Quaker Pucketts

Sylvia Ridenour Olson's mother was Hazel Puckett (1882 - 1969), she the daughter of Francis Puckett (1859 - 1931), he the son of James B Puckett (1829 - 1899), son of James Puckett (1788 - circa 1860), son of Thomas Puckett, the progenitor of a large Puckett family of Quakers.

Our basic knowledge of Thomas Puckett the Quaker, and his father Isham Puckett Sr, comes from  the book A history of Welcome Garrett and his descendants by Samuel B Garret, as I discuss on my page for Womack Puckett.

Sylvia R Olson studied the Quaker Pucketts extensively, and created a large set of 3x5 cards with info on hundreds of Puckett individuals.  These cards were microfilmed by LDS, and available at FamilySearch (click this link, requires free FamilySearch login).  The cards are arranged alphabetically by name.

Richard Puckett, son of Thomas the first Quaker, and wife Hannah had several children.  After Richard died, Hannah and the children moved to Indiana.  In Surry Co, NC Deed Book U:288, Hannah and her children gave Power of Attorney to David Puckett (another child of Richard & Hannah) to settle the estate of Richard Puckett in North Carolina.  

Surry Co, NC DB U:288 - Power of attorney, David Puckett from Hannah Puckett and others.  Hannah Pucket widow and Thomas Pucket, Isam Pucket, Moses Pucket and Betsey Pucket his wife, Joseph Pucket, Richard Pucket, Elihu Pucket, Phebe Pucket, Nancy Combs Pucket, Levina Pucket and Lewis Pucket heirs of Richard Pucket deceased of Vigo Co, IN make Daniel Pucket our Attorney to settle the estate of Richard Pucket in Surry Co, NC.  Signed 19 Sep 1832.  Signed by Hannah Pucket, Thomas Pucket, Moses Pucket, Betsy Pucket, Richard Pucket, Joseph Pucket, Elihu Pucket, Phebe Pucket, Levina Pucket, Lewis Pucket.  Witnesses Isom Garrett, Patterson M Wire.  

The question arises whether Moses Puckett in the Power of Attorney above was the son of Richard and Hannah, or a son-in-law who married their daughter Elizabeth.  Moses Puckett married Elizabeth Puckett 13 June 1818 in Surry Co, NC with Benjamin Taylor bondsman.  The wording of the Power of Attorney means that Moses was a son-in-law of Richard, acting in the right of his wife Elizabeth, nickname  'Betsy'.

According to Sylvia Olson, Moses was Elizabeth's first cousin, the son of Benjamin Puckett - link here.  If so, Moses came back to NC to marry Elizabeth, because in 1809, Moses witnessed a deed to his father in Knox Co, OH (DB B:102).

A guardian report in Surry Co, NC (Record of Estates 1818-1824:54) shows Samuel Pfaff was the guardian of Elizabeth Puckett and Nancy Puckett.  Pfaff settled Elizabeth's share with her husband, Moses Puckett.  He gave Nancy Puckett her share a few days before she came of age, right before she moved to "the western country" with a bond from Nancy's mother to indemnify him.  He also received money from the administrator to pay for school for David Puckett.   The "Richard Puckett 1815" estate file shows Pfaff as guardian to some of Richard's children.  

So, Moses Puckett was Richard Puckett's son-in-law.

Moses Puckett was on the 1820 census of Clinton Co, OH and the 1830 census of Vigo Co, IN.  The Moses Puckett on the 1840 census of Clinton Co, OH was another Moses Puckett, son of James Puckett son of Thomas the Quaker, and thus first cousin of both Moses Puckett and his wife Elizabeth.  Moses Puckett son of James was on the 1850 census of Hamilton Co, IN.  

Clinton Co, OH DB D:234, a deed made in 1824 where the sellers were Benjamin Puckett and wife Catherine, James Puckett and wife Mary, and Moses Puckett and wife Betsy.  Proof that after marrying, Moses Puckett and his wife Elizabeth Puckett lived for a time in Ohio before moving to Indiana.

