James and Sarah Pruett were married 20 Dec 1847 in St. Louis They are found in the 1850 census in Scotland Co., Mt. Pleasant Twp. James 28 Sarah 24 William 1 James 1/12 James M. Pruett served in the 52 MO INF. In the Civil War If you go to the MOGENWEB Scotland County site and look in the 1876 plat map, you will find James Pruet owned land in Mt. Pleasant Twp. In the 1880 census you find: James Pruet 59, born in MO His father born in Georgia (that gives you a clue where to look for his father) Nancy J. wife 46 (probably a second wife - look at the age difference and ages of the children) there is no marriage record in the Scotland Co. index, but you could check Knox County as they lived on the county line Bell dau 16 Eliga [probably Elijah] son 9 Jane dau 8 Newton son 6 Martha dau 4 George nephew 17 born in Kansas On 10/11/02 12:00 AM, "rckhound68111@yahoo.com" <rckhound68111@yahoo.com> wrote: > Seeking info on James Monroe PRUETT. According to my sketchy info James was > born in St. Louis, Missouri between 1811 and 1822 and moved to Scotland > County, in 1847. At the time of James moving to Scotland, James was supposedly > married to Sarah SIPES. Am trying to determine who were his parents and > did James and Sarah ever have any children. R. Van > Wagenen > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >