(Under Construction)

NOTE: The research on this CLIETT line is an on-going venture that began August 2000 when Tom E. CLIETT contacted Phyls Esparza and David Roberts about his grandmother, Tennessee "Tennie" Roberts WINGATE via the internet. Tennie Roberts WINGATE was the daughter of "Joshua M. ROBERTS" and Minerva SHERRON.  Tennie ROBERTS married Isaac Newton WINGATE 13 Nov 1889 in Hill Co, TX. Tennie's  and Isaac's daughter, Mollie WINGATE, married Hugh Maurice CLIETT, son of Hugh Posey CLIETT and Mary Jeannette CUPP , 26 Dec 1913 in Peoria, Hill Co, TX.  Hugh and Mollie were the parents of Tom.

Peter Quin CLIETT
(by Thomas Edwin CLIETT, great-grandson of Peter Quin CLIETT)

Peter QUIN CLIETT was the eighth child of Thomas Harvey CLIETT and Edilda Henry QUIN.  According to his obituary he was born 15 Oct 1844 in Cherokee County, Georgia (It should have read Cherokee County, Alabama: TC).  He had six brothers and three sisters and four half brothers and three half-sisters.  Peter moved to Caldwell County, Texas with his parents in late 1859 from Oktibbeha or Chickasaw County, Mississippi when he was about 15 years old.

Peter served in the Civil War as a volunteer in K Company, 32^nd Regiment, Texas Cavalry.  Two of his brothers, Anson and Albert, served in the same company from June, 1863 until Feb., 1864, both of whom were killed in the war.  Records researched so far have not shown where or when Anson and Albert were killed but Peter was still on the company rolls, and listed as sick,  in March, 1865 which was shortly before the end of the war.  Two other brothers died in the war,  Hugh Losson CLIETT and Harvey Bailey CLIETT.  Hugh was a volunteer in Sibley’s Brigade and died about the first of July, 1862 during their retreat from New Mexico enroute to San Antonio, Texas.  Information related to Harvey has not been researched.

Very little information has been developed about Peter QUIN CLIETT between the end of  the Civil War and 1868.  On 07 Jan 1868 he married Laura Catherine POSEY in what is believed to have been a double wedding.  On that same date his half-brother, Nathan Marion CLIETT, married Sarah Emma POSEY, half-sister of Laura Catherine.

In 1874 Peter QUIN CLIETT moved his wife and three children, Hugh POSEY CLIETT, Emma Elizabeth CLIETT and Florence Viola CLIETT, to Peoria, Hill County Texas where he began farming and acquiring farm land.  He eventually was the owner of about 1,400 acres in addition to city property in Hillsboro, about six miles east of Peoria.  Eventually, in 1907, he moved his family to Hillsboro. While living at Peoria, Peter served as Deacon at the Peoria Baptist Church.  When they moved to Hillsboro they moved their membership to the First Baptist Church in that city.

The Peoria community was an important and integral part in the lives of Peter QUIN CLIETT and his descendants.  Peoria began as a resting place for travelers and cattle herds and in the 1840s had twenty-one log huts.  In 1856 a post office was opened and by 1878 the population was 500.  At one time Peoria had a steam gristmill, a cotton gin, five churches, two schools, daily stages to Hillsboro and Whitney, a Masonic lodge, three brickyards, hotels and boarding houses.  In 1890 the railroad was routed through Hillsboro and the Peoria population began to decline.  In 1980 there were only two general stores and a population of eighty-one.  In 1874, when Peter QUIN CLIETT and his family moved from Caldwell County, Peoria was a thriving farming and stock-raising community as well as a growing commercial area.  During and after the decline in population the community retained its farm and ranch economic base.

