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Emma B Prewitt

Female 1837 - 1859  (22 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Emma B Prewitt was born 1837, Missouri, USA (daughter of Frederick Moss Prewitt and Nancy L Johnston); died 1859, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 11421

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Columbia Cemetery

    Emma married Robert Beverly Price 14 Oct 1856, Boone, Missouri, USA. Robert was born 17 Oct 1832, Charlotte, Virginia, USA; died 1924, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Edwin Moss Price was born Abt 1856, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; died 1927, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    2. Emma Prewitt Price was born Abt 1859, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frederick Moss PrewittFrederick Moss Prewitt was born 27 Mar 1799, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (son of Joseph Prewitt and Leah Moss); died 27 Feb 1871, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 28540505
    • Reference Number: 11423

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Columbia Cemetery

    Frederick married Nancy L Johnston 9 May 1828, Boone, Missouri, USA. Nancy (daughter of William Henry Johnston and Rachel Spears) was born 11 Apr 1811, Kentucky, USA; died 22 Jan 1871, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Nancy L JohnstonNancy L Johnston was born 11 Apr 1811, Kentucky, USA (daughter of William Henry Johnston and Rachel Spears); died 22 Jan 1871, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 28540884
    • Reference Number: 7894

    Notes:

    Buried:
    Columbia Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Clara M Prewitt was born 13 Mar 1839, Missouri, USA; died 9 Oct 1913, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    2. Ella T Prewitt was born Abt 1832, Missouri, USA; died 6 Feb 1851, New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA.
    3. 1. Emma B Prewitt was born 1837, Missouri, USA; died 1859, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    4. Henry M Prewitt was born Bef 1849; died 1849, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    5. Laura R Prewitt was born 1849, Missouri, USA.
    6. Margaret Bass Prewitt was born 26 Nov 1830, Missouri, USA; died 16 Jul 1873, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    7. Martha A Prewitt was born 14 Apr 1841, Missouri, USA; died 4 Dec 1910, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    8. Mary Eliza Prewitt was born 25 Feb 1829, Missouri, USA; died 28 Mar 1851, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    9. Robert Thomas Prewitt was born 23 Nov 1845, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; died 25 May 1880, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    10. Sallie Frances Prewitt was born 6 Apr 1835, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; died 2 Dec 1911, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    11. William J Prewitt was born Abt 1843, Missouri, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph Prewitt was born 1760, Bedford, Virginia, USA (son of Michael Prewitt, Sr and Elizabeth Simpkins); died 31 Jan 1808, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

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    • Name: Joseph Pruitt
    • Reference Number: 11416

    Notes:

    Joseph was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War.

    Joseph married Leah Moss 1782, Virginia, USA. Leah (daughter of Frederick Moss and Sarah Elizabeth Tomlinson) was born Abt 1764, Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Leah Moss was born Abt 1764, Halifax, Virginia, USA (daughter of Frederick Moss and Sarah Elizabeth Tomlinson).

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 10185

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Prewitt was born 1795, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
    2. 2. Frederick Moss Prewitt was born 27 Mar 1799, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA; died 27 Feb 1871, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    3. Joel Moss Prewitt was born 1787, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 18 Oct 1847, Fayette, Howard, Missouri, USA; was buried , Fayette, Howard, Missouri, USA.
    4. Judith Prewitt was born 1798, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
    5. Margaret Prewitt was born 1784, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Martha Tomlinson Prewitt was born 1783.
    7. Moses B Prewitt was born 18 Apr 1786.
    8. Nancy Prewitt was born 11 Feb 1788, Fayette, Kentucky, USA.
    9. Pleasant Prewitt was born 1793, Fayette, Kentucky, USA.
    10. Price Prewitt was born 1795, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
    11. Robert Prewitt was born 1782, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    12. Sarah Moss Prewitt was born 20 Oct 1785, Lincoln, Kentucky, USA; died 25 Sep 1851, Howard, Missouri, USA.
    13. Mary Prewitt
    14. Patience Prewitt

  3. 6.  William Henry JohnstonWilliam Henry Johnston was born 16 Apr 1776, Culpeper, Virginia, USA (son of Robert Bruce Johnston and Margaret McClanahan); died 12 Jan 1850, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 63717369
    • Reference Number: 7841

    Notes:

    Buried:
    New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery

    William married Rachel Spears 3 Sep 1801, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA. Rachel (daughter of Jacob Spears and Elizabeth Keller) was born 2 Apr 1787, Pennsylvania, USA; died 4 Nov 1850, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Rachel SpearsRachel Spears was born 2 Apr 1787, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Jacob Spears and Elizabeth Keller); died 4 Nov 1850, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.

