Any idea what the "V" stands for in Everitt V. Pyle's name? Larry Maples ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 10:00 PM Subject: [PYLE] Nicholas PILES - PYLE, born c1803, not c1793 > I'm beginning to get a better handle on the Nicholas PYLE story (son of > Samuel and Charity (EASON) PILES of SC and GA) as a result of some census > work I had a chance to do this weekend. > > For starters, Nicholas PILES/PYLE was born c1803, not c1793, based upon his > entry in the 1860 Kaufman Co TX census, where he appears with his brother > John. Nicholas is 57 in that census, not 67. The entry is, at first glance, > a little deceptive, and the 5 can be misread as a 6. But closer examination > shows it's a 5 with a small smudge that nearly closes the bottom loop. I > have no doubt it is a 5. This information meshes better with the only other > indication I know of regarding Nicholas's age, that is the 1840 Kemper Co MS > census where he reports his age as 30 to 40 years (not 40 to 50 years). > > This information has several important implications for researchers of Samuel > PILES and Charity EASON. For one thing, their first child was apparently not > born until 1795 (Thomas), instead of 1793, which gives then a little more > time to have gotten married and started a family (relative to the information > that Samuel was born in the 1770-1774 time frame). Also, it may be > significant that they chose to name their first child Thomas, and waited > until after four or five sons to name one Nicholas. Perhaps the association > to the earlier Nicholas PILES of South Carolina is not as close as imagined > earlier. > > This new understanding helps a bit with the places of birth of the children, > which was a source of some confusion. In 1860, John says he was born in SC, > and Nicholas says he was born in GA. Those reports, which were confusing > when we thought Nicholas was born before John, now make sense. John was born > in SC before the family migration to Oglethorpe Co GA, and Nicholas was born > after the migration. > > The four sons who appear in the 1800 GA census were therefore likely Thomas, > John, Samuel, and Abraham. Nicholas came later. One small problem is that > things get a little tight around Peter (born c1803), and James (born c1804). > Perhaps two of these three later sons were twins, or perhaps they were spaced > out a little differently. > > An 1803 birth date also works a little better for Nicholas, son of Samuel, in > that he first appears in 1825 in Covington Co MS, with his (older) brother > John PYLE (when he would have first become an adult); and it means he married > at the age of around 28 (in 1831 to Mary WESTBROOK) rather than at the age of > 38, which seemed old. > > One more census treasure: Nicholas seems to have been in Floyd Co GA in the > 1848 to 1852 time frame, according to promissory notes that appear in Floyd > Co GA records (Thank you Doris HAYNES). But there is no entry for Nicholas > in the 1850 census. I gave 1850 Floyd County a pretty close look, but found > nothing that offered even the possibility of Nicholas and family having been > there but misenumerated. I did run across an Everitt FILES (age 16, born GA, > a laborer in the household of a "mechanic", page 109.) The age is a bit off, > but I suspect this is Everitt V. PILES (age 18 born GA), and can imagine that > age 16 was a guess by Everitt's employer. (He would have been closer to 18.) > Everitt's presence is a clue that Nicholas was there also, but simply > missed, since he was a "renter", not a land owner. > > Thanks also to Carolyn FULMER, who has generously shared information that has > been essential to sorting out this story. > > Jim Smee > Pittsburgh PA > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > PYLE Listowner- Sara B. Pyle > [email protected] > Copyright 2000-Author retains copyright >