900, married October 24, 1919, Clifford Moore and has one son, Samuel Marion Heber, born November 30, 1903; Hester Keep, born January 30, 1906 and Ruby Opal Blake, born November 2, 1909.

  pg 609 Harris, Mrs. Rueben (see Foreman- Andrew Taylor, a native of Orange County, Virginia married Jenny Bigby and they were the parents of Minerva Jane Taylor who married Robert Wesley Walker, a native of North Carolina. Their daughter, Senora Adelaide Walker, born December 23, 1859, in Tennessee, married June 16, 1878, Morgan Lemuel Pyeatt born in Washington County, Arkansas December 29, 1851. He died April 29, 1889. Their daughter, Bessie Lee Pyeatt, was born at Tahlequah in 1883. Educated in the Female Seminary. Married at Collinsville in 1901 Reuben, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Harris. They are the parents of: George, born Dec. 1911; Violet, born April 6, 1903; Beunah, born Aug. 1, 1912 and Arthur Harris, born March 28, 1919. Mr. and Mrs. Harris are members of the Methodist Church. He is an Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. They are farmers, near Ramona, Okla. Judge Walker, Mrs. Harris' grandfather, was Supreme Judge of Indian Territory.

  Oklahoma - Caddo County Voter Registration 1918
• Roy Pyatt Alfalfa, Okla, postoffice

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  Oklahoma - Caddo County School Registration 1918 - Anadarko School (Dist. #13) Name of Parent - J. Piatt Guardian/parent - Mrs. Alice Piatt
  • Glenn Piatt - M - 29 mar 1907 - 10
  • Lafayette Piatt - M - 18 nov 1908 - 09
  • Dorothy Piatt - F - 01 jun 1911 - 06 (Census Date taken - January 1918)
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  Oklahoma - Citizenship Application - Bureau of Indian Affairs Muskogee Area Office (This information taken from the NARA search site at http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html
• 1896 Citizenship Application for James Pyatt, ca.1896 - ca.1897. Control No: NRFF-75-MUSKOGEE49A-7086
• 1896 Citizenship Application for John W. Pyatt, ca.1896 - ca.1897. Control No: NRFF-75-MUSKOGEE49A-7087
• 1896 Citizenship Application for William L. Pyatt, ca.1896 - ca.1897. Control No: NRFF-75-MUSKOGEE49A-7088
  US Supremem Court - Mary E Truitt et al vs Cherokee Nation - Muskogee Area Office Mary E Truitt, Z E Truitt Duncan, J. S. Truitt, G. M. Truitt, C W Truitt, R B Truitt, Lillie Allen, Minnie Allen, J. L. Allen, W. L. Pyatt, Thos. M Pyatt, R. L. Pyatt, W. L. Carroll, S. V. Carroll, J. L. Carroll, John W. Pyatt, W. Leroy Pyatt, James N. Pyatt, Edna T Pyatt, Effie S. Pyatt, Elva K. Pyatt, Mabel Pyatt & Will Pyatt Plaintiffs vs The Cherokee Nation / Appeal of Rejection of Claim for Eastern Cherokee Citizenship / Affidavits from J. L. Duncan, L. Crawford, Henry H. Hampton, H. M. Harald, Thomas J. Taylor, James Watts, Rebecca Elliott, Catherine Gaines, Rebecca Martin, Wingham Martin, Hulda Wilson, Mary Riley, James Truitt, Mary Ann Clark, William Pyatt and Matilda Pyatt 1897
  Dawes Roll "Plus" of Cherokee Nation 1898
  • Pyeatt, Bessie L #11497; census 4808; 13377 miller; 2265t millera; age 19; female; 1/32 blood; Harris milsurn; Collinsville, OK address
  • Pyeatt, Margie E #11498; census 4609; 12430 miller; 24221 millera; age 17; female; 1/32 blood; Goodwin millsurn; Pagosa Springs, Colo address
  • Pyeatt, Annie M #15022; census 6300; age 30; female; 1/4 blood
  • Pyeatt, Cherry E #15023; census 6300; 21850 miller; 6140 millera; age 13; female; 1/8 blood; Pyeatt milsurn; Hulbert, OK address
  • Pyeatt, Aaron D #15024; census 6300; age 11; male; 1/8 blood
  • Pyeatt, Charley R #15025; census 6300; age 7; male; 1/8 blood
  • Pyeatt, Willie L #15026; census 6300; age 9; male; 1/8 blood
  • Pyeatt, Martha M #15027; census 6300; age 4; female; 1/8 blood

  Oklahoma - Ottawa County - Afton Martha J Pyatt of Afton Ind Ter, Cherokee Nation; born NC; was married - husband deceased; husband, William L Pyatt deceased age 62 died June 15 1907 belonged to Cherokee Tribe; son, Tom M Pyatt age 33 born 1873 #31897; son, Robert L Pyatt age 30 born 1877 #31898; husband's father, William Pyatt, born NC died 1 Aug 1897, husband's mother Matilda Pyatt, maiden name Matilda Loving born NC, still living; Doesn't know husband's indian name, his parent's indian names or his grandparents indian names; husband's parents resided in NC in 1851; mother's parents, William Loving and Elizabeth Loving who resided NC in 1851; reference Transcript of the Record of the Supreme Court of the United States (attached) "Mary E Truitt" file; husband's siblings - Mary E Trivitt/Truitt born 1839 lives in Bellingham, WA, Martha A Sherman born 1843 lives in Elm Springs, AR, John W Pyatt born 1854, Susan S Pyatt born 1848 lives in Elm Springs, AR, Joseph C Pyatt born 1850 lives in Johnson, AR, Margaret M Sherman born 1857 lives in Elm Springs, AR, James N Pyatt born 1859 lives in Afton, I T; See #31896 - 31905

  Robert L Pyatt #31898 of Afton Ind Ter, Cherokee Nation; age 30 born 1877 NC; wife Esther E Pyatt; children, Lois Pyatt age 6 born 1901, James Pyatt age 4 born 1902, Willie Pyatt age 4 born 1904; father, William L Pyatt, #31896 born NC, died June 15, 1907; mother Martha J Pyatt, maiden name Martha J Chastain born NC, still living; Doesn't know husband's indian name, his parent's indian names or his grandparents indian names; father resided in NC in 1851, mother resided in TX; siblings: Thomas M Pyatt born 1873; mother's parents, William Loving and Elizabeth Loving who resided NC in 1851; reference Transcript of the Record of the Supreme Court of the United States (attached) "Mary E Truitt" file; grandparent's children - William L Pyatt deceased, Joseph C Pyatt of Johnson, AR, John W Pyatt of Pawnee, O T, James M Pyatt of Afton, Ind Ter, Mary E Truittt of Bellinghan, Wash, Martha Sherman of Elm Springs, AR, Margaret Sherman of Elm Springs, AR, Susan Pyatt of Elm Springs, AR; July 30 1907 Robert L [his mark] Pyatt; Action; Rejected

  Eastern Cherokee Application #31896 / Action: Rejected
  Name: William L Pyatt, deceased / Children: X / Residence: Afton Oklahoma / Reasons: by Martha J Pyatt, wife
  Wm L Pyatt was the son of Matilda Pyatt application #31904, su???? Matilda Pyatt was born in Burke Co, North Carolina in 1821 and was not enrolled with the Eastern Cherokee in 1835 or 1857. Burke Co, NC is 100 miles from the Cherokee Domain in 1835. No connection with the tribe is shown. See Misc Test 3003

  Oklahoma - Pawnee County - Pawnee Cherokee Application
  Rosa C Pyatt #29087 / Action: Admitted / Residence: Pawnee, Okla / Children: X / Full sister of minors enrolled in #29086 / Daughter of #36506

  22 July 1907 Eastern Cherokee Application
  John W Pyatt of Pawnee, Pawnee County, OK, age 53 born 1854 NC; married to Mary C Pyatt age 53; son, Lee Pyatt age 23 born 17 Oct 1879; father, William Pyatt, born NC died 12 Aug 1897, mother Matilda Pyatt, maiden name Matilda Loving born NC, still living; Doesn't know his indian name, his parent's indian names or his grandparents indian names; resided in NC in 1851; mother's parents, William Loving and Elizabeth Loving who resided NC in 1851; My grandmother name was Loving. My great grandmother name Fair. Her maiden name was Nancy Choate; siblings - Mary E Trivitt born 1839 lives in Bellingham, WA, Martha A Sherman born 1843 lives in Elm Springs, AR, William L Pyatt born 1845 died 1907, Susan S Pyatt born 1848 lives in Elm Springs, AR, Joseph C Pyatt born 1850, Margaret M Sherman born 1857, James N Pyatt born 1859 lives in Afton, Indian Terr

