An American Family History

Lewis (Louis) Pitts was born about 1745.

He married Mary Head. Mary was the daughter of Anthony and Mary Head. They married and settled in Washington County, Virginia.

Lewis and Mary's children may have included:

Elizabeth Pitts Smith (married James Smith),
Sarah Pitts (1779, married James Sprouls, Jr.),
Amelia Pitts (1780, married John Ringley),
Mary Pitts (1782),
Elijah Pitts (about 1785),
Elisha Pitts (about 1785), and
Abijiah Pitts (1795).

February 15, 1774 he had 154 acres surveyed on the north fork of the Holston River.

In 1774 he was in Looney's Company.

In 1777, Lewis settled on 400 acres at the head of Steel's Creek. The property was near Anthony and Mary Head’s property.

In 1777, Lewis signed the 1777 petition of men living on the north Holston River complaining about the division of Fincastle County. They felt the line was not equitable and the court house was too far away.

In 1780, he participated in the Battle of Kings Mountain.

At some time, Nicholas Hensley and Lewis Pitts sold land to Jacob Goodman on the waters of Steels Creek branch of Beaver.

On August 16, 1781, Lewis Pitts had 400 acres surveyed on Steels Creek

On June 4, 1782, Lewis Pitts had 300 acres surveyed on Steels Creek.

In 1782 Lewis was on the Washington County tax list. He had 1 tithe, 11 cattle, and 11 horses in Captain James Fulkerson's precinct. That year he was paid 2£ 2 shillings for 7 pounds of powder.

In 1784, 1785, 1786 he appeared in the Washington County, Virginia property tax list in Captain James Fulkerson’s precinct. Anthony Head, Nicholas Fleenor, James Smith and Richard Moore were neighbors.

1787 tax list district of John Lathim.

Lewis remained on the tax Washington tax list from 1788 to 1795. The 1790 census was lost during the war of 1812.

In 1796 he had 92 acres on the waters of Beaver Creek.

Lewis was on the 1806 tax list in Washington County.

At the time of the 1810 census, the household was in Washington County, Virginia. The household consisted of

a man and a woman over 45
a young man and woman between 16 and 25
2 boys and a girl under 10.

In the Washington County, Virginia, Deed Book 5 1811-1814 there is an indenture from John and Milly Ringley to Lewis Pitts.

In 1815 Lewis was in the Directory of Virginia Landowners & Gazeteer.

In 1820 the Lewis Pitts household in Washington County, Virginia consisted of

a man and a woman over 45
2 boys under 10
an enslaved young man between 14 and 25

Lewis made his will in 1820 and it was proved in 1825. His wife and son-in law, James Sprouls were the executors of his estate.