UPDATE: 1996-10-05
2DO: try to find what year Moses and Rebecca md. Were they still living in
Tuscaloosa Co., AL?============================================================================
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963)
p. 47. "...Rebecca PICKENS... md (1) William CROFT. They moved to
Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama in 1819. William CROFT died soon after this move. Left
Rebecca a widow with five small children. [She] md (2) Moses MEREDITH, of
Tuscaloosa Co., ALa. who reared the CROFT children..."
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
UPDATE: 1998-05-20DIRECT LINE OF: Christine Smith;
PARENTS-SPOUSE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: Christine Smith to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA;
BIRTH-MARRIAGE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 40, 47; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.PARENTS-DEATH: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens, Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day; Easley SC, 1951; p. 83-86; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA. DEATH: assumed dead by 1829 as she is not named in her father's will, but her children are mentioned. "I do bequeath to my grandchildren, the offspring of Dilly and Rebecca..."
SPOUSE-RESIDENCE: Susan Norwood Pickens, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author; p. 2;
copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.FATHER: E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis; ; notes accompany letter dated Oct 1953; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; FILE: Enc #P-298-5. Named in father's will.
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PRODIGY POST dated 7/27/95 From: Wynell Simpson (DQUL99A) To: Terry McLean
(SGDD15B). (Enc #P-201)
"Pickens, Dejarnette, Hall, Brown...Terry, This is for your PICKENS database.
Sarah HALL married ... second to Isreal PICKENS. They moved to Pend. Dist. SC. [they married] on: 11 Mar 1790 at: PEND. SC died: 23 Feb 1814. Their children: Deliah; Rebecca."THE PICKENS FAMILY, by Susan Norwood Pickens:
p. 2. "Rebecca md.. Moses...they lived in Alabama"PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963)
p. 47. "In his will of 1829, Israel PICKENS stated, " I do bequeath to my
grandchildren, offsprings of Dilly and Rebecca, the tract of land where I
formerly lived on Rocky River.'
On Dec. 11, 1845, John HALL petitioned concerning his interest by purchase of 100 acres on Rocky River, land of Israel PICKENS, willed to heirs of Rebecca and Dilly..."
...Rebecca PICKENS... md (1) William CROFT. They moved to Tuscaloosa Co.,
Alabama in 1819. William CROFT died soon after this move. Left Rebecca a widow with five small children. [She] md (2) Moses MEREDITH, of Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. who reared the CROFT children..."
DIRECT LINE OF: Michelle Akin; Nita Delano; Mary Endsley; Joe Lineberger; Ed Pickens; Elwin T. Pickens;
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
MILITARY: Rev War Pension #R8226
UPDATE: 1998-09-24
DEATH-SPOUSE(4): Moss, ROSTER OF SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION; ; Gen. Publishing, Baltimore, 1983; p. 772; copy found at Salt Lake City UT, FHL, 975.7M2m; FILE: Enc #P-347. MILITARY: Rev. War. R8226UPDATE: 1998-06-03
PARENTS-RESIDENCE E. M. Sharp to Mrs. C. T. Inglis, letter dated October 13,
1953; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; FILE: Enc #P-298-5.SPOUSE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp records sent to Terry McLean by Elwin T.
Pickens, 1997; copies of original records found in the Mississippi Archives;
copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; FILE: Enc #P-298-6.PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE(1)&(2)&(3)&(4): Lew Parsly to Terry McLean; ;
compiled records - family group sheets compiled by his late wife, Marjorie
Norwood Parsly; ; ; FILE: Enc #P-333.
CONFLICT: gives date of death as 1 Nov 1803.CHILDREN-DEATH: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS
FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens, Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day; Easley SC, 1951; p. 83-86; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.CONFLICT: gives Israel as a son of Robert Pike PICKENS and gives his spouse as Miss BOLE or BOYD.
BAPTISM-FATHER: Dr. H. M. Wilson, TINKLING SPRING - HEADWATER OF FREEDOM;
Fisherville VA; p. 470-483 'Record of Baptisms 1740-1749'; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.PARENTS-BIRTH-MARRIAGE(1)&(2)&(3)&(4)-CHILDREN-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS
FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 37, 40, 41; copy in
possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.MARRIAGE(1)&(2)&(3)&(4): E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; author, Memphis TN
1961; p. 8; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
States he had 11 children by 3 of the four wives.BIRTH-MARRIAGES-DEATH: D. Whitfield, 'The Pickens Family', as reported in 'Kith and Kin' I.2 p 30; FILE: Enc #524.
BIRTH-PARENTS-DEATH-MARRIAGE: Tom Foley, Granger IN, to Terry McLean, Anaheim
CA; pedigree chart; ; ; FILE: Enc #P-226.BIRTH-MARRIAGES-DEATH: Raymond M. Bell, BASKIN(S): THE BASKIN FAMILY SOUTH
CAROLINA -- PENNSYLVANIA WITH STEPHENS AND MARTINS NOTES, p. 2-4 (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington PA, 1975).PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, COMBINED EDITION, including a reprint of the 1951 edition by Nellie Pickens Anderson plus a New Supplement and Index of the Combined Editions edited by Elizabeth Cowan Snead Shue and Lloyd C. Shue, Gateway Press Inc, Baltimore, 1981; ; p. 42; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA. Author references work done by Monroe Pickens and E. M. Sharp as some of her sources. CONFLICT: author gives the following information: "Israel PICKENS [son of Robert Pike and Miriam (Davis) Pickens] was probably born in Maryland, married a Miss Bole or Boyd and settled in Abbeville Dist., SC, and then went to Rocky River in Anderson County. He died in 1829 and his children are listed as John, William, Israel, Dilly, Rebecca, Ellender, Mary, Elizabeth, Melinda, Sally and Ezekiel Andrew Pickens." It appears from other records that Israel quoted above as son of Robert P. Pickens should actually be listed as son of John and Elenor -tmc].
MILITARY: Rev War under command of his cousin, Gen. Andrew Pickens.
MARRIAGE: 1994 IGI.
(1) Israel PICKENS md 6 Mar 1768 <, Abbeville Co., South Carolina>
Spouse: Elizabeth BASKIN F#: 456312
ALSO:
Israel PICKENS md 6 Mar 1768 , , South Carolina
Spouse: Elizabeth BASKIN Ba: F876986 23 So: 1553595 (2) Israel PICKENS md Abt 1786 , , South Carolina
Spouse: Sarah Hall DEJERENTTE Ba: F876986 24 So: 1553595 (3) Israel
PICKENS md 1790 Of,, , South Carolina
Spouse: Lucinda WALDEN Ba: F876986 25 So: 1553595
ALSO:
Israel PICKENS md Mar 1814 , Anderson, South Carolina
Spouse: Lucinda WELDEN Ba: A456318 So: 456318 (4) Israel PICKENS* md 3 Aug 1820, Anderson, SC
Spouse: Sallie BEVIL F#: 456312
ALSO:
Israel PICKENS md 4 Aug 1820 , , South Carolina
Spouse: Sarah Williams BEVIL Ba: F876986 26 So: 1553595------------ TIME LINE:
- settled on Rocky River in what is now Anderson Co., SC.
1829 - died in SC.---------------------------------------
Moss, ROSTER OF SOUTH CAROLINA PATRIOTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION [FILE: Enc
#P-347]:
p. 772. "PICKENS, Israel. R8226.
d. 11 Feb 1828. md. Sara BEVIL, 4 Aug 1823. He served under Gen. PICKENS."LETTER from E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis of Jacksonville FL, dated 13 Oct 1953:
"...I feel that John PICKENS has been neglected by his descendants...
John PICKENS was quite a business man if [sic] seems and did a pretty big
volume of trade, and dealt with cattle, shipping them to Pennsylvania. I think further research in the S.C. records would reveal more of him.
His son Israel... lived and died in Anderson Co., SC, and many descendants
came from him. His son Robert PICKENS... finally came to Fayette Co., Tenn...
John had a son named William born about 1742 who went to Kentucky.....
Then there was the son William Gabriel PICKENS who also moved to Livingston
Co., KY..."Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 41. "In the census of 1850 Mrs. Sarah PICKENS was living in Columbus GA in the home of her son John BEVIL. In 1856 when she applied for pension she was in Madison Co GA. It is reasonable to suppose if the last two children were hers, she would have lived with them, or they with her."ABSTRACTS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILES: (Enc #P-174) p. 2693. "PICKENS,
Israel, Sarah, SC Line R8226, sol m Sarah BEVIL 4 Aug 1823 & sol d 11 Feb 1828 & wid appl 23 Jun 1856 in Madison Co GA aged 67, one Louisea SAILORS made aff'dt in Madison Co GA 23 Jun 1856 & was at sol's & wid's wedding in SC but did not state a relationship to either sol or his wife."E-mail message dated 7/27/95 From: Wynell Simpson (DQUL99A) To: Terry McLean (SGDD15B). (Enc #P-201)
"Terry, This is for your PICKENS database:
Sarah HALL married first Isreal DEJARNETTE in Halifax Co., VA. She married
second to Isreal PICKENS. They moved to Pend. Dist. SC.
