An American Family History

Nancy Pitts Hamett was born about 1836 in Tennessee. Her parents were John and Sarah Pitts.

She was 14 at the time of the 1850 census.

She married David Hammet on October 24, 1857 in Washington County, Tennessee. The marriage was performed by L. H. Hunt, J.P. The only David Hammet in the 1850 census in Washington County was born in 1842 in Tennessee.

David and Nancy's children were Sarah Hammet (1859), John Hammet (1862), and Joseph Hammet (1867).

In 1860 she was living in Buffalo Ridge in Washington County with her parents. 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. In 1860 a D. Hammet, born in 1842, was in the Tennessee penitentiary in Nashville for larceny.

A David Hammet was in the Confederate 60th Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Crawford's Regiment. 79 Tennessee Infantry) and there was a David Hammet in the Union 8th Tennessee Cavalry.

In 1870 she was still living with her father and sister. Nancy Hammet was 35, John Hammet was 8 and Joseph was 3. The adults were illiterate. Sarah did not appear in the Pitts household, but was living with 53 year old Fannie Hammit in the next household.

In 1880 Nancy was living with her sister in Sullivan County. The household consisted of Dentney Pitts age 59, Nancy Pitts age 45 and Henry F. Hamet age 13.

John Hammet married Julia A. Ford before the 1880 census when he was living with her family. John was 18 and Julia was only 14.

Sarah M. Hammet married William Jackson on May 22, 1884 in Washington, Tennessee.

Joseph Hammet married Mary Ellen Jackson on April 25, 1887 in Washington County.