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    • Find-A-Grave: 63717431
    • Reference Number: 13257
    • Residence: 1850, Boone, Missouri, USA

    Notes:

    Buried:
    New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Emily Johnston was born 21 Sep 1819, Kentucky, USA; died 1904, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried , Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Keller Johnston was born 7 Nov 1802, Kentucky, USA; died 14 Jun 1827, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    3. Elvira Johnston was born 19 Feb 1809, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 6 Apr 1871, Jackson, Missouri, USA; was buried , Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA.
    4. Jacob Spears Johnston was born 13 Jul 1815, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 29 Mar 1892, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    5. John Thomas Morris Johnston, Sr was born 4 Nov 1823, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 4 Oct 1874, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    6. Margaret McClanahan Johnston was born 26 Apr 1812, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 15 Feb 1885, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    7. Mary Ellen Johnston was born 12 Mar 1826, Kentucky, USA; died 27 Sep 1829, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    8. 3. Nancy L Johnston was born 11 Apr 1811, Kentucky, USA; died 22 Jan 1871, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    9. Noah S Johnston was born 22 Nov 1821, Kentucky, USA; died 13 Dec 1824, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    10. Rebecca Sarah Johnston was born 31 Oct 1817, Kentucky, USA; died 21 Jun 1899, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    11. Robert T Johnston was born 17 Nov 1804, Kentucky, USA; died 19 Dec 1832, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Missouri, USA.
    12. William H Johnston was born 3 Apr 1807, Kentucky, USA; died 20 Oct 1830, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Michael Prewitt, Sr was born 1720, Henrico, Virginia, USA (son of Andrew Pruitt and Agnes Goochland); died 4 Apr 1798, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 11458

    Notes:

    In 1779 three of Michael Prewitt's sons, Elisha, Rober and Joshua, went with members of six of their neighboring Virginia families to the wilderness of Kentucky. Major Herman Bowman, in a desposition taken by John D. Shane, which is recorded in the Draper Manuscript, 13cc170 No. 41, owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, tells of the famous Bowman Expedition, as follows:

    "Father came to Boman's Station, 1779, through the wilderness. had been to Kentucky in 1777. Seven families came in from Virginia together. Got out of floure at the Holston. the mill in the neighborhood was impressed for public service, and then set out with a scarcity of flour for the winter. Got to Cumberland River, and there a deep snow fell, and another when we got to Rockcastle. Occupied tents only to protect us from the winter.

    Walker and Henderson were running the line, and marking it with red paint very plain (on the top of the Cumberland Gap) while we were crossing. They told us that an Indian had killed one of their men, or that one of their men had killed an Indian the day before, which alarmed us somewhat, though we saw none. We got so far out that there was fine cane, and good range for out stock. Had ten cattle and expected eight calves in the spring, but lost all our stock, but one head. had no fear of Indians, whatever, it was so cold. Snow covered the vegitation, and cane-breaks scattering. 2 men were left to take care of them, but they became alarmed, run away, left them, and they scattered everywhere to get grapes, and only one of my father's was found...."

    Robert Boman, Stephen Collins, Joseph Collins and Joel Collins left his family in Virginia. Was one of the best hunters that ever came to Kentucky. Elisha Prewitt and Robert Prewitt left their family in Virginia. Joshua Prewitt had no family.

    His sons having verified by personal experience the reports of the beauty and fertility of Kentucky over the mountains, Michael Prewitt removed from Campbell County, Virginia (His home was between the Staunton and Falling Rivers) with members of his family and some neighboring souther Virginia friends.

    Robert Prewitt was left behind with a Power of Attorney to sell his Virginia holdings and to settle his affairs there. Michael Prewitt, Sr., and the following of his children, set out in October, 1789, after the year's crops were harvested for Kentucky; Daniel and Judith Prewitt Michell; James and Elizabeth Stree Prewitt; Elisha and Tabitha Collins Prewitt; Byrd and Sarah Hurt Prewitt; Joseph and Leah Moss Prewitt; Joshua and Sarah Adams Prewitt; Elizabeth Prewitt Adams and her husband Mr. Adams.

