I don't know anything about that Thomas Pitman though I've heard others mention him before. My lines(Daniel & Comfort Pitman) who were in Dekalb Co. TN in 1850 & 1860 were in AL for some time between abt 1835-1842...but not sure where. Two of their children are listed as being born in AL in some census records. You bring up an interesting point about the occupations. My Daniel is listed as a shoemaker in the 1860 census. While searching thru Data on Pitmans I had ran across a John Pitman listed in the 1850 Bledsoe Co. TN Census. His occupation was given as Shoemaking also. This John Pitman was born prob. around 1775 if you go by his age given in the 1850 Census. My Daniel was born around 1800-1803 so I'd thought that perhaps there was some connection given the fact that the had the same Surname and occupation/profession. Have not been able to find anyone researching the Bledsoe Co. TN Pitman who is listed as living with Nancy Pitman age 26 prob. a granddaughter. I think the John Pitman could be the father of Daniel but will have to dig futher. --Marie Beckman http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rmbeckman/index.html > About Pittmans. What ever happened to the Thomas >Pittman family who were in Cannon County in the >1850's? I heard they moved to Texas. Thomas Pittman >Jr. married Martha G. LaFevers in Cannon County in >1852. I'm looking for info on the parents of Robert >Samuel LaFever, William J. LaFever and Martha G. >Lafever, whom I'm told were Moses Robert (or Robert >Moses) LaFever and Elizabeth James, daughter of >William James and Clarissa Smith who came from Pitt >County, North Carolina to Cannon County. > Could this Moses LaFever be another son of Andrew >and Nancy Ard LaFever?????? He died before 1850, and >William, Robert, and Martha lived with Clarrissa >(Smith) James until her death just before 1860. > Hope you can help fill in the blanks. I'd thought >that these were Zachariah LaFever's kids, but >obviously I'm mistaken. Now I've got another LaFever >who is obviously related to my bunch, since ol' Moses >was ALSO a potter like Andrew! >Thanks >Will Smith _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Marie, Please forgive me for being an old man, who doesn't do well at remembering who I have been in contact with in the past. So, if I have contacted you before, now we both can share in the pleasure of double contact. I am connected to the Pittman line through the Adcock line. My grandmother was Sarah Esther (Adcock) Pollard and she married Isaac Dalton Pollard. Her father was John Marshall Adcock, and continues on back to Thomas Adcock, who was the father of Mary D.T. Adcock, wife of David Harlen Pittman. If you find an interest, I would like to share our common goal of enhancing our genealogy into these people. Please get in touch with me and let's share our little connection. Jim Ralston in Michigan