UPDATE: 1998-01-26
!MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp; ; ; ; ; ; FILE: Enc #233, p. 2.=============================================================================
Posted on PICKENS GenForum by Wm. M. Davis on August 19, 1998 at 18:43:03:
(www.genforum.com/pickens)
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 records] .
.."In 1761 Andrew PICKENS, Jr. made up a company of militia to put the
Cherokee Indians down. This Andrew was the s. of the elder Andrew and first
cousin to the DAVIS boys. Five of the DAVIS brothers joined his company that
time. George, Wm., Robert, John and Moses.
UPDATE: 1995-08-29
DIRECT LINE OF: Wm. L. Bell.
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From Lynne Ramsaur, Enc #P-107 - source unknown.
Israel PICKENS... born c 1693... married 1) c 1725 to ______; 2) c 1740 to
Martha ______, died 1749 in Brunswick Co., VA. Issue: ... Hannah PICKENS born
c 1749 in Lunenburg Co VA, married (1) c 1768 to James CLARK, son of William
CLARK; and (2) c 1781 to George DAVIS, brother of James DAVIS, died Oct 26,
1806
in Mecklenburg Co VA [sic], buried Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church, Charlotte
NC. Issue: by James CLARK - Mary, md James MONTGOMERY; William; Martha, md.
John CARRIGAN; Margaret; Rebecca; Hannah".
UPDATE: 1996-10-06
!BIRTH-PARENTS: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author Memphis TN 1961; p. 9;
copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.---------------------- TIME LINE:
1740, 27 Mar - his stepfather, proved importation of his family into Orange
Co., VA [Wilson, TINKLING SPRING...]
1740 - moved to Waxhaw area of NC [note - this has to be a different Matthew]
1749 - son James bapt. in August Co Va, Old Stone church.
1754, 18 Mar - listed w/wife Anna in Rowan Co NC.
1755, 17 Jan - witnessed deed for land on Catawaba River from John Pickens to
Robert McClenahan (may have been living in Rowan Co at the time).
1759 - listed as a tithable in Rowan Co NC.
1775 - listed as resident of SC w/4 sons and 4 daus. This year he was listed
in Wilkes Co GA as receiving a grant of ceeded land, but never lived in GA.
1785, 20 Jul - date of survey for 51 acres of land granted to Matthew (Jr or
Sr?) on Middleton's Creek, a branch of Great Rocky Creek, SC. This land was
bounded by land of Andrew Pickens and Matthew Gillespie.---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on GILLESPIE GENFORUM by Linda Ramzinski on August 05, 1998:
In Reply to: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July
31, 1998..
"... We believe that Mathew GILLESPIE married Lucy PICKENS in 1722. He died
leaving her with 2 children. Matthew jr who married Mary Ann or Anna and
Margaret. Matthew Jr had a son James GILLESPIE who married Elizabeth...."Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on January 21, 1999 at 16:52:47:
Searching for information on Matthew Gillespie b.1726 who moved from Augusta
Co.VA to NC and Abbeville Co.SC where he died in 1793. Need to know about his
children and their marriages and children. I have part of the puzzle, but many
blanks. If you have any info on children's births, marriages, deaths, etc. and
grand-children births, marriages, deaths,E-mail me and we can start to match
information. Thanks a lot.
- Posted by Angela on March 22, 1999 at 16:25:47: In Reply to:
Gillespies-Augusta Co.VA to SC and GA posted by Donald E. Gillespie on January
21, 1999 at 16:52:47:
I have some information on Gillespie's from around Anderson and Pickens South
Carolina starting with a William Gillespie. If you know anything on these please
let me know.
- Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on March 22, 1999 at 17:07:46: In Reply to: Re:
Gillespies-Augusta Co.VA to SC and GA posted by Angela on March 22, 1999 at
16:25:47:
Angela... I have heard that lots of Gillespies, Pattersons, Pickens and Baskins
moved together from Augusta County, and many arrived in different parts of S.C.,
Georgia, and Alabama. Drop me a note or E-mail me and we can see what names
match.
