Please make any replies to Virginia Pruitt vapruitt@pop.mail.rcn.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Pruitt" <vapruitt@pop.mail.rcn.net> To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 6:07 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Alexander Pruitt > My great grandfather lived in Danville, Arkansas. The names seem very > similar. He was reported to be an orphan whose parents were killed on a > wagon train coming back to Arkansas from possibly Tennessee. > > Several people in my family have done great research on our origins but we > have a gap with Alexander. Does anyone recognize this line? > > Also, I have been to Tangier Island off the coast of Virginia. The local > minister let us look at the church Bible for Pruitts. The earliest was in > the 1700s. I regret that I did not write down specifics but this was a > number of years ago. This early Pruitt fell off the pier after drinking and > drown. > > Virginia > >