Pitts Family File (Pascagoula Public Library): John C. Pitts and Nancy "Walters" Pitts of Perry County, Mississippi
Pitts Family File, Local History & Genealogy Department, Pascagoula Public Library, Pascagoula, Mississippi (typescript compilation, undated)
Named here: Nancy Walden, John C Pitts, William Waldon Pitts, Nancy Pitts, Frances Faribee Pitts, Jesse Pitts, George Pitts, Joshua Pitts, Renvey Pitts, Stacey Pitts, Benjamin Pitts, Leander Pitts, Henry P. Pitts, Sarah E Pitts, Anthony Pitts (born about 1765, North Carolina; died about 1825, Perry County, Mississippi) and Nancy Ann Rawlinson (born 1770, Georgia; died about 1836), named as John C. Pitts's parents, Francis Rawlinson of Effingham County, Georgia, father of Nancy Ann Rawlinson
The book at the Internet Archive
Transcription
From the archive.org text layer, checked against the image of page 23.
Page 23, children of Anthony Pitts and Nancy Ann Rawlinson:
Children: (1) *DANIEL PITTS, SR. b. 1797 (2) John Pitts, b. 1808 (3) John G. W. Pitts, b. 1815 (4) Jesse L. Pitts, b. 1805 (5) John C. Pitts, b. 1800 (6) George Washington Pitts, b. 3-02-1809
Anthony was born in North Carolina about 1765 […] lived in Effingham County, Georgia, until about 1820-1821. […] He made his way to Perry County, Mississippi, now Jones County. […] He died about 1825 […] Nancy died in about 1836 […] Nancy was the daughter of Francis Rawlinson, who was in Effingham County, Georgia. […]
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(2) John C. Pitts, b. 1808, Georgia, d. Jones County, Mississippi
m. Nancy Walters Pitts, b. 1805 in Georgia, d. Perry County, Mississippi.
Records show that he owned land there in Perry County in the 1830 census.
Children:
[1] William Waldon Pitts, b. 1828 m. 1st Aletha Walters, 2nd Sarah ? b. 1831 ***** Left Mississippi and went to Louisiana, then on to Texas where he married another woman and raised another family. He was the father of "Uncle Walt Pitts" of Covington County.
[2] Nancy Pitts b. 1831
[3] Frances Pitts b. 1833 m. in 1858, John Holder b. 1833
[4] Jesse Pitts b. 1835
[5] George Pitts b. 1837
[6] Joshua Pitts b. 1839
[7] Renvey Pitts b. 1840
[8] Stacey Pitts b. 1841 m. 1861 to Asberry Runnels b. 1847
[9] Benjamin Pitts b. 1845
[10] Leander Pitts b. 1846
[11] Henry Pitts b. Nov 1848 m. 1869 […] Mary Eliza (Polly) Shows b. 1-?-1852 […]
[12] Sarah Pitts b. 1853
Citation: "Pitts Family," typescript family file, Local History & Genealogy Department, Pascagoula Public Library (Pascagoula, Mississippi), pages 23–24 of 162; Internet Archive item pitts_202406 (collection srfamilyfiles), scans n22–n23, https://archive.org/details/pitts_202406/page/n23/mode/1up.
What it says, against the tree
Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Walden | Maiden name | "Nancy Walters Pitts" | Nancy Walden, daughter of Charles Sparks Walden and Sarah Walker | conflicts (see notes) |
| Nancy Walden | Birth, death | Born 1805, Georgia; died Perry County, Mississippi | Born 1805, Georgia; died August 1870, Perry, Mississippi | agrees |
| John C Pitts | Birth | 1808, Georgia (p. 24); 1800 (p. 23) | 1795, Effingham, Georgia | conflicts (the file disagrees with itself) |
| John C Pitts | Parents | Son of Anthony Pitts and Nancy Ann Rawlinson of Effingham County, Georgia, and Perry County, Mississippi | — | new |
| John C Pitts | Death, land | Died Jones County, Mississippi; land in Perry County by 1830 | Died Jones, Mississippi; residence Perry 1850, 1860 | agrees |
| John C Pitts, Nancy Walden | Children | William Waldon (1828), Nancy (1831), Frances (1833), Jesse (1835), George (1837), Joshua (1839), Renvey (1840), Stacey (1841), Benjamin (1845), Leander (1846), Henry (Nov. 1848), Sarah (1853) | The same twelve, with James Edward (1826), Louisa (about 1846) and Frances's other name Faribee | agrees |