  Oklahoma - Tulsa County - Tulsa World Newspaper Tulsa World - Friday, Dec 18, 1929
  Fatal Accident is 'Unavoidable'
  Tulsan Is Exonerated After Striking W. C. Pyeatt With Car
  Funeral arrangements were incomplete Thursday for W. C. Pyeatt, 62 years old, who was fatally injured late Wednesday when struck by an automobile on the highway near Owasso. His body was being held by the Martin Fleming funeral home. Following the accident Wednesday, a man who gave his name as C. W. Davy, 2209 East Twenty-sixth street, reported to the county highway police that he was driving the car that struck Pyeatt, police records show. An investigation conducted Thursday by Tom Duckett, highway police captain, exonerated Davy. In a statement to The World Thursday, Davy described the accident as "unavoidable. The man stepped in front of the machine and I struck him before I could stop." Davy said. "I stopped and rendered all assistance possible. I then called an ambulance and made a complete report of it to the highway officers Thursday morning." Pyeatt, according to hospital attendants, is married and has one child. He formerly made his home at Garnett, a small Tulsa suburb east of the city. He had been employed on a farm near Catoosa and was en route to the farm when struck by the automobile, a police investigation Wednesday night revealed.
  Oklahoma - Tulsa County - "The Tulsa Tribune" newspaper Catoosa Man Dies Here After Being Injured by Auto
  Stepped Into Path of Car on Highway, Says Driver
  W. C. Pyeatt, 62. said to have been a farm hand near Catoosa, died in Morningside hospital late Wednesday night following injuries received when struck by an automobile on the Owasso road. According to the report made to county highway police by C. W. Davy, 2209 E Twenty-fifth st., driver of the car which hit Pyeatt, the injured man stepped into the path of the car and was knocked to the pavement. Pyeatt was taken to Morningside hospital in an ambulance in an unconscious condition, suffering with a fractured skull and died without regaining consciousness. Davy reported to the officer of the county highway police and was not held. Officer urkhead (sic) and Davis reported having passed Davy only a few moments before and said that he was running at a reasonable rate of speed. County investigator Charles Thompson said that no charges would be filed. Pyeatt is survived by his wife and daughter who live at the home in arnett (sic). Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed, according to Martin Fleming funeral home which has the body.
  Pennsylvania "Memorials of the Huguenots In America" - With special reference to their Emigration to Pennsylvania. By: Rev. A. Stapleton, A.M., M.S., Life Member of Pennsylvania Historical Society - Member of the Pennsylvania German Society, - Author of "National History of the Bible," -Compend of Church History," - and "Evangelical Annal.", Printed by: Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co. 1964. It was originally Published Carlisle, Pa, 1901.
  Chapter XV, Trans-Susquehanna (Area)- Huguenot Settlers West of the Susquehanna River-The Conewago Colony-Pittsburg-The Genevan Colony on the Monongahala River-Western Maryland-The Shenandoah Valley.
  Page 129 Piatt, Pyatt.---This family seated in Dauphiny, fled to Holland at the Revocation period, and later came to New Jersey. The name of the father is not known. Of the sons, John Piatt was a prominent citizen of Somerset County, New Jersey, of which he was sheriff in 1732. He died in 1760, while on a visit to the Island of St. Thomas, where he owned a sugar plantation. All his sons, five in number, were soldiers in the Revolution, under the following grades: John, b. 1739, a private; Abraham, b. 1741, a quartermaster; William, b. 1745, a captain; Daniel, b. 1745, a major, and Jacob, b. 1747, a captain. The Piatt family were great pioneers. John, at the close of the Revolution removed to (now) Lycoming county, in Pennsylvania, where a township is named in his honor. Abraham removed to (now) Centre county, and was Judge of the Courts of Northumberland county in 1786. (3) He died in 1791, and his family all removed to Ohio. (***) Jacob Piatt, youngest son of John the immigrant son, removed to Kentucky. Jacob Piatt, evidently a second son of the immigrant, appears in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as an Indian trader at an early day. Jacob Piatt, Jr. was a pioneer on the frontiers, and was dispossessed of his lands in Path Valley as an intruder in 1750. (3). Pa. Arch. 2nd ser. III, p. 760 (That was all on this family. It does say (***) that a Jacob Piatt removed (moved to) Kentucky. )
  Pennsylvania - The People and Times of Western Pennsylvania The People and Times of Western Pennsylvania: A day by day story of events from July 1786 to February 1797
  Volume I, Pittsburgh: Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1985 (No mention of the Piatt, Pyatt, Payette name in any of the three indexes)
  The People and Times of Western Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts 1812-1816
  Volume 4. Pittsburgh: Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, 1991 page 76. Friday, January 22, 1813 The following is a true statement of the killed and wounded in the battle of Mississinewa, on the morning of the 18th December, 1812, and in the skirmish on the 17th, viz: In Captain TROTTER'S Troop 6 mo. Ky. V.I.D. privates Salem PEYATT, mortally (since dead)
  Pennsylvania - The Cumberland Valley Ohio - The cross road of our nation; Records & Pioneer Families; January-March 1964; Vol. V No. I; Published by Esther Weygandt Powell
  PENNSYLVANIA ANCESTORS: CHURCHES OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY
  PATH VALLEY CHURCHES Among those who had settled in Tuscara Path or Path Valley, through which the road to Allegheny lies were: John Armstrong, Reynold Alexander, Robert Baker, James Blair, Andrew Dunlap, Alexander Dunlap, Felix Doyle, Alex. McCartie, Moses Moore, Jacob Pyatt Sr., Jacob Pyatt Jr., Samuel Patterson, John Potts, Wm. Ramage, Abraham Slack and Robert Wilson. First preaching there about 1767 by Rev. Robert Cooper, later in 1773 by Rev. Samuel Dougall. The church divided into two churches, the Lower Church and the Upper Church. The first elders in the Lower Church were John Cunningham, Francis Elliott, Archibald Elliott, Robert & Samuel Walker, and later Joseph Brown, John Campbell, Paul Geddes, David & James Walker and William Maclay. Then later James Cree Sr. & Jr., James & William Campbell, Daniel Brown, George & William Elliott and Alex. Walker. The first elders of the Upper Church were: James Ardery, David Elder, John Holliday, Samuel Mains and Richard Morrow. Since 1808 they were: James & Wm. Alexander, John Elder, John Holliday, Andrew Morrow, David Riddle, Stephen Skinner, James McCurdy, Jr. & Sr. The Lower Church also known as Burnt Cabins' Church.

  Area History: Warner-Beers' History of Franklin County, PA, 1887 -- Part II: Chapters I & II
  PATH VALLEY had early settlers, likewise. The records of the surveyor's office show that SAMUEL BECHTEL had a warrant in what is now FANNETT TOWNSHIP, for 176 acres, which bore date January 24, 1737, and was surveyed the 24th of the following may by ZACH. BUTCHER, deputy surveyor. At that time, it was in HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY. The same records show that THOMAS DOYLE had a warrant in the same region for 530 acres, dated November 29, 1737, and surveyed December 30 following. Neither of these men had neighbors immediately adjoining them, showing the settlements to be sparse. Settlements must have been made quite rapidly in the valley, notwithstanding its ownership by the Indians; for in 1750 RICHARD PETERS, secretary of the commonwealth, in a letter to the governor dated July 2, in which he gives an account of the removal of certain citizens because of their encroachments on interdicted territory, says: "On Wednesday, the 30th of May, the magistrates (footnote: MATTHEW DILL, GEORGE CROGHAN, BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, THOMAS WILSON, JOHN FINDLAY, AND JAMES GALBREATH, ESQS., justices of the county of CUMBERLAND. And company, under-sheriff of Cumberland County, being detained two days by rain, proceeded over the Kittochtinny Mountains, and entered into TUSCARA (TUSCARORA) PATH or PATH VALLEY, through which the road to ALLEGHANY lies. Many settlements were formed in this valley, and all the people were sent for and the following persons appeared, viz: ABRAHAM SLACH, JAMES BLAIR, MOSES MOORE, ARTHUR DUNLAP, ALEXANDER McCARTIE, DAVID LEWIS, ADAM McCARTIE, FELIX DOYLE, ANDREW DUNLAP, ROBERT WILSON, JACOB PYATT, JACOB PYATT, JR., WILLIAM RAMAGE, REYNOLDS ALEXANDER, SAMUEL PATTERSON, ROBERT BAKER, JOHN ARMSTRONG, and JOHN POTTS, who were all convicted, by their own confession to the magistrates, of the like trespasses with those at SHERMAN'S CREEK and were bound in the like with all their families, servants, cattle and effects, and having all voluntarily given possession of their houses to me, some ordinary log houses, to the number of eleven, were burnt to the ground, the trespassers, most of them cheerfully and a very few of them with reluctance, carrying out all their goods. Some had been deserted before and lay waste."

  Pennsylvania - Allegheny County - Pittsburg From the book "All Sorts of Pittsburgers" 1882, pg 191
  James W. Piatt was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1854, and was educated at the public schools of his native county. He came to Pittsburg in early manhood, and in 1879, started in business for himself in the famous old "Tammany Hall" on Third avenue. In 887, he removed to his present location at the corner of Smithfield and Diamond streets, where he conducts a café and restaurant of high repute as a resort for professional and business men. Mr. Piatt is a Republican in politics, and is always found in line for the "grand old party." He is a regular attendant at County and State Conventions, and a prominent member of the Young Men’s Republican Tariff Club and other political organizations. He organized the first Beaver Club that was made up in the State. He was elected to Select Council from the Second ward in 1886, and is now a member of Common Council from the Third ward. Mr. Piatt is very popular, and has a large personal following, which proves valuable in close political contests. He is liberal, outspoken, and proverbially faithful to his friends.
  Pennsylvania - Bucks County - Bensalem June 13, 2000 Tulsa World Newspaper Page: 5
  PHILADELPHIA -- Image, the two-faced kitten, is dead. The kitten, with one head and brain but mirror sets of eyes, noses and mouths, apparently died during the weekend because it got too cold, said Anil Rastogi, a veterinarian at Croydon Animal Hospital. "Its mother did not accept it too much," Rastogi said. Image was one of two kittens born Wednesday to Butt-Butt, a cat owned by Sandra Pyatt of Bensalem in Bucks County, just outside Philadelphia. CREDIT: From wire reports
  Pennsylvania - Franklin County HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA/ ILLUSTRATED/ CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1887 / Chicago: JOHN MORRIS COMPANY, PRINTERS / 118 and 120 Monroe Street
  Settlements must have been made quite rapidly in the valley, notwithstanding its ownership by the Indians; for in 1750 RICHARD PETERS, secretary of the commonwealth, in a letter to the governor dated July 2, in which he gives an account of the removal of certain citizens because of their encroachments on interdicted territory, says: "On Wednesday, the 30th of May, the magistrates (footnote: MATTHEW DILL, GEORGE CROGHAN, BENJAMIN CHAMBERS, THOMAS WILSON, JOHN FINDLAY, AND JAMES GALBREATH, ESQS., justices of the county of CUMBERLAND. And company, under-sheriff of Cumberland County, being detained two days by rain, proceeded over the Kittochtinny Mountains, and entered into TUSCARA (TUSCARORA) PATH or PATH VALLEY, through which the road to ALLEGHANY lies. Many settlements were formed in this valley, and all the people were sent for and the following persons appeared, viz: ABRAHAM SLACH, JAMES BLAIR, MOSES MOORE, ARTHUR DUNLAP, ALEXANDER McCARTIE, DAVID LEWIS, ADAM McCARTIE, FELIX DOYLE, ANDREW DUNLAP, ROBERT WILSON, JACOB PYATT, JACOB PYATT, JR., WILLIAM RAMAGE, REYNOLDS ALEXANDER, SAMUEL PATTERSON, ROBERT BAKER, JOHN ARMSTRONG, and JOHN POTTS, who were all convicted, by their own confession to the magistrates, of the like trespasses with those at SHERMAN'S CREEK and were bound in the like with all their families, servants, cattle and effects, and having all voluntarily given possession of their houses to me, some ordinary log houses, to the number of eleven, were burnt to the ground, the trespassers, most of them cheerfully and a very few of them with reluctance, carrying out all their goods. Some had been deserted before and lay waste."

