Porter Monroe Pitts: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Porter Monroe Pitts was born 3 Mar 1892, Strawberry Plains, Tennessee (son of Ellis Rosecrans Pitts and Sirentha Collett); died 9 Nov 1986; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Porter married Cora Dell Delora Gregg 21 Feb 1917. Cora (daughter of Creed Fulton Gregg and Sarah Elizabeth Moore) was born 21 Mar 1892; died 1 Aug 1989; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Dorothy Geraldine Pitts was born 1 Sep 1922.
Eugene Fulton Pitts was born 27 Jul 1925.

Generation: 2

Ellis Rosecrans Pitts was born Abt 1864, Tennessee (son of Calloway E. Pitts and Hilley Jane Acuff).

Other Events:

Census: 1880, District 6, Greene County, Tennessee

Ellis — Sirentha Collett. Sirentha (daughter of John Collett and Sarentha) was born 26 May 1856, Greene County, Tennessee; died 20 Jan 1920, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sirentha Collett was born 26 May 1856, Greene County, Tennessee (daughter of John Collett and Sarentha); died 20 Jan 1920, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Children:

1. Porter Monroe Pitts was born 3 Mar 1892, Strawberry Plains, Tennessee; died 9 Nov 1986; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Mattie Jane Pitts
Lloyd Ellis Pitts was born 4 Feb 1894, Tennessee; died 9 Feb 1949; was buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
Ed Pinkston Pitts
Lula Pitts
Mamie Lee Pitts was born 9 May 1896; died 26 Nov 1962; was buried Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Ben Harrison Pitts died CHILD.
Rosa Robert Pitts died CHILD.

Generation: 3

Calloway E. Pitts was born 8 Oct 1834, South Carolina; died 16 Jul 1896; was buried Midway Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Census: 1880, District 6, Greene County, Tennessee

Calloway married Hilley Jane Acuff 25 Dec 1856, Greene County, Tennessee. Hilley was born Abt 1837, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

5.
Hilley Jane Acuff was born Abt 1837, Tennessee.
Other Events:
Census: 1880, District 6, Greene County, Tennessee

Children:

2. Ellis Rosecrans Pitts was born Abt 1864, Tennessee.
6. John Collett was born Tennessee.
John — Sarentha. Sarentha was born Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sarentha was born Tennessee.

Children:

3. Sirentha Collett was born 26 May 1856, Greene County, Tennessee; died 20 Jan 1920, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Forest Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee.