"The Prewitts came from tidewater VA via Halifax county, VA andmigrate d through South Carolina to Mercer County, KY. There, FieldPrewitt Jr, s on of Field Prewitt Sr, married Mary Powell--officiatedby the first JP i n the area."
Jane's family settled in Morgan Co, IL, in 1809. She was listed inPra irie Pioneers of Illinois along with her husband and children.
The bio of son John says:
"The mother was born in Brown county, Illinois, her family also beingf irst settlers of that locality, and coming originally from Kentucky,on e member of the Pruett family having been a soldier in the war of1812. "
