Michael PRUITT

Birth:
Abt 1732
Goochland, Virginia
Death:
Aft 1813
Greenville, South Carolina
Marriage:
Abt 1759
of Goochland, Virginia
Notes:
                   1765 on deed records Halifax, Virginia
1772 in Old Craven District, South Carolina
1793 in Greenville District, South Carolina
Michael bought 50 acres on Terrible Creek, Halifax, Va. from his brother, William Pruitt, on June 20, 1765. He sold this land to his brother, Thomas Pruitt, Jr., on 18 Feb 1767. Michael was granted 300 acres on a branch of the tyger River in Old Craven Dist., South Carolina on 15 May 1772.  This was delivered to Tobias Bryght on 17 November 1772. Michael does not show up again on the records until 1793, when he witnessed a deed of Bright Pruitt in Greenville, District, South Carolina.  I is only speculative why Michael dropped from the records from 1772-1793? He lived in an isolated part of the mountains between North Carolina and South Carolina.   The Braswells were  living within a mile of the North Carolina border in Greenville District. Joh Braswell and the rest of the clan  were all located by the census taker, and if their land adjoined that of Michael, why would they miss him.
It is possible        Michael was living with his only son, Bright and was thus recorded in the 1790 Census of Greenville, South Carolina.  After Bright moved to Kentucky, Michael then patented land in his own name in 1799.
Michael  married second: Rachel Dawson Erickson after 1804, and before 1810. Rachel was a daughter of Jonas Dawson and ha two children: Prudence Erickson and John Erickson. In 1813, Michael deeded everything to the Erickson
Elizabeth BRIGHT
Birth:
Abt 1740
of Goochland, Virginia
Burial:
Greenville, South Carolina, Usa
Children
Marriage
1
Phoebe PRUITT
Birth:
Abt 1768
Goochland, Virginia
Death:
Walter BURRELL, JR 
Marr:
Abt 1789
of Goochland, Virginia 
Notes:
                   IGI 1993 ed  Batch #F869121 Page 10  Library Call # 1396332

IGI 1993 ed  Batch #F869121 Page 10  Library Call # 1396332
2
Bright PRUITT
Birth:
9 Jun 1770
Terrible Creek, Halifax, Virginia
Death:
13 Feb 1836
Morgan, Indiana
Elizabeth Mrs CRUM 
Marr:
30 Aug 1815
Jefferson, Kentucky 
Notes:
                   A celebration was being held and a prize offered for the family with the most
children.  Bright Pruitt stood up with his 13 children all red headed, and won
the prize.
Bright was living on Morgan's Creek of Tyger River in Greenville Disct. S>C> as
early as 1787, and was recorded on the 1790 census of Greenville District.
In 1796, Bright moved to Fayette Co. Kentucky and purchased 600 acres of
military land, which he lost by reason of a defective title.  Afterwards he
entered 400 acres in what is now oldham co. Kentucky., where he built and
operated a distillery until 1830.
Bright moved to Gregg twp, Morgan Co. Indiana in 1830 and remained there until
his death on 13 Feb 1836.  Elizabeth died in Morgan , Indiana on 25 Feb 1870
Annister died in a fall from a orse in Kentucky in 185.  Bright married Elizabeth Crum in Jefferson, Kentucky
3
Prudence PRUITT
Birth:
Abt 1772
of Halifax, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
4
Rebecca Jane PRUITT
Birth:
Abt 1773
Greenville, South Carolina
Death:
Aft 1817
Smith or Jackson, Tennessee
John BRASWELL 
Marr:
Abt 1789
Greenville, South Carolina 
Notes:
                   Rebecca was listed as Jane in Jackson,Tennessee on the 1850 Census
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Michael Pruitt - Elizabeth Bright

Michael Pruitt was born at Goochland, Virginia Abt 1732. His parents were Thomas R Pruitt and Mary Magdalene Chastain.

He married Elizabeth Bright Abt 1759 at of Goochland, Virginia . Elizabeth Bright was born at of Goochland, Virginia Abt 1740 daughter of Tobias Bright and Helen Bridget Steelman .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Phoebe Pruitt born Abt 1768.
Bright Pruitt born 9 Jun 1770.
Prudence Pruitt born Abt 1772.
Rebecca Jane Pruitt born Abt 1773.

Michael Pruitt died Aft 1813 at Greenville, South Carolina .