Pruett - Pruitt Family
John Prewitt
1st generation

John was born about 1730 probably in Va. He died 1788 prob in Goochland Co, Va. He married abt 1752 to Alice Addison. They had 7 children:
1. Nancy Prewitt, m 1773 to Ben East
2. John Prewitt Jr., died before 1788
3. Obediah Addison Prewitt, b 1755; m Frances Jarrett and Nancy Lovell
4. Abraham Prewitt, m 1783 to Ann Davidson
5. Meredith Field Prewitt, b 1767 [There is a marriage in St. Clair Co, IL (prob near St. Louis) Aug 22, 1808 of Fields Pruitt and Hannah Hill. Don't know if it's the same man.]
6. Harwood Prewitt, b 1769; received land and plantation after his mother’s death.  (will? ID#22608)
Obadiah Addison Pruitt/Prewitt
2nd generation

[There were evidently 2 Obadiah Pruetts living at the same time, probably cousins. The other Obadiah was a private from VA in the Revolutionary War. After the War he moved to Union Co, SC where he was in 1790. His wife was Molly Palmer. They moved to NC in 1791. In 1800 was in Rowan Co NC, a planter and a slave owner. He died in 1801 in Union District, SC.  He is listed in the DAR Parriot Index.]

Our Obadiah Prewitt was born July 6, 1755 in St. James [The Douglas Register shows Obediah Pruitt's birth date as Aug 9, 1758, while his pension application shows a birth date of July 6,  1755. He was baptized on April 1, 1759 (Douglas Register, p. 279)]s Parish, Goochland Co, Va. to John Prewitt and Alice Addison.

He also fought in the Revolutionary War, but the DAR does not recognize him as a patriot because his application for a pension was denied (no witnesses). He spelled his name “Obadiah Prewitt” on his pension application.
MILITARY SERVICE:
- May 1778 Obadiah Prewitt entered the Virginia militia from Goochland Co. under Capt. Miller  (R8458), 3 mos, Pvt
- Oct 1778 served under Capt. Duke
- Apr 1779 - Richmond to Williamsburg to King William Courthouse day after militia cut to pieces by the enemy.  Under Col. Morris, Ens Lucy    
- Apr (?) Under Lt. David Rutherford, Maj. McCluman, Maj. Aarmstead    
  Richmond to Williamsburg across James River to Isle of Wight
- Sep 1781 - Marched to Yorktown, fell sick at Eastham.  Under Col. Rusce. 

Goochland Co, Va. Marriages & Bonds:
- (bond) Obey Pruitt to Frances Jarrott, Dec 11, 1785. Abra Pruit, Bondsman, p 275.
- Marriage of Obediah Pruitt & Frances Jarrett, Dec 12? 1785, Vol 6, p 161.
- (bond) Obey Pruitt to Nancy Lovell, dau of Geo Lovell Mar 17, 1794. Harrod Pruitt and ?? bond, page 282.
- Married Mar 18, 1794, Obed Pruitt and Nancy Lovell married by Lewis Chaudoin.

“Obadiah Prewit” is listed on the Virginia Tax list of 1789 in Goochland Co.  The other Prewits in Goochland County were: Abraham, Allan & Haward (no other spelling variations.) Abraham and Harwood were Obadiah's brothers. Don't know who Allan was.
Obediah Pruitt inherited two negroes from his father's will - " ... I give unto my son Obadiah Prewit, after the death of his mother aforesaid, my two negroes Sett and Bett, with their increase to him and his heirs forever." 
He married first to Frances Jarrett. She died July 1792, in Goochland Co, Va. He married 2nd to Nancy Lovell in 1792, Goochland Co, Va. and had 5 more children.

- 1788, March 11, Obadiah Pruit and wife Frances sold 74 1/2 acres to Samuel Couch. Witness: Tho. L. Bates and Abraham Pruit (Goochland Bk 15, p. 37)
- Obadiah Addison Pruett moved to North Carolina.
- 1791 Obadiah A. Pruett returned to Goochland Co. from N.C.

