Comments & Questions

Page 347: DeJernatt, John, b. 1766, d. 1830


Page 370: last line - To update on what I have learned since writing you: John and Mary Ann's daughter, Mary Ann, (shown on census records as ANN R.) evidently died in Mississippi, not North Carolina. The 1870 and 1880 census records of Pontotoc Co., MS show her with her children, some listed on the 1850 census of Cabarrus Co. NC. Their ages, birthplace, etc. all fit. Not that this is important to the book, but it is something I have since found.

Page 372: Line 17 states "His son John J. Dejarnette, Jr., also a cabinet-maker was admitted into the Petersburg Benevolent Mechanic Association on June 2, 1825." This interests me a great deal, as I always assumed the third child died in infancy, not named. Is there more information on John J.? Or could this be John T. DeJarnette, who was in Petersburg at the same time? Or does it specifically state that this was my John's son? If you could let me know about this, I would be grateful.

Page 372: On next-to-last line, the John William De Jarnatt (1874-1942) was the son of John Thomas DeJarnette and Luthella Frances Wyatt. John William's wife was Ruth Jamison. I recall writing to Mrs. Ruth D. Tipton in the 1980s, and I believe that family always thought my John and John Thomas were one and the same, but not so! Their information came from a book on DeJarnette family by Earl and May Frost. These two families were hopelessly confused, but a lot of people still rely on it. That's the way it goes, I suppose!