Littleberry Bryant Pitts

Brief Life History of Littleberry Bryant

When Littleberry Bryant Pitts was born on 14 February 1836, in Macon, Georgia, United States, his father, Jesse Pitts, was 24 and his mother, Martha Bryan, was 20. He married Nancy Jane Sheppard on 27 December 1860, in Henry, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Election Precinct 10 Coxs Mill, Barbour, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1907. He died on 6 May 1915, in Barbour, Alabama, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Barbour, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Littleberry Bryant Pitts
1836–1915
Nancy Jane Sheppard
1843–1905
Marriage: 27 December 1860
Infant Pitts
1858–1864
Jessie Pitts
1861–1912
James Monroe Pitts
1863–1910
Sarah Jane Pitts
1866–1952
Mary Pitts
1868–1905
John S. Pitts
1875–1881
Nancy Matilda Pitts
1878–1949
Viola E. Pitts
1880–1953
Susannah or Suzanne A. Pitts
1884–1907
Daniel Allen Pitts
1887–1944

Sources (17)

  • P B Pitts in household of George Sheppard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • D. B. Pitts, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  • Littleberry Bryant Pitts, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1837

Historical Boundaries: 1837: Macon, Georgia, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Pitt , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: topographic name for one who lived by pits or hollows, from the plural of Middle English pitt.

Americanized form of German Pitz .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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