Obadiah married first to Frances Jarrett. They had
. . . 1. Betsey Pruett, b abt 1786
. . . 2. Vernal Frank Pruett, b abt 1788 (Stokes named one of his sons Vernal)
. . . 3. Wilson Pruett, b abt 1790
. . . 4. Robert Pruett, b 1791 - Robert was Frances' youngest child. She died when he was 6 months old and he was nursed by a negro slave woman (maybe Bett?)

About 1810 Obadiah moved his family to Mason Co (W)Va.  They attended the Methodist Episcopal Church there.

1810 Census, Mason Co., (W)Va, p. 375:
1 m und 10, 3 m 16-26, 1 m over 45, 1 fem under 10, 2 f 10-16, 1 f 16-26, 1 f  26-45. (All of Obediah Pruitt's children from both marriages still at home.  Stokes Pruitt not born until 1811.)
1820 Census, Mason Co., WVa, p. 127:
1 m und 10, 1 m 18-26, 1 m over 45, 1 fem 10-16. (Stokes, Granville and Frances still living at home.  Wife Nancy probably deceased.)

Obadiah was in Mason Co (W)Va. when he applied for a pension. He died there after 1834.
Son, Robert had moved to Indiana by 1830, then he moved to Illinois about 1839. All his brothers (Wilson, Granville & Stokes) followed to Marion Co, Illinois about 1845.

Frances’ Children:
1.   Betsey Pruett, b abt 1786, married George Meyers

2.    Vernal Frank Pruett, b abt 1788

3.  WILSON PRUETT, born abt 1790. About 1810 moved with his father to Mason Co, WV.  Married Rebecca Kimberling (daug of Adam) who was born 1797 Mason Co, Va.  Moved to Marion Co, IL about 1845 with his brothers Granville and Stokes to be near their brother Robert who had moved there about 1839.  Wilson died there a few months later, Jan 2, 1846.   In 1850 Rebecca is living in Marion Co, IL with son-in-law Burrell.   She later moved to Missouri where she died Jan 18, 1891 Schuyler Co, MO.
children:
. . . 3a)    Emily Pruett, b 1814, m Albert Sanders
. . . 3b)    Mary Pruett, b 1817, m Edmund Dufur
. . . 3c)    Martha Pruett, b 1820, m Solomon Hiestand
. . . 3d)    Nancy Pruett, b 1825, m Benjamin Aker
. . . 3e)    Virginia R. Pruett, b 1829, m her cousin, Burrell Pruett.
. . . 3f)     Jane Ann Pruett
. . . 3g)    Miles Pruett

4.  ROBERT PRUETT, b 1791, NC; move to WV in 1810 with his father. His father and his future father-in-law Moses Knapp were both in the 1810 census of Mason Co, (W)Va.   He married 13-year-old Mary Martha Knapp abt 1815 in Mason County. He was in the War of 1812.  In 1827 he moved to Monroe Co, IN.   His last 4 daughters were born in Indiana.   He moved to Marion Co, IL about 1839.  In 1855 they moved to Schuyler Co, IL where Martha died later that year.  Robert remarried in 1858 to Lydia Johnson and then died a year and half later in Jan 1860.
Children:
. . . 4j)     Meredith Pruett (boy), b 1815; m M. Switzer
. . . 4a)     Jarrett W. Pruett, b 1817 Va; m Susannah Convin
. . . 4b)     Mary Ann Pruett, b 1821, Va/Ky; m Alfred Doolen          
. . . 4c)     Agnus Pruett, b abt 1823, Ky; m Samuel Robb
. . . 4d)     Cynthia Pruett, b abt 1825, Ky (can’t find marriage record in Illinois)
. . . 4e)     Burrell Pruett, b 1828, Va/Ky; m Virginia Pruett
. . . 4f)     Jane Pruett, b 1831, Ky; m William Wyckoff
. . . 4g)     Frances Eliza Pruett, b 1833, Ky; m Alexander Bilderback
. . . 4h)     Elizabeth Pruett, b 1835, prob IL; m David Sullinbergor
. . . 4i)     Anna Maria Pruett, b 1837 prob IL; m Caustin Hedgecock

