Life History

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Notes

• James died sometime before the 1880 census, and after the conception of his last child James Thomas in about 1876.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia, 25 June, Vickery Creek District, Enumeration District 75, page 35, Hse/Fam #242
  Jatt (Jett), L M  W F 33 Head Widow Farming Cannot Write GA GA GA
  Jatt (Jett), Daniel  W M 11 Son Single Working on Farm Cannot Write GA GA GA
  Jatt (Jett), Mary  W F 7 Dau Single At Home GA GA GA
  Jatt (Jett), Thomas  W M 4 Son Single GA GA GA
  
  James' son Thomas' Social Security record reports his parents' names.
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  James Thomas Jett
  Birth 9 Jul 1873 Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia
  Father James Jett
  Mother Lucinda Greene
  SSN 253305355
  Aug 1942 Name listed as JAMES THOMAS JETT
  
  Note the conflict between this birth date of 9 July 1873 reported by Social Security and the census report of 1880, which reported Thomas as only 4 years old and his sister Mary as age 7.
  
  The 1880 census above reports Lucinda as a Widow as does the 1900 censwus.  Yet there is a Fnd a Grave memorial that matches him, and is in fact attached to his profile on some genealogies.  But the date of death on that burial marker is 1929, the year after Lucinda.  So perhaps they divorced instead of his dying before the 1880 census.  Lucinda may have reproted herself Divorced, because of the approbrium attached to divorce in that era.
  
  James Jett
  BIRTH 9 Sep 1846
  DEATH 28 Sep 1929 (aged 83)
  Fulton County, Georgia, USA
  BURIAL Mount Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery, Johns Creek, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
  Parents:
  Theophilus Richard Jett 1801-1876
  Menervia Elizabeth Davis Jett 1823-1905
  Siblings:
  Mary Jett 1845-1927
  Adam Jett 1848-1926
  Martha Jett Campbell 1852-1946
  John Jett 1854-1930
  Margaret Jett Wade 1862-1910
  Laura L Jett 1865-1872
  Amanda Jett Adams 1867-1926
  William Lee Jett 1869-1916
  Created by Jeanne 28 Jun 2009
  --  Find a Grave Memorial 38851178, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38851178
  
  The matching death certificate reports that James died in the same county as Lucinda, Milton County, Georgia.  His death certificate reports him as single.
  
  Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1940
  James Jett
  Farmer, Age 82 years, 2 months, Single
  Birth 9 September 1846 Georgia
  Residence Roswell Route 2
  Father Theo Jett, born South Carolina
  Mother Elizabeth Davis, born South Carolina
  Informant John Jett, Route 2, Roswell, Georgia
  Death 28 September 1929 New Town District, Milton County, Georgia, USA
  Cause of Death died Suddenly due to a Cerebral Hemorrhage Following a Long-Standing Nephritis
  Burial 29 September 1929 New Town Cemetery, Forsyth County, Georgia, by Roswell Mills Inc, Roswell, Georgia
  Certificate #24795 filed 29 September 1929
  
  Notice that the death cenrtificate and the burial memorial report different cemeteries.

Sources

• 1. Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1940
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Forsyth County, Georgia
  • 25 June, Vickery Creek District, Enumeration District 75, page 35, Hse/Fam #242
• 4. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007