Nathaniel Piott of Tennessee and Texas
Nathaniel Piott was born to Flemming S and Susan Piott (Pyott) on October 17, 1856, in Morristown, Grainger County, Tennessee. He died in 1943 and is buried in the Reed Cemetery, Cooke County, Texas.
Nathaniel married first in 1876 in Grainger County, Tennessee, Mary Elizabeth Pratt who was born 1856 Morristown, Grainger County, Tennessee and who died in 1884 in Ely, Fannin County, Texas.
Nathaniel and Mary had the following known children:
- Luck Piott (male) b: 30 Sep 1877, Morristown, Grainger Co, TN d:
29 Sep 1960, Houston, TX m: 31 Jul 1902 Dundee, TX, Lula Caledonia Chaffin b: 16 Mar 1883, Myra, Cooke Co, TX d: 17 Feb 1962, Houston, TX
- Emma/Emily Etta Piatt b: 18 Dec 1878, Morristown, Grainger Co, TN d: 15 Aug 1956 m: 10 Oct 1897, TX, Jack J. Bell
- Ernest Bill Piatt b: 14 Nov 1880 Ely, Fannin Co, TX d: 2 Jul 1888, Ely, Fannin Co, TX
- Flemmie Sanders "Boss" Piott (male) b: 5 Aug 1882 Ely, Fannin Co, TX d: 2 Mar 1962 Gainesville, Cooke Co, TX m: 29 Dec 1903 Bennie Cleveland Miser (sister to Flaud's husband, Harry)
- Mary Elizabeth Piatt b: 1884 TX d: 7 Jun 1885 Ely, Fannin
Co, TX
Nathaniel's family appears as follows on the
1880 census of Fannin County, TX, Precinct 2:
- Piott, Nathaniel age 23 born TN / WM / Married / Farmer / father/mother born TN
- Piott, Mary E (Wife) age 23 born TN / WF / Married / Keeping House / father/mother born TN
- Piott, Luck (Son) age 2 born TN / WM / Single / father/mother born TN
- Piott, Emily E (Daughter) age 1 born TN / WF / Single / father/mother born TN (from familysearch.org; page 356A)
After Mary's death, Nathaniel married again on September 28, 1886, in Ely, Fannin County, Texas, to Sarah "Sallie" Maneruy Doty who was born August 3, 1869, and who died in 1948 in Tahoka, Texas. Sallie was living with her daughter Edna, but, was then interred in the Reed Cemetery in Cooke County, Texas, to be buried near Nathaniel.
Children from this marriage:
- Orvia Orlena Piott b: 4 Jul 1887 Ely, Fannin Co, TX d: 9 Apr 1947 Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX m: Joe Fulton d: 7 Jun 1953 Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX
- Flaud Berl Piott (female) b: 13 Dec 1888 Trenton, TX d: 1 Feb
1974 m: 31 Mar 1907 Cooke Co, TX, William Henry Harrison "Harry" Miser (brother of Flemmie's wife, Bennie) b: 21 Dec 1886 d: 10 Jul 1969
- Virgil Robert Taylor Piott b: 9 Aug 1890 Trenton, TX d: 17 Aug
1948
- Edna Mae Piott b: 2 Nov 1894 Trenton, TX d: 19 Dec 1974 Tahoka,
TX m: Edgar Amzire Parks
- Annie Belle Piott b: 16 Apr 1897 Trenton, TX d: 4 Oct 1986
Lubbock, Lubbock Co, TX m: Charles Roy House
- Audrey Elizabeth Piott b: 17 Mar 1901 Muenster, TX m1:
Harry Jones m2: Eugene Edgar Reagan
- George Nathaniel Piott b: 15 Sep 1903 Muenster, TX m:
Aug 1923 Myra, Cooke Co, TX Delsie Lee Epps b: 30 Jun 1904,
Sherman, TX
- Mildred Ruth Piott b: 19 Feb 1909 Muenster, TX m: 22
Sep 1923 Oran Gaston
Sharolynn has more on descendants of these children.