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  Pennsylvania - Franklin County - Fannett Township From "Area History: Fannett Township, Franklin Co, PA" Fannett 1761: The greater part of this township lies in what is known as Path Valley, in olden times called "Tuscarora Path." Originally the township included what is now Metal Township. Here, as in other parts of the county, came settlers prior to the time of the extinguishment of the Indian title to the land. The three valleys--Path, Amberson's and Horse by their beauty and fertility attracted immigrants who, with the consent of the Indians, with whom they maintained the most friendly relations for some time, located and commenced their great life work. But in a short time, so strong was the stream of immigration, the Indians became alarmed for their possessions, and in 1744 they notified the colonial authorities that they objected to have their lands taken by the whites, especially where they were acting in violation of express stipulations formerly entered into. The government called upon the authorities---the magistrates of Cumberland County--to expel the intruders. In May, 1750, Richard Peters, secretary of the governor, attended by Benjamin Chambers, William Maxwell, William Allison, John Findlay, and other magistrates, went over to Path Valley, where they found the settlers, Abraham Slack, James Blair, Moses Moore, Arthur Dunlop, Alex McCartie, David Lewis, Adam McCartie, Felix Doyle, Reynold Alexander, Samuel Patterson, John Armstrong, John Potts, Andrew Dunlop, Robert Wilson, Jacob Pyatt, Wm. Ramage and others, and brought them before the magistrate's court, tried and convicted each, and put them under bonds to remove at once with their families out of the valley, "taking servants and effects" and to appear in Carlisle and answer such charges as might be made against them. Their houses and other improvements were burned, by order of the court. When the land was purchased of the Indians, October 23, 1758, some of these settlers retruned and became permanent residents of the valley. The township was named after a place in County Donegal, Ireland, a promonotory (sic.) called "*Fannett Point." This name was suggested by the shape of the new township, a long narrow point. Richard and John Coulter purchased a large body of land in the upper end of the township in 1756, and Francis Amberson made an improvement in Amberson s Valley in 1763. Then came Barnabas Clark, from whom Clark's Knob receives its name, and John Ward and Cromwell McVitty. These were the early and most prominent settlers of the valley. *The best authorities, however, give the spelling as Fanod Head. EARLY LAND ENTRIES. In the early land entries we find the following names and dates: Samuel Bechtel, January 24, 1737. (No neighbors.) John Blair, June 3, 1762. Neighbors: Thomas Steel and R. Alexander Charles Baxter, April 29, 1763. Neighbors: Phil Hutchinson, Alexander McCormick, John Elder.Alexander Blair, June 5, 1762. Neighbors: William Elder, William Wallace, Robert Anderson. Thomas Blair, June 3, 1762. Neighbors: Thomas Askey, John McMichaels, Randall Alexander, William Ramage, David Campbell. John Coulter, December 30, 1762. Neighbors: Richard Coulter, James How, James Ross. Thomas Doyle, November 29, 1737. (Vacant on all sides) Felix Doyle, June 14, 1762. Neighbors: John Elder, David Elder, Jr., John Parker, James Elder, Robert Little. William Elliott, June 17, 1763. Neighbors: James Gibson, Samuel Coulter, John Elliott, Benjamin Elliott. (This land is between Round Top Mountain and Tuscarora Creek.) David Elder, April 16 1763. Neighbors: James Irvin, Robert Baker, Samuel Gamble, James Moore. John Elder, March 13, 1767. Neighbors: Samuel Moore, James Urich, Felix Doyle. James Elder, April 16, 1763. Neighbors: Felix Doyle, Samuel Baker, Hugh Harron, Robert Little. James Long and James Galbraith, June 8, 1762. Neighbors: William Campbell, DavidElder, Samuel and Mathew Coulter, John Holliday. William McClellan, June 3, 1762. Neighbors: William Ramage, Randall Alexander, H.J. Moore, David Campbell.
  Pennsylvania - Path Valley Counties From: "History of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, Perry, Somerset, Cambria, and Indiana Counties," Rupp, 1848, "History of Bedford County," pp. 514-518.
  Chapter XXXVIII. First Settlers, &c.
  First settlers--Intruders upon Indian lands at Path valley and Aughwick; their cabins or log houses burnt. In Big Cove, similar fate--Petition sent to the Governor--Incidents in the early history of this county--Education--Support of the poor.
  The first traders in this county were some Indian traders, and adventurers from the Conococheague and Conodoguinette settlements. Some of the more daring acted as pioneers and settled at Path Valley, some at Aughwick, and others in the Big Cove, within the present limits of the county. These settled between 1740 and 1750. The principal pioneers in Path Valley, or Tuscarora Valley, were Abraham Slach, James Blair, Moses Moore, Arthur Dunlap, Alexander McCartie, David Lewis, Adam McCartie, Felix Doyle, Andrew Dunlap, Robert Wilson, Jacob Pyatt, Jacob Pyatt, jr., William Ramage, Reynolds Alexander, Samuel Patterson, Robert Baker, John Armstrong, John Potts. Those at Aughwick, Peter Falconer, Nicholas De Long, Samuel Perry, John Charleton and others.
  The adventurers at Big Cove were Andrew Donaldson, John MacClelland, Charles Stewart, James Downy, John Macmean, Robert Kendell, Samuel Brown, William Shepperd, Roger Murphy, Robert Smith, William Dickey, William Millican, William MacConnell, Alexander MacConnell, James MacConnell, William Carrel, John Martin, John Jamison, Hans Patter, John Macollin, Adam MacConnell, James Wilson, John Wilson, and others.
  All the above named had settled on lands not then purchased from the Indians, and were warned by government to leave the settlements. In May, 1750, Richard Peters, Secretary, accompanied by the sheriff of the county and others, proceeded to Path Valley, and burned 11 cabins; at Aughwick they burnt 1, and in Big Cove 3, and required the settlers to enter into recognizance to appear at the following court.
  The settlers in the Little Cove & Conalloways were Joseph Coombe, John Herrod, William James, Thomas Yates, Lewis Williams, Elias Stillwell, John Meeser, John Newhouse, Rees Shelby, William Lofton, Charles Wood, Henry Pierson, George Rees, William Morgan, John Lloyd, Levi Moore, John Graham, William Linn, Andrew Coombe, John Polk, Thomas Haston.
  The next day, after Mr. Peters had left, and while yet at the house of Mr. Philip Davies, a number of the inhabitants of Little Cove met, handed him the following petition with the request to present it to Governor Hamilton.
  We are exceedingly sorry, as well we may, that any part of that letter sent from the Great Cove to the magistrate of this county should have given hour Honor any umbrage to suspect we should desire to get rid of being under the government of this Province, and forcibly to maintain the possession of these lands on which we at present live; in opposition to your authority. It is, and always has been our strong inclination to enjoy the privileges of the Government of Pennsylvania, above these of any other of his Majesty's colonies in America. We never did directly or indirectly apply to Maryland for a right to said Land, and should anything in said letter seem to insinuate as if we had a mind to do so, or should any of our inconsiderate or even guilty expressions be reported to you, we hope you will not interpret these things to our ruin; but in mercy forgive then; for your Honor may know, what extremes, people of weak policy, when they see their all in danger, may be guilty of.
  Yet suffer us to inform your Honor, notwithstanding of what was done by us before, when perplexed and confounded, that the most of us did not take up said land, in opposition to the authority of a Governor's proclamation, but after we were informed some in power did permit, if not grant liberty to settle said land with honest men; yet by this we would not be understood, as if we would oppose what proceedings your Honor might judge necessary for the safety or interest of the Province with regard to us. No, in this we resolve to be entirely at your disposal, or that of any whom you may appoint.
  We humbly and earnestly beg, if consistent with the great designs of your government, you would permit us yet longer to cultivate these lands for the support of our families. But if this cannot be granted, that you would interpose with the Proprietors, for our obtaining a right to these plantations, on which we at present live, when said land shall be purchased from the Indians, we paying what is due to the Proprietor, and recommend it to the Secretary to be active for us: on whose mercy we would notwithstanding all our folly depend much.
  And the blessing of many, who will otherwise be reduced to pinching, distressing difficulties, shall come upon your Honor, Sept. 27, 1750. Robert Smith, Roger Murphy, John Jamison, Samuel Brown, Robert Kendall, William McConnell, John McClellan, Andrew Donallson, William McClarell, James Downey, Alexander McConnell, Charles Stewart, William Dickey, William Mulligan, John McCollom, John McMeans, John Martin.
  To Gov. Hamilton.
  The sufferings of the first settlers of this county during the French and Indian war, and at a much later period, were almost intolerable. They were exposed for more than 25 years to hostile incursions and the depredations of savages. Hundreds fell victims to the relentless fury of the Indians. Numerous instances of massacres that happened have been related in a preceding part of this compilation.
  From the Provincial Records at Harrisburg, it appears that in the upper part of Cumberland county, 27 plantations were burned, and a great quantity of cattle killed; that a woman 93 years of age was found lying killed with a stake run through her body. That of 93 families which were settled in the Coves and Conollaways, 47 were either killed or taken, and the rest fled, besides numerous of whom no account has been preserved, except in the traditions handed down in the massacres.
  The following incidents in the history of this county were collected by the Hon. George Burd and John Mower, Esq. of Bedford, and appeared originally in a work on a similar subject: The county contained within its present limits, at a very early day, a number of forts, erected by the inhabitants for their protection. The first, and principal, was Fort Bedford, although that name was only given to it when it began to assume the appearance of a settlement. The others were Fort Littleton, Martin's fort, Piper's fort, and Wingam's, with several other unimportant ones. Bedford was the only one ever occupied by British troops; and about 1770, the earliest period of which we have any traditionary account, the walls of it were nearly demolished, so that it must have been erected many years before.
  The first settlement, it is conjectured, must have been made prior to the year 1750, how long before, cannot be stated with any thing like accuracy; but I not long since conversed with a very old man, named John Lane, who told me that he was born within the present limits of the county. His age fixed his birth about 1751, and from the account he gave, settlements must have been made several years previous to that. It was also before that time that the Indians had made complaints of the encroachment of the whites upon their hunting grounds, and particularly in the neighborhood of the Juniata.
  As early as 1770, the whites had made considerable settlements at a distance from the fort at Bedford, as far as twelve and fifteen miles, particularly on Dunning's cr., and on the Shawanee run, near the Allegheny mountains, where the tribe of Indians of that name once had a town. The principal building at Bedford, at that day, of which there is any account, was a two story log house, called the "King's House." It was occupied by the officers of the fort until the marching of the English troops at the breaking out of the revolution. It is still standing, and is now, with two additions, one of stone, the other brick, occupied as a public house. At the time Bedford county was erected, the only building in which the court could sit was a one-storied rough log house. It was for some time also occupied as a jail. It stood until a few years since.
  The town of Bedford was laid out, by order of the governor, in June, 1766, by the surveyor general, John Lukens. The settlement was originally called Raystown, but at the time of laying it out, it was called Bedford. This, Mr. Vickroy says, was in consequence of some similarity in its location to a place of the same name in England. [But more probably derived from the name of the fort, which was supposed to be named in honor of the Duke of Bedford.]
  For a considerable time after the town was laid out, the inhabitants had to go upwards of 40 miles to mill. It was then an undertaking that occupied sometimes two weeks, those taking grain having to wait until others before them were accommodated. The first mill was built near the town by an enterprising man named Frederick Naugle, a merchant, doing what was, at that day, called a large business.
  For many years Bedford was the principal stopping-place for all persons, and particularly packers going from the east to Fort Pitt. All government stores, as well as groceries and goods of every description, were for a long time carried west on pack-horses. One man would sometimes have under his control as many as a hundred horses. For the protection of these, guards had always to be supplied, who accompanied them from one fort to another. Bedford always furnished its guards out of that class of the militia in service at the time they were required. These guards travelled with the packers, guarded their encampment at night, and conducted them safely across the Alleghenies to Fort Ligonier, west of Laurel hill.
  At the commencement of the revolution, the county of Bedford furnished two companies, who marched to Boston; and although but a frontier county, at a distance from the principal scenes of excitement and points of information, contained as much of the patriotic spirit of the day as could be found anywhere. A meeting was held, composed of farmers and the most substantial citizens, who, entering fully into the spirit of the revolution, passed a number of resolutions, prohibiting the introduction and use of every article of foreign manufacture.
  The prominent men of that day who lived at and about Bedford, were Thomas Smith, who held several appointments under the government, and was afterwards a judge of the supreme court, Gen. Arthur St. Clair, who was the first prothonotary of the county, George Woods, county surveyor, under whose instructions the city of Pittsburg was laid out, Thomas Coulter, Col. Davidson, and Thomas Vickroy, who afterwards, in 1783, laid out the city of Pittsburg. He is still living.
  Although the inhabitants were from the time of the first settlements constantly on their guard against the Indians, yet the principal troubles commenced at the breaking out of the revolutionary war. A frontier life at that time was the Allegheny frontier, and her inhabitants were, consequently, exposed to the full force of savage fury, and severely did it often fall upon them. The following incidents of those times are well authenticated.
  The oldest native of the county living [in 1843] is Wm. Fraser. His father left Fort Cumberland about 1758, and came to the fort at Bedford. He built the first house outside the fort, and Wm. was the first white child born outside the fort. He was born in 1759, and is now about 84 years of age. He was in my office a few days since. He had come about 14 miles that morning, and intended returning home the same day; this he frequently does.
  The original white population was composed of Scotch-Irish, and their descendants, constituting the frontier settlers. It is said by one, whose opportunities for accuracy of research, were favorable, "that the county did not prosper much until 1780, or thereabouts, when the Germans from Franklin, Cumberland, York and Lancaster, began to pour into our fertile vallies and caves. This was not until the Indians had ceased to be a terror to the settlers." The Germans here now own much of the best land, and form a great proportion of the present population.
  The religious denominations are Lutheran, German reformed, Presbyterian, Episcopal Methodist, Protestant Methodist, Catholic, Baptist, United Brethren, Evangelical Association, Quaker, Mennonites, Dunkards or German Baptist, Seventh Day Baptist, Church of God or Winebrennerians. The Lutheran, German Reformed and Methodist, are the most numerous.
  The cause of popular education had been long much neglected among the people of this county; but of late, an increased attention ha been paid to this all important cause, and seems to advance steadily.
  The common school system has been adopted in every township except Londonderry, Napier, St. Clair, Southampton and Union. Eighteen districts have adopted it, in which 127 schools are open for about 4 months in the year, employing 127 male and 1 female teacher; 1,770 male and 2,001 female scholars are taught. A district tax of $5,227.63 was raised in 1844; the State appropriation was $4,813.00. Cost of instruction $6,450.51.
  Provision for the poor, or paupers, is made in this county. A poorhouse within the town of Bedford has been established within the last 4 years. There is connected with it, a farm of upwards of 600 acres. The average number of poor is between 30 and 40. [I know this is out of sequential/alphabetical order; but, it mirrors some of the above Franklin County info. MCP]
  Pennsylvania - Greene County Waynesburg Messenger, issue of 1 April 1863
  DIED
  At the U.S. Hospital, Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee, William Piatt, formerly of this county, of Typhoid fever, aged 21 years, 10 months, and three days. He was a member of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, was a member of the M. E. Church, and died a christian. M.K.
  Pennsylvania - Indiana County Indiana Register, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Extracts October, 1859-December 1859
  4 October 1859
  ACCIDENT. On the 15th of last month, MR. ALEXANDER LONG, of Green township, met with an accident that terminated in his death three days afterwards. MR. L. was engaged in dragging logs, and in making a turn the log flew around striking him on the leg and fracturing it. The limb was set by Dr. Piatt, and shortly after the sufferer fell into a slumber, in which state he remained until saturday, when he died. It is thought that the nervous system was so greatly shattered as to entirely destroy it, and thus cause stupification.

