Andrew H Pitts (1860 - 1944)

Born 29 Aug 1860 in Dooly County, Georgia, United States

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Died 25 Aug 1944 at age 83 in Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Andy was born in 1860, the 2nd of 12 children to Hardy Pitts and Elizabeth Jane Bowman. His siblings were: Ashley Jordan, Nancy Emaline, Hezekiah Harrison, Leonnus Bowman, Dovie Alsa, James Jackson, John, Thomas Jefferson, John H, Charles Anderson, Mary Elizabeth, and Anna; 5 half-siblings were William M, Hardy W, Riley Bartley Sr, Benjamin Franklin, and Jane B; his 2 adopted step-siblings were: Sarah Catherine Simmons and John Jackson Simmons; and 3 step-siblings: Sarah Jane Davis, Nancy Susan Davis, and Nathaniel S Davis.

• Fact: Residence (1870) Dooly, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1880) District 6, Dooly, Georgia

He married in 1882 to Nancy Jane Owens, daughter of Thomas Alfred Owens and Temperance E Parkerson. He was about 21 years old. They had at least 3 children together:

1. Hardy A Pitts
2. Andrew Lee Pitts
3. Unnamed Infant Pitts

He remarried in 1890 to Clifford Angeline Story, daughter of James Houston Story and Sarah L Stephens. He was about 30 years old. They had at least 12 children together:

1. James Jackson Pitts
2. Annie Mae Pitts
3. Fred Spurgeon Pitts Sr
4. Clara Gertrude Pitts
5. George Pitts
6. Lum Columbus Pitts
7. Ludia Corinne Pitts
8. Lida Eudora Pitts
9. Letha Lucile Pitts
10. Ralph L Pitts
11. John Clarence Pitts
12. Cecil Monroe Pitts

• Fact: Residence (1900) ED 91 Militia District 732 & 945 Arabi village, Dooly, Georgia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Dakota, Turner, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1920) Dry Lake, Brooks, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1930) Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia
• Fact: Residence (1940) Ward 1, Moultrie, Militia District 1151, Colquitt, Georgia

Andy passed away in 1944 at the age of 83.

• Fact: Burial (27 Aug 1944) Arabi-Antioch Cemetery, Arabi, Crisp, Georgia

Research Notes

Middle Name: The grandddaughter of Andy Pitts posted on Ancestry.com that his middle name was "Horton" not "Hardy". There are no sources to document either one.

Death Year: The grave marker is inscribed with the year 1945, but the obituary in the newspaper is dated 1944. The Georgia Death Index record states 1944.

Links

• Andrew Pitts, Moultrie, Dies, Published in The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia, 27 Aug 1944, Sun, Page 4, Media
• FamilySearch PID: LW4N-GJF
• Find A Grave: Memorial #83811105 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSY-167 : 19 March 2020), Anderson Pitts in entry for Hardy Pitts, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LP-N5X : 11 August 2017), Andy H Pitts in household of Hardy Pitts, District 6, Dooly, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 642D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,144.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJ5-9V7 : 7 February 2020), Anda H. Pitts and Nancy Jane Owens, 12 Jan 1882; citing Marriage, Wilcox, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 271,347.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWQY-LWG : 11 January 2020), Anda H. Pitts, 1882.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW62-KZD : 11 January 2020), A. H. Pitt, 1890.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWZS-WQ2 : 11 January 2020), A. H. Pitt, 1890.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXV2-RB7 : 7 February 2020), A. H. Pitt and Cliffora Story, 20 Dec 1890; citing Marriage, Worth, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 482,205.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N6-XCL : accessed 14 June 2020), Andy H Pitts, Militia District 732 & 945 Arabi village, Dooly, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 91, sheet 33A, family 636, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,193.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLR-4P6 : accessed 14 June 2020), Andy H Pitts, Dakota, Turner, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 174, sheet 13B, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 217; FHL microfilm 1,374,230.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ8D-C7Z : accessed 14 June 2020), Andy H Pitts, Dry Lake, Brooks, Georgia, United States; citing ED 42, sheet 9A, line 17, family 162, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 237; FHL microfilm 1,820,237.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:33LP-CW2 : accessed 14 June 2020), Andrew Pitts, Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 11A, line 7, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 348; FHL microfilm 2,340,083.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LC-BM5 : 22 January 2020), Andrew H Pitts, Ward 1, Moultrie, Militia District 1151, Colquitt, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35-5, sheet 1B, line 46, family 13, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 660.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPJ-JWB9 : accessed 14 June 2020), Andy H Pitts in entry for Mr Cecil M Pitts, Georgia, United States, 25 Jul 2009; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Valdosta Daily Times, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK53-W51W : accessed 14 June 2020), Andy H Pitts in entry for Mr Cecil M Pitts, Georgia, United States, 11 Mar 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Moultrie Observer, The, born-digital text.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 June 2020), memorial page for Andrew Hardy “Andy” Pitts (29 Aug 1860–25 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial no. 83811105, citing Arabi-Antioch Cemetery, Arabi, Crisp County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Marcia Lynne vonGunden (contributor 47059326).

See Also

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 June 2020, 03:39), entry for Andrew Hardy/Horton "Andy" Pitts(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LW4N-GJF); contributed by various users.
• "Public Member Trees kih1962/ageorgiaangel", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/70236500/person/242183589817/facts : accessed 14 Jun 2020), profile for Andrew Hardy/Horton Pitts.

Acknowledgement

Pitts-2729 was created by Jody Cake through the import of Loree Graben Family Tree.ged on 8 Mar 2017. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jody and others.