tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214565315713163072024-03-09T12:31:59.385-06:00Tracks of My Georgia AncestorsSue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-38334772953649477182018-03-14T06:52:00.000-05:002018-03-14T06:52:10.279-05:00About Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors...Copyright & Disclaimer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfApV3XJxPCMfo9GZpuI_z5ELc8uCXaKTIY8dKqeGo18FRJwPozBH1NXOQDOlCuUTgeVBHg2JSjPZ9f8t7tQuEyK2yyPfKC0ofznT5_zLrtgYBa9G-m7vETHham0gFJBE1dnbQL1QfZvo/s1600/SavannahTracksPic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfApV3XJxPCMfo9GZpuI_z5ELc8uCXaKTIY8dKqeGo18FRJwPozBH1NXOQDOlCuUTgeVBHg2JSjPZ9f8t7tQuEyK2yyPfKC0ofznT5_zLrtgYBa9G-m7vETHham0gFJBE1dnbQL1QfZvo/s320/SavannahTracksPic.jpg" width="165" /></a>Hello and Welcome to 'Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors'. <br />
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Savannah Bartow Pittman Brown is my Great Aunt, sister of my Great Grandfather George Washington Pittman. I use her as my 'Ghostwriter' here on Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors for several reasons:<br />
~She was George's youngest sibling.<br />
~She stayed in Georgia when other siblings migrated to Texas.<br />
~I have this photo of her.<br />
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Through her as my guide for our Pittman Family in Georgia, it is my intention to present our Kinfolk in a chronologically and historically accurate manner. However, as well documented as some aspects of our Family Research is, there is as much or more hearsay or as Aunt Savannah likes to say, Fictious Facts. <br />
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Knowing that, please note this as a 'Disclaimer' for the Authorship of 'Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors' as a Fact Based Fiction Creative Writing....©CITexasGal, all rights reserved. <br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">Among</span><strong><em> </em></strong></span></span>the family names emerging through the mists of time from Holland and Belgium was the ancient posterity of Pittman. The distinguished history of this surname is closely entwined within the colorful tapestry of the ancient chronicles of Britain. Pittmans sailed to North America aboard the Armada 'White Sails' and settled in New England and Virginia Colonies in the mid 1600's.<br />
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The focus of this Genealogy Study begins with </div>
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John I. Pittman and wife Mary Polly Rowe Pittman,<br />
settlers in St. Pauls Parish, Georgia along Kiokee Creek.<br />
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As in all Family Trees, there are many branches, stems, twigs and leaves. </div>
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This 'Direct Lineage Branch' will follow </div>
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John Ichabod Pittman, Jr. (1752-1831)</div>
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2nd Son of John and Mary Polly Rowe Pittman</div>
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George Washington Pittman (1843-1938) </div>
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2X Great Grandson of John and Mary Polly Rowe Pittman.</div>
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-25017060443014030062017-01-30T15:05:00.001-06:002017-01-30T15:10:48.577-06:00Savannah Bartow Pittman Brown...Part II~An Epic JourneyContinued...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2016/08/savannah-bartow-pittmanpart-iwhats-in.html" target="_blank">Part I~What's In A Name </a>
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<strong>Savannah Bartow Pittman</strong></div>
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Birth ~ November 2, 1862</div>
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Coxes, Cobb County, Georgia<br />
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<strong>10th and youngest child of</strong> </div>
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<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2014/05/third-generation-direct-descendantsrene.html" target="_blank">Rene Marion and Mary Anne Howell Pittman</a></div>
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<strong>Sister of</strong></div>
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William Howell...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2016/07/antebellum-sonfirst-bornwilliam-howell.html" target="_blank">Antebellum Son~First Born</a><br />
George Washington<br />
Albert Singleton...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/albert-singleton-pittmanfarmer-and.html" target="_blank">Farmer and Family Man</a><br />
James Allison...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/james-allison-pittman-part-iantebellum.html" target="_blank">Part I~Antebellum Born</a>, <a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/james-allison-pittman-part-iilife-of.html" target="_blank">Part II~Life of Fundamental Changes</a><br />
Mary Eugenia...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2016/07/antebellum-daughter-mary-eugenia.html" target="_blank">Antebellum Daughter</a><br />
Fannie Margaret...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2016/07/antebellum-daughterfannie-margaret.html" target="_blank">Antebellum Daughter and Sister</a><br />
<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2016/07/antebellum-daughtersemma-and-elizabeth.html" target="_blank"> Emma and Elizabeth...Antebellum Daughters and Devoted Sisters</a></div>
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Isaac Marion...<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2016/07/antebellum-sonlast-of-eraisaac-marion.html" target="_blank">Antebellum Son~Last of the Era</a></div>
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<strong>Wife of</strong></div>
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Hiram Richard Brown...<a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2016/08/she-married-rich-old-man.html" target="_blank">She Married A Rich Old Man</a><br />
Married on December 16, 1894</div>
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William Byron Brown - Stepson</div>
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Paul Richard Brown</div>
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Silas Pittman Brown...<a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2015/01/family-history-revealed-in-1919.html" target="_blank">Family History Revealed In 1919 Newspaper</a></div>
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<strong>Granddaughter of</strong><br />
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<a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2016/01/january-ancestor-lineaccidental.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Frances Jackson Stone Pittman</a><br />
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Isaac Howell...<a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2012/04/howell-family-hallowed-ground-of-stones.html" target="_blank">Howell Family Hallowed Ground of Stones</a><br />
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Margaret Tucker Howell</div>
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<strong>Savannah Bartow Pittman Brown</strong></div>
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Death ~ September 19, 1937 </div>
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Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia</div>
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After several years searching for Savannah's burial place... in 2004 on ancestry.com message board, a post by her grandson James Brown, son of William Byron Brown (her stepson) stated Savannah was buried in an unmarked grave in an Atlanta cemetery. </div>
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Great Aunt Savannah's life story would have been an epic journey had it been told from beginning to end. Therefore, it has been told through 'Family Stories'....highlighted Links...of her ancestors, her parents, siblings, husband and sons. After all, as the youngest of ten siblings, her roots and life was deeply entwined within her family. She outlived all of her siblings except brother George Washington Pittman, and was survived by two sons and stepson.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt;">Savannah Bartow Pittman was born just after the end of the Antebellum Era's ending date of 1861. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt;">Born on November 2, 1862 during the American Civil
War while her father Rene Marion Pittman was serving in the 7th State Guard
Infantry Regiment of Georgia, she was the last of ten children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Along with her father Rene M. Pittman who enlisted as a Sargent in Company
K at the age of 49 years on May 31, 1961, her brothers George Washington Pittman and William Howell,
also enlisted in the Confederacy. </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">While there is not a detailed record
of Rene Marion Pittman's battlefield experiences or commanding officers, there
is of his son George W. Pittman, and although they served in different
companies, both were in the 7th Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p>Documentation in George's service to the Confederacy gives an account of the state of the Civil War in Savannahs first years. It also sheds light on Savannah's first name and her unusal middle name...Bartow.</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Company B was also called the
Atlanta Confederate Volunteers. The 7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry
served throughout the Civil War and in many of its major battles. The regiment
was mostly assigned to the Army of Northern Virginia in McCaws Division and
Colonel Tige Anderson's Brigade, but also saw time in the Army of Tennessee in
1863. The 7th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry fought at the First and Second
Battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the Spotsylvania Campaign and surrendered at
Appomattox Courthouse at the end of the War. (</em>US Civil War Records and Profiles...The Texas State Cemetery Confederate Veterans)</span></span></span></div>
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famous "Old Time" or Bartow's Brigade". Colonel Francis Stebbins
Bartow was killed on July 21, 1861, leading his brigade at the Battle of First
Manassas or Bull Run. Bartow, the Savannah native and politician, was killed in
the field near the Henry House and died in the arms of Colonel Gartrel of the
7th Georgia who said that his last words were, "They have killed me but
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 10pt;">The 7th Georgia suffered heavy
losses in this first major battle of the war. After Bartow's death, the brigade
command was given to Colonel 'Tige' Anderson of the 11th Georgia. Anderson
became a Brigadier General in November, 1862. Bartow's Brigade was composed of
the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th, Georgia regiments and fought in many major battles
including Bull Run, Antetitam, Appomattox and heavily engaged on day two at
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the very first Georgia regiments to see combat in the Civil War and it's outstanding
record in so many battles with the famous Bartow's and Tige Anderson's Brigade.
The survivors of the 7th Georgia held their First Regimental Reunion in
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From family history records and George Washington Pittman's memorabilia, it is believed that he attended the First Regimental Reunion in Carrollton, Georgia. He was 46 years old, a farmer in Coxes, Cobb County Georgia and the father of nine children. His sister Savannah Bartow was 27 years old, single and living at home with her mother Mary Anne Howell Pittman. </div>
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Savannah was not the only child of Rene Marion 'Rainey' and Mary Anne Howell Pittman to be named after a prominent public figure and/or historically acclaimed person. Her brother George Washington Pittman, obviously, was named after the country's first president. Brother Albert Singleton was possibly named after a local business man who later became a patriot of the Civil War. This is a subjective conclusion since there were no 'Singleton' names in either parents family histories. Other brothers, William Howell and Isaac Marion, were named after their prominent citizen grandfather, Isaac Howell. </div>
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In the next generation, that of George Washington's children, the historically acclaimed naming continued with his sons Columbus Chappell and Howell Cobb. Howell Cobb, named after his great grandfather Isaac Howell and uncle William Howell as well as Thomas Willlis Cobb, US Senator, Congressman and Superior Court Judge from Georgia. Cobb County was named after him and the county seat of Marietta was named after his wife, Mary.</div>
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What's in a name? Everything! </div>
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Savannah ~ Grassland without trees.</div>
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George ~ Farming man.</div>
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Isaac ~ One who brings laughter.</div>
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Columbus ~ A dove.</div>
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Howell ~ Eminent or distinguished.</div>
Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-58063596072865182132016-07-31T11:34:00.001-05:002016-07-31T11:38:22.924-05:00Antebellum Son...First Born...William Howell<div style="text-align: left;">
William Howell Pittman was the first born of Rene Marion and Mary Ann Howell Pittman of Cobb County Georgia. He was a Veteran of the Civil War serving as a Lieutenant in the Georgia First Regiment Infantry. Brothers, William Howell and George Washington were Volunteer Soldiers in the Confederacy, and after the War the Veteran Brothers headed West. Both found their way to West Texas. George Washington settled in Ward County where the Sixth Generation of his descendants reside today. </div>
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As they made their way to Texas, William and George's journey took them through the Southern states between Georgia and Texas. William Howell met and married Louisa Emalissa Walker in Polk, Arkansas on November 10, 1867. William and Louisa settled in Eastland County where he and Louisa raised Six Daughters.</div>
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<strong><em>William Howell Pittman</em></strong> </div>
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Born - February 2, 1842 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia</div>
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Died - August 30, 1909 in Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas</div>
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<strong><em>Louisa Emalissa Walker Pittman</em></strong></div>
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Born - September 2, 1851 in Rankin County Arkansas</div>
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Died - October 16, 1930 in *Cross Plains, Callahan County, Texas</div>
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The daughters of William Howell Pittman and Louisa Emalissa Walker Pittman.</div>
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Texanna, Sallie, Susanna, Fannie, Ann and Josephine.</div>
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Daughters of William Howell and Louisa Walker Pittman.</div>
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<strong><em>Texannah Pittman Fleming</em></strong></div>
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Born - December 30, 1868 in Mena, Polk County, Arkansas</div>
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Died - November 18, 1951 Cross Plains, Callahan, Texas</div>
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Buried - Pioneer Cemetery in Eastland County Texas</div>
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William Robert Fleming 1895 – 1966</div>
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Callie Alexander Fleming<a class="flat_icon clickCardIcon" href="javascript:;" id="person_12165397038"> </a>1898 – 1959</div>
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Kate Fleming<a class="flat_icon clickCardIcon" href="javascript:;" id="person_12165397040"> </a>1901 – 1996</div>
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Samuel Frank Fleming<a class="flat_icon clickCardIcon" href="javascript:;" id="person_12165397044"> </a>1903 – 1975</div>
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Leonard Ross Fleming<a class="flat_icon clickCardIcon" href="javascript:;" id="person_12165397045"> </a>1906 – 1969</div>
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Joseph Alton Fleming<a class="flat_icon clickCardIcon" href="javascript:;" id="person_12165397048"> </a>1909 – 1993</div>
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<strong><em>Mary Josephine Pittman Watkins</em></strong></div>
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Born: October 1, 1872 in Arkansas</div>
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Died: March 31, 1910 in Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas</div>
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Married Julius Cisero Watkins in 1895</div>
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Ralph Cicero Watkins - 1899-1947</div>
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<strong><em>Sallie Savannah Pittman Boone</em></strong></div>
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Born: June 9, 1895 in Arkansas</div>
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Died: January 5, 1943 in San Angelo, Texas</div>
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Buried: Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Texas</div>
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Married Daniel Green Boone in 1893</div>
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Howell Crockett Boone 1894 – 1895</div>
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Ethel L Boone 1896 – 1983</div>
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Mary J Boone 1900 – 1989</div>
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Margaret Audrey Boone 1909 – 1947</div>
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Savannah Jeanette Boone 1912 – 1997</div>
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Joseph Keyes Boone 1916 – 2001</div>
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<strong><em>Fannie Pittman Marshall</em></strong></div>
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Born: April 1, 1878 Mena, Polk County, Arkansas</div>
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Died: May 13, 1967 Pioneer, Eastland County, Texas</div>
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Buried: Pioneer Cemetery, Eastland, Texas</div>
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Married Benjamin Ira Marshall December 27, 1896</div>
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Lura Dean Marshall 1898-1922</div>
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Lucy J. Marshall 1900-1991</div>
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Maud Marshall 1903</div>
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Willard Ross Marshall 1904-1986</div>
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Mabel Marshall 1908</div>
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Howell Marshall 1910-1984</div>
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Lessie Bell Marshall 1915-2000</div>
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Born: October 8, 1880 in Ozark, Polk, Arkansas</div>
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Ada Estelle Fore 1902</div>
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Vera U Fore 1906</div>
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William Garland Fore 1909</div>
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<strong>The Marietta Journal</strong><br />
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<em><strong>On last Friday evening, Mr. I.M. Pittman died in Wesley memorial Sanitarium in Atlanta, following an operation. Mr. Pittman was taken very sick at his home here three weeks ago, and everything was done for him that could be done. Two weeks before he died, he was carried to Atlanta for an operation and treatment, but all efforts to save his life failed, and he died Friday evening October 7th.</strong></em><em><strong> </strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Mr. Pittman had been a resident of Cobb county all his life, and he lived here for the past ten years. He was a strict member of the Methodist church; had served as steward most of his life since he moved here ten years ago, and a more faithful man we never knew.</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Mr. Pittman was twice married, first to Miss Lela Hooper, of Riverside; to them were born four sons: Daniel Wayman, who was killed in France in July, 1819: Alfred, who was killed in a railway accident in October, 1917; Lex and Edgar, who survive him.</strong></em><br />
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<em><strong>Thirteen years ago he was again married to Mrs. Addie Babb, of this place. Four children were born unto them; Marion Babb, 12 years old; Helen, nine years old; Mamie, seven, and little Addie, five. Their mother died when little Addie was three weeks of age. Mr. Pittman was a man of noble character. He had many trials, but never complained, always looking on the bright side of life. As a neighbor we will miss him greatly, as we never lived by a better one. His church will miss him, as his seat in church and Sunday School was never vacant. The funeral was held at Howell cemetery, near Riverside, conducted by Rev. F.E. Jenkins. A large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives attended.</strong></em><br />
Headstone inscription...<em>Our father has gone to a mansion of rest. To the glorious land by the Deity blest.</em><br />
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Finding Isaac's obituary in the <a href="http://www.genealogybank.com/" target="_blank">Genealogy Bank Historical News Archives</a> was well worth the time spent scrolling and clicking through any and all Pittman related articles published in both large and small town Newspapers. The Marietta Journal writer of Isaac's obituary wrote so personally about Isaac that everyone who knew him back in 1919 would be saying, "Amen". They would be comforted knowing everything was done to save him. As neighbors and friends, they would be sympathetic and caring to and for Isaac's children. I know, as Isaac's great great niece, I am comforted and appreciative for all that was written in this extraordinary obituary about an extraordinary ancestor. (notice date of death in obit is different from headstone. Obit date same as on death certificate...no explanation for discrepancy)<br />
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As for his early life at the end of the Antebellum Era and the following years of the Civil War, Isaac would have lived it as did his siblings whose stories have been recounted in previous posts of <a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/p/generation-4.html" target="_blank">'Generation 4'</a>. Of his family, we learned from the obituary that he had two marriages and nine children. It was written there of the trials he endured with the death of his wife *Lela, the tragic deaths of his sons **Daniel and ***Albert and the heartbreaking death of wife ****Addie not long after the birth of their daughter 'little Addie'. And yet, he still was admired for 'looking on the bright side of life'.<br />
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We also learned that he was a good and faithful servant to his church and a neighbor and friend who was held in high esteem by all who knew him. So thank-you, obituary writer and The Marietta Journal for the personal and caring attention to Isaac and his family. In addition to The Marietta Journal, the Cobb County Times published the obituaries of Isaac's Family members denoted by the *asterix's in front of their names...which follow.<br />
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*Lelia - <strong><em>Marietta Journal, August 30, 1990, In Memoriam</em></strong>. "<em>How peaceful and how powerful is the grave." We are reminded of the truth of the above by a melancholy event that occurred in Austell, Cobb county, Ga., Aug. 10, 1900. I refer to the death of Mrs. Leila Hooper Pittman. Death is sad in the old, but it seems doubly so when the young are called away. Mrs. Leila Hooper Pittman was born and reared to young womanhood near Mableton, Cobb County, Ga., and was the daughter of Elder and Mrs. T.M. Hooper. Here in a quiet country home surrounded by fond parents, loving brothers and sisters, she passed most of life, a favorite with all who knew her. At school, church and social meetings she was a welcome visitor. In 1887 she joined the Christian church and remained a faithful member as long as she lived. In 1892 she married Mr. Isaac M. Pittman of Austell. she left the parental roof to bless the heart and life of the one she had chosen for a companion. Of this union five children were born, of which four survive.. As a wife she was faithful, as a mother loving and kind, as a Christian true as a neighbor obliging. Kind friend, farewell! On the great Resurrection morn may we meet you and other loved ones who have gone on before, in a brighter, happier world above."</em><br />
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**Daniel - <strong><em>Cobb County Times August 15, 1918 Memorial Service Held for Daniel W. Pittman</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Many Attend Services at Macland on Sunday in Honor of First Cobb</em></strong> <strong><em>County Boy To Die in France.</em></strong> <em> Last Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, hundreds of Cobb county citizens gathered at the Methodist church at Macland to attend the memorial services I honor of Daniel Weyman Pittman, the first Cobb county boy to be killed in action in France.</em><br />
<em> The little church was filled to overflowing when Rev. Frank Jenkins, the pastor, began his memorial address, which pulsated the sympathy for the bereaved and loyal friends to our government in this crisis. Mr. Watson of Dallas, rendered some special music for the occasion. Daniel Weyman Pittman was the son of Isaac M. Pittman, one of the best known citizens of that community. Young Pittman was a graduate of the Seventh District A and M College of Macland, and had many friends throughout that section of the county.</em><br />
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*** Alfred - <em><strong>Cobb County Times November 1, 1917 Alfred Pittman. </strong>Last Tuesday, October 16th, 1917, we all gathered together at Howell's Family Cemetery to pay a last sad tribute to our relative, friend and school-mate Alf Pittman. Alf was an employee of the Southern Railroad but his old home places is at Riverside. Friday night he went to his work as usual, bright and cheerful and sometime during the night he was thrown under the train and both legs cut off. He was sent to the Atlanta Hospital where he received good attention but to no avail. It was not God's will that Alf should get well for He needed him for a higher and better world. He was a member of the Methodist Church from his childhood and was just entering into manhood. He was liked by all who met him. He leave a father, five brothers, two sisters and a number of other relatives. so dear friends, let's give him up, for Alf is walking the golden streets of Paradise with his mother, who has gone on several years before, where there is no sad parting or pain.</em><br />
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****Addie - <em><strong>Marietta Journal October 23, 1914 Mrs. I.M. Pittman Dies At MacLand Sunday Night. </strong>Mrs. I.M. Pittman died at her home in MacLand Sunday night in her 29th year and was buried Monday afternoon which was the birthday of both of her parents. Rev. F.S. Hudson assisted her pastor, Rev.T.L. Rutland, in conducting the funeral service. She was Addie Babb before her marriage and beside her husband she leaves four step children and four little ones of her own, one an infant about a month old who will be called Addie. There were many relatives and friends from Atlanta and other places as well as neighbors attending the funeral. She was a niece of Mr. S.C. McEachern, of Marietta and of Mr. John McEachern of Atlanta, and a cousin of Hon. Walter McEachern of Atlanta. She was in every respect an exemplary woman and was a greatly beloved by many friends. The pall bearers were her step sons, Weyman, Alfred and Les Pittman, and her cousins, Willis Babb Jr. and William and Sam McEachern. Many beautiful flowers covered the spot where she was laid to rest.</em><br />
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<strong>Find a Grave Memorial Links</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10351153" target="_blank">Isaac Marion Pittman</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10349985" target="_blank">Lela Hooper Pittman</a><br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24508131" target="_blank">Addie Oliver Babb Pittman</a><br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52667455" target="_blank">Alfred Pittman</a><br />
<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52669014" target="_blank">Daniel Wayman Pittman</a>Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-1489764850714115712016-07-23T15:13:00.000-05:002017-01-30T14:10:17.101-06:00Antebellum Daughters and Devoted Sisters...Emma and Elizabeth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Emma and Elizabeth share one of the most symbolic and beautiful headstones in the Howell Family Cemetery. The year of it's placement was probably when Elizabeth died in July 1921 at the age of 64.<br />
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It is thought that Emma's name and dates were included as a memorial to her...possibly due to the fact that at the time of death in January 1879 at age 24, her grave was left unmarked.<br />
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The documentation of her short life during the time after the Civil War and through the turmoil of the Reconstruction Era is sadly lacking in anything more than the Census.<br />
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Emma was two years and nine months older than Elizabeth, and as young girls growing up in the midst of the Civil War, one can only imagine the kind of childhood they must have had. Perhaps their headstone portrays the essence of their spirituality here on earth as their family so hoped it would also be in heaven.<br />
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Their shared headstone speaks volumes about Emma and Elizabeth as they were regarded by their families knowledge of the symbolism behind the kneeling Angel at the Cross.<br />
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For Emma, the Angel symbolizes their grief at her untimely death. For both sisters the Calvary Cross signifies belief in faith, hope and love...they were surely loved by all who knew them.<br />
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Elizabeth was 21 years of age when Emma died. Her father's death six years earlier, left the family farm in Cobb County, Georgia, for his wife and children to continue. There she resided through the 1890's. In 1900 Elizabeth joined the household of her youngest sister Savannah and her family of husband Hiram Brown and three sons. Elizabeth spent many years living with her sister and brothers who remained in Georgia. In the years before her death, she and her aging older brother lived with their youngest sister Savannah. <br />
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<em>In my fathers house there are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you, for I go to prepare a place for you. John 14.2</em>
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This inscription occupies the bottom half of Fannie Margaret's headstone. The stone lay broken for many years with a crack through the first line of John 14.2. The stone has been repaired thanks to a Howell Family cousin and a Find A Grave contributor who added the photo in February 2013...151 years after Fannie Margaret Pittman's death.<br />
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The inscription in all likelihood, held a special significance to Fannie's family, but one that may have been lost on those of us who read it all these years later. The verse has often been chiseled on grave markers for those who died young...as did Fannie. She was a few months away from her 30th birthday, and for all of those nearly 30 years she was devoted to her parents and siblings. From birth to death, records indicate this to be so.<br />
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Fannie Margaret Pittman was born ten years before the end of the Antebellum Era and died twenty years after the end of the Civil War. Thirty years of unrest, turmoil, and uncertainty. Is it any wonder her family would think of <em>The Fathers house of many mansions</em> as a place of peace and tranquility. <br />
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She was the second daughter and sixth of ten children, born two years after Eugenia and two years before Emma. So, she was almost a middle child with older siblings who watched out for her and also a big sister to Emma, Elizabeth, Isaac and Savannah. Is it any wonder <em>'for I go to prepare a place for you'</em> were words of comfort for those who mourned her. Fannie's earthly body lies beneath a cracked stone, but her spiritually whole soul lives in peace and tranquility in one of the many mansions in The Fathers House. I am comforted.Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-3482065752626779182016-07-07T19:02:00.001-05:002016-07-07T19:02:51.594-05:00Antebellum Era in Texas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezwxA3pkEA0QVmXjA1dmaqN4y984Q2H1YldOQGrBOJKMK8zxa1fh5EqL814kJekniQRXZJ-54jc3wUJVMtYbBIqR582lZnmTaXjz3qlS7eZr2E2tfxYHl3c6G-MNyQT5j1BF9NbbrIBQj/s1600/Antebellum3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezwxA3pkEA0QVmXjA1dmaqN4y984Q2H1YldOQGrBOJKMK8zxa1fh5EqL814kJekniQRXZJ-54jc3wUJVMtYbBIqR582lZnmTaXjz3qlS7eZr2E2tfxYHl3c6G-MNyQT5j1BF9NbbrIBQj/s1600/Antebellum3.jpg" width="400" /></a>
The historic sites I visit with my camera often yield photos for future posts of unknown origin with no idea of when or how they will be used. That was the case today as I perused posts about the Antebellum era. It led to a Photo File of pictures taken in 2011 at Fort Davis National Historic Site.
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I remember using many of the photos when posting about our trip in September that year. You can see some of the photos and read about Fort Davis Historic Fort in these posts:<br />
<a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2011/09/fort-davis-photo-tourthe-history.html" target="_blank"><strong>Fort Davis Photo Tour...The History</strong></a><br />
<strong><a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2011/09/west-texas-frontier-fort-lifeenlisted.html" target="_blank">West Texas Frontier Life...Enlisted Men</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2011/09/frontier-wifes-kitchen.html" target="_blank">Frontier Wife's Kitchen</a></strong><br />
That period in Texas history has always been my favorite, so it is no wonder that the same era in Georgia's history has captured my interest, imagination and heart.<br />
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Like Georgia, Texas is in certain respects, historically distinctive. Both as Southern frontier states settled by pioneers who migrated from northern and eastern parts of Colonial America. In Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors, those migration tracks are documented in the lives of the First Generation Colonial Pittmans through the Third Generation of Georgia Settlers. Each generation has been a historically significant journey in their lives as they struggled to survive in a new colony...in a new state...in a new America.<br />
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The Antebellum Era 1800-1860 is known as the period of time occurring before the Civil War. This is the time of my Great Grandfather George Washington Pittman who was born in 1843 in Cobb County, Georgia. <br />
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He was the great grandson of a Revolutionary War Soldier. He was the grandson of a prominent Georgia Planter and Statesman, and the son of a farmer, a soldier, and a man who was caught up in the conflicts over slavery, land fraud, the gold rush, and political discontent that lead to the ultimate Antebellum definition of the Civil War.<br />
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Through the stories and profiles of my Great Grandfather George and his nine siblings, Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors begins it's first steps on the road to Texas. But first, they must take their first steps in their birth place of Cobb County Georgia, overcome the burdens of the Antebellum Era and most significantly for their line of descendants...survive the Civil War.Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-53913923023209783242016-07-04T18:00:00.000-05:002016-07-11T14:33:58.751-05:00Antebellum Daughter Mary Eugenia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mary Eugenia Pittman
and James Hampton Howell were united in marriage in 1885, when Mary was 35 years old and James was 41. The circumstances of their late in life marriage, according to research, seems to revolve around the Antebellum Era, the Civil War and Family Ties.<br />
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Mary was ten years old in 1860 when the Civil War broke out. James was 16 when he enlisted in Company A of the Georgia 13th Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia. He enlisted in July 1861, a few months after his cousins William and George Pittman, brothers of Mary Eugenia.<br />
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James, William and George served from the beginning to the end of the Civil War and lived to come home to the aftermath and desolation the war left on their homes and families. Three years after returning home George married James' sister Emma June. Mary was eighteen and James was twenty-four. <br />
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Eighteen years passed before Mary and James were married. Census records, marriage certificates, tax records, Last Will and Testaments and other factual documents unfortunately are lacking in information regarding personal relationships. Therefore, one can only speculate about the circumstances of marriages that already have close family ties.<br />
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By the 1900 Census James and Mary were listed in Cobb County, Howell District of Georgia, a rural farming district. James was fifty-six, Mary fifty and daughters Ruby and Gussie were ten and seven. Although James had listed his occupation in earlier census and documents as farmer, his occupation in the 1900 Census was left blank. The reason possibly was stated in his Obituary in the Marietta Journal newspaper, June 17, 1909.<br />
<strong>Hon. James H. Howell Claimed by Death</strong>...<em>Hon James Hampton Howell, a prominent citizen of Cobb county, died at his home, in Austell, Thursday night a 12 o'clock, of heart failure. Mr. Howell had been a resident of Cobb county all his life. On account of ill health, he moved from his farm on the Chattahoochee river about six months ago to Austell, Ga., but his health grew worse until the final end came.</em><br />
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After James' death, Mary Eugenia and daughters continued to live in the home she owned on Church Street in Austell. 1909 had been a hard year for Mary with the death of James and the death of her brother William who had migrated to Texas in the late 1890's. In 1910 Mary's sister Lizzie Elizabeth age fifty-two resided with her, Ruby and Gussie. Ruby married in 1911 and Gussie in 1925.<br />
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By 1920, Mary was 71 years old and resided with daughter Ruby and her husband in Austell. Ruby was working as a stenographer for a furniture company and her husband Claude was a traveling salesman. The next year, 1921, Mary lost two more of her siblings, Lizzy and Albert. Another brother James Allison died in 1928. In the 1930 Census Mary was still living with her daughter Ruby and husband Claude. Also listed was her daughter Gussie, now a widow after a short five years of marriage. Gussie was employed as a bank clerk.<br />
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Mary Eugenia Pittman Howell died April 19, 1934 at 84 years of age. As the fifth child and first daughter of Rene Marion and Mary Anne Howell Pittman, Mary outlived all but one of her siblings...George Washington Pittman, her seven years older brother. George and William were the only two of the ten children who migrated to Texas. All the others remained close to their 'Roots' and 'Family Ties' in Cobb County, Georgia.<br />
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Mary Eugenia and James are buried in the Howell Family cemetery in Mapleton, Cobb County, Georgia. Many of their family members, both Howell and Pittman are buried there. <br />
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Isaac Howell, grandfather of Mary and James was the first person buried there on November 9,1860. <br />
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The story of his death was perhaps an omen to the end of the Antebellum Era and the beginning of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era of the South. <br />
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-55511305520261148702016-07-02T22:44:00.000-05:002016-07-05T07:48:00.354-05:00Antebellum Daughters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Toward the end of the Antebellum Era which is generally considered when the Civil War began in 1860, a married woman's right to own and control property they brought to a marriage gained support in the enacting of homestead laws. Mid-Western and Eastern States began adding homestead law provisions to their constitutions in the 1840's. These laws were a way of sheltering wives' assets from the creditors of husbands who had bankrupted themselves, thus giving families a crude safety net.<br />
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By the time 'Rainey' Pittman and wife Mary Anne Howell had their first daughter in 1850, Women's Rights Movements in the South had not reached the fervor and support initiated in the Northern states. However, the homestead laws, reforms in Education, Mental Health and the much debated Abolitionism Movements would impact their daughters who would both benefit and suffer from the social and economic reforms of the Antebellum Era.<br />
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Mary Eugenia Pittman was born into a family who had a prominent history as early settlers in Georgia. A family who at one time were wealthy land owners, educated statesmen, and patriots dating back to the American Revolution. She was the great granddaughter of one of Georgia's Patriarch Baptist Ministers and founder of Georgia's first Baptist Church. However, by the time she was born on March 31, 1850, her family was already beginning to suffer from the pre-Civil War infractions of higher taxes and the pressures brought about by the Anti-Slavery Movement.<br />
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1, 1952, when Eugenia was two years and 5 months old, a sister Fannie Margaret was born. The Pittman children now numbered four boys and two girls with oldest son William Howell 10 years, George Washington 9, Albert Singleton 7, and James Allison 5.<br />
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The Pittman family resided in Cobb County, Georgia, on land that had been in the family for several generations. Also in Cobb County were Mary Anne's extended family of parents Isaac and Margaret Howell, brother Michael Sylvester Howell and seven other brothers and a sister.<br />
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The two families, brought together by the marriage of Rainey and Mary Anne would stand together and support each other throughout the difficult years through the Civil War and beyond. Rainey and Mary Anne would have two more daughters and one more son before the onslaught of the Civil War. Emma was born on August 14, 1854, Elizabeth on May 27, 1857, and Isaac Marion on May 4, 1959. <br />
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Life as they knew it for generations would be changed forever.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Disclaimer: Photos from the vintage photo collection of CollectInTexas Gal. Used here as a representative of the period. Not intended to represent persons named in this post.</span></div>
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What's in a name? Everything! The power of a name and its value has long been immortalized in prose, poetry, and religious ceremony. Everyone recognizes himself or herself by name.
