William S and Mary M Johnson Pyeatt
William Stevenson Pyeatt son of Henry Porter and Ursephena Carnahan Pyeatt was born April 6, 1821, in Washington County, Arkansas, (or Pulaski Co, AR) and died February 25, 1892, in Bethlehem, Washington County, Arkansas. William married April 15, 1847, in Washington County, Arkansas, Maryann May Johnson, who was born in Kentucky June 8, 1824, and died March 20, 1881, in Washington County, Arkansas. William S and Mary A Pyeatt are buried in the Bethlehem Cemetery in Washington County, Arkansas.
Their Children were as follows:
- Calvin Pyeatt (not listed by all researchers; could not have been born between the marriage and child Sarah; does not appear on any census with this family)
- Sarah Francis 'Fannie' Pyeatt 6 Apr 1848 Vineyard Twp, Washington Co, AR m: Abner Jackson Edmiston
- Tesa Edmiston b: 16 Mar 1880 d: 27 Jun 1880
- Morgan Lemuel Pyeatt b: 19 Dec 1850 d: 29 Apr 1889 Oklahoma (buried City Cemetery, Tahlequah, OK) m: 16 Jun 1878 Washington Co, AR, Sanora Adelaide Walker (some researchers have him married to ? Pevyhouse as well)
- Fannie Caledonia Pyeatt b: 10 Sep 1879 d: 15 May 1898 m: James McFarland
- Bessie Leora Pyeatt b: Nov 1883 Tahlequah, OK m: 1 Jan 1902 Reuben Harris
- Margie Elnora Pyeatt b: 2 Sep 1886 Tahlequah, OK
- Orra Oakland Pyeatt b: 3 Jan 1854 d: 1900 m: 1 Dec 1875 Washington Co, AR, Ben M Black ['A Pyeatt' and 'Orra Pyeatt' and 'Ben Balck' and 'Ben M Black' on marriage index]
- George Fisk Pyeatt
b: 11 Nov 1855 Vineyard Twp, Washington Co, AR d: 22 Jun 1938 Morrow, Washington Co, AR (buried Bethlehem Cemetery, Washington Co, AR) m: Lorena Madison Edmiston b: 3 Jan 1863 d: 28 Aug 1933 Morrow, Washington Co, AR (buried Bethlehem Cemetery, Washington Co, AR)
- Ira Pyeatt (female) m: ? Edmiston (not listed by all researchers; could this be the same as Fanny who married ? Edmiston; does not appear on any census with this family)
- Katherine Palmer Pyeatt b: 26 Jan 1858 d: 15 Sept 1937 m: Dave Grove
- John Harrell Pyeatt
b: 17 Aug 1860 Vineyard Twp, Washington Co, AR d: 7 Oct 1930 Custer, Custer Co, OK m1: Serena Young b: 13 Mar 1865 d: 4 May 1898 (moved to Custer Co, OK) m2: Livvie ?
- Henry Watts Pyeatt b: 8 May 1862 Washington Co, AR d: 7 Oct 1906
- William Marvin Pyeatt
(some say middle name 'Dold'; I note that a 'W W Pyatt' and 'Laura A (or V) Dodd (or Dold)' married in Washington Co, AR, 12 Jan 1890 ) b: July 1867 Washington Co, AR d: 29 Apr 1904 Custer, Custer Co, OK m1: ? m2: c1901 Emma Edith Magill
The Williams S Pyeatt family on the 1850 federal census of Washington County, Arkansas, shows:
- Pyeatt, William S age 28 born AR / m / Farmer / $400
- Pyeatt, Mary age 27 born KY / f
- Pyeatt, Sarah age 2 born AR / f (This family enumerated #8 on page 420. William's sister, Martha, and her husband and children lived with their mother and unmarried children in dwelling #7 page 420.)
click here for page 18 of the 1850 Washington County, Arkansas federal census
By 1860 the family appeared as follows in the Evansville P O, Washington Co, AR:
- Payatt, Stevenson age 38 born AR / wm / no occupation listed / $1000/$300 / cannot read/write
- Payatt, Mary age 36 born KY / wf
- Pyeatt, Sarah age 12 born AR / wf / att school
- Payatt, Morgan age 8 born AR / wm / att school
- Payatt, Ora age 6 born AR / wm (is this an error?)
- Payatt, Fisk age 4 born AR / wm
- Payatt, Cathrine age 2 born AR / wf
This family was enumerated #109/107 pg 495 image 17/23. Their neighbors were David Edmiston, Sanford May, John Montgomery, Zebulon Edmison, Isaac Shannon, George Morrow, William Candler, Robert Morrow, Jane Bucannon, Jane Simpson, and Nathan English. I note that Ora is listed as male as are Morgan and Fisk. Was this an error? Wasn't there a daughter Ora?
W S Pyatt and family were indexed in 1870 Washington County - Vineyard Twp, but, were abstracted at Boonsboro Twp as follow:
- Pyatt, W S age 50 born AR
- Pyatt, Mary (wife) age 47 born TN
- Pyatt, Francis (daughter) age 23 born AR
- Pyatt, Morgan (son) age 19 born AR
- Pyatt, A O (daughter) age 16 born AR
- Pyatt, Fisk (son)age 14 born AR
- Pyatt, C (daughter) age 12 born AR
- Pyatt, John (son) age 9 born AR
- Pyatt, Watt (son) age 7 born AR
- Pyatt, William (son) age 3 born AR (this family enumerated pg 246)
On the 1880 census of Vineyard Township, Washington Co, Arkansas, 'Stevenson' and family appeared as follows:
- Pyeatt, Stevenson age 59 born AR / wm / married / farmer / father/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, M M (wife) age 56 born KY / wf / married / Keeping House / father/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, Kate (daughter) age 22 / wf / single / at home / father born AR/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, John H (son) age 19 born AR / wm / single / Works on Farm / attended School / father born AR/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, Watts (son) age 17 born AR / wm / single / Works on Farm / father born AR/mother born KY
- Pyeatt, Wm M (son) age 12 born AR / wm / single / Works on Farm / Cannot write / father born AR/mother born KY
This family was enumerated 9th Jun 1880 #106/106 ED 213 pg 13 Supr Dist 2 pg 658. Their neighbors were #101 Marshall Morris, #102 John Holland, #103 John Shannon, #104 Henry Anderson, #105 Robert Morrow, #107 Taylor Howard, #108 Martha Blake, #109 ? Blake, #110 Robert White, #111 Hugh Simpson. I did not find Orra Pyeatt Black with a search at Ancestry.com.
Sources:
- 1850-1880 federal census Washington County, Arkansas
- "Cemeteries of Washington County, AR"
- Yearwood-Marion Family History Website
- Glenna imharrison.1@juno.com
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