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  Pennsylvania - Montgomery County "Limerick & Lower Merion Townships : Bean's 1884 History of Montgomery County, PA"
  Lower Merion: The baptist church is located.....surnames found on headstones include...Pyatt
  Pennsylvania - Northumberland County "Bell's History of Northumberland Co PA" Local History: Chapter XVI - Part I: BOROUGH OF MILTON.
  PIONEER HISTORY .....Died, the 22d instant, about sunset, at Milton, Colonel Matthew Smith, aged fifty four years, being one of the first patriots for liberty; went to Canada in the year l775, and suffered extremities. He was once prothonotary of Northumberland county, was interred 23d instant, attended by a number of his friends and acquaintances, together with the volunteer company of light infantry from Milton; conducted by Major Piatt and commanded by Captain James Boyd, who, after marching about six miles to Warrior Run burying ground and shedding a tear over the old patriot's grave, deposited his remains with three well directed volleys and returned home in good order.
  INHABITANTS FROM 1804 TO 1808. William Piatt, clerk, was a candidate for sheriff while a resident of Milton, and defeated by only a few votes. His son became sheriff of Lycoming county.

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  Pennsylvania - Northumberland County "Bell's History of Northumberland Co PA" Chapter V - Part II: THE BENCH AND BAR
  *On the 25th of August, 1775, the justices addressed a memorial to the Supreme Executive Council, representing "That this being the Second court at which no State's attorney appeared, many persons have been admitted to halt who ought to have been tried ......... that the long suspension of Justice In this county from February, 1776, to November, 1777, had rendered the people licentious enough, and a further delay of executing the taws must lead them to lengths perhaps too difficult to he recalled; that even tipping houses, the notorious promoters of vice and Immorality and audacious opponents to law and order, remain unpunished." etc.- Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. VII pp. 72-73.

  (starting pg 214) Simon Snyder, January 27, 1785. John Simpson, March 10, 1787. Samuel Wallis, March 1, 1785. Samuel Weiser, October 30, 1787. Robert Fleming, March 1, 1785. Christian Gettig, November 2, 1787. William Montgomery (President), Joseph Jacob Wallis, November 2, April 7, 1785. 1787 John Kelly, August 2, 1785. George Hughes, February 26, 1788. Abraham Piatt, January 21, 1786. John Weitzel, June 19, 1789. Xli Mead, July 14, 1786. William Hepburn, July 2, 1789. William Cooke, October 3, 1786. Jasper Ewing, July 29, 1789.

  The foregoing list is based principally upon that given in Volume IIId of the Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series. It is not entirely complete, however, as the local records show that David McKinney and Matthew Smith officiated as justices in 1780 and John Buyers in 1783-86; the latter frequently presided in the quarter sessions.