Isreal PICKENS married to Sarah HALL Pickens on: 11 Mar 1790 at: PEND. SC
died: 23 Feb 1814. [Sarah's] Children:
(DEJARNETTE) Frances; Hannah; Reuben; Elizabeth; Nancy; Sarah;
(PICKENS) children: Deliah; Rebecca.
Isreal Pickens' father was John PICKENS Sr. mother was Eleanor."EARLY RECORDS OF GEORGIA, VOL I - Wilkes County, by Grace Davidson (J. W.
Burke Co., Macon GA, 1932) NOTE: Grace Davidson was the State Historian for the DAR 1926-28.
p. 27. "The Ceded Lands. p. 21. Dartmouth Fort, Janu__ - __bruary 1775
PICKENS, Israel - SC. a wife, 1 son and 2 dau. from 4 to 1 years old. 100 acres on Savannah River opposite the Indian Boundary Line in SC."
[NOTE: I don't know for sure that it is this Israel, but the ages of the
children fit, as well as the general location where he was known to be living in South Carolina - tmc]COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens,
Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day:
p. 83-94. Israel PICKENS, son of Robert Pike PICKENS was born, we believe in Frederick County, Maryland. From the best evidence obtainable, he married a Miss BOLE or BOYD, and settled in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Later he moved up on Rocky River, in Anderson County. When the census of 1790 was taken, he had in his family, two males over sixteen years of age, including himself, three under sixteen, and eight females, which gave him the largest PICKENS family on record at that time. The census reports show that he had seven slaves. The date of his birth has not been located and it is not known whether he was among the older or younger of his father's family of children.
The will of Israel PICKENS was made January 5th, 1829, and James COSPER was qualified as executor of this will on March 2nd same year, which makes it
evident that he died early in the year of 1829. The following is a copy of his will:
"WILL OF ISRAEL PICKENS, 5 Jan 1829
State of South Carolina
Anderson District
In the Name of God, Amen!
I Israel PICKENS of the State and District aforesaid, being of sound and
disposing mind and memory, but weak in body, and calling to mind the uncertainty of life, and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with, I do make this my last will and testament, in the manner and form as it is underwritten.
I relinquish a deed of gift given my oldest children, I give and entail to my daughter Elizabeth STEWARD, a negro girl named Winna and all her increase, if Elizabeth STEWARD never has any children, then at her death, this negro Winna, and her increase to be sold and equally divided among my children; Likewise I bequeath to my daughter Metilda, and to my daughter Sally Williams, one negro girl named Rachel and her increase. My two daughters to have this negro girl Rachel year about, and if this negro Rachel, have children, they to have child about; likewise I give to my two daughters Sally Williams and to Metilda, fifty dollars and above this negro; likewise I do give to my son and daughter Ezekiel Andrew and Sally Williams fifty dollars for the use of schooling, Sally Williams to be sent until she can read well, then the balance of the fifty dollars to teach him as far as it will go; then my children to help him on as much as they are able. I do bequeath to my grandchildren, the off spring of Dilly and Rebecca, the tract of land where I formerly lived on Rocky River.
All the balance of my estate to be sold and my just debts paid and funeral expenses; the fifty dollars taken therefrom for the use of schooling Sally and Andrew; the balance of the money risen therefrom to be equally divided among my dear wife and children; and those of my children that have received money of my estate to be made equal with those that have received a part. My son John has received a negro man to the value of six hundred dollars, one tract of land to the amount of two hundred dollars, one grey mare to the value of sixty dollars.Wiliam received one tract of land to the amount of two hundred and fifty
dollars, one bay horse to the value of thirty-five dollars, two cows and calves at thirty dollars. Israel received one bay horse eighty dollars, one black horse value thirty-five dollars, one gray mare value thirty dollars, one cow and calf fifteen dollars. Now what my daughters have received, Ellender has received one bed and furniture value thirty dollars, three cows and calves forty five dollars. Mary received one bed and furniture twenty dollars, two cows and calves thirty dollars. Matilda received one bed and furniture fifteen dollars. My dear wife to have a childs part during her widowhood; if she marries, then her part to fall back and be equally divided among my children. And I do hereby constitute and apoint James COSPER and David BOID executors of this will and testament and for my executors to execute the above desires. Revoking all wills and deeds of gifts by me given, I acknowledge this to be my only last will and testament, as witness my hand and seal this fifth day of January, 1829.[signed] Israel PICKENS, L. S.
Test: John DAVIS, Samuel JONES, John BEVILL.
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State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Personally appeared before me, John BEVILL, who being duly sworn on evangelist of almighty God, doth make oath and declare that he saw Israel PICKENS sign, seal and publish and pronounce and declare the same to contain my last will and testament, and that Israel PICKENS was then of sound mind and memory and understanding, to the best of deponents knowledge and belief, and that John DAVIS, Samuel JONES, and himself did sign their names hereto as witnesses at the request of the testater and in his presence. At the same time James COSPER was qualified executor. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of March 1829.[signed] John HARRIS, O.A.D."
DIRECT LINE OF: Gene Boggess; Christine Smith;
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
UPDATE: 1998-05-24
MARRIAGE(1)&(2)-DEATH-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 40, 47; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.-----------------------------------
GENFORUM: Posted on March 14, 1999 at 23:43:30:
I would love to have what ever pictures & any information u may have have and can spare. My family tree is from the Pickens/Harris/Burns/Pruitt families.
My maiden name is Burns. Also Sarah Hall DeJarnette JR. Pickens is from my
mother's Shelton/Hall. If you have any thing on Israel & Sarah Pickens I could use it. I say THANK YOU for your time and God Bless.PRODIGY POST dated 7/16/94 to Steve Ledoux (QHZR90A) From: Dennis Oakes
(FWRW45A) (Enc #P-202)
"Elias DEJARNETTE Jr., b. Abington Parish, Gloucester Co., VA, m. Sarah HALL.
Children: Sarah, m. Mansfield KENNEDY; Frances; Hannah; Elizabeth; Nancy;
Reuben..."PRODIGY POST dated 7/27/95 From: Wynell Simpson (DQUL99A) To: Terry McLean
(SGDD15B). (Enc #P-201)
"Pickens, Dejarnette, Hall, Brown... Terry, This is for your PICKENS database.
Sarah HALL married first Isreal DEJARNETTE in Halifax Co., VA. She married
second to Isreal PICKENS. They moved to Pend. Dist. SC.
Sarah was the sister of Nathaniel, Fenton, and John HALL. They went to SC
c1780s. These are (not proven) children of William HALL. Fenton HALL married
Hannah BROWN is my line. (They were from Halifax Co., VA. I believe their father is William HALL. We haven't proven it yet, but everyone thinks so...
Isreal PICKENS married to Sarah HALL Pickens on: 11 Mar 1790 at: PEND. SC
died: 23 Feb 1814. [Sarah's] Children:
(DEJARNETTE) Frances; Hannah; Reuben; Elizabeth; Nancy; Sarah;
(PICKENS) children: Deliah; Rebecca.
Isreal Pickens father was John PICKENS Sr. mother was Eleanor."PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 47. "Israel PICKENS... md (2) Mrs. Sarah (HALL) DEJERNETTE, on March 11,
1790 in Pendleton Dist. SC. She was widow of Elias DEJERNETTE of Halifax Co., VA whose will s hows that he died in 1783, leaving her with daughters: Frances, Hannah, Elizabeth, and Nancy, and one son, Reuben (not of age). Witnesses of the will: Nathanial HALL, John HALL, Wiley HALL. The widow DEJERNETTE moved with her brothers Fenton HALL, Sr., John HALL and Nathaniel HALL to Pendleton Dist. SC where she met and married Israel PICKENS in1 1790. The census of Pendleton Dist. for 1790 shows Israel PICKENS with the largest number in family of any PICKENS family. It can now be explained that they were his children and step-children. Both Frances and Hannah DEJERNETTE married Beaty TUCKER, Elizabeth married Jean MAULDIN, and Reuben married Ellender PICKENS. In an old lawsuit involving the HALLS and DEJERNETTEs, Joab MAULDIN testified that Mrs. Sarah DEJERNETTE told him on Mar 10, 1790 that she was going to marry Israel PICKENS the next day.
Israel and Sarah DEJERNETTE PICKENS had two daughters. Sarah died about 1809."
DIRECT LINE OF: Kitty Eastwood; Lynne Ramsaur; Monroe Pickens; Frank Pickens;
Larry Allen; Olivia Andem; Richard Baker;UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!BIRTH-DEATH: Elwin Pickens to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ; ; ; SOURCE: Index
to unknown cemetery records of South Carolina. - Possibly Anderson County
cemeteries; copy in possession of Terry McLean; FILE: Enc #P-307.
Robert PICKENS, 1697-1787. Born in Ireland.---------- TIME LINE:
1754 - approx; moved to Waxhaw settlement (NC)
1762/3 - moved to Long Cane (Abbeville Dist) SC.
1783 - moved to Three and Twenty (Anderson Co. SC) with his son, Robert.
1783, 20 Jan - will dated, stated he was 'of Greenville County, St
Bartholomew's Parish [SC].
