Larry, There was a William Franklin Pitts (born Mar. 24, 1847 in old Benton County, AL, died Aug. 4, 1922 in Carroll Co. GA) who married Isabelle Elizabeth Otwell (born ca 1840, died before 1876). They married on Sept. 1, 1867 in Cleburne Co. Alabama. William Franklin Pitts was a son of Mark Pitts (b. ca 1798, died aft. 1850) and Elizabeth Smith (b. 1822 in TN, died 1851 in AL or GA). Elizabeth Smith was a daughter of Phillip J. Smith and unknown wife. She was also a sister of Margaret C. Smith (who first married to Jacob Southerland and second to George Washington Gay Sr.)... William Franklin Pitts married second to Sarah Catherine Boyd on Aug. 13, 1878 in Cleburne Co. AL. This is some info about William Franklin Pitts: Cleburne County, Alabama Marriage Records Spouse 1: W. F. Pitts Spouse 2: Izabell Otwell Marriage Date: 01 Aug 1867 Marriage Place: Cleburne County, Ala. NOTES: Married: 1 SEP 1867 in Cleburne Co, AL Note: "W.F. Pitts & Izabell Autwell, license date 1 Sept 1867, marriage date 1 Aug 1867, official - Merrill Collier, "At the residence of Jesse Autwell. Note: the bride's name was spelled Otwell in the margin. The filing date of the license was 2 Oct 1867." (marriage date and license date most likely reversed.) 1 ----- Cleburne County, Alabama Marriage Records Spouse 1: William F. Pitts Spouse 2: Sarah C. Boyd Marriage Date: 13 Aug 1878 Marriage Place: Cleburne Page: 211 ---- 1870 census Cleburne County, Alabama Wehasa P.O. page 410 June 18, 1870 Wm. Pitts, age 22, Ala Isabell, age 30, GA Mary E., age 3, Ala James A., age 5 months, Ala --- 1880 census Cleburne County, Alabama Lost Creek Pct. page 254 June 1880 William Pitts, age 33, AL, TN, TN, farmer Sarah C., age 35, wife, GA, GA, GA Mary E., daughter, age 11, AL, AL, GA James A., son,age 10, AL, AL, GA Roda J., daughter, age 8, AL, AL, GA Margaret M., daughter, age 7, AL, AL, GA William G., son, age 5, AL ----- 1900 census Carroll County, Georgia Turkey Creek Dist. (Enum. Dist. 11) page 240 June 4, 1900 William F. Pitts, March 1847, age 53, AL, S. Carolina?, S. Carolina, married 23 years, Farmer Sarah C., wife, Aug. 1844, age 55, GA, S. Carolina, N. Carolina Roda J., daughter, Jan. 1872, age 28, AL Margaret M., daughter, May 1873, age 26, AL William G., son, July 1875, age 25, GA John M., son, June 1880, age 19, AL Medie , daughter, Feb. 1882, age 18, AL Thomas ?, son, Aug. 1885, age 14, AL on previous page in same census is: James A. Pitts, Feb. 1870, age 30, AL, GA, AL, married 2 years, Farmer Rhoda E., wife, Sept. 1880, age 19, GA, GA, GA --------- 1910 census Carroll County, Georgia Turkey Creek Dist. page 216 April 25, 1910 William F. Pitts, age 63, Georgia, South Carolina, Georgia, married 30 yrs, farmer, Gen. Farm Sarah, wife, age 66, Georgia, North Carolina, North Carolina, mother of 5 children, 3 living Mede, daughter, age 24, Georgia --- 1920 census Carroll County, Georgia Flint Corner Dist. page 74 Jan. 15, 1920 William F. PItts, age 73, GA, GA, GA, Farmer, Gen. Farm Katie S., wife, age 76, GA, GA, GA Mattie , daughter, age 36, Ala. Next door: Thomas N. Pitts, age 34, AL, GA, GA, farmer, Gen. Farm Bula, wife, age 30, GA, GA, GA ------ Buried at Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery William F. Pitts (only date give is death death of Aug. 4, 1922) Co. H. 38th Inf., CSA ----- CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S APPLICATION William F. Pitts, Carroll County, Ga. Co. H. 38th Ala. Inf. Application for Soldier's Pension Under Act 1910 Question for Applicants to Answer August 23, 1910 State of Georgia, Carroll County William F. Pitts of said state and county, hereby applies for the pension provided by the Act of 1910 to Confederate Soldiers and submits his sworn statement with his testimony to make out the same and after being duly sworn true answers do make to the questions: 1. What is your name and were do you reside? Wm.F . Pitts, Waco, Ga. 2. How long and since when have you been a continuous resident citizen of this state? 18 years since Nov. 1892. 3. Did you enlist in the Army of the Confederate States or of the Organized Militia of this state from 1861 to 1865? Yes. 4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist? May 15, 1864 at Florence, Ala., Co. H. 38th Ala. Inf. 5. How long did you remain in the actual Military Service with said company and regiment? Nearly 1 year from May 15, 1864 to April 1865. 6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered or discharged from the service? I learn that it was in N.C. about April 26, 1865. 