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Subject: [PIATT] Piatt Conference Minutes for Friday, June 29, 2001
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:04:48 EDT
PIATT FAMILY RESEARCHERS' CONFERENCE
Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
June 29, 2001
Present: Elizabeth "Liz" Branstead, David Conrad Piatt, James Donovan Piatt
and Edith (Ross) Piatt, Laverne (Ingram) Piatt, Richard O. Piatt and Mary
(Keiper) Piatt, Ira C. "Skip" Piatt, Sharolynn Pyeatt, Christine Webb,
Elizabeth Webb.
Jim reported that he looked at the militia records for Hunterdon County in
the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton. Most of the Piatts served in the
4th Troop of Horse, Hunterdon Squadron (ca. 1799); then the name changed to
4th Troop of Dragoons, and again to 4th Troop of Light Horse. Daniel Piatt
was both promoted and demoted in rank. There is a story that one troop
member skinned an Indian who had been killed and made a pair of boots for
Daniel. He also located Piatts in the Hunterdon County marriage records.
Dick and Mary also went to the New Jersey Archives.
Laverne, David and Sharolynn went to the library in Clinton, NJ. Their
primary goal was to photograph Piatt headstones in some of the cemeteries in
Hunterdon County, NJ. They went to the Grandin Cemetery in Bethlehem
Township, as well as the cemeteries in Baptistown, Frenchtown and Milford.
They only found the Piatt/Pyatt surname in the Grandin Cemetery and the
cemetery in Baptistown.
Liz returned to Pottsville. She found six deeds for David & Hannah Piatt in
Pottsville and Pt. Carbon, all bought & sold between 1828 and 1832.
Christine and Elizabeth played all day -- doing laundry, making copies of
finds from earlier in the week, etc.
There was a fair amount of discussion regarding the origins of Rene Piatt and
why he migrated to Piscataway. Potential research paths were also discussed.
Laverne had received a letter from Bob Pyeatt of Springfield, MO regarding
the Pyeatte Cemetery in Maumelle, Arkansas. The cemetery has been upgraded
and registered on the National Historic Record. They plan a dedication of
the cemetery on September 9, 2001 and have invited all who may be interested
to attend.
Notes by Sharolynn Pyeatt
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