PIATT FAMILY RESEARCHERS' CONFERENCE Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania June 29, 2001 Present: Elizabeth "Liz" Branstead, David Conrad Piatt, James Donovan Piatt and Edith (Ross) Piatt, Laverne (Ingram) Piatt, Richard O. Piatt and Mary (Keiper) Piatt, Ira C. "Skip" Piatt, Sharolynn Pyeatt, Christine Webb, Elizabeth Webb. Jim reported that he looked at the militia records for Hunterdon County in the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton. Most of the Piatts served in the 4th Troop of Horse, Hunterdon Squadron (ca. 1799); then the name changed to 4th Troop of Dragoons, and again to 4th Troop of Light Horse. Daniel Piatt was both promoted and demoted in rank. There is a story that one troop member skinned an Indian who had been killed and made a pair of boots for Daniel. He also located Piatts in the Hunterdon County marriage records. Dick and Mary also went to the New Jersey Archives. Laverne, David and Sharolynn went to the library in Clinton, NJ. Their primary goal was to photograph Piatt headstones in some of the cemeteries in Hunterdon County, NJ. They went to the Grandin Cemetery in Bethlehem Township, as well as the cemeteries in Baptistown, Frenchtown and Milford. They only found the Piatt/Pyatt surname in the Grandin Cemetery and the cemetery in Baptistown. Liz returned to Pottsville. She found six deeds for David & Hannah Piatt in Pottsville and Pt. Carbon, all bought & sold between 1828 and 1832. Christine and Elizabeth played all day -- doing laundry, making copies of finds from earlier in the week, etc. There was a fair amount of discussion regarding the origins of Rene Piatt and why he migrated to Piscataway. Potential research paths were also discussed. Laverne had received a letter from Bob Pyeatt of Springfield, MO regarding the Pyeatte Cemetery in Maumelle, Arkansas. The cemetery has been upgraded and registered on the National Historic Record. They plan a dedication of the cemetery on September 9, 2001 and have invited all who may be interested to attend. Notes by Sharolynn Pyeatt