7. Were you actually present with your command when it was surrendered or discharged? No. 8. If you were not actually present state specifically and clearly where you were. At home on furlough, sick. a. Where was your command when you left it? Tuscumbia, Ala. b. When did you leave the command? March 15, 1865. c. For what cause did you leave? Had chronic diarrhea. d. By those authority did you leave? The officers and doctors. e. For how long was your leave granted? 30 days furlough was given me for sickness. f. Why did you not returned to your command after leave expired? Was not able. Capt. Robertson at home extended furlough 15 more days after 15th of April 1865. g. In what way were you prevented? Was not able h. What effort did you make to return? None, not able. i. Were you captured during the war? No. 9. What property of every description was owned, in use, possession and control of yourself and wife and its cash value on the 4th of Nov. 1908? 1 mule, $65. 1 cow, $25. 1 2-horse wagon $25. 1 - horse wagon, $20. 1 old buggy & harness, $25. Household goods, $50. Farming Tools, $5. Total $215. Wife had nothing. 10. What property of any kind have you or wife disposed of and for what purpose since 4 Nov. 1908? Disposed of nothing. 11. What property of any description of any kind and of any value now owned and in the use possesion and control of yourself and wife and its cash value? Same property as described in No. 9. 12. What annual or monthly income or earnings of yourself and wife and the source derived have you? None. 13. Are you drawing a pension of any amount from this state or the United States? No. 14. Have you ever applied for the Georgia pension and had it refused? Never. William F. Pitts, X, his mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 23 day of Aug. 1910. W.J. Millican, Ordinary of Carroll County. --- QUESTIONS FOR WITNESS AS TO SERVICE State of Georgia, Carroll County S.L. Smith of said state and county is hereby presented as a witness in support of the application of Wm. F. Pitts for the pension provided the the Act of 1910 in said state and after being sworn, true answers do make to the questions propounded, answers as follows: 1. What is your name and where do you reside? Saml. L. Smith, Carrollton, Ga. Rt. 4. 2. How long and since when have you known Wm.F. Pitts, the applicant? Sixty years since boyhood. 3. Where does he now reside and since when has he been a bonafide continuing resident in this state and how do you know? Carroll County, Ga, Waco. Resides in Ga. the last 15 years. Know him well. 4. When, where and in what company and regiment did Wm. F. Pitts enlist during the war from 1861 to 1865? 1864, May 15. Florence, Ala., Co. H 38th Ala. Regt. Inf. 5. How did you obtain this informaton of his service? I was in the same Co. with him. I knew him well. 6. How long within your own personal knowledge did he perform actual military service with this command and regiment? From middle of Mar. 1864 to Mar. 1865, about one year. 7. When and where was his command surrendered or discharged, give date and place.? On April 26, 1865, in N.C., I was informed. 8. Where you personally present with the command at surrender? No. 9. If not, where were you and how came you there? Home on wounded furlough. I am a pensioner myself. 10. Was the applicant personally present with his command at surrender? No. 11. If not, where was he and how came him there? Had chronic diarrhea and was sent home sick furlough, 30 days. 12. When did he leave his command? About March 15, 1865. Where was his command when he left it? Tuscumbia, Ala. For what cause did he leave? chronic diarrhea. By what authority did he leave? Surgeon and officers. How long was he granted leave: 30 days, as I remember. How do you know all that you have stated to be true? Same Co. and I saw him often, know when he left. 13. In what way was he prevented from leaving his command? Was not able, had chronic diarrhea. LIving 1/4 mile from him, know he had his furlough extended by the ?? after ?? it was out. I saw him and know he was not able to return till after war ended. 14. What effort did he make to return to his command and how do you know? I saw him and know he was not able to return until after war ended. 