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  Pennsylvania - Northumberland County From "Bell’s History of Northumberland Co PA" Local History: Chapter XLVI: Biographical Sketches - WATSONTOWN
  JACOB KREMER, ex-sheriff and treasurer of Northumberland county, was born in Albany township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, April 30, 1827, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Levan) Kremer. The former was a weaver; he located at Milton in 1829 and thence removed successively to the Stitzel farm near McEwensville and the De Armond farm near Warrior Run church, remaining at each place two years in the pursuit of his trade. He engaged in farming in White Deer valley in 1834, subsequently kept hotel one year in White Deer township, Union county, and five years later removed to Allenwood, Union county, where he opened a hotel and continued at that business the remainder of his life. Jacob Kremer accompanied his parents to this county, and obtained a common school education at the different points where they successively resided. After attaining his majority he embarked in the stock business at Allenwood. In 1867 he removed to Armstrong township, Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, and thence in 1869 to Williamsport, where he continued in the stock business and engaged in the raising of thoroughbred horses. In April, 1875, he located at Dewart, Northumberland county, as proprietor of a hotel, and in 1879 he assumed the proprietorship of the Mansion House at Watsontown. In 1881 he was the candidate of the Republican party for sheriff of Northumberland county, but was defeated; he was again nominated in 1884, and was elected by a majority of two hundred seventy- four, the first Republican sheriff in this county for a number of years. In 1887, before the expiration of his term of office, he received the Republican nomination for county treasurer, and was elected by a majority of seven hundred sixty-four, his largest gains being at his home and where he was best known. Three years later (1890) he was again the Republican candidate for sheriff, but shared in the general reverses of his party in that year. Mr. Kremer married, January 6, 1854, Julia A., eldest daughter of Isaac and Jane (Piatt) Allen, of Allenwood, Union county; of nine children born to them five are now living: Sarah Alice, wife of Charles G. Pursell, of Jersey City, New Jersey; Allen I. and Daniel A., proprietors of the Mansion House at Watsontown; Charles L., who has served as deputy sheriff and treasurer during his father's official terms, and Jennie L.
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  The borough of Watsontown was incorporated by decree of court, November 4, 1867, and on the 16th instant the first borough election occurred, resulting in the choice of the following officers: burgess, Joseph Hollopeter; council: Thomas Carl, Frederick Whitman, C. O. Bachman, John Bly, D. C. Hogue; high constable, Eli Lochner; justice of the peace, John Orr; school directors: John Y. Ellis, William Cooner, H. K. Whitman, Joseph Ott, H. W. Kremer, Thomas Barr; overseers of the poor: Peter Schaefer, Robert Johnson; inspectors of election: Philip Winterstein, I. N. Messinger; judge, David Teas. The following persons have successively served as burgess since the borough was incorporated: 1867, Joseph Hollopeter; 1868, J. P. Starr; 1869, Nicholas Gauger; 1870, C. O. Bachman; 1871, Philip Shay; 1872, S. M. Miller; 1873, William M. Wagner; 1874, J. P. Starr; 1875, Phineas Leiser; 1876-80, John B. Cooner; 1881-82, W. Brady Piatt; 1883-84, J. H. Wagner; 1885-86, D.C. Hogue; 1887-88, Lorenzo Everitt; 1889-90, E. Sherman Follmer; 1890, Alfred Hockley; 1891, J. F. McClure.
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  Pennsylvania - Tuscarora Valley (Path Valley/Burnt Cabin area) Reference for the record is Cumberland Co Road Records, Volume 1, page 32, County Clerk's Office, Carlisle. The road runs north and east consistantly and therefore I will leave out the direction, degrees, and perches in the interest of readability. It is believed that the road was laid out from the narrows at Concord northeast to the Juniata, being approximately what is now PA Route 75. The beginning point is in question and centers on the location of the residence of John Fleming. If any of the residences listed in 1774 could be identified and located by today's landmarks, it would be a great help in understanding this record. Information and comments would be welcome. (These notes by Laverne Ingram Piatt.)
  ***April session 1774, Public Road from John Fleming's to Mr Patterson's, now Kepler's in Juniatta [sic]:
  The persons appointed at last January Sessions to view and lay out a road ....[1 word unclear] leading from John Fleming's to Mr Patterson's now Keppler [sic] on the Juniatta have returned to this court the said road as viewed and laid out by them according to the following courses and distances, viz Beginning at FLEMING'S north... to PYAT'S, thence north... to JOHN ARBUCKLE'S, thence north...to GEORGE MCCONNELLS, thence north... to JOHN MCINTIRE'S field, thence north...to WILLIAM MORRISON'S, thence north...to DAVID BEAL'S mill, thence north to MILLIGAN, thence north... to JOHN HER'S(?) run, thence north...to JAS CHURCH'S or JAS CHARTIER'S run, thence north...to CROZIER'S run, thence north... to RUNION'S(?), thence north...to SOLOMON BU...FIELD, thence north...to MR PATTERSON or KEPPLERS which road viewed and laid out as aforesaid the said persons viz Wm Arbuckel [sic], John Ron(?), Wm Graham, Robert Hogg, David Beale & Hugh Quigley now returned to the court as a road highly necessary and of public utility and is laid out in a manner the least injurious to private property, which said road being taken into consideration is accordingly approved of and confirmed by the court, and it is further ordered by the court that the said road laid out as aforesaid be cut, cleaned and bridged and if necessary by the several Supervisors of the townships through which said road passes of the breadth of thirty three feet wide.
  By the Court
  No Draught or petition
  Pennsylvania - Union County From "Union County PA: History: Annals of the Buffalo Valley by John Blair Lynn: Pages 244 thru 281
  BOUDE FAMILY - FIRST RESIDENTS OF BEAVER TOWNSHIP. FIRST GERMAN REFORMED PASTOR - MANUFACTURERS, &c. - DEATHS OF MAJOR LAWRENCE KEENE AND GENERAL JAMES POTTER.
  PRESIDENT of the State, Thomas Mifflin. William Wilson, member of the Supreme Executive Council. Samuel Maclay and John White, members of Assembly. William Montgomery, President Judge. Abraham Piatt, William Shaw, &c., Associates. 278 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY, [1793. At Lewisburg, July 17, 1792, Mathias Joseph Ellenkhusen. He came to Lewisburg in 1790, was the son of Carl Ellenkhusen, who had purchased the principal part of the town, and was sent over by his father from Amsterdam, Holland, to look after his interests, or to found a family in the western world. The principal notice we have of the son and his wife are from the recollections of Mrs. Mary Brady Piatt, taken down by O. N. Worden, Esquire. Mrs. Ellenkhusen was short in stature, considerably pock-marked, very lady-like in manner, spoke the ow Dutch language, and astonished the people by her elegance and passionate fondness for skating.... Sheriff John Brady was a joker....
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  Pennsylvania - Unknown County Biography of Samuel Mason( 1739-1803) written by Raymond Bell CHRONOLOGY 1739 Nov. 8 Samuel Mason born in Virginia // 1784 Mar sued by Thomas Waller, Samuel Johnson, John McWilliams // 1784 Jun sued by Jacob Pyatt, Magness Tate - Joseph Beeler, bail
  South Dakota - Fifteenth Session, 1883: Convened at Yankton January 9, and continued to March 9, 1883.
  John C. Pyatt House of Congress member
  Tennesee - Cherokee Indian Territory The following are abstracts of records of genealogical interest taken from the records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee in the years 1801-1816. These are from the microfilm copy, and the pages are not numbered. They are arranged in roughly chronological order. Page 1 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Records. National Archives Microcopy M-208 Page 9
  May 29th 1809 Intruders Limestone Settlement (my note: These names were in two columns which I cut and pasted. So, if you want to know who was next to whom on the list, skip every other name. Sorry. MCP)
  Mr. John Craig; Mr. Hawkins; Mr. Devan; Mr. Hicklen; Mr. Greenehaws; Jno Black; Mr. Moss; Mr. Conner; Mr. Williams; Mr. Hogg; Mr. Young; Wm. Black; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Cook (wife lying in); Mr. Rogers; Alex Moore; Mr. Lackey; Mr. Garner; Mr. Wilbarn; Mr. Blair; Jno Humphreys; Mr. Piatt; Mr. Gibbons; Mr. Carnehan; Mr. Bullmon; Mr. Trimble; Mr. Mitchel; Archibald Trimble; Jos Burleson; Mr. Jonakin; James Burleson; Mr. Combs (wife lying in); Jno Burleson; Mr. Robinson; Mr. Thrash (?); Mr. Murphey; Mr. Smith; Mr. Bell; Mr. Cooper; Mr. Cummins; Mr. Hornbeck; Mr. Greenhaw Junr; Mr. Grisson; Thomas Colbum

  [[on] Indian Creek]
  Wm. Mullen; Jno Wainwright; Saml Pruitt; Mr. McMahon; Joseph Evans; Mathew Smith; John Sauls; Mr. Massey; Mr. Myers; Mr. Cavet; Wm. Greene; I. Ball; Henry Miller (wife lying in); Andrew Jackson Do; John Kerne (Child cannot be moved bedriden)

  [Beverdam fork of Limestone]
  Presley Norman;Mr. Crosslin; Mr. Beard; Mr. Cotton; Mr. Hays; Mr. Henny
  [Indian Creek]
  E. Frost; Mr. Post; Jno Willion; Mr. Feagle; James Willson; John Sealton; Mr. Arbough; Jno Tolliver; Mr. Bever; Widw Anne; Mr. Green; Mr. Barnet; Mr. Cowan; Mr. Stocton [end of Limestone settlement]

