William "Bill" Pruett

1837 - 1924  (~ 86 years)

• Name	William "Bill" Pruett
  Born	Mar 1837	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Military	2 Aug 1862	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Civil War
  Enlisted as a Private on 02 August 1862; Enlisted in Company H, 29th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 02 August 1862; On rolls on 15 February 1863; Hospitalized on 15 March 1863; On rolls on 15 April 1864; On rolls on 15 December 1864 Enlist Date 02 August 1862 Residence Tazewell County, Virginia Enlist Rank Private Discharge Rank Private State Served Virginia Company H Unit 29 Virginia Infantry 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry was authorized in November, 1861, and was to contain seven companies under Colonel A.C. Moore and three companies at Pound Gap. However, this organization never took place. Moore's five companies from Abingdon and companies raised in the spring of 1862 evidently made up the nine-company regiment. It was assigned to the Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia, then moved to Kentucky where it was engaged at Middle Creek. Later it saw action in Western Virginia and for a time served in North Carolina under General French. In March, 1863, it totaled 732 men. Attached to General Corse's Brigade the unit participated in Longstreet's Suffolk Expedition and during the Gettysburg Campaign was on detached duty in Tennessee and North Carolina. In the spring of 1864 it returned to Virginia and took its place in the Petersburg trenches north and south of the James River and ended the war at Appomattox. Many were lost at Sayler's Creek, and only 1 officer and 27 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Giles and Alfred C. Moore; Lieutenant Colonels Alexander Haynes, William Leigh, and Edwin R. Smith; and Majors Ebenezer Bruster, William R.B. Horne, and Isaac White. Others in this unit were Calvin C. Pack
  Buried	1924	Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
  Died	24 Jan 1924	Maxwell, Tazewell County, Virginia
  Civil War Veteran Answers Last Call After Months of Illness Maxwell, Va., Jan. 23 - Mr. Bill Pruett, one of Tazewell's well known citizens, died at the home of his daughter, on Tuesday night, January the 8th. he was about 83 years of age, and had been ill since last fall. He was taken sick at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Bandy, on Dicks Creek, and on Saturday before New Years, he was brought to his daughter's at Maxwell, where he only lived a short while. He leaves a son and three daughters to mourn his loss, Mr. Dudley Pruett, of Baptist Valley; Mrs. John Long, of Maxwell; Mrs. Margaret Bandy of Dicks Creek, besides a number of grand children and great grand children. His wife died about 13 years ago. Mr. Pruett was a soldier in the Civil War. He was greatly loved by all that knew him. He always met you with a smile. He joined the Christian church in 1917 and was baptized by Rev. J.S. Meadows. The funeral service was held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. Harvie Bowling, of this place, and the remains were laid to rest in the Maxwell graveyard, where it was his desire to be laid to rest.
  Age	~ 86 years
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  Person ID	P701	Burress
  Last Modified	22 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Archibald Pruett           b. 1814
  Mother	Elizabeth E. Brewster           b. 1817, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife	Nancy "Nannie" J. Earls           b. Sep 1843, Floyd County, Virginia, USA           d. Aug 1910, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1865	Tazewell County, Virginia
  Children	10 children
  1. Louise Isabel Pruett           b. 1861, Tazewell County, Virginia  [natural] + 2. Margaret "Maggie" Pruett           b. Feb 1875, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 05 Apr 1959, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age ~ 84 years)  [natural]   3. Earl Pruett           b. Tazewell County, Virginia  [natural]   4. Sallie Pruett           b. 1876, Tazewell County, Virginia  [natural]   5. James Pruett           b. May 1878, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Jun 1901, Tazewell County, Virginia  (Age ~ 23 years)  [natural]   6. William D. Pruett           b. Apr 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia  [natural]   7. Kate Pruett           b. May 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia  [natural]   8. Dudley W. Pruett           b. 1881, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Aft 1924  (Age > 44 years)  [natural]   9. Charles Linden Pruett           b. 01 May 1884, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. Feb 1916  (Age 31 years)  [natural] + 10. Nancy Lou "Nannie" Pruett           b. Jul 1889, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 10 May 1956  (Age ~ 66 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Mar 1837 - Tazewell County, Virginia Military - Civil War - 2 Aug 1862 - Tazewell County, Virginia Married - 28 Nov 1865 - Tazewell County, Virginia Buried - 1924 - Maxwell Cemetery, Maxwell, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA Died - 24 Jan 1924 - Maxwell, Tazewell County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth
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