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Subject: Nicholas County neighbors
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 23:10:10 +0000

Here are some interesting comparisons between the 1860 and 1870 census for some Nicholas Co (W)VA Peatts:

1860, Nicholas CH, Nicholas Co VA

Family 542/403
Ann Donaldson, 66, housekeeping
John, 20, laborer

Family 543/404
Margaret Donaldson, 28, housekeeping
VanBuren H, 4
Ferguson, 2
Jane Crawford, 21, domestic

Family 544/405
Elijah Peyatt, 42, farmer
Mary, 28, wife
John W, 12
William F, 3

Sometime after this census Elijah Peyatt and wife Mary divorced. 1870 finds the following:

1870, Muddlety District, Nicholas Co WV
Elijah Piatt, 50, farm laborer in household of Harrison and Rebeccca Groves and 8 children

1870, Nicholas C H, Nicholas Co WV
Mary A Piatt, 42
Ferguson Woods, 14 (identified as Mary's nephew in 1880 census)
Margaret Donaldson, 39
VanBuren Donaldson, 12
Melinda Rhodes, 60
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Laverne Ingram Piatt
Ontario, OH

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