Hi Jan, Yes, I'm pretty sure of the spelling - at least that's the way my great-aunt spelled it. However, I have found my great-grandmother, who we always knew as Melissa Prickett - under the name of Josephine Prickett in one census, another census Pritchett, and on her marriage license Josie E. M. Pickett. So I don't rule out any spelling. Do any of those other names mean anything to you? Roxana