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John Pitts and Sarah Stanfield |
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Washington and Sullivan Counties, Tennessee |
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John Pitts and Sarah Stanfield married before 1820. Their children were born in Tennessee. Edna Pitts Stanfield was born about 1820. Amos Pitts was born about 1825. Sarah Pitts Smith was born on April 30, 1826. Polly Pitts was born about 1833. Nancy Pitts Hammet was born about 1835. The John Pitts family appeared in the 1840 census of Sullivan County, Tennessee. The household consisted of
Sarah married Josiah Smith in 1846 in Sullivan County. The family was in Subdivision 4, Washington County by 1850. Washington County is next to Sullivan County. The household consisted of John Pitts age 66, Sarah Pitts age 59, and Edna Pitts age 30, Polly Pitts age 17, and Nancy Pitts age 14. John was a miller. In 1860 they were living in Buffalo Ridge in Washington County. The post office was Jonesboro (now spelled Jonesborough). The household consisted of John Pitts age 74, Sarah Pitts age 66, Edny Pitts age 45, Nancy Hammet age 23, and Sarah Hammet age 1. John was a cooper and Edna was a weaver. In 1860 John Pitts was on the agricultural schedule of Washington County, Tennessee. He had 3/4 acres of improved land and 1 acre of unimproved. The cash value of the farm was $20. He had two milk cows which were worth $25. In 1870 they were still in Buffalo Ridge. John was a 84 year old invalid, Edna Stanfield was 50 and keeping house, Nancy Hammet was 35, John Hammet was 8 and Joseph was 3. The adults were illiterate. In 1871 and 1872 a series of fires in Jonesborough claimed many buildings including the railway station which housed the telegraph office. There was a cholera epidemic in 1873. In 1880 the Pitts household was back in Sullivan County. It consisted of Dentney Pitts age 59, her sister Nancy Pitts age 45 and her nephew Henry F. Hamet age 13.
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