| 8. | Curtis Jett was born on 5 Jan 1815 in Middle Fork Kentukcy River, Breathitt Co., Kentucky; died on 4 May 1878 in Old Home Place, Breathitt County, Kentucky. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1840
- Census: 1850
- Occupation: 1850
- Census: 1860
- Occupation: 1860
- Census: 1870
Notes:
Curtis Jett gave the ground to establish a subscription school for his and his neighbors' children. The school was located about 1 1/2 miles from the mouth of Turkey Creek and its confluence with the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. Miss Ann Searcy, from Madison County, Kentucky, near Richmond, was one of the teachers Curtis Jett employed. Miss Ann Searcy married Stephen Jett, Jr., the youngest son of Curtis Jett, even though she was several years older than her husband. When the last of the Jett children had passed through the school, it was discontinued and the property reverted to Curtis Jett.
Together with his son Samuel, Curtis and his brother Newton Jett, acquired title to a number of acres of land in Breathitt and Owsley Counties, Kentucky.
Curtis was a well-to-do farmer, merchang, miller, horse trader, and cattle buyer who spent his life in the Clay/Breathitt County areas of Kentucky.
Due to increasing troubles, brought about by the Little-Crockrell feud, and the Jetts having allied themselves with the Cockrells against the Littles. Curtis Jett purchased a 205.5 acre farm on Muddy Creek in Madison County, Kentucky from Noah H. Tevis and his wife (deed book 23, p 49) on January 8, 1877. He immediately sent his son, Hiram Jett and Hiram's family away from Breathitt County to this farm in Madison County in an effort to isolate his son from the troubles in Breathitt County.
Curtis married Nancy Susan Bryant on 14 May 1839 in Estill County, Kentucky. Nancy (daughter of Hiram Bryant and Sarah Evans) was born on 12 Mar 1821 in Estill County, KY; died on 2 Nov 1890 in Old Home Place, Breathitt County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1922 - 1937 (15 years)