John Puckett of Amherst County, Virginia

 In 1756, a John Puckett was an overseer for Peter Jefferson, father of President Thomas Jefferson, in Albemarle Co, VA.  See book 'The Lee Harmon Manuscript' at Internet Archive, Chapter V, p.104.  The footnote for this is missing from the footnote section for Chapter 5 at the end of the book, but I assume it comes from the papers of Peter Jefferson, who had four large plantations in Albemarle County.  John Puckett may have worked at Jefferson's Shadwell Plantation, a little east of Charlottesville.

A John Puckett bought land in Albemarle Co, VA in 1765:  DB 4:100 - 11 Jul 1765, William Kippes to John Puckett, both of Albemarle Co, for 20 pounds, tract in Albemarle Co, South Branches of Hardware River, 200 acres, mentions corner of John Howard and Stephens. Signed Wm Kippes.  No witnesses.  July 1765 Albemarle Court, acknowledged by William Kippes.

Also, DB 4:500 - 25 Oct 1765, John Howard & John Puckett of Albemarle to Randolph Johnson of Cumberland Co, for 8 pounds, land in Albemarle, part of a 400 acre tract granted to aforesaid John Howard on Dabeys Creek.  Mentions William Kippe's corner, Jacob Oglesby's line, John Howard's corner.  Signed John Howard (J H his mark), John Puckett (+ his mark).  No witnesses.  Apr 1768, Albemarle Court - acknowledged by John Howard and John Puckett, Katey [?, later deeds show John Howard's wife was Catherine, Katey a nickname] wife of said Howard relinquished Dower.

Fluvanna Co, VA was formed 1 July 1777 from the eastern part of Albemarle Co.  Hardware River arises in modern Albemarle Co and flows into Fluvanna Co where it joins the James River.  Dobby Creek, called Dabeys Creek in the deed above, is a small creek in Fluvanna Co that flows into Hardware River in what is now the Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area.  So, the area in the two above deeds was in the part of Albemarle Co which became Fluvanna in 1777.

In 1764, John Howard sold land to George Duncan - Albemarle Co, VA DB 4:11 1764, John Howard & Catherine his wife to George Duncan, all of Albemarle Co, 20 acres, part of a patent granted 17 June 1738 of 200 acres to Jacob Shephard, and from him conveyed to said John Howard, on Hardware River, mention John Stevens line.  Signed John Howard (J H his mark), Catherine Howard (+ her mark).  No witnesses.  19 Oct 1764, court for Albemarle Co, acknowledged by John Howard and Katherine his wife.

In 1779, John Puckett, an inhabitant of Amherst Co, VA, sold 200 acres in Fluvanna Co, VA.

Fluvanna Co, VA DB 1:157 - 17 Feb 1779, John Puckett of Amherst Co, VA to George Duncan of Fluvanna Co, VA, for 25 pounds, 200 acres in Fluvanna joining the lines of said Duncan, Christopher Watts and Shadrack Ogelsby [Oglesby].  Signed John Puckett (+ his mark).  Witnesses Jno Wmson [John Williamson], John Duncan, Lewis Hancock.  Fluvanna Court 4 Mar 1779, proved by oaths of John Williamson, John Duncan and Lewis Handcock.

Although the deed does not mention any waterways, this appears to be the same 200 acres purchased by John Puckett in 1765 on Hardware River.  Almost certainly this is the same John Puckett selling that land in 1777.

John Puckett bought land in Amherst Co, VA in 1771.  In 1776, John Puckett sold part of that land to Jacob Puckett, and the description mentions William Oglesby's line - a probable connection to the Oglesby neighbors in the Albemarle and Fluvanna deeds above.

John Puckett was listed an the 1787 tax list of Amherst Co, VA as tax exempt.  Jacob Puckett is also on this list and was taxed for one white poll.  The 1787 tax list was different than those before or after, because the state of Virginia had instructed all counties to list by name all white males over 16, even those who were tax exempt.  In this way, the 1787 tax list has been used as substitute for the lost 1790 Federal Census of Virginia.  Virginia did not have automatic tax exemptions, but the courts could grant an exemption to someone who was old or disabled, though they still had to pay taxes on certain personal property if they owned it.  They were exempt from the poll tax on white males over 16.