Nathaniel and Sallie appeared as follows on the 1930 census of Myra, Cooke County, Texas:
- Piatt, Nathaniel age 73 born TN / wm / married at age 20 yrs / $3000 / retired / father/mother born TN
- Piatt, Sallie (wife) age 60 born MO / wf / married at age 17 yrs / father/mother born MO
- Gaston, Oran age age 24 born TX / wm / married at age 22 yrs / $15 / laborer - oil field / father born NC/mother born TX
- Gaston, Ruth (wife) age 21 born TX / wf / married at age 19 yrs / father born TN/mother born MO
Nathaniel and Sallie were enumerated #120/125 and Oran and Ruth at #120/126 on April 12th 1930 in Precinct 8 sheet #6B ED 49-25 'no street name or house number'.
Also, more clues about Nathaniel's father from Dick Piatt RomePiatt@aol.com:
- Fleming S. Piott had a brother John Piott who married Ibba or Abba Brooks and had two daughters Hester Piott and Lydia Piott, probably the ones nearby in the census for Fleming Piott.
- John and Fleming Piott were the sons of John Piott (born c 1782) and Hanah Piott of Virginia
- With John Piott naming a daughter Hester, it could possibly connect this family to the John and Deborah Pyott of Loudoun, VA
- Also connected here was a Hester Piott married to a Nathan Dyke. Possibly here is where the name Nathan or Nathaniel came about.
He lists these census entries:
1870 Dist. 2, Morristown, Grainger Co., TN
- Pyatt or Pyott, F. S. 50 farmer TN
- ? 48
- Nancy 23
- Catherine 22
- Hannah 18
- Caroline 16
- Nathaniel 13
- Julia H. 10
- William 8
- ? L. 5
1880 Panther Springs, Hamblen Co., TN
- Piott, Fleming S. age 62 md. farmer TN. TN. TN.
- Piott, Susan age 58 wife " " "
- Piott, Hannah age 29 dau. single " " "
- Piott, Julia age 21 dau. single " " "
- Piott, William D. age 17 son " " "
- Piott, Ann age 14 dau. " " "
next door to above is -
- Piott, Lida 44 single TN. TN.
TN.
- Piott, Hestere 43 single " " "
According to Sharolynn, on the 1850 census, on page 10 (Grainger Co., Tennessee, Dist. #2), she saw an entry that did not appear in the index, but which looked a lot like the surname was spelled PIOTT. It was for a John PIOTT, aged 28, male, white, born in Tennessee. His wife was listed as Abba, aged 25, female, white, also born in Tennessee. It also indicated that they had been married within the year. Since Flemming has a son, John, who is only 4 years old, one wonders what the relationship between Flemming and the elder John might be. Other notes from Sharolynn, in 1850, I read the family's surname as PIOTT and the head of the
household was Flemming with wife Susan and since he was still married to
her in 1870, it looks like Susan may be the mother of all of his
children. Son, John, who was 4 in 1850 is there (in 1860 he is age 14), but he is not enumerated with the family in 1870, when he would have been about 24-nor does he appear in the 1870 census index for Tennessee (and I went through every P listing). So, my guess is that he either moved on when he married or that he may have been a Civil War casualty. In 1870, the head of household is just listed as F.S. (with wife Susan
and the family). It's kind of interesting to note that Nathaniel had a
son named "Flemmie Sanders"-named after Nathaniel's father and perhaps a
clue as to what the S. stands for in the elder Flemming's name? I agree
with Dick that the surname is spelled PYATT or PYOTT, but I thought the
initial for the youngest daughter looked more like an S., based upon the
S as it appears in F.S. and in Susan. In 1870, Lydia & Hester PYATT are enumerated with the William Smith family a few pages before the listing for the Flemming S. family appears in the same township, etc. Lydia and Hester are listed as being 40 and 38, respectively. Could they be sisters of Flemming? William Smith and his wife, who is only listed by her initials E.J. or E.L., are both 25 years old. There is nothing to indicate that Lydia and Hester are servants, but there is nothing to indicate otherwise either, since the "occupation" is left blank next to their names, even though William is listed with an occupation & his wife is listed as "keeping house." Since Lydia is only 15 years older than either William or his wife, it seems a bit unlikely that either she or her sister could be the mother of one of them. So, it seems unclear to me exactly what their relationship might be.
Sources:
- Sharolynn Pyeatt sharolynn_pyeatt@byu.edu
Updated Apr 2004
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