Finis E and Elizabeth Maxwell Pyeatt

The children of Finis and Elizabeth:

• John Cunningham Pyeatt b: 8 Sep 1837 d: 16 Jul 1888 m: 24 Oct 1867, Julia West
• William M/H Pyeatt b: 18 Sep 1839 d: 18 Dec 1922 m: Elizabeth W Barrington
• Jacob Preston Pyeatt b: 22 Mar 1841 d: 14 Dec 1910 m: 8 May 1873 Eliza Lucindia Kerr

I believe Finis and family are indexed under "F Y Pyeatt" on the 1840 census in Prairie Township, Washington County, Arkansas, as follows:

• Pyatt, F Y 2m<5; 2m20-30; 1f15-20 / slaves 1bf<10; 1bf 24-36

They were located on Pg 26 line 23 of Prairie Township and also on 1841 tax list 'Prarie' Township. The two boys under five would be John C and William H Pyeatt. Finis would be one of the males 20-30 and the other is probably a brother or laborer living with the family. The female 15-20 is Elizabeth.

On the 1850 census of Washington County, AR Finis and family appeared as follows:

• Pyeatt, F.E. age 34
• Pyeatt, Elizabeth age 30
• Pyeatt, John age 13
• Pyeatt, William age 11
• Pyeatt, Jacob age 9 (this family enumerated household #22 page #330: F.E. also appears on pg 607 of the Slave Schedule)

• Peyatt, Elizabeth age 38 born AR / F / $4000/$4000
• Peyatt, John age 22 / M / farmer
• Peyatt, William age 20 / M
• Peyatt, Jacob age 18 / M / attended school

The family was enumerated #485/77. Neighbors were #484 William Carnahan, #486 Neal E Eamiston, #487 Thomas West, and #488 Jackson Long.

The 1870 census of Ray's Mill P O, Marrs Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, confused me for a while until I 'decided' that Elizabeth was enumerated as 'F E' for her husband:

• Pyatt, F E age 49 born AR / wf / KH (keeping house) / $5000/$2000
• Pyatt, P J age 28 born AR / wm / at home
• Pyatt, Wm age 18 born AR / wm / at home

• Pyatt, J C age 33 born AR / wm / Farmer
• Pyatt, J A age 22 born AR / wf / KH (keeping house)
• Pyatt, A E age 2 born AR / wf

This family was enumerated #14/14 (F E Pyatt) and 14/15 (J C Pyatt) pg 153B Ray's Mill. F E is Elizabeth; P J is Jacob Preston at the correct age; William (her son) should be age 40 (so is this someone else? mcp); J C is John C at the correct age with his new wife, Julia, and their first child. Other neighbors were Josiah Roberts, Thos Gibson, James Burton, G W Ashley, Jack Daily, Preston Johnson, James Marrs, D C Thurman, Bolin Smith, S V Marrs, C McChristian, C B Pittigrew, J T Cabe, Robt Gibson, George Gibson, Jonas Burkett. The 'P J' is Preston Jacob Pyeatt - Elizabeth's son. Living next door to Elizabeth and family was Thomas Jefferson 'Jeff' Cabe with his wife, Margaret Pyeatt Pierce Cabe, and their daughter Elizabeth. Jeff had been married to Finis' mother, Martha Carnahan Pyeatt Pyeatt Cabe, before her death and so was at one time his step-father. Living not too far away at #66 was his brother, William M Pyatt.

On the 1880 census, Elizabeth appeared at Marrs Hill, Washington County, Arkansas with her son, John C Pyeatte, as follows:

• Pyeatte, John C age 42 born AR / MWM / farmer / father born TN/mother born AR
• Pyeatte, Julia A (wife) age 32 born AR / MWF / keeping house / father/mother born TN
• Pyeatte, Elizabeth A (daughter) age 11 born AR / SWF / father/mother born AR
• Pyeatte, Robert E (son) age 9 born AR / SWM / father/mother born AR
• Pyeatte, Samuel J (son) age 5 born AR / SWM / father/mother born AR
• Pyeatte, Martha A (daughter) age 1 born AR / SWF / father/mother born AR
• Pyeatte, Elizabeth (mother) age 60 born AR / WWF / at home / father/mother born KY

The family was enumerated #95/95 Marrs Hill pg 501 7th June 1880. Their near neighbors were Barney ?Newberry and Ethan Cantrell. Living at #176 was his brother, Jacob Preston Pyeatte, and at #178 his brother, William H Pyeatte.

Land records that seem to belong to Finis in Washington County, AR, are as follows: