Mary Elizabeth Pitts

[Read on the image 8 Oct 2026 (register K966): lines 8-15, columns name, age, sex, occupation, real and personal estate, birthplace, school. No relationship column in 1860.] Dwelling 1092, family 1092: B. J. Barrett, 36, m, Farmer, real estate 1200, personal 500, birthplace BLANK on the image; E. Barrett, 32, f, born Georgia; W. S. Barrett, 13, m, born Alabama, at school; M. F. Barrett, 11, f, at school; T. J. Barrett, 9, m, at school; S. Barrett, 7, f; J. T. Barrett, 5, m; A. J. Barrett, 2, m (birthplaces after W. S. by ditto).

[Read on the image 8 Oct 2026 (register K965): lines 9-16, columns name, age, sex, color, occupation, real and personal estate, birthplace; the parentage, school and civil columns not read. No relationship column in 1870.] Dwelling 148, family 160: Barrett, Elizabeth, 42, F, W, Keeping House, real estate 200, personal 100, born Ga.; Martha, 21, F, W, At Home, Ala.; Thomas, 19, M, W, Ala.; Sarah, 17, F, W, Ala.; James, 15, M, W, Ala.; Andrew, 13, M, W, Ala.; Hicks, 11, M, W, Ala.; Mary, 8, F, W, Ala. (birthplaces after Martha's by ditto).

[Read on the images 8 Oct 2026 (register K967): the jacket and the first page of the sworn application, to the company question; the later pages, the affidavits and the county judge's certificate not read. The applicant's surname is written Borrett throughout.] Jacket: Elizabeth Barrett, Franklin County, post office Mt Vernon, Tex.; Comptroller's file no. 1499; approved 28 Sept 1899. Application: she is a resident citizen of Franklin County, Texas, the widow of B. J. Borrett, deceased, a Confederate soldier. What is your name? Elizabeth Borrett. Age? 71 years. County? Franklin County Texas. How long resided, post office? 26 years, Mount Vernon Texas. Applied before? No. Physical condition? I am debilitated by age. Name of your deceased husband? B. J. Borrett. Married to him before March 1, 1866, and where? yes, in Apr. 1846 in Butler Co. Ala. Date of his death? Killed in 1863 in last days Battle of Chickamauga. Unmarried since? I am, I have. Company and regiment? Company B, 4th Bat. [rest not read]

[Read on the image 8 Oct 2026 (register K963): items 1-15 and 17-18; item 16 (undertaker) not read. Typed, faded.] 1. Place of death: Franklin County, precinct One, Mt. Vernon. 2. Full name: Mary Elizabeth Holder. Residence: Mt. Vernon, Franklin, Texas. 3. Female. 4. White. 5. Widowed. 6. Date of birth: Feb. 5, 1862. 7. Age: 81 years 7 months 9 days. 8a. Housewife. 9. Birthplace: Alabama. 10. [Father's] name: J. T. Barrett. 11. Birthplace: Alabama. 12. Maiden name [of mother]: Elizabeth Pitts. 13. Birthplace: Alabama. 14. Signature [informant]: Sam Holder; address Mt. Vernon, Texas. 15. Place of burial: Mt. Vernon Cemetery; date Sept. 16, 1943. 17. Date of death: Sept. 14, 1943. 18. Physician's entries handwritten (cause read as organic heart disease, contributory: age); signed J. M. Fleming, M.D., Mt. Vernon. Filed Sept. 21st 1943. The social security number box is blank.

[Read on the image 8 Oct 2026 (register K964): items 1-14, 19-20 and the physician's signature; the medical items read only for the cause.] 1. County: Franklin; city: Mt Vernon. 2. Full name: Thomas Jefferson Barrett. 3. Male. 4. White. 5. Married. 6. Date of birth: November 15th 1851. 7. Age: 67 years 5 months 27 days. 8. Occupation: Farming. 9. Birthplace: Butler Co. Alabama. 10. Name of father: Benjamin Barrett. 11. Birthplace of father: [blank]. 12. Maiden name of mother: Mary Elizabeth Pitts. 13. Birthplace of mother: Georgia. 14. Informant: Nannie Barrett, Mt Vernon, Tex. 16. Date of death: May 18, 1919; cause general senility; physician J. M. Fleming, M.D. 19. Place of burial: Providence, 5/19/19. 20. Undertaker: M. L. Edwards & Co., Mt. Vernon, Tex.