My pedigree began with my parents, James Garfield Pruitt and Lola Emma Carter.
My mother was the only daughter of Walter Franklin and Emma Arrington Carter. They lived in Patrick County, Virginia, where my mother was born in 1909. She died in 1997 in Yanceyville, North Carolina, and is buried in Elkin, N.C.
My father was one of twelve children of Adam Hampton Pruitt and Samantha Blevins, and they lived in the Walnut Grove Township of Wilkes County, where my father was born in 1904. He died in Elkin in 1962 and is also buried there.
My parents met in Winston-Salem, N.C, married there in 1928, and had seven children:
- Jimmie Lee Pruitt..........1932-
- Hazel Pruitt Trivette......1935-2001
- Jean Pruitt Whitaker......1939-
- Betty Pruitt Miller...........1940-
- Wade Hampton Pruitt....1946-
- Franklin Garfield Pruitt...1947-
- Bobby Joe Pruitt.............1949-
My grandfather, Adam Hampton Pruitt, was born in 1863 to Mary Wagoner and Hampton Pruitt and died in 1916 shortly before his 53rd birthday. He was the only son of Mary and Hampton Pruitt.
Mary Wagoner and Hampton Pruitt were married on June 1,1862.
As for my grandmother, Samantha, she was born to Calloway Blevins and Lucinda Caudill in 1870, and, when she and Hampton were married in 1885, she was 15 years old. Samantha lived for a short time with us in our house in Elkin before her death in 1957.
Interestingly, on the marriage record for Adam Hampton and Samantha, Hampton's name is recorded as "A. H. Prewett".
Interestingly, too, in the Federal census of 1900, Mary's age is written at 54. If this was her true age in 1900 then her birth year would have been 1846 instead of 1840 or 1842.
So far, my family tree consists of my father, James Garfield Pruitt, my grandfather, Adam Hampton Pruitt, and my great-grandfather, Hampton Pruitt. But when we arrive at or about the year, 1860, the water gets to be a bit murky as names and dates get to be confusing. Therefore, in the next chapter we will begin at the year, 1800, and look for clues in an effort to untangle the limbs.
Mary Wagoner and Hampton Pruitt were married on June 1,1862.
As for my grandmother, Samantha, she was born to Calloway Blevins and Lucinda Caudill in 1870, and, when she and Hampton were married in 1885, she was 15 years old. Samantha lived for a short time with us in our house in Elkin before her death in 1957.
Interestingly, on the marriage record for Adam Hampton and Samantha, Hampton's name is recorded as "A. H. Prewett".
Interestingly, too, in the Federal census of 1900, Mary's age is written at 54. If this was her true age in 1900 then her birth year would have been 1846 instead of 1840 or 1842.
So far, my family tree consists of my father, James Garfield Pruitt, my grandfather, Adam Hampton Pruitt, and my great-grandfather, Hampton Pruitt. But when we arrive at or about the year, 1860, the water gets to be a bit murky as names and dates get to be confusing. Therefore, in the next chapter we will begin at the year, 1800, and look for clues in an effort to untangle the limbs.
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