| Name |
Silas Witt |
| Title |
Rev. |
| Birth |
28 May 1790 |
Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Property |
Aft 1820 |
New Hopewell Baptist Church, McMinn Co, Tennessee |
| Residence |
1833 |
Cherokee Co, Alabama |
| Residence |
Abt 1871 |
near, Moody, McLennan Co, Texas |
- In 1871 or 1872, when he was already past eighty years of age and Susanna over seventy-five, they still retained enough vigor to dare to conquer new lands. It was then, like many others across the Old South, that they and most of their children and grandchildren tacked the sign GTT (Gone to Texas) on their door, loaded their wagons, and headed west. An eyewitness account of the departure of the Witt family from Alabama reads as follows: "The family group met at the home of Joseph Lockhart Witt and his wife, Nancy J. Penn. The place of departure was about twenty miles from Decatur, Alabama, in Morgan County. There were ten or twelve covered wagons, and those remaining gathered--stood on the front porch--and saw them leave for wild and woolly Texas fraught with no telling what hazards. Rev. Silas and Susanna Witt occupied a buggy and led the caravan."
Silas and Susanna Witt and many of the family settled near Moody, in southern McLennan County, Texas, or in adjoining northern Bell County. Susanna died in 1880 and Silas a year later. They are buried in Old Perry Cemetery, north of Moody. The front (east side) of Silas's tombstone bears the following inscription:
Rev. Silas Witt
was married to
Susana Randolph
July 30, 1812
The reverse (west) side reads:
Holy
Bible
Rev. Silas
Witt
Born
May 28, 1790
Died
July 15, 1881
Beloved one Farewell
Weep not he is at rest
(Source: N. Parsons http://members.cox.net/nparsons13/wittfami.htm)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smith%5Faannestad&id=I885
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| Death |
15 Jul 1881 |
Moody, McLennan Co, Texas |
| Burial |
Old Perry Cem, Moody, McLennan Co, Texas |
| Person ID |
I84848 |
Roots |
| Last Modified |
28 Mar 2016 |
| Family |
Susannah Randolph, b. 22 May 1795, Jefferson Co, Tennessee d. 15 Jul 1880, Moody, McLennan Co, Texas (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Jul 1812 |
Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee |
| Children |
| + | 1. James Randolph Witt, b. 23 Aug 1813, Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee d. 1895, Moody, McLennan Co, Texas (Age 81 years) |
| | 2. Joseph Lockhart Witt, b. 30 Oct 1817, Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee d. 25 Apr 1889, Moody, McLennan Co, Texas (Age 71 years) |
| | 3. Eliza Jane Witt, b. 13 Dec 1829, Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee d. Aft 1860 (Age 31 years) |
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| Family ID |
F27835 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2015 |
1790 - 1881 (91 years)
