Henry Pitts (1729 - 1816)

Born 1729 in Nansemond, Virginia

Husband of Juliana (Bagnell) Pitts — married 1773 in Ise of Wight County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1816 at about age 87 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Henry Pitts was born approximately in 1729 in the Colony of Virginia. He was listed in the 1779 Census of District 96, South Carolina^[1] He married his first wife, Mary Juliane Bagnall who gave him his first three sons: Robert born in 1752, Thomas born in 1757, and John born in 1769. All the children of Mary and Henry were born on the farm in South Carolina Colony. Undoubtedly there were other children conceived that did not survived in order to be recorded. It should be noted that his mother's maiden name was Bagnell so his two wives may have been from his mother's brothers families. Since family groups live in such close proximity to each other, mostly for protection from the wild elements, animals, and attacks from hostile tribes, it was not unusual that such marriages were common.

Henry Pitts remarried Juliana (Bagnell) Pitts a few years after his first wife, Mary Juliane Bagnall, who died in 1772. Most likely she was a sister or a cousin of his first wife since they have the same last name. She was five years younger than his previous wife. Unfortunately they only had one son, Jehu Pitts. Juliana died at the age of 26 in 1781. More than likely from childbirth as was common for many women of her day.

Henry Pitts did serve in the Revolutionary War in 1783 for which he was awarded a land grant in South Carolina. About 1796, he married Hannah Belton. They had nine children together. He and his wife were members of the Bush River Baptist Church. He also served as a justice of the peace for the county of Newberry. It is currently unknown who Henry Pitts parents are. More research needs to be done.

Sources

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• Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/districts/census/1779_96d.txt
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• Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 (http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7832/records/4075)

Acknowledgements

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From the DAR website - John was born about 1769; his parents are Henry and Mary Bagnall Pitts. He served in the last year (1783) of the American Revolutionary War. For his service, he received a land grant of 200 acres on December 1, 1788, in South Carolina (Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants, p 421). He moved to Newberry County and settled on his new property.

About 1796, he married Hannah Belton. He and his wife were members of the Bush River Baptist Church. He also served as a justice of the peace for the county of Newberry.

After John became severely ill, his will was written in the presence of witnesses on January 14, 1816, and he signed his mark on the paper. He died the following day, January 15, 1816. His will was proved on January 16, 1816, probate filed on December 20, 1816, and completed on August 21, 1817 (Newberry County Will Book F, pp 229-230).

His wife Hannah continued to live in Newberry County for awhile after John's death. She later moved in with their daughter Milly and Milly's husband David who were living in Fork, Anderson County, South Carolina. She spent the rest of her life with them.

Children of John and Hannah: 1. Cary Pitts, 1797-1881 2. Hiram Pitts, 1798-1895 3. Reuben Golden Pitts, 1801-1854 4. Tabitha Pitts, 1803- 5. John Belton Pitts, 1806-1862 6. Martha "Milly" Pitts, 1808-1878 7. Starling Tucker Pitts, 1810-1869 8. William Simpson Pitts, 1813-1886 9. Drury Joshua Pitts, 1815-1870/80