Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Tombstone Tuesday~John Washington Previtte


John Washington Previtte*
b. 3 Nov. 1824
d. 19 May 1913
bu. Zoar UMC Cemetery



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Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr
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Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr
John Washington Previtte was a son of William and Catherine Previtte married Elizabeth “Bette’ Davis, daughter of Michael Davis and Hulda Rivers about 1856. They had  11 children, 6 sons and 5 daughters. One of those daughters, Mary Hulda, their second born id my great grandmother having married William James Purvis about 1879.

John Washington Previtte spent his entire life as a farmer in Chesterfield, South Carolina. The 1900 Census for Chesterfield County showed that he owned his own farm.

John Washington Previtte is my 2nd Great Grandfather.





 
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* = Previtte is spelled many ways. Privett, Previtt, Previtte, Privette, etc
[1] James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Self-Published, 1995, page 846. Tombstone of J. W. PREVITT; 1 November 1824–19 May 1913, Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

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