1793, 1 Jun - Will attested to in Abbeville Co, SC.----------------------------------------------------
Posted on PICKENS GenForum by Wm. M. Davis on August 19, 1998 at 18:43:03:
In Reply to: Pickens database posted by Terry Pickens McLean on March 07, 1998
at 16:30:40. [FILE: Enc #P-342]
"I have a 1932 geneology written by a Robert Lemuel DAVIS that has an serious
relationship with the PICKENS in migrating to US.
'Beginning with (1) Robert DAVIS b. 1680: m. Anna PICKENS in Tyrone Co.
Ireland... [The PICKENS] came from (Drumquin) in Tyrone Co. Ireland. The DAVIS &
PICKENS came to America in 1736 landing at Paxton near Phila. Pa. Remained there
till 1741. The 4 families, Robert DAVIS, Robert PICKENS, John and Andrew
PICKENS; all removed to the Waxhaw section in the Carolinas."Clint Joyce to Terry McLean [FILE: Enc #561]:
"WILL OF ROBERT PICKENS:
Will of Robert PICKENS of Greenville County, St Bartholomew's Parish, dated 20
Jan 1783. Son Robert PICKENS, executor. Miriam PICKENS my other executor to
have...Grandson and granddaughter John and Martha PICKENS; grandchildren
Margaret and Elizabeth PICKENS...to Elinor PRATER... ..Daughter Jane
NORWOOD...son Andrew PICKENS...if he ever comes for them. (signed) Robert (X)
PICKENS. Wit: James SEAWRIGHT, Samuel REED, Margaret (X) SHARP.
Abbeville Co SC: on 1 June 1793 before us Adam C. JONES and Hugh WARDLAW two
of justices for said county personally appeared Capt. Samuel REID and Margaret
JONES and made oath that they did see Robert PICKENS sign will and did also see
James SEAWRIGHT sign. (signed) Samuel REED [sic], Margaret (X) JONES.
Recorded 14 Sep 1793."WILL OF ROBERT PICKENS [from Day's book, p. 82].
"Granville County, St. Bartholomews
In the name of God, Amen. I Robert PICKINS of above named Parish, being weak
of body but sound of mind, blist be God for it, do this twentieth day of January
on the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 83, make and publish this
my last will and testament in the manner following, that is to say:
First of all I give and bequeath to my son Robert PICKINS whome I constuted
and make and ordain one of my Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, all
and Singred, my Lands and teams and all plantation utenchals whatsoever all
cattle and hobs, only what is menchoned underneath.
Secondly - I make and constute Miriam PICKINS my other Executor one mare colt
and two young cows with calf and two sows and when she leaves the planation.
Thirdly - I give and bequeath to my Geanson and grandaughter John and Martha
PICKINS one gray mare colt.
Fourthly - I give and bequeath unto my two grandchildren, Margaret and
Elisabeth PICKINS one black year old colt.
Fiftly - I give and bequeath unto Eliner PRATER one sliver dolar.
Sixtly - I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jain NORWOOD one cow that I lent
him and her increase.
Seventhly - I give and bequeath to my son Andrew PICKINS one cow and calf if
ever he comes here for them.
I do hereby utterly Disalow revoke and Disanul all and every other testament
wills Legendes Bequests and Executors be me in any ways before named willed and
Bequethed and Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my Last will and
testament. Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above
written.
Robert [His X Mark] PICKINS
Sined, Sailed published and Declaired by the said Robert PICKINS as his Last
Will and Testament in the presence of each us who in his presence and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names.
Jane SEAWRIGHT, Samuel REED, Margaret [Her X Mark] SHARP.
J. B. EARLE, C. C.
Recorded in Will Book C, page 15
Proved June 1, 1793, Rec'd Sept. 14, 1793, Hugh WARDLAW, J.P."Letter dated 8 Mar 1994 from Lynn Ramsaur. Included information she received
from Idus Davis. The following was part of that material (Enc #P-104):
......................
Easley SC, Route 4 July 26 [?], 1943 M. W. B. Smith
Dear Sir,
... My ancestor Robert settled in Maryland. Andrew [Robert's brother] and
Robert with their families moved to the Waxhaws in 1755; thence to Long Cane in
Abbeville, S.C., where the massacre by the Indians occurred in 1761...
... Robert, born in Ireland, married Miriam Davis, a sister to Samuel Davis, a
Rev. soldier and father of Jefferson Davis, the only Confederate president...
... The Pickens history is here in abundance and a graveyard in sight of my
dwelling with seven generations buried in it of the Pickens family. There are
twenty four Revolutionary soldiers buried here. General Andrew's Uncle Robert
was the first to be buried in it. There are six generations of Roberts in it and
the land surrounding it has belonged to Robert all the time, having been passed
down from one Robert to the next. The first church in old Pendleton district
was built in this place in 1765.
Sincerely, R. W. Pickens, Route 4, Easley"Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 80. "Traditions give us the interesting information that on the move South
[to SC from VA/MD], Robert Pike PICKENS went by the way of the settlement in
Augusta County Virginia, and after spending something like six weeks there, the
family of another one of the pioneers moved with him to the South. Records in
Augusta county show that John PICKENS sold out his property in early October
1754, and that on October 21st removed himself out of the county. This being
about the time that Robert Pike PICKENS moved South, we believe that John
PICKENS and Robert Pike PICKENS moved at the same time.
It is said that Robert PICKENS at first intended to settle in the Mecklenburg
District of North Carolina, but after he had arrived there and before he had
unpacked, one night, he and his wife were discussing their move and as they had
heard that the settlement at Waxhaw was preferable, the decided to move on to
it.
It seems that Robert Pike PICKENS, after a sojourn of about eight years at the
Waxhaw settlement, near the Catawba River on the line between North and South
Carolina, moved about 1763 to the Long Cane Creek settlement in Abbeville
County, South Carolina [the earlier settlers of Long Cane had fled to the
Waxhaws abt 1760 due to Indian uprisings. It was about 1763 when they felt it
safe to return. When they did] quite a number of the settlers at the Waxhaw went
with them, and we believe it was at this time that Robert Pickens went to Long
Cane.
After the close of the Revolutionary War, his son, Captain Robert PICKENS [abt
1783, moved up north to the head waters of the Three and Twenty in Anderson
District, taking his father, Robert Pike Pickens, with him].
Robert Pike PICKENS [in his old age lived with his son Robert, until he died
in 1793, at the age of 96]. The old time slaves, who in their childhood days had
waited on Robert Pike PICKENS left our parents the story that he was almost
blind and had to be cared for like a child by his loved ones.
The speech of Robert Pike PICKENS was practically an Irish brogue.
He was the first person to be buried in the PICKENS graveyard and a simple
tombstone marks the spot where he lies buried. It shows the year in which he was
born, 1697, and the year in which he died, 1793.
The name of his wife has not been preserved for us, except that her Christian
name was Miriam, nor do we have a record of all of his children, but we have the
names of the following...Israel; Robert; Annie; David; Andrew; Samuel; Margaret;
Elizabeth... Annie PICKENS and Robert PICKENS were twins." [p. 82 contains text
of his will]THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS:
p. 23-32. "Robert Pike PICKENS, believed to be the second son of the pioneer
William PICKENS, was born in Ireland about 1697 and died about 1793 in Pendleton
District, South Carolina. He married a Miriam and some think her name might have
been DAVIS. He is believed to have come to America in 1719/20 with the other
PICKENS brothers and settled for a time in Bucks and Lancaster Counties,
Pennsylvania. He moved to Frederick County about the same time his brothers
moved to Augusta County, Virginia.
Some sources contend that the went to Frederick County, Maryland, but careful
evaluation of the facts that he remained so close to his brother, Andrew, and
the Frederick County, Virginia was formed about the same time as Augusta County
Virginia, leads us to propose that he did indeed live in Frederick County,
Virginia. Other sources may have assumed the Maryland location because Frederick
County Maryland is an older, more prominent location. He followed his brother,
Andrew, south to the Waxhaw settlement in North Carolina, where he stayed about
8 years.
In 1763 he moved to the Long Cane Creek settlement in old Granville County,
South Carolina (present day Abbeville County). He was granted 250 acres on 3 Dec
1763 near land granted to his brother, Andrew PICKENS, later occupied by
Andrew's son, General Andrew PICKENS...
Robert Pike PICKENS' will is dated 20 Jan 1783. It was probated 1 Jun 1793 and
recorded in Pendleton District, South Carolina Will Book C, page 15. In his will
he named the following persons: Miriam PICKENS, wife and executor; Robert
PICKENS, son and joint executor; Eliner PRATER, a daughter; Jain NORWOOD, a
daughter; Andrew PICKENS, a son; John and Martha PICKENS, grandson and
granddaughter; Margaret and Elizabeth PICKENS, grandchildren.
The list of their children is not complete. Annie PICKENS, a twin sister to
Robert, is not named in the will. She married John SIMMONS. Two other children
not named in the will, and seldom mentioned by the family recorders, were John
PICKENS, the Tory, and his brother, David PICKENS..."
