William "Carroll" Pitts

Birth Date

c1814

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Posey County, Indiana, farmer. Tennessee native. Married to Jane Brown Pitts. Father of Jeddie Pitts, Edward Alvis Pitts, Maria Esther Pitts, Warren Pitts, Carroll Pitts, and Alvin Pitts. Stepfather of Seraphina Brown Pentecost. Farmer in Posey County in 1850. Farmer in Posey County in 1860. Employed John Pharr, Lewis Kiniman, John Murrey, Michael McGrudy, and John McDonald as laborers in Posey County in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Lynn, p. 226B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Lynn, p. 857.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division 1, p. 150A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Posey County, Lynn, p. 361A.
Find A Grave, “William Carroll Pitts (1814-1884)," Memorial # 6732891, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6732891/william_carroll-pitts (accessed March 11, 2021).

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