My Name Is America

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.

What's in the name America?
~The first name of America gives one an eagerness for knowledge and an intense desire to do something worthwhile in life.
~A person named America longs for freedom from restrictions and for outlets from restlessness, and does not tolerate drudgery and monotony.
~America, it isn't easy for you to take advice, therefore, you tend to work independently.
~You suffer inner turmoil especially when you feel misunderstood, and being sensitive, you are easily hurt and offended.
~Many people do not realize that you have a depth to your nature resulting from having thought a lot about life in many facets.

America's in my Georgia Family Tree



America Taylor Pittman

Nov. 16, 1805 - Aug. 24, 1872

daughter of

James Greene and Martha Patsy Taylor Pittman

wife of

Benjamin Woods Cash

mother of

Marion Linton, Ethelred Green, Julianne, Noah Bee and Martha America Cash

America Harden Pittman

1820 ~ 1870

daughter of

Jefferson and Rachel Harden Pittman

wife of

Jackson Boyd Sloan

mother of

 Florence, Robert, Mary Jane, Jackson Boyd,  and Jabez Henry Sloan

Martha America Pittman

Feb. 22, 1836 ~ March 19, 1898

daughter of

Pleasant Owen and Susannah Benton Pittman

wife of

Cephus W. Matthews

mother of

Effie, Charles, Noah, Mary Lou, Milton, and Edith Matthews

Martha America Cash

April 16, 1839 ~ July 1904

daughter of

Benjamin Woods and America Taylor Pittman Cash

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.

 

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.

 Our love of Country and Flag is still a tradition as seen in the 'Sleeping Baby on Stars and Stripes' photo.

That sleeping baby, a descendant of the first America, is today a Pittman American Beauty from Texas.


"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.

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 America."  John Adams

Letter to Patrick Henry, June 3, 1776