Posted on: Carter County, Ok Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Ok/Carter/11662 Surname: COURTNEY, PRUITT, GREGORY, SMITH, HOLLOWAY ------------------------- I noticed the PRUITT surname in your Carter Co families. I have a couple of PRUITTs that I haven't been able to place. These folks lived aorund Sorghum Flats for a while c1870-1890 or so. Eliza Josephina COURTNEY (b1854 AR) married an PRUITT and they had one daughter. After his death, she married his brother, THomas. Both Thomas and Eliza died around 1893. I understand that they worked for the railroad for a while. Their children were taken in by Eliza's grandmother, MAry Ann WILLIAMS COURTNEY, and raised around Hennepin (Murray Co.). Any chance your PRUITTs are tied in with mine?