    Rachel Prewitt, who had marrie Robert Shipely; Michael Prewitt, Jr., and his wife Elizabeth Hurt; still living in Virginia in 1802 when he wrote a letter to his brother in Kentucky - then went to Tennessee about 1805; and Robert Prewitt, who remained to settle up the family's affairs after which he and his famly removed to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1794, were not in the party with their father and other members of the family when they made their memorable trip.

    Members of the family settled in Jessamine County, shelby County and Henry County, Kentuckey. Michael Prewitt, Sr., settled on Mulberry Creek in Shelby County and Died in Jessamine County while on a visit to his children; was buried in the family cemetery near Nicholsville on land which came into the possession of George Bryan and Elziabeth Prewitt Bryan, daughter of Byrd Prewitt and Sarah Hurt, whose land lay on Clear Creek. Jessamine's County Seat, Nicholsville, is laid out on part of the former land of Joseph Prewitt.

    Michael Prewitt,Sr., and his sons, wrote good legible letters and documents, they seemed to spell their name in many different ways. These documents are in the possession of descendants in Winchester, Kentucky.

    Michael Prewitt, the father, wrote the name Prewet, "Michael Prewet, sen", except when he signed his Will, when he wrote "Michael Prewitt, sen", but in the body of the document, which is filed in the courthouse at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky (Will Book I, page 41), he spelled the name Prewit and Prewitt. The Will is filed under the name Prewitt.

    James Prewitt used "Prewit" in one document and Joshua sometimes spelled the name as Prewet and Prewett.

    Michael Prewitt, Jr. apparently always spelled his name Pruitt.

    Robert Prewitt apparently went to Kentucky as early as 1777, having spent the winter at the fort of Harroldsburg. Reference History of Kentucky, Collins, Vol. II

    Copy of Original Document

    Prewitt to Pow Atty. Prewite 461 Recorded

    To all to whome these presents shall come Know ye that I Michael Prewet Senior of the County of Campbell State of Virginia for divers good causes & considerations me thereunto moeving Have Consituted & appoint my son Robert Prewit of the County and State aforesaid my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to sue and recover all such sums of money as are due me in the said State of Virginia or elsewhere, or in my name to Grant such Acquittances or other Receits as shall be Lawful And to sell and Dispose of all my Lands in the County of Campbell and State afresaid that remain now unsold and Convey the same to the Purcheser or purchasers in fee Simple as fully and Absolutely as I might or Could do were I personally Present Satisfying and Confirming Whatever my said Attorney shall Lawfully Do in and about the premises.
    In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27th day of September 1789.

    (The information set down above concerning the activities of Michael Prewitt and his family is derived from the Prewitt-Pruitt Ancestors in the Virginia State Library, Accession No. 64-25 52)

    Michael married Elizabeth Simpkins 1742, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Simpkins and Elizabeth Rench) was born 1724, Accomack, Virginia, USA; died 1767, Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Simpkins was born 1724, Accomack, Virginia, USA (daughter of John Simpkins and Elizabeth Rench); died 1767, Halifax, Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 12655

    Children:
    1. Benjamin Byrd Prewitt was born 1753, Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    2. 4. Joseph Prewitt was born 1760, Bedford, Virginia, USA; died 31 Jan 1808, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.
    3. Elisha Prewitt was born 1749, Campbell, Kentucky, USA.
    4. Elizabeth Betsy Prewitt was born 1767, Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    5. James A Prewitt was born 1745, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Judith Mitchell Prewitt was born 1747, Campbell, Kentucky, USA.
    7. Michael Jr Prewitt was born 1751, Campbell, Kentucky, USA.
    8. Rachel Prewitt was born 1743, Campbell, Kentucky, USA.
    9. Robert Prewitt was born 10 Jun 1758, Bedford, Virginia, USA.
    10. Joshua Sr Prewitt was born , Bedford, Virginia, USA.

