In a message dated 10/2/98 6:53:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, MikePruit9@aol.com writes: << I meant to say Smithfield, Texas is where my great grand dad, Robert James Pruitt died in Tarrant Co., Texas on Jan. 09, 1911 and not Birdville, Texas. >> Mike, I have a book Cemeteries of Northeast Tarrant County Texas by Evelyn D'Arcy Cushman and on page 23, buried in the Birdville Cemetery Haltom City, Texas, there is the following: Robert J. Pruitt b. May 27, 1874 d. July 11, 1932 Wife Mary W. Pruitt b. July 30, 1874 d. no date on head stone Other Pruitt's in this book are, Alva F.; Dave Henry; Florence Lorene; Henry C.; Henry F.; John W.; Lucy A.; Mollie W.; Retha Fay; Ruby Belle; Susie M.; and Verner Lee. Robert J. and Mary W. are the only two buried in the Birdville Cemetery. The others are buried in the Grapevine Cemetery, and one in the Calloway Cemetery, and in the Smithfield Cemetery, all Cemeteries in the same area of Tarrant Co. Texas. Smithfield and Birdville are right next door to each other. I hope this helps, if any of the other Pruitt's are related let me know and I will send the info from the book to you. Here is what it says about the Birdville Cemetery quoted from the book by Evelyn D'Arcy Cushman, published and copyrighted in 1981: LOCATION: On Cemetery Road in Haltom City one block south of Haltom High School and one block east of the intersection of the 9000 block of East Belknap (State Highway 183) and Carson Street. In 1952 tombstone inscriptions of persons born before 1875 were copied by DAR. A more complete recording was made in 1965 and published by Mrs. Bailey Ray in her book "History of Birdville." A list of markers missing since those recordings is included in this report. Birdville was the first County Seat of Tarrant County Texas. On July 5, 1949 it was incorporated and its name changed to Haltom City. A Texas Historical marker reads: Birdville Cemetery "The oldest marked grave in this pioneer community cemetery is that of Wiley Wilda Potts (Dec. 20, 1922 - Dec. 15, 1852), The one-acre tract, then part of the George Akers grant, was legally set aside for burial purposes before 1860. More land was later donated, and by 1910 the site included 3.27 acres. Birdville Cemetery Association organized under a 50-year charter in 1917, was rechartered in 1967. The cemetery contained 552 known graves in 1965. Several families have four generations buried here in the same plot. The site now encompasses seven acres and is still used for burials. (1975). Linda Surratt-White