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These families in Wyoming provide another case when the name Thweatt has been
changed to Threet, with this difference, by their own choice. When asked why,
they said, "Threet is so much easier to say and people continued to pronounce
Thweatt as Threet, so we just changed it to Threet." However, they knew how
their ancestors spelled their names and, being interested in their Thweatt
family lines, secured the services of Orville S. Johnson,
genealogist, who probably furnished and secured from the excellent genealogical
library of the Latter Day Saints church at Salt Lake City, the following lines:
The line starts, "William Giles Thweatt came to this country from Wales
when he was about 12 Years old with his father and an unmarried
uncle." In the first census of Virginia of 1785 it lists Giles
Thweatt head of family of eight souls. The prepared genealogical line is as
follows: William Giles Thweatt, m. (2nd) Gillam or Gillium. Issue:
1-James Thweatt, b. circa 1800 at Petersburg, Va., 2-Henry Thweatt, b. circa
1802, m. Lucinda Doss, 3-William Giles Thweatt, b. Jan. 5, 1805, d. Jan. 8,
1892, m. Sophia Matilda McKee, 4 Polly Thweatt circa 1807, 5-Silla Thweatt, b.
circa 1809, m. James Wood, 6-Betsy Thweatt, b. circa 1811, m. Jonathan Doss.
William Giles Thweatt (No. 3 above), b. Jan. 5, 1805, in Va., d. Jan. 5, 1892,
m. Sophia Matilda McKee, b. July 5, 1810, d. Oct. 30, 1883. Father's name Rowins
McKee. Mother's name ( ) Burk. Issue: (all born in Alexander, DeKalb Co., Tenn.)
l - Martha Thweatt, b. circa 1826, 2-James Henry Thweatt, b. Dec. 2, 1828,
3-John D. Thweatt, b. Sept. 28, 1831, d. Mar. 1918, m. Mary Jane Lane, 4-Melissa
Jane Thweatt, b. Oct. 23, 1833, d. Mar. 18, 1907, m. William Giles Driver,
J-Martha Louise Thweatt, 6-William Giles Thweatt, b. Feb. 20, 1838, d. 27, 1902,
m. Roanna Wall, 7-Thomas. J. Thweatt, b. Feb. 20, 1838, d. circa 1865, 8-Nancy
Parilee Thweatt b. Sept. 12, 1840, 9-Sarah Emaline Thweatt, b. Nov. 12, 1842, m.
Hatton Adcock, lO-Eliza Ann Frances Thweatt, b. June 19, 1845, m. William
Morris, 11-Victoria Amanda C. Thweatt, b. Jan. 22, 1847, m. Charles Thompson,
12-Robert Monroe Thweatt, b. Dec. 10, 1851, d. circa 1855. William Giles Thweatt
(No. 6 above) b. Feb. 2 or 20, 1838, d. Mar. 27, 1902, m. May 19, 1875 to Roanna
Wall, b. Aug. 1, 1849, d. Apr. 8, 1926.
This family emigrated from Tennessee to
Texas. After the father's death, the widow and children emigrated to Wyoming,
homesteading land and have prospered. Issue: l-Anna L. Thweatt, b. Mar. 19,
1876, d. Apr. 14, 1878, 2-Wm. Thomas Thweatt, b. Aug. 21, 1878, d. Sept. 23,
1903, m. Ida Dawson, 3-Lemmy Eldredge Thweatt, b. Aug. 5, 1881, m. (Ist) Annie
Ellen Warren, m. (2nd) Minnie Murl Pinekard, 4-011ie Bee Thweatt, b. June 12,
1883, m. Birdie Fay Hill, 5-Grover Cleveland Thweatt, b. June 29, 1886,
6-Sterling Con- way Thweatt, b. Oct. 14, 1888, m. Beulah D. Black.
Ollie Burton
(Bee) Threet (No. 4 above) b. June 12, 1883, d. 1955; m. 1915 to Byrde Fay Hill,
b. 1901. Issue: l-Roanne 0. Threet, m. Steven Geray, 2-Sterling W. Threet, d.
1935, 3-Giles Threet, infant death, 4 Irene C. Threet, b. 1922, m. Francis McIn-
tosh, 5 -Lyman O. Threet, b. Sept. 16, 1925. Lyman Oliver Threet (No. 5 above)
m. Aug. 8, 1948, to Evelyn Ruth Hegland, b. Feb. 25, 1928. Issue: l-Julie Ann
Threet, b. July 27, 1951, 2-Lorrie Sue Threet, b. May 12, 1955.
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