15. Was applicant captured as a prisoner? no. Saml. L. Smith, X, his mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22 day of Aug. 1910. W.J. Millican, Ordinary of Carroll County. --- PENSION Office Oct. 1, 1910 If witness was at home on wounded furlough he certainly was not present when applicant left command. Applicant must have left command in Jan. or Feb. 1865. The 38th Alabama was with Johnson in N.C. or Battle of Bentonville was fought March 23rd 1865. Some mistake, must show an honorable absence and accounting for self honorably to end of war. Captain of Co. had no authority to extend furlough. J.W. Lindsey, Com. of Pens. --- AMENDMENT TO PENSION CLAIM OF WM. F. PITTS February 25, 1911 Georgia, Carroll County Personally came before me, the applicant W. F. Pitts, who being by me durly sworn in due form, says: I repeat as correct the essential statements in my original application down to "b' when I stated that I left command Mar. 15, 1865. It was been so long as I can't remember the dates., but it was when our command was on the march from Tenn. after the Battle of Nashville, in Dec. 1864. I was in that Battle. We moved to the vicinity of Franklin, Tenn. and skirmished around there to Pulaski where we stopped a short time. Our command was then ordered to go through Ala. and from there to Macon or some other front. We stayed there at Tuscumbia, Ala. a few days, I can't say how long. I had contracted chronic diarrhea at Nashville and managed to keep with the command till we got to Tuscumbia, Ala. I got worse after we stopped at Tuscumbia and was unable to march further. The officers and surgeon gave me a 30 day furlough and sent me home to Randolph Co. Ala. It took me several days to get to my home a foot as I traveled very slow. I got home sometime in March of 1865. This is my best recollection of the date. I stated that Capt. Robertson extended my furlough. He was a Lieut. but in command of the Co. He was at home on furlough and came to see me and said that I was not able to go back then and extended it. I thought it was all right and I didn't try to get a doctor to do it. I was never able to return. Chronic diarrhea grew worse and I was not able to do anything till late in the summer of 1865 and then very little. Was not able. W.F. Pitts, X, his mark Sworn to and subsribed before me and I certify that the applicant was sworn properly before he signed this affidavit and the contents were fully made known to him and that he is a citizen of Carroll County who is worthy of credit. Witness my hand and official seal this 25th Feb. 1911. W.J. Millican, Ordinary, Carroll County, Ga. --- AMENDMENT, Pension Claim of Wm. F. Pitts Carroll County, Georgia February 27, 1911 Personally came before me, J.P. Phillips, whom I certify to be a bonafide citizen of said county, who is worthy of belief and who being duly sworn by me before signing this affidavit, deposes and says: My name is J.P. Phillips, Mt. Zion, Ga. I am and have been closely acquainted with the applicant Wm. F. Pitts for 50 years or more. When he came home from the Army I was living within one mile of him and for 20 years after. Our residence was then in Randolph, now Cleburne County, Ala. I remember well the circumstances of his coming home sick. I saw him when he first came home and every few days for years afterward. He had when he first came a 30 day furlough. My recollection is that when he called me in to see him, he showed it to me. I know he was bad off with chronic diarrhea and was confined to his bed a great deal of the time for several months and was totally disabled from doing anything for the greater part of the year 1865. I can positively state that he was not able for military service from the time he got home till long after the soldiers all got home. I was a boy about fifteen years old but I remember the facts I have stated very well, except the date of his coming. From the best of my recollection it was about 6 or 8 weeks before they all came home. It might have been a little sooner or a little later. J.P. Phillips, X, his mark Sworn to and subsribed before me this 27 Feb. 1811. W.J. Millican, Ordinary, Carroll County/ --- Mar 4, 1911 Letter from: G.W. Merrell, Pension Attorney Carrollton, Georgia To: Hon. J.W. Lindsey, Atlanta Ga. Dear Judge, Re: W. F. Pitts, some mistake The original affidavit of his comrade, S.L. Smith shows all the facts called for. Didn't need to show furlough extended if it is proven to be true that applicant couldn't return to service. He does not claim to have been at Bentonville Battle. Witness Smith swears positively to his being on furlough and his utter inability to return and found him laid up with chronic diarrhea, the disease for which he was on furlough and so continued for months. I sent in corroboration affadavit of applicant and one made by a nearby neighbor who saw him when he came home and for 20 years. I think you are justifiable as Smith's affidavit is in my handwriting and I can hardly read it myself since it got cold. Yours very truly, G.W. Merrell. ---- WIDOW'S APPLICATION To Be Put on Roll in Her Own Right When