DIRECT LINE OF: Kitty Eastwood; Lynne Ramsaur; Monroe Pickens; Frank Pickens;
Larry Allen; Olivia Andem; Richard Baker;ALSO AF# 12HV-MXC
UPDATE: 1997-01-10
!SPOUSE: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS;
; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989; p. 10, 23; copy in
possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.============================================================================
Letter dated 8 Mar 1994 from Lynn Ramsaur, Rt 1, box 1432, Clarkesville GA
30523, included information she received from Idus Davis. The following was
part of that material (Enc #P-104):
Easley SC, Route 4 July 26 [?], 1943 M. W. B. Smith, Dear Sir,
... Gen. Andrew's [PICKENS] uncle Robert, born in Ireland, married Miriam
DAVIS, a sister to Samuel Davis, a Rev. soldier and father of Jefferson Davis,
the only Confederate president... Sincerely, R. W. Pickens, Route 4, Easley"PENNSYLVANIA VITAL RECORDS:
Enc #P-109.
p. 108-120: RECORDS OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, BENSALEM, BUCKS COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA:
p. 118. Members of the Church at Bensalem and Sammeny in the year 1710.
[Sammeny = Neshaminy, in Bucks Co.].
1722, 4th November.
... the new-comers from Ireland have been received on letters of attestation
and have now been chosen as elders.
... Gearge davice [George DAVIS] and his wife ..."
UPDATE: 1998-02-06
!PARENTS-RESIDENCE-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author, Memphis TN,
1961; p. 104-107; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.----------------------------------
E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 104. "[John] PICKENS [the Tory] was a relative of the Patriot of the same
name who did so much for the colonies in South Carolina. As his relatives were
all Whigs and he was a Tory, he left the country after the revolution and his
nearest relatives didn't know where he was. A younger brother went to Monroe
Mission with Rev. Thomas C. STUART and took charge of the Mission farm there. He
found his brother [John's] grave after sometime....
p. 105. "From PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY IN MISSISSIPPI.
The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina established a mission school among the
Chickasaw Indians at Monroe Station, about six miles south of Pontotoc in
Pontotoc County, Mississippi. A man by the name of James VERNON was the mechanic
and a man by the name of PICKENS had charge of the farm. This was in 1821 when
Rev. Thomas C. STUART took charge of the mission."
Monroe County Mississippi Chancery Court Files:
The estate of David PICKENS, dated February 5, 1834. James VERNON was appointed
administrator of this estate. There are no other papers in the file except a
later one of the court demanding to know why further action had not been taken
on the estate. The second paper was dated 1841. Obviously there was never a
final settlement of the estate of David PICKENS. He died therefore in 1834."
p. 107. "... Edmund PICKENS [son of John & 2nd wife, Mary] was living near
the Monroe Mission which the Presbyterians of SC established, and to which David
PICKENS came as farmer.
There he met his nephew Edmund. It is most reasonable to suppose that he also
made a trip down the Natchez Trace to visit his nephew James PICKENS who lived
not more than 15 miles off the Trace in Leake County. Tradition states that he
also went to Natchez and found his brother's grave..."THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS:
p. 24. "David PICKENS, b. 1742; d. 1834 Pontotoc County, Mississippi. David
was living with the Cherokee Indians when the village was overrun by General
Andrew PICKENS' forces in one of the early battles of the Revolutionary War.
He was taken prisoner and repatriated, serving as a spy for the Patriot Army
against the British and Indians. After the war he joined the Monroe Mission
established by the Presbyterian Church to minister to the Chickasaw Indians.
He was director of the mission farm. He is mentioned in his brother John's
will."
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!PARENTS: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS
ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989; p. 12; copy
in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
Authors comment, p. 26. "Day, p. 81, lists the last three children, but they
are not included in other accounts of this family." [ref. Kate Pickens Day,
COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens,
Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day; ; Easley SC, 1951]
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!PARENTS: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS
ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989; p. 12; copy
in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
Authors comment, p. 26. "Day, p. 81, lists the last three children, but they
are not included in other accounts of this family." [ref. Kate Pickens Day,
COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens,
Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day; ; Easley SC, 1951]
AF has her listed also as #N7L0-BQ, wife of Mr. PRATHER, N7L0-9K
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!PARENTS: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS
ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989; p. 12; copy
in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
Authors comment, p. 26. "Day, p. 81, lists the last three children, but they
are not included in other accounts of this family." [ref. Kate Pickens Day,
COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens,
Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day; ; Easley SC, 1951]
UPDATE: 1998-03-10
DIRECT LINE OF: T. Boone Pickens.
==============================================================================
UPDATE: 1995-10-09
DIRECT LINE OF: T. Boone Pickens.
UPDATE: 1998-03-10
UPDATE: 1997-01-95
UPDATE: 1995-11-18
DIRECT LINE OF: T. Boone Pickens.
The Boone Pickens Ancestry has several more generations of this family.
DIRECT LINE OF: T. Boone Pickens.
UPDATE: 1995-11-18
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILD-DEATH: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS BOONE
PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company,
1989; p. 417; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA. Married at St.
Bartholomews.
BURIAL: Chapel of Ease, St Bartholomews.
DIRECT LINE OF: Michelle Akin; Sarah Brooks; Sally Brown; Joe Coffield; Nita Delano; Mary Endsley; Berta Fletcher; Doris Foley (Mrs. Tom); Jay Glidewell; Toni James; Charles Jordan; Joe Lineberger; Jan McFarland; Charles R. Pickens; David M. Pickens, Florissant MO; Ed Pickens; Elwin T. Pickens; Mike Pope; Carl Scott Shannon; David Thrasher; Chuck Williams; Ron Williams;
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
ALSO AF #LJLK-D0
UPDATE: 1998-06-03
BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-RESIDENCE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 3, 36; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
DEATH: "John PICKENS died sometime between 1769 and 1773. No will or estate
papers have been found. John PICKENS, Jr, however, seems to have been the
administrator..."BIRTH-DEATH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN: Lew Parsly to Terry McLean; ; compiled
records - family group sheets compiled by his late wife, Marjorie Norwood
Parsly; FILE: Enc #P-333.BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: Tom Foley, Granger IN, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; pedigree chart; FILE: Enc #P-226.
States he died before 10 Nov 1773.PARENTS-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-DEATH-BURIAL-RESIDENCE: Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, COMBINED EDITION, including a reprint of the 1951 edition by Nellie Pickens Anderson plus a New Supplement and Index of the Combined Editions edited by Elizabeth Cowan Snead Shue and Lloyd C. Shue, Gateway Press Inc, Baltimore, 1981; p. 42; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA. Author references work done by Monroe Pickens and E. M. Sharp as some of her sources.
BIRTH-PARENTS-DEATH: LDS Archive Records; FILE: Enc #263.
CONFLICT: gives date of death as 1714.BIRTH-PARENTS-DEATH: Jack Reynolds to Terry McLean; SOURCE: Linda Pickens Hamers, 'Pickens Families'; FILE: Enc #487.
CONFLICT: gives date of death as 1770.BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: D. Whitfield, 'The Pickens Family' as reported in
'Kith and Kin' I.2 pg 30; FILE: Enc #524.
CONFLICT: gives date of death as 1760.BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: Lew Parsly to Terry McLean; SOURCE:
research by his late wife, Marjorie Parsly; FILE: Enc #555.
CONFLICT: gives date of death as 1771.BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE: Rose Bell to Terry McLean; FILE: Enc #559 BIRTH:
gives date of 1714.BIRTH-PARENTS-SPOUSE: John Pickens, Register Chart for Robert Andrew PICKIN;
compiled records; p. 3; copy in possession of Terry McLean.
SPOUSE: gives his wife's maiden name as BASKIN.
DEATH: gives location as Charleston, Graville Co., SC.PARENTS: Letter from E. C. Pickens, Corpus Christi TX, to Sidney Pickens,
Morris, NY, 1962; transcription provided to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA, by John C. Pickens, St Augustine FL, son of Sidney Pickens; author of letter quotes
E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, then states that "John PICKENS, 5th son of William and Margaret... is said to be my gr gr gr grandfather - no
conclusive proof as of yet...";
FILE: Enc #P-301 [disk file: c:\wp51\jpickens\clyde2.txt].PARENTS-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp to Mrs. C. T. Inglis, letter dated October 13,
1953; ; ; ; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; FILE: Enc #P-298-5.RESIDENCE: Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co., PA (1735); Augusta Co VA (1740);
Granville (Abbeville) (1765)MARRIAGE: 1994 IGI.
John PICKENS md Abt 1729 Of, Augusta, Hampshire, Virginia Spouse: Mrs. Eleanor PICKENS Ba: F876986 22 So: 1553595
ALSO: John PICKENS md 1736 Of,, Pennsylvania, Virginia Spouse: Mrs. Eleanor PICKENS 26 Oct 1990 JRIVE Ba: F610500 98 So: 1621452
ALSO: John PICKENS md Abt 1740, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Eleanor F#: 1761110
ALSO: John PICKENS md Abt 1740, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Eleanor PICKENS F#: 1760930----------- TIME LINE
PENNSYLVANIA RECORDS:
1735 - John PICKENS on tax records, Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co., PA------------------------
AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA records:
1740 - John Pickens of Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA moved to Orange Co VA
where he proved importation 24 Jul 1740, stating he brought himself,
Eleanor,Margaret, Margaret ye younger, Gabriel Pickens, and William Baskin.
(Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH ... from Order Book II, p. 218, Orange Co., Court (VA)
1740, 27 Feb - purchased 764 acres in Orange/Augusta Co., VA.
1745, Dec 9 - records, Order Book 1 - County Court formed and among the first justices are the names of John PICKENS and Andrew PICKENS (Day, p. 25)
1746, Mar 19 - John PICKENS appointed Sheriff (Day, p. 25)
1746, Jul 19 - Robert PATTERSON and James ALLEN were appointed to view road
from John PICKENS' mill to Lower Meeting House (Day, p. 25)
1747, May 20 - John PICKENS "Gent", to William BASKINS, for 212 acres, 40 lb
current money of Virginia - acknowledged and dower released by Elinor, his wife (Day, p. 25) [this land was on Lewis Creek, according to Bell, p. 3).
1747 - John PICKENS surety for wife of Andrew MITCHELL, executrix Samuel
CUNNINGHAM. Elizabeth PICKENS' name mentioned in lawsuit over land. (Day, p. 25)
1747 - Vox X, p. 29. Road from John PICKENS' mill to lower meeting house
opened. Page 34. John PICKENS appointed Road Overseer. (Day, p. 25).
1748, June 23 - John PICKENS bought 400 acres South side of South River near
the land he bought of Samuel DAVIDSON, and 400 acres near land he bought from
DOTTY, also south of South River. (Day, p. 25-26)
1748 - Vol. II, p. 414, John PICKENS in list of delinquents, marked in not
found. (Day)
* 1749, Feb 28 - Deed John PICKENS to Robert CLAUNCEY for 220 acres on Middle River, Beverly Manor (Day, p. 26)
* 1749 - Aug 16, 1748 [sic] John PICKENS bought 400 acres, HAMILTON's old
place and 400 acres between John KERR and John CARR (Day, p. 26) 1750 - subject of lawsuits for outstanding debt. He owed Anthony STROTHER and 'STROTHER expected John to mortgage 764 acres of land to secure the debt; but John did not do so. (Nix/Snell, p. 12)
* 1751, Nov 27 - Elizabeth and Catherine KING chose John PICKENS as their
guardian. (Day)
* 1752 - Anthony STROTHER "put an ad in the 'Virginia Gazette' warning
prospective buyers against purchasing the land [that STROTHER had tried to get a lien against in 1750]. (Nix/Snell, p. 12)
* 1752 - Vol III, p. 312. John PICKENS and Elinor, his wife deed to Anthony
STOCKER of King George, bought of Beverly, Feb. 27, 1740 and of Robert POAG;
adjoining land sold to William BASKINS. (Day) 1754 - "John sold 552 acres of his VA property to William BASKIN and mortgaged the remaining 212 acres to
STROTHER. Other lawsuits followed."
(Nix/Snell, p. 12)
1754, March - John SMITH vs John PICKENS, motion to Judgment obtained in Orange County, VA 1743. (Day)
1754, Oct 9 - John PICKENS and Elinor, his wife convey 300 acres on Christian's Creek, bought by John PICKENS of Beverly at the fork of a Long Meadow Run, and Christian's Creek to Wm. BELL [Augusta Co., VA] (Day) 1754, Nov 21 - Page 312. John PICKENS removed out of county [Augusta Co, VA] [Day]NORTH CAROLINA RECORDS:
1756 - John SCOTT to John PICKENS, Mtge. on 400 acres on Cub Run, witnessed by Arnold KUSTER and William PICKENS [Rowan Co., NC?]
1755 - approx; bought land in Rowan Co NC on West side of Catawba River - 2
years later sold it
1756 - applied to SC for 200 acres on Lynches River. 1757 - a survey on a
branch of the south fork of Lynches River shows a mill and pond apparently
complete. 1759 - John was JP - advertised strayed horses in Charleston GazetteSOUTH CAROLINA RECORDS:
1760 - to Abbeville/96 area (per statement of his son, William Gabriel)
1761, May 21 - John MCDONALD was bound to keep the peace towards John PICKENS
(Day)
1764 - deed recorded in St Mark's parish, John PICKENS to Thomas WADE, land on Lynches Creek (Charleston Deed Book)
1765, Feb 23 - granted 200 acres in Granville Co., SC on northwest side of
Great Rocky Creek, certified by John PICKENS, Dist. Surveyor [his son]
1765/65 - moved to his grant on Great Rocky Creek (today this is western
Abbeville County)
1765, 23 Feb - 200 acres Granville Co SC, on Great Rocky Creek (adjoining his brother, Gabriel (Sharp, p. 65, 151).
1767 - Long Cane SC.
1768, 11 Oct - 200 acres Granville Co, on Great Rocky Creek
1769 - Charleston Deed Book T3 p 303, John PICKENS, Sr. of Prince William
Parish of Granville County, conveyed to John MIDDLETON, land on both sides of
Great Rocky Creek, bordered by Gabriel PICKENS. This is the land of his second grant made in 1768.
1773, 10 Nov - son made provisions for his mother, Eleanor - impling John is dead by now [Nix; Sharp - Charleston Deeds, Dec 18, 1773)
This names John, Jr., of Prince William Parish.----------------------------------------------------
Posted on PICKENS GenForum by Wm. M. Davis on August 19, 1998 at 18:43:03:
In Reply to: Pickens database posted by Terry Pickens McLean on March 07, 1998 at 16:30:40. [FILE: Enc #P-342]
"I have a 1932 geneology written by a Robert Lemuel DAVIS that has an serious relationship with the PICKENS in migrating to US.
'Beginning with (1) Robert DAVIS b. 1680: m. Anna PICKENS in Tyrone Co.
Ireland... [The PICKENS] came from (Drumquin) in Tyrone Co. Ireland. The DAVIS & PICKENS came to America in 1736 landing at Paxton near Phila. Pa. Remained there till 1741. The 4 families, Robert DAVIS, Robert PICKENS, John and Andrew PICKENS; all removed to the Waxhaw section in the Carolinas."THE TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF FREEDOM, by H. M. Wilson (Tinkling Spring and Hermitage Presbyterian Churches, Fisherville VA 1954).
p. 425. "Appendix B. Importations. A list of persons who imported
themselves, or were imported by others, and the date they proved their
importation into Orange County, Virginia, from 1734 through 1745 in order to
obtain legal right to hold title to land in the colony. They came principally from Great Britain through Pennsylvania into the Valley of Virginia. In some families the relationships of the individuals are specified, but in others they are not. The spelling is that deciphered from the handwritten Orange County Order Books.
... William BASKINS (imported by John PICKENS); 24 Jul 1740; O. Bk II, 212.
...John PICKINS, Margret, Eleanor, Margret, Ye Younger, and Gabriel PICKEN; 24 Jul 1740; O. Bk II, 218."
p. 23-24. "Settlements in Beverly Manor [Augusta Co., VA]. The first authentic list of land owners in present Augusta County is found in Orange County records where 'William BEVERLY, Gentleman' deeded lands out of his Beverly Manor Patent to settlers prior to the establishement of the Augusta County Court in 1745.... [early pages indicate that many settled in the area as early as 1730, squatting on the land]...
The settlers in the northeast corner of Beverley Manor on Middle River joined much larger number beyond the Manor in founding a house of worship in their midst which became in time Stone Meeting House - a coordinate unit with Tinkling Spring in 'the congregation' the first settled pastorate in the Valley of Virginia under Rev. John CRAIG..."
[The] record of Orange County 'releases' [The deed books carry two complete
transactions called 'leases' and 'releases'. The lease was for a nominal sum of a few shillings, and is followed by the release for the sum of money paid for the land]... indicates that the Tinkling Spring constituency took the lead in organizing their tomahawk rights into permanent homesites. Of the thirty-five men given legal recognition of ownership by William BEVERLEY, in 1738 and 1739, twenty-four became active in Tinkling Spring Meeting House, with the remaining eleven widely scattered over Beverley Manor in several meeting groups.. Of the ninety-two land owners listed for Augusta people in Orange County, forty-seven, or about half, wer later listed as Tinkling Spring members or contributors.
These land owners were not the only settlers in Beverley Manor. It is clear
from the Tinkling Spring membership list of 1744 that there were seventy-seven heads of families in that church alone, before the Augusta County Court was set up and began recording deeds in 1746, but only forty-seven held titles to lands they occupied....
[All dissenting churches were called 'meeting houses' while the word 'church' applied to the Church of England]."
p. 419. BEVERLEY MANOR, the land Grant - The Manor Land Purchasers, 1738-1744. [location indicates meeting house association - tmc] ... John PICKENS, 764 acres for 24 [pounds?], 27 Feb 1740 [no location] [NOTE that on that same date appear the following - tmc]
James LESSLEY, 226 acres, 11 [pounds?], Augusta Stone M.H.
Robert PATTERSON, 331 acres 10 [pounds?], S. Mountain"Letter dated 2 Sep 1993 from Brenda J. Jerome:
Extracts of miscellaneous KY records.
Abstract of Rev. War Pension Deposition - Livingston Co., KY:
"William G. PICKENS gave a deposition 9 Aug 1832 in Livingston Co., (Court
Order Book 1830-36, pg 72). He was born 18 Oct 1760 Camden Dist., SC but was
raised principally in Abbeville Co., SC formerly 96 Dist..."PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963)
p. 36. "In October 1746, John PICKENS, William BASKIN, James LESLIE, and about 30 others signed a petition to the Governor and Council of South Carolina. [Sharp has abstracted some of the text here - see full text below, from Charles R. Pickens website - tmc]...
