! He was not Martin's son.

In 1820 Ansel was in Pendleton, South Carolina. He then moved to Cross Keys,
DeKalb County, Georgia in 1823 where he set up a blacksmith shop. He was in
Gwinnett County, Georgia in
1830, and he was in Talledega County, Alabama, in 1834. He died in Dec 1870 in
Talledega County, Alabama on his 70th birthday.

! Had 3 sons and 5 daughters according to 1830 census.

Austin/Aslem in the 1830 census of Pickens County, Alabama, had 5 sons and 4
daughters. He is listed as Anslem Prewitt on deed records. He was listed as
living in Pickens County in 1838 when he signed deeds selling his fathers land
in Anderson District, South Carolina. He was recorded as Anslem on the 1850
census of Cass County, Texas.
He married a Mary Unknown on October 5, 1858 in Cass County, Texas.

Served in Company B 22nd Regiment South Carolina volunteers and died durnig the
Civil War.

! May have alos married Susan Margaret DeGraffenreid.

Lived in Hopkins County Texas during the 1870s. He left there and went to
Montague County, Texas, and then to Greer County, Oklahoma where he is buried.

Reference jkeyser@@ibm.net (jan keyser) and jamesduckworth@@ibm.net (james and
donna)

He served in the Civil War, enlisting on March 10, 1862. He was captured at
Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 4 July 1863; and he was paroled there on 7 July
1863.

Died enroute to California.

Had eight children.

Also married Richard Eubanks.

Bright Pruitt married first Annister and had ten children. Annister died in
a fall from a horse in Kentucky in 1815. He married second Elizabeth Crum in
Jefferson County, Kentucky, and had three children.

A celebration was being held and a prize offered for the family with the
most children. Bright stood up with his 13 children (all red headed) and won
the prize.

Bright was living on Morgan's Creek of Tyger River in Greenville District,
South Carolina, as early as 1787; and he was recorded on the 1790 census of
Greenville District.

In 1796 Bright moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, and purchased 600 acres of
military lands which he lost by reason of a defective title. Afterwards he
entered 400 acres in what is now Oldham County, Kentucky, where he built and
operated a distillery until 1830.

Bright moved to Gregg Twp., Morgan County, Indiana, in 1830; and he remained
there until his death on Feb. 13, 1836.

A genealogy sheet at the Morgan County public library says he is buried on
the family farm southwest of Hall at the Pruitt Cemetery located .4 miles south
of the intersection of Hall School Road and Gore Road. This is in Gregg Twp.

1830 Census Record of Oldham County, Kentucky, Roll 40, page 259:

Pruet, Brite
1 male 20-30
1 male 30-40
1 male 60-70
1 female 0-5
1 female 5-10
2 females 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 50-60

Bright was a member of Harrods Creek Baptist Church.

! Byrd Prewitt, VA Line, #S35576,enrolled in the service in Campbell County,
Virginia, and he was a private in the 5th Virginia Continental Line. He applied
for Revolutionary War Pension 26 Mar 1828 in Fayette County, Kentucky, where he
was living with a son-in-law.