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What's in the name America?<br />
~The first name of America gives one an eagerness for knowledge and an intense desire to do something worthwhile in life.<br />
~A person named America longs for freedom from restrictions and for outlets from restlessness, and does not tolerate drudgery and monotony.<br />
~America, it isn't easy for you to take advice, therefore, you tend to work independently.<br />
~You suffer inner turmoil especially when you feel misunderstood, and being sensitive, you are easily hurt and offended.<br />
~Many people do not realize that you have a depth to your nature resulting from having thought a lot about life in many facets.<br />
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<strong>America's in my Georgia Family Tree</strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">America Taylor Pittman</span></strong></div>
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Nov. 16, 1805 - Aug. 24, 1872</div>
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James Greene and Martha Patsy Taylor Pittman</div>
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Benjamin Woods Cash</div>
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Marion Linton, Ethelred Green, Julianne, Noah Bee and Martha America Cash</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">America Harden Pittman</span></strong></div>
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1820 ~ 1870</div>
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Jefferson and Rachel Harden Pittman</div>
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Jackson Boyd Sloan</div>
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Florence, Robert, Mary Jane, Jackson Boyd, and Jabez Henry Sloan</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Martha America Pittman</span></strong></div>
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Feb. 22, 1836 ~ March 19, 1898</div>
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Pleasant Owen and Susannah Benton Pittman</div>
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Cephus W. Matthews</div>
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Effie, Charles, Noah, Mary Lou, Milton, and Edith Matthews</div>
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April 16, 1839 ~ July 1904</div>
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Benjamin Woods and America Taylor Pittman Cash</div>
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As was the custom and tradition in the early 1800's, children were named after close relatives. Such was the case with three of these America's. America Taylor was the first to bear a name that reflected her father's service in the Revolutionary War, his love of country and dedication as a Georgia statesman. America Harden and Martha America Pittman were named after their Aunt America Taylor, and Martha America Cash after her mother, the first America.</div>
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As most 'Trend/Fad' names do, the name 'America' in the Pittman Family Tree ended with Martha America Cash...so far in the research. However, the pride and patriotism of our early ancestors in 'America' has not waivered.<br />
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Our love of Country and Flag is still a tradition as seen in the 'Sleeping Baby on Stars and Stripes' photo.<br />
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That sleeping baby, a descendant of the first America, is today a Pittman American Beauty from Texas.<br />
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<em>"The dons, the bashaws, the grandees, the patricians, the sachems, the nabobs, call them by what names you please, sigh and groan and fret, and sometimes stamp and foam and curse, but all in vain. </em><br />
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<em>The decree is gone forth, and it cannot be recalled, that a more equal liberty than has prevailed in other parts of the earth must be established in<strong> America</strong>."</em> <em> John Adams</em><br />
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-40343854797333492232016-01-31T07:55:00.002-06:002018-05-28T11:23:04.732-05:00Daniel Wayman Pittman...World War I Soldier<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Daniel Wayman Pittman</span></strong></div>
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<strong>Born: January 10,1893 in Mapleton, Cobb County, Georgia</strong></div>
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<strong>Died: July 13, 1918 in Belleau, Aisne, Picardie, France</strong></div>
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<strong>Son of Isaac Marion and Leila A Hooper Pittman</strong></div>
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Daniel Wayman Pittman registered for the US Draft on June 5, 1917.</div>
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**Daniel - <strong><em>Cobb County Times August 15, 1918 Memorial Service Held for Daniel W. Pittman</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Many Attend Services at Macland on Sunday in Honor of First Cobb</em></strong> <strong><em>County Boy To Die in France.</em></strong> <em> Last Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, hundreds of Cobb county citizens gathered at the Methodist church at Macland to attend the memorial services I honor of Daniel Weyman Pittman, the first Cobb county boy to be killed in action in France.</em><br />
<em> The little church was filled to overflowing when Rev. Frank Jenkins, the pastor, began his memorial address, which pulsated the sympathy for the bereaved and loyal friends to our government in this crisis. Mr. Watson of Dallas, rendered some special music for the occasion. Daniel Weyman Pittman was the son of Isaac M. Pittman, one of the best known citizens of that community. Young Pittman was a graduate of the Seventh District A and M College of Macland, and had many friends throughout that section of the county.</em>Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-21222059978770233702016-01-16T07:17:00.000-06:002016-01-16T07:17:50.977-06:00January Ancestor Line...Accidental, Coincidental or Astrological?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqeJUwUF7pEeANubkliHWqyRTvjpCy6-JjJmIhdAVzQZCXldQX713WPYFGIU0WpO3-9yV7vLmDeOq9SF08fP-DjpaCQVZ8tSfkwNTs8x9wbG4N6ISEk_9uuTr9tJ1O66eh3Jb2wrl4DLy/s1600/VirginiaStateFlower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqeJUwUF7pEeANubkliHWqyRTvjpCy6-JjJmIhdAVzQZCXldQX713WPYFGIU0WpO3-9yV7vLmDeOq9SF08fP-DjpaCQVZ8tSfkwNTs8x9wbG4N6ISEk_9uuTr9tJ1O66eh3Jb2wrl4DLy/s200/VirginiaStateFlower.jpg" width="198" /></a>
Frances Jackson Stone was born in Fluvanna County, Virginia, when the flowering dogwood tree was dormant and the Northern Cardinal flourished in the snow covered thickets long before either had been declared state symbols. <br />
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She was named after her grandmother Frances Taylor Stone...which was the naming trend of the time. Elder Frances and baby Frances had another birth connection...they were both born in January...20 days and 68 years apart.<br />
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On January 6, 1783, Mary Julia Napier Stone gave birth to her fifth child and third daughter, Frances. Julia would have two more sons after Frances. One of which would make a life changing decision that made Frances my 3x great grandmother. Before that reveal, let's tell Frances' story based on ancestry.com facts, some historical era events and my 'Creative Writers License'...which I believe is no accidental birth right.<br />
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Frances was indeed the fifth child of Mary Julia Napier. Her father, Marvel Stone, may have had a wife and children prior to having married Mary Julia. <br />
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Marvel, Mary Julia and their children lived in one of the Colonies fighting for independence during the American Revolutionary War. Frances was 9 months old when the Treaty of Paris was signed.<br />
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When she was two years old her brother Washington Ware was born. As a strong willed and unusually mature toddler, Frances was possessive and protective of her baby brother. They developed a strong sibling bond that would see them through many difficult times including the death of a brother, separation of their parents and estrangement from their father. <br />
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In March 1804, Frances (age 21) and Washington (age 19) left Fluvanna County for Oglethrope, Georgia, to settle the estate of their brother William after his untimely death at age 32. Their mother Mary Julia had only months earlier given birth to her last child, Walter, without the support of husband Marvel, and could not make the journey. William and his lifelong friend Ichabod Byrd Pittman from neighboring Amelia County, Virginia, had set out some eight years earlier in search of adventure and the settlement of the Pittman's claim to Land Grants for their service as Sons of Liberty in the Revolutionary War.<br />
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At the reading of brother William's Last Will and Testament, Frances and Washington were named as heirs to their brothers homestead, land and all his earthly possessions. The homestead and land bordered Ichabod Byrd Pittman's land which had been deeded to both young men for their labors in settling and farming the Pittman's granted lands. Frances Jackson and Washington Ware never returned to Virginia. <br />
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Three years later on October 13, 1807, Washington Ware, as head of family and in the absence of a father, signed the Marriage Bond that united Frances Jackson Stone and Ichabod Byrd Pittman. The 'Condition of Obligation' Certificate, which states what is assumed as her dowry of $875.14, would well and truly make and bind the couple together...if no lawful cause to obstruct the same occurred to cause the 'Obligation' to be void. Otherwise the contract would remain full force and virtue. <br />
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No doubt, Frances as a January Capricorn, was a willing partner in the marriage contract. Her no nonsense attitude and propensity for financial security along with being the woman behind a successful man made the union feasible in her mind. Ichabod certainly must have learned and accepted early on in the marriage of Frances' devotion to her brother, mother and other family members as they all eventually became Georgia residents.<br />
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Obviously, the Marriage Bond held and remained in full force and virtue. As a mother to their four children, Frances' innate Capricorn characteristics instilled both thrift and a respect for quality in her children. To her it was a matter of "Eat it up, wear it out, make it do or do without", and economy did not mean it had to be cheap. After all, she was the wife, and they the children of a prominent Georgia Pioneer Family. Her four children were expected to be polite to relatives and elders, and display excellent manners. Had she lived in the time of Dr. Spock and his book on child psychology, she most likely would have used the book as a paddle...and perhaps read it later.<br />
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The question of my January Lineage being Accidental, Coincidental or Astrological has yet another chapter to ponder with the birth of Byrd and Frances' third child, Rene Marion, my 2x great grandfather. Born on January 28, 1812 under the Zodiac sign of Aquarius. <br />
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As a believer in Kismet...it was meant to be...Rene 'Rainey' Pittman was the only name I had to begin research on my Georgia ancestors. <br />
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And just over the Aquarius Rainbow...another January Grandmother, Mary Ann Howell Pittman born January 28, 1822. Wife of Rene Marion, mother of George Washington, grandmother of Chappell Columbus, great grandmother of Willard Carroll, and great great grandmother of January born 'Me'.<br />
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Accidental, Coincidental or Astrological.</div>
Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-1959733058122336812015-01-28T07:33:00.000-06:002015-01-28T07:56:29.934-06:00Richard A. Pittman-Son, Soldier, Husband, Railroad Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Richard A. Pittman
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Son~Soldier~Husband~Railroad Man</div>
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Nancy E. Boyd Pittman</div>
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1845 ~May 11, 1910</div>
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Daughter~Wife~Widow</div>
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Marriage~ 1870</div>
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Richard 30 yrs.~Nancy 23 yrs.</div>
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Ward 4, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia</div>
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Richard A. Pittman was the second son and fourth child of Daniel N. and Asenath Baber Pittman. He was born and raised near and around Atlanta, Georgia, with his siblings Eunice, Abigail, Daniel, Lucy and Henrietta where his father was a prominent and respected Judge...story..<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2013/07/danieltrusted-son-brother-and-father.html" target="_blank">.Daniel~Trusted Son, Brother and Father</a>.<br />
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As a Confederate Soldier, Richard was a Sergeant in Captain Witt's Company of the Georgia Infantry at the time of his mustering out. Georgia Civil War Records place him in Rigdon Guards and Capt. Russell's Company at Newton Factory Employees. Other assignments include Whiteside's Naval Battalion, a Local Defense station. At the end of the war in 1864, Richard was 23 years old, single, and from all indications remained in Atlanta where in 1867 his residence was confirmed. <br />
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The confirmation is documented in his Returns of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Books. Richards name is listed at #32, one of seven Whites to register on page 49 in Precinct 4. The other 33 names were listed as Colored, who were registering for the first time since the passing of the new Reconstruction Law on March 23, 1867. Among the changes called for in the law was state-wide elections in each of the former rebel states, except Tennessee, among registered males, black and white, over the age of twenty-one. Almost all adult males were allowed to vote in these elections after taking the oath of allegiance to the United States.<br />
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Three years later in the 1870 Atlanta City Directory, Richard is listed immediately below Judge Daniel Pittman, Ordinary, whose residence was on Collins Street. Apparently, at printing time of the directory, Richard was living at the same address with his parents, was single and working as a conductor for the Western Atlantic Railroad of Georgia. Sometime before August of that year, Richard married Nancy E. Boyd and established a new residence in 4th Ward of Atlanta as enumerated on August 11th by the Census Taker, J.S. Smith. On that same day in August, Richard's brother, Daniel J. Pittman, wife Louisa and their two children were enumerated just four doors down from Richard and Nancy. Daniel had followed in their father's footsteps as an Ordinary Court Judge and was a lawyer. <br />
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Richards employment with The Western & Atlantic Railroad would become the focus of his work history in more ways than is officially documented. The W&A RR became a key link to the chain of Southern railroads connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River. It was the foundation for Atlanta's emergence as a rail center. <br />
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By the time of the Civil War, the W&A had 46 locomotives, two of which were to become participants in the 'Great Locomotive Chase' of April 1862. It played a major role in the Atlanta Campaign. It's loss to the South in 1864 was devastating to the Confederacy's hopes of victory, but at the same time played a major role in the rest of Richard Pittmans's life. It is likely he was there as a part of his military assignments when Sherman marched through Atlanta. It is possible that he began his railroad career with the W&A and was instrumental in getting it back on the tracks during the Reconstruction Era. We know from the 1870 US Census that he was a Conductor when the W&A's stock was leased for 20 years to a corporation made up of officers of the W&A's connecting roads headed by former Governor J.E. Brown.<br />
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By 1880, Richard had been in W&A employment for more than ten years and had changed positions a number of times, most likely due to opportunities for better wages. The fact that he was the son of a well known city official did not seem to have an impact on his railroad career of moving up the ranks in an administrative capacity. On the contrary, he remained a part of the day to day work force which is indicated in the 1880 Census where he declares his occupation as 'Watchman'. <br />
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Richards relationship with his Pittman Family appears to have had a separation of ways, perhaps personally, but certainly in residence during the 1870's. In the 1880 US Census Richard and Nancy are residing at 76 North Calhoun at the residence of Nancy's widowed sister Martha Cordelia Boyd Smith (age 35). Also, living there are Nancy's mother, Martha A. Boyd (58) and another sister Mary K. Boyd Adams (39), both marked as being widows. Two other males are enumerated there as well. One is Hugh Adams (17), the son of Mary and nephew of Nancy and Richard. The other is a 9 year old boy named Willie who is declared a 'servant' and errand boy. Hugh Adams was fortunate to have Richard as a relative working for the W&A and most likely a strong reference for his position with the RR as a 'Clerk'.<br />
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Richards railroad career and life ended tragically two years later on December 4, 1882.</div>
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As reported in the Augusta Chronicle almost three weeks after the accident, the first article reveals the 'horrible manner' in which Richard was called an unfortunate man. This newspaper circulated widely to the smaller farming communities outside of Atlanta where many of Richards friends and relatives lived. Had they not already known about the accident, the Chronicles report no doubt was read as insensitive and gory in the details and greatly lacking in relating Richards many years as an employee of the railroad. The second article printed on page 1, four weeks after the accident, certainly showed a lack of information and disregard for all involved in what was certainly a tragic event for the Pittman Family and the Western & Atlantic Railroad. <br />
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To date, no information has been found or researched from the <em>Atlanta Constitution</em> which would have, in all likelihood, reported a more accurate account of the accident and possibly an Obituary for Richard A. Pittman, for the owner of the <em>Atlanta Constitution</em> was a relative of the Pittman Family. Then there was Richard being the son and brother of Judges Daniel N. and Daniel J. Pittman. His death would have been front page news and probably the beginning of an investigation into the circumstances of a trained watchman with years of experience in and around the workings of the railroad. Hardly one to disregard safety rules or be less than cautious of passing trains, as is insinuated in the Augusta Chronicles report of December 24, 1882.<br />
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Nancy E. Boyd Pittman, as the wife and widow of Richard, no doubt was devastated and overwhelmed with the arrangements and subsequent events that one would expect after such a tragic death. Fortunately, Nancy had the support and help of her widowed sisters Martha and Mary as well as her mother Martha and nephew Hugh. Richards father Judge Daniel N. Pittman died some nine years earlier and left Richard's mother Asenath a widow living on a pension while turning her home into a boarding house. This left Richard's brother Judge Daniel J. Pittman and sisters Abigail, Lucy and Henrietta as his closest next of kin, and Nancy to make the decisions about his final resting place in the Boyd Family Plot at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia.<br />
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In the next several years, Nancy E. Pittman's name appears in the Macon Telegraph newspaper. The Pittman-Elder Case presented in City Court in October of 1885 was reported to have ended in a mistrial. The case was settled the next year in November 1886 with Mrs. Dick Pittman receiving a settlement of $700 on a note of $4,000. No details to the nature of the suit were reported, but it was stated that Nancy was the widow of Mr. Richard Pittman. Another report from Ordinary Court was published May 8, 1888 granting letters of dismission to Nancy E. Pittman. Six years after her husbands death, it seems Nancy was relieved of her duty as the executor of his estate with the settlements in all cases.<br />
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In 1889, Nancy is listed in the Atlanta City Directory as (wid Richard A), bds 74 N. Calhoun. She was in the boarding house business. This same listing continued through 1891. After 1892, Nancy resumed her residence with her sisters Martha and Mary. Mary died in 1909 leaving Martha as the Head of House in the 1910 Census and owner of their home on Courtland Street. The Census taken on April 25th listed Martha Cordelia Smith (66), Nancy E. Pittman (64), both having (0) children, and Hugh Adams (45) Single, occupation Office Clerk for a Chemical Company. Hugh was their nephew, son of Mary.<br />
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On May 11th, just seventeen days after the 1910 Census taker visited and enumerated Nancy E. Boyd Pittman, she died. Her Obituary was in the Atlanta Georgian and News on May 13, 1910.<br />
<strong>PITTMAN-<em>The friends of Mrs. N.E. Pittman, Mrs. Cordelia Smith, Mr. Hugh B. Adams, Miss Mattie E. Boyd, Mr. Roger Boyd, and Dr. E.W. Boyd are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. N.E. Pittman from the residence, 204 Courtland St., Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The following gentlemen are requested to act as pall-bearers and meet at Barclay & Brandon Co's parlors at 2:30: Mr. John Gatins, Mr. R.M. Hayne, Dr. Amos Fox, Mr. O. Wingate, Mr. Frank Ridge, Professor J.H. Smith, Mary Harry Green. Interment at Oakland.</em></strong><br />
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She was laid to rest in the Boyd Family Plot beside her husband Richard and near her mother Martha, and sister Mary. Sister Martha Cordelia would live another eight years until May 17, 1918. Her nephew Hugh B. Adams died two years before his aunt Martha on December 9, 1916. Both Hugh and Martha are buried in the Boyd Family Plot. The other Boyd family names listed in Nancy's Obituary were probably cousins, the children of Thomas J. Boyd. They too are buried in a nearby Boyd Family Plot in Oakland Cemetery.<br />
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For Richard and Nancy, the most painful goodbye was the one</div>
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they never got to say and was never explained.</div>
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They left no heirs to tell their story, but it has been told none the less,</div>
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by one who believes that every person in a family tree is significant in time.</div>
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Rest in Heavenly Peace Richard and Nancy.</div>
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You are remembered in The Pittman Family Tree, and</div>
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your story told by your First Cousin 4xRemoved.</div>
Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-22445411140403612692015-01-19T07:29:00.000-06:002015-01-19T08:17:22.531-06:00James Allison Pittman Part III...Safe In The Hallowed Quiets of the Past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the years following the death of his wife in 1903, J.A. Pittman, as he was most often referred to in the newspapers, continued to run his **General Store and raise his three children. He also ran for a county office and was elected or appointed Judge of Ordinary Court. He affirmed this hearsay in our family history in the 1910 US Census where he listed his occupation 'Ordinary' and employed by the County Offices. At home were two of his children...Hattie (22) and Emil (16)...Mamie Lizzie (25) married earlier in the year. Also of interest was his change in residence since the last Census in 1900. He declared his residence a House at 137 Birmingham Street, but also had marks in the Farm Schedule indicating his farm may have been leased. <br />
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Between his business and his duties as an Ordinary Court Judge, he was in the news often. However, as the 1920's approached, Judge Pittman was nearing his 70's and by all indications had retired from public life and from the mercantile store and was experiencing health issues. His daughter Hattie married in 1920 and son Emil was a Pharmacist in Atlanta. By the time the 1920 Census was taken, he was listed as living with his sister, Savannah Pittman Brown and her husband in East Point, Georgia...near Atlanta. <br />
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At the time of his death James Allison Pittman was living with his daughter Mamie Lizzie and her husband Dr. D.L. Bridges. Her signature is on his death certificate which states the cause of death as cardiovascular and renal disease terminating in pneumonia. He died on October 12, 1928 and was interred in the Douglasville City Cemetery with Masonic Rites performed by the local lodge as indicated in his obituary from the <em>Atlanta Constitution<strong>.</strong></em></div>
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His Obituary is a wealth of information in the revealing of those relatives who survive him and are invited to attend his funeral. This wording was the norm of the day in naming a persons survivors. The following is a brief summary of those named in the obituary.</div>
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<strong>~Dr. and Mrs. D.R. Bridges</strong>...<em>daughter</em> Mamie Lizzie and husband of Atlanta. Mamie and Daniel had four children, Alice, Daniel, Elizabeth and James. Daniel died in 1967 and Mamie lived to the age of 89. She died in November 1974.</div>
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<strong>~Mrs. W. A. Parrish</strong>...<em>daughter</em> Hattie. Hattie married William Alderman Parrish. They had three children, William Allison, James, and Julia. William and Hattie spent their lives farming in Brooks County, Georgia and in the 1940's Hattie petitioned the courts for property in Cobb County that had been in the Pittman Family for generations coming to her through her father and his brother Isaac Marion Pittman. She died at age 84 on September 25, 1971, and is buried in McDonough Cemetery in Henry County, Georgia, beside her husband who died in 1979.</div>
