Husband: Jeremiah E. AVRIETT (AVERETT)
AKA: Jerry AVRIETT
Birthdate: 16 Jun 1838
Birthplace: Twiggs Co., GA
Death date: 15 Sep 1910
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL.
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Father: Benjamin F. AVERETT, Sr.
Mother: Mary unknown

Marriage date: 24 Jan 1867
Marriage place: Stewart Co., GA

Wife: Mary Lavina BOWERS
Birthdate: 7 Apr 1845
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: 27 May 1924
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL.
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: David Benjamin AVRIETT, Sr.
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 2 Feb 1868
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 17 Nov 1944
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL.
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Marriage date: [1] [2] 1901
Marriage place: [1] Hamilton Co., FL
Spouses' names: [1] Julia R. MORGAN (1874-1900) [2] Doshie RATLIFF (1881-1949)

Child No. 2: Laura E. AVRIETT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 1869
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL.
Death date:
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Spouses' names: Mack (Matthew?) MORGAN

Child No. 3: Mary Levinia AVRIETT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: Nov 1871
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 1929
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL
Burial:
Marriage date: 1894
Marriage place: Hamilton Co., FL
Spouses' names: Joseph W. NUNN (1871-????)

Child No. 4: Martha L. "Mattie" AVRIETT
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 5 Ar 1875
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 6 Sep 1968
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL.
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Marriage date: 1894
Marriage place: Hamilton Co., FL
Spouses' names: David C. NEWSOME (1868-1934)

Child No. 5: William Erskin AVRIETT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 23 Mar 1877
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 23 Jun 1955
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
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Child No. 6: James Henry AVRIETT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 1870
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 1870
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL
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Child No. 7: Willie Edgar AVRIETT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 1874
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 1874
Place of death: Hamilton Co., FL
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Child No. 8: Roswell Eugene AVRIETT
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 17 Sep 1880
Birthplace: Hamilton Co., FL
Death date: 7 Aug 1964
Place of death: Lowndes Co., GA.
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Hamilton Co., FL.
Marriage date:
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Spouses' names: Gladys DOWNES (1908-1979)
 
 
Documentation:
* 1830, 1840, 1850 Twiggs Co., GA Census,
* 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1920 Hamilton Co.,FL Census;
* 1885 Florida State Census;
* Online marriage database at FLGenWeb Hamilton Co., FL;
* Florida Department of Archives and History online database for CSA Pension Records;
* Online database at Ancestry.com for American Civil War Soldiers.
* "Cemeteries of Hamilton County, Florida" Registered by Winnie Smith Hodges.

Notes:
* Jeremiah E. AVERETT enlisted as a Private on 3 May 1862 in Co., F, 5th Infantry Regiment Florida. He was a POW on 5 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. He was exhanged on 3 Mar 1864 and took the Oath of Allegiance on 23 May 1865 at Madison, FL. He filed for his CSA Pension in 1904, Hamilton Co., FL. #01176.
* In 1830, Twiggs Co., GA Census there was a James AVERETT and a John AVERETT.
* In 1840 Twiggs Co., GA Census there was a Benjamin F. AVERET and a James Averet.
* In 1850 Twiggs Co., GA Census, Mary (widow of Benjamin F.) is listed with her family.
* By 1860 she had relocated family to Hamilton Co., FL and she appears in 1860 Census as Mary Everett.
* Sometime after the family moved to Hamilton Co., FL, the spelling of the name AVERETT changed to AVRIETT.
* Personally researched by me and submitted to the GA FGS Project 12 May 2006.