          1850 Census of Oktibbeha Co, MS
          p.282; 366/366
          Thomas H. CLIETT    52 m      M.B. Preacher   2500    Georgia
          Edilda                            37  f                                              N.C.
          Wilson                         18 m      farmer                              Georgia   (mother Jensey ROWE, 1st wife of Thomas)
          Nathan                         15 m      farmer                                  “         (mother Jensey ROWE, 1st wife of Thomas) 
          Hugh                            14 m                                                   “
          Bailey                           12 m                                                AL
          Francis                         11  f                                                   “
          Albert                          10 m                                                   “
          William                        10 m                                                   “
          Anson                           7 m                                                   “
          Edilda                            6  f                                                    “
          Peter                             5 m                                                   “
          Josephine                     3  f                                                    “
          Zachary                        2 m                                                    "

          1860 Census of Caldwell Co, TX
          p.185b; 39/39
          CLIATT, Thos H.        63 m   M.B. Minister           GA
                      Eldelda H.         48  f                                        NC
                      Hugh L.             24 m  Teaches school         GA
                      Albert B.           20 m                                       GA
          McCLUNG, Fanny      25  f                                        ENG (should be GA)
                      Walter A.           6 m                                        MS
          CLIATT, Anson B.    18 m   School teacher           AL
                      Ella                    17  f                                         AL
                      Peter Q.           16 m   Student                       AL
                      Josephine        14  f                                         AL
                      Zach T.            13 m                                         AL
 

          1870 Census of Caldwell Co, TX
          p.297; 303/304
          CLIETT, Idella           57   f    Keeping house    3000 500        N.C.
                     Zachary           23   m   Farmer                                         AL

          p.297; 304/305
          CLIETT, Peter           25  m    Farmer                        AL
                     Laura C.           18   f      K.H.                           GA
                     Hugh              9/12 m                                        TX

          1880 Census of Hill Co, TX, ED71
          p.288; 76/76
          CLIETT, P. Q.             w m 36   Farmer                 AL   GA   NC
                     Laura    wife      w  f 30   Keeping house   GA    GA   NC
                     Hugh     son      w m 11                               TX    AL   GA
                     Emma    dau       w  f   9                                  "      "       "
                     Florence dau     w  f   7                                  "      "      "
                     Peter     son       w m  4                                   "      "      "
                     Laura     dau      w  f   2                                   "      "      "

Hugh Posey CLIETT, son of Peter Quin and Laura CLIETT married Mary Jeannette CUPP 28 Aug 1889.

Peter Quin CLIETT  and Laura Catherine Posey CLIETT
(photos provided by Tom E. CLIETT)

          1900 Census of Hill Co, TX, ED36
          p.20a; 66/70
          CLIETT,  Hugh          w m  head     Nov 1869    30        TX  GA  GA
                      Mary               w  f   wife       Jan 1870    30         LA  MS  MS
                      Edna                w  f   dau       Jan 1891     9          TX  TX  LA
                      Hugh M.         w m   son      Nov 1893    7            "     "     "
                      Laura J.           w  f   dau       Apr 1897     3            "     "     "
         BROTHER, Milton     w m  boarder
         McLean, Claude D     w m  boarder

Peter Quin CLIETT Family - c.1900
(photo provided by Tom E. CLIETT)
(front row left to right)
Peter William CLIETT 27, Terry Read CLIETT 23, Emma Elizabeth Cliett LOWMAN 32,
Malcolm SCRUGGS (child), Victor CLIETT (child), Florence Viola Cliett SCRUGGS 29
(2nd row left to right)
Hugh Posey CLIETT 34, Laura Cliett KIRKPATRICK 24, Florence Catherine LOWMAN 8, Willie Jane CLIETT 17
(3rd row left to right)
Cliett LOWMAN (child), Mary Jeannette Cupp CLIETT 32 (sitting), Edna CLIETT 11, Malcolm CLIETT 15
(back row left to right)
Gus CLIETT 20, Peter Quin CLIETT 58, Laura Catherine Posey CLIETT

Peter Quin CLIETT died 13 Jul 1915 in Hillsboro, Hill County, TX.

Laura Catherine Posey CLIETT died 22 Feb 1935 in Hill County, TX.

Hugh Maurice CLIETT, son of Hugh and Mary CLIETT, married Mollie WINGATE, daughter of Isaac Newton WINGATE and Tennessee ROBERTS, 6 Dec 1913 in Hill Co, TX.  Thomas Edwin CLIETT was the last born of 3 children of Hugh and Mollie.