Pitts Family Cemetery, Camp County, Texas

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Submitted by: Lisa Thomas and Caylen Wells < >
        Date: May 2006
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Historical Marker

PITTS FAMILY CEMETERY

The Pitts Family Cemetry was established by William Harrison Pitts, founder of
Pittsburg. According to family history, the earliest burial on this site was
that of Sarah Richardson Harvey Pitts, the third wife of W. H. Pitts and mother
of their daughter ella, in 1862. Confederate Corporal Joseph H. Pitts was buried
here in 1863. Others interred here include W. H. Pitts' mother, Drucilla Neal
Pitts, and five of his eight siblings. These members of the large Pitts family
left their Georgia plantations and reestablished their households here on the
Texas Frontier in the mid-19th century. They shaped early Camp County and saw
Pittsburg grow into a thriving village. The cemetery remains a chronicle of
early Camp County history and culture.
(2000)


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