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I am currently working on my line of the Fitts Family of Georgia. These are my ancestors: John Tandy Fitts Born in Virginia prior to 1760. He married Mary in Halifax County Virginia after 1780. They left Virginia sometime after 1796, and moved to Elbert County, Georgia. They settled in Captain Jesse Nellum's Military District in Elbert Co. Georgia. John Tandy died sometime after 1800, and prior to 1807. Mary stayed in Elbert Co. as late as 1838. Then she accompanied her son William Henry Tolliver to Union Co., where he took up the land that Mary had successfully drawn in the Land Lottery of 1832. William Henry Tolliver Fitts son of John Tandy was born in Elbert Co., Georgia about 1800. He married Mary M. Christian on May 11, 1820. He died in 1880. William Payne Fitts son of William Henry Tolliver was born in Elbert Co. 1821, the first born of his parents. He married Frances Angeline Keenum in Lumpkin Co.,Georgia on April 26th, 1844. He enlisted in the 66th Regiment of the Georgia Volunteers in 1863, and lost his life in the battle of Jonesboro of 1864. Frances lived many years after his death, and later applied for widow's pension in 1891. Joseph B. Fitts son of William Payne was born 1860. He married Frances E. Loggins on Oct. 5th 1884 in Lumpkin Co., Georgia. He was a pastor of Enon Baptist Church. Joseph and Frances are buried at Enon Baptist Church Cemetary. Dowdell B. Fitts son of Joseph B. was born January 22, 1892 in Lumpkin Co.,Georgia. He served in W.W.I in Co.H 140 Infantry. He married Mary Belle Shope on Oct. 26th 1919. He went up to Pennsylvania to work in the coal mines, then later came down to Birmingham, AL and worked in the steel mills, and finally moved to Hall Co., Georgia to farm. Dowdell and Mary Belle are buried at the Oakland Cemetery in Birmingham, AL.	Fitts Family of Georgia Updated November 12, 2000
	Vivian Sabrina Ashley sabrinaash2000@aol.com
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