Submitted by Mike Pruitt on 17 May 2006:

"Here are some letters that I have concerning John H. Pruitt who he and his
brother Francis Marion Pruitt had enlisted at Fairfield, Freestone Co., Tx
April 27, 1862 in Company D, 10th Texas Infantry organized by Capt. William C.
Wilson during the Civil War.
 
John H. Pruitt was born abt 1844 in Alabama and the he died Aug. 15, 1862  from
Confederate Records reflecting Private in Company D 10th Nelsons Regiment Texas
Infantry in Civil War. Died in Little Rock, Ark. Hospital of Typhoid Fever
after twenty-seven (27) days of medical attention during his service in the
Civil War.
 
John H. Pruitt was the son of John Pruitt and Artemessia Pruitt. They moved to
Texas before 1860 from Hancock Co., Miss. and were listed in the 1860 census of
Freestone Co, Cotton Gin, Tx

In 1860 census of Freestone Co, Tx, Cotton Gin Post Office, page 71
dwelling#210 listed his occupation as mill wright: 

John   Prewitt 53  S. Carolina
Artemessia  Prewitt  42  Georgia
Frances Morrison Prewitt 19  Ala
John H.   Prewitt 15  Ala.
Louisa J.  Prewitt 13  Ala.
Robt J.   Prewitt  11  Miss.
Milton E.  Prewitt 6  Miss.
Benjamin F.  Prewitt  4  Miss.
Wm LA   Prewitt 7/12  Miss. "