  Tennessee - Stewart County Goodspeed's History of Stewart Co TN, 1887
  In about 1804 James Scarborough, Sr., James Scarborough Jr., David Andrews, Emanuel James, Evenezer Rumphelt, Benjamin Bogt, James Boyd and John Scarborough came from Virginia, and found farms on which to locate in different sections of the county. Among other early settlers were William Massey, James Elder, Sterling May, James, Tygart, Henry Samson, John Jones, William Haggard, William R. Bell, John Trousdale, Caleb Williams, Louis Elliott, Thomas White, Moses Ward, Amos Fletcher, Ebenezer Piatt, John Cooper, William Linsey, James Galing, Samuel French, John Kyzer, Elisha Simpson, John Graham, Benjamin Downs, Jacob McCartney, Thomas Almon, John Scott, Charles Wilcox....
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  Texas Frontier Times Magazine Vol 1 No 1 - October 1923 written by J Marvin Hunter
  'Ranger of the Sixties' W T Linn, Texas Ranger of the 60's and Confederate veteran with a commendable record, was a citizen of San Saba and one of the Texas Rangers who made up that noted frontier company that was organized at the outbreak of the Civil War and was composed of men from San Saba, Mason, Llano and Burnet counties. This brief article mentions numerous names of rangers whom he recalls from those counties: An excerpt: From San Saba County: J B Pyatt, B M Hamrick, T F Hamrick, B Gammenthaler, W T Linn, Ben Linil, Henry Farrer, A J Hubbert, Allen Taylor, J A Taylor, Henry Woods, A J Brown, R G Binnion, Joe Hanna, Jack Hanna, Dick Nelson, Tom Potts, Lewis Mulky, B G Cook, and John Hall.
  Texas - Handbook of Texas Online CANBY, EDWARD RICHARD SPRIGG (1817-1873). Edward R. S. Canby, United States Army officer, son of Israel T. and Elizabeth (Piatt) Canby, was born at Piatt's Landing, Kentucky, on November 9, 1817. His father, a country doctor, later moved his family to Indiana. Canby enrolled in Wabash College and was appointed in 1835 to the United States Military Academy; he graduated thirtieth of thirty-one in the class of 1839. He married Louisa Hawkins of Crawfordsville, Indiana, on August 1 of that year. Lieutenant Canby served in the South, notably in the Second Seminole War in Florida (1839-42). During the Mexican Warqv he earned two brevets in the campaign of Gen. Winfield Scott against Mexico City. Between 1848 and 1855 Major Canby held staff posts on the West Coast and in Washington, D.C. He was ordered to the Tenth Infantry Regiment in the Trans-Mississippi and later took part in the Mormon Expedition (1857-58) under Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. Soon after the Civil Warqv began, Canby was named colonel of the Nineteenth Infantry at Fort Defiance, New Mexico Territory. In a series of battles (Valverdeqv on February 21, 1862, and Apache Canyon and Glorietaqv on March 27 and 28), Canby's troops blunted a Confederate invasion led by Gen. Henry H. Sibley,qv who turned back into Texas. Canby's actions prevented Confederate expansion from Texas into the greater Southwest. After staff duties in Washington, D.C., from January 1863 through May 1864, Canby, as newly promoted major general of volunteers, took command of the Military Division of West Mississippi. He was wounded by guerrillas at White River, Arkansas, on November 6, 1864, but recovered and led the land campaign to capture Mobile, Alabama (March through April 1865), in cooperation with Gen. Gordon Grangerqv and Adm. David G. Farragut. Canby received the surrender of Confederates under Gen. Richard Taylor on May 4, 1865, and that of the Trans-Mississippi forces of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith on May 26. The army was reorganized in July 1866, and Canby ranked ninth of only ten regular brigadier generals. His command included several states on the Gulf of Mexico, but Gen. Philip H. Sheridanqv reduced Canby's department to Louisiana. Sheridan supervised Texas through subordinate officers, Gen. Charles Griffin and Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds.qqv All three of these officers were strong Republicans. After devoting Reconstructionqv time to Louisiana and the Carolinas, Canby replaced Reynolds in the Fifth Military District,qv where he served from November 1868 to March 1869. As an independent in politics, Canby was recognized during Reconstruction as one of the most fair-minded army officers in the South. His main accomplishment in Texas was supervising the process that led to the ratification of the Constitution of 1869.qv New southern state constitutions giving blacks the right to vote were required under the congressional Reconstruction Acts of 1867. Canby saw to it that the convention records were preserved and published. He removed few civilian officials, and his political appointments were judicious. He carefully protected the rights of freedmen without suppressing Democrats. In March 1869 President U. S. Grant reinstated Reynolds as commander in Texas. Reynolds had been removed by President Andrew Johnson, who thought he was partisan. Grant reassigned him, however, and ordered Canby to the Department of the Columbia, in the Pacific Northwest. There the Modoc Indians, based in an area known as the Lava Beds in California, were attacking settlers in California and Oregon. On April 11, 1873, Canby went unarmed to a parley and was killed when set upon by Modoc negotiators, including their leader, Captain Jack. Canby was the only regular army general killed in the Trans-Mississippi Indian wars. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Martin Hardwick Hall, Sibley's New Mexico Campaign (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1960). Max L. Heyman, Jr., Prudent Soldier: A Biography of Major General E. R. S. Canby (Glendale, California: Clark, 1959). William L. Richter, The Army in Texas during Reconstruction, 1865-1870 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1987). James E. Sefton, The United States Army and Reconstruction (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1967). Joseph G. Dawson III
  Texas - Deaf Smith County BOOTLEG, TEXAS. Bootleg (Bootleg Corner) is in southwestern Deaf Smith County. There are two stories about the origin of its name. One associates the name with Moonshine Sheep Camp, where a moonshine still was once located; the campground was for cowboys and others traveling from La Plata to Endee, New Mexico. Another story has it that the community was named for a "bootleg school"–a small school building that was moved to various locations by agents selling land for the Capitol Syndicate (see xit ranch) so that prospective customers would believe there was a school near the land they were buying. The first real school in the area was probably that at Messenger, begun in 1909 by J. N. Messenger, a local farmer. It was near an old XIT Ranch campsite four miles west of Bootleg Corner and south of Garcia Lake. For that reason, the farming community around it is often called Garcia. During the 1930s Bootleg Corner experienced a boom of sorts after Louis Woodford converted the abandoned "bootleg school" building into a general store, which became a trading center for the western part of the county. In 1942 Woodford bought a rival store across the road that had been erected in 1936 by Phineas Short. Although these buildings were later torn down and hauled away, the Precinct 3 County Barn retains the name Bootleg Corner. In 1914 the Walcott school was built thirteen miles northwest of Hereford in the middle of the Walcott, Piatt, Arnold, and O'Brien ranches. It changed locations several times before 1950, when the original Walcott, Bippus, and Messenger districts were consolidated as the Walcott district and a modern brick school building was erected north of Bootleg Corner. The school is also used for various community functions, as is the Garcia community building, which is on the site of the old Messenger school. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Deaf Smith County: The Land and Its People (Hereford, Texas: Deaf Smith County Historical Society, 1982). H. Allen Anderson
  Texas - Hemphill County - Postmaster Index
• Pyeatt, Clarence D., 20 Mar 1930 [Gem Postoffice]
  Texas - Hood County Tax List 1881 Hood County Texas Genealogical Society at http://www.hcnews.com/~ancestor/1881tr.htm
  
• Pyeatt, Bro & Co
• Pyeatt, F E
  Texas - Callahan County Callahan, Texas History Book Index
  
• Pyeatt: Acton McCollum, Beulah Merrick, Bob, Bruce, Callie, Dollie, Erry McCollum, George Walker, Harold, Hayden, Jesse M., Jesse Newton, Mary, Merrick, Nancy Epley, Newt, Oscar C., Pyeatt McCollum, R.M., Roy Marshall, Russell, Russell Jr., Velma McCollum, Zadie Eads
  Texas – El Paso County – Franklin Oath of Allegiance taken at the Provost Marshalls Office / Franklin [near El Paso], Texas - Summer of 1865
  According to the wagon train journal of Willis Newton, all of the grown men (some of these are teenagers) in their wagon train were required to go to the provost marshal’s office and sign an oath of allegiance. Some of documents referenced ‘Texian Refugee’ as this was post civil war. At other times, separate lists were made of the confederate soldiers on the wagon trains. The Capt Jack Cole train (numbers 107-129) left from Burleson County in the first part of April 1865 and grew steadily as it moved through Williamson County, Travis County, Burnet County, Lampasas County and then San Saba County. A few weeks earlier, the Willis Newton Train (oaths number 92, 93, 96, 97, & 99) had left San Saba, San Saba County, Texas May 3, 1865. The Cole train caught up with the Newton train at El Paso, Texas, where they joined their trains and continued together. The Clanton Train, yes the notorious Clanton’s of OK Corral/Tombstone Fame (numbered 141-158) consisting of families from Hamilton, Denton and Fannin Counties. All were on their way to California. The Newton and Cole trains, for the most part, settled in Los Nietos (now Downey), Los Angeles County, California and San Bernadino County, California.
  Information provided is:
  Doc # / Signature on Oath (some have ‘his X mark’) / Date of Oath / City of Origin / County of Origin / State of Origin
  