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<strong>~Emil Marion Pittman</strong>...<em>son</em>. At age 18 Emil graduated from the Atlanta College of Pharmacy and worked as a pharmacist in Atlanta. In 1918 he registered for the draft and volunteered to serve in the Medical Corp. In April 1921 he was medically discharged with active pulmonary tuberculosis and spent several years in treatment at National Hospital/Homes for Disabled Soldiers. He returned to Atlanta in 1935 and worked as a drug store sales clerk until his death at age 56 on July 9, 1950. He is buried in the Douglasville City Cemetery. He never married.</div>
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<strong>~Morden Allison Pittman</strong>...<em>relationship undetermined.</em> Research to date: <span class="commentDetail">His name follows James and Alice Kennedy Pittman's known children of Mrs. D.R. Bridges, Mrs. W.A. Parrish and Emil Pittman which indicates his position in the family as son...according to most obits of the time. Research proved that he was born in 1906 after the death of Alice in 1903 eliminating her as his mother. He is found for the first time in the 1930 Census in Ohio listed with Mary E. Morden Pittman as her son age 22. Again in the 1935 Census for Dade County, Florida with Mary E. Morden Pittman as well as in the city directory. His final documentation is of his death in Dade County, Florida and his burial in Douglasville, Georgia. On Find A Grave he is listed in the Douglasville City Cemetery along with other Pittmans James, Alice, Emil, Little and his mother Mary E. Morden Pittman with whom he shares a headstone. To date, I have found no records of his birth, a marriage of his mother to a Pittman, or any other reference to him before the 1930 Census. </span></div>
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<span class="commentDetail"><strong>~Mrs. Hiram Brown</strong>...Savanna Pittman Brown, sister. She was the youngest of James' siblings and they remained close through out their lives. </span></div>
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<span class="commentDetail"><strong>~Mrs. Hampton Howell</strong>...Mary Eugenia Pittman Howell, sister. Eugenia was three years younger than James and married to James Hampton Howell.</span></div>
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<span class="commentDetail"><strong>~Mr. George Pittman</strong>...brother. George Washington Pittman was James' oldest living sibling having out lived his older brother William who died in 1909 and younger brother Albert who died in 1921. At the time of James' death George resided in the Confederate Soldiers Home in Austin, Texas and was 85 years old. </span> </div>
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Quite unexpectedly, James Allison Pittman's story, the research it entailed and the historical, personal and genealogical information it revealed has been of great significance...proving once again...</div>
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<em><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">~ Louis Simpson ~</span></strong></em></div>
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<strong><em>Rest In Peace Great Uncle James Allison for you have earned your </em></strong></div>
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<strong><em>'Safe haven in the hallowed quiets of the past'.</em></strong></div>
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-58280783838694435932015-01-17T17:21:00.000-06:002015-01-18T13:10:39.672-06:00James Allison Pittman Part II...Life of Fundamental ChangesJames Allison Pittman is presented in three parts as his life in Georgia history spanned three historically significant eras in American History. James was born and raised in the Antebellum Era and became an adult during the Reconstruction Era. At the end of Part I, James was in his late 20's, still living on the family farm and making his way through the aftermath of the Civil War. Those were the years after the 1870 US Census and history's declared end of the Reconstruction Era in 1877. Much has been written about the failure of the Reconstruction of the South. No doubt the issues of that era had a major impact on those ancestors living during that time and consequently affected their descendants for generations to come.<br />
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The third historical era of James' life was also one for all Americans...a time of fundamental social, economic, political and geographical change. We will call it The Migration Era.<br />
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Even though he didn't go far, James left the economically struggling family farm for work in town. It was a move that fundamentally changed his life economically, socially and geographically. He migrated to Douglasville.<br />
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In the 1880 Census, Douglasville, Georgia, James (age 32) is enumerated as Head of House, Single with occupation as Dry Goods and Grocer, and most interesting are the household members listed. Sisters Eugenia (24) keeping house, and Savannah (16) at school. Already James has made a significant impact on the family's future then and for generations to come.<br />
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James' life changed dramatically when he married Marion Alice Kennedy. According to the Georgia Marriage Records of Fulton County, James and Alice were married on September 4, 1884, but for some reason was not recorded until April 5th, 1886. A possible reason could have been the upheaval in the states governmental reconstruction. At any rate, the 37 year old bachelor and 32 year old Alice from Atlanta, were married and eleven months later their daughter Mamie Lizzie was born. When Mamie was two, Hattie was born and three years later Alice gave birth to Little Allison. The couple would have one more son, Emil Marion born when Alice was 42 years of age. In less than ten years, Alice would be dead, but not before she created some mysteries with her answers to the Census Taker in the 1900 US Census.<br />
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In the 1900 US Census, the J.A. Pittman family appeared for the first time as a family unit, even though they had been so since 1884 with their marriage and 1885 with the birth of their first child. They of course would have been enumerated in the 1890 Census as a family of James, Alice, Mamie and Hattie, but due to the loss of the entire National 1890 Census in a fire at the headquarters in Washington, D.C. those records are missing from the Census Archives. <br />
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The 1900 Census, therefore, was of great importance in it's assessments of the population as well as a tool for gathering more information about each individual than had ever been recorded before. With that in mind an evaluation of the 1900 Census and the information it revealed about James and Alice is quite relevant to the telling of James' story.<br />
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~In the 1900 Census...J.A. Pittman is listed on page 14 of 44. In 1880 on page 2 of 6....attests to growth of Douglasville, Douglas County, Georgia.<br />
~James' occupation listed as Merchant. **Suggests the possibility of business ownership with 0 missed months at work.<br />
~Ownership of Home marked...Owns Free of Mortgage FARM.<br />
~Since Alice answered Yes to the Education portions and James did not, we can assume that Alice was the only one at home when the Census Taker knocked on their door. <br />
~Not only did Alice not know or was unsure of James' education, she did not know the birth place of his Mother. She answered North Carolina when Mary Anne Howell Pittman was born in Cobb County Georgia.<br />
~Lastly, Alice stated she was mother of 5 children with 3 of these children living. We know from the Family Tree (photo) that Little Allison died at the age of one year, but who was and where is the 5th child of Marion Alice Kennedy Pittman? <br />
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-73986085086035662222015-01-15T10:00:00.000-06:002015-01-15T10:00:47.121-06:00James Allison Pittman~ Part I~Antebellum BornBy 1847 Rene Marion and Mary Anne Howell Pittman were well established on their farm in Coxes, Cobb County, Georgia. At the time of his birth, James' mother, Mary Anne, who is noted as wife keeping house in Census Records, was indeed keeping house and raising their three older sons, William, George, and Albert while his father toiled the fertile Georgia soil. James' first official documentation was in the 1850 Census. He was 3 years old, William was 8, George was 6, Albert was 5, and Mary Eugenia was 1 year old. His parents R.M. and Mary Ann were 38 and 28 respectively.<br />
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James' childhood was spent in what is referred to as the Antebellum Era...the period before the Civil War. I suppose he was somewhat shielded from the events leading up to the Civil War, and the family stayed close to their land and away from the dramas of the pre-war years. That might explain their absence in the 1860 Census when James would have been 13...to young to join the Confederacy with his brothers William and George the following year. There is no documentation or hearsay that James Allison or Albert Singleton...two years older...were soldiers in the Civil War.<br />
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In 1870 the United States Census reflected for the first time in American History the Constitutional Right To Vote in the form of the 'Fifteenth Amendment'. Ratified on February 3, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment prohibited federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote on the basis of race, color or previous condition of servitude. It was the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. James would have to declare his right to vote to the Census Taker on August 22, 1870.<br />
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The 1870 Census was one of the most significant Census taken to date as it was the first to provide detailed information the black population only years after the culmination of the Civil War when slaves were granted freedom. the population was said to be 38,555,983 individuals, a 22.62% increase since 1860. The 1870 Census' population estimate is controversial as many believed it underestimated the true population numbers.<br />
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The Pittman Family was back in the 1870 Census with R.M. (mistakenly recorded as Henry) age 56, occupation farmer, real estate valued at $2500 and personal estate $500. When comparing his financial status with his neighbors on the same page, only one other was a land owner with equal numbers, and that was his brother-in-law William Howell, Mary Anne's brother. The Civil War had taken it's toll and turned prosperous land owners into tenant farmers and farm hands.<br />
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For those like the Pittman's and Howell's their real estate and personal estates were in the throes of the Reconstruction Era's issues of taxation which levied heavy taxes on land owners forcing them to sell their land to pay taxes. This reduction of their estates, once large productive Plantations, were now reduced to much smaller farms, producing smaller incomes to support a large family. They were forced to take on other occupations to subsidize their farms.<br />
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Rene M. Pittman, James' father, worked as a US Post Master in Cobb County receiving his appointment in 1859. James became a Grocery Merchant.<br />
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The Antebellum Era was over and in it's place a period of change they could not have imagined just a few years before...the Reconstruction of the South and their own migration to the West. Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-45995713481515915892015-01-12T20:05:00.000-06:002015-01-22T13:30:46.564-06:00Two Chirugeons..One for King~One for ColonyDuring the 17th century, 'chirurgeons' were closely related to barbers and other craftsmen who learned their trade through apprenticeships. So began the appointments of Patrick Napier, Chirugeon to King Charles I and Patrick Napier, Colonial Surgeon in Jamestown, Virginia.<br />
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King Charles, the monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649, was a weak and sickly infant who by the age of three was finally able to walk without assistance. No doubt, he was well indoctrinated and dependent on the 'Royal Staff of Physicians and Chirurgeons'. <br />
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On Tuesday, January 30, 1649, King Charles put his head on a block and was beheaded with one clean stroke. A moan rose from the crowd and some of them dipped their handkerchiefs in the king's blood as a memento.<br />
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Among the crowd, in all likelihood, was Patrick Napier, the kings surgeon. He would have served his king in death as he did in life...on the day after the execution, the king's head was sewn back onto his body, which was then embalmed and placed in a lead coffin. Patrick Napier was my 8x's Great Grandfather, born in 1608 in Edinburgh, Scotland and died at age 51 in London, England in 1659...ten years after the beheading of his King.<br />
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Colonial Dr. Patrick Napier was born in Scotland about 1634. When of age, he was apprenticed to Alexander Pennycuik, chirurgeon. Pennycuik was surgeon to Sir Alexander Leslie's Scottish Troops who were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar by the army of Oliver Cromwell. Young Patrick Napier joined with other Scottish Royalists and emigrated to Virginia soon after their defeat in 1650. <br />