  3. 10.  Frederick Moss was born 13 Sep 1741, Sussex, Virginia, USA (son of Benjamin Moss and Rebecca Mason); died 13 Feb 1795, Fayette, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 10184

    Frederick married Sarah Elizabeth Tomlinson Abt 1763, Halifax, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Tomlinson) was born Abt 1741, Virginia, USA; died 1828, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Elizabeth Tomlinson was born Abt 1741, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas Tomlinson); died 1828, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Sally
    • Reference Number: 14195

    Children:
    1. 5. Leah Moss was born Abt 1764, Halifax, Virginia, USA.
    2. Mason Moss was born 22 Jan 1776, Halifax, Virginia, USA; died 4 Jan 1838, Boone, Missouri, USA.

  5. 12.  Robert Bruce Johnston was born 11 Oct 1749, Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died 1 Apr 1821, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Reference Number: 7903

    Robert married Margaret McClanahan 19 Oct 1769. Margaret (daughter of Thomas S McClanahan and Margaret Strother) was born 11 Sep 1757, Fauquier, Virginia, USA; died 6 May 1841, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Margaret McClanahan was born 11 Sep 1757, Fauquier, Virginia, USA (daughter of Thomas S McClanahan and Margaret Strother); died 6 May 1841, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 63717234
    • Name: Peggy
    • Reference Number: 9363

    Notes:

    Buried:
    New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 6. William Henry Johnston was born 16 Apr 1776, Culpeper, Virginia, USA; died 12 Jan 1850, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    2. Isaac Johnston was born Abt 1785.
    3. Margaret Johnston was born Abt 1780.
    4. Nancy Johnston was born Abt 1778.
    5. Thomas Johnston was born Abt 1783.

  7. 14.  Jacob SpearsJacob Spears was born 2 Jan 1754, Rockingham, Virginia, USA (son of Peter Henry Spears and Regina Froman); died 28 Sep 1825, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; Jacob Spears was one of the 1st distillers of bourbon and supposedly gave "bourbon" its name.
    • Reference Number: 13235
    • Residence: 1789, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1790, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; Stone Castle built by Thomas Metcalfe
    • Residence: 1810, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA
    • Residence: 1820, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA

    Notes:

    Jacob was the son of Henry Speers who settled in southwest Pennsylvania, 1771 on the Mononhahela near Belle Vernon and Speers, Pennsylvania.

    Jacob was a 2nd Sergant in General George Rogers Clark's campaign to the Illinois Forts. John, George, Jacob and Samuel Spears were members of the Kentucky Militia, sometimes know as the Cornstalk Militia, which was organized as necessary to protect the settlements in Kentucky from Indian raids.

    Jacob a native of Pennsylvania, emigrated to Kentucky and settled in Bourbon Co. at a very early day. The first distillery was erected circa 1790 by him. , locating on the farm now owned by W. H. Thomas.

    Jacob married Elizabeth Keller 17 Jun 1786, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Kellar, Sr and (Unknown)) was born 10 Sep 1765, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; was christened Apr 1791; died 23 Jan 1837, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Elizabeth Keller was born 10 Sep 1765, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; was christened Apr 1791 (daughter of Abraham Kellar, Sr and (Unknown)); died 23 Jan 1837, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Find-A-Grave: 108009173
    • Name: Betsy
    • Reference Number: 8173

    Notes:

    1786, June 12, "Dear Sir that there is a marrig intended Jacob Spears and my Daughter Eizabeth Kellar have was the Bear John Overall Will Enter as security in obtaining the Licence this from your most obedent unble ??? ??. Signed Abraham Keller. Sign John Williams Clerk of Shanadoah County." S. Copy Original Record, Shenandoah Co, VA, Located Helen Sole File, Lewis Library.

    Buried:
    New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery

    Children:
    1. 7. Rachel Spears was born 2 Apr 1787, Pennsylvania, USA; died 4 Nov 1850, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried , Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA.
    2. Solomon Spears was born 3 Mar 1790, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 2 Aug 1836, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    3. Abram Spears was born 5 Dec 1795, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 14 Dec 1862, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    4. Noah L Spears was born 15 Oct 1793, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; died 14 May 1868, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA; was buried , Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    5. Rebecca Kent Spears was born 25 Dec 1788, Virginia, USA; died 13 Sep 1826, Bourbon, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Sarah Spears