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From: Charles Piatt <>
Subject: [PIATT] Too much about Moses Piatt
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 20:04:27 -0400

Hi Anita and listers,

Congratulations on finding information on your Elizabeth Hannah Piatt Armfield
and her parents. Let this be a lesson to us all. Call those cousins!

Your finding of Elizabeth Hannah's birthdate of 31 July 1828 makes her fit
into this family headed by a Moses Piatt (approximate birthdates added): (And
if your cousin in WI has information about Hannah's siblings, it might help
fill in names and birthdates of others in this listing.)

1830 FRANKLIN Co OH, Truro Township, page 35.

MOSES PIATT50-60(1770-1780)
female40-50(1780-1790)
2 males20-30(1800-1810)
2 females15-20(1810-1815)
female10-15(1815-1820)
2 females 5-10(1820-1825)
female 0-5(1825-1830), possibly Elizabeth Hannah

Earlier census records for a Moses Piatt family which might match this one are:

1820 COSHOCTON Co OH, Linton Township, page 25

MOSES PIATT45+(bef 1775)
female25-45(1775-1795)
female16-26(1794-1804)
male10-16(1804-1810)
female10-16(1804-1810)
male 0-10(1810-1820)
3 females 0-10(1810-1820)

These two listings are a pretty good match and might certainly be the same
family first in Coshocton Co OH, then Franklin Co OH.

However to confuse matters there are apparently younger and contemporaneous
families of other MOSES PIATTs in:

1820 HAMPSHIRE Co VA, M33, 136, p 269A

MOSES PIATT26-45(1775-1794)
female26-45(1775-1794)
2 females16-26(1794-1804)
male10-16(1804-1810)
3 females 0-10(1810-1820)
male 0-10(1810-1820)


1830 SENECA Co OH, Adams Twp, page 166

MOSES PYATT20-30(1800-1810)
female20-30(1800-1810)
male10-15(1815-1820)
female10-15(1815-1820)
male 0-5(1825-1830)

This SENECA Co OH family is almost a perfect match for this one later
(approximate birth dates added):

1850 LaGRANGE Co IN, p 33, Millford Twp, 445/447

MOSES PYATT46 OH(1804)
Elizabeth48 NJ(1802), said to be Elizabeth Parker
Andrew21 OH(1829), Andrew J, m Julia Swogger
Charles W19 OH(1831)
Sarah J15 OH(1835)
Mary E13 OH(1837)
Abigail 5 IL(1845)

In between these last two listings, this family was also in IN

1840 LaGRANGE Co IN, Millford Twp, page 332

MOSES PIATT30-40(1800-1810)
female30-40(1800-1810)
female20-30(1810-1820)
male10-15(1825-1830)
female10-15(1825-1830)
male 5-10(1830-1835)
female 0-5(1835-1840)


I see three different Moses Piatts in these census listings:

1820 Hampshire Co VA (WVA) b 1775-1794

1820 Coshocton Co OH, 1830 Franklin Co OH, b 1770-1780

1830 Seneca Co OH, 1840 LaGrange Co IN, 1850 LaGrange Co IN, b c 1802

The 1820 listings for the first two Moses Piatts just above are quite closely
matched. Is it possible that this is the same Moses counted in two states?
Has anyone found a case where there is a duplicate listing before?

Tax records for Hampshire Co VA show a Moses Peatt taxed on 10 Apr 1802 on
himself as "1 white male over 16" and 0 horses. Moses Peatt/Peyat appears in
the Hampshire Co VA tax lists under the same circumstances in May 1804, 1812,
1813, 1815, and 12 Apr 1815. In 1820 he was taxed on himself and 1 horse.
Did he acquire the horse for the trip to OH? He is not found on Hampshire Co
tax lists from 1821-1827.

Information presented here was published in the Piatt Family Newsletter but
should be checked against original documents whenever possible. Discussion
and criticism are always welcome.

Laverne Ingram Piatt
Ontario, O

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