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<strong><em>More posts on Napier Blood Line</em></strong></div>
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<strong><a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2014/05/napier-progenitora-planter-officer.html" target="_blank">Napier Progenitor...A Planter, Officer, Attorney and Vestryman</a></strong></div>
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<strong><a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2014/05/renes-maternal-lineage-to-napier-family.html" target="_blank">Rene's Maternal Lineage To Napier Family Tree</a></strong></div>
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<strong><a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2014/05/america-to-scotlandrenethe-link.html" target="_blank">Rene Marion...A Given Name That Broke With Tradition</a></strong></div>
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-71172175059121090712015-01-06T12:03:00.000-06:002015-01-06T12:10:44.991-06:00Albert Singleton Pittman...Farmer and Family ManAlbert Singleton was the third born son of Rene Marion and Mary Anne Howell Pittman. At the time of his birth the family lived in District 846 of Cobb County, Georgia. Five years earlier, his father was listed in the 1840 Census as the head of house with wife, and 4 slaves...a couple with 2 male children. Albert's older brothers, William Howell and George Washington were born in 1842 and 1843, respectively. <br />
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The 1940 Census report is significant at the time of Albert's birth as it sets up the family's position on slavery which began two generations before when the Pittman Families were prominent planters. During the 1840's and 1850's, farmers in Cobb County and surrounding counties were greatly influenced on the slavery issue by two prominent politician brothers, Thomas R. Cobb and Howell Cobb.<br />
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The names Howell and Cobb are names that from this time into the next generation of Pittmans was bestowed on a good many children. Howell was also Albert's mother Mary Anne's maiden name. A connection to the political Cobb brothers and the Howell family has not been researched in depth. However, Albert's life was greatly influenced by his birthplace and his families surnames of Pittman and Howell. One of those influences was discovered on his marriage certificate.<br />
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Albert married Sarah Jane Pope on February 2, 1879. He was 33 and Sarah was 26, and by standards of the day, were a bit late in marrying. It was likely quite an event in the Pittman Family and was celebrated by relatives near and far. So indicated by the signature on the Marriage License of Albert's Great Uncle, Judge Daniel Pittman of Atlanta.<br />
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~<span class="commentDetail"><strong>Autrey Wells</strong> never married and devoted his life to farming in Cobb County Georgia. In 1920 he and his father farmed 91 acres in the Howells District of Cobb County. </span><span class="commentDetail">After the death of his father Albert Singleton in 1921, Autrey inherited 48 acres of the Family Farm which he continued to farm until his death in 1934. In the 1930 Census he is listed as Head of House with his mother Sarah Jane Pope Pittman age 76. She preceeded Autrey in death just one year before in February 1933. Autrey was the great grandson of Isaac Howell, and is buried in the Howell Family Cemetery near his parents, siblings, grandparents and great grandparents. </span></div>
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<span class="commentDetail">~<strong>John Richard</strong> also lived on the farm, but worked as a merchant when he returned to Cobb County after the death of his son and the subsequent end of his marriage. Those stories <a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2013/02/lost-and-foundwed-wips.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-ancestorsweeka-post-of-firsts-and.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a> John and his son John Reynold are also buried in the Howell Family Cemetery near his parents, siblings, parents and great grandparents.</span><span class="commentDetail"> </span></div>
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<span class="commentDetail">~<strong>Savannah Gertrude </strong>was named after her fathers sister, Savannah Pittman Brown.<strong> </strong> She went by her middle name of Gertrude and married Albert J. Jordan at age 20 in 1906. Gertrude and Albert lived their lives in nearby Douglas County. They had 3 known children...one son died at one year old. A second son lived well into the 20th Century until 1988. S. Gertrude Pittman Jordan is also buried in the Howell Family cemetery beside her husband and young son.</span></div>
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<span class="commentDetail">~<strong>Rena Mabel</strong> was named after her grandfather Rene Marion. She </span><span class="commentDetail">married into a neighboring farm family, the Jenkins, and moved there with her husband James Kenzie Jenkins. The couple lost several children in the early years of their marriage, but had at least two known daughters, Marion and Mable. She and her husband are buried in the Howell Family Cemetery beside their two infants.</span></div>
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-3809431099390023202015-01-04T08:30:00.000-06:002015-01-16T06:29:57.385-06:00Fourth Generation-The Antebellum EraAntebellum is a term used to describe a period of time occurring or existing before a particular war. In this case, the Civil War. The Antebellum Era 1800-1860, in Georgia's history was fraught with drama and conflicts over issues of slavery, land fraud, the gold rush, the railroad, the Cherokees' forced exile known as the 'Trail of Tears, population growth and political
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In Coxes District, Cobb County, Rene Marion Pittman and his family of wife Mary Ann Howell and five children are listed in the 1850 Census. The Census does not state the value of Rene's property, but it is assumed from earlier records that he and his brother Joseph were heirs to their father's property which had been handed down through the generations from a Colonial Land Grant. In the next ten years before the onslaught of the Civil War, much if not all of the Pittman land holdings in Gwinnett, Cobb and Paulding counties was lost. </div>
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During the Antebellum Era Rene or 'Rainey' as he was called, and his wife Mary Anne Howell Pittman's family grew to nine children between 1842 and 1859. They would have one more child during the height of the Civil War. </div>
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Their ten children are the Fourth Generation of Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors.</div>
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<strong>William Howell Pittman</strong></div>
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Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-77839618076326993852015-01-01T06:00:00.000-06:002016-07-30T14:30:19.728-05:00A Post of Firsts and Fresh StartsFirst Month...First Week...First Post Generation 4...First Cousin<br />
<strong><em>'Bessie's Fresh Start'</em></strong><br />
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Normally I would begin my ancestors story at the beginning, but in the case of my First Cousin 2xRemoved John Richard Pittman, his ending in the Howell Family Cemetery lead to <strong><em>'Bessie's Fresh Start'</em></strong>. But first, a brief beginning and the answer to the 'what ever happened to JR' question.<br />
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JR was the second son of my Great Uncle Albert. He was born, raised and died in Cobb County, Georgia. In 1909 he married Bessie Queen and they quickly left their Family Farm Roots for the big city of Atlanta. <br />
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JR shed his overalls for a street car conductors uniform and Bessie tied on her prettiest aprons, kept house, yearned for a baby, and spent time with her mother Eula Belle and grandmother Cynthia.<br />
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On April 24, 1915 Bessie's arms were filled with a baby boy, John Reynolds. They watched as his budding personality developed and he discovered new things. Bessie's life revolved around her son and husband. Life was good.<br />
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Two years later, the unthinkable happened. John and Bessie's two year old son died. <span style="font-size: x-small;">( Find A Grave Memorial-Obituary </span><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10351412" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span> The young couple was devastated and from all indications so was their marriage. For in the 1920 Census John was listed as 'Single', a resident of Cobb County and working in a General Store. Bessie resided with her grandmother in Atlanta and was working as a seamstress in a pants factory. <br />
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Then she disappeared. Bessie was lost from our Family Tree.<br />
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I wonder if John Richard even knew what happened to her in the years between baby JR's death and his own demise from Tuberculosis at age 38. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Find A Grave Memorial </span><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10351420" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span> <br />
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My search began with Bessie's mother Eula Belle. <br />
(that story<strong><em>...Lost and Found</em></strong>...<a href="http://collectintexasgal.blogspot.com/2013/02/lost-and-foundwed-wips.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.)<br />
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As in the beginning of this post, my search ended in yet another cemetery.</div>
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After all those years, Bessie was not lost, she simply got a 'Fresh Start'</div>
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~Sometime between 1920 and 1924 Bessie married for the second time <br />
~In 1925 Bessie gave birth to a daughter Mildred.<br />
~By the 1930 Census the Melton's had moved to Alabama.<br />
~In the 1940's Bessie was a housewife and her husband was employed as a policeman. He later became the Chief of Police.<br />
~Bessie's 'Fresh Start' gave her a long and full life. <br />
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She died at age 81 and is remembered and documented in her 'Fresh Start Family Tree'.<br />
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<strong><em>Post Privacy Statement</em></strong> ~ References to Bessie's full names are intentionally missing from this post in deference to her living descendants. There is no mention of her life as John's wife or as mother of baby John in her 'Fresh Start Family Tree'. </div>
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As for my mission to document baby John's maternal lineage...it has been accomplished. </div>
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Sometimes you need a break from Census Records, microfilm, indexes, research books, cemeteries, and dead people. Sometimes you just need some time in the here and now. That is where I've been since the last post here on Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors which was exactly Seven Months ago. <br />
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You know you need a break when you are naming every ancestor in your Family Tree, but you can't remember what to call your sister. That happened. Then every time I thought about reading a newly downloaded novel to my Kindle, a 'Shaky Leaf' on ancestry popped up with a hint that required more Census Record reading. <br />
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My Geneaology Addiction got so bad I began photographing headstones in Old Cemetaries that weren't even my Kin. And if that wasn't bad enough, I started researching the names on the headstones, writing their stories and adding them to my Family Tree as adoptees. The final nail in my 'Intervention Coffin' came when I wanted to take our family vacation to Salt Lake City, Utah. Nobody wanted to tour the libraries of the Family Search Facilities.<br />
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If the truth be known, it was fairly easy to be away from Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors. I mean, really, it's not like any of them were going anywhere. Besides, I simply traded one addiction for another. That's right, I've spent the last seven months obsessing on downsizing my other addictions...vintage jewelry, vintage quilts and linens, and my collection of old dishes and knick knacks. Thankfully, Christmas intervened! Now that I have purged all that stuff...I count rearranging and storing stuff...I am ready to get back to my Georgia Ancestors.</div>
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A bit of reorganizing and adding 'Page Tabs' will help with the chronological order of my Georgia Ancestors. I do have a plan about how they are to be presented in a book, and hopefully this new posting and Tab Filing System will work. Afterall, I want to avoid this....</div>
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Once there was a man who at age 23 married a pretty widow who had a grown daughter. His Father fell in love with her and soon they wed which made the Dad his son-in-law. His daughter became his mother for she was his Father's wife and to complicate matter the son became the Father of a baby boy who became the brother-in-law to his Dad and so became his uncle. Sadly, the baby was also the brother to the widow's grown up daughter, who was his step-mother. </div>
