Chambers County AlArchives Biographies.....Henry Pruett
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Elisabeth Green-Streeter egstreeter@knology.net Jan 2003

Henry Pruett served during the War of 1812 in Captain Willis Shivers' 
Company of the Georgia Militia.  In 1850, at the age of 59, Henry Pruett, a 
resident of Chambers Co., AL, applied for bounty land based on his 
service.  In the application, he claims to have been drafted at Davis' 
Store, Hancock Co., GA, and to have served as a draftee under Colonels Few 
and Birdsong.  He claims to have been honourably discharged at 
Waynesborough, GA.  At the age of sixty, in 1851, as a resident of Chambers 
Co., AL, he applied for bounty land based on his service.  In his 
application, he claimed to have been drafted into the service at Davis 
Store, GA, on or about the first day of September 1813.  He was commanded 
by Colonel Ignatius Few at the beginning of his service, and by Colonel 
Birdsong at the end of his service.  He was discharged at Waynesborough, 
GA, in March of 1814.  This was his second application for bounty land, the 
first being denied because he did not submit any evidence of discharge.  In 
1855, at the age of 63, Henry applied for additional bounty land, after 
having received 80 acres from his original two applications.  He was living 
in Fredonia, Chambers Co., AL in 1855.  John Gay and Francis Stephens both 
gave affidavits for this application.

In 1871, as a resident of Randolph Co., AL, Henry Pruett applied for a 
pension based on his military service during the War of 1812.  In his 
application, he claims to be the widower of Elizabeth Castleberry and that 
they were married at or near Shivers' Mills in Hancock Co., GA, on 23 NOV 
1817.  He further states that he was stationed at Savannah, GA, during 
almost the entire period of service, and was not connected with any 
historical event of importance during the war.  R. H. Bolt and W. E. 
Henderson gave affidavits for the pension application.  The auditor's 
department states that military rolls show Henry Pruett served for 158 days 
in the Georgia Militia.  Survivor's Pension file No. 13381 shows that Henry 
Pruett received a pension of eight dollars per month starting in February 
of 1871.

I do not know where Henry Pruett was living at the time of his death.

Sources:
1) 1820 Hancock Co., GA, Federal Census, p. 99
2) 1830 Troup Co., GA, Federal Census, Capt. Howell's District, p. 44
3) 1840 Chambers Co., AL, Federal Census, p. 216
4) 1850 Chambers Co., AL, Federal Census, p. 389A
5) 1860 Chambers Co., AL, Federal Census, p. 163 (877)
6) Henry Prewit listed in War of 1812 Service Records, 3rd Reg't. (Few's) GA Militia
7) Henry Pruett's application for bounty land dated 18 NOV 1850, Chambers Co., AL
8) Henry Pruett's amended application for bounty land dated 09 SEP 1851 (Awarded 80 acres), Chambers Co., AL
9) Henry Pruitt's application for additional bounty land dated 07 APR 1855, Chambers Co., AL
10) Henry Pruett's application for military pension, dated 22 JUN 1871, Randolph Co., AL (lists his age as 82 years, 
    residence as Roanoke, marriage to Elizabeth Castleberry in Hancock Co., GA on 23 NOV 1817)
11) Military Pension Case No. 20786, Henry Pruett, Admitted 26 FEB 1872.
12) War of 1812 Survivor's Pension No. 13381, Certificate dated 02 MAR 1872.
 
Elisabeth Green-Streeter
egstreeter@knology.net