NORTHWEST ALA., HISTORY OF PICKENS CO., BY SMITH, VOL 1
1833- In the fall of 1833, Joe (Josiah) Pruitt killed Berry Arnold, a quarrel arising at a neighborhood cider-drinking, in which Pruitt got badly beaten, went directly home, took down a loaded gun, against the wishes of the lady who feared mischief, laid wait for Arnold and shot him dead as he passed. Pruitt fled to Texas (Shelby Co.) and was killed some years afterwards while a member of a Regulator Company on the side of the law and order, and his murderer was killed by his son, a youth of seventeen years. The gun with which Arnold was shot could still be seen in 1856 at the home of Dudley Prewitt in North Pickens. It is thought that Josiah remarried in Tx. and had two sons.
Husband: Josiah Prewitt
Born: 1790
Died: 1842
Father:Dudley Prewitt, Sr.
Mother:Ann Unknown
Wife: Unknown
CHILDREN
Name: Ira Clement Prewitt
Spouses: Harriet Criswell
SURNAMES