"Merriwether in his EXPANDING SOUTH CAROLINA p. 124, mentions this petition
but for some reason the Scotch-Irish settlers did not come, most likely due to Indian troubles, and failure of the council to ensure safety. So John PICKENS and others gave up the idea of coming to the Ninety-Six area. On page 145 Merriwether further stats, 'John PICKENS however came from Virginia with the Waxhaw group of settlers. John PICKENS bought land on the west side of Catawba River in 1755 and resold it two years later. In 1756 he applied to South Carolina for 200 acres on Lynches River. The survey the next year on a branch of the South Fork, showed a mill and pond apparently complete. In 1759 he was a justice of the peace advertising strayed horses and cattle in the Charleston Gazette."
In Feb 23, 1765, John PICKENS, Sr, was granted 200 acres in Granville Co., SC. on northwest side of Great Rocky Creek, certified by John PICKENS, Dist.
Surveyor. In the Charleston Deed Books, there is recorded a deed made by John
PICKENS in St. Mark's Parish, to Thomas WADE for land on Lynches Creek in 1764.
John PICKENS, Sr., then moved to his new grant on Great Rocky Creek which is today in the western part of Abbeville Co., SC. On Oct 11, 1768, he was given another grant of 200 acres at the same place adjoining a grant to Gabriel PICKENS. Note in Appendix No XII, that Gabriel PICKENS had also received a grant on Great Rocky Creek in 1765. John PICKENS, the deputy surveyor, was the son of John PICKENS, Sr as abundantly proved by various land grants which he surveyed, including one for himself on Penny's Branch of Little River, Oct 10, 1766.
In Charleston Deed Book T-3, p. 303, John PICKENS, Sr. in 1769 of Prince
William Parish of Granville county, conveyed to John MIDDLETON, land on both
sides of Great Rocky Creek, bordered by Gabriel PICKENS. This is the land of his second grant made in 1768.
John PICKENS died sometime between 1769 and 1773. No will or estate papers
have been found. John PICKENS, Jr, however, seems to have been the administrator as witness the following deed which he made to ensure the proper care and comfort of his mother (this deed recorded in Charleston Deeds, Dec 18, 1773):
"Granville County, State of South Carolina. This indenture made, November 10, 1773, between John PICKENS of the Parish of Prince William, Deputy Surveyor in the Province aforesaid, to Eleanor PICKENS of the same Parish, mother of the aforesaid PICKENS... witnesses: George PARKS, John PARKS.
Signed: John PICKENS"
Charleston, SC. Personally came Georger PARKS and made oath...swore he saw John PICKENS sign, seal, deliver, etc. and he and John WOODS [sic] subscribe their names as witnesses. Sworn to Dec. 18, 1773, William NESBIT, J.P.
Recorded Dec 18, 1773."Letter dated 8 Mar 1994 from Lynne Ramsuar, included information sent to her by Idus Davis (Enc #P-104):
"Law Office, W. B. SMITH, McRae, Georgia
HISTORICAL NOTES ON PICKENS NAME, as prepared by a descendant, W. V. MONTGOMERY, who lived until last year at Selma Ala. [this document was proably prepared in the early 1940's, as the accompanying correspondence Mr. Smith had bears the date of 1943]
"... John PICKENS children; [son of William]
William baptized May 30, 1742
Elizabeth, baptized Mar 29, 1741
Israel, baptized Oct 7, 1744
Helener, baptized Dec 1746 - Eleanor?
Robert, baptized May 8, 1749
John PICKENS was the brother of Andrew PICKENS, Sr., and he moved to Waxhaws in 1754. His son, Robert, born in 1749 was the only one of that name in America at that time.
The Waxhaw settlement was thought strictly to be a North Carolina settlement and did everything possible to remain that way. About fifty or sixty families came there and the line was run and put them in SC. 200 petitioned the General Assembly of NC sitting at Newberg (Newberry) against being put in SC but could do nothing. Nearly all came from Penn. down through Shenandoah Valley, Virginia."
[END]HISTORY OF AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA, by L. J. Peyton (Bridgewater VA 1953): Enc #P-108.
p. 32. "...the first court was held on the 9th of Dec 1745, when the following magistrates, previously commissioned by the Lieutenant-Governor, took their seats on the bench - viz: John LEWIS, John BROWN, Peter SCHALL, John PICKENS, Thos. LEWIS, Hugh THOMPSON, Robt. CUNNINGHAM, James KEER [sic], and Adam DICKINSON...."
p. 36. "The men who, after 1745, (as many had done before) united with [Thomas LEWIS] in his labors and exertions, were the MADISONs, PATTONs, PRESTONs, BROWNs, KEERs, DICKINSONs, PICKENS, BRECKENRIDGEs, and others..."
p. 37. "...[a proposal was put forth] to improve the so-called road into
Goochland, and...there comes... BROWN, KEER, PICKENS, JONES PRESTON, PATTON ... to go forth with Thomas LEWIS, the Surveyor, ... to locate this highway..."
p. 327-328. "The following is a list of deeds of land made by William BEVERLY on his manor, the number of acres and name of the person to whom sold between the years [after] 1744: ... John PICKENS, 764 acres."Letter dated 19 Feb from E. M. Sharp to W. S. O'Neal (Enc #P-181) [sent to me by Jean Danielson, 1 Dec 1994 - tmc]
"...We know that Andrew and John PICKENS married and lived a while in
Lancaster Co., PA, and Gen. Andrew PICKENS (son of Capt. Andrew PICKENS and wf. Nancy DAVIS) was born in Lancaster Co., Paxton Parish (now Dauphin Co.).
About 1739 John and Andrew moved to Orange Co., VA, and declared themselves as self imported people and secured land, and they settled in what became Augusta Co., (from Orange) in 1745 and both were appointed among the first justices of the county..."BASKIN(S): THE BASKIN FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA -- PENNSYLVANIA WITH STEPHENS AND
MARTINS NOTES by Raymond M. Bell (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington PA, 1975)
p.1-2. "... the William and John BASKIN who settled in Pennsylvania in
"...William BASKIN of Augusta Co., VA came from Ireland, according to a 1749 court record;
The first record of William BASKIN is in 1732 when his name appears on the tax list of Nottingham Twp, Chester Co., PA. It is also listed 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736. John BASKIN is listed for 1735 and 1736. John pd [1/3 lb?] and William [1/9 lb?] in taxes. Both names are gone in 1737. They likely moved to the Paxton (PA) region just then opening. They had landed in Philadelphia.
After a few years many settlers moved from Paxton southwest to Augusta (then Orange) County, Virginia. William BASKIN likely did this for his name appears in the Virginia records in 1740. The Orange Co. VA Order Book 2, p. 218 has the following entry:"
"At a court held for Orange County on Thursday the 24th day of Jul 1740...
John PICKENS made oath that he imported himself, Margaret, Eleanor, Margaret the younger, Gabriel PICKENS and William BASKIN from Ireland into Philadelphia and from thence into this Colony at his own charge and that this is the first time of proving his and their right in order to obtain land which is orderd to be certified.
John PICKENS was in Paxton in 1735. Tradition says that William BASKIN moved from Paxton to Virginia. He may have been related to John PICKENS. In 1765 William BASKIN moved from Virginia to Abbeville County, South Carolina...
A Robert BASKIN died in Augusta County before 1749, William BASKIN was named administrator Nov 29-1750. His widow owned land adjoining John PICKENS 1749-59; in 1761 it was owned by Thomas, son of William.....
... [another] record of Andrew BASKIN is on Mar 21-1753, when he with John
PICKENS and Robert CRAVEN witnessed a deed from John and Sarah STEPHENSON, to
Archibald HOUSTON.... was Andrew related to PICKENS or STEPHENSON? The land of PICKENS adjoined both Widow BASKIN and William BASKIN. About 1745-55 Andrew BASKIN and John PICKENS went south to the NC-SC border. In 1764 John PICKENS applied for land near Andrew BASKIN, before moving to Abbeville Co., SC - where William BASKIN was to go in 1765. (Also, Andrew is a PICKENS name, not a BASKIN name.)
The Journal of the South Carolina Council, Oct 10-1746 tells of the receipt of a petition "from Sundry Inhabitants of the back parts of Virginia" asking
whether there was land at Ninety-Six (later Abbeville) on which they could
settle. There were thirty some signatures, headed by William BASKIN, James
LESSLIE (LESSLEY) and John PICKENS. These men lived on adjoining farms in
Augusta Co. (LESSLEY died in Augusta 1780). The other two got to South Carolina about 20 years later. In 1746 the petitioners said that they had "fully resolved to remove their families"; that they wanted to settle in the back parts of South Carolina.
... In 1746 [William] BASKIN [John] PICKENS and others asked the governor and council of South Carolina to purchase from the Cherokee Indians the land around Ninety-Six and Long Cane and make it available for settlement. This was done in 1747, but Indian trouble discouraged settlement. William BASKIN gave up the idea of going to South Carolina and in May 1747 bought 212 acres from John PICKENS [in Augusta Co., VA].
