Mother died in childbirth. Jesse raised by grandparents John and Mary Pittman. Reared by his grand-parents John and Mary Pittman. included in John Pittman's will.
JESSE PITTMAN WAS THE SON OF BUCKNER PITTMAN AND POSSIBLY Nancy HARRIS. HER NAME AS MOTHER OF JESSE AND FIRST WIFE OF BUCKNER APPEARS UNDOCUMENTED WITH A QUESTION MARK IN THE PITTMAN FAMILY DATA BANK OF BEVERLY CAPPS WILLIAMSON.
JESSE RECEIVED 100 ACRES OF LAND IN THE LWT OF GRANDFATHER JOHN PITTMAN (D. 1785, RICHMOND County, Georgia ).
THE OGLETHORPE County, Georgia DEED BOOK A, P. 43-45, 12 MAR 1791, RECORDS THE FOLLOWING TRANSACTION: "JESSE PITTMAN OF WILKES County TO MARTHA PITTMAN OF COLUMBIA County FOR 30 POUNDS STERL., 100 A. IN WILKES County ON CLOUDS CR., SURVEYED 9 FEB 1785, ORIG. GRANTED TO JOHN PITTMAN SENR. 2 APR 178-(BLANK, MEANING POSSIBLY 1780), JOINING LAND LAID OUT FOR JOHN PITTMAN JUNR. S/JESSE PITTMAN. WIT. G.P. PITTMAN, SOLOMON NEWSOM. PROVED BY GEORGE PHILLIPS PITMAN 5 OCT 1791 BEFORE JAS. McCORMICK JP. REC. 21 JUL 1794."
JESSE PITTMAN PAID ONE POLL TAX IN CAPT NEWSOM'S DISTRICT OF WARREN County, GA IN 1805. A JESSE PITTMAN WITNESSED DEEDS IN WARREN County, Georgia IN 1791 AND 1803. A JAMES McCORMICK, SOLOMON NEWSOM AND G.P. PITTMAN OR M.G.P. PITTMAN ARE ALSO FOUND AT THE SAME TIME IN WARREN County, Georgia
ON 7 OCT 1790 JOHN PITMAN SOLD LAND TO JOHN MOUTREY, WIT: JAMES SIMMS, JOEL MOUTREY, EUNICE PITMAN, WARREN County, DEED BOOK A, P. 446. THIS HAD TO BE JOHN ICHABOD WITH HIS WIFE LUCY EUNICE MARSHALL PITTMAN AS WITNESS AS JOHN SR WAS DEAD BY THIS TIME.

IN 1823, 28, 29, 30, AND 32 A JESSE PITTMAN WAS TAX COLLECTOR OF WILKINSON County, GA. TWO YEARS LATER, SON OR BROTHER, BUCKNER PITTMAN BECAME SHERIFF. THE TWO WIVES AND NINE CHILDREN OF JESSE ARE ALSO LISTED, BUT THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN PER WIFE IS UNKNOWN. FURTHER INFORMATION ON HIS LINE IN "YALOBUSHA COUNTY PITTMANS, YALOBUSHA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI," 1978 EDITION, JOHN WAYNE & VIVINA PURDY, ROUTE 3, BOX 145, COFFEEVILLE, MISS 38922.
ALSO MRS. WILIE PITTMAN WOOLSEY 4238 W. SHERIDAN; PHOENIX, AZ 85009 1980 LETTER REF TO GRANDFATHER WILL PITTMAN & GRANDMOTHER GATSIE WHO MOVED FROM MISS TO ARIZ 1948. THE THREE YOUNGEST CHILDREN OF JESSE: ALCY, LITTLETON, AND JEREMIAH, WERE IN ARKANSAS, ACCORDING TO A HANDWRITTEN NOTE ADDED TO "YALOBUSHA COUNTY PITTMANS..." Lynne Pittman Selzer <lpselzer@earthlink.net>


1820 Census of Wilkinson County GA shows Jessey Pittman with 3 males and 1 female under 10 years; 1 female 10 and under 16; 1 male and 1 female 16 and under 26 years; a female age 26 to 45 and a male (Jesse) over 45. (assume female 26-45 is Jane (Richardson) Pittman)
1830 Census of Wilkinson County GA shows Jesse Pittman with 1 male under 5 years, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30 (Jincie (Garrett) Pittman)1 male 30-40, 1 male (Jesse) 50-60 Shirley Graham <ArlisG@aol.com>

• Married: Abt 1788
• Note: Reference Number:48770
• Change Date: 30 Nov 2001

1. Noel Pittman b: Abt 1800 in Virginia Statehood 1788
2. Jesse Pittman b: Abt 1902 in Virginia Statehood 1788
3. Louisa Pittman b: Abt 1804 in Virginia Statehood 1788
4. Elizabeth Pittman b: Abt 1806 in Virginia Statehood 1788
5. Buckner Pittman b: 1810 in Virginia Statehood 1788
6. Daniel R. Pittman b: 1813 in Virginia Statehood 1788
7. Samuel Moon Pittman b: 1814 in Wilkinson County, Georgia Formed 1803 From Creek Cession

• Married: Abt 1830
• Change Date: 30 Nov 2001

1. Alcy Pittman b: Apr 1830 in Wilkinson County, Georgia Formed 1803 From Creek Cession
2. Jeremiah Pittman b: 14 Feb 1832 in Wilkinson County, Georgia Formed 1803 From Creek Cession
3. Littleton Pittman b: 1833

1. Abbrev: SOME GEORGIA COUNTY RECORDS, VOL 7, REV SILAS EMMETT LUCAS, SOUTHERNHISTORICAL PRESS, INC, GREENVILLE, S.C., 1993, P. 414
   Title: SOME GEORGIA COUNTY RECORDS, VOL 7, REV SILAS EMMETT LUCAS, SOUTHERNHISTORICAL PRESS, INC, GREENVILLE, S.C., 1993, P. 414
2. Abbrev: Shirley Graham <ArlisG@aol.com>
   Title: Shirley Graham <ArlisG@aol.com>
   Date: 30 Nov 2001
3. Media: Electronic
   Abbrev: Lynne Pittman Selzer <lpselzer@earthlink.net>
   Title: Lynne Pittman Selzer <lpselzer@earthlink.net>
   Publication: 2306 Piedmont Ridge Ct.,
   Marietta,Ga.30062
   Date: 21 May 1998
4. Media: Electronic
   Abbrev: Lynne Pittman Selzer <lpselzer@earthlink.net>
   Title: Lynne Pittman Selzer <lpselzer@earthlink.net>
   Publication: 2306 Piedmont Ridge Ct.,
   Marietta,Ga.30062
   Date: 21 May 1998
   Text: Yalobusha County Pittmans, Yalobusha County, Mississippi,
   " by John Wayne & Vivian Purdy, Route 3, Box 145, Coffeville, MS
   38922. Says he died there in 1836.