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His Family Tree became a mangled, twisted trunk all the way to the roots as he realized his wife was now his mother's mother and although she was his wife, she was also his grandmother, too. He thought, "If my wife is my grandmother then I am her grandchild and every time I think of it, it simply drives me wild...for now I have become the strangest case ever recorded as the husband of my grandmother." He was his own Grandpa!</div>
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I hope I haven't given my Great Aunt Savannah the vapors with that run down of what could be ahead in the 'Fourth Generations' Family Tree research. It could happen with what I already know about her brother, my great grandfather marrying their first cousin. And there's more...her sister married her brothers wife's brother.<br />
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Ooops...there she went...out like a light. I'd better go and get the smelling salts. In the meantime, you can browse around Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors. Just click on the Tabs below the header for the stories of each Generation of Pittmans. Also there's the stuff on the sidebar. See ya next year!Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-4924949230256965742014-05-29T21:46:00.000-05:002018-07-01T13:30:45.070-05:00Napier Progenitor...A Planter, Officer, Attorney and Vestryman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Robert Napier was born in Hampton Parish, York County, Virginia to Doctor Patrick Napier and wife Elizabeth Booth Napier(1641-1717) on May 2, 1660. He was the first Napier to be born in America as his father Patrick was an immigrant from Scotland having arrived on the shores of Virginia in 1655 at age 21. Robert had one sibling, a sister, Francis Napier Crump (1665-1720). <br />
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Robert's father Dr. Patrick Napier died when Robert was nine years old, leaving Robert his sister Francis and mother Elizabeth well provided for in his will dated February 2, 1668. The following is the portion of the will that names and provides for Robert and Francis....<br />
<em> ...pcell of land lying in the prsh of Blessland in the county of New Kent in Virg containing by estimation fifteen hundred acres...To Have & hold the said piece of land to my said deare wife ELIZABETH NAPIER for the home of her natural life alsoe my will and pleasure is that my two deare children Robert Napier, Francis Napier shall have and enjoy the said piece of land or plantation...I give and bequeath unto my dears sone Robert Napier the majority on one halfe of the said piece of land containing fifteen hundred acres...</em> (complete Will presented in Dr. Patrick Napier's segment).<br />
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In 1740, the Vestry of Henrico Parish built a new structure which eventually became St. John's Church of Henrico County Virginia. As one of the largest public buildings in the area, it served as a meeting place for prominent political figures and orators including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other Virginians who heard Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty of give me death."<br />
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Robert and Mary had seven children with the first born in 1692 and named Booth...Mary's mother Elizabeth's maiden name. Their second child was a daughter born in 1694 and given the name Francis after Robert's sister. Following the given name tradition, their third child was a son named after his father born in 1697. Katherine was born in 1700 and died in 1751. Patrick was born in 1713 and named after his doctor grandfather. Robert and Mary's last son, Rene, was born in 1715 and would become the direct ancestor of my Great Great Grandfather Rene Marion Pittman.<br />
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The Napier's resided in Henrico County well into the 1690's where Robert continued to obtain and sell land patents in St. Peter's Parsh, New Kent and King and Queen Parish which would eventually become King William County. A land grant in 1704 was within the bounds of the Indian Lease laid out according to the Articles of Peace for the Pamunkey Indians. The Articles described the land granted to Napier as "It began on the north side of the Swamp on the river, to the mouth of Nicatawance Creek, along side the creek, to Philip Williams' line." This patent was just two months before his daughter Elizabeth was born.<br />
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A declaration of the inhabitants of King and Queen County, filed in England March 1701/02 listing all the militia officers of the county included Robert Napier, Lieutenant. The French king had tried to set up 'James III' on the English throne in place of King William III, but had failed. King and Queen County's officials were glad, and so expressed themselves in a letter of loyalty to King William III. During his service it is assumed he rose to the rank of Captain, a title which he carried the rest of his life. <br />
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Napier and later his son Robert appear in numerous documents concerning Wills and Deeds in Goochland County. A last record of note is one filed by his wife Mary Perrin Napier acting as Power of Attorney which appended a deed of sale from her husband. It read: <em> I doe By these Presents appt. Capt. William Randolph my true lawful Attorney for me in my stead to acknowledge my right of Dower to one hundred and fifty acres of land sold by my husband to Mr. Nicholas Cox confirming the Same as if personally present myself, as Witness my hand this third day of April 1718. </em> It is a matter of record that Mary Perrin Napier occasionally raised her hand in court to prevent her husband Robert from gambling away their children's money, and to ensure that he would spend a percentage of his income to support his family.<br />
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Captain Robert Napier was know as a Tobacco Planter, a Militia Officer, an Attorney and a Parish Vestryman. He is historically noted as the real progenitor of the Napier name in America, since he was the only male child of his parents, and had a much larger progeny than his father. Many if not all Napier's today can trace their origin back to Captain Robert Napier and Mary Perrin Napier. <br />
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It is believed he died in Goochland County even though records from the time of his death have been lost or damaged. Henrico County's records, also damaged and unreadable might have shown that he lived there at the time of his death and wrote his Will there. No records of his Will or probate of his Will has been found in either County.<br />
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References for this post: Captain Robert Napier-circa 1600s and early 1700s-Virginia...ancestry.com public member documents submitted Jan.15,2011. Pittman Family Tree on ancestry.com, Sandra Pittman McPeak, owner. </div>
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<strong><em>THE NAPIER FAMILY</em></strong>, a detailed Genealogical Research Anthology/Report traces the Napier Ancestry to 1600's Scotland. <a href="http://jcsisle.com/napier.html"> HERE</a> is the Link. It is a significant and historical read with numerous speculations of Napier kinship to Earls, Lords, Dukes, Knights and even ties to King James I. I will leave the Pittman/Napier Scottish Connection Research to another Pittman Family Historian, and I will get back to Georgia's Pittman/Napier Connections of ....</div>
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Matrilineality is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors. It is also a societal system in which one belongs to one's mother's lineage, which can involve the inheritance of property and or titles. Rene Marion's matrilineal line to the Napier Family Tree was two generations of females which included his mother Francis Stone Pittman and his Grandmother Julia Napier Stone. <br />
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Rene was born in 1812 when his mother was 29 years old and his grandmother Julia was 62. Had his mother Francis held with 'Second Son Naming Tradition', his given name would have been Marvel...after her father Marvel Stone. However, it is thought from piecing together early census records, marriage records and wills that grandfather Marvel was estranged from his wife Julia, daughter Francis and possibly most if not all of his seven living children. <br />
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Two years before Rene's birth, Marvel Stone age 61 married for the third time. Julia Napier was his second wife from which he could have separated or divorced as early as 1800. She was not listed as a member of his household in the 1800 Census data. It is presumed Julia was living with daughter Judith as indicated from probate records. In 1807 when daughter Francis married Ichabod B. Pittman through a 'Marriage Bond' negotiated and signed in his stead by son Washington W. Stone...another indicator of family dissent and resentment against Marvel.<br />
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<strong>Mary Julia Napier</strong> was the daughter of <strong>Rene Napier</strong> and <strong>Winifred Champion</strong>. She was born in 1750 in Goochland, Virginia, and was only one year old when her father died. She was named in his will dated October 30, 1871, which stated "I give and bequeath unto my Loven Daughter Mary Napier, one Negro boy named Solomon to her and her heirs forever." Other bequeaths indicated<strong> </strong>Rene Napier was the owner of land on Long Island Creek and a Plantation in Goochland County, Virginia. <br />
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Julia's widowed mother Winifred, married Thomas East in 1757. Julia and her siblings still of the home became residents of North Cumberland County, Virginia. It was her third marriage having married Francis Hudnall before Rene Napier. Winifred and Thomas had three children...Martha, James and Ezekial. <br />
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<strong><em>Etymology and Historical Origin~Rene</em></strong> is a French masculine name from the Latin Renatus meaning 'reborn'. Such given names were used by early Christians in celebration of Jesus' resurrection or in reference to spiritual rebirth through baptism. Two of the most notable name bearers are the French philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650) known as "The Father of Modern Philosophy" and Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte (1898-1967) most famous for his "The Son of Man" self-portrait where a green apple is suspended in front of his face. </div>
Sue McPeakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04927975578544675345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-621456531571316307.post-13691311643136703822014-05-24T17:47:00.000-05:002014-12-11T15:13:49.276-06:00Rene Marion...A Given Name That Broke With Tradition<strong><em>The Importance of Given Names</em></strong>
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In genealogy we usually concentrate on surnames since they are the most important way of identifying people who are related. A surnames is usually inherited and, while it may be changed, some form of it is usually retained. Given names are more important in a way because they represent a voluntary choice by the parents. A name is usually not given lightly. It represents thought and feelings and can be significant to the researcher. Such is the case of my Great Great Grandfather Rene Marion Pittman.<br />
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In the Pittman Family naming history, the names 'Rene' or 'Marion' were not found among the ancestors, at least from the Colonial Period to the time of Rene Marion Pittman's birth on January 28, 1812. In the Pittman Family you will often see the same names used over and over again. While certain names are popular in different areas in different times in history, the repetition represents a pattern. Many cultures believe in honoring their elders and do so by naming children after them. For example during the period between 1700-1875 the pattern was thus...</div>
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Rene Marion Pittman was the 'Second Son' of Ichabod Byrd and Francis Jackson Stone Pittman. Their 'First Son' was Thomas Augustus. Already they have broken the pattern by not naming him after his Pittman grandfather John Ichabod. When it came time to name their second son, it seems Frances was reluctant to name her child with her father's name of Marvel...which may have been due to the estrangement from her father at the time of her marriage when her brother Washington Ware Stone was the signee on the marriage bond. That story<a href="http://georgiaancestors.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-third-generation.html"> HERE</a>. </div>
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What a surprise and significant treasure of genealogical information the name NAPIER has revealed.<br />
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At this point in Tracks of My Georgia Ancestors if I were to continue with the established pattern of a 'Generation Timeline', I would be initiating the 'Fourth Generation of Pittman's in Georgia'. This would begin with the children of Rene Marion and Mary Anne Howell Pittman of the 'Third Generation', and include my Great Grandfather George Washington Pittman who was the first to migrate to Texas.<br />
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However, like my 3X Great Grandmother Francis, I am going to break the pattern and take this time to share the research on the family of my 4X Great Grandmother Mary Julia Napier Stone and her Napier family name. </div>
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