Coleman, Sarah (Sallie) Ann (b. 23 NOV 1837, d. 9 NOV 1887)

Death: 9 NOV 1887 buried in Coleman Cemetery, Rutherford Co., Tn

Death: 17 JUL 1933 Rutherford Co., TN, buried in Coleman Cemetery

Note: Unknown about James Jamison, however, Rutherford Co., Marriage Records has:
Jamison, James H. & Miss P. J. Ivie married Dec 21, 1875

This may not be the estate of the James Jamison but a cousin. It is placed here for convince and because it mentions sisters Levina & Lizzie which matches James' siblings. Mary Pitts and other allied families of the Jamisons are also included:

Estate of J W Jamison
Deposition of one of the distributes, Mrs. Mary Pitts, which is as follows:
Direct Examination
By Mr. C. C. Jackson:
Q. When did J. W. Jamison die?
A. In January, 1937
Q. Did he or his wife first.
A. His wife died first,
Q. Did he and his wife every have any children?
A. No.
Q. Did he have any brothers and sisters? If so, name them?
A. He had one brother named Johnnie, who died before he did, and his brother left no children. He had two sisters, Levina, who married a Sloan and who died several years before he did, and who left six children: William Sloan, who lives in Rutherford County; Nanie Hunter who has a Sloan out married a Hunter, who lives in Davidson County; Mary Pitts, who was a Sloan but married a Harnish, Boo Sloan, who lives in Indiana; Jim Sloan, who lives in Rutherford, and Sallie Harnish, who was a Sloan but married a Harnish, lives in Davidson County. His other sister, who married a Jones, Lizzie Jones, died several years ago and left one child, Othel Jones, but I do not know his whereabouts or where he is and have not heard anything from him, or know anything about him fro a least fourteen years, and where he is none of his folks know. Whether he is living or whether he is dead, we do not know. However, he married, but he never had any children and he and his wife separated and his now remarried again. The last I ever heard from him he was living in Detroit, Michigan.
Signed: Mrs. Ross Pitts
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 19th day July, 1939.

Siblings: Johnnie, Levina & Lizzie
J. P. Leathers, County Court Clerk

After payment of the court cost same should be distributed as follows:

Othel Jones one-half; William Sloan, Bob Sloan, Jim Sloan, Nannie Hunter, Mary Pitts and Sallie Harnish, one-twelfth each, and the said T. A. Jamison, Administrator, this day paid into my hands, as clerk the sum of $562.27.
I report that this all of the money or assets of said deceased's estate that went into the administrator's hands or should have gone into his hands by due diligence and has been given all just credits as such administrator.
Respectfully,
J. P. Leathers, Clerk

Death: 29 OCT 1971 Rutherford Co., TN, buried in Coleman Cemetery

Note: Marker has her as "Anna Owen, 1858-1946".

Mary Owen was reported to be Cherokee by Beverly Brandon on GenForum Sept 20, 2002 as given below:

"I know of Matthew Pitts from Rutherford County born around early 1800's. One of his sons was John Pitts born around the 1830's of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. John Pitts married Ann Owens who was Cherokee and had a daughter named Clara L. Pitts in late 1800's who married Alvin Hawkins Brandon. Clara L. Pitts and Alvin Hawkins Brandon had a son in Murfreesboro named Alvin H. Brandon, my dad.

written by Robert Alvin Brandon, Fort Worth Texas. - I am trying to find if Ann Owens and John Pitts registered on the rolls of the Cherokee Indian tribe when they lived in Murfreesboro in mid 1850's."

Death: 31 MAY 1946 Rutherford Co, TN and buried in Hillview Baptist Church Cemetery.

Source: (Name)
Title: DavidGarvin.GED
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Jan 3, 2003

Note: Unknown for sure but a John Pitts m. Mary Eliza Brandon, b. 21, 1870, d.
Feb. 21, 1941 of Readyville.
The grave marker at Hillview is: "Ed A."

Death: 25 OCT 1963 Rutherford Co, TN and buried in Hillview Baptist Church Cemetery.

Note: Pearl never married and her memorial is marked with "Sister".

Death: 18 DEC 1962 Rutherford Co, TN and buried in Hillview Baptist Church Cemetery.

Note: Unknown about William Pitts, however, Rutherford Co., Marriage Records
show:
Wm Anderson Pitts obtained License to marry Miss Cora Lee Odom on April
13, 1907. Witnessed by Font E. Pitts

Death: 25 MAR 1952

Note: Unknown about Andrew Jamison, however, Rutherford Co., Marriage Records
show:

Andrew Jamison obtain license to marry Mrs. Ann Jernigan, Jan 5, 1907
witnessed by J. E. Buagy

Note: Information on the dates of birth of the Zumbro children if from Tom Boyd.

Death: 1918 buried in Boyd Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN

Note: Mary remembers their Daddy telling how Boss would light cigars with $100 bills. She also remembers there were 4 children; 3 boys and 1 girl. Ann Meador said 1900 census records and Preston, Robert, Ben and George were listed as children. When Boss died, Lou married a Tomlinson, who was an orphan who was raised by a Pitts.

Diane Hall-O'Dell remembers her father's strongest memory of Boss was his banjo playing.

Death: 15 OCT 1937

Death: 5 JAN 1946 buried in Boyd Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN

Death: 23 AUG 1969 Rutherford Co., Tennessee buried in Boyd Cemetery, Pitts Lane

Death: 28 JUL 1923 Rutherford Co, Tennessee, buried in Boyd Cemetery, Pitts Lane.