- Posted by Al Adams on March 08, 1999 at 11:11:37: In Reply to:
Gillespies-Augusta Co.VA to SC and GA posted by Donald E. Gillespie on January
21, 1999 at 16:52:47:
I have an Allen M. Gillespie, b. 1795 in SC, married before 1820 to Temperance
in Abbeville Dist, SC. d.about 1865, Pike Co, GA Daughter, Lucretia Clementine
Gillespie, b.1822 in Abbeville Dist, SC d. 1851 Pike CO., Ga. Married Sept 26,
1843 to Joseph N. Poss in Pike CO., GA. Allen M. is my g5grandfather. That is
all of the Gillespie info I have. Would appreciate any additional info. Thanks,
Al Adams
- Posted by Elaine Rowland on February 19, 1999 at 07:27:04: In Reply to:
Gillespies-Augusta Co.VA to SC and GA posted by Donald E. Gillespie on January
21, 1999 at 16:52:47:
I believe my Elijah Galaspy/Gillespie, born 12 May 1747, is a son of Matthew
Galaspy/Gillespie. Elijah married Mary Raybun, dau of John Raybun Sr., in Surry
Co.,NC. where Elijah and Mary lived all their married life,on Little Fishers
River near Dodson, NC and are buried there. Elijah kept Bible Records.
"Teppers Immigrants Volume II, p 133-135:" Augusta Co.,Va. early settlers
1739-40, a list of persons who proved their importations from Great Britain at
their own expense in order to be entitled to public lands. Proceedings before
the Orange Co.,Va. Court:
April 27, 1740:
John Carr and wife, Lucy
Margaret Glaspey
Matthew Glaspey
This Matthew Glaspey was born between 1722-1726 according to another source
which I can't find at the moment.
Elaine Rowland
- Posted by Shirley Gillespie Hull on February 21, 1999 at 10:21:18: In Reply
to: Re: Gillespies-Augusta Co.VA to SC and GA posted by Elaine Rowland on
February 19, 1999 at 07:27:04:
Elaine, I am a descendent of Matthew Gillespie who married Lucy Pickens.
They had a son also named Matthew. The senior Matthew died, and Lucy married
John Kerr, etc. I am very interested in your information about Elijah. We have
some missing links, and this certainly sounds like one.
Please contact me at GmaMike@aol.com.
- Posted by Karen Baker on January 24, 1999 at 06:29:09: In Reply to:
Gillespies-Augusta Co.VA to SC and GA posted by Donald E. Gillespie on January
21, 1999 at 16:52:47:
I have Elizabeth Hannan GILLESPIE b 31 May 1760 Augusta Co VA married to John
KINCAID. They were married 11 Feb 1782. Does she fit into you Gillespie line?
KarenPICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp, (1963):
p. 63-64. Matthew GILLESPY, Junior, son of Matthew GILLESPY, Sr, and Lucy
PICKENS. b. ca. 1726 in Penn. - died 1793 in Abbeville Dist. SC.
m. (1) Anna ______? in Augusta Co., VA.
m. (2) Frances PATTERSON in Abbeville Dist SC [handwritten NOTE inserted here
says 'SEE REVISION OF BELIEF']. Dau. of John PATTERSON of Elbert Co. GA.
James GILLESPY, a son of Matthew GILLESPY was baptised by Rev. John CRAIG at
Old Stone Church [Augusta Co., VA] on September 17, 1749. Matthew GILLESPY
moved to the Waxhaw area of the Carolinas about the time his uncle John PICKENS
did, and he witnessed a deed which John PICKENS made January 17, 1755 for land
on Catawba River to Robert MCCLENAHAN. He may have been in Rowan Co., N.C. at
the time, as he is listed as a "cordwinder" with his wife Anna in Rowan Co., NC
in a deed March 18, 1754. He is also listed as a tithable in Rowan Co., NC in
1759. He moved to So. Carolina and settled on Great Rocky Creek, about the same
time his two uncles John and Gabriel PICKENS arrived there. He is listed in
Wilkes Co. GA as receiving a grant of ceeded land in 1775. He is listed as a
resident of South Carolina with four sons and four daughters. He never moved to
Georgia.
