Pitts Family Cemetery, Camp County, Texas

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        Date: May 2006
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Historical Marker

WILLIAM HARRISON PITTS
(1815-1898)

Born in Georgia to Hardy and Drucilla (Neal) Pitts, William Harrison Pitts moved
his plantation household to this area by 1854. He purchased 200 acres and built
a home near this site. A settlement began to spring up, and a post office was
established with the name "Pittsburg." Pitts acquired more land over the next
few years, setting aside 50 acres for the town's development. In 1874, his offer
of $50 toward a new courthouse was a deciding factor in the election of Pittsburg
as the seat of the newly organized Camp County. The town became a junction of
two railroad lines in the late 1870s and by 1880 it had a population of 750. The
Pittsburg Gazette was first published in 1884. William Harrison Pitts was
married four times and had two children. A merchant, civic leader, and veteran
of the Creek Indian Wars, he died in 1898.
(2000)


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