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From: John Keilch <>
Subject: Re: [PIATT] Jacob PYEATT and Olivia INKS (?)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:32:04 -0700
In-Reply-To: <6959438.997931444752.JavaMail.imail@speedy.excite.com>


MARIANNE --

You beat me to the punch! Yesterday I composed a message suggesting
that Olivia (or Olive) PYEATT's original surname was INKS and that
she was related to William INKS, but I waited overnight to confirm
my memory on a few points. As soon as I opened my e-mail today, I
found that you had already recognized the INKS possibility.

Congratulations! You are really moving fast in discovering documents
that help to resolve many of the Missouri PYEATT mysteries.

Below is my write-up about associations of the INKS and PYEATT
families.

-- JOHN

(1) Perhaps the actual name of Olivia (JUKE?) PYEATT was Olivia INKS.
(See the original messages about Olivia at the end of this message).

In 19th century manuscript, I's and J's were often indistinguishable,
and the name could have appeared as the following:
J<I + U<N + K + E<S, or JUKE rather than INKS.

Following are some additional reasons to explore the possibility of
a PYEATT--INKS connection.

(2) The INKS family of Kentucky and Missouri was connected to the
JUMP, LINK, McCLURE, VOTAW, and ZUMWALT families, all of whom
lived in the vicinity of the Missouri PYEATT families in the ealy 1800s.

(3) William INKS (bc1776, the son of William INKS and Catherine LINK)
married Sarah PIKE in Kentucky and moved to Missouri by 1809 when his
name appeared on a petition. William INKS purchased land from Francis
BIDDICK on the Meramec River in 1816. William INKS appears on the
1830 and 1840 censuses of St. Louis County. The following note about
the Kentucky marriage of this William INKS shows that his name was
recorded, or at least read, as JENKS and JUKES:

"William Inks married Sally Pike in 1805 in Adair County Kentucky.
It is recorded as William Jenks and also as William Jukes. Does
anybody have ANY information about these 2 people. I am descended
from William and Sally and I would like to find parents for her.
Thanks for any help. Mandy INKS Kalenske"
-- Source: Pike Family Genealogy Forum:
Sally Pike/William JUKES-JENKS-INKS
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pike/messages/751.html

(The author of that note, Mandy INKS Kalenske, is now located at
.)

(4) On the 1840 census of Bonhomme township, St. Louis County, on
page 261, the household of William INKS is located between Jacob PYATT
on one side and John PYATT on the other. I had speculated that John
PYATT (bc1817, a son of Jacob, I think, or possibly of the older John)
may have married a daughter of William INKS (named "Julia"), but I had
not thought of the Olivia/INKS possibility. On the 1830 census of
Bonhomme township, St. Louis County, William INKS appears on page 316
and Frederick PIATT and Jacob PIATT appear not far away on page 317.

(5) Olivia (JUKE? or INKS?) PYEATT (born about 1798) was born too early
to be a daughter of Sarah PIKE (if the marriage date of 1805 for Sarah
and William is accurate), but Olivia might have been the daughter of
William INKS by an earlier marriage; William was old enough, as he was
born about 1776. (Or Olivia might have been a niece of William.
Joseph INKS, born about 1778, who was a younger brother of William,
married Mary EWING in Kentucky in 1804; they later moved to Missouri
and raised a family in Polk County.)

(6) A son of William INKS was Elisha INKS (bc1809 KY), who married
Emily Jane WILSON. Elisha and Emily appear on the 1850 census of
Merramec township, St. Louis County, page 383 (his name looks like
"Lardge Ink." Elisha's immediate neighbors were Wm. C. INK[S] (his
brother), John PIET, and Elisha PIET in one direction, and in the
other direction, one house away, Wilson SLED[D] and Sarah [PYEATT]
SLEDD. Jacob and Olivia PYEATT named one son Elisha PYEATT
(b1824 MO); the name "Elisha" had not been used before by the
Missouri PYEATT family.

