Freestone County, Texas
Biographies 



Biography of Col. John Whitt
   (?-?, burial: unknown)

Book - Reminiscences of reconstruction in Texas ; and, Reminiscences of Texas 
and Texans fifty years ago by William D. Wood. pg. 46.


COLONEL JOHN WHITT was one of the first settlers of Fairfield, and a member of
the Freestone county bar.  He was in Farifield the first time the writer 
visited the town, in the spring of 1852.  The court house then was a clapboard
shanty, about 20 feet square, set in the middle of the public square of town.  
Whitt was not only a lawyer, but a hotel keeper. He not only knew how to 
conduct a law suit for a client, but knew how to feed and entertain him in a 
most hospitable manner.  His house was a popular resort for the visiting 
members of the bar in court time. He was a most genial and companionable 
landlord, and most attentive to the comfort and wants of his guests.  He was a
public spirited citizen and a most useful member of society.  He has long since
been dead.  However, as an early settler and pioneer he did his duty toward the
upbuilding of his section of Texas.