Note: Emily and her brothers and sisters were equally given the estate of their father William Robert "Bud" Jamison because he had no will. Emily at that time was married to Mose Boyd, Sr. The family (brothers & sisters) decided to sign over to Emily and Mose the farm because at that time they could not afford buy it for the dividing the funds with her siblings. The farm was passed on to Mose Boyd, Jr. the only issue. Mose & Zera gave away the farm in their old age before Zera died for $1 under undetermined conditions to a couple that befriended them. Some have said that this same couple had done this before but typically no one had the financial means of taking it to court. Estimates range to $10,000 in court cost to do so. The courts were not interested in protecting the rights of the elderly in the Rutherford Co., TN area. Less than one week after they signed away the farm, they signed away their power of attorney as well. Friends, neighbors and relatives have yet to determine the motivation to give it way after it had been in the Jamison family for almost a 100 years. Almost everyone in the community know of the situation and freely share the events surrounding the farm.

Death: 28 JUN 1965 Rutherford Co., TN, buried in Coleman Cemetery at 92

Death: 14 APR 1975 buried in Boyd Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN

Burial: 16 APR 1975

Note: Some records have her name as Myrtle B. Cain.

Death: 16 FEB 1989 buried in Boyd Cemetery, Rutherford Co., TN

Note: Aunt Lell, grand daughter of Matthew, Jr. in a letter written to Martha Pearl, dated Sept. 1973, recalls that "Grandpa Pitts (Matthew) had several brothers: 1. John, 2. Theophilus, 3. Anderson and sister, 4. Nancy, who married Mr. Doughtery." We have assumed that John was Jonathan, Anderson was Andrew and it is not clear if Nancy was the second name of one of the girls or another girl not given in the census.

Mathew Pitts father is believed to also be Matthew. Rutherford Co. records for Tennessee in 1810 shows: Ezekial Pitts: male 16-20 with female16-20 in household w/o children. Theophilus, Matthew's brother, was born in 1820 and Matthew in 1825. In any case, this area requires a lot more research and additional family records is they can be found. Some related facts as the result of census and county marriage records are given below: Matthew Pitts appears as Surety for the marriage of Kinchen Pitts to Betsey Elder issued Jan 21, 1824 in Rutherford Co., TN. This must be Matthew Pitts Sr. signing for his son Kinchen.

Research provided by a cousin (Sanner) indicates that:
Matthew & Martha had children:
1. Ezekial b. 1817 2. Anderson b. 1820
3. Mathew b. 1821 4. Benjamin b. 1824
5. Theofilas b. 1825 6. Peyton b. 1829
7. Jonoathan b. 1828 8. Mary b. 1835
9. William b. 1837 10. Martha b. 1839

This is fairly consistent with the 1850 census listing:
Matthew Pitts, 54, born in NC (Abt. 1796) & Martha 44, born in NC (abt. 1806) (wife)
Peyton 19, b. TN (Abt. 1831)
Jno. 18, b. TN (Abt. 1832) - Jno. is probably the short name for Jonathan
Mary 15, b. TN (Abt. 1835)
Wm 13, b. TN (Abt. 1837)
Martha 11, b. TN (Abt. 1839)

The Census of 1850 includes two Matthew Pitts. Some of the family believe that "our" Matthew's father was also Matthew (in the 21st Civil District, Sulphur Springs District) and if so this perhaps fits the description. At 1850 the older Matthew Pitts was 54 years old which indicates his birth was about 1796. The family is described as:

Matthew Pitts, 54, born in NC (Abt. 1796)
Martha 44, born in NC (Abt. 1806) (wife)
Peyton 19, b. TN (Abt. 1831)
John 18, b. TN (Abt. 1832)
Mary 15, b. TN (Abt. 1835)
William 13, b. TN (Abt. 1837)
Martha 11, b. TN (Abt. 1839)

A later census: Matthew Pitts 59, b. Abt. 1820, married to Martha ( b. Abt. 1828). In this census, their children mentioned were Moses 16, Martha J. 14, and Fountain 11.

Brown Mill District:
Mathew Pitts 29, b. TN (Abt. 1820)
Martha 21, b. TN (Abt. 1829) (wife)
William 6, b. TN (Abt. 1844)
Anderson 4, b. TN (Abt. 1846)
Benjamin 2, b. TN (Abt. 1847)
Susan 1/12, b. TN (Abt. 1850)

Other Pitts apparently grown children of Matthew Sr. & Matthew Jr. siblings:
Benja. F. Pitts 26, b. TN
Mary 17, b. TN

Ezecheal Pitts 33, b. TN
Mary A. 33, b. VA (wife)
children: Robert, Wm. Z., Susan A., Sarah J., James K., Mary, Martha.

Flemings District:
Andrews Pitts 30, Martha 25 (wife), child: Louisa,
Theopilas 24. (apparently a brother of Andrew who is apparently Anderson). This sets Theophilus birth date to be approximately 1825 for the census of 1850.

Youree's District:
William Pitts 40, Amanda 19 (wife?)
Matilda 1
Nancy 23
Alfred Hall 11 TN

Charles Pitts 23, Nancy P. 21, Critty 3, Destuberen 1.

Harriett Pitts married James H. Short Mar 27, 1840 in Rutherford Co., TN

Death: 1 MAY 1930 Nashville, Tennessee