John Pruett was born in about 1755 in Bedford County, Virginia. His parents were Henry Pruett and Rebecca. He married Eady Spencer in 1778. They had seven children. John served in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1837 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Nebraska, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Washington, Oregon, Oklahoma, California and elsewhere.