Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Jett
Born: 1781 in Fauquier Co, VA 1,2
Died: Mar- 2-1864 in Barbour Co, WV 3,2,1
Buried: in Pepper Cemetery, Barbour Co, WV
Father: William Jett ( - 1817)
Mother: Sarah ___
Notes
Wife: Sarah "Sally" Smith
Married: Jun-15-1803 in Fauquier Co, VA 2,4
Born: 1775 1
Died: May-30-1864 in Barbour Co, WV 5,2
Buried: in Pepper Cemetery, Barbour Co, WV
Father: Aaron Smith (1751 - 1826)
Mother: Sarah Allen (1753 - 1837)
Notes
F Child 1: Lucinda Jett
Husband: Living
F Child 2: Mary "Polly" Jett
Also known as: Polly Jett 6
Born: Sep-29-1810 7
Died: Jun-22-1871 7
Buried: in Spruce Creek Old Baptist (aka Smith) Cemetery, Co Rd 34/5, Sun Valley Rd, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Husband: Johnathan Reed b. Feb-22-1809 d. Sep-11-1883
Also known as: Jonathan Reed 6
Married: Dec- -1829 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
Marriage Bond: Dec-24-1829 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
F Child 3: Louisa Jett
Also known as: Louise 9
Born: Feb-23-1810 10,11
Died: Apr- 5-1911 in Roane Co, WV 7,11
Buried: in Watson-Vanhorn Cemetery, Co Rd 46/1, Roane Co, WV 8
Census: 1910 in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV (see note 1)
Resided: 1908 in Roane Co, WV 9
Census: 1870, 1880 in Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Resided: (settled, ca 1845) in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 11
Husband: Otho G. Watson b. 1813 d. Aug-16-1894
Married: 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 12,11
M Child 4: William Jett
M Child 5: John Jett, Jr.
Born: 1813 2,4 (see note 2)
Buried: in Spring Creek Cemetery, Roane Co, WV 2
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 13
Wife: Mary "Polly" Watson b. ca 1816 d. Oct-17-1890
Married: 1836 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 14,15,16,17
F Child 6: Matilda Jett
Also known as: Rebecca Jett 18
Born: ca 1817 19
Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Husband: James F. Lipscomb b. Nov- -1816
Married: Oct-30-1838 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6
Sources:
(1) Headstone (year only)
(2) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 362.
(3) Barbour County Death Records, Philippi, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 26.
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 275.
(5) Barbour County Death Records, Philippi, WV, Identified as Sarah Jett, age 85, d. June 1864. (But headstone shows death
date as May 30 1864.), DR Bk 1, p. 26.
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.
(7) Headstone.
(8) Findagrave.com.
(9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237.
(10) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.
(11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 245.
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Groom identified as Oatha G. Watson. Bride identified in marriage
record itself as Louisa Jett, but in index as Louise Jett. Ceremony held on an unspecified date in 1836. MR Bk 3, p.
100.
(13) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp).
(14) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Marriage record consists of a list, submitted by the minister on Apr 1
1837, of all the couples that he had married in the preceding year. Among them were John Jett and Mary Watson, not
further identified, married on an unspecified date in 1836. MR Bk 3, p. 100.
(15) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, Marriage date erroneously reported as Apr
1 1837. p. 362.
(16) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985)
(17) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 108.
(18) Death record of son.
(19) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.
Event Notes
Note (1) Listed as grandmother Louisa Watson, age 100, widowed, mother of 7 children
(4 still living), in household of Coplan & Charity Watson.
Note (2) "History of Doddridge County," p. 362, gives birthplace as Franklin County,
VA, but "Ritchie County in History & Romance," p. 275, reports it as Barbour
County.
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