Matthew GILLESPIE, citizen, was granted 51 acres below the ancient boundary
line on Middleton's Creek, a branch of Great Rocky Creek, bounded on the north
by lands of Matthew GILLESPIE, on the east by Andrew PICKENS. Surveyed July 20,
1785.
Andrew PICKENS - citizen, granted 227 acres in Abbeville Dist. on Great Rocky
Creek bounded on northwest by Matthew GILLESPIE, on the southeast by Andrew
PICKENS and part on William PICKENS and Fleming BATES. Surveyed May 4, 1785.
When these two plats of land are set in their context, they lie in the same
neighborhood in which John PICKENS and Gabriel PICKENS settled in 1764. The
Andrew PICKENS here mentioned is the man who moved to Giles and Fayette Counties
in Tenn., a son of John PICKENS, Sr. He married Margaret GILLESPIE in 1790 who
may have been a daughter of Matthew GILLESPIE.
Matthew GILLESPIE died in Abbeville District in 1793. His estate was
administered March 25, 1793 by Frances GILLESPIE, widow, James GILLESPIE,
William MCCLESKY, Sr., who made bond. Citation was made at Rocky River Church.
Inventory made May 1, 1793 by John PATTERSON, Aaron STEELE, and John
CALDWELL."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.
...John CARR, Lucy, his wife, Margaret GILASPY and Mathew GILASPY, his wife's
children, and William, Barbara, Lucy and Martha CARR, his children; 27 Mar 1740
O. Bk II, 138."Prodigy mail: Personal Message to Terry McLean (SGDD15b) From: Susan Gillespie
(TARBABY52@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Gillespie
Sent On: 09/11 11:53 PM PM ET
"I received your packet today with the info on GILLESPIE's. I have several
conflicts with your info. I have several copies of letters and family bibles
that do not match your info. The Mathew that you have as married to Frances
PATTERSON cannot be correct. Mathew Jr son of Mathew and Lucy was born in 1726,
Frances PATTERSON dau of John PATTERSON of Elbert co. was not born until 1779.
We show she was married to GGGFather Lowery GILLESPIE b. 1771.
This info is taken from a family bible that belong to James Lowery GILLESPIE,
now in the possession of Clara GILLESPIE. John PATTERSON did not die until 1808
if he is to be the father of a Frances b. 1728 he would have had to be a 100
when he died, not likely.
I will make copies of some of the family sheets I have that I found in old
family records, and a copy of the bible records I have and send them to you
soon. My father-in-law's cousins that live in Clarksville and Demorest Georgia
are great genealogist and have done large amounts of research. I have copies of
some of their stuff also, I will try to send as much as I can. Thanks for the
Packet. We'll talk again soon.
Susan Gillespie
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis
TN, 1963; p. 96; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
Raymond M. Bell Doc #157 says he was not in SC in 1783.
Susan Norwood Pickens, PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 1. "On Aug 10, 1821 a certain Andrew PICKENS died intestate on his farm
in 18 Mile Creek, Pendleton Dist., SC. In his estate settlement Robert
PICKENS, Jr., and James GRIFFIN were appointed administrators. His widow,
Elizabeth was given one third interest which was $407.56. Two heirs who
apparently were daughters received $30.58, had married Joseph NORWOOD and John
MORROW."Letter sent to Terry McLean by Cathey Talley-Daniel, from research done by her
father. (Enc #399).
SC Mag Vol 47, p. 229. "died on Friday the 10th Inst. at his farm on 18
Mile Creek aged 85 years Mr. Andrew PICKEN, one among the first settlers of
this District." (Pendleton Messenger, Aug 15 1821, 1808) [is it this Andrew?]
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis
TN, 1963; p. 96; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.NOTE: Andrew and Elizabeth 23 years apart in age?
UPDATE: 1996-02-09
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http://www.pickensplace.com/_disc5/00000008.htm
Re: Robert B. Pickens
From: Tom McGhee Date: 11 Nov 1999
I am a descendant of Robert B. Pickens. One of his sons was David Flint
Pickens. His daughter, Nancy, was the mother of my grandfather, Levi Casey. My
email is TFMcGhee@aol.com
DIRECT LINE OF: Tom McGhee;
DIRECT LINE OF: Bill Barnett; Doris Foley (Mrs. Tom); Toni James; Tom McGhee;
UPDATE: 1996-02-09
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN 1963; p. 56; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.-----------------------------------------------------------
TIME LINE:
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1850 - moved to Jackson Co AR.
