Elizabeth Ann Seabolt Pruitt (1781-1870)

Elizabeth Ann Seabolt Pruitt

Birth

23 May 1781

Maryland, USA

Death

25 Feb 1870 (aged 88)

Hall, Morgan County, Indiana, USA

Burial

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

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Age: 88y-9m-2d
Wife of Brite Pruitt

Elizabeth "Betsy" Seapall was born May 21, 1781 in Maryland (source 1850 census).

Spelling of last name might be SEABOLT because her daughter Margaret named her son AMOS SEABOLT BRADLEY.

She married Jacob Crum on Aug 24, 1798 (source Virginia marriages 1660-1800) in Montgomery County, VA. There are variations in Jacob's birthplace - Ireland is what Jacob's son (Hiram) lists in the 1880 census.

Jacob and Elizabeth have 9 children together: Elizabeth (1804-1824), Mary Polly (1804-1824), George C (1805-1880), Peter Joseph (1805-1880), Martha Melinda (1805-1870), David (1809-?), Jacob C (1809-1899), Elias (1810-1856) and Hiram Calvin (1814-1887).

1810 Census shows her (without a spouse) in Jefferson County, KY with 5 children (doesn't list names) possibly Elizabeth, Mary, George, Peter, Martha, David or Jacob.

Most listings of Jacob Crum's death is 1815. However, Jacob is not listed on the 1810 census so I'm not sure if he was hospitalized or away or died before 1810.

After Jacob's death, Elizabeth married Brite Pruitt on Sept 5, 1815 (source Kentucky marriages 1802-1850) in Jefferson County, KY.

1831-1834 there are land records for Brite Pruitt in Morgan, Indiana.

Elizabeth & Brite are shown to have 4 children together: Katherine "Kittie" (1816-1874), Margaret (1818-1905), Bright Jr (1820-1858) and Anna Crow (1821-1883).

Brite had 11 children from first wife, Annister. They are Phoebe (1785-1835), Eli (1791-1868), James (1793-1846), Pheraby (1795-1835), Elizabeth (1797-1845), Matilda (1799-?), Mahala (1801-?), Michael (1804-1869), Nancy (1806-1880), William (1809-1849) and Hannah (1812-?).

Brite died Feb 13, 1836 in Gregg, Morgan County, Indiana.

1850 census shows Elizabeth living alone in Gregg, Morgan County, Indiana at the age of 69.

She died Feb 25, 1870.

(Info above was gathered by Debra Seargent Overby - Elizabeth is my 4th great-grandmother). Any additions or corrections would be greatly appreciated.

God bless a woman who helped raise 24 children. She must have been amazing!