  • 2 / George W. Scott / April 2nd / not listed / Calloway / MO
  • none / James M Gentry / April 12th / Concho / Coleman / TX
  • none / John Lindley / April 13th / Concho / Coleman / TX
  • none / John Orr / April 20th / Concho / Coleman / TX
  • none / James Spoon / April 20th / Concho / Coleman / TX
  • none / William C. Franks / April 20th / Fort Worth / Tarrant / TX
  • none / William J. Davis / May 3rd / Alvarado / Johnson / TX
  • none / John M. Jacobs / May 3rd / Alvarado / Johnson / TX
  • none / James H. Young / May 3rd / Alvarado / Johnson / TX
  • none / Daniel C. Payne / May 5th / Alvarado / Johnson / TX
  • none / William Pugh Richardson / May 5th / Alvarado / Johnson / TX
  • none / Riley D. Richardson / May 5th / Alvarado / Johnson / TX
  • none / Daniel W. Eggers / May 5th / Weatherford / Parker / TX
  • none / Warren J. Bell / May 5th / Buchannon / Johnson / TX
  • none / Joseph W. W. Campbell / May 5th / Stevensville / Johnson / TX
  • none / Hiram H. Wilbanks / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Jesse B. Clements / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / James W. Campbell / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Reubin P. Johnson / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Cornelius C. Jones / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Zachariah T. Jones / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Daniel J. Boatright / May 5th / Buchannon / Johnson / TX
  • none / Francis Marion Self / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Hiram McMillan / May 5th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Sheldon Nivison / May 6th / Buchanan / Johnson / TX
  • none / Jasper Newton Nichols / May 6th / Bonham / Fannin / TX
  • none / Josiah O’Riley / May 6th / Dallas / Dallas / TX
  • none / John S. Claywood / May 6th / Dallas / Dallas / TX
  • none / Charles R. Greene / May 6th / Dallas / Dallas / TX
  • none / James H. Cooper / May 6th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • none / Joseph McIntyre / May 6th / Dallas / Dallas / TX
  • none / Thomas J. Masoner / May 6th / Gainsville / Cook / TX
  • none / Thomas C Rector / May 6th / McKinney / Collin / TX
  • none / John Vaughn / May 7th / Bonham / Fannin / TX
  • none / William F. Larner / May 7th / Weatherford / Parker / TX
  • none / James H. Lockett / May 7th / McKinney / Collin / TX
  • none / Steven M. Harlow / May 7th / McKinney / Collin / TX
  • none / John C. Ashlock / May 7th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • none / William F. Ashlock / May 7th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • none / Asa H. Jamison / May 7th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • ?? / Irvin Harmon / May 9th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 26 / Meredith H. Lackey / May 23rd / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 27 to 32 not yet located
  • 33 / William C. Patterson / May 23rd / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 34 & 35 not yet located
  • 36 / Benjamin F. Vinson / May 23rd / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 37 & 38 not yet located
  • 39 / John A. Gamble / May 26th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 40 to 55 not yet located
  • 56 / Nelson Yarnell / May 7th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 57 not yet located
  • 58 / Robert W. Whitfield / May 7th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 59 & 60 not yet located
  • 61 / William H. Kinnaman / May 7th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 62 / J. S. Dobkins / June 2nd/ not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 63 / William C. Dobkins / June 2nd / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 64 / Thomas Starks / June 3rd / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 65 / William G. Lindsey / June 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 66 / Jesse Johnston/ June 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 67 not yet located
  • 68 / Dudley Johnston / June 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 69 / James Fulkerson / June 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 70 / James H. Burke / June 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 71 / James H. Bursey / June 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 72 to 75 not yet located
  • 76 / Otto E. Amelong / June 13th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 77 to 85 not yet located
  • 86 / John W. Shiflett / July 5th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 87 / George Eckenback / July 6th / not listed / not listed / not listed
  • 88 & 89 not yet located
  • 90 / William B. Wear / July 22nd / Knoxville / not listed / TN
  • 91 / William M. Walton / July 22nd / [illegible] / [illegible] / TN
  • 92 / William M. Hutchison / July 23rd / SanSabia / SanSabia / TX
  • 93 / John Newton / July 23rd/ SanSabia / SanSabia / TX
  • 94 / Newel F. Walton / July 24th / McClelland / McClelland / TX
  • 95 / Isaac W. Hitchcock / July 24th / Grayson / Grayson / TX
  • 96 / Willis Newton / July 24th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 97 / Anderson Newton / July 24th / Arkadelphy / Clark / ARK
  • 98 / James T. Roberts / July 24th / Belton / Bell / TX
  • 99 / William T. Truman / July 24th / SanSaba / SanSaba / TX
  • 100 / James B. Jamison / July 25th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 101 / John H. Allen / July 25th / McKinney/ Collin / TX
  • 102 / Benjamin A. Hunter / July 25th / McKinney / Collin / TX
  • 103 / John C. Crawford / August 2nd / McCullough / McCullough / TX
  • 104 to 105 not yet located
  • 106 / James A. Lucas / August 10th / not listed / Jackson / MO
  • 107 / Samson Cole / August 10th / not listed / Sansaba / TX
  • 108 / Smith Morris / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 109 / Matthew N. Wilkins / August 12th / Burnet / Burnet / TX
  • 110 / Johnathan Wilkins / August 12th / Burnet / Burnet / TX
  • 111 / Alfred Patton / August 12th / Burnet / Burnet / TX
  • 112 / William L. Baker / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 113 /Andrew J. Cole / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 114 / Isaac E. Boyce / August 12th / Burnet / Burnet / TX
  • 115 / Ethan A. Washburn / August 12th / Milam / Milam / TX
  • 116 / Samuel H. Grumbles / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 117 / Jacob Pyeatt / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 118 / Andrew M. Pyeatt / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 119 / William B. Wilkins / August 12th / Burnet / Burnet / TX
  • 120 / Benjamin F. Cole / August 12th / Burleson / Burleson / TX
  • 121 / Alfred T. Cole / August 12th / Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 122 / John S. Birchett / August 12th/ Sansabia / Sansabia / TX
  • 123 / Daniel B. Morris / August 12th / San Saba / San Saba / TX
  • 124 / Luonides L. Morris / August 12th / San Saba / San Saba / TX
  • 125 / James Brookshire / August 12th / Williamson / Williamson / TX
  • 126 / Ira Leffingwell / August 12th / Williamson / Williamson / TX
  • 127 / William H. Morrow / August 12th / Williamson / Williamson / TX
  • 128 / Ira Smith / August 12th / Burleson / Burleson / TX
  • 129 not yet located
  • 130 / Jonathan F. Kolb / August 19th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 131 / David M Kinzie / August 19th / Travis / Travis / TX
  • 132 / Henry Hufstetler / August 19th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 133 / Isaac M. Kolb / August 19th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 134 / Thomas Byrd / August 19th / Travis / Travis / TX
  • 135 / William Kolb / August 20th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 136 / William S. Black / August 20th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 137 / John Meyers / August 20th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 138 / Alexander H. Martin / August 20th / El Paso / El Paso / TX
  • 139 / James Kolb / August 20th / Lampasas / Lampasas / TX
  • 140 / Alexander H. Spencer / August 20th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 141 / John W. Lovelace / August 24th / Fannin / Fannin / TX
  • 142 / James Sears / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 143 / Nathan Sears / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 144 / Marion Sears / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 145 / William Crump / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 146 / Thompson Sears / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 147 / Eli Sears / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 148 / Robert Johnson / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 149 / Winfrey Sears / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 150 / Henry M. Messicks / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 151 / Harris H. Mills / August 24th / Denton / Denton / TX
  • 152 / Newman H. Clanton / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 153 / James P. Snedecor / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 154 / Nicholas Snedecor / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 155 / John W. Clanton / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 156 / Phineas Clanton / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 157 / Jerome H. Snedecor / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 158 / Joseph I. Clanton / August 26th / Hamilton / Hamilton / TX
  • 159 / James H. Montgomery / August 28th / Johnston / Johnston / TX
  • 160 / Benjamin Collier / August 30th / San Antonio / Bexar / TX
  • none [161] Braxton H. Gillock / August 30th / San Antonio / Bexar / TX
  • 162 / John Neel / September 4th / Los Angeles / Los Angeles / CA
  • 163 / Lewis P Redwine / September 4th / Los Angeles / Los Angeles / CA
  • 164 / Henry S. Gillett / September 15th / San Antonio / Bexar / TX
  • 165 / John S. Gillett / September 18th / San Antonio / Bexar / TX
  • 166 / Adams Sanders / September 26th / Sequin / Guadalupe / TX
  • 167 / John Smith / October 4th / San Antonio / Bexar / TX
  • 168 / Frederick L Pierpont / October 5th / Chihuahua / Mexico
  • 169 / Amos M. Keen / October 9th / Poncho / TX
  • 170 and 171 not yet located
  • 172 / James Carnes / October 13th / Comanche / Comanche / TX
  • 173 not yet located
  • 174 / William Powers / October 22nd / Sherman / Grayson / TX
  • 175 / Robert H. Franklin / October 22nd / Sherman / Grayson / TX
  Texas - San Saba County 'The West Texas Frontier', by Joseph Carroll McConnell
  The Exciting Experience of Mrs. Margaret Pyett
  During 1870, Mr. and Mrs. Benton Pyett lived about eleven miles southeast of San Saba on Rough Creek, in San Saba County. Mr. Pyett was recovering their little log cabin so Mrs. Pyett and her little son, Billy, about ten years of age, went out to drive up a cow with a little calf. While they were a short distance from home, seven savages came charging toward them. Little Billy was on the better horse. Consequently when they started to run, his horse ran away from his mother. But when he passed the house, he could not stop. He yelled to his father, however, who was on the house, "Indians killing Ma." Mr. Pyett said that he never knew just how he managed to get off the house but the first thing he realized, he was running to meet his wife with a gun. Soon she arrived and her horse fell near the lot. When Mrs. Pyett was on her feet, an Indian threw a rope and attempted to rope her. But Mrs. Pyett raised her arm and caught the rope. The Indians laughed. They then attempted to shoot Mrs. Pyett, and the bullet or arrow passed through her bonnet. The Indians then turned and hurried away. They, no doubt, saw Mr. Pyett rapidly approaching. Note: Author personally interviewed Mr. and Mrs. R. Kolb, who lived in the neighborhood at the time.

