Person:Lawrence Pittman (1)

Notes

Lawrence Pittman, son of Nicholas, had ten grandsons in the Confederate Army. Philip Pittman, his oldest son, at the age of 16, served in the War of 1812, and in 1861, at the age of 64, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, taking with him his youngest son, just 16 years old. The last year of the struggle, his friends implored him to come home and be a candidate for the Virginia Senate. His reply was the army had no soldiers to spare, but if they wished to elect him they could do so, but he would remain in the army until officially notifiede of his election. He was elected, but remained at his post until the Senate convened.

Lawrence. (Lawrence acquired an estate of several thousand acres in Shenandoah Co., and erected as his home the famous mansion, "Red Banks", which still stands today abt 10 miles south of Woodstock, Virginia.) There is also a book out "The Nicholas Pitman Family of Va" published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Gen. Magazine. Vol 32, pp 139-145, 234-245, 313-324. Also a note on Catherine Snapp Pittman. She was the daughter of John and Barbara Snapp. See Frederick Co., Va Will book No 3, page 35, for John Snapp's Will."

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