John Puckett appears to have been alive for several more years, acting as the bondsman on several marriages in Amherst Co.  The last appearance was when a John Puckett was the bondman for the marriage of Benjamin Sneed to Silvey Enicks in 1797.

John Puckett and Jacob Puckett signed a Legislative Petition in 1776 - search the Library of Virginia catalog for 'Dissenters in Albemarle, Amherst, & Buckingham: Petition' - there are two petitions with this name, both dated 22 Oct 1776.  John Puckett and Jacob Puckett are listed on one of them.

Assuming John Puckett who was on overseer for Peter Jefferson in 1756 was the same as the John Puckett of the 1765 Albemarle Co, VA deeds, this makes us rethink this John Puckett.  He was probably the father of Jacob Puckett, and not Jacob's brother as has been theorized.  We can guess this John Puckett was born circa 1736, making him about 20 when he worked for Peter Jefferson, and old enough to be Jacob Puckett's father - census records show Jacob was born in the 1750s.  By 1787, John Puckett was around 51 years old, and tax exempt.  John Puckett may be the son of Daniel Puckett of Buckingham Co, VA, but if so, he came west from Chesterfield Co, VA to the Peter Jefferson plantation in Albemarle Co, VA well before Daniel Puckett left Chesterfield.

Two Robert Pucketts

 There were two Robert Pucketts in Virginia in the late 1700s, one the son of Douglass Puckett, and one the son of Daniel Puckett.

The Robert Puckett who married Elizabeth Rice and had several children with her, as well as several children with mistress Sarah 'Sally' Potter, is well-known thru records of Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell counties in Virginia.  Robert's will named both sets of children.  Robert died from a gunshot wound, and his son, Robert Potter alias Puckett, was tried and acquitted of murder.  There are multiple records that tie this Robert to Douglass Puckett.

The other Robert Puckett is fairly unknown.  When Daniel Puckett, a resident of Buckingham Co, VA, sold land in Chesterfield Co, VA in 1780, two of the witnesses were Robert Puckett and Rachel Puckett.  There are few remaining records of Buckingham Co, VA; most early records were lost.  However, Robert Puckett appears on a 1773/1774 tax list of Buckingham that survived.  Robert Puckett also signed a Legislative Petition from Buckingham Co, VA in 1777.  

Daniel Puckett had a Virginia Land patent in northern Buckingham Co, VA, very close to where Buckingham joins the counties of Albemarle and Fluvanna.

By 1782, Robert Puckett, son of Daniel, appears to have moved to Fluvanna Co, VA, where he appears on tax lists from 1782 to 1817.  

Benjamin Puckett and Stephen Puckett also appear in Fluvanna records, likely sons of this Robert.  Benjamin Puckett, born circa 1781, was on the 1850 Federal Census Of Buckingham Co, VA, listed as age 65 with wife Polly.  His death was recorded in Virginia Death Registers, which state he died 17 June 1859 in Buckingham Co, age 78 (thus born circa 1781), wife Polly Pucket.  Most importantly, this record state he was born in Fluvanna Co, VA.

There were multiple Puckett marriages in Fluvanna Co, VA,

• James Thomas to Polley Puckett, 5 Jan 1801, Stephen Puckett bondsman, Robert Puckett consent
• Stephen Puckett to Polley Moore, 6 Nov 1801
• Robert Anderson to Rachel Puckett, 3 Sep 1808, John Thomas bondsman, Robert Puckett father
• Hiram Dawson to Jane Puckett, 23 Mar 1814
• Edmond Slaughter to Sally Puckett, 29 Dec 1816

Note that Robert Puckett had a daughter Rachel Puckett who married Robert Anderson.  This Rachel Puckett was unlikely the same Rachel Puckett who witnessed Daniel Puckett's 1780 deed along with Robert Puckett, but likely named for her.  The 1780 Rachel Puckett could have been Robert's sister or wife - it was fairly common to name girls after their mother then.

