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Subject: [GASUMTER] Re: PICKETTS FROM AMERICUS/SUMTER CTY, GA
Date: 29 Aug 2001 17:17:28 -0600



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I am suggesting that the spelling of Pittman could have been different in the 1800's. I discovered through my years of research that names were misspelled often. Also, first and some last names of many family members were recorded differently. Many names were actually nicknames! For example my grandmother was known as Mary Styles. On her marriage certificate, her name is recorded as Mollie Stiles, married to Shade Wright Sr. in 1880. Everyone called her "Mary", even her children. This information is recorded in the Sumter County, Georgia Courthouse under the "W" and "S" Indexes.
Also there were so many graves that were destroyed by new farm owners in Lee County, Georgia. I remember such a grave at Route One. My father fought the courts in Lee County, Georgia to try and save our ancestor's graves, to no avail. One grave located on New York Road has been clean up and trees cleared, the graves on the opposite side of the road is so far in the woods that no one dare to enter. Some graves are on private property with no trespassing signs posted.
Ollie

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