1870 census, Richland Station, Sumner Co., TN: Fitts, Sanford, M, W, age 76, b. VA Fitts, Francis, F, W, age 55, b. TN In the household immediately preceding this one was: Fitts, D.R.(or D.K.?), M, W, age 34, b. TN, farmer Fitts, S. J., F, W, age 23, b. KY Fitts, T. B., F, W, age 4, b. TN Fitts, T. F., F, W, age 9, b. TN I'm not sure I read all the initials correctly -the handwriting is rather elaborate. Also, I suspect that the Francis listed is actually a Frances. In any case, your ancestor was most likely this elderly man's namesake. There is a black family named Fitts in the same location, with a 4-yr. old son named John. If you are interested in them, please let me know. You might want to check the 1860 slave schedules for TN to see if some of your Fitts families owned slaves, thus the names. There were other Fitts families, black and white, listed in the same county, but not in the same Twp., and others elsewhere in TN. Have you checked the 1880 census in TN for John S. Fitts? (There's a 21-yr. old one listed.) That census is available at familysearch.org There is a younger John F. Sanford (17) in TN in 1880 and there are some John Sanfords in TX in 1880 too but not born in TN. Hope this helps. Genie --- Glenda <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for the family of John Fitts > Sanford who actually changed his name from John > Sanford Fitts. He married a Mexican woman, > Isabel Rocha, with whom he had at 5 sons, > Tandy, Julio, Roberto, Antonio & Bolivar. John > was born in 1859 in TN and died in El Paso, TX > on January 14, 1921. I am also looking for the > surnames Sifuentes, Rocha, Slaughter & > Sheppard. Any help would be greatly > appreciated and thanks for calling the roll. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com