Elijah H Pyatt was born c1822 in Augusta County, West Virginia to William and Mary Smith Pyeatt. He is the fourth known child of William and Mary. He married first before 1850 Mary ? who was born c1832 (or 1825) in Virginia.
b: c1848 VA (probably Nicholas Co) d: 1 Feb 1923, Nicholas Co, WV m: Summersville, Nicholas Co, WV, Margaret J ? b: 1849 WV
William F Pyatt b: c1857 VA (probably Nicholas Co)
Elijah married second on August 12, 1873, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, Sarah J Schoonover.
Elijah and Sarah had the following known children:
Nancy A Pyatt b: 1870 (Is this right? Maybe 1880? MCP)
Sarah Pyatt b: 6 Apr 1882
Newman Pyatt b: 28 May 1885
Albert M Pyatt b: 7 Jun 1888 m: 13 Nov 1839 Nicholas Co, VA, Mary Ann Woods (or Worth) (d/o William Woods/Worth and Sarah Ann Taylor) b: 1827
On the 1850 census of Nicholas County, Virginia, Elijah and family appeared as follows:
Peatt, Elijah age 31 born VA / M / Farmer
Peatt, Mary age 25 born VA / F
Peatt, John age 1 born VA / M
This family was enumerated #469/469 2 Sep 1850 pg 375B. Also living nearby were his brothers: Alexander Peatt, age 10 living with the John Foster family at #225 and George Peatt, age 15 living with the John Kyle family at #270 and his mother, Mary 'Margaret', with her remaining unmarried children at #573.
By the 1860 census of Nicholas County, Virginia, they appear as follows:
Peyatte, Elijah age 42 born VA / M / Farmer / $300/$100 / Cannot read or write
Peyatte, Mary (wife) age 28 born VA / F
Peyatte, John W age 12 born VA / M
Peyatte, William F age 3 born VA / M
This family was enumerated #544/405 7 Jul 1860 pg 978B. Elijah's brothers, William and John Peyatte, ages 31 and 19 are living at #997 pg 102B with the James Koonze family. It would appear that his mother has either died or moved elsewhere.
Sources:
William Pyatt sources listed on his page
Carol Pyatt clpyatt@yahoo.com (old email Malinose@aol.com)
