Thomas and Hazy Matilda Pyatt McGuire
Hazy Matilda Pyatt was born c1837 in Burke County, North Carolina, to William and Cynthia Fox Pyatt. She married (probably in Cherokee County, North Carolina) Thomas McGuire who was born c1833 in Monroe County, Louisiana.
Thomas and Hazy had the following known children:
- Francis M McGuire (male) b: c1857 Cherokee Co, NC
- Louisa/Eliza J McGuire b: c1859 Cherokee Co, NC
- Mary A McGuire b: c1860 Cherokee Co, NC
- Nancy A McGuire b: c1862 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Thomas J McGuire b: c1863 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Michael D McGuire b: c1865 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- William H McGuire b: c1867 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Nicholas N McGuire b: c1868 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Sarah M McGuire b: c1870 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Joseph M McGuire b: c1872 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Patrick H McGuire b: c1874 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Adora Ann McGuire b: c1876 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
- Oly Van McGuire b: c1879 NC (probably Cherokee Co)
It is possible that there were other children born after the 1880 census enumeration. It is unlikely that there were more children amongst these as they are so close together.
The family appeared as follows on the 1860 census of Cherokee County, North Carolina (Fort Humbree Twp):
- McGuire, Thomas age 27 born Monroe Co, LA / wm / farmer / $0/$300
- McGuire, Hazy M age 23 born Burke Co, NC / wf
- McGuire, Francis M age 3 born Cherokee Co, NC / wm
- McGuire, Louisa J age 1 born Cherokee Co, NC
- McGuire, Mary A age 3/12 born Cherokee Co, NC / wf
This family was enumerated #1341/1341 (Ancestry.com image 38/38). Living next door were Nicholas and Pheby McGuire. Hazy's parents and sister, Sarah Mira Pyatt Ferguson, were still in Cherokee County, North Carolina, and her brothers, John S Pyatt, Joseph Alfred Pyatt, and William Calton Pyatt had all moved to Wright County, Missouri. If Hazy's sisters, Nancy and Eliza, are still living - I did not locate them.
By the 1870 census of Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, the family appeared as follows:
- McGuire, Thomas age 37 born TN / wm / farmer / $2000/$200
- McGuire, Matilda age 33 born NC / wf / keeping house / cannot write
- McGuire, Francis age 13 born NC / wm / farm laborer / cannot read/write
- McGuire, Eliza age 11 born NC / wf / at home / cannot read/write
- McGuire, Mary age 10 born NC / wf / at home / cannot read/write
- McGuire, Nancy age 8 born NC / wf / at home
- McGuire, Thomas age 7 born NC / wm / at home
- McGuire, Michael age 5 born NC / wm / at home
- McGuire, William age 3 born NC / wm / at home
- McGuire, ?Nicolas age 2 born NC / wm / at home
This family was enumerated #85/85 pg 301A (Ancestry.com image 29/39); next door neighbors were Josiah and Liddie McGuire. Hazy's mother was living at household #17 with her daughter, Sarah Ferguson.
The family was still in Murphy Township, Cherokee County, North Carolina, on the 1880 census as follows:
- McGuire, Thomas age 47 born TN / wm / married / farmer / father/mother born TN
- McGuire, Matilda (wife) age 45 born NC / wf / married / keeping house / father/mother born NC
- McGuire, Mary (daughter) age 21 born NC / wf / single / cannot write / father born TN/mother born NC
- McGuire, Nancy Ann (daughter) age 18 born NC / wf / single / father born TN/mother born NC / cannot write
- McGuire, Thomas J (son) age 17 born NC / wm / single / at home / father born TN/mother born NC / attended school / cannot write
- McGuire, Michael D (son) age 15 born NC / wm / single / at home / father born TN/mother born NC / attended school / cannot write
- McGuire, William H (son) age 13 born NC / wm / single / at home / father born TN/mother born NC / attended school / cannot write
- McGuire, Nicholas N (son) age 12 born NC / wm / single / father born TN/mother born NC / attended school / cannot write
- McGuire, Sarah M (daughter) age 10 born NC / wf / single / father born TN/mother born NC / attended school / cannot read/write
- McGuire, Joseph M (son) age 8 born NC / wm / single / father born TN/mother born NC
- McGuire, Patrick H (son) age 6 born NC / wm / single / father born TN/mother born NC
- McGuire, Adora Anna (daughter) age 4 born NC / wf / single / father born TN/mother born NC
- McGuire, Oly Van (daughter) age 1 born NC / wf / single / father born TN/mother born NC
This family was enumerated #205/215 pg 260A (Ancestry.com image 25/47). Had Francis and Eliza died or married by this time? I could not find the family of George and Sarah Ferguson living nearby. By this time, Hazy's mother had moved to Wright County, Missouri, and appeared with Hazy's brother, John S Pyatt. Her other brothers were still in Wright County, Missouri.
Sources:
- Dean Bybee DBybee2864@aol.com
- 1860/1870/1880 Cherokee Co, NC, census records
Updated Jul 2005
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