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From: John Keilch <>
Subject: Re: [PIATT] Benjamin Piatt [Pyatt] -- VA, OH, IN, MO
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 17:36:45 -0800
In-Reply-To: <27499397.1007587072211.JavaMail.imail@chilly.excite.com>


MARIANNE --

(1) Shelby Co. IN adjoins Bartholomew Co. One may be the death place
of Benjamin F. Piatt/Pyatt and the other the burial location. Or, the
Bartholomew Co. reference might be to the burial of the other Benjamin,
who died during the Civil War and was buried in Bartholomew Co. I
presume my source was the Piatt Family Newsletter. Dee Mitchell also
reports a Shelby Co. deathplace in her PIATT Mailing List email of Fri,
7 Jan 2000 ([PIATT] Re: PIATT-D Digest V00 #1). She might know what
the original source Shelby Co. source was.

(2) For more on Benjamin Piatt who married Rachel McWilliams, see the
following previous emails from the PIATT Mailing List. There is also more
about their family in old issues of the Piatt Family Newsletter (PFN).

> [PIATT] Benjamin Peatt/Piatt and Rachael McWms / Mon, 31 Jan 2000
> [PIATT] Re: PIATT-D Digest V00 #14 / Mon, 31 Jan 2000
> [PIATT] (Too?) Many Benjamins / Thu, 10 Feb 2000

(4) For Benjamin's Civil War information see the following Web page:
http://165.138.44.13/civilwar/067notes.htm

(5) For more on Rachel McWilliams see Alley Blackford's summary on
the McWilliams Research Directory & Links:
http://members.aol.com/mcwmshist/page4.htm

(6) Following are my notes on this Benjamin:

BENJAMIN PEATT/PIATT/PYATT
Civil War musician, US Army
born 1807 VA
died 1863 St. Louis MO
buried Bartholomew IN
marrried 1827 Augusta VA
= Rachel McWilliams (b1805 VA, died 1900 IN)
(daughter of John McWilliams and Margaret Fisher)
(Civil War widow, 1890 Vet census St. Louis MO)
1830 census Augusta VA
1830,31 tax Augusta VA
- "Benjamin (of James)"
1833-7 Delaware OH
1840 census Marion IN
1850-60 census Bartholomew IN
PFN 3:39,70
PFN 4:21,92
PFN 6:72,74,109

At 01:17 PM 12/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Dear John,
> I have Benjamin F Piatt as dying in Bartholomew Co where you have Shelby
>Co. Do you know which is correct? Also, on the other Benjamin whose father
>was James Piatt: I have no information on that line - other than one
>descendant and a three line family generation list (James, Benjamin,
>Clarissa). Could you provide more please? Thanks, Marianne
>
>On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 19:02:49 -0800, wrote:
>
> > HI, MARIANNE --
> >
> > See the extract below (from another email) for my reasoning about
> > Benjamin F. and William Peatt/Piatt/Pyatt. Benjamin was presumably
> > the male under 10 in William Peatt's household on the 1810 census of
> > Hampshire County, VA, page 24.
> >
> > -- JOHN
> >
> > At 01:52 PM 12/4/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >John,
> > > Do you still have the records which you referenced (tax lists, etc.)
> > >pulled - so that you could give us the exact abstracts by year with
>original
> > >spelling, etc? Thanks, Marianne
> >
> > At 12:35 PM 12/4/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > >This may be one of 4-5 emails as I can only deal with so much at one
>time.
> > >ha ha. I have Benjamin F Pyatt with parents unknown:
> > >http://www.angelfire.com/ar/pyeatt/BFP1809.html
> > >What is the source/proof for his father being William Piatt/Peepyat of
> > >Hampshire County, Virginia? Thanks, Marianne
> >
> >
> > >The only evidence so far that identifies William Piatt as the father
> > >of Benjamin F. Piatt (born ca 1808) is found in the Augusta County,
> > >VA, personal property tax lists for 1830 and 1831. There are two
> > >Benjamins listed: "Benjamin Pyatt (of William)" is distinguished from
> > >"Benjamin Pyatt (of James)." The first Benjamin must have been the
> > >son of William Peepyat/Peatt/Piatt, who was the only William in the
> > >vicinity old enough to be this Benjamin's father. The second Benjamin
> > >(born ca 1807 in Rockbridge VA, died 1863 St. Louis MO) was the son of
> > >James Peatt and Mary Donaghoe, who were married in 1805 in Rockbridge
> > >County, VA. The Piatt extracts from these tax lists were published in
> > >the Piatt Family Newsletter, vol. 5, page 103-105. It might be
> > >worthwhile to examine again the original records if you can get them
> > >on microfilm.
> > >
> > >It is hard to disentangle these two Benjamins: they were both about
> > >the same age, they both lived in Augusta County, VA, and later they
> > >both lived concurrently in Bartholomew County, Indiana.
> > >
> > >Below is a summary of what I know about your Benjamin, just in case
> > >there is a tidbit you don't have. The last 5 lines are references
> > >to information about this Benjamin in the Piatt Family Newsletter,
> > >which I suspect you have already seen.
> > >
> > >BENJAMIN F. PIATT (son of William)
> > >Farmer
> > >b ca 1808 Hampshire(?) VA
> > >d1875 Shelby IN
> > >m1833 Bartholomew IN
> > >= Ann Carter
> > > (she b1814 Gloucester NJ,
> > > d1881 Bartholomew IN)
> > >1830,1831 tax Augusta VA
> > > -- "Benjamin (of William)"
> > >1840 census Bartholomew IN
> > >1850 census Johnson IN
> > >1860 census Bartholomew IN
> > >PFN 3:66,69,70
> > >PFN 4:92,116
> > >PFN 5:103-108
> > >PFN 6:72
> > >PFN 8:74
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-- John F. Keilch
> > > Berkeley, California
> >

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