So, there were two Robert Pucketts, one with lots of records who was the son of Douglass Puckett, the other with fewer records, the probable son of Daniel Puckett.

Puckett - Surry County, North Carolina Land Entries

From the book, SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LAND ENTRIES 1778 —1781 by JOSEPH WINSTON, at FamilySearch books.

#1208.  SAMUEL HUMPHRIS enters 100 acres of land in Surry Co. on the FLATT SHOLE CREEK above the main road including ISHAM PUCKETT's improvement for quantity —December 31, 1778. [Warrant granted]

#1243.  JOSEPH WILLIAMS enters 220 acres of land in Surry Co. on FLATT SHOLE CREEK including THOMAS PUCKETT'S improvement for quantity —January 2, 1779. [Warrant granted]

#2165.  REUBEN MATTHIAS enters 100 acres on the waters of FLAT SHOLE CREEK, including PAGE PUCKET'S improvement —July 13, 1781. [Warrant issued to THOS. WORD November 12, 1802 by J. W., C. C.]

Isham Puckett, Thomas Puckett and Page Puckett all believed to be sons of Isham Puckett Sr and his wife, Martha LNU.

Isham Puckett Jr moved north into Henry Co, VA by 1785 (tax lists), the part of Henry which later became Patrick County in 1791.

Page Puckett moved to Union Co, SC by the 1790 Census.

Thomas Puckett stayed in Surry Co, NC, though he also has records in Grayson Co, VA.  Thomas Puckett and his descendants were Quakers.

The 'FLAT SHOLE CREEK' in these records believed to the modern Flat Shoal Creek in modern Surry Co, NC, flows under I-74 near Long Hill, and flows into Ararat River.  There is another 'Flat Shoals Creek' in modern Stoke Co, NC, near Stokes Early College; this Flat Shoals Creek flows into the Dan River.  Some Puckett researchers have confused these creeks, since Stokes Co, NC is right next to Surry Co, NC, and Stokes was formed from Surry in 1789.

It was common for settlers to 'squat' on land and start improving it - clearing some if it, planting crops, building houses.  The squatter was in good position to get a land entry, which led to a grant from the state of North Carolina.  Sometimes the squatters sold the right to an entry to someone else.  That appears to be the case with the Puckett men.  Though Isham and Page moved on, Thomas stayed and eventually got a NC land grant in Surry Co, NC.

Boaz Puckett - rough notes

Boaz Puckett appears to have been a son of Womack Puckett Sr and Mabel Walthall.  His first name spelled variously in records as Bows, Bose, Booz, etc.

Bows Puckett listed as a tithe (white male over 16) in household of father Womack Puckett Sr in the 1752 partial tax list of Chesterfield Co, VA:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family/colonial-tax-lists

The death of Womack Puckett Sr set off litigation until Ephraim Puckett, who was evidently the eldest son and had inherited his father's land by primogeniture, gifted that land to Womack Puckett Jr by deed.

• Chesterfield OB 2:317 img 477 - June 1757 Womack Puckett deceased more than 3 months, sheriff to administer
• Chesterfield OB 2:378 img 508 - Jan 1758 - Bows Puckett vs Womack Puckett
• Chesterfield OB 2:385 img 511 - Mar 1758 - Deed Ephraim Puckett to Womack Puckett
• Chesterfield OB 2:387 img 512 - Mar 1758 - Suit brought by Womack Puckett against Ephraim Bose & Mabil Puckett dismissed being agreed

The records don't say what the litigation was about.  Note that these records also show that Mable Walthall Puckett was alive in March 1758.  Notably, Isham Puckett, son of Womack Puckett Sr & Mable Walthall, is not mentioned; he had probably already moved away, and shows up in Lunenburg Co, VA by 1762.

Boaz had to be 16 or older in 1752 to be a tithe, and he had to be 21 or older in 1758 to sue in court.

