Pittman LEWIS

Male 1789 - 1858  (68 years)


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  • Name Pittman LEWIS 
    Birth 14 Aug 1789  Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Apr 1858  Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11867  Marshall and Allied Families
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2012 

    Father Charles Crawford LEWIS, Sr.,   b. 26 May 1761, Albemarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1833, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. 1770   d. 22 Oct 1851 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage Oct 1785  ,Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Intha DALTON,   b. 1805   d. 7 Dec 1895, , Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage May 1837  ,Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Jane LEWIS
     2. Elizabeth LEWIS,   b. 9 Oct 1838   d. Aft 1900 (Age > 63 years)
     3. Rufus LEWIS,   b. 16 May 1840, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1875, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
     4. Mary Louisa LEWIS,   b. 19 Mar 1843, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1894 (Age 50 years)
    +5. Pinckney Pitman LEWIS,   b. 18 Aug 1847, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1917 (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F3745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Marshall 0375, pg. 1
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      Email from Mike Monroe
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      6/29/2003

      Pittman Lewis' name was interchangably "Pittman" and "Pitman". I strongly suspect that Pittman's maternal great-grandmother had a surname of "Pittman". While the name was commonly spelled "Pittman" during the 1700's, it was more commonly spelled "Pitman" during the 1800's. Pitman was born 14-August-1789, and died 21-April-1858 according to both the Family Bible and his gravemarker. Pitman's will is on record at the Rutherford County Courthouse.
      Pitman Lewis married Intha Dalton in May 1837 in Rutherford County.
      Intha Dalton's birthyear is uncertain and her gravemarker states her birthdate as "About 1805".
      Intha was "about 32" when she married Pitman. Intha already had a daughter named "Jane Caroline Dalton" when Intha and Pitman were married. Jane's birthdate on the 1900 census ( Rutherford County, Green Hill Township ) was "Dec 1831", so Jane would have been about 5 years old when Pitman and Intha were married. Jane married George Martin Edwards in October 1848 in Rutherford County and had 6 children starting with Thomas Pinkney Edwards in October 1849. Pitman did not mention step-dau Jane Caroline Dalton Lewis Edwards in his will.
      Pitman and Intha had 4 children of their own.

      The oldest was Elizabeth Lewis, born 9-October-1838 according to the Family Bible, and Elizabeth married William Henry Cantrell and moved near Boiling Springs, Spartanburg County, SC. See the 1880 Spartanburg County SC census, Cherokee Township, district 140, sheet 19, line 36, house 173, William was listed as 49 years old and ill with what appears to be "Chronic-Dysentery". Elizabeth is listed as age 41, with 8 children. I have serious reservations about the census taker's record-keeping and suggestion that Elizabeth was born in SC -- I suspect she was actually born in Rutherford County.

      William Henry Cantrell appears to have died by the 1900 census, and Elizabeth appears on the 1900 census in Spartanburg County, SC, at the age of 61.
      I do not know when Elizabeth Lewis Cantrell died, but sometime after the 1900 census.