John PICKENS got restless and left Augusta in 1754. By 1763 he or his sons had taken land on Rocky River and Little River in District 96. On Jun 7-1763 John, eldest son of William BASKIN Sr. of Virginia, took up land on Long Cane, now waters of Little River..
[the BASKIN family attended the Rocky River Presbyterian Church in So.
Carolina - it is likely that is where the PICKENS also attended? - tmc]LETTER from E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis of Jacksonville FL, dated 13 Oct 1953:
"...I feel that John PICKENS has been neglected by his descendants...
John PICKENS was quite a business man if [sic] seems and did a pretty big
volume of trade, and dealt with cattle, shipping them to Pennsylvania. I think further research in the S.C. records would reveal more of him.
His son Israel... lived and died in Anderson Co., SC, and many descendants
came from him. His son Robert PICKENS... finally came to Fayette Co., Tenn...
John had a son named William born about 1742 who went to Kentucky.....
Then there was the son William Gabriel PICKENS who also moved to Livingston
Co., KY..."Charles R. Pickens, website
http://www.isot.com/~pickens/Johns%20Petition.htm
John Pickens Sr.'s Petition to South Carolina
(The following is from the Journal of the South Carolina Council, October 10, 1746.)
"His Excellency laid before the Board the following petition he had received from sundry inhabitants of the back parts of Virginia, humbly showing that the petitioners have had a great expectation to hear by John Turk that the lands, granted at Ninety six, was purchased as Thomas Turk has informed them; that the Council did promise them that such a purchase should be obtained last March. That the petitioners trusting to his word have fully resolved to remove their families but as no certain account had been brought them of the purchase having been made, the same put a stop to their moving.
Wherefore, if the Governor will soon make a real purchase of that land laid a part for them and then communicate the same to Thomas Turk, so that they may be informed of the truth thereof, if they can with safety then they will remove and come there. That the petitioners are informed that there are many loose persons who bear a bad character in some of those back parts and hope the Council will give them no manner of encouragement by letting them settle on any of that land, and pray that the Government would not grant away the best of that land, until they have time to hear of the purchase, and then to come and have their lot amongst us, they rely on the Clemency of the government in granting their request.
Signed: John Pickens, William Baskins, James Leslie and above 30 others."
DIRECT LINE OF: Michelle Akin; Sarah Brooks; Sally Brown; Joe Coffield; Nita
Delano; Berta Fletcher; Doris Foley (Mrs. Tom); Jay Glidewell; Toni James;
Charles Jordan; Joe Lineberger; Jan McFarland; Charles R. Pickens; David M.
Pickens, Florissant MO; Ed Pickens; Mike Pope; Carl Scott Shannon; Christine
Smith; David Thrasher; Chuck Williams; Ron Williams;UPDATE: 1998-06-03
!SPOUSE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN 1963;
p. 36, 37, 39; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
TIME LINE:
---------
1740, 24 Jul - John PICKENS of Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA moved to Orange Co
VA where he proved importation, stating he brought himself, Eleanor,
Margaret, Margaret ye younger, Gabriel PICKENS, and William BASKIN.
REF: Sharp.
1773, 10 Nov - indenture between John and his mother, Eleanor, Granville Co.,
SC (REF Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY, p. 7 (1961) and PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH (1963) p. 36. Source cited as Charleston SC Deed books.) 1781 - living
Augusta Co VA.=============================================================================
Letter dated 2 Sep 1993 from Brenda J. Jerome, 300 W Water St, Newburgh IN
47630-1158: Extracts of miscellaneous KY records.
[note: shows William G.'s relationship to his mother Eleanor and his brother
Joseph PICKENS - tmc]
"Abstract of Rev. War Pension Deposition - Livingston Co., KY: "William G.
PICKENS gave a deposition 9 Aug 1832 in Livingston Co., (Court Order Book
1830-36, pg 72). He was born 18 Oct 1760 Camden Dist., SC but was raised
principally in Abbeville Co., SC formerly 96 Dist. He joined the service ...
After this he was engaged in waggoning from Charleston to White Hall until
sometime in 1780. Later was called to be a spy, but was reluctant to do so as he
had the support for a widowed sister, whose husband, Joseph PICKENS, was killed
at 96. Also had the support of his mother..."Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY (1961)
p. 7. "Granville County, State of South Carolina.
This indenture made, November 10, 1773, between John PICKENS of the Parish of
Prince William, Deputy Surveyor in the Province aforesaid, to Eleanor PICKENS of
the same Parish, mother of the aforesaid PICKENS, for natural love and affection
which he hath and beareth unto his beloved mother Eleanor PICKENS, [then follows
a list of the bequest]...
witnesses: George PARKS, John PARKS.
Signed: John PICKENS"
[source cited as Charleston Deed books]PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 36. "...John PICKENS died sometime between 1769 and 1773. No will or
estate papers have been found. John PICKENS, Jr, however, seems to have been the
administrator as witness the following deed which he made to ensure the proper
care and comfort of his mother (this deed recorded in Charleston Deeds, Dec 18,
1773):
"Granville County, State of South Carolina. This indenture made, November 10,
1773, between John PICKENS of the Parish of Prince William, Deputy Surveyor in
the Province aforesaid, to Eleanor PICKENS of the same Parish, mother of the
aforesaid PICKENS... witnesses: George PARKS, John PARKS.
Signed: John PICKENS"
p. 37. "Eleanor PICKENS, widow of John PICKENS, Sr., lived until after the
Revolution as is proved by the Pension Application of her youngest son, William
Gabriel PICKENS..."
UPDATE: 1998-06-03
!PARENTS: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author, Memphis TN, 1961; p. 8 copy
in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.---------------------------------------
Ancestral File lists her husband as James CANNON, b. abt 1741 of Augusta Co.,
VA.PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp:
p. 40. "...we do not know what became of [Elizabeth PICKENS, daughter of John
and Eleanor]. However a few fragments when put together seem to indicate James
CANNON may have been her husband. On Feb 10, 1798 in Pendleton Dist., SC, James
and Elizabeth CANNON, for 'love and affection' deeded 82 acres on Cain Creek to
Elijah HERRIN, who was their son-in-law. On October 15, 1798 in Pendleton
District, Mrs. Eleanor PICKENS, widow of Capt. Joseph PICKENS and a sister of
Elizabeth PICKENS made a deed 'for love and affection' to Elijah HERRIN for 300
acres on Conneross Creek, which she had received as a grant on Feb 6, 1786. The
deed was witnessed by Isaac HERRING [sic]"
COMMENT: Could this William and William Gabriel be one and the same? In one
record (letter to Mrs. Inglis, see FILE: Enc #P-298-5) he names this William as
the one who married Rebecca CALDWELL. Yet in later records names William Gabriel
as the husband of Rebecca CALDWELL.
Anderson/Shue in the JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, p. 41, also say William, b. 1742 is
the one who md. Rebecca CALDWELL.
It is also possible? this is the William PICKENS who married Nancy CRAIG.
The CRAIG and BASKIN families had an established relationship, and Mary PICKENS,
daughter of William and Nancy (CRAIG) PICKENS died in Cobb Co., GA. Other
desc.of John and Eleanor PICKENS moved to GA and some were also in Cobb Co. --
I think it most likely that this William died young, as a later child was also
named William - tmc - Feb 1999---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LETTER from E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis of Jacksonville FL, dated 13 Oct 1953:
"...John PICKENS had a son named William born about 1742 who went to Kentucky.
He had married Rebecca CALDWELL in S.C. ....."PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by Sharp:
p. 40. "...William..was born in Augusta Co., VA in 1742 and was baptised by
Rev. John CRAIG on May 30, 1742 and is listed as a child of John and Eleanor
PICKENS. Various efforts have been made to locate this William, but without
success. He may have died as a child. This may have been true since they named
their youngest child, William G. PICKENS in 1760."
UPDATE: 1996-10-24
NOTE: in a letter to Mrs. Inglis (date 13 Oct 1953, see FILE: Enc #P-298-5) Rev.
Sharp names Robert as a son of John. Yet the details given about Robert in that
letter correspond with the Robert he later names as a son of Andrew PICKENS and
Margaret GILLESPIE of Fayette Co., TN. He also states that Robert was the father
of the Rev. Israel Sidney PICKENS of TN, while later identifing Israel as the
son of Andrew and Margaret (GILLESPIE) PICKENS.-----------------------
LETTER from E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis of Jacksonville FL, dated 13 Oct 1953:
"[John PICKENS' son ] Robert PICKENS (note Robert was baptised by Rev. John
CRAIG). Robert came finally to Fayette Co., Tenn. He was a very devout old man
so the story goes. His children were loyal Cumberland Presbyterians. Some of
them were once in Monroe Co., Miss. They were missionaries to the Indians at
Cotton Gin Port. A son of Robert PICKENS was the Rev. Israel Sidney PICKENS of
Tennessee... Many PICKENS of Arkansas descend from Robert..."Letter dated 8 Mar 1994 from Lynne Ramsuar, included information sent to her by
Idus Davis (Enc #P-104):
"Law Office, W. B. SMITH, McRae, Georgia
HISTORICAL NOTES ON PICKENS NAME, as prepared by a descendant, W. V. MONTGOMERY,
who lived until last year at Selma Ala. [this document was proably prepared in
the early 1940's, as the accompanying correspondence Mr. Smith had bears the
date of 1943]
John PICKENS children; [son of William]
William baptized May 30, 1742
Elizabeth, baptized Mar 29, 1741
Israel, baptized Oct 7, 1744
Helener, baptized Dec 1746 - Eleanor?
Robert, baptized May 8, 1749
John PICKENS was the brother of Andrew PICKENS, Sr., and he moved to Waxhaws in
1754. His son, Robert, born in 1749 was the only one of that name in America at
that time.
The Waxhaw settlement was thought strictly to be a North Carolina settlement
and did everything possible to remain that way. About fifty or sixty families
came there and the line was run and put them in SC. 200 petitioned the General
Assembly of NC sitting at Newberg (Newberry) against being put in SC but could
do nothing. Nearly all came from Penn. down through Shenandoah Valley,
Virginia."
[END]
UPDATE: 1996-01-16
==============================================================================
Wilson, TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF FREEDOM:
p. 428 'Appendix B. Importations (p. 424-429); copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA
Samuel SCOTT, Ann, Jane and John Scott; 22 May 1740; O.[Orange Co]
Bk II, 158.
Robert Scott, Ann, his wife, Mary, George, and Esther Scott; 22 May 1740;
O. [Orange County] Bk. II, 159.IRISH BURKS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY AND NEW RIVER
p. 162. "A family who was closely associated with the Orange County BURKS,
the SCOTTS, had a son Samuel SCOTT. A man with this name lives on Cub Run near
the BURKS and in 1768 was on New River settled in the area we call Narrows
today. (Kegley, II, 105)
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
ALSO AF# HP6H-TX
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Fink; Jeanette Reynolds; Donna One Star;
COMMENT: If Ann was born in 1828 and had two children by the time she reached
Augusta Co., VA in 1740, she was a very young mother, or perhaps the first two
were twins? When her first husband died in 1748, he named 3 children - still
making Ann a very young mother to have had three children by the age of 20.
Could the Jane and John SCOTT that came with Ann and her husband to VA be a
brother and sister to Samuel, rather than his children?===========================================================================
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 109. Mrs. Ann (OLIVER) SCOTT, widow of Samuel SCOTT became [the second
wife of William PICKENS] in 1752. We believe she was a daughter of Aaron
OLIVER, who died in Augusta County in 1768 leaving a will in which he named
his daughter Ann PICKENS. The will was witnessed by Abram PICKENS. Because of
this some have made Ann PICKENS the wife of Abraham PICKENS who died in Maury
Co., Tenn. in 1815. This has been proven not to be true, and indeed it is
doubtful if the Abraham PICKENS who witnessed the will was the one who was son
of Gabriel PICKENS for he was too young even to be in the revolution.
Ann SCOTT, was the widow of Samuel SCOTT who made his declaration before the
Orange County [VA] Court in 1740 naming his wife Ann, son John and Jane. The
will of Samuel SCOTT signed March 16, 1748 names wife Ann, son John, Daughter
Mary, Daughter Jean. Ann refused to abide by the will and the estate was
administered later, with her husband William PICKENS serving as guardian for
her minor children."TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF FREEDOM:
p. 428. Importations [into Orange/Augusta Co., VA]
1740, 22 May - Samuel SCOTT Ann, Jane, and John Scott. Orange Co Order
Book II, pg 158.From Don Fink:
Library: Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA
Book: "RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA "1745-1800" vol. 1 by Lyman
Chalkey
p. 321: SCOT vs. SCOT (February, 1761)
Jane SCOT, an infant, by Daniel SMITH, her guardian, daughter of Samuel SCOT
of Augusta, deceased in 1749. Jane had a sister and brother. The widow SCOT
intermarried with William PICKENS. Jane's oldest sister was Mary.
----------------
Book: "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" Vol. XXVI (Dec. 31,
1918) by the Virginia Historical Society
p. 378: "William PICKENS lived in Augusta (Co. VA) in 1746 and in 1753 his
wife was Ann SCOTT".
UPDATE: 1998-02-
!PARENTS: Don Fink to Terry McLean, Feb 1998; ; GEDCOM file; ; ; ;UPDATE: 1996-01-16
!PARENTS-RESIDENCE Howard McKnight Wilson, TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF
FREEDOM; ; The Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, Fisherville VA, 1954, 2nd
ed. 1974; p. 428 'Appendix B. Importations (p. 424-429); copy in possession of
Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.==============================================================================
Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, Combined Edition; ; Gateway Press,
Baltimore, 1981; p. 2535 copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
p. 255. "Page 1306 of the ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, 'John SCOTT and
Anne, his wife lived on land on the Middle Fork of Holston River.' In Virginia
history there is a notation of the mortgage of 400 acres of land from John
SCOTT to John PICKENS, December 1, 1756. The land was adjoining Cub Run with
Colonel WOODS on one side and James BUSETERN on the other. Willialm PICKEKNS
was a signer in the transaction."...
[possibly this John Scott? - tmc]TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF FREEDOM:
p. 428. Importations [into Orange/Augusta Co., VA]
1740, 22 May - Samuel SCOTT declared importation into Orange Co VA with
Ann, Jane, and John Scott. Orange Co Order Book II, pg 158.From Don Fink:
Library: Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA
Book: "RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA "1745-1800" vol. 1 by Lyman
Chalkey
p. 321: SCOT vs. SCOT (February, 1761)
Jane SCOT, an infant, by Daniel SMITH, her guardian, daughter of Samuel SCOT
of Augusta, deceased in 1749. Jane had a sister and brother. The widow SCOT
intermarried with William PICKENS. Jane's oldest sister was Mary.
UPDATE: 1996-01-16
UPDATE: 1996-01-16
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
Is this the Lt Wm BOWLES under whom William Pickens served in the Rev War?
(REF MCHQ III.1 pg 22)PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963)
p. 66. "...The BOLE family came to SC from Monaghan Co Ireland. William
[who md Margaret PICKENS] may have been a brother of John BOLE who married Ann
Ramsey..."
Appendix IV. "William PICKENS was under command of William BOWLES,
lieutenant, during the revolution. This could have been his brother-in-law,
William BOLE. On November 22, 1771, Thomas LANGTON of Granville Co., Province
of South Carolina gave power of attorney to William BOLE of the same place, to
convey land to Isaiah SHIPMAN in Augusta Co., VA. ... LANGDON was William
PICKENS' captain. One William BOLE appears in Wilkes Co, GA in 1785. Records
of BOLE and BOWLE families appear in Georgia records. Descendants of the
Wilkes Co [GA] BOLES went to Calhoun County, Alabama'.EARLY RECORDS OF GEORGIA: Wilkes County.
p. 253. "p. 32. BOWLS, William and wife Salley of Wilkes Co. to Thomas
DANIEL of Greene Co. 200 acres on Little River, orig. grant 1768 to said BOWLS.
Nov 28, 1789. Jos. WILIAMS, Michael WHATLEY, Test."
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!PARENTS-BIRTH: IGI; ; LDS Church, CD-ROM dtd 1994 (Ver. 3.04), Film #5455386;
; ; FILE: Enc #P-214.---------------------------------------------------------------------------
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 66. "MARGARET PICKENS BOLE. MARGARET PICKENS, probably oldest child of
Gabriel and Zerubiah PICKENS, b. 1745 and Baptized August 13, 1745 at Old
Stone Church.
m. William BOLES, on January 7, 1766 in Abbeville District, S.C.
This marriage was solemnized by William CALHOUN, J.P. and recorded in his
record of marriages. He was an uncle of Rebecca CALHOUN the wife of General
Andrew Pickens, and of John C. CALHOUN the statesman. Nothing further is known
of William and Margaret PICKENS BOLE. The BOLE family came to S.C. from
Monaghan County, Ireland. William may have been a brother of John BOLE who
married Anny RAMSEY and had a son William BOLE, born in 1766 whose wife
was Martha CARLILE. They were parents of Isaac BOLE who married Elizabeth
KIRKWOOD, and had Eliza Carolile BOLE, first wife of Israel PICKENS of Holmes,
Co. Miss. (p. 20)
William PICKENS of Maury Co. Tenn. stated he was under command of William
BOWLES, lieutenant during the revolution. (Appendix IV) This could have been
his brother-in-law William BOLES [sic]. On November 22 1771, Thomas LANGDON of
Granville Co., Province of South Carolina gave power of attorney to WILLIAM
BOLE of the same place, to convey land to Isaiah SHIPMEN in Augusta Co. VA.
This power of attorney and the deed for the land is recorded in Augusta Co. VA.
Note in Appendix IV that Thomas LANGDON was William PICKENS' Captain. One
William BOLE appears in Wilkes Co. Georgia in 1785. Records of BOLE and BOWLE
family appear in Georgia Records. Descendants of Wilkes County BOLEs went to
Calhoun County, Alabama."
UPDATE: 1995-02-19
Is this the Morgan Pickens enrolled in McClure Institute 1871-2, Marshall Co
TN?
(MCHQ VI.2 pg 63).