Boaz next appears buying land in Mecklenburg Co, VA in 1777:

Mecklenburg Co, VA DB 5:112 (007895939:82) - 9 Sep 1777, John Brown Jr of MC to Booz [?] Puckett of MC, S side Avens Creek, Floyd’s line, 25 acres.  Wit:  Henry Pennington, Thomas Fowler, Philip Pennington.  Court 10 Nov 1777 ack by John Brown Jr. [OB 4:377/212]

From Deed Mapper, John Brown had a VA land patent near Pennington land patents, and within a couple miles of Isham Puckett's 1762 grant (VPB 35:55).  

Avens Creek is now called Evans Creek, a tributary of Meherrin River in Mecklenburg Co, VA:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/W6HSc6fjgSpAroV87 

Note it is near Taylors Creek, where Isham Puckett's land patent was, and near Interstate 85, Exit 12 interchange with US Route 58,   On the west side of I-85, and south of the town of South Hill is Flat Creek, where Thomas Taylor had a patent; Thomas Taylor's patent just west of Isham Puckett's patent.

Next records for Boaz Puckett are from Mecklenburg Co, VA order books:

OB 6:57 img 48 - June 1784 - Boaz Puckett exempt from levies, being old and infirm

OB 6:553 img 286 - July 1786 - Bannister Puckett orphan of Boaz Puckett deceased to be bound out.  Boaz Puckett died intestate with small estate which no person will administer, sheriff ordered to dispose of estate.

There are a couple other Mecklenburg records that might be related to Boaz Puckett.  

OB 6:4 img 22 - May 1784 - Grief Puckett apprentice to Stephen Mabry bound out

OB 7:72 img 432 - Aug 1787 - Susannah Puckett vs Senior Douglass

Note that Grief Puckett was bound out before Boaz Puckett died, but sometimes children were taken from homes where parents could not provide.  Grief Puckett may be the son of Boaz.  More on Grief Puckett:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family/chester-county-south-carolina

Susannah Puckett was possibly the widow of Boaz Puckett.  This was a "quiet period" for Puckett activity in Mecklenburg Co, VA.  Ephraim Puckett and Isham Puckett had left.  Shippy Allen Puckett had moved away as well, but just across the state line in what is now Warren Co, NC, though some of his daughters married in Mecklenburg.  It is possible Susannah Puckett was somehow related to Shippy Allen Puckett.  Later, around 1800, Abraham Puckett would move from Chesterfield Co, VA and buy land in Mecklenburg Co; Bannister Puckett has been mistakenly attributed as Abraham's son.

Note that William Smith Puckett's mother was supposedly Susannah Smith, married to an unknown Puckett.  William Smith Puckett seems somehow related to Grief Puckett, see link above.

If this Susannah Puckett was the widow of Boaz Puckett and the mother of William Smith Puckett, then she had William Smith Puckett out of wedlock, since he was born circa 1795 in SC.

I will do a future post on Bannister Puckett, son of Boaz Puckett.

David Puckett, Frances Butler - rough notes

Working mostly off memory, so probably a few mistakes -  David Puckett married Frances Butler in Prince Edward Co, VA in 1771, she the daughter of Aaron Butler, mentioned in his will.  David Puckett had at least 2 daughters, both married McDearman men in PE Co, VA (see PE marriage records), before David left.

David Puckett had a son and grandsons  named Douglas, but unsure if he was the son or nephew of the original Douglass Puckett.

Tax records show David in PE Co, VA to about 1806, near Aaron Puckett and Edmund Puckett, his sons.  Other Pucketts in PE in late 1700s/early 1800s include Peter Puckett (son of original Douglass, moved to Wilkes Co, GA by late 1780s), James & Joel Puckett (sons of Thomas Hobby Puckett of Lunenburg Co, VA).

David likely moved to Georgia since his sons were there.  There was a PE Co, VA chancery case trying to sue David Puckett (1808-007) and Edmund Puckett, but it appears they had already left Virginia.  David possibly the David Puckett with 1825 land grant in Franklin Co, GA.

Sons of David Puckett & Frances Butler:

Edmund Butler Puckett married Betsey Gray, 1812, Putnam Co, GA.  1830 census Jasper Co, GA.  1841 administrator bond, Stewart Co, GA for estate of Edmund Puckett by Elizabeth Puckett and David G Puckett.