Husband Was on the Indigent Roll or Put on Under Act of July 11, 1910, As Amended by Act of 1919 Name: Mrs. Sarah C. Pitts Widow of William F. Pitts, Co. H, 38th Ga. Approved by John W. Clark, Commissioner of Pensions, 11-14-22. Sarah C. Pitts, Carroll County, Ga. ORDINARY'S CERTIFICATE State of Georgia, Carroll County I, W.T. Steed, Ordinary of said County, do certify that I know Mrs. Sarah C. Pitts, the applicant for pension and that she is the person she represents herself to be and that she is a bona fide continuing resident of said county and was since Nov. 1891. That I also know H.H. Pitts, witness to marriage and I also know T.N. Pitts; that both of the foregoing were duly sworn by me before signing respective affidavits and that they are truthful and trustworthy and their statements are entitled to full faith and credit. Sworn under my hand and official seal this 20th day of Oct. 1922. E.T. Steel, Ordinary of Carroll County. --- WIDOW'S AFFADAVIT State of Georgia, Carroll County Personally before me came Mrs. Sarah C. Pitts of said county, who after being duly sworn says that she is the widow of William F. Pitts to whom, in the county of Cleburne, State of Alabama, she was married on the 13th day of August 1878 and that she remained his wife and resided with him to the date of his death on August 4, 1922, and that she has not since his death remarried. At the time of his death he was on the service pension roll of said state and paid a pension of $100. in Carroll County for 1922 per annum, on account of being a soldier in Company H Regiment of 38th Ga. That she is now a bona fide resident citizen of said County of Carroll and she has so continously resided since November 1891. Mrs. Sarah C. Pitts, X, her mark Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of October 1922. E.T. Steel, Ordinary of Carroll County --- AFFADIVIT OF WITNESSES TO PROVE MARRIAGE AND TO WHOM. DATE OF DEATH OF HUSBAND State of Georgia, Carroll County Personally before me comes H.H. Pitts and T.N. Pitts known to be responsible and truthful persons, residing is said county, who after being duly sworn, say that of their own personal knowledge, Mrs. Sarah C. Pitts who made the foregoing affidavit, is the lawful widow of William F. Pitts who died in Carroll County in the said state of Georgia on 4th day of August 1922, and that she has not since remarried. That she became the wife of William F. Pitts on the 13th day of August 1878 and that Wm. F. Pitts was the same man who was on the pension rolls in the state of Georgia from Carroll County, when he died. H.H. Pitts T.N. Pitts Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of Oct. 1922. E.T. Steel, Ordinary of Carroll County --- (Copy of Marriage License in Pension file) ---- Another child of Mark Pitts and Elizabeth Smith was Adolphus Matthew Pitts who was born ca 1851 in old Benton Co. AL and died January 12, 1937 in Tift County, Georgia. He married Sarah Catherine Martin (born Feb. 1855, died Mar. 4, 1917 in Cleburne Co. AL). Their son Henry Jacob Pitts (born Mar 8, 1879, died after 1930) married first to Margaret Ella Williams who died in 1918 and then before 1920 he remarried to a lady named Emeline who was about the right age to be Emaline Stewart..... 1920 census COOK County, Georgia Lenox Dist. page 198 B January 23, 1920 (Note: Jacob Pitts family are living a few households away from Columbus Raymond Skinner family in this census) Jacob Pitts, age 39, AL, AL, AL, Farmer Emmie L., wife, age 38, AL, AL, AL John, son, age 13, AL Lilla, daughter, age 11, AL Flora, daughter, age 7, AL Rosa, daughter, age 5, AL Edith, daughter, age 3, AL ---- 1930 census TIFT County, Georgia Eldorado Pct. page 26 B April 3, 1930 Henry J. Pitts, age 50, GA, GA, GA, farmer Emmylyn , wife, age 48, GA, GA, GA (married at the age of 37 years) Flora, daughter, age 18, GA Rosa, daughter, age 17, GA Edith, daughter, age 13 ?, GA Dolff Pitts, father, age 72, widowed, GA, GA, GA NEXT DOOR: Russell Smith, age 47, GA, GA, GA, Farmer Mary J., wife, age 47, GA, GA, GA Marvin, son, age 21, GA Sims, son, age 19, GA William, son, age 13 ?, GA Elma ?? son, age 10, GA Margarett, mother, age 78 ??, GA, GA, GA 2 households away is: Wm. Pitts, age 55, GA, GA, GA, Farmer Lula, wife, age 47, GA, GA, GA Jessie, daughter, age 25, GA Horace, son, age 23, GA Buford, son, age 21, GA Mattie Lou, daughter, age 19, GA Leon, son, age 17, GA ??, daughter, age 15, GA ??, daughter, age 13, GA ---- Georgia Death Index Name: Emaline S Pitts Death Date: 31 Mar 1960 County of Death: Tift Gender: F Race: W Age: 78 years County of Residence: Tift Certificate: 11716 --- Candace