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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:

Nathaniel's family appears as follows on the 1880 census of Fannin County, TX, Precinct 2: 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:

Sharolynn has more on descendants of these children.

Nathaniel and Sallie appeared as follows on the 1930 census of Myra, Cooke County, Texas:

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:

He lists these census entries:
1870 Dist. 2, Morristown, Grainger Co., TN

1880 Panther Springs, Hamblen Co., TN

next door to above is -

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.

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Updated Apr 2004

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