Aaron Butler Puckett married Sarah H LNU, records in Pulaski Co, GA.  Won land in Gwinnett Co, GA in one of the GA land lotteries.  Widow Sarah on 1830 census Gwinnet Co, GA, next to son Edmund D[ouglass?] Puckett, one of several confusing Puckett lines in Gwinnett/Hall Co area.  Edmund D Puckett had married Nancy Pulliam in Franklin Co, GA.  Widow Sarah married next William Richardson 1848 in Gwinnett.  By 1870, listed in Bartow Co, GA as Sarah H R Puckett, age 83, born in VA with son Ed[mund] D Puckett, age 60, GA.  Sarah interred in Puckett Cemetery (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8752677/sarah-richardson), along with grandson Edmund Douglass Puckett Jr and others of this family.

John H Puckett married Tabitha Richards in Greene Co, GA, 1811.  Family bible lists birthdates of 9 kids, who by their names are obviously descendants of David Puckett & Frances Butler.  Bible link at ancestry (2 pages).  Tabitha buried in Rockdale Co, GA (formed from Newton).  John H Puckett on 1860 census of Newton Co, GA, then moved to Camp Co, TX where he died: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43305509/john-h.-pucket 

Douglass Puckett moved to Alabama.  In the Rev War Pension Application for Edmund Butler of Monroe Co, AL for naval service, Douglass Puckett signed a statement in 1829 saying he had known Edmund Butler for 40 years.  Douglass Puckett had BLM land grants in Dallas Co, AL, which he sold, one to a John B Butler.  Apparently then moved to Newton (later Rockdale) Co, GA, near brother John H Puckett.  Douglass Puckett apparently never married or had children.  Buried in same cemetery as sister-in-law Tabitha Richards Puckett, and mistakenly attributed as her husband on find-a-grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31756320/douglas-puckett 

In several GA counties where these Pucketts lived, other Puckett lines wee in the same county, making it hard to separate these lines.  The descendants of David Puckett & Frances Butler are a significant portion of the early Puckett records in Georgia.

Slowly documenting this here:  https://sites.google.com/site/womackgen/puckett-family

This is just rough notes, but maybe enough for another researcher to follow.

Book 'Pucketts and Their Kin' - Some Serious Mistakes

The book 'Pucketts and Their Kin' is on Internet Archives here:  https://archive.org/details/somepuckettsthei00garr.

This book was privately compiled and published by Hester Elizabeth Garrett in 1960.  It certainly has some great research, but in double-checking the records cited, there are some serious mistakes which have thrown off Puckett researchers for decades.

I will eventually try to make a full list of the mistakes, but a few in particular are the most egregious.

Page 2 - Marriage of James Westbrook and Elizabeth Westbrook did NOT happen ca 1678-9.  Garret cites the wrong record book, but correct page number.  The record is in record book Henrico Co, VA Wills, Deeds, etc. (which I abbreviate WD) 1697-1704, page 96.  My full abbreviation is Henrico Co, VA WD 1697-1704:96.  This book is sometimes erroneously called WD 1697-1699, but that is just the 1892 copy, which only copied records before 1700 (In the late 1800s, genealogy was becoming popular, and the old record books were falling apart from being handled so much, so Virginia had many of the pre-1700 records hand-copied.  The copies of Henrico records were made in 1892.)

The marriage record of James Westbrook and Elizabeth Westbrook is in Henrico Co, VA WD 1697-1704:96.  FamilySearch has images of the original (digitized film 007645094:51) and the 1892 copy (007676115:171).  The original is too difficult to read, partially due to the original record fading, and partially due to poor microfilm photography.  The 1892 copy is legible.  There is a list of probates and marriage licenses under the heading 'An Acct of Probat admcon Returned to Mr Sectys office Aprill ye 13th 1698' (An Account of Probate Administration Returned to Mr Secretary's office 13 Apr 1698).  One of the lines below that heading is for a marriage license:

Jany 3rd 97 James West Brook with Eliz. Puckett

This license was granted 3 Jan 1798 the way we reckon dates now.  See my article on Old Style Dates for why it was written as 3 Jan 1797.  James Westbrook and Elizabeth Puckett may have married the same day the license was granted, but likely the wedding was a few days later.

