General Information

Birth
1829
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Notes

PYEATTE, Jacob Preston - Jacob P. Pyeatte was born 1829 the son of Peter Pyeatte (1793-1856) and Polly MILLER Pyeatte. He married Amelia Crozier and they became the parents of three children: Peter C., born October 14, 1856; Charles P., born October 9, 1858 and Jacob Finley Pyeatte, born October 26, 1860. Jacob was killed at the battle of Oak Hills in Missouri August 10, 1861. He was the first Confederate soldier from Cane Hill to fall in battle. [The Pyeatts and theCarnahans of Old Cane Hill, Washington County Historical Society- No. 8 of Bulletin Series, W.J. Lemke, editor]

1850 Census of Northwest Arkansas:

Washington Counties - Bobbie Jones McLane and Desmond Walls Allen

Cane Hill Township

PYEATT, Peter 57, Mary 46, Jacob 21, John

19, Henderson 17, Andrew 15, Jessee 10

NC/KY dwg 11 6, Cane Hill twp

Parents

Peter Pyeatt
- Father
1793 - 1856
Birth
29 AUG 1793
Guilford, North Carolina
Death
APR 1856
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Martha Mary Miller
- Mother
1804 - 1858
Birth
15 NOV 1804
Livingston, Kentucky
Death
16 DEC 1858
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas

Spouse

Amelia Crozier
- Wife

Children

Peter C. Pyeatt
- Son
Birth
14 OCT 1856
Charles Franklin Pyeatt
- Son
1858 - 1912
Birth
9 OCT 1858
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Death
12 JAN 1912
Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
Burial
Cane Hill Cemetery, Washington County, Arkansas
Jacob Finley Pyeatt
- Son
1860 - 1861
Birth
26 OCT 1860
Death
10 AUG 1861
killed at the battle of Oak Hills in Missouri August 10, 1861. He was the first Confederate soldier from Cane Hill to fall in battle