Arkansas
James and Martha Jane Drake Pyeatt
James Pyeatt, son of Peter and Mary 'Polly' Miller Pyeatt was born c1827 in Arkansas (probably Washington County) and died between 1855 and 1860 (probably in Washington County, Arkansas). James married on May 31, 1849, in Washington County, Arkansas, Martha Jane Drake who was born November 26, 1830 in Arkansas to James and Margaret Fields Drake according to research of Gary Murrell murrellg@sbcglobal.net. Martha J. Pyeatt died February 13, 1898 and is buried in Drake/Sardis Cemetery in Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas. In the cemetery near Martha are the stones of her parents and several siblings. Her father's reads - James Drake May 6, 1795 June 15, 1857 Member of ME church 31 years. Margaret Drake died in 1879.
The known children of James and Martha Jane: