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Descendants of *Robert Pickon
Generation No. 1
1. *ROBERT1 PICKON was born Abt. 1560 in France, and died in Scotland.
Notes for *ROBERT PICKON:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
The Pickens family can be traced back to the massacre of the Huguenots Aug 1572. Robert escaped to Scotland and his son Andrew raised a family there.
Child of *ROBERT PICKON is:
2. i. *ANDREW2 PICKON, b. Abt. 1600, Scotland; d. Scotland.
Generation No. 2
2. *ANDREW2 PICKON (*ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1600 in Scotland, and died in Scotland. He married I. MATTHISONE, daughter of DAVID MATTHISONE and MIRAN ANDERSONE. She was born October 27, 1626 in Edinburg Parrish, Edinburg, Midlothian, Scotland.
Notes for *ANDREW PICKON:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Andrew raised a family in Scotland.
Children of *ANDREW PICKON and I. MATTHISONE are:
3. i. *ROBERT ANDREW3 PICKEN/PICKON, b. 1640, Scotland; d. 1699, Limerick, Ireland.
ii. ANDREW PICKEN/PICKON, b. 1642, Drumskea, Ballymoney Parish, Northern ireland; d. Donagheady, ireland.
Generation No. 3
3. *ROBERT ANDREW3 PICKEN/PICKON (*ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1640 in Scotland, and died 1699 in Limerick, Ireland. He married ESTHER JANE BONNEAU/BRENOIT Abt. 1665 in Rochell, France, daughter of NORMANDE/JEAN BONNEAU/BRENOIT and CATHERINE ROI. She was born Abt. 1640 in La Rochelle, France, and died 1700 in Limerick, Ireland.
Notes for *ROBERT ANDREW PICKEN/PICKON:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Robert was born in Scotland and migrated to La Rochelle, France about 1660. After the revocation of the Edict at Nantes, 1685 he returned to Scotland for a short time. England and Scotland were still in a row about their church doctrines and he then moved to Limerick on the Shannon River in Ireland where his sons, (who moved to America) John, Robert, and Andrew were born.
William Pickens (Pecken, Picon) married Margaret Pike in North Ireland
Robert Picon( Pickens) married the widow of Jean Bonneau, Whose maiden name
was Ester Benoit.------Note from <Bare67deb@aol.com>
Children of *ROBERT PICKEN/PICKON and ESTHER BONNEAU/BRENOIT are:
i. ANDREW4 PICKEN/PICKON, b. Limerick, Ireland on the Shannon River..Notes for ANDREW PICKEN/PICKON:
Andrew setteled in Penn. after moving to America.ii. ISREAL PICKEN/PICKON.
iii. JOHN PICKEN/PICKON, b. Limerick, Ireland on Shannon River.Notes for JOHN PICKEN/PICKON:
John setteled in Virginia after moving to America.iv. ROBERT PICKENS, b. Limerick, Ireland on the Shannon River..
Notes for ROBERT PICKENS:
Robert settled in Maryland after moving to America. Andrew and Robert moved with their families to the Waxhaws in 1775: thence to Long Cane in Abberville, S. C., where the massacre by the Indians occurred in 1761. Ezekiel Calhoun's wife was killed and scalped by the Indians in sight of her daughter, Rebecca who was in hiding in a thicket of bushes nearby. (Rebecca was later to become the wife of General Andrew Pickens)4. v. *WILLIAM HENRY PICKEN/PICKON, b. Bet. 1669 - 1670, France; d. 1735, may have died---Bucks Co. Pa..
vi. THOMAS PICKEN/PICKON, b. Aft. 1670, Bally-Cully, Coleraine, Ireland; d. May 05, 1739, Boston, Ma.; m. MARGARET STEELE.
Generation No. 4
4. *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON (*ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Bet. 1669 - 1670 in France, and died 1735 in may have died---Bucks Co. Pa.. He married MARGARET PIKE Abt. 1692 in Ireland. She was born Bet. 1672 - 1673 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1750 in Bucks, PA..
Notes for *WILLIAM HENRY PICKEN/PICKON:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Possiable migration dates: to Ireland 1685; to pa. 1719; to Paxton Pa. before 1735; to Va. 1740.
1719- on records Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks Pa., 1719. 1719--1722-William Pickens and wife on records of Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co., Pa. (Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, p. 2)"In the records of the Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co., Pa., under the heading "Entries made by Elder Christophel Van Zandt, during the ministry of Rev. Malachi Jones, 1719-1722" there is a list of 'Newcomers from Erlandt' who joined the church in which we find, '1719 William Peckins and his wife by certificate' and further down in the list is: '1720 Isrell Peckins by profession' '1722 Margaret Picken by profession'
From the fact that William Peckins (Pickens) and his wife joined the church by certificate we believe that he was the head of the family and the father of about 6 teenage children, the oldest of whom, Israel Pickens joined the church by profession when he became of age.
The records of Bucks Co., Penn. , show the death of a William Pickens in 1735.
Lancaster Co., Penn., was formed from Chester Co., in 1729. Just before or shortly after 1729 several Pickens young men moved to Paxtang Parish, or Township in Lancaster Co., which is in that part of the country which in 1875 was cut off to form Dauphin Co., Penn. .
Between 1729 and 1739 there are many records of Israel Pickens, Andrew Pickens, John Pickens, William Pickens, and Gabriel Pickens. All of these were brothers, we beleive, and sons of William Pickens who joined Bensalem Church in Bucks Co., in 1719.
Children of *WILLIAM PICKEN/PICKON and MARGARET PIKE are:
5. i. ISRAEL5 PICKENS, b. Abt. 1693, N. Ireland; d. Abt. 1749, Cub Creek, Charlotte, Va.(now Charlotte Co., Va.).
ii. MARGARET PICKENS, b. Abt. 1695, Ireland; m. ROBERT RAMSEY.
6. iii. ROBERT PIKE PICKENS, b. 1697, Ireland; d. 1787, Anderson Dist., South Carolina, Pickens Chapel Cem..
7. iv. CAPT.ANDREW PICKENS, b. Abt. 1699, Ireland; d. Bet. 1756 - 1757, Mecklenburg?, Anson, N. Carolina.
v. ANNE PICKENS, b. Bet. 1700 - 1707.
8. vi. JOHN SR. PICKENS, b. Bet. 1700 - 1710, Ireland; d. Abt. 1771, Abberville Pendleton Dist. South Carolina.
vii. LUCY PICKENS, b. 1704, Ireland; m. MATTHEW GILLESPIE, September 02, 1772, Abingdon, Philadelphia, Pa..
9. viii. WILLIAM JR. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1705, Ireland; d. Aft. November 19, 1783, Montgomery, Va..
10. ix. *GABRIEL PICKENS, b. Bet. 1715 - 1720, Ben Salem, Bucks, Pa.; d. Bet. 1775 - 1780, Abbeville, Pendleton Dist., South Carolina.
Generation No. 5
5. ISRAEL5 PICKENS (*WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1693 in N. Ireland, and died Abt. 1749 in Cub Creek, Charlotte, Va.(now Charlotte Co., Va.). He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1725. He married (2) MARTHA ANN NISBIT Abt. 1727.
Child of ISRAEL PICKENS and UNKNOWN is:
i. ROBERT ANDREW6 PICKENS, b. Bet. 1644 - 1654; d. 1699.
Children of ISRAEL PICKENS and MARTHA NISBIT are:
ii. WILLIAM6 PICKENS, b. Abt. 1735, prob. Bucks Co., Penn.; d. 1818; m. ELIZABETH BLACK.Notes for WILLIAM PICKENS:
William served in the Colonial Milita under his uncle, Capt. Andrew Pickens, and also in the revolution.WILL OF WILLIAM PICKENS, 1800
(Mecklenburg Records, Book F, page 18)In the name of God, Amen, I WILLIAM PICKENS of Mecklenburg County, state of North Carolina,being of perfect mind and memory - blessed be God - do this day the 18th of May, in the year of our Lord, 1800 and 24 - 25 of American independance, make and publish this, my last will and testament in manner following, that is to say -
First I give and commit my soul into the hand of almighty God who gave it to me, and my body to the earth to be buried at the direction of my Executors which I shall hereafter appoint in Christ, and as for the worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bestow upon me for above my deserts, I dispose thereof as follows:
First: I will that my just debts be honestly and justly paid by my Executors at a convenient time after my decease.
Second: I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife ELIZABETH, all my stock of horses, mares and colts.
Third: I also bequeath unto her, my said wife, all my stock of cows, young and old. also all my sheep and hogs, with all the farming utensils, likewise all the household furniture and the house and the land during her natural life with all their rights and appurtenances.
Fourth: I give and bequeath unto my nephew, JAMES PICKENS, eldest son to my brother SAMUEL PICKENS, five shillings, to be my Executor at a convenient time after my decease.
Fifth: I leave and devise the tract of land I now live on, containing 172 acres and also a second survey of older date containing 40 acres to my negroes to wit - Jack and Moll to be equally divided by equality and equality, at my wife's decease to the said Jack and Moll, to have and to hold to them and their heirs forever, with all the rights , improvements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and the said Jack and Moll, I do emancipate and set free from being slaves to any person what ever at the decease of my wife, ELIZABETH, and I hereby make and ordain my beloved wife ELIZABETH PICKENS Executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I, the said WILLIAM PICKENS, have to this my last will and testament, set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
WILLIAM PICKENS
Henry Hunter
Robert Meek
James Hunter
11. iii. MARGARET PICKENS, b. 1739; d. December 22, 1793.
iv. SAMUEL PICKENS, b. 1743; m. JANE CARRIGAN.
12. v. REBECCA PICKENS, b. 1745; d. 1829.
vi. HANNAH PICKENS, b. 1749; m. (1) JAMES CLARK-- FIRST HUSBAND; m. (2) GEORGE DAVIS-- SECOND HUSBAND.
6. ROBERT PIKE5 PICKENS (*WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1697 in Ireland, and died 1787 in Anderson Dist., South Carolina, Pickens Chapel Cem.. He married MIRIAM DAVIS Abt. 1729 in Frederick, Maryland.
Notes for ROBERT PIKE PICKENS:
Robert served as Captain under General Andrew Pickens in Rev. War.
Children of ROBERT PICKENS and MIRIAM DAVIS are:
i. ANDREW6 PICKENS, b. 1736.
ii. JANE PICKENS, b. 1738.
iii. JOHN THE TORY PICKENS, b. Abt. 1740.Notes for JOHN THE TORY PICKENS:
Dictionary Defination of "Tory" : ....1. (in Great Britain) a member of the conservative party. 2. a colonist loyal to England during the American Revolution. 3. (in England during the 18th century) the party that supported George lll and the established order in Church and State.
4. (often tory) a person of conservative opinions.13. iv. CAPT.ROBERT PIKE (TWIN) PICKENS, b. November 26, 1747, Fredrick Co., Maryland; d. July 19, 1830, Anderson Co., S. C..
14. v. ANNIE (TWIN) PICKENS, b. November 26, 1747.
15. vi. ELEANOR PICKENS, b. 1748; d. November 15, 1837.
vii. ISRAEL PICKENS, b. 1750.
viii. SAMUEL PICKENS, b. 1752.
ix. DAVID PICKENS, b. 1753.
x. MARGARET PICKENS, b. 1754.
xi. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. 1756.
7. CAPT.ANDREW5 PICKENS (*WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1699 in Ireland, and died Bet. 1756 - 1757 in Mecklenburg?, Anson, N. Carolina. He married NANCY ANN DAVIS Bet. 1728 - 1729.
Children of CAPT.ANDREW PICKENS and NANCY DAVIS are:
i. CATHERINE6 PICKENS, m. MAJORWILLIAM DAVIS.
16. ii. JOSEPH PICKENS, b. February 01, 1736/37; d. June 17, 1781.
iii. JOHN (TWIN) PICKENS, b. 1738; d. December 16, 1791; m. MARY, Bef. 1783.Notes for JOHN (TWIN) PICKENS:
John was probably a twin of Jane.17. iv. JANE (TWIN) PICKENS, b. 1738; d. 1824, Bur. Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
18. v. GENERALANDREW PICKENS, b. September 19, 1739, Paxton, Pennsylvania; d. August 11, 1817, Buried Old Stone Church Cem. --Clemson, South Carolina.(More on General Andrew Pickens later on this page)
8. JOHN SR.5 PICKENS (*WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Bet. 1700 - 1710 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1771 in Abberville Pendleton Dist. South Carolina. He married ELEANOR KERR Abt. 1738. She died 1781.
Notes for JOHN SR. PICKENS:
On May 21, 1735, John Pickens and his brother Andrew signed a petition asking that a road be laid out from Harris (Paxton) to Lanchaster (Pa. archives VI,14,273.)
Children of JOHN PICKENS and ELEANOR KERR are:
i. FRANCIS6 PICKENS, m. WILLIAM GILLESPIE.
19. ii. JOHN JR. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1739, Lancaster Co., Pa.; d. September 22, 1795, Anderson Co., S. C..
iii. LUCY PICKENS, b. Abt. 1740.
iv. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. January 1739/40.Notes for ELIZABETH PICKENS:
Elizabeth was baptized in Augusta Co., Va., on 29 March, 174120. v. ISRAEL PICKENS, b. August 24, 1744; d. February 11, 1828.
vi. ELEANOR PICKENS, b. Abt. December 1746; d. November 01, 1803; m. JOSEPH PICKENS (COUSIN), Abt. 1760, Mecklenburg Co., N.C..Notes for ELEANOR PICKENS:
Elanor was baptized Dec. 1746 in Augusta Co., Va.vii. ROBERT PICKENS, b. November 24, 1747, Maryland; d. July 19, 1830, buried Pickens Chapel Cem. , Pickens Co., S. Carolina.
Notes for ROBERT PICKENS:
Robert was baptized May 16, 1749 in Augusta Co., Va.
Served as Capt. under General Andrew Pickens in Rev.War.21. viii. ANDREW PICKENS, b. January 06, 1753, Augusta Co., Va.; d. September 15, 1844, Fayette Co., Tenn..
ix. WILLIAM GABRIEL PICKENS, b. October 18, 1760, Camden Dist., S. C.; d. Aft. 1833, Livingston Co., Ky.; m. REBECCA CALDWELL.Notes for WILLIAM GABRIEL PICKENS:
William was baptized May 30, 1742 in Augusta Co., Va.
9. WILLIAM JR.5 PICKENS (*WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1705 in Ireland, and died Aft. November 19, 1783 in Montgomery, Va.. He married (1) ANN OLIVER SCOTT Bef. 1735. He married (2) ELIZABETH KERR Abt. 1735.
Children of WILLIAM PICKENS and ANN SCOTT are:
i. BENJAMIN6 PICKENS.
ii. JOHN PICKENS, m. LETITIA HANNAH.
Children of WILLIAM PICKENS and ELIZABETH KERR are:
iii. THOMAS6 PICKENS, b. 1736; m. SARAH.
iv. MARGARET PICKENS, b. 1739; m. JAMES BASKIN.
10. *GABRIEL5 PICKENS (*WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Bet. 1715 - 1720 in Ben Salem, Bucks, Pa., and died Bet. 1775 - 1780 in Abbeville, Pendleton Dist., South Carolina. He married ZERUBIAH SMITH Abt. 1744 in Old Stone Church, Augusta, Va., daughter of DAVID SMITH and ELIZABETH STEVENSON. She was born Abt. 1715 in South Carolina (may have been born Ireland), and died in Maury, Tn..
Notes for *GABRIEL PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Gabriel lived in Augusta Co., Va., (1740-to-1764); Abberville Dist., S. C. (1764-to-death ?)AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA records:
1720 - Possible born in Pa. or on the way to Pa from Ireland?
1740 - he was a single man and was transported to Agusta Co., Va. by brother John.
1742 - in Augusta Co., Milita, in company of Capt. John Smith. John Ramsey and Robert Poag in same company (Day, p. 25)
1745, 13 Aug. - dau. Margaret baptized in Augusta Co., Va., Old Stone Church.
1749,1 Mar.- Gabriel Pickens, a farmer, appears as surety on a guardian bond [Chalkey's Annals]
1749, 27 April - son William baptized in Augusta Co., Va., Old Stone Church.
1749, 17 Nov. - Gabriel Pickens signs petition for road
1751, 18 Mar.- obtained land warrent on Howells Branch
1751 - appears in various other civil records.
1755 - owed note to estate of Benjamin Copeland.
1755, 12 May - Gabriel Pickens and Abraham Smith were sued by Thomas Moore and his wife Phoebe.
1755 - Vol. ll, 416, Gabriel Pickens, Constable (Day)
1756 - March- Gabriel was one of 17 to sign petition for protection against a troublesome neighbor [Va.-see below for transcript]
1759 - 12 May, received land patent for 200 acres, Va.
1760 - Appointed apraiser for 2 estates, in Va. Also had land processioned*
1761 - received payment on settlement of an estate.
1762, 18 May - sold 200 acres to Abraham Smith in Va.
1762, 19 May - examination of Zerubiah, regarding dower rights realease, Augusta Co., Va. (this is the last appearance of Gabriel in Augusta Co. records according to Chalkey)
1765 - April 17, He was granted 200 acres on Great Rockey Creek, in what is today western Abberville Co.,S.C. He lived next door to his brother John who had also come to Great Rockey Creek (or river as it is sometime called.) Gabriel and his brother John were the only Pickens who obtained land on Great Rocky Creek.
1782 - Feb 22, he made purchases at an estate sale of Francis King.
1795 - made purchases at estate sale of James Gillispie.
SOUTH CAROLINA records:
1764, 17 Apr. - obtained patent to land on Great Rockey Creek in what is now Abberville Dist., S. C.. He probably moved a bit earlier [Sharp]. Son William stated in his pension app. that he was born in 1749 and moved with his parents to S.C. when he was 15. Gabriel's brother, John, also rec'd land on Great Rocky Creek.
1768,2 Jan.- Gabriel granted 200 acres, Grandville Co., S.C. on E. side of Great Rocky Creek, surveyed 5-4-1767. Recorded 3-15-1768 (source: Warren, CITIZENS AND IMMIGRANTS, SC 1768)
1776+ - obtained grant for land in Abberville and Pendleton Dist., S.C.JUDGEMENTS AT RULES. MARCH, 1756 (A). KING vs. O'NEAL.--Petition as follows:
"To the Worshipful Court of Augusta Co. The petition of sundry inhabitants of this Co. by this North Mountain, in Captain Harrison's and Captain Love's Companies, humbly sheweth: That your petitions are daily troubled by John O'Neal, a person of evil fame, who, being ill natured, evil, designing, citigious, wicked man, he often takes occasion to come to the houses of some of your petitioners and then designedly raises and foments disputes with them in which he makes use of the most opprobrious and abuseful words he can invent, and as he is bound to the pease, dares anyone to strike him, therefore, should any of us strike or beat him we know not what might be the consequences as we are unacquainted with the law and his usual manner threatens to shoot us if he sees any of us out of our own plantations, that he will do us all the damage he can by killing our horses, cattle etc., and when reproved of his misbehavior he tells us that if he does any action, be it ever so bad, that he will be cleared by this Court for two pieces of eight. His behavior is such that your petitioners are afraid to leave their families to go about their lawful affairs, not knowing that he may fulfil his threats before our return by killing our wives or children, burning our houses, or doing some other irreparable damage, and, as doubtless your Worships is well acquainted with the behavior of this malicious man, we hope you will take our case into consideration and fall upon some method to hinder him from being guilty of such outrages and irregularities for the future. That we, being subject to his Majesty and the laws of the Dominion, may be no longer abused by such a person in the above manner, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray.----
Daniel Harrison, James Magill, Daniel Smith, John McGarry, Robert Harrison, Gawin Black, John Lonkill, Patrick Cain, Aron Oliver, (erased), Robert Gray, Henry Smith, Benjamin Kinley, John Smith, John McClewer,****GABRIEL PICKENS ****, John Hinton and Robert Patterson.
Scire facias on recognizance, Nov., 8th, 1754. Patrick Cain and Robert Patterson denied signatures. Gawin Black says he has nothing to say vs. John O'Neal, but was over-persuaded by some of the petitioners.
O'Neal found guilty."Gabriel Pickens and his brother John are the only Pickens who obtained land on Great Rocky Creek (sometime called river). Their two families grew up together, entered revolutionary service from there, and all mention Fort Independence in their pension papers later. They each mention being " own cousins to General Andrew Pickens".
Children of *GABRIEL PICKENS and ZERUBIAH SMITH are:
22. i. *JONATHAN SR.6 PICKENS, b. Bet. 1743 - 1750, Augusta, Co., Va.; d. Abt. 1832, Hardin Co., Tenn..
ii. MARGARET PICKENS, b. August 13, 1745, Augusta, Co., Va.; d. Abt. 1815, Wilkes Co., Georgia; m. LT. WILLIAM BOLT, January 07, 1766, Abberville Dist. South Carolina.Notes for MARGARET PICKENS:
Margaret was baptized Aug. 13, 1746 in Augusta Co., Va.23. iii. WILLIAM PICKENS, b. October 05, 1748, Augusta, Co., Va.; d. May 03, 1835, Globe Creek, Maury Co., Tn.(bur. Pickens Family Cem., near Morrisville).
iv. FANNY PICKENS, b. Abt. 1754, Augusta Co., Va.; d. Macoupen Co., Ill..
24. v. ABRAHAM PICKENS, b. Abt. 1755, Augusta Co., Va.; d. Bet. 1814 - 1815, Maury, Tenn..
Generation No. 6
11. MARGARET6 PICKENS (ISRAEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1739, and died December 22, 1793. She married JAMES WALKUP.
Children of MARGARET PICKENS and JAMES WALKUP are:
25. i. SAMUEL7 WALKUP, b. 1758.
ii. JAMES JR. WALKUP, b. September 17, 1763.
12. REBECCA6 PICKENS (ISRAEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1745, and died 1829. She married JAMES DAVIS, son of ISRAEL DAVIS and SARAH.
Children of REBECCA PICKENS and JAMES DAVIS are:
26. i. ROBERT7 DAVIS.
27. ii. ISRAEL PICKENS DAVIS, b. 1784; d. November 05, 1826.
13. CAPT.ROBERT PIKE (TWIN)6 PICKENS (ROBERT PIKE5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 26, 1747 in Fredrick Co., Maryland, and died July 19, 1830 in Anderson Co., S. C.. He married DORCAS HALLUM December 25, 1773 in Pendleton Dist., S. C., daughter of WILLIAM HALLUM and JENY GRIFFITH. She was born February 01, 1760 in Abberville Dist., S. C., and died February 05, 1823 in Abberville Dist., S. C..
Notes for CAPT.ROBERT PIKE (TWIN) PICKENS:
Robert Pike was probably a twin to Annie.
Children of CAPT.ROBERT PICKENS and DORCAS HALLUM are:
28. i. JOHN7 PICKENS, b. May 21, 1775, Abberville Dist., S. C.; d. November 18, 1827, Near Athens, Tenn. and buried at Pickeens Family Cem. near Jones chapel Meth. Ch.
ii. MARTHA PICKENS, b. June 15, 1776, Abberville Dist., S. C.; d. March 17, 1818; m. JOHN SMITH, 1800.
iii. MARGARET PICKENS, b. August 04, 1778, Abberville Dist., S. C..
iv. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. April 16, 1780, Abberville Dist., S. C..
v. MARY PICKENS, b. January 30, 1782, Long Cane Parish, Abberville Dist., S. C.; m. GEORGE BOWMAN.Notes for GEORGE BOWMAN:
Was a preacher.vi. ANDREW PICKENS, b. December 24, 1783, Long Cane Parish, Abberville Dist., S. C.; d. March 09, 1860; m. (1) CATHERINE WEAVER, September 04, 1815; m. (2) D. A. EDWARD, October 02, 1844.
Notes for ANDREW PICKENS:
Was a preacher.vii. DORCAS PICKENS, b. July 24, 1785, Three & Twenty, Anderson Co., S. C.; m. WILLIAM PARIS.
viii. ANNIE PICKENS, b. May 22, 1787, Three & Twenty, Anderson Co., S. C.; m. JAMES BOWLING.
ix. COL.ROBERT PICKENS, b. May 14, 1795, Three & Twenty, Anderson Co., S. C.; d. November 01, 1871; m. (1) MARTHA "PATTY" SMITH, November 17, 1814; m. (2) NANCY T. PEGG, April 11, 1837.
14. ANNIE (TWIN)6 PICKENS (ROBERT PIKE5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 26, 1747. She married ROBERT DAVIS, son of JAMES DAVIS and REBECCA PICKENS.
Notes for ANNIE (TWIN) PICKENS:
Annie was probably a twin to Robert Pike.
Child of ANNIE PICKENS and ROBERT DAVIS is:
i. VIOLET7 DAVIS.
15. ELEANOR6 PICKENS (ROBERT PIKE5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1748, and died November 15, 1837. She married JONATHAN HUNT PRATER 1775.
Children of ELEANOR PICKENS and JONATHAN PRATER are:
i. ANDREW7 PRATER.
ii. ELLENDER PRATER.
iii. MILDRED PRATER.
iv. JOHN JR. HUNT PRATER, m. MARGARET DROVER, 1791.
v. REGINALD PRATER.
vi. KATHERINE PRATER.
vii. WILLIAM (TWIN) PRATER, b. 1785.
viii. MARY ANN (TWIN) PRATER, b. 1785; d. 1870; m. JOHN COUCH; d. 1870.
16. JOSEPH6 PICKENS (CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born February 01, 1736/37, and died June 17, 1781. He married ELEANOR September 01, 1760, daughter of JOHN PICKENS and ELEANOR HANNAH. She was born December 1746, and died November 01, 1803.
Children of JOSEPH PICKENS and ELEANOR are:
i. ANDREW7 PICKENS, m. MARGARET DOWDLE.
ii. JOHN PICKENS, d. 1834.
iii. ISRAEL PICKENS.
iv. JOSEPH PICKENS, m. SALINE BRAZLETON.
v. JANE PICKENS, m. JAMES DOWDLE JR..
vi. SAMUEL PICKENS.
vii. JAMES PICKENS.
viii. ANN PICKENS, b. 1776; d. 1841; m. JAMES DOWDLE.
ix. WILLIAM PICKENS, b. 1777; m. MARTHA ANDERSON.
17. JANE (TWIN)6 PICKENS (CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1738, and died 1824 in Bur. Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C.. She married REV.ROBERT MILLER.
Notes for JANE (TWIN) PICKENS:
Jane was probably a twin to John.
Child of JANE PICKENS and REV.ROBERT MILLER is:
29. i. JOHN HENRY7 MILLER, b. November 16, 1777, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; d. October 07, 1851, Pontotoc, Miss..
- This is my uncle, Lindsay Pickens on the left. General Andrew Pickens is in the center. My dad, O. T. Pickens is on the right. Do you see the resemblance? By the way, they are all 3 bald headed:) Oh that DNA!
- It has spanned almost 200 years in this example.
18. GENERALANDREW6 PICKENS (CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born September 19, 1739 in Paxton, Pennsylvania, and died August 11, 1817. He is Buried Old Stone Church Cem. --Clemson, South Carolina. He married REBECCA FLORIDE CALHOUN March 19, 1765 in Long Cane Creek, Abberville Dist., S. C., daughter of EZEKIEL CALHOUN and JANE EWING. She was born November 18, 1745 in Augusta Co., Virginia, and died December 19, 1814 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
Notes for GENERALANDREW PICKENS:
Andrew Pickens
A Brief BiographyAndrew Pickens was a man of contradictions. Born in Pennsylvania, he became one of the most influential men of South Carolina. Almost unschooled, he had a remarkable ability to direct his thoughts straight past diversions to the main point of an issue. Serious by nature (some say he never once laughed), he married Rebecca Calhoun, a charming, outgoing woman who filled the house with guests and happy activity. Andrew Pickens learned his guerrilla warfare battle techniques from fighting and subduing the Indians, yet, at the end of his life he was so revered by the local Cherokee Indians that they honored him with a special name of respect. And finally, this quiet, private, unassuming man has entered history as one of the great patriots of the Revolutionary War and the early years of our nation.
Andrew Pickens was born in Paxton, Pennsylvania on September 19, 1739. His family soon moved to Staunton, Virginia, and in 1752 or 1753 moved to the Waxhaws in South Carolina (near present-day Lancaster). This farmhouse later would be the birthplace of President Andrew Jackson. In 1755, there were some Indian uprisings in the area and Andrew's father, the elder Andrew Pickens, organized a militia company. Andrew, then sixteen years old, volunteered. This was the first of many skirmishes against the Cherokee. He fought alongside Colonel Archibald Montgomery after the Long Canes massacre of February 1, 1760. Later, he joined Lieutenant Colonel James Grant in another campaign to subdue the Cherokee. This last experience marked a turning point for Andrew Pickens. The brutality of the whites toward the Indians, including vicious mass killings of women and children, directly influenced Pickens' later decent and humane treatment of the Cherokee.
These battles taught Andrew Pickens how to fight and win a war. The Cherokee instructed him well in the techniques of guerrilla warfare. When the British came, Pickens and his men could materialize, do their damage, and vanish into the woods. They were the upcountry version of Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox) and his men in the lower part of the state. Andrew Pickens was such a successful military leader that he rose in rank from captain of militia to brigadier general through the course of the Revolutionary War. His greatest victories were at Kettle Creek (1779), Cowpens (1781) (where he joined General Daniel Morgan to defeat the British Colonel Tarleton), and the recapture of Augusta, Georgia (1781). The movie, "The Patriot," generally describes the actions of Pickens' militia at the Battle of Cowpens.
After the war, Andrew Pickens became active in local South Carolina politics. He helped negotiate boundary disputes with other states. He served in the state legislature. He helped establish the state judicial system. He helped draft most of the legislation regarding Indian affairs. Finally, he was U. S. Congressman (1793-1795).
In his last years, Andrew Pickens retired to Tamassee, where he truly became beloved by the local Cherokee Indians. Tamassee, meaning Sunlight of God, was honored ground to the Cherokee. They welcomed Andrew Pickens and gave him an Indian name, Skyagunsta, meaning Great Wizard Owl, in recognition of him as a good, wise leader.
Andrew Pickens died in 1817 and is buried next to his wife at Old Stone Church cemetery in Clemson, South Carolina. His tombstone says, "A Christian, Patriot and Soldier." found: http://www.andrewpickens.com/pickensbio.html
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The Old Stone Church Cemetery. Record of Clemson, South Carolina lists Andrew as: General Andrew Pickens: September 13, 1739-Aug. 11, 1817. Husband of Rebecca Calhoun Pickens. Son of Nancy Davis and Andrew Pickens. Patriot and Soldier. Revolutionary War.Pickens Co. was created by the Alabama legislature on Dec. 19, 1819, out of Tuscaloosa Co. It was named for General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina, a hero of the Revolution. Carrollton is the seat of justice. ( From "The Heritage of Alabama Book Series)
He died in Tomassee, Pickens Co., S. C.----buried in Old Stone Church Cem. near Clemson, S. C. .
Notes for REBECCA FLORIDE CALHOUN:
IN 1761, at Long Cane in Abberville, S.C., Rebecca witnessed the killing and scalping of her mother by the Indians. Rebecca was hiding in a thicket of bushes and witnessed the whole thing.
Children of GENERALANDREW PICKENS and REBECCA CALHOUN are:
30. i. MARY7 PICKENS, b. February 19, 1766, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; d. Abt. 1836.
31. ii. EZEKIAL PICKENS, b. March 03, 1768, Augusta Co., Va.; d. May 18, 1813, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
iii. ANN PICKENS, b. April 12, 1770, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; d. March 30, 1846; m. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1790, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
iv. SON PICKENS, b. February 12, 1772, Augusta Co., Virginia; d. February 1772, Augusta Co., Virginia.
v. JANE PICKENS, b. March 1773, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. October 1773, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
32. vi. JANE BONNEAU PICKENS, b. November 09, 1774, N. W. 3 and 20, Abberville Dist., S. C.; d. April 28, 1848, Pontotoc, Miss..
33. vii. MARGARET PICKENS, b. July 13, 1776, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; d. December 14, 1830, near Selma, Dallas Co., Alabama.
34. viii. COL.ANDREW JR. PICKENS, b. November 13, 1779, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. June 24, 1834, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
ix. SON PICKENS, b. November 23, 1783, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; d. November 1783, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
35. x. REBECCA PICKENS, b. January 03, 1784, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. February 05, 1831.
36. xi. CATHERINE PICKENS, b. June 09, 1786, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. May 18, 1871, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
37. xii. JOSEPH PICKENS, b. March 30, 1791, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. February 03, 1853, Cahaba, Al..
xiii. JOHN PICKENS, b. Abt. 1792, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
19. JOHN JR.6 PICKENS (JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1739 in Lancaster Co., Pa., and died September 22, 1795 in Anderson Co., S. C.. He married SARAH SWERINGEN.
Child of JOHN PICKENS and SARAH SWERINGEN is:
i. SARAH DRUCILLA7 PICKENS, b. 1778; d. 1863; m. WILLIAM HENRY.Notes for WILLIAM HENRY:
William owned a slave named Jemima Pickens born 1765--died 1868. She is buried in Pickens Cem. located 3 & 20 Rd. Anderson Co., S. C.
20. ISRAEL6 PICKENS (JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born August 24, 1744, and died February 11, 1828. He married (1) SARAH HALL Bef. 1765. He married (2) LUCINDA WALDEN Bef. 1766. He married (3) SARAH WILLIAMS Bef. 1767. He married (4) ELIZABETH BASKIN March 06, 1768.
Notes for ISRAEL PICKENS:
Israel was baptized Oct., 7, 1744 in Augusta Co. Va.
Children of ISRAEL PICKENS and ELIZABETH BASKIN are:
i. ELEANOR7 PICKENS.
ii. MARY PICKENS.
iii. MATILDA PICKENS, m. DAVID BOYD.
iv. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. Abt. 1770; m. JOHN STEWART.
v. JOHN PICKENS, b. June 03, 1774; d. October 23, 1844; m. ELIZABETH HARKNESS.
38. vi. WILLIAM PICKENS, b. 1780.
vii. ISRAEL JR. PICKENS, b. 1785; d. Bef. 1820.
21. ANDREW6 PICKENS (JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born January 06, 1753 in Augusta Co., Va., and died September 15, 1844 in Fayette Co., Tenn.. He married MARGARET GILLESPIE 1790. She was born 1763, and died August 13, 1830.
Notes for ANDREW PICKENS:
On May 21, 1735, Andrew Pickens and his brother John, signed a petition asking that a road be laid out from Harris (Paxton) to Lancaster (PA archives VI, 14,273.)
Children of ANDREW PICKENS and MARGARET GILLESPIE are:
i. JOHN G.7 PICKENS.
ii. ANDREW PICKENS, d. 1824.
iii. EZERIAH PICKENS.
iv. ANN PICKENS.
v. DAVID PICKENS, d. 1815.
39. vi. ROBERT B. PICKENS.
vii. ISRAEL SIDNEY PICKENS, b. June 06, 1799; d. December 12, 1886.Notes for ISRAEL SIDNEY PICKENS:
His tombstone says he was a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.viii. WILLIAM G. PICKENS, b. November 02, 1782; d. 1815.
40. ix. JAMES H. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1789; d. Abt. 1828.
22. *JONATHAN SR.6 PICKENS (*GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Bet. 1743 - 1750 in Augusta, Co., Va., and died Abt. 1832 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married MARY 1767 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. She was born Bet. 1760 - 1770 in Marshall, Tn..
Notes for *JONATHAN SR. PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
A land grant in South Carolina dated Sept. 3, 1765 for a tract of 100 acres of land in Granville Co. on Savannah River, bounded on the SW side of Kelly and on the south by the river. The location of this land is near the mouth of Rosses creek. The tract was surveyed by John Pickens, district surveyor. He received another grant for 50 acres on Sept. 23, 1784; surveyed by Patrick Calhoun, D. S. and described as bounded by the river on the SW, and Wm. Mcgowen on the east, and on the NW by his own land. If he was a soldier during the revolution we have no record of it. There is record that he received an indent in 1785 for some beeves furnished the militia. The census of 1790 shows him in Abbeville Dist. with 3 males above 16 and 3 females, including himself and his wife. He was not in Abbeville Co. in 1800 and later census records show some grandchildren born in Georgia around 1800 to 1805. Tradition states they were early pioneers to Tenn., and lived in Lincoln Co., Tenn., but by 1819 most of them moved to the new Co. of Hardin in Tenn.. Jonathan Pickens, Sr. is shown in the census of 1830, living in Hardin Co. with his wife. He was between ages 80-90, born between 1740-1750. His wife was born between 1760-1770. Two sons of Jonathan Pickens,Sr. also moved to Hardin Co. as will be shown.from PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH--E. M. Sharp
p. 76 "About the earliest record we have of Jonathan is a land grant in South Caroina dated September 3, 1765 for a tract of 100 acres of land in Granville County on the Savannah River, bounded on the SW side by Kelly and on the south by the River. The location of this land is near the mouth of Rosses Creek. The tract was surveyed by John Pickens, District Surveyer. He received another grant for 50 acres on Sept. 23, 1784, surveyed by Pat. Calhous, D.S. and described as bounded by the river on the SW, by William McCowen on the east, and on the NW by his own land.If he was a soldier during the revolution there is no record of it. There is record that he received an indenture in 1785 for some beeves furnished the militia (Appendix No. IX). The census of 1790 shows him in Abbeville District, with 3 males above 16 and 3 females, including himself and his wife. He was not in Abbeville County in 1800 and his whereabouts have not been discovered. He may have gone to Georgia since later census records show some grandchildren born in Georgia about 1800-1805.
Tradition states they were early pioneers to Tennessee, and lived in Lincoln Co., TN but by 1819 most of them moved to the new county of Hardin in Tennessee. Jonathan Pickens Sr is shown in the census of 1830, living in Hardin County with his wife. He was between ages of 80-90, born between 1740/50. His wife was born between 1760/70. The two sons also moved to Hardin County.
Jonathan Pickens Sr. had two sons and four daughters. His wife's name is unknown as are the names of the four daughters. The sons appear to have been Jonathan Pickens Jr., and Gabriel Pickens.
p. 88....Tradition in this family indicates that some of the Jonathan Pickens family came to Tennessee quite early. The records of Maury County Tennessee have the following deed: "Book M, p. 313, dated February 4, 1815. "Gideon Pillow and Joseph Laun of Giles Co, Tennessee made deed to Jonathan Pickens of Maury County for the sum of $395, a tract of land on Silver Creek, a fork of Fountain Creek, a branch of Duck River" Witnesses: Phil Thomas, Abner Pillow, James Strett..."
p. 148. APPENDIX IX-INDENT ISSUED TO MR. JONATHAN PICKENS. August 29, 1785 for 3 pounds 17 shillings and one penny for two beeves furnished for Militia use in 1781 and 1782, per account from commissioners. (Sally Stub entries, No. 631, Bk. W)
Children of *JONATHAN PICKENS and MARY are:
i. LYDIA7 PICKENS, m. JAMES BALDRIDGE.
41. ii. GABRIEL PICKENS, b. Abt. 1770, Abbeville Dist. South Carolina; d. Abt. 1841, Hardin Co., Tenn..
42. iii. *JONATHAN JR. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1775, Abberville Dist. South Carolina; d. Bef. 1830, Hardin Co., Tenn.
43. iv. ISIRIAH PICKENS, b. Abt. 1789, Maury Tenn..
v. PEGGY 'MARGARET' PICKENS., b. February 15, 1790, South Carolina; d. December 27, 1844; m. JOHN WATSON, February 27, 1809, Maury, Tenn..
23. WILLIAM6 PICKENS (*GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born October 05, 1748 in Augusta, Co., Va., and died May 03, 1835 in Globe Creek, Maury Co., Tn.(bur. Pickens Family Cem., near Morrisville). He married JANE HAMILTON February 29, 1776 in Abberville Dist. South Carolina. She was born October 06, 1758, and died April 20, 1839.
Notes for WILLIAM PICKENS:
William was Christened April 27, 1749 in Augusta Co., Va.
William is buried in Pickens Family Cem. in Maury, Tenn.
1748 - birth, 5 oct, 1748, in Augusta, Va.
1749 - 27 April, was christened at Augusta ,Va.
1764 - moved, at age 15, to S. C. from Abberville Co., Va. with his parents
1775 - Aug. 1, enlisted and served under Capt. Thomas Langdon and Col. Drayton and was in the battles at ninety six and Reedy River. On July, 1, 1777, he enlisted as an Indian spy to serve under Capt. John Pickens and was in a battle on the Savanna River. During Feb. 1779, he served under Capt. Robert Anderson and Col. Pickens and was in the battle at Kettle Creek. After enlisting during the spring or summer of 1776 - Married Jane in Abberville?
1776-1789 - served with General Pickens, his first cousin, in various campaigns.
1781, he served under Capt. Robert Anderson. He was transferred to Capt. Robert Carithers and was in the siege of ninety six. (moved to Tn.) His name is on a plaque in Marshall Co., honoring all coutians who had served in the Rev. War.
1776 - married Jane in Abberville?
1776-1789 - served with General Pickens, his 1st cousin, in various campaigns against British and Tories and allied Cherokee Indians.
1785 - owned land on Middleton's Creek, Ninety-six dist. S.C., bounded by land of Andrew Pickens and nearby land of Matthew Gillespie. This plat shows land laid out for Will. Pickens and Fleming Bates'.
1790 - S.C. census, p. 57, w/2 sons, wife, and another adult female - possiable his mother?
1807 - pioneered Maury Co., Tn., settled on Globe Creek. When he arrived it was probably still Williamson Co.
1812 - Sept., 21, - purchased 134 acres of Grant 163, Maury Co., Tn.(Porterfield Grant)
1818 - sold land to son John G., Maury Co., Tn.
1819 - sold land to son Wm. H., Maury Co., Tn.
1832 - on tax list , Maury Co., Tn.
1833 - applied for pension, living in Maury Co.,
1835 - died,3, May, in Maury Co., his will is recorded there, Will Book X,p. 331
1835 - Marshall Co., formed, and family property fell into new county.
PENSION APPLICATION #S3699.(Enc #797)"Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
State of Tennessee, Maury County.
On this 16 day of Sept. 1833 personally appeared in open court before James Hughes?____ _____ & John C. Monday? Esquires___ of said court being the court of pleas? & _____ _____ now setting for this county of Maury in the State of Tenn., William Pickens aged about 84 years who being first duely sworn according to the law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That about the first of Aug. 1776 he volunteered in the State of South Carolina, Abberville Dist. in the Company commanded by Thos. Langdon, Wm. Boles Lieutenant & the whole commanded by Col. Drayton he did not volunteer for any specific time- they marched to ninety six at which place they were stationed or near that place until the 19th of Nov. of that same year at which time the battle of ninety six was fought & which battle this applicant was engaged after which time they were marched to the Long? fork of Saludu River & were engaged in scouting___ until they marched to Reedy River & routed the Tories that were camped there. This was about the last of Dec. in that same year at which time they were discharged the discharge was not in writing- the following year the Indians committed frequent___ and this applicant together with many families were compelled to erect a fort for their safety & defence called "Fort Independance". They remained? stationed in this fort about 2 or 3 months during which time thisapplicant was constantly engaged discharging the duties of a spy-
Applicant was marched in Oct. 1777 to____ as a guard at a treaty with the Indians remained there about a week. No treaty was affected. Returned to Fort Independance & remained there until May 1778 when this applicant was marched to Due West Corner? as a guard at a Treaty with the Indians remaining there about two weeks when a treaty was affected with the Indians after which this applicant was discharged.
In Feb. 1779 he volunteered in Abberville Dist. South Carolina in the company comanded by Capt. Robert Anderson, Col. Andrew Pickens & GeneralAndrew Williamson where the officers were marched to Savana River where a battle was fought with the Tories - after the battle they persued the Tories to Kettle Creek in Georgia where they overtook the Tories and defeated them. He was then discharged but not in writing & returned home the length of this tour was about one month.
In the spring or early in the summer 1780 as well as he now recalls this applicant again volunteered under Capt. Robert Anderson and joined Genl. Green at ninety sixat which place he remained until the seige was raised & Green marched to Charleston - This applicant was transfered to a company of Rangers comanded by Capt. Robert Caruthers & Ltd. Francis C___ it was the duty of this Company to range upon the frontier which duty___performed for about five months when he was discharged and returned home - the discharge was not in writing. This was the last duty of the applicant performed - that he has no documentry evidence of his services & he knows of no person living by whom he can prove his service.
Children of WILLIAM PICKENS and JANE HAMILTON are:
44. i. JOHN G.7 PICKENS, b. August 22, 1780, S. C.; d. February 23, 1871, Waterloo, Lauderdale Co., Al..
ii. WILLIAM HAMILTON PICKENS, b. June 13, 1792, S. C.; d. July 22, 1872, Mooresville, Marshall Co., Tenn.; m. HANNAH MOORE, January 19, 1813, Marshall Co., Tenn..
iii. MATTHEW GILLESPIE PICKENS, b. Abt. 1795, S. C.; d. Abt. 1842, Texas; m. JANE RICHARDSON, Abt. 1816, Maury Co., Tn..
iv. MARGARET J. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1797, Marshall Co., Tenn.; d. February 15, 1844, Maury Co., Tn.; m. WILLIS RICHARDSON, March 14, 1815, Maury Co., Tn..
v. ELIZABETH ANN PICKENS, b. Abt. 1798, S. C.; m. ALEXANDER (MEESE OR MUSE) / MEECH.
45. vi. JAMES S. PICKENS, b. 1801, S. C.; d. Hardin Co., Tenn..
24. ABRAHAM6 PICKENS (*GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1755 in Augusta Co., Va., and died Bet. 1814 - 1815 in Maury, Tenn.. He married ELIZABETH PATTERSON Bet. 1785 - 1786 in Abberville Dist. South Carolina. She was born 1766 in Abberville, Dist., S. C., and died 1828 in Maury Co., Tn..
Children of ABRAHAM PICKENS and ELIZABETH PATTERSON are:
i. MARGARET7 PICKENS, b. Abt. 1787, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
ii. JANE A. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1795, Maury Co., Tn..
iii. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. Abt. 1797, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; m. SAMUEL MCCALL, Abt. 1816, Maury Co., Tn..
iv. HANNAH MALVINA PICKENS, b. Abt. 1800, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
v. THOMAS R. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1805, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
vi. JOHN PATTERSON PICKENS, b. 1808, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
Generation No. 7
25. SAMUEL7 WALKUP (MARGARET6 PICKENS, ISRAEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1758. He married (1) (2)NANCY PATTERSON. He married (2) (1)ELIZABETH GUTHRIE Bef. 1788.
Child of SAMUEL WALKUP and (2)NANCY PATTERSON is:
i. JOHN8 WALKUP, b. December 06, 1760.
26. ROBERT7 DAVIS (REBECCA6 PICKENS, ISRAEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) He married ANNIE (TWIN) PICKENS, daughter of ROBERT PICKENS and MIRIAM DAVIS. She was born November 26, 1747.
Notes for ANNIE (TWIN) PICKENS:
Annie was probably a twin to Robert Pike.
Child is listed above under (14) Annie (twin) Pickens.27. ISRAEL PICKENS7 DAVIS (REBECCA6 PICKENS, ISRAEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1784, and died November 05, 1826. He married SARAH.
Children of ISRAEL DAVIS and SARAH are:
i. ROBERT G.8 DAVIS.
ii. JAMES DAVIS.
iii. JEMIMA CRAIG DAVIS.
iv. ALEXANDER H. DAVIS.
v. ISRAEL N. DAVIS.
vi. SAMUEL P. DAVIS.
vii. SARAH DAVIS.
viii. JOHN C. DAVIS.
ix. MONICA DAVIS.
28. JOHN7 PICKENS (CAPT.ROBERT PIKE (TWIN)6, ROBERT PIKE5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born May 21, 1775 in Abberville Dist., S. C., and died November 18, 1827 in Near Athens, Tenn. and buried at Pickeens Family Cem. near Jones chapel Meth. Ch. He married NANCY AGNES BOWEN December 19, 1799 in Pendleton Dist., S. C., daughter of ROBERT BOWEN and MARY GILLESPIE. She was born May 25, 1779 in S. C., and died July 04, 1859 in Near Athens, McMinn, Tenn. buried Pickens family Cem. near Jones Meth. Ch..
Children of JOHN PICKENS and NANCY BOWEN are:
i. MARY B.8 PICKENS, b. October 27, 1800, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. 1839; m. JOHN SMITH.
ii. ROBERT PICKENS, b. February 14, 1802, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. November 22, 1880; m. (1) NANCY PURDY (PREEDY); m. (2) MARY SMITH, 1846.
iii. DORCAS PICKENS, b. November 05, 1803, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. 1846; m. ISRAEL SMITH.
iv. REECE (TWIN) PICKENS, b. January 18, 1806, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. April 19, 1878; m. ELIZABETH A. "BETSY" NEAL, November 08, 1827.
v. ANDREW (TWIN) PICKENS, b. January 18, 1806, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. February 25, 1891; m. (1) REBECCA STANTON; m. (2) JANE ANN RAGON (ROGERS); m. (3) MRS. MYERS.
vi. REBECCA PICKENS, b. May 18, 1808, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. October 21, 1875; m. ABRAHAM BELTON NEAL, February 11, 1829.
vii. JOHN PICKENS, b. May 22, 1810, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. 1828.
viii. WILLIAM KENNEDY PICKENS, b. May 30, 1812, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. 1853; m. MARY E. A. WHITE.
ix. CHARLES ASBURY PICKENS, b. November 04, 1814, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. February 18, 1875; m. (1) MALINDA SMITH; m. (2) CASSIE LANE.
x. NANCY PICKENS, b. September 14, 1816, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; m. HENRY B. DAVIS.
xi. MARTHA PICKENS, b. January 13, 1822, Pendleton Dist., Abberville, S. C.; d. December 13, 1887; m. WARREN TREW.
29. JOHN HENRY7 MILLER (JANE (TWIN)6 PICKENS, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 16, 1777 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C., and died October 07, 1851 in Pontotoc, Miss.. He married JANE BONNEAU PICKENS Abt. 1794 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C., daughter of GENERALANDREW PICKENS and REBECCA CALHOUN. She was born November 09, 1774 in N. W. 3 and 20, Abberville Dist., S. C., and died April 28, 1848 in Pontotoc, Miss..
Children of JOHN MILLER and JANE PICKENS are:
i. DAUGHTER8 MILLER, m. JOHN SIMPSON, Abt. 1820, Pontotoc, Miss. ?.
ii. SON MILLER, m. ELIZA DICEA GIVHAN, November 27, 1838, Dallas Co., Al..
iii. ROBERT ANDREW MILLER, b. Abt. 1805, Pontotoc, Miss. ?; d. 1881, Pontotoc, Miss.; m. (1) CAROLINE S. PATTERSON; m. (2) NARCISSIE CHEEK, Abt. 1835, Pontotoc, Miss. ?.
30. MARY7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born February 19, 1766 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C., and died Abt. 1836. She married JOHN HARRIS Abt. 1783 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.. He was born Abt. 1764 in S. C..
Children of MARY PICKENS and JOHN HARRIS are:
i. REBECCA PICKENS8 HARRIS, b. Abt. 1784, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. HENRY DOBSON REESE, Abt. 1805, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
ii. MARY HANDY HARRIS, b. Abt. 1786, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. Abt. 1848, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. (1) ALEXANDER NOBLE, Abt. 1806, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C. ?; m. (2) ALEXANDER NOBLE, Abt. 1806, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C. ?; b. Abt. 1786, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. March 28, 1821, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
iii. ANDREW HARRIS, b. Abt. 1798, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. UNKNOWN RUSSELL, Abt. 1818, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C. ?.
iv. JOHN HARRIS, b. Abt. 1800, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
v. EZEKIEL HARRIS, b. Abt. 1803, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. (1) IRVINE Y. THOMAS; m. (2) REBECCA YOUNG, Abt. 1818, S. C. ?.
vi. NATHANIEL HARRIS, b. Abt. 1804, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. MARY DAVIS, Abt. 1831, S. C. ?.
vii. THOMAS HARRIS, b. Abt. 1805, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. LOUISA CARUTH, Abt. 1823, S. C. ?.
viii. JOSEPH PICKENS HARRIS, b. Abt. 1806, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. March 15, 1880, S. C. ?.
ix. ELIZA HARRIS, b. Abt. 1808, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
x. BENJAMIN HARRIS, b. Abt. 1810, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
31. EZEKIAL7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 03, 1768 in Augusta Co., Va., and died May 18, 1813 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.. He married (1) ELIZABETH BONNEAU February 04, 1793 in Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C. ?, daughter of SAMUEL BONNEAU and FRANCES DE LONGUEMARE. She was born Abt. 1770 in St. Thomas Parish, Berkely Co., S.C. , Brickyard Plantation, and died Abt. 1801 in St. Thomas Parish, Berkely Co., S.C.. He married (2) ELIZABETH BARKSDALE January 05, 1807 in Charleston S. C., daughter of GEORGE BARKSDALE and MARY. She was born April 15, 1782, and died December 30, 1859 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
Notes for ELIZABETH BARKSDALE:
Notes from Old Stone Church Cem. records : Relict (widow) of Ezekiel Pickens. Daughter of Mary and George Barksdale of Christ Church, S. C.
Children of EZEKIAL PICKENS and ELIZABETH BONNEAU are:
i. EZEKIEL8 PICKENS, b. December 09, 1794, St. Thomas Parish, Berkely Co., S.C.; d. July 22, 1860, Jasper Co., Miss..
ii. ELIZABETH BONNEAU PICKENS, b. July 19, 1797, St. Thomas Parish, Berkely Co., S.C.; d. Bef. 1851, S. C. ?; m. (1) PATRICK NOBLE, May 09, 1816, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. (2) PATRICK NOBLE, May 09, 1816, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; b. 1777, Long Cane Creek, Abberville Dist., S. C.; d. Bef. 1851, S. C. ?.
iii. ANDREW PICKENS, b. April 23, 1799, St. Thomas Parish, Berkely Co., S.C.; d. January 03, 1801, St. Thomas Parish, Berkely Co., S.C..
iv. MARIE PICKENS, b. Abt. 1801, Alabama; d. Abt. 1823, Alabama ?.
v. SAMUEL BONNEAU PICKENS, b. February 09, 1801, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. March 28, 1851, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
Children of EZEKIAL PICKENS and ELIZABETH BARKSDALE are:
vi. ELIZABETH BARKSDALE8 PICKENS.
vii. MAJORANDREW C. PICKENS.
46. viii. THOMAS JONES PICKENS, b. April 26, 1808; d. July 02, 1894, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
ix. MARTHA BARKSDALE PICKENS, b. February 08, 1812.
32. JANE BONNEAU7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 09, 1774 in N. W. 3 and 20, Abberville Dist., S. C., and died April 28, 1848 in Pontotoc, Miss.. She married JOHN HENRY MILLER Abt. 1794 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C., son of REV.ROBERT MILLER and JANE PICKENS. He was born November 16, 1777 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C., and died October 07, 1851 in Pontotoc, Miss..
Children are listed above under (29) John Henry Miller.33. MARGARET7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 13, 1776 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C., and died December 14, 1830 in near Selma, Dallas Co., Alabama. She married BOWIE Abt. 1792 in Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
Children of MARGARET PICKENS and BOWIE are:
i. DAUGHTER8 BOWIE, m. WILLIAM STEVENS SMITH, Abt. 1820, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C..
ii. MARY BOWIE, b. 1793, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; m. JOHN NOBLE, Abt. 1789, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C. ?; b. Abt. 1769, Abberville, Abberville, Dist., S. C.; d. 1819.
34. COL.ANDREW JR.7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 13, 1779 in Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C., and died June 24, 1834 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C.. He married SUSAN SMITH WILKINSON 1804 in St. Paul's Parish, S. C., daughter of FRANCIS WILKINSON and SUSAN. She was born January 09, 1788, and died January 28, 1810 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
Notes for COL.ANDREW JR. PICKENS:
Govenor of South Carolina 1816--1818. War of 1812. Son of General Andrew Pickens.
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Old Stone Church Cemetery
Oconee SCSacred to the memory of
Col. Andrew Pickens
who was born 13-th Nov. 1779,
and died 24-th June 1838,
He was the son of Gen. Andrew Pickens of South Carolina, and was admitted to the bar
In the war of 1812, he discharged his duty
to his country as a Lieut Col. in the US Army on the Canadian Frontier, and in 1814 he was appointed Commander of one of the Regiments of State Troops raised in South Carolina.
In 1817 he was elected Governor of his State.
In all the various State offices he was called on to fill he discharged his duties with honor and fidelity, full of justice and truth."
Children of COL.ANDREW PICKENS and SUSAN WILKINSON are:
47. i. FRANCIS WILKERSON8 PICKENS, b. April 07, 1805, St. Paul's Parish, S. C.; d. January 25, 1869, Edgewood, Edgefield S. C..
ii. SUSAN WILKINSON PICKENS, b. June 24, 1808, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; d. September 07, 1878, Cahaba, Al.; m. JAMES MARTIN CALHOUN, May 26, 1830, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
35. REBECCA7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born January 03, 1784 in Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C., and died February 05, 1831. She married WILLIAM NOBLE November 03, 1803 in Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C. ?, son of ALEXANDER NOBLE and CATHERINE CALHOUN. He was born January 06, 1777 in Long Cane Creek, Abberville Dist., S. C., and died 1823.
Children of REBECCA PICKENS and WILLIAM NOBLE are:
i. WILLIAM PICKENS8 NOBLE, b. December 18, 1806, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C.; m. MATILDA CAROLINE HOUSTON, Abt. 1826, S. C. ?.
ii. ANDREW ALEXANDER NOBLE, b. October 16, 1809, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
iii. EZEKIEL PICKENS NOBLE, b. November 03, 1813, Dallas Co., Al. ?; d. June 18, 1848.
iv. SAMUEL NOBLE, b. November 03, 1813, Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C..
v. JOSEPH NOBLE, b. September 20, 1820, Dallas Co., Al..
36. CATHERINE7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born June 09, 1786 in Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C., and died May 18, 1871 in Selma, Dallas Co., Al.. She married JOHN JOSEPH HUNTER January 05, 1808 in S. C. ?. He was born Abt. 1780 in Alabama ?, and died in Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
Children of CATHERINE PICKENS and JOHN HUNTER are:
i. MARIA REBECCA8 HUNTER, b. Abt. 1808, Selma, Dallas Co., Al.; m. ELIAS PARKHAM, March 07, 1830, Miss. ?.
ii. MARGARET ANN HUNTER, b. Abt. 1808, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
iii. ELIZA BARKSDALE HUNTER, b. Abt. 1810, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
iv. JOHN ALEXANDER ANDREW HUNTER, b. Abt. 1812, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
v. EZEKIEL HUNTER, b. Abt. 1813, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
vi. WILLIAM HUNTER, b. Abt. 1813, Pickens Co., S. C.; m. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1833, Pickens Co., S. C..
vii. JOSEPH CALHOUN HUNTER, b. Abt. 1815, Selma, Dallas Co., Al..
viii. JOHN THOMAS PICKENS HUNTER, b. Abt. 1820, Selma, Dallas Co., Al.; d. Miss. ?.
37. JOSEPH7 PICKENS (GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 30, 1791 in Pendelton, Pendelton Dist., S. C., and died February 03, 1853 in Cahaba, Al.. He married CAROLINE J. HENDERSON July 28, 1828 in Newberry Dist., S. C.. She was born February 12, 1807 in Newberry Dist., S. C., and died March 21, 1853 in Mobile, Alabama.
Children of JOSEPH PICKENS and CAROLINE HENDERSON are:
i. SARAH E.8 PICKENS, b. September 29, 1831, Cahaba, Al.; d. September 22, 1909, Battery Park Hotel, Ashville, N. C.; m. JOHN MCQUEEN, December 31, 1851, Cahaba, Greene Co., Al..
ii. REBECCA J. PICKENS, b. Abt. 1836, ? Mobile, Cahaba, Alabama; m. DUFF GREEN, April 02, 1855, Greene Co., Al..
iii. JOSEPH ALEXANDER PICKENS, b. March 15, 1839, ? Mobile, Cahaba, Alabama; d. August 14, 1885, Birmingham, Alabama.
iv. JOHN HENDERSON PICKENS, b. February 01, 1842, ? Mobile, Cahaba, Alabama; d. May 13, 1905, Abilene, Tx..
v. CATHERINE ANN PICKENS, b. May 08, 1844, Eutah, Greene Co., Al.; d. June 04, 1845, Eutah, Greene Co., Al. ?.
48. vi. ANDREW CALHOUN PICKENS, b. January 10, 1846, Eutah, Greene Co., Al.; d. May 26, 1888, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
38. WILLIAM7 PICKENS (ISRAEL6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1780.
Child of WILLIAM PICKENS is:
49. i. JOHN SIDNEY8 PICKENS, b. December 01, 1818; d. February 10, 1880.
39. ROBERT B.7 PICKENS (ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1)
Child of ROBERT B. PICKENS is:
50. i. JOHN G.8 PICKENS.
40. JAMES H.7 PICKENS (ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1789, and died Abt. 1828. He married SARAH JANE DAVIS. She was born 1790, and died 1838.
Children of JAMES PICKENS and SARAH DAVIS are:
i. ROBERT8 PICKENS.
ii. JAMES MADISON PICKENS, b. 1814.
iii. HARRIETT PICKENS, b. 1815.
iv. ANDREW LAUDERDALE PICKENS, b. 1819.
51. v. JOHN FINIS PICKENS, b. March 16, 1821; d. May 26, 1912, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
41. GABRIEL7 PICKENS (*JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1770 in Abbeville Dist. South Carolina, and died Abt. 1841 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married MARY (POLLY) UNKNOWN Abt. 1790 in Abberville Dist. South Carolina. She was born 1777 in Va..
Notes for GABRIEL PICKENS:
Gabriel Pickens was in Hardin Co.,Tenn. in 1820 when the census was made. He had lived at one time in Georgia, as several of his children are known to have been born in Georgia in 1804 and 1805, Izariah was born in 1815 in Georgia, and Lydia was born in Tenn. in 1816, according to the 1850 census. Gabriel probably moved to Lincoln Co., Tenn. about 1818.He is shown in old court minutes in 1819 as being in the county. He received land which was surveyed for him on Rogers Creek which remained in the family, and probably still belongs to descendants. The outline of this family has been reconstructed almost wholly from census records, deeds, court minutes, and marriage records in the court house.Notes for MARY (POLLY) UNKNOWN:
In 1850 Census she was 73 and was dead before 1860. The census of 1820,1830, and 1840 of Hardin Co., Tenn. shows that she and Gabriel Pickens had at least 11 children. The names of 8 of them are known. The 2 oldest daughters are not known and no doubt had married soon after coming to Hardin Co., Tenn.In the 1850 Hardin Co., Tenn. census, Mary was living in the home with two of her daughters, Hannah and Patsey. Both daughters still had their maiden names, Pickens. Hannah was 28, Mary 73, and Patsey 46. ..notes by Betty Pickens Phillips.
Children of GABRIEL PICKENS and MARY UNKNOWN are:
52. i. ZACHARIAH8 PICKENS, b. 1791, South Carolina.
ii. MARGARET PICKENS, b. Bet. 1800 - 1810; m. JONES.Notes for MARGARET PICKENS:
The only reason we can identify her is that her sister Patsey Pickens named her as "my beloved sister Margaret Jones." A search of the census of Hardin Co., Tenn. and of Tishomingo Co., Miss. has failed to locate her. It will be noted later that a son of her brother William Pickens married a Miss Jones in Tishomingo Co., Miss.. She could have been a daughter of Margaret Pickens Jones.iii. PATSEY PICKENS, b. 1804, Va.; d. 1870.
Notes for PATSEY PICKENS:
There are no records to show Patsey ever married.
Her will is recorded in will book "B", pg. 52 Signed by her, April 30, 1870. She named her "Beloved Sisters, Hannah S. Pickens, Margaret Jones, Elizabeth Phillips, Izzy Bivens, and Lydia Welsh, and her Beloved brother William Pickens. She named: Jacob Vanhouse as executor, and witnesses were: Wilson Pickens and W. Covey.
Deed Book L, P. 377- a deed was executed, on Sept. 30, 1857 whereas Gabriel Pickens of Hardin Co., conveyed to Patsey Pickens, Hannah Pickens, and Lydia Pickens, (who has since intermarried with one John C. Welch) a certain tract of land containing 163 1/2 acres, and whereas Patsey, Hannah and Lydia all of mature mind have divided the said tract amongst themselves, we John C.Welch and wife Lydia Welch make quit claim to two thirds of this tract, etc."
In book H. Page 423, June 1, 1847, Mary Pickens of the state of Tenn. and Hardin Co. makes deed to Patsey and Hannah Pickens to tract of land on Rogers Creek, Range 121, Section 2 . Mary is Polly, widow of Gabriel.
Book H., page 480. May 15, 1847; Mary Pickens made deed for one dollar-$1.00 to 16 acres in Range 13, Sec. 100, ti Anderson Cole, on Rogers Creek. Witnessed Mathew Cole and Masten Moore. Anderson Cole may have married a daughter.
Book W. Page 477; Jan. 1, 1889. Hannah Pickens deeded the land left her by her sister Patsey to William Welch, nephew, part of Range 12, Section 2, deeded to Polly Pickens earlier.
Above information furnished by family Historian: John Carr Pickens.In the 1850 Hardin Co., Tenn. census, Patsey Pickens age 46, born in Va., Hannah Pickens, age 28, born in Ga., and Polly Pickens, age 73, born in Va., were all living in the same house....notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
53. iv. WILLIAM PICKENS, b. 1806, Georgia; d. Bet. 1860 - 1870, Hardin Co., Tenn..
54. v. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. 1808, Georgia.
55. vi. ISARIAH PICKENS, b. 1815, Georgia.
56. vii. LYDIA PICKENS, b. 1816, Tenn.; d. 1884.
viii. HANNAH S. PICKENS, b. 1822, Tenn..Notes for HANNAH S. PICKENS:
Records show that Hannah Pickens never married. She was still living in 1890.In the 1850 Hardin Co., Tenn. census, Hannah, age 28, and born in Ga., was living in a home with Polly Pickens age 73, born in Va. and Patsey Pickens, age 46, born in Va...notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
42. *JONATHAN JR.7 PICKENS (*JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1775 in Abberville Dist. South Carolina, and died Bef. 1830 in Hardin Co., Tenn. He met (1) *ANN MIDDLETON in Not married, daughter of *JOHN MIDDLETON and *ELIZABETH SCOTT. He married (2) LIDEA HARRISON Bet. 1795 - 1796 in S. C., daughter of JEREMIAH HARRISON and ANN. She was born Abt. 1775.
Notes for *JONATHAN JR. PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
1820--census, Hardin Co., tn., age near 45, with wife and son, age 18 at home [this son would be Jeremiah].
1821,22 Jan.-rec'd land grant, Hardin Co., Tn. Entry # 343 for 105 acres on Horse Creek, a branch of Tenn. River. Certified by Jeremiah Harrison and Jesse Cherry. [Sharp p. 76]
1821, 31 Jan.- rec'd land grant, Hardin Co., Tn. Entry # 456 for 55 acres on Choats Creek touching his other land. Certified by A. W. Sweeny and George Worley. [Sharp, p. 76]
1825, approx. -writes will in Tn., names wife Lydia, sons Jonathan and Jeremiah, and unnamed 'daughters'
1830- dead before 1830 census."THE WILL OF JONATHAN PICKENS JR."
(1775, Abberville Dist., South Carolina- 1824, Hardin Co., Tn.)..County Tennessee State
Being in good health and perfect mind or memory, Thanks be to GOD, calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say-principal, and first of all to recommend my soul into the hand of the Almighty GOD that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried in a decent Christian burial, nothing doubted But at the general resurrection I shall receive the ___ again by the Almighty Power of GOD. And as touching such worldly estate as has pleased GOD to bless me in this life with, I give____and dispose ____the following my ____and form.
First I give unto dearly beloved wife Lidea Pickens all my house hold Furniture and all my stock of living property and one Negro woman named Jinny and a comfortable support off of my land that I now live on during her widowhood-
I give unto my son Jonathan R. Pickens fifty five acres of land____Sholes Creek of Turkey Creek where he now lives[Hardin Co., Tn.]. I give unto my son Jeremiah H. Pickens one hundred and five acres of land on Rogers Creek a fork of Swifte Creek where I now live. All the rest of my personal estate, goods and chattels I give unto beloved wife Lidea and son Jeremiah H. Pickens whom I constitute and ordain my true and lawful executor of this my last Will and Testament to be disposed of as my ____ ____ ____, after they pay to each of my beloved daughters the sum of five dollars, which is to be paid them within twelve months after my death.
I do hereby utterly dis____and____all other Wills and Testaments
___ ___ whatever in any wise before named ratifying and confirming this to be my last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I do herewith set my hand and seal this 19th of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five.
Attest
Steven Cooper/s/
John____Jonathan Pickens
William B. Stout (seal)Notes for LIDEA HARRISON:
Lydia went to Tippah Co., Miss. with her youngest son, Jeremiah Harrison Pickens, Where she married second to Everette Rogers, the father of Jeremiah Picken's wife.
Child of *JONATHAN PICKENS and *ANN MIDDLETON is:
57. i. *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8 PICKENS, b. January 16, 1796, South Carolina; d. January 03, 1869, Hardin Co., Tenn.-- Prob. buried Ledbetter Cem..
Children of *JONATHAN PICKENS and LIDEA HARRISON are:
58. ii. RACHEL HARRISON8 PICKENS, b. July 20, 1788, S.C.; d. November 20, 1875, Robertson County, Texas.
59. iii. JONATHAN REECE PICKENS, b. 1796, South Carolina; d. Abt. June 01, 1858, Hardin Co., Tenn..
iv. HANNAH PICKENS, b. 1798, S.C..
60. v. JEREMIAH HARRISON "JERRY" PICKENS, b. 1801, S.C.; d. November 1876, Tippah Co, Mississippi.
43. ISIRIAH7 PICKENS (*JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1789 in Maury Tenn.. She married ALEXANDER GILLESPIE April 06, 1810 in Maury, Tn.. He was born Abt. 1789 in N. C., and died Bet. 1840 - 1845 in Marshall Co., Miss..
Children of ISIRIAH PICKENS and ALEXANDER GILLESPIE are:
i. NANCY ISIRIAH8 GILLESPIE.
ii. DAVID PICKENS GILLESPIE, b. Bet. 1812 - 1813; d. April 25, 1865, DeSota Co., Miss.; m. ANN CAMPBELL.
iii. SUSANNAH GILLESPIE, b. Abt. 1817; d. Aft. 1870; m. LEWIS CLARK, 1836, Marshall Co., Miss..
61. iv. ALLEN MONROE GILLESPIE, b. March 19, 1818, bur. Richardson Cem., Tate Co. Miss.; d. October 24, 1882.
v. ELIZABETH JANE GILLESPIE, b. December 27, 1822; d. March 22, 1859, bur. Richardson Cem., Tate Co., Miss.; m. CORNELIUS CAMPBELL, 1839, Marshall Co., Miss..
44. JOHN G.7 PICKENS (WILLIAM6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born August 22, 1780 in S. C., and died February 23, 1871 in Waterloo, Lauderdale Co., Al.. He married MARY CURRY March 12, 1800 in Abberville, Dist., S. C.. She was born 1781 in Va..
Notes for JOHN G. PICKENS:
In the 1850 Hardin Co., Tnn. census, John was living in his home with his wife and one daughter, Amanda Clark, 31, and her son, William.
Children of JOHN PICKENS and MARY CURRY are:
62. i. ANDREW J.8 PICKENS, b. 1818, Tenn..
63. ii. AMANDA J. PICKENS, b. 1819, Tenn..
45. JAMES S.7 PICKENS (WILLIAM6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1801 in S. C., and died in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married MARY (POLLY) JANEUNKNOWN 1826 in Georgia ?. She was born 1803 in S.C..
Notes for JAMES S. PICKENS:
In the 1850 Hardin Co. Census, James was living with his wife Polly and 5 of their children.
Children of JAMES PICKENS and MARY JANEUNKNOWN are:
i. CARLIESINE8 PICKENS, b. 1827.
ii. MATTHEW PICKENS, b. 1829.
iii. ADELINE PICKENS, b. 1834.
iv. MARY C. PICKENS, b. 1836.
v. ELIZA C. PICKENS, b. 1839.
Generation No. 8
46. THOMAS JONES8 PICKENS (EZEKIAL7, GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born April 26, 1808, and died July 02, 1894 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C.. He married KISSIAH A. MILES. She was born July 30, 1810, and died November 01, 1889 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
Children of THOMAS PICKENS and KISSIAH MILES are:
i. ELIZABETH BARKSDALE9 PICKENS, b. October 29, 1832; d. May 22, 1920, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
ii. JEREMIAH M. PICKENS, b. July 1833; d. June 20, 1834, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
iii. JOHN MILES PICKENS, b. April 27, 1836; d. September 23, 1918, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..Notes for JOHN MILES PICKENS:
Old Stone Church Cem. records: Private, 2nd Regt., Co., K Calvalry. CSAiv. JUNIUS PICKENS, b. February 1853; d. May 26, 1854, bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
47. FRANCIS WILKERSON8 PICKENS (COL.ANDREW JR.7, GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born April 07, 1805 in St. Paul's Parish, S. C., and died January 25, 1869 in Edgewood, Edgefield S. C.. He married (1) MARGARET ELIZA SIMPKINS. He married (2) MARION ANTOINETTE DEARING. He married (3) LUCY PETWAY HOLCOMBE April 26, 1858 in at Wyalucing, her parents plantation in Marshall, Texas, daughter of BEVERLY LAFAYETTE and EUGENIA HOLCOMBE. She was born June 11, 1832 in LaGrange Fayette Co., Tenn., and died August 08, 1899 in At her home, Edgewood, in Edgefield, S. C..
Notes for FRANCIS WILKERSON PICKENS:
A letter to me from Ted Hinson, E-mail Address: ninety62000@yahoo.com1. Lucy Pettway Holcome Pickens / wife of Gov. Francis Wilkinson Pickens who was the son of your Andrew Pickens. She is the only Lady to ever be featured on any American Currency. She is also on others, but this is a clear shot. She was a very well loved first lady that exemplified the title Southern First Lady. Francis and Lucy was so loved by the Rushian Zsar and his wife that instead of staying in the embassy, they were asked to stay in the castle. Their only child was born in Rushia. Francis was called back from that post to be Governor of SC. Lincoln picked the wrong man to try to run over. Francis Pickens stood his ground against the agression of Lincoln and his invasion of his State and Country. SC was another Country at the time. Good reading if you ever get a chance. Not like it is in the history books at all. Did you know that 300,000 Union soldiers owned slaves while fighting the South. Is that Hypocracy or what. Oops. sorry, I'm getting into history.
2. Francis Wilkinson Pickens stone. Neatly kept in a ramshack cemetary in Edgefield, SC
3. Lucy Pettway Holcombe Pickens / Gov. Picken's wife.
Hope this adds to your family files. Thanks again for the soap trick. That's really neat and I'll surely use it. Oh, the other attachment is a new Gospel song I'm working on. The record label I write for is in San Antonio, TX This is just a home recording, but I wanted to let you hear it. I tried to finish it before Easter to sing at Church, but I got too many projects going. have a great week! Ted
Notes for LUCY PETWAY HOLCOMBE:
PICKENS, LUCY PETWAY HOLCOMBE (1832-1899). Lucy Pickens, renowned Southern beauty, second of five children of Beverly LaFayette and Eugenia Dorothea (Hunt) Holcombe, was born on June 11, 1832, near La Grange, Fayette County, Tennessee, on the Holcombe plantation, named Westover or Woodstock. She attended La Grange Female Academy and in 1846, with her older sister, Anna Eliza, began study in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, at another girls' school, which she attended for two years. Between 1848 and 1850 the Holcombes moved to Marshall, Texas. While awaiting completion of the mansion on their nearby plantation, Wyalucing,qv the family resided in a Marshall hotel. The Presbyterian church of Marshall was organized in the Holcombes' rented quarters. Beverly Holcombe became its first elder.Lucy became highly acclaimed throughout the South for her "classic features, titian hair, pansy eyes, and graceful figure." In 1850, after a visit with the family of Mississippi governor John Quitman, Lucy looked in on the legislature, which then adjourned in her honor. Like Quitman, she espoused the liberation of Cuba. Her first affianced, identified as a Lieutenant Crittenden by one writer, died in a filibustering expedition of Gen. Narciso López. Subsequently Lucy, using the pseudonym H. M. Hardeman, wrote The Free Flag of Cuba, or the Martyrdom of Lopez: A Tale of the Liberating Expedition of 1851, a novelette published in 1855 by the New York publishers DeWitt and Davenport.
At White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, in the summer of 1856, Lucy met Francis Wilkinson Pickens, twice a widower and twenty-seven years her senior. Her acceptance of his marriage proposal, it is said, hinged on his acceptance of a diplomatic post abroad. President James Buchanan appointed him ambassador to Russia, and on April 26, 1858, at Wyalucing, Pickens and Lucy were wed. Lucy was a favorite at the Russian court. She gave birth to her only child at the imperial palace on March 14, 1859, and named her Eugenia Frances Dorothea Olga Neva (the last two names being added by the czarina); the daughter came to be known as Douschka (Russian for "little darling"), a nickname that she kept all her life. Though raised a Presbyterian, Lucy was converted to her husband's Episcopalianism while in Russia.
Foreseeing troubled times for the South, Pickens resigned his diplomatic post in the fall of 1860 to return home. He was elected governor by the South Carolina legislature and was inaugurated on December 17, 1860. By selling the jewels that had been given her in Russia, Lucy helped outfit the Confederate Army unit that bore her name, the Lucy Holcombe Legion. Two portraits of her were used on Confederate money-one on the one-dollar notes of June 2, 1862, and another on the $100 notes of December 2, 1862, April 6, 1863, and February 17, 1864. Mrs. Pickens was vice regent for South Carolina in the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and was also the originator and president of an association that sought to erect a monument to the Confederate dead of Edgefield County, South Carolina. She died at her home, Edgewood, on August 8, 1899, of a cerebral embolism, and was buried near her husband and daughter in Edgefield Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jack Thorndyke Greer, Leaves from a Family Album, ed. Jane Greer (Waco: Texian Press, 1975). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (4 vols., Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1971-80). Arlie Slabaugh, Confederate States Paper Money (Chicago: Hewitt, 1971).
Ronald Howard Livingston
Child of FRANCIS PICKENS and LUCY HOLCOMBE is:
i. EUGENIA FRANCES DOROTHEA OLGA NEVA9 PICKENS, b. March 14, 1859, Russian Imperial Palace, Russia.Notes for EUGENIA FRANCES DOROTHEA OLGA NEVA PICKENS:
Her Nick Name was Douschka (Russian for "little darling"), a nickname that she kept all her life.
48. ANDREW CALHOUN8 PICKENS (JOSEPH7, GENERALANDREW6, CAPT.ANDREW5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born January 10, 1846 in Eutah, Greene Co., Al., and died May 26, 1888 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C.. He married AGNESS BELL. She was born March 08, 1816, and died February 10, 1845 in bur., Old Stone Church Cem., Clemson, S. C..
Notes for AGNESS BELL:
Agnes was 1st wife of Andrew Calhoun Pickens.
Child of ANDREW PICKENS and AGNESS BELL is:
i. INFANTSON9 PICKENS.
49. JOHN SIDNEY8 PICKENS (WILLIAM7, ISRAEL6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born December 01, 1818, and died February 10, 1880. He married ELIZA ANN SMITH August 06, 1844.
Child of JOHN PICKENS and ELIZA SMITH is:
i. SAMUEL DAVID9 PICKENS, m. SUSAN R. DUDLEY.
50. JOHN G.8 PICKENS (ROBERT B.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) He married ANN ROGERS.
Child of JOHN PICKENS and ANN ROGERS is:
64. i. MARTHA JANE9 PICKENS, b. Abt. 1854.
51. JOHN FINIS8 PICKENS (JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 16, 1821, and died May 26, 1912 in Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx.. He married LETTIE JANE ZELLNER 1852. She was born March 01, 1831, and died May 01, 1915 in Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
Notes for JOHN FINIS PICKENS:
The graves of John Finis and Lettye Jane are within a small concrete-bordered plot. The area is the Sanders family plot. Ada F. Sanders was their dau. Their headstone is a tall monument with their names and birth/death dates on the side. On the front the inscription reads: Kind Angles watch their sleeping dust Till Jesus comes to raise the just. Then may they wake with sweet surprise And in their Savior's image rise.
Children of JOHN PICKENS and LETTIE ZELLNER are:
i. JAMES ADDISON9 PICKENS, b. November 26, 1853; d. Aft. 1915; m. ANNIE BRANDT, April 29, 1885.
ii. LUCY ARDENE PICKENS, b. October 16, 1855; d. July 24, 1858.
65. iii. ADA FLORENCE PICKENS, b. March 25, 1858; d. 1956, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
66. iv. JOEL RIVERS PICKENS, b. October 14, 1860; d. March 20, 1940.
67. v. JOHN FINIS JR. PICKENS, b. December 29, 1862; d. October 28, 1938, probably Minerva Cem..
vi. TENNIE PICKENS, b. 1875; d. 1964, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
52. ZACHARIAH8 PICKENS (GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1791 in South Carolina. He married RACHEL. She was born 1797 in South Carolina.
Notes for ZACHARIAH PICKENS:
Zachariah was certainly somewhere in Tenn. as early as 1833. We place him here because in 1820 Gabriel Pickens had an unmarried son who was then above 26 years of age. Listed between 26 and 45. There is no record in Hardin Co. that would indicate any other for a son for Gabriel, who we know was living with him in 1820 in Hardin Co.
Children of ZACHARIAH PICKENS and RACHEL are:
i. JENETTA E.9 PICKENS..
ii. POLLY A. PICKENS., b. 1833, Tenn..
iii. SUSAN E. (TWIN) PICKENS., b. 1836, Tenn..Notes for SUSAN E. (TWIN) PICKENS.:
Susan E. was probably a twin to Jason E..iv. JASON E. (TWIN) PICKENS., b. 1836, Tenn..
Notes for JASON E. (TWIN) PICKENS.:
Jason E. was probably a twin to Susan E..v. ELIZABETH H. PICKENS., b. 1840, Tenn..
vi. RICHARD PICKENS., b. 1842, Tenn..
53. WILLIAM8 PICKENS (GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1806 in Georgia, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married EMILY (MILLEY) REYNOLDS, daughter of HENRY REYNOLDS. She was born Abt. 1820 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1880.
Notes for EMILY (MILLEY) REYNOLDS:
Emily Reynolds Pickens father, Henry Reynolds, who died 1837 in Hardin Co., Tenn., and whose estate settlement is recorded in "Settlement Book 1836, Page 178".There is a question here: If William married Emily (Milley) who was born in 1820, and the first child was John W. G. Pickens in 1832, Milley would have been only 12 years old at the time of her first child. Between the different researchers there were several options to this piece of the puzzle. The first theory is that John William Gabriel could possibly be the son of William by a prior marriage. Or second, that John William Gabriel was the son of Joseph Pickens and the grandson of John "The Tory".
There is no definite proof one way or the other, however, Jackson Reynolds, in his Family History, has documents that support the second possibility. It is possible that John William Gabriel had been fostered out to William so he could get his education. Again there is no fact one way or the other.
Children of WILLIAM PICKENS and EMILY REYNOLDS are:
68. i. JOHN WILLIAM GABERIAL9 PICKENS., b. 1832, Tenn..
69. ii. MARY SUSANNAH PICKENS., b. 1839, Tenn..
iii. GABERIAL J. PICKENS., b. 1840, Hardin Co., Tenn..Notes for GABERIAL J. PICKENS.:
He is listed in the census as Gabriel Jerome and as Jerome Gaberiel.He enlisted as Jerome G. Pickens, as a private in Company E.,26 Miss. Inf. for the civil war. Nothing more is known about him.
iv. JOSEPH S. PICKENS., b. 1843, Tenn..
Notes for JOSEPH S. PICKENS.:
Nothing more is known of him. He to may have enlisted as a soldier in the civil war.70. v. WILSON G. PICKENS., b. 1845, Hardin Co., Tenn..
vi. SARAH B. PICKENS., b. 1848, Tenn..Notes for SARAH B. PICKENS.:
Sarah was living with her sister Susannah Tackett in 1880 census. She never married--so Tradition again.vii. AVERY S. PICKENS., b. 1849, Tenn.; m. (1) MARY ANN BENSON--FIRST WIFE, December 29, 1875, Hardin Co., Tenn.; m. (2) ELIZABETH (BETTY) AUSTIN--SECOND WIFE, November 30, 1886, Hardin Co., Tenn..
Notes for AVERY S. PICKENS.:
Named for Uncle Avery Bivens.viii. AMANDA E. PICKENS., b. 1854, Tenn..
Notes for AMANDA E. PICKENS.:
Nothing more known of her.71. ix. DAVID PICKENS., b. 1855, Tenn..
x. ROBERT JASON PICKENS., b. 1860, Tenn.; m. NANCY PETTY, October 30, 1889, Hardin Co., Tenn..
54. ELIZABETH8 PICKENS (GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1808 in Georgia. She married JOHN D. PHILLIPS. He was born 1794 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1855.
Notes for ELIZABETH PICKENS:
Elizabeth Pickens was living in Tishomingo Co. Miss., north of Burnsville and just south of the Hardin Co. line (Miss.-Tenn. state line)
Children of ELIZABETH PICKENS and JOHN PHILLIPS are:
i. GABRIEL PICKENS9 PHILLIPS, b. 1837, Miss..
ii. MARY PHILLIPS, b. 1840, Miss..
iii. MARGARET PHILLIPS, b. 1841, Miss..
iv. ELIZABETH LYDIA PHILLIPS, b. 1843, Miss..
v. ELIZA PHILLIPS, b. 1845, Miss..
vi. SARAH PHILLIPS, b. 1848, Miss..
vii. GARY PHILLIPS, b. 1852, Miss..
55. ISARIAH8 PICKENS (GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1815 in Georgia. She married AVERY BIVENS(BEVINS). He was born 1816 in Tenn., and died 1851.
Notes for ISARIAH PICKENS:
Isariah Pickens was called "Izzy"
Census of 1870 states she was born 1809 in GeorgiaNotes for AVERY BIVENS(BEVINS):
Avery died in 1851 and James M. Creel was appointed administrator. ( Will book F. page 89).Children named in the settlement and in the census records are the names in every instance. One child, Amanda I. is mentioned in the settlement in 1851 as a minor child. She was born after the 1850 census was made, and died before 1860.
Children of ISARIAH PICKENS and AVERY BIVENS(BEVINS) are:
i. MARGARET9 BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1835, Tenn..
ii. MARY L. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1837, Tenn..
iii. JOSEPH W. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1838, Tenn.; m. NANCY P. JOHNSON, December 20, 1877.
iv. REBECCA T. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1840, Tenn..
v. LIDEA S. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1842, Tenn..
vi. JULIA A. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1844, Tenn..
vii. JOHN B. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1845, Tenn..
viii. MARTHA A. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1847, Tenn..
ix. AMANDA I. BIVENS(BEVINS), b. 1850, Tenn..
56. LYDIA8 PICKENS (GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1816 in Tenn., and died 1884. She married JOHN C. WELCH. He was born 1800 in South Carolina, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870.
Notes for LYDIA PICKENS:
Lydia's birth was recorded, according to the 1850 Census. The date of her will was May 29, 1884.
Children of LYDIA PICKENS and JOHN WELCH are:
i. AMANDA C.9 WELCH, b. 1837, Tenn..Notes for AMANDA C. WELCH:
Married or dead by 1860.ii. POLLY ANN WELCH, b. 1840.
Notes for POLLY ANN WELCH:
Married or dead by 1860.iii. SARAH J. WELCH, b. 1842.
iv. JAMES WELCH, b. 1845.Notes for JAMES WELCH:
Married before 1870.v. RICHARD B. WELCH, b. 1847; m. MARY M. PICKENS, February 28, 1895.
vi. WILLIAM WELCH, b. 1852.Notes for WILLIAM WELCH:
William's Aunt Hannah Pickens deeded the Gabriel Pickens old home place to him in 1889. Lydia, his mother willed her land to him in 1884.vii. ELIJAH WELCH, b. 1853.
Notes for ELIJAH WELCH:
Elijah died before 1870.
57. *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8 PICKENS (*JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born January 16, 1796 in South Carolina, and died January 03, 1869 in Hardin Co., Tenn.-- Prob. buried Ledbetter Cem.. He married *REBECCA (REID?) WELLS / WILLS October 26, 1819 in Tenn., daughter of *MATTHEW REID and UNKNOWN. She was born January 16, 1801 in North Carolina, and died October 16, 1874 in Hardin Co., Tenn.--Prob. buried Ledbetter Cem..
Notes for *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
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Was this our Hezekiah?Barbara Foster found this on http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/al+index+30056094828 7+F
http://co.madison.al.us/mcrc/groomsMMc.html
Marriages to 1825, Madison, Alabama
Militon, Hezekiah Ellis, Nancy 16 Feb 1815 Madison Co. Alabama. Vol. 1 p. 181
=============================================================Lt. Hezekiah Pickens is listed in 1818 as a member of the state militia in Clark Co., Alabama. Married in 1819 he is shown in possession of land in Lincoln Co., Tenn. in 1822. He moved to Hardin Co., Tenn. between 1820 and 1830.
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1840 Census REPORT for McNairy County, Tennessee
Hezekiah Pickens's household consists of: (Page - 42, Line - 2)1 white male under 5 years
2 white males of 5 and under 10
1 white male of 10 and under 15
2 white males of 15 and under 20
1 white male of 20 and under 30
1 white male of 40 and under 50
1 white female under 5 years
2 white females of 5 and under 10
1 white female of 40 and under 50
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1850 CENSUS INDEX, TENN. :p. 121. Pickens, Hezekiah N. 54, Rebecca 51, Ann J. 20, Mary Ann 18, Susannah E. 15, George 12, Elizabeth 9, Richard C. 7, David 16.1850 CENSUS, HARDIN COUNTY TENNESSEE.
p.453. 11/11. Pickens, Hezekiah N. [?], m, laborer, S. C.
Rebecca, 34,f, N.C. ; Ann J. ,20, f, Tn. ; Mary Ann 18,f, Tn. ; Susannah, 15, f, Tn. ; George, 12, m, Tn. ; Elizabeth, 9, f, Tn. ; Richard C., 7, m,Tn.;
David, 16, m, laborer.
11/12 Pickens, John M., 28, m, laborer, Tn.; Joseph H., 1, m, Tn.
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HEZEKIAH PICKENS to YOUNG & ADAMS and GEORGE G. ADAMS Registered 6 January
1842Mortgage
This indenture made and entered into this 5th day of January in the year of
our LORD 1842 between HEZEKIAH PICKENS of the one part and YOUNG & ADAMS and
GEORGE G. ADAMS of the other part, all of the County of McNairy, State of
Tennessee. Witnesseth that I, the said PICKENS, being justly indebted to the
said Young and Adams in the sum of thirty six dollars and 12 cents due by note
executed by me on this day and due on the 25th day of December 1842 and also
due GEORGE G. ADAMS the sum of thirteen dollars and 88 cents and being anxious
and desirous to secure them in the payment of the same have this day
bargained, sold, and delivered unto them the following named property to wit:* Twenty barrels corn * Thirty head of hogs, considering of sows and pigs *
One cow and calf * Two feather beds, and * Furniture, one dining table, one
set of chairs * All my pots and * Dog Irons and * LoomTo have and to hold as their own property until the 25th day of December at
which time the above claims fall due and in case I, the said PICKENS, shall
fail to well and truly satisfy all the claims, then and in that case, the said
property may be sold at any time thereafter at the discretion of the said
YOUNG AND ADAMS and GEORGE G. ADAMS for cash after advertising the same ten
days. And in case the property should more than satisfy said claims with all
cost and interest, then the said YOUNG AND ADAMS is to refund back the
overplus, if any. Given under my hand and seal the day and date above
written.Hezekiah Pickens
submitted by Joanne Baucum <jbaucum@jps.net>
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Terry (Pickens) McLean calgrups@netscape.net
Hezekiah was previously recorded as the son of Jonathan PICKENS, Jr, of SC and Hardin Co, TN. With the records and information now available to us, including his bible record, it seems the most likely circumstance is that he was the illegitimate son of Ann MIDDLETON. His name and date of birth are written in the bible in the same hand that wrote the dates of Ann's marriages and the birth dates of her CARR children. The thing that now needs to be determined is why, after using the surname of MIDDLETON up until at least 1810, if not longer, to using the surname of PICKENS by the time he married in 1819. - tmc, Apr 2002.
UPDATE: In Sharp's PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, p. 85, Sharp identifies 'Zachariah PICKENS' as a possible son of Gabriel and Mary (SMITH) PICKENS. His information for the structure of Zachariah's family was based on the 1860 census record. In comparing it to what we know now, it is almost certain that 'Zachariah' is actually 'Hezekiah PICKENS' who in actual fact is Hezekiah MIDDLETON. See notes below for Sharp's summary of 'Zachariah's' family - tmc Jun 2002.
DIRECT LINE OF: Barbara Foster; Joyce Reagan; Blake Smith;
CONFLICT: Joyce Reagan email to Terry McLean states they probably married in Alabama. Jamieson Davis records say they married in South Carolina.
Sharp, Reagan and Davis records all name Hezekiah as a child of Jonathan PICKENS Jr. This is now shown to be unlikely - tmc - Apr 2002.
----- TIME LINE:
1775, approx. - Ann MIDDLETON b. in SC [this per 1850 census, Hardin Co, TN
where she is enumerated in the household of her daughter, Elizabath
Pickens CARR SURRATT
1795/1797 - John MIDDLETON writes will and dies in SC. Children named in will,
including a single daughter, Ann MIDDLETON.
1796 - Hezekiah MIDDLETON born [bible record] - SC. Ann is 21 years of age
1806 - Ann MIDDLETON marries John CARR [bible record] - SC. Ann is 31 years of age
1810 - John CARR bonds as guardian for Hezekiah MIDDLETON in SC - Hezekiah is age 14
[court records, SC - Young, WILLS AND ABSTRACTS OF ABBEVILLE AND OLD 96]
1815 - John CARR, husband of Ann, dies - in Alabama? To date we have found no will
or estate settlement for him. Hezekiah is still a minor at this time.
1818 - Is this the Hezekiah PICKENS who is a Lt. of Militia, Clarke Co AL?
1818 - Ann MIDDLETON CARR marries Samuel WILSON [bible record] in Alabama -
Hezekiah is no longer a minor, so no guardianship record would be required.
1818 - Hezekiah Middleton PICKENS marries Rebecca WILLS/WELLS [bible record] -
according to my record I have them md TN, but their first son is shown
born in Alabama, then the remaining children born in TN - maybe he md in AL?
- tmc.
1820 - Samuel s/o Hezekiah born [bible record] - AL
1820/1830, approx? - moved to Hardin Co TN
1822 - a Hezekiah PICKENS owns land, Lincoln Co, TN
1828 - Samuel WILSON and wife, Ann transfer ownership of slaves to CARR children -
no mention of Hezekiah [per records of Jane Rous - Oct 18, 1838, McNairy Co
TN Deed Book A 1823-1838].
1830 - census, McNairy Co, TN
1840 - census, McNairy Co, TN
1850 - census, Hardin Co, TN
1860 - census, Hardin Co, TN - transcribed as 'Zachariah PICKENS' by Sharp and Jack Reynolds - tmc.
1869 - Hezekiah dies, Hardin Co TN. All his children except the first are
recorded as being born in TN---------------
!CENSUS:
1830 - McNairy Co, TN
1840 - Is this the Hezekiah PICKENS who was on 1840 census McNairy Co TN?
The following summary found at:ht tp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcnairytn/census/1840/rpt-42.htmlHezekiah Pickens's household consists of: (Page - 42, Line - 2)
1 white male under 5 years
2 white males of 5 and under 10
1 white male of 10 and under 15
2 white males of 15 and under 20
1 white male of 20 and under 30
1 white male of 40 and under 50
1 white female under 5 years
2 white females of 5 and under 10
1 white female of 40 and under 50
John M. Car's household consists of: (Page - 51, Line - 18)
1 white male under 5 years
2 white males of 20 and under 30
1 white female under 5 years
1 white female of 20 and under 30
1 white female of 60 and under 70
Johnson Middleton's household consists of: (Page - 25, Line - 2)
1 white male under 5 years
1 white male of 30 and under 40
1 white female of 20 and under 30
Watson G. Middleton's household consists of: (Page - 25, Line - 1)
1 white male under 5 years
1 white male of 5 and under 10
1 white male of 40 and under 50
1 white female of 5 and under 10
1 white female of 10 and under 15
1 white female of 40 and under 50
1850 CENSUS INDEX, TENNESSEE: (Enc #P-141a)
p. 121. PICKENS, Hezekiah N. 34 [sic], Rebecca 51, Ann J. 20, Mary Ann 18, Susannah E. 15, George 12, Elizabeth 9, Richard C. 7, David 16, SC NC Hd-11-452 [Hardin Co.].
NOTE: this transcribed index gives his age as 34, making date of birth about 1816. The actual census record shows his age to be 54, making his date of birth about 1796.1850 CENSUS, HARDIN COUNTY TENNESSEE.
p. 453. 11/11. PICKENS, Hezekiah N[?], 54, m, laborer, SC
Rebecca, 34 [sic], f, NC
Ann J., 20, f, TN
Mary Ann, 18, f, TN, idiot
Susannah, 15, f, TN
George, 12, m, TN
Elizabeth, 9, f, TN
Richard C., 7, m, TN
David, 16, m, laborer
11/12. PICKENS, John M., 28, m, laborer, TN
Joseph H., 1, m, TN
[note from Doris Haynes: Next door to William was my greatgrandparents
John M.CARR and Nancy (STANLEY) CARR and 7 children: Elizabeth, John R. Arabella,
Martha J., Joel, Samuel, Susan and a nephew, John HIGGINS.1860 CENSUS, HARDIN COUNTY TENNESSEE DIST. 15, P. 401:
[from D. Hopmann, who transcribed it from image of census at Ancestry.com -
Census image 6 or 7) ]
1651/1708 PICKINS, Zachariah M., male, 69, Sandter [?], SC, pers. estate worth $653
" Rachel, female, 63, NC
" Polla A., female, 27, Idiotic, TN
" Susan E., female, 24, Spinster, TN
Elizabeth H. [NO DITTO], female, 20, TN
" Richard, male, 18, TN
Jennetta E. [NO DITTO], female, 6/12, TN
[gr-daughter; d/o Elizabeth H - tmc]
1652/1709 PICKINS, David, male, 26, farmer, TN, pers. estate worth $350
" Margarett, female, 25, TN
" Edney C., female, 3, TN
" Mary J., female, 1, TN
SEWELL, Reubin R., 16, farmhand, TN
SEWELL, John W., 23, farmer and officer, TN, pers. estate worth $170--------------------------
From Barbara Foster to Terry McLean and others, 7 Jun 2002:
"... A few thoughts on the will and related matters--
The name of Hezekiah's father was passed down in my branch (1. Hezekiah
2. David Crockett Pickens) as John PICKENS, Jr. -- my grandmother had that name
in her records as early as 1969.
About 1980 when Hezekiah's Bible was passed down to my dad, we were loaned a copy of THE PICKENS FAMILY (I THINK the one by "Cousin Monroe") that had been written largely in the 1920's, and my family copied the two chapters pertinent to us, 2 and 8.
I notice that the source for our branch was Virgil David Phillips, son of Edney (Edna) PICKENS PHILLIPS and grandson of David Crockett PICKENS. I would suspect that his data for this book was perhaps more reliable than the data he supplied to Sharp,
because 1) he was younger and closer to the dates and events, and 2) his mother was still living (she died in 1939).
Edna was well aware of the existence of Hezekiah's Bible. In fact, on page 46 she and her aunt, Betty Evans (Elizabeth B. PICKENS, who married first John EVANS and later W. BAUCUM) had a grand time signing their names to that page (Edney, who must have been about 8, signed hers as "Edney PICKENS, living"). This alone was not that unusual -- George, David and John MIDDLETON all signed their names in various places, perhaps to register a claim to it someday.
Certainly, the location of John PICKENS Jr.'s family there in Anderson County, the relationships to the PATTERSONs and MIDDLETONs, the fact of his disappearance about the time that Ann's pregnancy would have become obvious, and the apparent desire of his relatives to help the MIDDLETON family by buying items after John MIDDLETON' s death, indicates at least a degree of familiarity between the two.
I wonder if anyone else has been struck by the fact that Hezekiah took the
PICKENS name around the time of his mother's remarriage to Samuel WILSON? Of course he would have been 21 in 1817, but I wonder if he had really at least respected John CARR for all he had done, and resented his mother's remarriage. Rebecca always assumed SHE was a PICKENS by marriage even though Ann had recorded the marriage between "Hezekiah MIDDLETON and Rebecca" , and even recorded her own birth as that of "Rebecca PICKENS" -- which is hardly helpful in determining her OWN lineage!..."
From: DSHopmann@aol.com To: Terry McLean and others, 8 Jun 2002
Subject: Hezekiah & 1860 census
Terry and others, [here] is my transcription of the census in question. I viewed it from Ancestry.com. It is for the most part a very clear image, except I was unable to decipher Zachariah/Hezekiah's occupation. I agree with Terry that Zachariah has to be Hezekiah. Note that his son, David "PICKINS", is on the next line. It appears that David's brother-in-laws are in the same household...."
From Barbara Foster:
ABSTRACTS OF OLD NINETY-SIX AND ABBEVILLE DISTRICT WILLS AND BONDS, compiled
by Willie Pauline Young, reprinted 1969 in Liberty, SC.
p. 414. MIDDLETON, HEZEKIAH-BOX 108, PACK 2968
On July 17, 1810, John, Jas. CARR, Thos. PATTERSON bound unto John HAMILTON Ord. Abbeville Dist. sum $1,000.00. John CARR made gdn. of Hezekiah MIDDLETON a minor.
From Doug McQuaid to Terry McLean, and others, 22 Apr 2002:
"... A couple of notes from someone who has researched the MIDDLETON family: The reference in the Hezekiah MIDDLETON guardianship packet to THOMAS PATTERSON as one of the persons bound on the bond is very interesting. Thomas PATTERSON was married to Frances MIDDLETON, sister of Ann MIDDLETON, daugther of John and Elizabeth MIDDLETON. Another link tending to show a relationship to this MIDDLETON family.
In John's [John Carr Pickens] P.S. referencing the probate records of John MIDDLETON, Sr., he lists Samuel PRATER as an Executor. That is not correct. It is SAMUEL PORTER who was the Executor. I have the orginal records and can verify that fact. I have seen other references to these records containing that typo and it has apparently been carried on... Samuel PORTER later inherited from Elizabeth MIDDLETON's estate (wife of John, Sr.) and was probably married to Susannah MIDDLETON, sister of Ann MIDDLETON. He was also Executor of the estate of Theophilus NORWOOD, who was married to Eleanor MIDDLETON, sister of Ann MIDDLETON..."
Letter dated 30 Apr 1994 from Jamieson Davis:
"Hezekiah PICKENS son of Jonathan (John) Jr. and his first wife. He was born in 1795 in SC died in Hardin Co., TN about the time of the Civil War. He married Rebecca REID in SC in 1819. They reared a large family of 11 children. Their home was located near where the battle of Shiloh was fought and I have been told that part of the farm is in the park today."E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH.
p. 77. "Hezeiah PICKENS, traditionally son of Jonathan PICKENS, Jr. and first wife. b. January 16, 1796 in SC - died in Hardin Co., TN. Date not furnished. m. Rebecca REID, on October 26, 1819. Born in 1802 in SC. Lt. Hezekiah PICKENS is listed in 1818 as a member of the state militia in Clarke Co., AL. Married in 1819 he is shown of possession of land in Lincoln Co., TN in 1822. He moved to Hardin Co., TN between 1820-30..."
..........
p. 85. Gabriel Pickens, son of Jonathan PICKENS, Senior [was] b. ca. 1770 in South Carolina - d. ca. 1847 in Hardin Co., Tenn. [He married] Polly (Mary) ____
ca. 1790 in Abbeville Dist., SC....
"... The census of 1820, 1830 and 1840 of Hardin County shows that he and Polly had at least 11 children. The names of eight of them are known.... [he here names Zachariah, Margaret, William, Patsey, Elizabeth, Lydia, Isariah, and Hannah]...
Gabriel Pickens was in Hardin County, TN in 1820, when the census was made. He had lived at one time in Georgia, as several of his children are known to have been born in Georgia in 1804 and 1805, Izariah was born in 1815 in Georgia, and Lydia was born in Tennessee in 1816, according to 1850 census. Gabriel probably moved to Lincoln Co., Tennessee, about 1816, and to Hardin County around 1818. He is shown in old court minutes in 1819 as being in the county. He received land which was surveyed for him on Rogers Creek, which remained in the family, and probably still belongs to descendants.
The following outline of this family has been reconstructed almost wholly from census records, deeds, court minutes, and marriage records in the court house....
"...Zachariah PICKENS - believed to be one of the two sons of Gabriel PICKENS was in Hardin County in 1860 living at Hamburg on Tennessee River. He was not there in 1850 or in 1870. He had the following family in 1860. [here names 5 children: Polly, Susan, Elizabeth, Richard, Jennette]. There may have been older children married and living elsewhere. Zachariah was certainly somewhere in Tennessee as early as 1833. We place him here because in 1820 Gabriel PICKENS had an unmarried son who was then above 26 years of age. Listed between 26 and 45. There is no record in Hardin County that would indicate any other for a son of Gabriel, who we know was living with him in 1820 in Hardin County..."
p. 87. Martha (Patsey) PICKENS... never married. Her will is recorded in Will Book "B," p. 52, signed by her 20 April 1870. She named her "beloved sisters, Hannah S. PICKENS, Margaret JONES, Elizabeth PHILLIPS, Izzy BIVENS, and Lydia WELSH, and beloved brother William PICKENS and W. COVEY. [this entry seems to indicate that Zachariah, if indeed a child of Gabriel, and a brother to Martha, may be dead by 1870 - tmc].Joyce Reagan to Peggy Mitchell, 6 Aug, 1996:
"... I am also descended from the same line down through Jonathan, Jr. I come from his son, Hezekiah. Do you (or anyone else for that matter) know anything about Jonathan's wife, Lydia HARRISON? I have not been able to find her in any HARRISON....Joyce in Bedford TX..."
"... I just realized that I have that Lydia HARRISON's parrents were Jeremiah and Ann HARRISON although I have nothing further..."
1 3 4 5
Reference Number: FILE: Enc #P-011 9
Reference Number: FILE: Enc #P-240 10
Reference Number: FILE #P-117 8
Reference Number: FILE: #P-236 6
Reference Number: FILE: Enc #P-228 7
Change Date: 9 JUN 2002 at 13:45:05Father: John PICKENS b: Abt 1749
Mother: Ann MIDDLETON b: Abt 1775 in ,,South Carolina,USAMarriage 1 Rebecca WELLS OR WILLS b: 16 JAN 1801 in ,,South Carolina,USA
Married: 26 OCT 1819 in ,,Tennessee,USA 3 11 4 5 9 12 8 13 1
Note:
1994 IGI: Hezekiah PICKINS md 26 Oct 1819 , , Tennessee
Spouse: Rebecca RIED F#: 456893
Children
Samuel PICKENS b: 29 JUL 1820 in ,,Alabama,USA
John Middleton PICKENS b: 8 MAR 1822 in ,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
William M. PICKENS b: 5 MAR 1824 in ,McNairy Co,Tennessee,USA
Andrew PICKENS b: 30 JAN 1826 in ,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
Matthew PICKENS b: 23 NOV 1827 in of,McNairy Co,Tennessee,USA
Anna Jane PICKENS b: 30 OCT 1827/1829 in ,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
Mary or Polly Ann PICKENS b: 12 DEC 1831 in of,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
David Crockett PICKENS b: 26 JUN 1833/1834 in ,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
Susannah PICKENS b: 27 MAY 1835 in of,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
George W. PICKENS b: 6 AUG 1837 in of,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
Elizabeth Hamilton PICKENS b: 3 JUL 1840 in of,Hardin Co,Tennessee,USA
Richard C. PICKENS b: 30 JUL 1842 in ,,Tennessee,USASources:
Call Number: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/hardin/bibles/pickns01.txt
Title: Hezekiah Pickens Bible Record - transcription
Author: Barbara Foster
Abbrev: Barbara Foster
Abbrev: Hezekiah Pickens Bible
Note:
Images online in the Pickens Archives at: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~pickensarchive/hnp/hnp.html
Note: PUBLICATION: This publication information is found on the title page of the New Testament "Philadelphia: Printed and published by M. Carey and Son, No. 126 Chestnut Street 1818" - HISTORY: This bible originally belonged to Hezekiah Middleton PICKENS. The earliest notations were apparently made by Ann MIDDLETON CARR, with later notations by Hezekiah's wife, Rebecca. It was passed on to Hezekiah's son David Crockett PICKENS, who later passed it onto his son, Jesse Walker PICKENS. After Jesse's death, the bible was eventually passed on to his daughter, Margaret E. 'Gretchen' PICKENS CHANDLER. Upon Gretchen's death the Bible went to her son Charles Edward CHANDLER. Charles died, and in about 1981 his family gave the bible to the father of Barbara PICKENS FOSTER, so that it could once again reside with a direct descendant who bears the name PICKENS. Mr. PICKENS still has the bible in his possession at this writing (May 2002). - CONDITION: This bible has a deerskin cover - tradition is that it came from a deer shot by Hezekiah. It is possible the deerskin cover was later added by David, as it is inscribed with his name and the '1858'. The bible is in fragile condition. It was water-damaged as the result of a tornado and rainstorm in Gainesville GA in the 1920s. The most severe damage appears to have been to the front of the bible. The title pages have been lost. There are 2 pages titled Family Record (front & back, or 4 total) that contain most of the records. Those pages are located between the Old Testament and the Apocrypha. The other records are written on the back of pages of illustrations. Photocopies have been made of all pages that have family records. [Information provided by Barbara Pickens Foster - used by permission - tmc]Title: Barbara Foster
Abbrev: Barbara Foster
Note: Email to John C. Pickens
Title: Doris Haynes
Abbrev: Doris Haynes
Page: Email to Terry McLean, dated 20 Nov 2001
Note: Transcription of records from the Hezekiah Middleton Bible
Repository:
Name: copy in possession of Terry McLeanTitle: COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY
Author: Kate Pickens Day
Abbrev: Day
Publication: Greenville, South Carolina: Hiott Press, 1951
Abbrev: THE PICKENS FAMILY
Page: p. 248-253
Repository:
Name: copy in possession of Terry McLeanTitle: PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH
Author: Rev. Eron M. Sharp
Abbrev: Sharp
Publication: Memphis Tennessee: author, 1963
Abbrev: PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH
Page: p. 76-79
Repository:
Name: copy found at the Regional Family History Center
Orange CACall Number: Film #444,838
Title: 1850 Census, Tennessee; Hardin County
Author: United States Federal Census
Abbrev: US Census
Abbrev: 1850 Census, TN; Hardin Co
Note:Note: Photocopy in possession of Terry McLean.
Title: Jack Reynolds
Abbrev: Jack Reynolds
Page: Email to Terry McLean, dated 24 Oct 1996
Note: Includes extracts of 1860 census index, Hardin Co., TN, and other records.
Title: Jamieson Davis
Abbrev: Jamieson Davis
Note: Letter and compiled records to Terry McLean, dated 30 Apr 1994.
Title: Joyce Reagan
Abbrev: Joyce Reagan
Page: Letter to Terry McLean, May 1993
Note: Includes family group sheet for Hezekiah PICKENS.
Title: Joyce Reagan
Abbrev: Joyce Reagan
Note: Prodigy post from Joyce Reagan to Peggy Mitchell dated 6 Aug 1996.
Title: Betty Phillips
Abbrev: Betty Phillips
Page: Email to Terry McLean, dated Oct 2001
Note: Compiled records include a transcription of Hezekiah Middleton Pickens bible record.
Title: Joyce Reagan
Abbrev: Joyce Reagan
Page: Email message to Terry McLean, May 1993
Note: Outlining her desc. from Hezekiah and Rebecca Pickens.
Title: International Genealogical Index
Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Abbrev: IGI
Page: 1994 edition
========================================================================Contributed by Joanne Baucum <jbaucum@jps.net>
McNairy County, Tennessee Deed Book B, p. 292 27 June 1856
HEZEKIAH PICKENS to YOUNG & ADAMS and GEORGE G. ADAMS Registered 6 January
1842Mortgage
This indenture made and entered into this 5th day of January in the year of
our LORD 1842 between HEZEKIAH PICKENS of the one part and YOUNG & ADAMS and
GEORGE G. ADAMS of the other part, all of the County of McNairy, State of
Tennessee. Witnesseth that I, the said PICKENS, being justly indebted to the
said Young and Adams in the sum of thirty six dollars and 12 cents due by note
executed by me on this day and due on the 25th day of December 1842 and also
due GEORGE G. ADAMS the sum of thirteen dollars and 88 cents and being anxious
and desirous to secure them in the payment of the same have this day
bargained, sold, and delivered unto them the following named property to wit:* Twenty barrels corn * Thirty head of hogs, considering of sows and pigs *
One cow and calf * Two feather beds, and * Furniture, one dining table, one
set of chairs * All my pots and * Dog Irons and * LoomTo have and to hold as their own property until the 25th day of December at
which time the above claims fall due and in case I, the said PICKENS, shall
fail to well and truly satisfy all the claims, then and in that case, the said
property may be sold at any time thereafter at the discretion of the said
YOUNG AND ADAMS and GEORGE G. ADAMS for cash after advertising the same ten
days. And in case the property should more than satisfy said claims with all
cost and interest, then the said YOUNG AND ADAMS is to refund back the
overplus, if any. Given under my hand and seal the day and date above
written.Hezekiah Pickens
************************************************************************** ***********************
In the 1850 census, Hezekiah & Rebecca lived 2 doors down from their son, William Matthew and William lives next door to John Middleton Carr, a half brother to Hezekiah. John M., son of John Middleton, lived next door on the other side of Hezekiah & Rebecca. Two doors away from young John, lived John G. Pickens.
Notes for *REBECCA (REID?) WELLS / WILLS:
Rebecca and Hezekiah's home was located near where the battle of Shiloh was fought and it is told that part of the farm is in the park today.Note from Barbara Foster:
"Nettie", the eldest and illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Pickens and John Evans is the one who was interviewed in the 1930's who recalled Rebecca calmly sewing up a neighbor child's wound as the Battle of Shiloh raged only a short distance away (someday I am going to tell niece Rebecca about her gggg-grandmother and perhaps pass on to her the long red braid in Dad's Bible that was reputed to have belonged to Rebecca).In the 1870 Hardin Co. census, Rebecca was living in the home of her son, John Middleton Pickens and his family. Image 16 on Ancestry, Hardin Co. Tnn. 11th Civil dist..
Marriage Notes for *HEZEKIAH PICKENS and *REBECCA WILLS:
Record found in Rebecca & Hezekiah's Bible.
Children of *HEZEKIAH PICKENS and *REBECCA WILLS are:
72. i. ~SAMUEL9 PICKENS, b. July 29, 1820, Alabama; d. Cass Co., Texas.
73. ii. JOHN MIDDLETON PICKENS, b. March 08, 1822, Hardin Co., Tenn.; d. April 23, 1887, Hardin Co., Tenn. buried Ledbetter Cem..
74. iii. WILLIAM MATTHEW PICKENS, b. March 05, 1824, Tenn.; d. October 31, 1906, Hunt Co., Tx..
iv. ANDREW PICKENS, b. January 30, 1826, Hardin, Tenn.; d. May 13, 1841, Hardin Co.Tenn..Notes for ANDREW PICKENS:
Andrew Pickens died in early childhood.75. v. *MATTHEW PICKENS, b. November 23, 1827, McNairy, Tenn.; d. March 23, 1881, buried in New Hope Cem. Van Zandt Co. , Tx..
vi. ANNA JANE PICKENS., b. October 30, 1829, Hardin, Tenn.; m. CHESLEY G. SOWELL, Abt. 1852, Henderson, Tenn..
vii. MARY ANN PICKENS., b. December 12, 1831, Hardin, Tenn.; d. Hardin, Tenn..Notes for MARY ANN PICKENS.:
Mary never married. She lived with her brother, John M.. Lived in home with her brother John Middleton Pickens. She never married.
Mary Ann, age 18, was listed in the 1850 Hardin Co., Tenn. census as an idiot.
...notes by Betty Pickens Phillips76. viii. DAVID CROCKETT PICKENS, b. June 26, 1833, Hardin Co., Tenn.; d. March 15, 1912, Hardin Co., Tenn.-- Buried Ledbetter Cem..
ix. SUSANNAH E. PICKENS, b. May 27, 1835, Hardin, Tenn.; d. 1881, Hardin Co., Tenn., near New Hope---- buried Ledbetter Cem.; m. HEZEKIZH WILSON, December 18, 1866, Hardin, Tenn.--D. W. Blankenship, M.G.; d. Hardin Co., Tenn, Near New Hope---- Buried Ledbetter Cem..Notes for SUSANNAH E. PICKENS:
This is a web site where a picture of the tombstone of Susannah is:
http://www.barberhome.com/family/graves/epickens.html77. x. GEORGE W. PICKENS, b. August 06, 1837, Hardin, Tenn.; d. April 29, 1864, Andersonville, Georgia Civil War prison from dysentary (grave # 806).
78. xi. ELIZABETH HAMELTON PICKENS., b. July 03, 1840, Hardin, Tenn.; d. 1881, Hardin, Tenn..
79. xii. RICHARD C. PICKENS, b. July 30, 1842, Hardin, Tenn.; d. Aft. 1910, Hardin Co., Tenn..
58. RACHEL HARRISON8 PICKENS (*JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 20, 1788 in S.C., and died November 20, 1875 in Robertson County, Texas. She married WILLIAM P. MCKNIGHT March 16, 1809 in Maury County, Tennessee. He was born March 16, 1788 in Kentucky or South Carolina, and died August 1852 in Robertson County, Texas.
Notes for RACHEL HARRISON PICKENS:
Rachel is probably a sister or child of previous marriage of Lydia Harrison, as she was born 8 years before Lydia and Jonathan married.
Children of RACHEL PICKENS and WILLIAM MCKNIGHT are:
i. ROBERT9 MCKNIGHT, b. May 02, 1810, Tennessee.
ii. JOHN R. MCKNIGHT, b. March 22, 1812, Tenn..
iii. JONATHAN PICKENS MCKNIGHT, b. July 01, 1815, Tenn..
iv. SAMUEL B. MCKNIGHT, b. June 22, 1817, Tenn..
v. CYNTHIA BALL MCKNIGHT, b. May 05, 1819, Tenn..
vi. MARGARET W. MCKNIGHT, b. February 16, 1821, Tenn..
vii. ELIZABETH AYERS MCKNIGHT, b. August 16, 1825, Tenn..
viii. LYDIA ELVIRA MCKNIGHT, b. May 06, 1827, Tenn.; d. February 28, 1914, Beeville, Texas; m. (1) JAMES W. HILL, April 02, 1842; d. Abt. 1843; m. (2) SAMUEL REVIS MOSS, June 03, 1847, Robertson Co., Tx..Notes for LYDIA ELVIRA MCKNIGHT:
Web site...Name & e-mail address of source......
Connie Moss....Email address: maljay2001@yahoo.comDocumentation: first husband of Lydia Elvira MCKNIGHT was James W. HILL--
married Apr. 2, 1842. James died about 1843.
sources--McKNIGHT Family Bible
Land grant to William MCKNIGHT from Republic of Texas--file 102,
Robertson County, Vol. 1.
History of Robertson County, Texas by J.W. Baker, pp. 84 and 551
Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee: 1808-1852 (compiled by Edythe
Rucker Whitley)
Pickens Families of the South by E.M. Sharp
Robertson County, Texas Probate Recordsix. RACHEL H. MCKNIGHT, b. December 02, 1828.
x. NANCY JANE MCKNIGHT, b. April 25, 1830; d. April 30, 1899, Stephenville, Erath County, Tx.; m. ANSON FREDERICK MOSS, February 05, 1850, Texas.
59. JONATHAN REECE8 PICKENS (*JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1796 in South Carolina, and died Abt. June 01, 1858 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married (1) MAHALA RECORD Abt. 1820 in Tenn., daughter of SION RECORD. She was born Abt. 1800 in Tenn.. He married (2) SARAH COOPER Abt. 1848, daughter of JOHN COOPER. She was born 1815 in Tenn..
Notes for JONATHAN REECE PICKENS:
Contributed by Joanne Baucum <jbaucum@jps.net>
************************************************************************McNairy County, Tennessee Deed Book G, p. 370 27 June 1856
J. R. PICKENS to J. B. COOPER Registered 6 April 1841
Deed, 47 acres
I, JONATHAN R. PICKENS, for and in consideration of the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars to me in hand paid by J. B. COOPER, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I have this day bargained
and sold and doth by these presents bargain and sell and convey and
transfer unto said J. B. COOPER and unto his heirs and assigns
forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in McNairy
County on Owl Creek in 5 Range and 2 Section, being a part of Entry
2444 and 2449:Beginning on a double dogwood, sugar tree and ash pointers, the
North East corner of Entry 2449, thence West 80 poles to a dogwood,
the NorthEast corner of a tract, belonged to WILLIAM SMITH, thence
South 95 poles to a black oak and black oak pointers, thence East 80
poles to a stake and 2 black oak pointers, thence West 95 poles to
the beginning, containing by estimation forty seven acres by the
same more or less.To have and to hold the foresaid land and bargained premises with
all singular and hereditaments and appurtenances, tenements
belonging or in any wise appertaining to the same and to the only
use and benefit of him, the said J. B. COOPER, his heirs and assigns
forever. I do covenant and agree with the said COOPER that I do
further covenant and bind myself, my heirs and representatives that
I will warrant and forever defend the right and title of the said
lands and every part thereof unto the said J. B. COOPER, his heirs
[and] assigns against the lawful claims of all persons whatever. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my seal this 27th June 1856.J. R. Pickens
Notes for SARAH COOPER:
By the 1870 Hardin Co. census, Jonathan had died and Sarah was alone with her children, Jeremiah, Sarah, and Jonathan.
Children of JONATHAN PICKENS and MAHALA RECORD are:
80. i. SION RECORD9 PICKENS, b. 1821, Tenn.; d. Bet. 1880 - 1900, Prentiss Co., Miss..
ii. MARY J. PICKENS, b. 1824.
81. iii. JAMES GREEN PICKENS, b. 1825, Tenn.; d. Bef. 1860, Hardin Co., Tn..
iv. ELIZABETH B. PICKENS, b. 1829.
v. ARCHIBALD GARNER PICKENS, b. Abt. 1834.
vi. HANNAH PICKENS, b. 1837.
vii. MAHALA PICKENS, b. November 07, 1839.
Children of JONATHAN PICKENS and SARAH COOPER are:
viii. JEREMIAH9 PICKENS, b. 1849, Tenn..
ix. SARAH PICKENS, b. 1853, Tenn..
x. JONATHAN PICKENS, b. 1855, Tenn..
60. JEREMIAH HARRISON "JERRY"8 PICKENS (*JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1801 in S.C., and died November 1876 in Tippah Co, Mississippi. He married (1) ARMIZZA ROGERS Abt. 1822 in Tippah Co., Miss., daughter of EVERETTE ROGERS and UNKNOWN. She was born September 05, 1800 in Martin Co, North Carolina, and died January 05, 1859 in Tippah Co., Miss.. He married (2) MRS. CASANDRA GRAY October 04, 1859 in Tippah Co., Miss.. She was born 1817 in Va..
Notes for JEREMIAH HARRISON "JERRY" PICKENS:
In the 1860 Tippah Co. census, Jerry's personal estate was valued at $15,995. and Casandra's was valued at $44,295. She was appearently a rich widow.Notes for MRS. CASANDRA GRAY:
In the 1860 Tippah Co., Miss. census, her 3 children from her Gray marriage were living in the home with Jerry Pickens & Casandra.Marriage Notes for JEREMIAH PICKENS and MRS. GRAY:
Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900. Name:
J. H. PICKENS
Spouse: CASANDRA GRAY
Marriage Date: 4 Oct 1859
County: Tippah
State: MSThe 1960 Tippah Co., Miss census says they were married within the year.
Children of JEREMIAH PICKENS and ARMIZZA ROGERS are:
i. MARGARET9 PICKENS, b. 1823, Tippah Co., Miss.; m. SAMUEL WHITE; b. Abt. 1827.
ii. LYDIA LAMIRA PICKENS, b. April 04, 1824, Hardin Co., Tenn..
iii. JACKSON ADAMS PICKENS, b. January 22, 1826, Tippah Co, Mississippi.
iv. HANNAH PICKENS, b. 1830, Tippah Co., Miss..
v. JONATHAN REECE PICKENS, b. 1832, Hardin Co, Tennessee.
vi. MILLY ANN PICKENS, b. 1835, Hardin Co., Tnn..
vii. ELIZABETH ALBERTINE PICKENS, b. November 26, 1837, Tippah Co., Miss..
viii. CAROLYN F. PICKENS, b. 1840, Tippah Co., Miss..
ix. EVERETTE PICKENS, b. 1842, Tippah Co., Miss..
61. ALLEN MONROE8 GILLESPIE (ISIRIAH7 PICKENS, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 19, 1818 in bur. Richardson Cem., Tate Co. Miss., and died October 24, 1882. He married EMILY ELIZABETH. She was born January 23, 1822, and died November 29, 1904.
Children of ALLEN GILLESPIE and EMILY ELIZABETH are:
i. NANCY IZZIVIH9 GILLESPIE, b. October 17, 1841, Miss.; d. November 02, 1842, bur. Richardson Cem., Tate Co. Miss..
ii. JAMES ALEXANDER GILLESPIE, b. July 29, 1844; d. March 20, 1894, bur. Mt. Zion Cem., Tate Co., Miss.; m. MALINDA C. BURFORD; b. March 21, 1844, Miss.; d. 1930, Bur. Mt. Zion Cem., Tate Co., Miss..
iii. INFANT GILLESPIE, b. Bet. 1845 - 1860, bur., Richardson Cem., Tate Co., Miss..Notes for INFANT GILLESPIE:
Tree grown around her gravestone, most of it is illegible. Infant dau.iv. WILLIAM ALLEN GILLESPIE, b. September 05, 1846; d. August 23, 1924, bur, . Sherman Cem., Sherman, Miss.; m. MARY FRANCIS BURFORD, June 21, 1867; b. February 02, 1850; d. May 16, 1939.
v. MARY ANN (TWIN) GILLESPIE, b. February 11, 1849; d. December 01, 1904.
vi. ALLEN P. (TWIN) GILLESPIE, b. February 11, 1849; d. November 01, 1849, Tate Co., Miss..
vii. SARAH E. GILLESPIE, b. Bet. 1850 - 1860; m. CREW.
viii. OLIVER NEAL GILLESPIE, b. February 26, 1854; d. March 13, 1890, Thyatria Cem., Tate Co., Miss.; m. CALLIE NARCISIS RODGERS; b. May 04, 1851; d. October 11, 1942, bur. Sherman Cem., Sherman, Miss..
ix. CYRUS M. GILLESPIE, b. October 25, 1856; d. October 24, 1857, bur. Richardson Cem., Tate Co. Miss..
62. ANDREW J.8 PICKENS (JOHN G.7, WILLIAM6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1818 in Tenn.. He married MARTHA. She was born 1816 in Tenn..
Notes for ANDREW J. PICKENS:
In the 1850 Hardin Co. census, Andrew was living next door to his father, John. In the home was his wife, Martha, son, Francis, and daughter, Mary. There was also an 18 year old male, born in N. C. named, ?Ismine Graves.
Children of ANDREW PICKENS and MARTHA are:
i. FRANCIS M.9 PICKENS, b. 1844.
ii. MARY E. PICKENS, b. 1847.
63. AMANDA J.8 PICKENS (JOHN G.7, WILLIAM6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1819 in Tenn.. She married CLARK.
Child of AMANDA PICKENS and CLARK is:
i. WILLIAM J.9 CLARK, b. 1845, Tenn..
Generation No. 9
64. MARTHA JANE9 PICKENS (JOHN G.8, ROBERT B.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1854. She married BENJAMINE HUGH SETTLE December 12, 1873 in Marshall Co., Miss.. He was born August 11, 1849.
Child of MARTHA PICKENS and BENJAMINE SETTLE is:
i. LINDSAY10 SETTLE.Notes for LINDSAY SETTLE:
"This line shows a tie to Pickens / Settles. Robert B. Pickens was an older brother of Israel Sidney and they were frequently seen together at Cumberland Presbyterian Church activities where 'Uncle Bob', a very active layman, often assumed the role of host. The Settles lived in Mississippi, but just across the state line from Fayette County, Tenn." April 23 1989 GAF:LBF
65. ADA FLORENCE9 PICKENS (JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 25, 1858, and died 1956 in Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx.. She married SHERROD FRANKLIN SANDERS.
Children of ADA PICKENS and SHERROD SANDERS are:
i. LETTIE10 SANDERS, m. RIGGS.
ii. GENA SANDERS.
iii. SUE SANDERS.
iv. WILLIE SANDERS.
66. JOEL RIVERS9 PICKENS (JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born October 14, 1860, and died March 20, 1940. He married CALLIE BYRD GILLIAM February 20, 1884. She was born January 10, 1864, and died November 24, 1948.
Children of JOEL PICKENS and CALLIE GILLIAM are:
82. i. CORA LEE10 PICKENS, b. February 23, 1885; d. February 1976.
83. ii. EARNEST RIVERS PICKENS, b. February 27, 1886; d. August 09, 1963.
84. iii. JAMES ALBERT PICKENS, b. April 28, 1888.
iv. LUCY ELLEN PICKENS, b. September 03, 1889; d. September 11, 1995; m. ARTHUR LEE MOORE, August 19, 1917; b. August 11, 1893; d. January 1977.
85. v. FINUS RODEN PICKENS, b. July 17, 1890; d. August 1969.
86. vi. LETTYE RUTH PICKENS, b. March 13, 1893.
87. vii. ANNIE ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. January 31, 1895; d. October 27, 1990.
88. viii. CALLIE LURLENE PICKENS, b. November 16, 1896.
89. ix. JOEL MILTON PICKENS, b. September 20, 1900; d. January 1963.
x. ELMER FRANKLIN PICKENS, b. February 04, 1904; d. December 1983.
xi. CHARLES YOE PICKENS, b. April 05, 1906; d. January 17, 1989.
67. JOHN FINIS JR.9 PICKENS (JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born December 29, 1862, and died October 28, 1938 in probably Minerva Cem.. He married JANIE E. BOYD. She was born April 03, 1875, and died January 01, 1942 in Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
Notes for JOHN FINIS JR. PICKENS:
John Finis Pickens Jr.'s Record of death (Milam Co. Court Records) reports he is buried in Minerva, but there is no other record or grave marker to verify this.
Children of JOHN PICKENS and JANIE BOYD are:
i. ADA ARDENA10 PICKENS.
ii. EVELYN PICKENS.
iii. MATTIE PICKENS, b. September 21, 1864; d. February 27, 1967; m. JAMES F. STORY.
iv. WILLIAM EDGAR PICKENS, b. April 16, 1867; d. May 21, 1867.
v. ROBERT ISRAEL PICKENS, b. July 02, 1868; d. October 08, 1880, buried Marlow Cem., Milam Co., Cameron, Tx..Notes for ROBERT ISRAEL PICKENS:
Died at age 12. His gravestone is engraved: "I lived, I loved, I died. Meet me in Heaven and let us all be together."vi. LULA PICKENS, b. July 28, 1870; m. MILTON PORTER STEVENS.
vii. TENNESSEE PICKENS, b. December 21, 1875; m. (1) 1STBEN MCCLELLAN; m. (2) 2NDJOHN BURNETT, January 04, 1898.
viii. LEROY PICKENS, b. June 30, 1895; d. September 04, 1924, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
ix. RAYMOND BOYD PICKENS, b. April 06, 1897; d. June 09, 1901, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..Notes for RAYMOND BOYD PICKENS:
Outside the Sanders plot, about 3 feet to the west, is a stone laid in the ground. It is broken and very hard to read. It reads: IN MEMORY of Raymond Boyde
Son of J. F. and J. E. Pickens Born April 6, 1897 Died June 9, 1901.x. LUTHER Z. PICKENS, b. May 06, 1902; d. December 24, 1932, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx..
xi. ELIZABETH PICKENS, b. May 19, 1912; d. December 08, 1985, Buried Minerva Cem. Milam Co., Minerva, Tx.; m. BEARDEN.Notes for ELIZABETH PICKENS:
There is a small stone at the foot of her grave that reads simply "Mutti".
68. JOHN WILLIAM GABERIAL9 PICKENS. (WILLIAM8 PICKENS, GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1832 in Tenn.. He married MARY A. JONES September 08, 1853 in Tenn.. She was born 1837 in Tenn..
Notes for JOHN WILLIAM GABERIAL PICKENS.:
John is listed in the 1870 Census as a Minister of the Gospel, at Prudy, McNairy Co. Tenn..
John W. Pickens was living in Hardin Co. Tenn., when the census of 1850, 1860, and 1880 were made.
Children of JOHN PICKENS. and MARY JONES are:
i. JAMES W.10 PICKENS., b. 1854; m. D. B. TANKERSLEY, September 27, 1879, Hardin Co., Tenn..
ii. GEORGE W. PICKENS., b. 1857, Missouri; m. (1) EMILY BRITTIAN, February 07, 1878, Hardin Co., Tenn. (1860 census of Hardin Co., Tenn.); m. (2) TEMPA PAINTON, October 03, 1883, Hardin Co., Tenn. (1860 census of Hardin Co., Tenn.).
iii. ANDREW JACKSON PICKENS., b. 1859, Missouri; m. MOLLY LINDSEY, October 20, 1878, (1860 census of Hardin Co., Tenn.).Notes for MOLLY LINDSEY:
Her name was Mary V. Lindsey. This couple moved to Oklahoma. Mary & Andrew buried at Locust Grove, Oklahoma.iv. JOSEPH S. PICKENS., b. 1861, Hardin Co., Tenn..
Notes for JOSEPH S. PICKENS.:
Tradition in this family states one son went to Oklahoma and married an Indian girl and lived at Pickens, Oklahoma, in McCurtain Co..v. JOHN T. PICKENS., b. 1866, Tenn.; m. LOUISA C. LONG, October 17, 1886, Hardin Co., Tenn..
vi. FRANKLIN C PICKENS., b. 1869, McNairy Co., Tenn..
vii. MARY L. PICKENS., b. 1871, McNairy Co., Tenn..
viii. JESSE R. PICKENS., b. 1876; d. Bef. 1880.
ix. GEORGIA A. PICKENS., b. 1877, Hardin Co., Tenn..
69. MARY SUSANNAH9 PICKENS. (WILLIAM8 PICKENS, GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1839 in Tenn.. She married THOMAS TACKETT. He was born 1839 in Tenn..
Notes for MARY SUSANNAH PICKENS.:
In 1880 Sarah Pickens, listed as a sister, was living in the home of Thomas and Mary Susannah (Pickens) Tackett.
Children of MARY PICKENS. and THOMAS TACKETT are:
i. JOHN W.10 TACKETT, b. 1858.
ii. WILLIAM M. TACKETT, b. 1861.
iii. MARY E. TACKETT, b. 1863.
iv. JOSEPH J. TACKETT, b. 1864.
v. JAMES R. TACKETT, b. 1866.
vi. MILES W. TACKETT, b. 1868.
vii. REBECCA J. TACKETT, b. 1870.
viii. RAYBURN TACKETT, b. 1875.
ix. EDGAR TACKETT, b. 1879.
70. WILSON G.9 PICKENS. (WILLIAM8 PICKENS, GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1845 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married F. LOUISA COLLOPHIN in Hardin Co., Tenn.. She was born 1844.
Marriage Notes for WILSON PICKENS. and F. COLLOPHIN:
No marriage for them located, but all marriages prior to 1860 are destroyed except a few.
Children of WILSON PICKENS. and F. COLLOPHIN are:
i. WILLIAM M.10 PICKENS, b. 1875, Tenn.; m. ADA HUDIBURN, November 24, 1898, Hardin Co., Tenn..
ii. HARVEY PICKENS, b. 1877, Tenn..
iii. JOHN PICKENS, b. Aft. 1880.
71. DAVID9 PICKENS. (WILLIAM8 PICKENS, GABRIEL7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1855 in Tenn.. He married SARAH J. BECKHAM August 29, 1875 in Hardin Co., Tenn..
Child of DAVID PICKENS. and SARAH BECKHAM is:
i. ALONZO10 PICKENS., b. 1876, Hardin Co., Tenn.; m. HETTIE WHITE, October 10, 1895.
72. ~SAMUEL9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 29, 1820 in Alabama, and died in Cass Co., Texas. He married MARTHA PATSY BELL December 14, 1840 in Hardin Co., Tenn., daughter of ROBERT ? BELL. She was born 1823 in Hardin, Tenn..
Notes for ~SAMUEL PICKENS:
In 1850 Samuel and Martha were still in Hardin Co., Tn., with their children. Samuel and Martha moved to Texas about the time of the Civil War.
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This was on the pension app. for his brother, William Matthew.Answers & Depostion of S. M. PICKENS: "S. M. PICKENS, am 85 years old, and resides two miles east of Daingerfield.... I know W. M. PICKENS. Have known him all his life... I know personally that he enlisted in the service of the confederacty and performed the duties of a soldier. He was in Capt. Ros WILLIAMSON's Company 2nd Ark Regiment and served four years or about that long"
[signed] S. M. PICKENS.Notes for MARTHA PATSY BELL:
Martha Bell may be descended from Robert Bell who received a land grant of 200 acres in Abberville Dist., South Carolina in 1785, bounding on the land of Matthew Reid, the widow Pickens, and Joseph Lyon. Samuel and Martha Bell Pickens moved to Texas about the time of the Civil War. Martha and her sister Mary, married brothers, Samuel and John Pickens. ...notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
Children of ~SAMUEL PICKENS and MARTHA BELL are:
i. LUCINDA10 PICKENS, d. March 15, 1846.
ii. ELIZABETH A. PICKENS, b. 1843, Hardin Co., Tenn..
iii. JOHN PICKENS, b. 1845, Hardin Co., Tenn..
90. iv. HEZEKIAH PICKENS, b. 1848, Hardin, Tenn..
v. MARY ANN PICKENS, b. 1850, Hardin Co., Tenn..
91. vi. ~SARAH JANE PICKENS, b. 1852, Prob. Hardin Co., Tnn.; d. August 30, 1932, Cass County Tx..
73. JOHN MIDDLETON9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 08, 1822 in Hardin Co., Tenn., and died April 23, 1887 in Hardin Co., Tenn. buried Ledbetter Cem.. He married (1) MARY W. BELL October 21, 1847, daughter of ROBERT ? BELL. She was born 1825, and died Bef. 1850 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married (2) MRS. BARBARA STRAWN March 25, 1852. She was born Bet. 1825 - 1830 in Tenn.. He married (3) NANCY W. CLAUNCH WILSON May 30, 1866 in McNairy Co., Tenn.. She was born 1831 in Tenn..
Notes for JOHN MIDDLETON PICKENS:
John, age 28, was found in the 1850 Hardin Co., Tenn. census with his son, Joseph H. age one.....notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
1850 CENSUS, hARDIN CO., TENN., shows John living next door to his parents and working as a laborer. He had with him one year old male, born in Tenn., Joseph H. Pickens
John's sister , Mary Ann, lived in his home and never married.Notes for MARY W. BELL:
Mary died in childbirth and left only one son. Mary and her sister,
Martha, married brothers, Samuel and John Pickens....notes by Betty Pickens PhillipsNotes for NANCY W. CLAUNCH WILSON:
Nancy W. Claunch had been married to a Wilson before her marriage to John Middleton Pickens. Nancy had 3 children of her own living in the household in 1870.
Mrs. Wilson had 3 of her own children from a prevoius marriage living in the house in 1870.
Child of JOHN PICKENS and MARY BELL is:
92. i. JOSEPH HENRY10 PICKENS, b. August 30, 1848, Tenn.; d. 1917.
Children of JOHN PICKENS and MRS. STRAWN are:
ii. WILLIAM CARROLL10 PICKENS, b. January 24, 1853; d. 1887; m. CLARA EMMALINE FLANAGIN, April 22, 1875.
iii. MARY EMMALINE PICKENS., b. January 25, 1854, Tenn.; d. October 12, 1855.
iv. JOHN WESLEY PICKENS, b. October 12, 1855; m. BETTY LUTTON, August 18, 1877, Decature Co., Tenn..
v. MARGARETT WILSON PICKENS., b. 1858, Tenn..
93. vi. JAMES WALTER (WALKER?)PICKENS, b. December 23, 1860.
vii. JERRY PICKENS, b. 1862, Tenn..
viii. ELIZABETH WILSON PICKENS, b. 1864, Tenn..
Children of JOHN PICKENS and NANCY WILSON are:
ix. HARVEY CLAUCH10 PICKENS., b. October 05, 1869, Hardin, Tenn.; m. E. E. STRAWN, December 17, 1891, Hardin Co., Tenn..
x. BARBARA DENIE PICKENS., b. 1870, Hardin, Tenn..Notes for BARBARA DENIE PICKENS.:
Barbara died in childhood.
74. WILLIAM MATTHEW9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 05, 1824 in Tenn., and died October 31, 1906 in Hunt Co., Tx.. He married MARY JANETTA ROBINSON October 29, 1848 in Hardin, Tenn.. She was born June 27, 1828 in Tenn., and died April 16, 1896 in Hunt Co., Tx..
Notes for WILLIAM MATTHEW PICKENS:
William and wife Jennette were living in Hardin Co., Tenn. in 1850, had no children at that time. Living in the house with them was Matilda Robertson age 18, a sister of Jennette. They moved to Texas before 1860.William and Mary J. and Martha Robertson, age 18 (maybe a sister of Mary), were living in Hardin Co., Tn. in the 1850 census. William was a laborer.
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1850 Hardin co., Tennessee census, William & Jeanetta and her sister, Martha, were living near Wm.'s father, Hezekiah and Wm.'s brother, John Middleton Pickens.
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1860 Hempstead Co., Ark., I found William, Jeanetta and children, William Mathew,
age 9, John Hamilton, age 6, Rebecca Jane, age 4, and Mary Matilda, age 2 , in the Federal Census.
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1870 Hopkins Co., Texas, I found William, Jeanetta both born Tn., and their children, William age 18, born Tn., John age 16, born Tn., Rebecca age 14, born Tn., Mary age 12 born Ark., Martha age 9, born Ark., Joseph age 7, born Ark. Susan age 4, born Texas, Tennessee age 1, born Texas.
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1880 Hunt co., Texas, I found William, Martha, and their children, William, Hamilton, Rebecca Jane, Mary, Martha, Henry, Allice, Tennessee & Jak, age 8 born in Texas.
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CONFEDERATE PENSION APPLICATION:
Name: W. M. PICKENS
Age: 'was 76 years old the 4th day of March 1899'
Residence: Hopkins Co, TX, PO is Cumby, Hopkins Co. [later mentions he has been a resident of Texas since the fall of 1865]
Occupation: 'Farmer, but not able to work'
Physical Condition: 'worn out, and nearly blind, lame in one leg'
[mentions he received a wound in his leg during the war]
Military Service: 'Ras Williamson Co, A 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment'
[states he did not previously receive any pension or land related to his military service]
Property: 'don't own anything'
Income: 'none'
[responds 'I am' to the question is he indigent or in want; also to the question of whether he is unable to work]
[signed] W. M. PICKENS, Sr - 17 Jul 1899
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[Witness affidavit immediately following signed by 'W. M. PICKENS, Jr]
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A summons, dated 17 Jul 1899, is issued 'in and for' Morris County Texas for S. M. PICKENS of Morris Co, to make a sworn statement supporting the application of W. M. PICKENS.
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Answers & Depostion of S. M. PICKENS: "S. M. PICKENS, am 85 years old, and resides two miles east of Daingerfield.... I know W. M. PICKENS. Have known him all his life... I know personally that he enlisted in the service of the confederacty and performed the duties of a soldier. He was in Capt. Ros WILLIAMSON's Company 2nd Ark Regiment and served four years or about that long"
[signed] S. M. PICKENS.
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20 Jul 1899. Affidavit of J. E. PICKETT in Hopkins Co, Texas, swears he knows W. M. PICKENS and has known him for about 16[?] years and that he knows the applicant [PICKENS] is unable to support himself.
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Record of S. B. LONGINS [later LONGRINS], MD, of Hopkins Co, Texas, dated 17 Jul 1899, states he has examined W. M. PICKENS and confirms he is unable to work and has the following disabilities: old wound in side. Rheumatism, partial loss of sight & dibility of old age..............
Application approved 18 Aug 1899.
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Burial: Prairie Valley Cem., Hunt Co., Tx. Just North of Lone Oak.More About MARY JANETTA ROBINSON:
Burial: Prairie Valley Cem., Hunt Co., Tx. Just North of Lone Oak.
Children of WILLIAM PICKENS and MARY ROBINSON are:
i. WILLIAM MATTHEW10 PICKENS., b. February 22, 1852; m. C. J. BRUMBELOW, August 01, 1882, Hunt co., Texas.
94. ii. JOHN HAMILTON PICKENS., b. 1854, Tennessee.
iii. REBECCA JANE PICKENS., b. November 1855, Tenn.; m. ?UNKNOWN MAY.
iv. MARY MATILDA PICKENS., b. 1858, Arkansas.
v. MARTHA JANE PICKENS., b. 1862, Arkansas.
vi. JOSEPH HENRY PICKENS., b. 1864, Arkansas.
vii. SUSAN ALLICE PICKENS., b. 1866, Texas.
viii. TENNESSEE ELIZABETH PICKENS., b. 1869, Texas.
ix. JIMMY JAK PICKENS., b. 1872, Texas.
75. *MATTHEW9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 23, 1827 in McNairy, Tenn., and died March 23, 1881 in buried in New Hope Cem. Van Zandt Co. , Tx.. He married *SUSAN ANGELINE WILLETT Bef. 1849 in Possibly McNairy Co. Tennessee, daughter of EDWARD WILLETT and POLLY TEDFORD. She was born December 22, 1830 in McNairy Co., Tenn., and died December 17, 1885 in buried in New Hope Cem. Van Zandt Co. , Tx..
Notes for *MATTHEW PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Probably named for grandfather Reid. He married Susan Angeline Willett. They were living in McNairy Co. Tennessee in 1850. No children at that time. Matthew and wife Susan moved to Texas about 1860, and setteled in Phalba, located in the southern part of Van Zandt Co., just south of Canton. They had 5 children. Matthew Pickens is buried in New Hope Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas. Also buried in this cemetery is his wife Susan, and grandsons, Cameron, Cecil and Decator Pickens, sons of Nathan Columbus "Dutch" and Jane Abney Pickens. Buried in this cemetery also is one of the children's other grandparents Sara Ann (Summers) Abney. Sarah Ann's husband Francis Marion Abney is buried in College Mound Cem. in Kaufman Co., Tx. . I have pictures of their tombstones.
....notes by Betty Pickens PhillipsNotes for *SUSAN ANGELINE WILLETT:
Susan is buried in New Hope cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas. Also buried in this cemetery is her husband, Matthew Pickens, and grandsons Cameron, Cecil and Decator Pickens, sons of Nathan Columbus "Dutch" and Jane Abney Pickens. Buried in this cemetery also is one of the children's other grandparents, Sara Ann ( Summers) Abney. Sarah Abney's husband, Francis Marion Abney, is buried in College Mound Cem. in Kaufman Co., Tx. .The inscription on Sarah's tombstone says "Our Mother Dear is buried here".
Children of *MATTHEW PICKENS and *SUSAN WILLETT are:
95. i. DAVID F. (DAVE)10 PICKENS, b. June 09, 1852, Tenn.; d. October 18, 1898, Van Zandt Co. , Tx. Myrtle Springs cem..
ii. SARAH REBEKER PICKENS, b. April 01, 1854; d. March 01, 1870.
iii. MARY JANE PICKENS, b. January 04, 1856; d. October 06, 1857.
96. iv. G. CARLINE "CALLIE" PICKENS, b. August 1858, Texas; d. 1935.
97. v. *ROBERT WILLIAM (BOB) PICKENS, b. February 16, 1861, Phalba, Van Zandt Co., Texas; d. November 12, 1942, Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas.
98. vi. RICHARD LINDSAY "DICK" PICKENS, b. Abt. 1867, Van Zandt Co. , Tx.; d. November 15, 1902.
99. vii. NATHAN COLUMBUS"DUTCH" PICKENS, b. April 05, 1870, Van Zandt Co. , Tx.; d. June 19, 1953, Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas.
76. DAVID CROCKETT9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born June 26, 1833 in Hardin Co., Tenn., and died March 15, 1912 in Hardin Co., Tenn.-- Buried Ledbetter Cem.. He married (1) MARGARET JANE SOWELL July 28, 1853 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. She was born May 20, 1834 in Hardin Co., Tenn., and died July 30, 1904 in Hardin Co., Tenn-- Buried Ledbetter Cem.. He married (2) MARY HORNSBY May 18, 1901.
Notes for DAVID CROCKETT PICKENS:
Found him in 1910 Hardin Co. census living in home of grandson, Virgil Phillips.
Children of DAVID PICKENS and MARGARET SOWELL are:
i. SUSAN E.10 PICKENS, b. July 23, 1854, Hardin Co., Tenn.; d. September 30, 1854, Hardin Co., Tenn-- Buried Shiloh Church.
100. ii. EDNA C. PICKENS, b. September 15, 1855, Tenn.; d. July 31, 1939, at 3:40 A. M. (Family Bible).
iii. REBECCA D. PICKENS, b. September 19, 1857; d. April 06, 1858, Hardin Co., Tenn.-- buried Shiloh church.
iv. MARY J. PICKENS, b. January 22, 1859, Hardin Co., Tenn.; d. April 19, 1866, Hardin Co., Tenn. Buried Ledbetter Cem..
101. v. WILLIAM DAVID PICKENS, b. August 29, 1862; d. May 01, 1941.
102. vi. JOHN MATTHEW "JACK" PICKENS., b. September 20, 1864, Hardin, Tenn.; d. October 1931.
103. vii. JESSE W. PICKENS, b. July 01, 1868; d. October 10, 1940.
viii. ROBERT A. PICKENS, b. January 20, 1871, Hardin Co., Tenn.; d. October 10, 1888, Hardin co., Tenn. --buried Ledbetter Cem..Notes for ROBERT A. PICKENS:
Robert never married.
Children of DAVID PICKENS and MARY HORNSBY are:
ix. CECIL10 PICKENS.
x. JACK EMBREE PICKENS.
xi. MARY CHRISTINE PICKENS.
77. GEORGE W.9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born August 06, 1837 in Hardin, Tenn., and died April 29, 1864 in Andersonville, Georgia Civil War prison from dysentary (grave # 806). He married MARGARET J. (MARGOT) MCCAN October 22, 1857 in Hardin, Tenn.. She was born Abt. 1841 in Hardin, Tenn..
Child of GEORGE PICKENS and MARGARET MCCAN is:
i. MAHALA10 PICKENS, b. 1859, Tenn..
78. ELIZABETH HAMELTON9 PICKENS. (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8 PICKENS, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 03, 1840 in Hardin, Tenn., and died 1881 in Hardin, Tenn.. She married (1) JOHN H. EVANS October 09, 1862 in McNairy Co., Tenn.. He died in Died in Civil War--buriel place unknown. She married (2) WILLIAM RILEY BAUCUM Bef. 1871. He was born in Tenn..
Notes for ELIZABETH HAMELTON PICKENS.:
This is a web site where a picture of Elizabeth's tombstone is:
http://www.barberhome.com/family/graves/epickens.htmlNotes for WILLIAM RILEY BAUCUM:
All children are shown in the census in Hardin Co.,Tenn. as family of Wm. R. Baucom.
Children of ELIZABETH PICKENS. and JOHN EVANS are:
i. JEANETTE "NETTIE"10 EVANS, b. November 22, 1859, Hardin Co. Tenn; d. October 22, 1941, buried Sylvester Cemetery, Texas; m. ALLAN VARNER CAROTHERS; b. January 29, 1860; d. November 26, 1928, buried Sylvester Cemetery, Texas.Notes for JEANETTE "NETTIE" EVANS:
"Nettie", the eldest and illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Pickens and John Evans. She is the one in Joanne's records who was interviewed in the 1930's who recalled Rebecca calmly sewing up a neighbor child's wound as the Battle of Shiloh raged only a short distance away.Website for pictures of Nettie & Allen: http://www.barberhome.com/family/graves/avcaroth.html
ii. SUSAN VIRGINIA EVANS, b. November 15, 1863, Tenn..
Children of ELIZABETH PICKENS. and WILLIAM BAUCUM are:
iii. JOHN THOMAS10 BAUCUM, b. September 25, 1872, Hardin, Tenn..
iv. LINNIE B. BAUCUM, b. 1876, Hardin, Tenn..
v. EDGAR BAUCUM, b. 1877, Hardin, Tenn..
79. RICHARD C.9 PICKENS (*HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 30, 1842 in Hardin, Tenn., and died Aft. 1910 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. He married MELISSA E. BLANTON July 30, 1842 in Hardin Co, Tennessee, daughter of WILLIAM BLANTON and SUSAN UNKNOWN. She was born 1846 in Hardin Co., Tenn..
Notes for RICHARD C. PICKENS:
The 1880 Hardin Co. Census shows Richard living in home with wife, son & daughter. Richard and Melissa could not read or write.
Found him in Hardin Co 1910 census with wife Melissa and son William.
Children of RICHARD PICKENS and MELISSA BLANTON are:
i. SUSAN LEONA10 PICKENS, b. October 09, 1869, Hardin, Tenn.; m. JOHN CASE.
104. ii. WILLIAM POWATHAN PICKENS, b. September 18, 1871.
80. SION RECORD9 PICKENS (JONATHAN REECE8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1821 in Tenn., and died Bet. 1880 - 1900 in Prentiss Co., Miss.. He married (1) RACHEL PARIS (PARRIZ) 1844 in Hardin Co., Tenn., daughter of PARIS and MARY. He married (2) SARAH A. DAVIS January 03, 1852 in Tishomingo Co., Miss., daughter of ARCHIBALD DAVIS.
Notes for RACHEL PARIS (PARRIZ):
Rachel, age 35 and Elias, age 14 were living in the home of Mary Parriz, age 60, according to the Hardin Co., Tn. 1860 census.
Child of SION PICKENS and RACHEL (PARRIZ) is:
i. ELIAS10 PICKENS, b. 1846, Hardin Co., Tenn..
Children of SION PICKENS and SARAH DAVIS are:
ii. JOHN R.10 PICKENS, b. 1865, Tenn..
iii. MARY A. PICKENS, b. 1872, Miss..
81. JAMES GREEN9 PICKENS (JONATHAN REECE8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1825 in Tenn., and died Bef. 1860 in Hardin Co., Tn.. He married SARAH COVEY October 24, 1844 in Hardin Co., Tenn.. She was born 1826.
Notes for JAMES GREEN PICKENS:
In the 1850 Hardin Co., Tenn. census, James was 25 years old and a laborer. His wife Sarah was 24, their son Wm. R. was 4 and daughter Margaret M. was 2 years old....notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
Children of JAMES PICKENS and SARAH COVEY are:
i. WILLIAM REECE10 PICKENS, b. August 03, 1845; d. March 22, 1879; m. JUANNA HOWARD, February 12, 1876, Hardin Co., Tenn..
ii. MARGARET M. PICKENS, b. 1848.
Generation No. 10
82. CORA LEE10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born February 23, 1885, and died February 1976. She married (1) ED SANDERS 1904. She married (2) JASPER CURRY Bef. 1912. He was born November 10, 1853, and died November 14, 1927.
Child of CORA PICKENS and ED SANDERS is:
i. MAMIE11 SANDERS, b. June 18, 1905.
Children of CORA PICKENS and JASPER CURRY are:
ii. TENNY RUTH11 CURRY, b. December 27, 1913; m. MARVIN MCCOY; b. July 25, 1926; d. April 1985.
iii. CORA KATHERINE CURRY, b. September 21, 1916.
83. EARNEST RIVERS10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born February 27, 1886, and died August 09, 1963. He married (1) MARY ELIZABETH EDMONDS December 25, 1910. She was born October 07, 1888, and died January 02, 1940. He married (2) MARIE EMMA MORRIS October 11, 1940. She was born December 02, 1898.
Children of EARNEST PICKENS and MARY EDMONDS are:
i. HARRY FRANCIS11 PICKENS, b. February 11, 1912.
ii. MARY JEWEL PICKENS, b. April 17, 1915.
iii. JAMES WILLIAM PICKENS, b. March 13, 1922.
iv. ERNEST RICHARD PICKENS, b. February 05, 1930.
84. JAMES ALBERT10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born April 28, 1888. He married IDA REEDER December 25, 1910. She was born December 02, 1888.
Children of JAMES PICKENS and IDA REEDER are:
i. EVELYN CLOTELE11 PICKENS, b. October 20, 1912.
ii. SEFTON ARNOLD PICKENS, b. November 20, 1913.
iii. EDWIN ALBERT PICKENS, b. June 23, 1923; d. March 1980.
iv. VIRGIL LEE PICKENS, b. November 25, 1925.
85. FINUS RODEN10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 17, 1890, and died August 1969. He married VERA COSTIN December 25, 1911.
Children of FINUS PICKENS and VERA COSTIN are:
i. MARY BYRD11 PICKENS, b. October 03, 1912.
ii. VERA JUANITA PICKENS, b. August 03, 1914.
iii. FINUS RODEN JR. PICKENS, b. October 11, 1915; d. May 1985; m. (1) UNKNOWN 1ST; m. (2) MILDRED VERA MANIRE, May 22, 1938; b. January 22, 1919.
iv. J. T. PICKENS, b. June 09, 1936.
86. LETTYE RUTH10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born March 13, 1893. She married ERNEST ROPER September 17, 1919. He was born July 08, 1893, and died July 1987.
Child of LETTYE PICKENS and ERNEST ROPER is:
i. THERESA RUTHETTE11 ROPER, b. January 24, 1924.
87. ANNIE ELIZABETH10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born January 31, 1895, and died October 27, 1990. She married WILLIAM GROVER MOORE April 10, 1917. He was born July 30, 1891, and died February 1982.
Children of ANNIE PICKENS and WILLIAM MOORE are:
i. ANNIE LOUISE11 MOORE, b. March 04, 1918.
ii. WILLIAM GROVER JR. MOORE, b. May 18, 1920; m. MARJORIE GARDELLS, January 17, 1942.
iii. EMMA GERALDINE MOORE, b. December 01, 1923; d. November 14, 1927.
iv. BARBARA IRENE MOORE, b. June 12, 1926.
v. KENNETH LEE MOORE, b. October 25, 1928.
vi. SAMUEL DURWOOD MOORE, b. April 11, 1931.
vii. IRA JOEL MOORE, b. September 11, 1931.
88. CALLIE LURLENE10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born November 16, 1896. She married (1) ROY MCCRELESS November 16, 1916. She married (2) ELMER B. PEARSON September 03, 1930. He was born August 11, 1893.
Children of CALLIE PICKENS and ROY MCCRELESS are:
i. ROY TRUMAN11 MCCRELESS, b. August 02, 1918; m. DOREEN, September 15, 1942.
ii. BIRDIE LURLENE MCCRELESS, b. February 19, 1920.
iii. JACK LEIGHTON MCCRELESS, b. May 19, 1922; d. February 04, 1930.
89. JOEL MILTON10 PICKENS (JOEL RIVERS9, JOHN FINIS8, JAMES H.7, ANDREW6, JOHN SR.5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born September 20, 1900, and died January 1963. He married MARY KATHERYN SKINNER December 25, 1921. She was born December 08, 1900.
Children of JOEL PICKENS and MARY SKINNER are:
i. MARJORIE11 PICKENS.
ii. MARY JO PICKENS, b. November 16, 1922; m. JOHN D. HILL, March 01, 1944.
90. HEZEKIAH10 PICKENS (~SAMUEL9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1848 in Hardin, Tenn.. He married FANNIE. She was born 1857 in Lousiana.
Child of HEZEKIAH PICKENS and FANNIE is:
i. WILLIAM11 PICKENS, b. 1879.
91. ~SARAH JANE10 PICKENS (~SAMUEL9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1852 in Prob. Hardin Co., Tnn., and died August 30, 1932 in Cass County Tx.. She married RICHARD "DICK" MCCARTER Abt. 1870. He was born Abt. 1849 in Navarro Co. Texas, and died November 14, 1933 in Cass County Tx..
More About ~SARAH JANE PICKENS:
Burial: County Line Cemetery, Hughes Springs, TexasNotes for RICHARD "DICK" MCCARTER:
Richard's death certificate says he was bornin N?vora co. Probably Navarro., TX Infomant ??Little or Settle, Marietta, TX.
Fun eral home F J Floyd, Naples, TXMCCARTER, RICHARD
State: TX Year: 1860
County: Navarro County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: Rural Shade P.O. Page: 225
Database: TX 1860 Federal Census Index
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This is from the Handbook of Texas. .
RURAL SHADE, TEXAS. Rural Shade, a farming community on Farm Road 635 twenty miles southeast of Corsicana in southeastern Navarro County, was first settled in 1850 by Hugh and Washington Ingram. A post office was established there in 1858. Around 1870 James Ingram, one of Hugh's sons, built the first steam-powered gristmill in the area. By 1885 Rural Shade consisted of a blacksmith shop, a sawmill, three gristmills, three general stores, four cotton gins, and an estimated population of seventy-five. Two schools were in operation by 1906, with a total enrollment of 145. During the 1930s Rural Shade included a school, two churches, and five or six stores. After World War IIqv its school was consolidated with the Kerens school, and the stores closed. By the mid-1960s only a church and a number of scattered houses remained. In 1990 Rural Shade was a dispersed rural community.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Annie Carpenter Love, History of Navarro County (Dallas: Southwestern, 1933). Wyvonne Putman, comp., Navarro County History (5 vols., Quanah, Texas: Nortex, 1975-84). Alva Taylor, History and Photographs of Corsicana and Navarro County (Corsicana, Texas, 1959; rev. ed., Navarro County History and Photographs, Corsicana, 1962).
Christopher Long
More About RICHARD "DICK" MCCARTER:
Burial: County Line Cemetery, Hughes Springs, Texas
Children of ~SARAH PICKENS and RICHARD MCCARTER are:
i. SAM11 MCCARTER, b. 1880; m. CORENE KNOWLES, November 21, 1901, Morris Co. Texas; b. Abt. 1885.
ii. JOHN W. (JOHNNY) MCCARTER, b. October 26, 1882; m. CUMY.
iii. ~MARTHA FRANCES ( MATTIE ) MCCARTER, b. May 01, 1885; d. June 29, 1982, Titus County TX.; m. JOSIAH JOSEPH "JOE S." SETTLES, 1903, Omaha, Morris County, Texas; b. August 1863, Omaha, Morris County, Texas; d. August 25, 1919, Morris County, Texas.
iv. LIZZIE JANE MCCARTER, b. January 01, 1888.
92. JOSEPH HENRY10 PICKENS (JOHN MIDDLETON9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born August 30, 1848 in Tenn., and died 1917. He married LUCINDA ADALINE MCWHORTER Abt. 1866. She was born 1845 in Tenn..
Children of JOSEPH PICKENS and LUCINDA MCWHORTER are:
i. DAVID C.11 PICKENS, b. 1867.
ii. MARY E. PICKENS, b. 1869.
iii. DANIEL H. PICKENS, b. 1874.
iv. WALTER A. PICKENS, b. 1876.
v. ROADY F. PICKENS, b. 1880.
93. JAMES WALTER10 (WALKER?)PICKENS (JOHN MIDDLETON9 PICKENS, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born December 23, 1860. He married NANNIE MARTIN April 15, 1890.
Children of JAMES (WALKER?)PICKENS and NANNIE MARTIN are:
i. LOLA11 PICKENS.
ii. CARRIE PICKENS.
iii. JOHN PICKENS.
iv. HAROLD PICKENS.
v. JAMIE PICKENS.
94. JOHN HAMILTON10 PICKENS. (WILLIAM MATTHEW9 PICKENS, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born 1854 in Tennessee.
Child of JOHN HAMILTON PICKENS. is:
i. J. D.11 PICKENS..Notes for J. D. PICKENS.:
J. D. was at one time chief of police in Sherman Tx.
95. DAVID F. (DAVE)10 PICKENS (*MATTHEW9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born June 09, 1852 in Tenn., and died October 18, 1898 in Van Zandt Co. , Tx. Myrtle Springs cem.. He married (1) MRS. HELLEN A. STEWART. She was born May 02, 1856 in Alabama, and died January 26, 1890 in Myrtle Springs, Tx.. He married (2) MRS. MARY FARMER December 31, 1891 in Van Zandt Co., Tex. book 5 page 263.
Notes for DAVID F. (DAVE) PICKENS:
The 1890 school record for Van Zandt Co. Tx. lists D. F. Pickens having Sallie female age 13 and N. male age 10 attending Myrtle Springs school.
The 1890 tax records of Van Zandt Co. Tx., list D. F. Pickens as owing 50 acres which was the J. Evans original grant. It was valued at $200. The abstract # is 727.Notes for MRS. HELLEN A. STEWART:
From the old newspaper, "The Telephone", in Canton:FRIDAY JANUARY 31, 1890 - THE CANTON TELEPHONE
"Mrs. Dave Pickens living in the Myrtle Springs neighborhood, six
miles west of town died of pneumonia Sunday. The Telephone extends sympathy to the bereaved."
Child of DAVID PICKENS and MRS. STEWART is:
i. FRANK11 PICKENS, b. January 1890; d. September 30, 1895, Van Zandt Co., Tex..
Children of DAVID PICKENS and MRS. FARMER are:
ii. CHARLIE11 PICKENS.
iii. SALLIE PICKENS, b. 1877.
iv. N. PICKENS, b. 1880.
v. ROBERT T. PICKENS, b. July 12, 1896; d. August 1896, bur. Myrtle Springs.
96. G. CARLINE "CALLIE"10 PICKENS (*MATTHEW9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born August 1858 in Texas, and died 1935. She married J. MINOR WISENHUNT April 17, 1879 in Van Zandt Co. , Tx., son of H.J. WISENHUNT and A.. He was born 1859 in Texas.
Child of G. PICKENS and J. WISENHUNT is:
i. MATT11 WISENHUNT.
97. *ROBERT WILLIAM (BOB)10 PICKENS (*MATTHEW9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born February 16, 1861 in Phalba, Van Zandt Co., Texas, and died November 12, 1942 in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas. He married *SARAH ISABELL ABNEY December 21, 1887 in Van Zandt Co., Tex. (REC. BK. 4- PG. 342), daughter of FRANCIS ABNEY and SARAH SUMMERS. She was born July 16, 1870 in Decatur, Illinois, and died March 02, 1959 in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas. (Hosp. Kaufman Co., Tx.).
Notes for *ROBERT WILLIAM (BOB) PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Robert and "Dutch" married sisters, Jane and Isabell Abney.
In the 1890 tax record R. W. Pickens is listed as owning 50 acres valued at $200. It was the old original grant of J. Salinguah.
Robert was a farmer-carpenter and during world war 1, he and his son Lindsey carried the mail on the Star Route from Edgewood Tx. to Canton, Tx. . In later years he had a peanut machine on the streets of Edgewood and sold hot roasted peanuts. When he retired he was carrying the mail from the post office to the depot.
Robert was my grandfather. He died when I was 4 years old, but I can remember sitting in the porch swing at his house talking to him. I stayed with them for a while when my daddy was in the hospital with a ruptured appendix. He used to make walking canes in his shop behind the house (they were always painted black, or at least the ones I ever saw were). He let me use one of them to push on the porch floor to make the swing go (my feet didn't reach the floor). He made a special child size cane just for me and painted it black like the adult canes. I was so proud of it, but it wouldn't reach the floor to make the swing go. I remember wishing that I had the big cane back. The little cane is only a memory now, long gone and no one knows what ever happened to it.....memories by Betty Pickens PhillipsNotes for *SARAH ISABELL ABNEY:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
Sarah and her sister Jane married brothers "Bob" and "Dutch" Pickens.
Sarah came to Texas at the age of one year in a covered wagon. The family settled in Kaufman Co., Texas. They came to Texas with other families...all related by blood or marriage. They were the Summers (Sarah's grandparents), Abney's (her parents & siblings), and the Glens (her uncles, aunts, & cousins.) a total of 10 wagons were together. See more information on Francis Marion Abney notes.
Mother Pickens was always sweet to me. I stayed at her house for quite a while when I was 3 years old and my dad was in the hospital. I was very small, but I remember her showing me her pretty quilts in her quilt box, calling me into the kitchen for lunch, and home made cookies. She showed me the rose garden and let me pick a rose. (She said not to get any more though). I spent the night with her years later when I was 16. We had a good visit and then she went to bed early. She closed the door between our rooms and told me to stay up as late as I wanted to. That was thoughtful because I have always liked to stay up late. After she was unable to care for herself, my Mom & Dad fixed a room for her at their house with things from her house that she liked. She just refused to stay...wanted to go home. She was unable to care for herself, and she didn't want to live with her children, so she had to go to the nursing home. I sat with her for a day, twice, when she was in the hospital for her last illness. She passed away in a Terrel Tx. Hospital the 2nd of March 1959.....memories by Betty Pickens Phillips
Children of *ROBERT PICKENS and *SARAH ABNEY are:
i. SUSAN ANNIE11 PICKENS, b. September 27, 1889, Illionis; d. May 02, 1983, Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas; m. JAMES THOMAS (JIM) YARBROUGH, September 06, 1908, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; b. March 05, 1892; d. June 14, 1956, buried in Oak Hill Cem. Van Zandt Co., Edgewood, Tx..Notes for SUSAN ANNIE PICKENS:
Annie died of natural causes at age 94.Notes for JAMES THOMAS (JIM) YARBROUGH:
Jim Yarbrough performed the marriage ceremony for Lydia Wade and Talmage Pickens (my parents), on Nov. 1, 1925.
Jim died as a result of a head on crash (he pulled out in front of a car) on Hwy. 80 W. in Edgewood.ii. WILLIAM HOMER PICKENS, b. February 01, 1892, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; d. March 28, 1966, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; m. JONNIE BELLE GAHART, 1917, Kaufman Co., Tx.; b. July 03, 1894; d. October 08, 1967, Van Zandt Co., Tex..
Notes for WILLIAM HOMER PICKENS:
Homer was associated with the Farmers and Merchants bank and then the First National since 1914, rising from office clerk to President. Prior to joining the banking staff, he taught 2 years in the rural schools of this Co. . He was a member of the Edgewood School Board, a vet. of World War 1, a member of the official board for the Methodist church of Edgewood, a member of the Lions Club and of the Masonic Lodge. He died of a heart attack.Marriage Notes for WILLIAM PICKENS and JONNIE GAHART:
Homer & Jonnie Bell drove a horse and buggy to Dallas for their honeymoon.iii. INFANT GIRL PICKENS, b. October 26, 1894; d. January 20, 1895, burried in New Hope Cem. Van Zandt Co., Tx..
iv. ERON MATHEW PICKENS, b. June 06, 1896, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; d. February 05, 1979, Cresent City, Fla.; m. KATHRYN AUGUSTA WATERS, March 27, 1924, Brundidge, Alabama; b. December 15, 1889, Brundidge, Alabama; d. May 11, 1996, Crescent City, Florida.Notes for ERON MATHEW PICKENS:
Eron died of cancer.v. *OCIE TALMADGE PICKENS, b. March 24, 1900, Edgewood, , Van Zandt Co., Tx.; d. September 28, 1975, Hosp. Grand Saline, Tx.Van Zandt Co.buried Oak Hill Edgewood; m. LYDIA CAROLINE (BILL) WADE, November 01, 1925, Edgewood, , Van Zandt Co., Tx.; b. April 13, 1905, Morence Community near Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Tx.; d. May 12, 2003, Hosp. Grand Saline, Tx.Van Zandt Co.buried Oak Hill Edgewood.
Notes for *OCIE TALMADGE PICKENS:
The * was added as a note to find our line easier.
My daddy was Ocie Talmadge "Pas" Pickens. Even though my 3 brothers and my sister called him daddy, I called him Papa. His grandchildren called him Pappy. Mother called him Pas. Papa was a member of the Edgewood Church of Christ, where he attended faithfully after he was baptized at age 63. I remember telling my Aunt Mearl that Papa had been baptized. Her comment was "Thank goodness. He is such a good man. Now he will get credit from God for it." He was a good man, good Christian, and had a knack of making all his family feel that they were his favorite. He was a farmer, feed store owner, and loved to fish and was very good at it. Papa always seemed happy and was always whistling a happy tune. He was a lifelong Edgewood area resident. He died in 1975 of cancer...memories by Betty Pickens PhillipsNotes for LYDIA CAROLINE (BILL) WADE:
Lydia was the baby of 15 children. She is a member of the Edgewood Church of Christ, where she still attended faithfully at 96 years of age. When Lydia was a teenager she legally changed her name from Caroline to Bill. When asked (at age 94) why she did this, she said "because it was cute, smart and foxy". She was a homemaker and seamstress, sewing for many of the ladies of Edgewood. She has been a lifelong Edgewood area resident. Lydia is 98 years old, as of the 13th day of April, 2003. Much can be said for those 98 years, but most important is that she was, and is, a Christian. She has lived that life. It has been said that how you live your "dash" (the dash between date of birth and date of death) is what is important. Her "dash" has been lived well......memories by Betty Pickens Phillips
(Lydia passed away May 12, 2003 at the age of 98)vi. LINDSAY DAVID PICKENS, b. June 07, 1902, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; d. October 01, 1985, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.buried Eubank Cemetery in Canton, Van Zandt Co., T; m. ADA STONE, October 19, 1929, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; b. March 17, 1911, Van Zandt/Kaufman Co., Tx. (on the line); d. December 26, 2002, buried Eubank Cemetery in Canton, Van Zandt Co., Tx..
Notes for LINDSAY DAVID PICKENS:
Lindsey died of cancer.vii. CALLIE MEARL PICKENS, b. May 07, 1905, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; d. January 28, 1970, Grand Saline, Van Zandt Co., Texas; m. KERMIT HARPER SMITH; b. December 04, 1902, Arkansas; d. March 07, 1999, Van, Van Zandt Co., Texas--burried Woodside G. S..
Notes for CALLIE MEARL PICKENS:
Mearl died of cancer.viii. TRAVIS COLUMBUS PICKENS, b. September 05, 1907, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; d. July 20, 1909, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.burried in New Hope Cem..
ix. EDNA PICKENS, b. December 14, 1912, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; d. October 01, 1964, Edgewood, Texas, Van Zandt Co.; m. ELSIE W. WOMACK, October 14, 1933, In Edgewood, Van Zandt Co. by L. D. Kimberly, Pastor; b. November 20, 1896, Watahachie, Ellis Co., Tx.; d. March 20, 1950, burried in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Tx..Notes for EDNA PICKENS:
Edna died of cancer.
98. RICHARD LINDSAY "DICK"10 PICKENS (*MATTHEW9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1867 in Van Zandt Co. , Tx., and died November 15, 1902. He married (1) ELIZABETH LUCINDA S. "LIZZIE" RUSHING November 12, 1893 in Van Zandt Co. , Tx. (Bk. 5 pg. 427-mar. rec.V.Z. Co., Tx., daughter of JOHN RUSHING and LUISER. She was born August 03, 1876 in Miss., and died February 01, 1933 in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Tx. bur. Oak Hill, Edgewood. He married (2) LULA EVINS August 21, 1898 in Van Zandt Co., Tx. (Mar. rec. bk. 7 pg. 10-V.Z.CO., TX.). She died 1936 in Hunt Co..
Notes for RICHARD LINDSAY "DICK" PICKENS:
There are always two sides to a story. Both of the versions of this story came from the Pickens side. It is just family tradition and there may be no truth in either story. None the less, here are the two stories:Story #1: "Dick" & "Lizzie" were married against the wishes of the Rushing parents. Lizzy's parents brought her home, had the marriage annulled, not knowing there was a child on the way. When the baby, Mildred, was born, she went by the Rushing name.
Story #2: "Dick" & "Lizzy" were married for about 3 years and Mildred was two years old when one night some men came to the house, dragged Dick out, carried him off and he was never seen again. Lizzy went back home to her parents and they raised the child, Mildred, with the last name of Rushing.
Now, my part of the story: I went to school in Edgewood from first grade through high school. Mildred worked with her husband at the school. He was the custodian and she worked in the cafeteria. They were both the sweetest people you would ever want to meet. My daddy used to tell me that Mrs. Edwards was kin to me, but being a kid and not interested in genealogy, it just went over my head. I do remember asking how, but he would just say "she is a cousin". She was his first cousin and he was aware of it. Her son married a Neice of my mother. It was a great loss to the town when we lost Mr. & Mrs. Edwards.
A couple of years ago, while researching Richard "Dick" Pickens, I found that he had married again in Van Zandt Co. just five years after the marriage to Lizzy. That doesn't sound like he disappeared forever out of the county....Notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
Notes for ELIZABETH LUCINDA S. "LIZZIE" RUSHING:
In the 1900 Van Zandt Co., Tx. census, Lizzy and her daughter were living in the home of her parents, John & Luiser Rushing.
Child of RICHARD PICKENS and ELIZABETH RUSHING is:
i. MILDRED "MILLIE" COERA (RUSHING)11 PICKENS, b. December 06, 1895, Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Tx.; d. December 17, 1978, buried Oak Hill Cem. Van Zandt Co., Edgewood, Tx.; m. WALTER H. EDWARDS; b. March 17, 1892; d. February 02, 1973, buried Oak Hill Cem. Van Zandt Co., Edgewood, Tx..
Child of RICHARD PICKENS and LULA EVINS is:
ii. MATTIE JANE11 PICKENS, m. CARL CURTIS.
99. NATHAN COLUMBUS"DUTCH"10 PICKENS (*MATTHEW9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born April 05, 1870 in Van Zandt Co. , Tx., and died June 19, 1953 in Edgewood, Van Zandt Co., Texas. He married JANE ABNEY December 07, 1890 in Van Zandt Co., Tex. by G. W. Scott, daughter of FRANCIS ABNEY and SARAH SUMMERS. She was born August 05, 1876.
Notes for NATHAN COLUMBUS"DUTCH" PICKENS:
"Dutch" and his brother "Bob" married sisters, Jane and Isabell Abney.Notes for JANE ABNEY:
Jane and her sister Sarah Isabell, married brothers "Dutch" and "Bob" Pickens.
Children of NATHAN PICKENS and JANE ABNEY are:
i. RITTIE SUSAN11 PICKENS, b. September 08, 1893; d. December 1985, Longview, Tx.; m. ED BARRETT, Small Community, Van Zandt Co., Tx..
ii. DECATOR PICKENS, b. June 30, 1897; d. October 05, 1900, buried New Hope Cem. Van Zant Co., Tx..Notes for DECATOR PICKENS:
Decator's brothers Cecil and Cameron are also buried in the New Hope Cem. as are his grandmother "Sallie" Summers Abney and grandparents Matthew Pickens and Susan Angeline (Willet) Pickens.iii. ARTHUR CECIL PICKENS, b. July 05, 1901; d. buried New Hope Cem. Van Zandt Co., Tx.; m. (1) ALVIARETTA "ALVIA" GAMMONS, November 19, 1920, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; d. 1923; m. (2) GRACE DILLARD, July 22, 1925, Van Zandt Co., Tex..
Notes for ALVIARETTA "ALVIA" GAMMONS:
Alvia died 2 weeks after Bernadean was born. Cecil's parents, Uncle "Dutch" and Aunt Jane raised her 2 children.iv. ANNIE BELL PICKENS, b. May 16, 1904, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; d. February 08, 1992, Van Zandt Co., Tex. buried Small Cem. Van Zandt Co.; m. EUGENE V. DEBS ERWIN, December 17, 1920, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; b. July 22, 1903, Van Zandt Co., Tex.; d. June 12, 1968, Wood Co., Tx. buried Small Cem. Van Zandt Co..
v. JOHN CAMERON PICKENS, b. August 19, 1907, Small Community, Van Zandt Co., Tx.; d. August 25, 1973, Corpus Christi, Tx. buried New Hope Cem., Van Zant Co., Tx.; m. SAFRONIA LEE WALTON.
vi. LOIS LUCILLE PICKENS, b. May 27, 1912, Edgewood, , Van Zandt Co., Tx.; m. PERRY GRIFFIN THOMPSON, August 12, 1932, Alba, Tx.; b. August 23, 1909, Fruitvale, Tx.; d. November 01, 1978, Electra, Wichita Co., Tx..
100. EDNA C.10 PICKENS (DAVID CROCKETT9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born September 15, 1855 in Tenn., and died July 31, 1939 in at 3:40 A. M. (Family Bible). She married W. J. PHILLIPS September 29, 1878.
Notes for EDNA C. PICKENS:
In the 1910 Hardin Co. census, Edna was living in the home of her son, Virgil and also in the home was her father, David Pickens and Robert W. age 11, a cousin.
In the 1930 Hardin Co. census, Edna was still living in the home of her single, 47 year old son. Edna was 72.
Child of EDNA PICKENS and W. PHILLIPS is:
i. VIRGIL DAVID11 PHILLIPS, b. 1882, Tenn..Notes for VIRGIL DAVID PHILLIPS:
At age 47, in 1930, Virgil was still single and his widowed mother was still living in his home.
Living in Mamau, Louisiana in 1963. Mr. Phillips collected information on this Hezekiah Branch.
101. WILLIAM DAVID10 PICKENS (DAVID CROCKETT9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born August 29, 1862, and died May 01, 1941. He married (1) MAY ALSTON. He married (2) MARY HORNSBY. He married (3) ETTA JONES May 01, 1890.
Notes for WILLIAM DAVID PICKENS:
William was a preacher.
Child of WILLIAM PICKENS and MAY ALSTON is:
i. ROBERT11 PICKENS.
Children of WILLIAM PICKENS and MARY HORNSBY are:
ii. CECIL11 PICKENS.
iii. MARY PICKENS.
iv. EMBREA PICKENS.
Child of WILLIAM PICKENS and ETTA JONES is:
v. EVORA FRANK11 PICKENS.
102. JOHN MATTHEW "JACK"10 PICKENS. (DAVID CROCKETT9 PICKENS, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born September 20, 1864 in Hardin, Tenn., and died October 1931. He married LUCY PARRISH November 30, 1890.
Notes for JOHN MATTHEW "JACK" PICKENS.:
John was a preacher.
Child of JOHN PICKENS. and LUCY PARRISH is:
i. ZULA WINONA11 PICKENS..
103. JESSE W.10 PICKENS (DAVID CROCKETT9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born July 01, 1868, and died October 10, 1940. He married SUSAN EMELINE PETTIGREW October 14, 1891, daughter of LEVIN PETTIGREW.
Children of JESSE PICKENS and SUSAN PETTIGREW are:
i. CHARLES LEE11 PICKENS.
ii. LUCILE EMESTINE PICKENS.
iii. "GRETCHEN" MARGARITE EMELINE PICKENS.
104. WILLIAM POWATHAN10 PICKENS (RICHARD C.9, *HEZEKIAH MIDDLETON8, *JONATHAN JR.7, *JONATHAN SR.6, *GABRIEL5, *WILLIAM HENRY4 PICKEN/PICKON, *ROBERT ANDREW3, *ANDREW2 PICKON, *ROBERT1) was born September 18, 1871. He married FRANCES MCCALL. She was born 1887.
Notes for WILLIAM POWATHAN PICKENS:
In the 1930 Hardin Co Census, William was living next door to Verg Phillips and Edna Pickens Phillips. Edna was 72 and Verg was 47.
Child of WILLIAM PICKENS and FRANCES MCCALL is:
i. RICHARD D.11 PICKENS, b. 1919, Tenn..
