Lewis Puckett & Rhoda Newby family, Part 1

 This is the first of a series of posts involving the family of Lewis Puckett and his wife Rhoda Newby.

Daughters who married in Virginia

Edney Puckett to Ethrol Pitchford, Amelia Co, VA - 15 Sep 1830 - marriage record does not state parentage of either.  In Chesterfield Co, VA OB 29:4, 13 Mar 1837, a road crew order lists the following men in a row "Asa Perdue , Thomas Perdue, Ethrall Pitchfort".  All three were married to daughters of Lewis Puckett and Rhoda Newby.  By 1840, "Etheal Pitchfort" was on the 1840 Federal Census (FC) of White Co, TN.  In 1850, Ethel Pitchfort is on the FC of White Co, TN; he is 45, born in VA, with 'Emily' 35, VA and children born in VA and TN.  In 1860 FC of White Co, TN, again we find Etherel & Emily Pitchfort, but he must must have died before 1870, as the 1870 and 1880 censuses list just Edney Pitchfort.  In White Co, TN Probate Deed Book E:40, Ethel Pitchfort and his wife Edney, on 11 Apr 1853, gave Power of Attorney to William M Puckett (who was Edney's uncle).  Unknown why Edney listed as Emily in the 1850 and 1860 censuses, perhaps a middle name.

Edney was probably a nickname for Edna.  In Chesterfield Co, VA DB 27:644, Lewis Puckett, on 1 Aug 1829, gave to "my daughter Edna Puckett" for love and affection and one dollar, his inheritance he was due from "the estate of my father John Puckett deceased" as well as his interest in the estate of "my mother Dorothy L Puckett at her decease".

Martha Puckett married Thomas Perdue in Amelia Co, VA on 24 Dec 1832; the marriage record says she was the daughter of Lewis Puckett.  Exactly 3 years later, on 24 Dec 1835, Frances Puckett married Asa Perdue in Amelia Co, VA; the marriage record does not list parentage of either.  

Martha was buried at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, VA, which has very good records.  The record of her burial states she died 24 Sep 1862 at age 50 of typhoid fever, that she was the wife of Thomas S Perdue, and she was born in Chesterfield Co, the daughter of Lewis and Rhonda [sic] Puckett.

Virginia Death Records state that Frances Perdue died 5 Sep 1893 at age 80 in Matoaca, Chesterfield, VA; that she was born in Chesterfield; that she was the widow of Asa Perdue and the daughter of Lewis and Rhoda Puckett.

Asa and Frances Perdue were in Chesterfield Co, VA for the 1850 census after which Asa must have died, since Frances is listed without a husband, living with her children, in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 censuses.  Thomas and Martha Perdue were in Chesterfield Co, VA for the 1850 census, and in Petersburg, VA for the 1860 census.

Martha Puckett and Frances Puckett have been conflated, confused and combined into "Martha Frances Puckett" in multiple online genealogies, but they were two separate women, sisters who were both daughters of Lewis Puckett and Rhoda Newby.