Mike, I checked all the female Pruett/Pruitts, etc. indexed in volumes 1 and 2, and there are none who died in the timeframe you need. Doesn't mean that yours is not buried here; simply that no marker was found or recorded for inclusion in the books. Sorry I wasn't able to help, Linda in Marietta ----- Original Message ----- From: <mwpcpa@gmail.com> To: <GACOBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:54 PM Subject: [GACOBB] Mrs. Davis Pruett > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Pruett, Pruet, Pruitt, Pruit, Prewett, Prewitt, Preuit > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hc.2ADE/805 > > Message Board Post: > > This is a request addressed to one of you researchers out there who has > access to Cobb County cemetery records. > > My 4th great grandfather, Davis Pruett, appears on the 1840 census in > district 846 of Cobb County. The census indicates a female age 40-50 in > the household. I believe that is Mrs. Davis Pruett. The 1848 tax roles > for Cobb County (Powder Springs District?) also list a Davis Pruet. I > can't find an 1850 census record for Davis Pruett anywhere. However, the > 1860 census shows Davis in Blount County, Alabama, as a widower. > > I don't know the name of Davis' wife. My speculation is that she died in > Cobb County around 1855 and was buried there before the family moved on to > Alabama. > > Would someone be so kind as to look in the Cobb County cemetery records > for a woman with the last name of > Pruet/Pruett/Pruit/Pruitt/Prewett/Prewitt, etc. who was buried about 1850 > in Cobb County? > > Mike Pruett >