Nancy Lovell’s Children:
5.  SARAH PRUITT, born 1794, married William See.  Leaving several children in Mason Co, WV, they moved to Wayne Co, Iowa in 1848 where they both died before 1870.
Children:
. . . 5a) Mahalia See, b abt 1815, m John Barnett. Stayed in Mason Co, WV
. . . 5b) Mary Melvina See, b 1816, m James Smith. Died in Wayne Co, Iowa
. . . 5c) Nancy See, b 1817, d 1858 Wayne Co, IA
. . . 5d) Minerva See, b 1825, d Jackson Co, VA
. . . 5e) Lucinda See, b 1826, died 1860 Wayne Co, IA
. . . 5f) Frederick See, b 1827, died about 1850 in Mason Co, WV
. . . 5g) Elizabeth See, b 1829, d 1861 Mason Co, WV
. . . 5h) William C. See Jr, b 1830, d 1910 Mason Co, WV
. . . 5i) Agnes See, b 1837, d after 1900 in Iowa
. . . 5j) Strother See, b 1838

6. Mary "Polly" Prewitt, born about 1797, married Robert Bryan. Moved to Missouri

7.  GRANVILLE PRUITT, b 1800 in Goochland Co, VA.  He moved to Mason Co (W)Va in 1810.  He married in 1829 to Lucy Ann Shelton in Mason Co, WV.   About 1845 he moved to Marion Co, IL with his brothers Wilson & Stokes to be near their brother Robert.  He died there in 1849.  Lucy stayed in Marion Co with brother-in-law Stokes after her brother-in-law Robert moved to Schuyler Co. Children:
. . . 7a)     Marshall Pruett, b 1830
. . . 7b)     Grafton H. Pruett, b 1832; m Emma Eastland, 1857, Marion Co, IL   
. . . 7c)     Mary E. Pruett, b 1836
. . . 7d)     Virgil A. Pruett, b 1837, m Lelitha C. Nichols, 1864, Marion Co, IL
. . . 7e)     Emeline E. Pruett, b 1841
. . . 7f)     Bruinet Columbus Pruett, b 1844; prob m Mary Hopkins, 1883, Macon Co, IL

8. FRANCES PRUITT, born 1808 in Goochland Co, VA or Mason Co. (W)Va.  She married Hamilton Greenlee, 1827 in Mason Co, WV.  There were still several Greenlee family members in Mason Co, WV in 1850, but by 1860 Hamilton had moved to Henry Co, MO.
Children:
. . . 8a) Jane Greenlee, b abt 1829
. . . 8b) Lewis Greenlee, b abt 1831
. . . 8c) Evaline Greenlee, b abt 1833
. . . 8d) Mason Greenlee, b abt 1835
. . . 8e) Mary Greenlee, b abt 1837
. . . 8f) John Greenlee, b 1840
. . . 8f) Bernard Greenlee, b abt 1842
. . . 8g) Napoleon Greenlee, b abt 1844
. . . 8h) Lovel Greenlee, b abt 1847
. . . 8i) Alice Greenlee, b abt 1851

9. STOKES PRUITT, b 1811, Mason Co, (W)Va.  He married Minerva See (she was the niece of his brother-in-law, William See, and her mother was a Greenlee).  He moved to Marion Co, IL with his brother Wilson & Granville to be near their brother Robert.  He stayed in Marion Co. after his brother Robert moved to Schuyler Co.  He died there in 1880 IL.
Children:
. . . 9a)    Aneline Pruett, b 1835, Va; m Abram C. Parker, Oct 5, 1868, Marion Co, IL
. . . 9b)    Robert Pruett, b 1837, Va.; may have m Daisy Lansford, Jan 1, 1900 in Marion Co, IL (but this is a little late and may have been a later generation Robert)
. . . 9c)    Vernal Pruett, b 1841, Va; m Susan Ross, May 19, 1867, Marion Co, IL
. . . 9d)    L. Dryden Pruett, b 1843, Va.; prob m Megath McGath, July 14, 1864, Clark Co, IL
. . . 9e)    Nancy Pruett, b 1845, Marion Co, IL
. . . 9f)     Racelle Pruett, b 1847, Marion Co, IL
. . . 9g)    Granville Pruett, b 1849, Marion Co, IL; m Susannah M. Crozier, Sept 4, 1873, Marion co, IL
. . . 9h)    Angeline Pruett, b 1852, Marion co, IL
. . . 9i)     Ava Pruett, b 1858, Marion Co, IL

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