(7) William C. INKS, a son of William INKS, married Anna Eliza KING.
William C., a storekeeper, and Anna appear between Elisha INK[S] on
one side and John PIET and Elisha PIET on the other on the 1850 census
of Merramec township, St. Louis County, page 384. On the 1860 census
for Meramec township, William C. and "Nancy" appear on page 996. This
William was the same as Mayor William C. INKS of Franklin County, MO,
who commanded the Pacific Battalion Home Guards in 1861; among his
officers were Robert C. ALLEN (the husband of Emily Jane PYEATT) and
Frederick WENGLER (the husband of Agnes PYEATT, who was Emily Jane's
mother). In 1852 William C. INKS established the town of Franklin
(later Pacific City) in Franklin County, MO, and served as its first
1postmaster. In 1858 he established Mineral Point on the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain, & Southern Railway. One of the daughters of William
C. INKS was Sarah Olivia (!) INKS, who was born in 1849.
-- Source: 1850, 1860 censuses,
PACIFIC BATTALION, HOME GUARD & USRC (3months)
http://www.usmo.com/~momollus/FranCoCW/InksReg.htm
A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri
http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/moser/franklinpl.html
Mineral Point
http://www.carrollscorner.net/SitesMineral%20Point.htm

(8) A daughter of William INKS, Catherine INKS, married Andrew McCLURE,
a gunsmith. Andrew and Catherine appear on the 1850 census page 383
(as "McLune"), 3 houses away from Wilson and Sarah [PYEATT] SLED[D]
and 5 houses away from Elisha INK[S], William C. INK[S], John PIET,
and Elisha PIET. Note that Jacob and Olivia PYEATT named one son Andrew
McClure PYEATT (b1834 MO).
-- Source: 1850 census and
http://www.familysearch.com/Eng/Search/PRF/individual_record_prf.asp?recid=2
50420136

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Other information about the William INKS family can be found at the
following locations:
-- Pike Family Genealogy Forum: Sarah PIKE/ William INKS
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pike/messages/161.html
-- Inks Genealogy Contacts
http://www.nwlink.com/~smithwri/inks/inkslinx.htm
-- Inks Family Genealogy Forum: Re: INKS Family
http://genforum.genealogy.com/inks/messages/50.html
-- World Connect Project
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=j
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jaswhit
e&id=I3371
-- Zumwalt Family Page: William INKS (ABT. 1776 - UNKNOWN)
http://www.zumwalts.com/zumwalt0801/d0009/g0009742.html
-- Hero William INKS of St.Louis visited [graves of William & Wm. C.]
http://genforum.genealogy.com/inks/messages/92.html
-- Major William C. Inks (saving his grave!
http://genforum.genealogy.com/inks/messages/107.html
ALSO SEE -- Inks Family Genealogy Forum [search for William and for Elisha]
http://genforum.genealogy.com/inks/


>Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 08:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Marianne Pyeatt <>
>Subject: [PIATT] New clue/surname PART II
>To:
>Resent-From:
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>I am SOOOOO excited. I was reviewing the estate papers from the estate of
>John Piatt who died in Jefferson County, MO, cDec 1827. It is about 55 pages
>of receipts, accountings, bonds, etc. Anyway, I noticed that when the add
>was placed in the St Louis Times in 1832 for the final settlement that it
>read "Received of Benjamin Pyeatt by the hands of WILLIAMS INKS four
>dollars". Now, I kept staring at the name 'Inks' as it looked really
>familiar - like I had studied it recently and it dawned on me - that my
>Julie/Juke/Julic/etc that I emailed about a few days ago (Olive Juke' as
>mother of William D Pyeatt on his death certificate) could be INKS!!!! So,
>now, what does anyone know about William Inks in Jefferson County (and his
>connection to Olivia McClure Pyeatt) or a PYEATT/INKS connection elsewhere.
>Thanks!! Marianne


>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:10:44 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Marianne Pyeatt <>
>Subject: [PIATT] Another clue/surname?
>To:
>Resent-From:
>Reply-To:
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>I received today the death certificate of William D(udley) Pyeatt who died
>March 4, 1912 in Plattin Twp, Jefferson Co, MO. His date and place of birth
>are given as Feb 4, 1831 and St. Louis, Mo. His father's name and place of
>birth are given as Jacob Pyeatt and St. Louis, Mo. (both 'fit' other
>information). His mother's maiden name and place of birth are given as Olive
>Juki or Juke' or Julie or Julic and St. Louis, Mo. (our information is
>Olivia McClure, d/o Andrew, born Kentucky). The informant is Diana Pyeatt of
>Plattin, MO (his widow) Burial in Charter Cemetery. Undertaker is T S Byrd.
>
>So, is this 'Julic/Juke' name a middle name or surname? Do any of the
>possible spelling looks familiar to anyone in Jefferson County or the
>various Pyeatt/Piatt lines? Does anyone in Jefferson County know anything
>about T S Byrd? One of William and Diana's sons was named Washington Byrd
>Pyeatt and I've always thought that it was due to a family connection. This
>could be a brother-in-law, nephew, etc. Finally! Some new clues!! Marianne

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