Dear John, I have Benjamin F Piatt as dying in Bartholomew Co where you have Shelby Co. Do you know which is correct? Also, on the other Benjamin whose father was James Piatt: I have no information on that line - other than one descendant and a three line family generation list (James, Benjamin, Clarissa). Could you provide more please? Thanks, Marianne On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 19:02:49 -0800, PIATT-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > HI, MARIANNE -- > > See the extract below (from another email) for my reasoning about > Benjamin F. and William Peatt/Piatt/Pyatt. Benjamin was presumably > the male under 10 in William Peatt's household on the 1810 census of > Hampshire County, VA, page 24. > > -- JOHN > > At 01:52 PM 12/4/01 -0800, you wrote: > >John, > > Do you still have the records which you referenced (tax lists, etc.) > >pulled - so that you could give us the exact abstracts by year with original > >spelling, etc? Thanks, Marianne > > At 12:35 PM 12/4/01 -0800, you wrote: > >This may be one of 4-5 emails as I can only deal with so much at one time. > >ha ha. I have Benjamin F Pyatt with parents unknown: > >http://www.angelfire.com/ar/pyeatt/BFP1809.html > >What is the source/proof for his father being William Piatt/Peepyat of > >Hampshire County, Virginia? Thanks, Marianne > > > >The only evidence so far that identifies William Piatt as the father > >of Benjamin F. Piatt (born ca 1808) is found in the Augusta County, > >VA, personal property tax lists for 1830 and 1831. There are two > >Benjamins listed: "Benjamin Pyatt (of William)" is distinguished from > >"Benjamin Pyatt (of James)." The first Benjamin must have been the > >son of William Peepyat/Peatt/Piatt, who was the only William in the > >vicinity old enough to be this Benjamin's father. The second Benjamin > >(born ca 1807 in Rockbridge VA, died 1863 St. Louis MO) was the son of > >James Peatt and Mary Donaghoe, who were married in 1805 in Rockbridge > >County, VA. The Piatt extracts from these tax lists were published in > >the Piatt Family Newsletter, vol. 5, page 103-105. It might be > >worthwhile to examine again the original records if you can get them > >on microfilm. > > > >It is hard to disentangle these two Benjamins: they were both about > >the same age, they both lived in Augusta County, VA, and later they > >both lived concurrently in Bartholomew County, Indiana. > > > >Below is a summary of what I know about your Benjamin, just in case > >there is a tidbit you don't have. The last 5 lines are references > >to information about this Benjamin in the Piatt Family Newsletter, > >which I suspect you have already seen. > > > >BENJAMIN F. PIATT (son of William) > >Farmer > >b ca 1808 Hampshire(?) VA > >d1875 Shelby IN > >m1833 Bartholomew IN > >= Ann Carter > > (she b1814 Gloucester NJ, > > d1881 Bartholomew IN) > >1830,1831 tax Augusta VA > > -- "Benjamin (of William)" > >1840 census Bartholomew IN > >1850 census Johnson IN > >1860 census Bartholomew IN > >PFN 3:66,69,70 > >PFN 4:92,116 > >PFN 5:103-108 > >PFN 6:72 > >PFN 8:74 > > > > > > > >-- John F. Keilch > > Berkeley, California > > > > > ==== PIATT Mailing List ==== > The PIATT mailing list archives can be searched at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/PIATT-L/ > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > ______________________________________________________________________________ Send a friend your Buddy Card and stay in contact always with Excite Messenger http://messenger.excite.com