Roger, Thanks for the info. in this and your subsequent reply. I also am looking into Limestone Settlement being near Gainesville, GA in the Limestone Springs area there. There is a "History of Banks County" in a nearby library which I can check, and surely, if Limestone were in Banks Co., it would be in the book. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger A. Pruitt <phrp@bigcat.fhsu.edu> To: <PRUITT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [PRUITT-L] Samuel Pruitt, Jr./Limestone Settlement > > > Kroll wrote: > > > I am seeking information on Samuel Pruitt, Jr., born 1761 in Pittsylvania County, VA. He is listed as living in the "Cherokee Intruders" Limestone Settlement in 1809. The 1830 census lists him as living in Cherokee, GA. He married Kezia Stokes (Connelly), widow of Charles Connelly of NC. Children were: Hezekiah, Lucy, Samuel III, Elizabeth, Joseph, Polly, and John Willis. Samuel died in 1845 in Franklin County, GA. The land on which he lived later became part of Banks County, GA when Banks County was formed. Does anyone know where the Limestone Settlement was located? Those people living in the settlement were required to have official permission from and be registered with the U.S. government's Cherokee agent. > > Deb Kroll > > By most accounts, Samuel Pruitt, Jr., the son of Samuel Pruitt II, was born in Halifax Co., VA, on 10 Sep. 1762. He married Lavina Walters in Pittsylvania Co., VA, 1 Jan. 1789. In 1798, he moved to Franklin Co., GA, with brothers Phillip and Benjamin (at least I have found the three of them in Franklin Co. tax digests in that time period). A younger brother Joseph, from which my family descends from, followed later and died in 1805. > > I've never heard of the Limestone Settlement, although, I would presume it to be near the Gove River SE of Homer, GA, on property (or near property) where Willis Hardin, Jr. currently lives. Mr. Hardin, who descends from Susan Adella Pruitt the youngest child of John Willis Pruitt, lives on the old Samuel Pruitt, Jr. place. (John Willis Pruitt was the only child of Samuel Pruitt, Jr. and his second wife Keziah Stokes Connally.) > > Surely, someone with a historical bent in Homer could answer the question about the Limestone Settlement. Perhaps Mr. Willis Harden or Mr. Ray Pruitt who lives nearby could answer that question, Deb. > > Roger Pruitt > > > ==== PRUITT Mailing List ==== > REMEMBER! If you plan to change your email address and/or your > Internet provider, you must UNSUBSCRIBE from your old address BEFORE > that account is cancelled, then SUBSCRIBE from your NEW email address. > > > >