  San Saba [Texas] County History 1856-1983 by San Saba County Historical Commission 1983
  Kate Fagg Wilder Family pg 346
  My ancestors were early day settlers of San Saba County. Both my grandfathers fought in the Civil War. Floyd Hamrck was an Indian Scout for the Army. John R. Fagg, of Tennessee, served in the Confederate Army and was a [my note: What is missing here? MCP] My grandmother, Martha Elizabeth Warren, was the daughter of Jeff Warren, and their home was on the Colorado River. Martha had a sister named Volley who married N. D. McMillin. Another sister, Margaret, married Benton Pyatt. Martha Elizabeth Warren married Ben Linn on May 7, 1861. They had a daughter named Alice. Ben Linn was killed by Indians in the Sloan Community in 1862. Alice Linn married Booker Hamrick. On May 8, 1866, Martha Elizabeth Warren Linn married T. F. (Floyd) Hamrick. They had three daughters and four sons; Burleigh Alonzo, Jim H., T. F., Jr., and Will; Frances Ellen, Lavinia Elizabeth (Bess or Bessie/my mother), and Tomorro who died of pneumonia at age 16. My grandfather, John R. Fagg, came here from Tennessee. My Grandmother Fagg was Sarah Frances Petty. They had three sons, Arthur, Claud William (my father), and Edwin Earl. Arthur married Effie Graves. They had two children, Ruth, now Mrs. Ruth McLaughlin of Roanoke, Va., and Leon, deceased. Edwin married Bessie Sanderson. They had two children, Mary Belle, now Mrs. Thomas Sayles of Haynesville, La., and John Edwin who divides his time between Austin and San Saba. My mother, Lavinia Elizabeth Hamrick, married Claud William Fagg in November, 1903, in San Saba. They lived in San Saba most of their married lives. My mother was born November 29, 1878, and died January 1, 1951. Their children were Kate Fagg, born August 26, 1904; Harris William, born July 26, 1907; Robert Gilder, born November 8, 1913, and died September 7, 1970; & Sara Elizabeth, born July 3, 1917, and died February 5, 1982. All of us attended and graduated from San Saba Schools in 1922, 1927, 1932, and 1935, respectively. Harris Fagg married Warrene Cherry in December, 1933. They have one daughter, Cherry Joe, who was born in October, 1944. She is married to Roger Williams, and they currently reside in Arlington, Texas. Robert Fagg married Mary Eunice Taliaferro in 1938. They had three sons, Tommy, who died as an infant, Charles and Jimmy. Sara Elizabeth Fagg married T. Jay Mabry in April, 1936. They had two children, Sharon Kay, and Phillip. Wiley W. Wilder was born in Wilder, Tennessee in 1871. He came to Texas and married Rachel Elizabeth Culbertson in1894. She was born in Bonham, Texas in 1873. They had four children - Vera Clarice, born February 28, 1896; Cora Elsie, born December 27, 1897; Ray Hiram, born September 25, 1903; and Roy Alvis, born January 23, 1906. Ray Hiram Wilder came to San Saba in December, 1923. He was employed as radio and battery man by the late G. A. Arhelger. Later, he went back to the trade of his father. He became a master carpenter and painter. There are many buildings and homes in San Saba today as evidence of his skill. Ray Hiram Wilder and Kate Fagg were married on February 21, 1925. We had seven children, four sons and three daughters. They are Ray Wilder Jr., born December 4, 1925 and died October 22, 1982; Billy Fagg Wilder, born December 30, 1926; June Elizabeth Wilder, born June 3, 1929; Jack Warren Wilder, born June 26, 1931; Sara Kate Wilder, born September 21, 1934; Carol Sue Wilder, born February 19, 1937; and Joe Dale Wilder, born December 12, 1945. Ray Wilder, Jr., graduated from San Saba High School in 1943. He moved to Austin and entered the University of Texas to study pharmacy. He attended the university for three semesters, then volunteered for the Army to serve during World War II. He served as a medic in the 89th Division and went across Europe with General George Patton's 3rd Army. Ray was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart. He returned from Europe in June, 1946. He re-entered the University of Texas and received his degree in Pharmacy. He owned the oldest drug store in Austin - Grove Drug. Ray married Joan Elizabeth Roland on February 23, 1952. Ray and Joan resided in Austin and had ranching interests in Travis and Lee Counties. Billy Fagg Wilder entered the Army in June, 1945, immediately after graduating from high school. Billy made a career of the Army and served for thirty years. He received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree from the University of Maryland. Billy married Ernestine Grawald, a native of Austria, in November 1949. Billy and Ernie have two sons, Alfred Christian Wilder and William Ray Wilder. Billy currently resides in Duncanville, Texas, where he is employed by the Army Air Force Exchange System. Alfred Christian Wilder has since become Dr. Alfred C. Wilder, a graduate of Harvard University and Baylor Medical School. He married Deborah Evans in April, 1975. They currently reside in Bellaire, Texas, and are the parents of a daughter, Lauren Elizabeth Wilder, born March 25, 1982. William Ray Wilder is a graduate of Rice University with a bachelor's degree in Science. He is currently teaching Marine Biology and working toward his master's degree at Rice. June Elizabeth Wilder graduated from San Saba High School in 1946. She was employed in the ASCS office for three years. June married Norman Dale Clark on November 15, 1952. They moved to Pasadena, Texas, where Dale is employed by Champion Paper Company. They are the parents of Sue Kate Clark born August 18, 1954, and Donald Arnold Clark born August 7, 1960. June entered the University of Houston when Don entered first grade. She received her bachelor's degree and teaches English at Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena. She received her master's degree in English in August, 1978. Sue Kate Clark graduated from Sam Rayburn High School in 1972 and attended the University of Houston to receive a bachelor's degree in Education. She is currently employed by Reed-American and resides in Houston. Don Arnold Clark graduated from Sam Rayburn High School in 1978 and attended San Jacinto Junior College for two years. He then transferred to Texas A&M for two years. Don married Devonne Lori Landalt on July 9, 1982. Don and Devonne currently reside in Houston where he is employed. Jack Warren Wilder graduated from San Saba High School in 1950. He was employed by Barnes Lumber Company until his enlistment in the Air Force. He then served in Japan for two years and in the States for two years during the Korean War. When his enlistment was completed, he returned to San Saba where he was employed by Harkey Bros. until 1967, when he went to work for 3M Company in Brownwood. Jack married Vondene Adams in September 1956. They are the parents of three children - James Warren Wilder born February 21, 1958; Janice Marie Wilder, born April 10, 1959; and Ray Dale Wilder, born October 11, 1966. Jack and Vondene currently reside in San Saba. James Warren Wilder attended San Saba High School. He married Kathy Hamrick in 1976. Jennifer Wilder was born to them on October 31, 1976. Janice Marie Wilder graduated from San Saba High School in 1977. She married Jeffrey Bates in July, 1981 and they currently reside in Keene, Texas. Ray Dale Wilder is a student in San Saba High School. Sara Kate Wilder graduated in 1953 from San Saba High School. She was employed in the ASCS office until her marriage to James N. Thornton on November 27, 1956. They currently reside in San Angelo where Jimmy teaches Vocational Agriculture at Central High School. They are the parents of three children - Jeff Ray, born September 7, 1957; Lori Kay, born July 16, 1963; and Amy Lynn, born August 19, 1964. Jeff Thornton is employed and resides in San Angelo. Lori and Lynn Thornton are students at Angelo State University. Carol Sue Wilder graduated in 1955 from San Saba High School. She was employed by Farmer's Home Administration prior to and after her marriage to Ira Paul Jeffrey on January 7, 1956. They are the parents of Marty Jay Jeffrey, born October 23, 1956; John Paul Jeffrey, born July 11, 1959; and Martha Ann Jeffrey, born August 27, 1961. Carol and Paul currently reside in Seguin, Texas, where she is employed, and Paul is involved in the egg production business in Smiley, Texas. Marty Jay Jeffrey is employed by Brown and Root and resides in Houston. John Paul Jeffrey graduated from Seguin High School and attended Tyler Junior College. He received an Associate's degree in Horticulture. He currently lives in Seguin. Martha Ann Jeffery married Darrell Thompson on January 16, 1982. They reside in Seguin where both are employed. Joe Dale Wilder graduated from San Saba High School in 1964. He attended the University of Texas until 1967. He married Cheryl Phillips Lee on June 9, 1979. They have two sons, Joe Bill Lee, born August 18, 1968, and David Lee, born July 13, 1970. The family resides in San Saba. Joe is employed by an advertising specialty firm and Cheryl is employed by Hill Country Community Action Association and Joe Bill and David are students. Submitted by Kate Fagg Wilder.

  Utah THE GEORGE A. SMITH FAMILY PAPERS at the LDS. Bx 62 - Correspondence, N, 1928-D, January 1929 Fd 6 - December 20, 1928 From J. S. Pyeatt, president of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, explaining that the company loses twenty-five cents on each meal served on the train, and the service is rendered at a huge loss.
  Virginia "We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard" edited by Belinda Hurmence 1994; Publisher: John F. Blair
  This is the true to life, first person accounts on how it was to be a slave in Virginia. They are probably just snippets of the total story, but they are very interesting! Former slaves whose stories are told are: Charles Crawley; Susan Kelly; Baily Cunningham; Joseph Holmes; Robert Williams; Elizabeth Sparks; Elige Davison; Henry Johnson; Martha Ziegler; Jane Pyatt; Luke D. Dixon; Candis Goodwin; Levi Pollard; Fannie Berry; Richard Slaughter; Sara Colquitt; Lucinda Elder; Henry Banner; Ida Rigley; Albert Jones; and Delia Garlic
  West Virginia - Ohio County Persons taking the oath of allegiance 1777
  • John Pyatt
  • Jacob Pyatt
  • Benjamin Pyatt
  • Robert Pyatt
  West Virginia - Ritchie County The Reverend John Drake is said to have preached the first sermon in Grant district, at the home of William McKinney, in 1823; but no organization was perfected here until April, 1835, when the Rev. Festus Hanks, of the General Assembly Presbyterian church, of Parkersburg, who had been preaching in this, and the Harrisville vicinities, alternately, for a year--for the fourth of his time, organized a class at the home of Joseph Marshall. The members of this class were as follows: William, senior, and Mrs. Frances Piatt McKinney, Joseph and Hannah Marshall, Edward and Jane Skelton, Stephen and Isabel Wanless Outward, Mrs. Catharine Hall Douglass, Mrs. Susana Douglass Layfield, Miss Jane Hoskins, Mrs. Mary Miller McKinney, Miss Katharine McKinney, Andrew and Agnes Young, and John Harris and his daughter Mary--the latter two from Harrisville.
  Go to History of Ritchie County, WV chapters 31 - 33 on the US Genweb

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  Foreign Locations Australia - Convict Index 1788-1868
  • William Peate age 30, Occupation: Engine Driver Ship: York Year: 1861 Trial Place: Stafford State: WA Comments: d. 22 Sept 1884 Albany
  • William Piety age 1802 [this must be a birthdate], Occupation: Laboror Ship: Minden Year: 1847 Trial Place: Maidstone State: WA
    Guatemala - Guatemala City - Prensa Libre (newspaper) The Colegio Comercial Guatemalteco and the Afre Pyatt family invite it's former students, alumni, parents, staff and administration and all friends in general to the réquiem mass that will be offered in memory of CLEO PYATT RILEY de AFRE / The remembered founder and director of this establishment / Wednesday Jan 5 2005 in the San Ignacio de Loyola Catholic chuch, 18 calle 8-11 zona 1 at 6 PM / Thursday Jan 6 2005 in the Basílica Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Church of Santo Domingo) 12 avenida 10-09, zona 1 at 10 AM / For your participation we are very grateful / Guatemala, Jan 2005
    United Kingdom - Warwickshire - Birmingham Directory Pyatt, Richard (Male) Address: Snowhill, Birmingham, Warwickshire Date: 1787 Occupation(s): victualler, food/drink(s)
    Pyatt, Richard (Male) Address: Hill street, Birmingham, Warwickshire Date: 1791 Occupation(s): victualler, food/drink(s)
    Pyatt, Richard (Male) Address: New Meeting street, Birmingham, Warwickshire Date: 1797 & 1798 Occupation(s): victualler, food/drink(s)
    Updated Oct 2012

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