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Curtis Jett

Curtis Jett

Male 1815 - 1878  (63 years)    Has no ancestors but 92 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Curtis Jett  [1, 2] 
    Birth 5 Jan 1815  Middle Fork Kentukcy River, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Census 1850  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Occupation 1850  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Census 1860  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Occupation 1860  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Census 1870  [1, 2, 4, 5] 
    Death 4 May 1878  Old Home Place, Breathitt County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    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.
    Person ID I55565  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family Nancy Susan Bryant,   b. 12 Mar 1821, Estill County, KY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1890, Old Home Place, Breathitt County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 14 May 1839  Estill County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lucy Hearld Jett,   b. Between 1838 and 1873, Illegitamate, Parents Unknown Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1896 and 1958 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Broadus Hampton  m. Between 1859 and 1910
     2. Malvery Blackwell Jett,   b. 30 Jun 1840, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1911 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Samuel South  m. Between 1853 and 1878;   Samuel (Col) Weldon  m. Between 1853 and 1878
     3. Sabina Jett,   b. 14 Feb 1842, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1846, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Of Accidental Poinsoning Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Rachel Jett,   b. 9 Dec 1843, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1846, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Of Accidental Poisoning Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Eleanor (Ellen) Jett,   b. 28 Jan 1846, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1889, Clay Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ David Yancy Little  m. 5 Jun 1866
     6. Eliza Jane Jett,   b. 11 Apr 1848, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1877, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Samuel M. Patrick  m. Between 1861 and 1875
     7. Stephen Jett,   b. 2 Sep 1850, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1905, Elizabethton, Carter Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Ann (Annie) Searcy  m. Between 1862 and 1892
     8. Hiram Jett, Sr.,   b. Between 9 Jul 1851 and 1852, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1892, Madison Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Sarah Jane Sewall  m. Between 1866 and 1888
     9. Kisaine Jett,   b. 7 Jul 1852, Middle Fork Kentukcy River, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1853 and 1946 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Curtis Jett, Jr.,   b. 13 Feb 1854, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1874, Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Armina Cockrell  m. 31 Jan 1874
     11. Sarah Jane Jett,   b. 23 Dec 1855, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1889, Breathitt Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ John Linville Hagins  m. Between 1869 and 1886;   Clifton Cockerell  m. 16 Nov 1871
     12. John C. Breckinridge Jett,   b. 17 Jul 1857, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1857, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. Samuel Jett,   b. 17 Aug 1858, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1930, Clark Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Minerva Spencer  m. 18 Sep 1878;   Pattie Celia Greene  m. Between 1875 and 1907
     14. Nancy (Nannie) Jett,   b. 13 Apr 1860   d. 15 Jun 1937 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ H. Bascomb Caywood  m. 26 Aug 1875
     15. Shelby Mcgoffin Jett,   b. 13 Mar 1862, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1919, Madison Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Nannie Covington Ogg  m. Between 1877 and 1905
     16. Elizabeth Jett,   b. 11 Nov 1867, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1935 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    ▻ Raymond Shearer  m. 22 Sep 1886
    Family ID F19875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
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