Note that Garret also says the marriage of Thomas Jefferson with Mary Field was in 1678-9 on the same page as the James Westbook & Elizabeth Puckett marriage.  However, the marriage license for Thomas Jefferson & Mary Field was granted 20 Nov 1697, which is a well-known fact given these were the grandparents of President Thomas Jefferson.  In the 1892 copy, the marriage license is recorded 3 lines above the Westbrook license with date '9br ye 20th 1697'.  9br was an old abbreviation for November.

Page 23 - Reported record for "Tyree Puckett" was actually for Gyll Furkett (Gill Fuquett).  Garret cites Henrico Co, VA WD  1672-1692:70, which is a bad citation, because the book is actually WD 1677-1692.  Garret must have got her notes confused, because she says the record is something about Tyree Puckett being a neighbor of Abraham Womecke (Womack) and Richard Kennon, dated 9 Mar 1678.  

This was actually a list of people accused of various infractions by sheriff Samuel Knibb; these infractions occurred at various times in 1678 and early 1679.  Many of the people were accused of public drunkenness, including Abraham Womack.  One of the lines in the list says "Aprill ye 21st [1678] Gyll Furkett told me that he was drunke" (007645093:18, 1892 Copy: 007642295:21).  I guess Garret misread this as Tyree Puckett.  

The pre-1700 records of Henrico Co, VA have mostly been fully indexed.  There are a few other references to Gill Fuquett or Gyll Furquett.  This appears to be a French name, and there were many French Huguenot refugees in Henrico Co, VA.  In old handwriting of the time, F at the beginning of a word was often written as a double-f, so it looks like "ffurkett" which looks kind of similar to Puckett.  However, this was not a Puckett reference, and there was no 'Tyree Puckett'.

Page 23 and Page 7 - William Puckett did NOT have a will dated 20 Nov 1682.  This stems from a badly abstracted deed record, Chesterfield Co, VA DB 1:534 (008578886:272, note you need to go to the Tools button and adjust the image contrast and brightness to read it).  In the deed, Lewis Puckett of Amelia Co, VA sells land to William Walthall on 17 Feb 1753.  The deed states “which said tract of 108 acres of land was given to the said Lewis Pucket by the last will and testament of his father William Pucket as more fully appears by one patent bearing date 20 Nov 1682”.  This does NOT say that William Puckett's will was dated 20 Nov 1682.  It says there was a patent dated 20 Nov 1682, meaning the land in the deed was part of that patent.

This was a reference to VPB (Virginia Patent Book) 7:200 (008570201:205), dated 20 Nov 1682 for 757 acres to William and Thomas Puckett.  A close reading shows that 500 acres was from the patent to John Puckett (father of William and Thomas), VPB 5:482 (008570200:780), copy in VPB 5 (Copy):589 (008570199:595); patent in 1665.  The other 257 acres was new land.  

It was quite common to reaffirm old patents when getting new patents as a way to remind the colonial government that one had legal title to the land.  An agreement contract between William Puckett and Thomas Puckett in Henrico Co, VA WD 1688-1697:3, dated 12 Oct 1688, states that Thomas and William inherited the 500 acres by the will of their father, John Puckett.  The will itself is lost, but is mentioned in Henrico Co, VA court records.

Anyhow, Lewis Puckett was the son of William Puckett Jr, son of William Puckett who, along with brother Thomas, had the 1682 patent.  Lewis Puckett was merely stating that the 108 acres he inherited from his father William Puckett (Jr) was part of the 1682 patent granted to Lewis's grandfather, William Puckett Sr, and great-uncle, Thomas Puckett.  William Puckett (Jr) died in Henrico Co, VA in June 1739 (see Chesterfield Co, VA Chancery Case Case 1764-002, William Walthall vs Thomas Pucket).  William Puckett (Jr) made a will which is mentioned in a few records, but the record book with the actual will is lost.  In any case, his will was not dated in 1682.