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Joseph K. Pitts (Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer; sergeant 16th Ky Inf (U.S.A.))

b. 1821? d. 1900?

Lewis County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Chalista Stone Pitts in Lewis County, Kentucky, on April 26, 1847. Father of Thomas Pitts, James Pitts, Ethelbert Pitts, Alonzo J. Pitts, Jackson Pitts, Laura B. Pitts, and Henry W. Pitts. Laborer in Lewis County in 1850. Farmer in Lewis County in 1860. Served in the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private and sergeant from November 7, 1861, to July 24, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, District 1, p. 234B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, p. 940.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lewis County, Laurel, p. 472A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lewis County Marriages, Film #000344051, p. 116 of 284 microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 295.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #873396.

Find A Grave, "Joseph K. Pitts (1821-1900)," Memorial #119293611, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119293611 (accessed November 28, 2020).

Citation

Pitts, Joseph K.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32215325 (November 12, 2026).

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