1861 - enlisted Conf. Army. from Claiborne [Cleburne] Co.--------------------------
1850 CENSUS INDEX, TENNESSEE: (Enc #P-141a)
p. 121. PICKENS, David H. 27, Lurica 22, Presley L. 5, James 2, Saml.
PEARSON 12, Sarah 6, Miss KY, F-1208-639.Posted By: PROFESSOR WILLIAM BARNETT
Email:
Subject: david flint pickens
Post Date: October 17, 1999 at 09:07:24
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/pickens/messages/264.html Forum: Pickens
Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/pickens/
Looking for the brothers, sisters and children of David Flint PICKENS B: 1822
and Lucy Jane PEARSON B: 1827. A James or John married my great grandmother
Nancy A. GOAD B: 1856 in Tenn.
My grandmother Mary Lunicia PICKENS B: 1880, married on 2 Aug 1899 in Ark. a
Whittenbury Franklin Harrison B: 1874.
I got this information from a cousin and do not its validity....
Any help would be appreciated....
Professor William BarnettPosted By: Charles Pickens
Email: pickens@isot.com
Subject: Re: david flint pickens
Post Date: October 21, 1999 at 10:31:04
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/pickens/messages/269.html Forum: Pickens
Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/pickens/
This should be what you're looking for. It is taken virtually verbatim from
Rev. E. M. Sharp's book "Pickens Families of the South".
David was the son of Robert Baskin Pickens. The Descendency Outline gives you
his parents, his siblings, and his children.....
[COMMENT: Sharp only lists Robert as 'Robert B.' not Robert Baskin - ref p.
56 - tmc]
"... David moved to Jackson County, Arkansas in 1850 and enlisted in the
Confederate Army in Claiborne County in 1861.
If you feel this is the David you are looking for, contact me as I may have
more information.Posted By: Tom McGhee
Email:
Subject: david flint pickens
Post Date: October 17, 1999 at 18:58:12
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/pickens/messages/265.html Forum: Pickens
Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/pickens/
I have a David F. Pickens, born Nov. 27, 1822 in Monroe County, Mississippi.
His first wife I have listed as Lounicy Jane Person, born Sep. 3, 1827. I have a
son, James W. born Dec. 7, 1848, died May 2, 1882. Could be a match. I am
descended from David thru his second wife.PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 56. David F. PICKENS b. 1823 in Miss - d. Jan 6, 1910 at Sidon Arkansas. m
(1) Lucy Jane PEARSON, Oct 5, 1842 in Marshall Co., Miss. They had:
1. Presley L. PICKENS - b 1845 in Tenn.
2. James W. PICKENS - b. 1848 in Tenn. m. Nannie MAXON in Arkansas and had:
John D. PICKENS and Mary L. PICKENS in 1880 (prob. others later)
3. Walter H. PICKENS b. 1851 in Ark. - m. Eliza J. ___?. Had: Mary B., John
D., Leotta.
md (2) Martha M. ____? in Arkansas and had:
4. Israel W. PICKENS - b 1863 in Ark.
5. Robert B. PICKENS - b 1866 in Ark.
6. Alvey S. PICKENS - 1869, in Ark.
7. Calvin F. PICKENS - b. 1873 in Ark
David PICKENS moved to Jackson Co. Ark 1850, Enlisted in Confed. Army in
Claiborne Co. 1861. Died in White Co. Ark.
DIRECT LINE OF: Toni James; Doris Foley (Mrs. Tom);
UPDATE: 1996-02-09
!MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN,
1963; p. 56; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
From David F. Pickens and Martha Nelly
Caleb Abner Casey and Nancy J. Pickens
Levi Elbridge Casey and Minnie Bell HigginsPICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 56. David F. PICKENS b. 1823 in Miss - d. Jan 6, 1910 at Sidon Arkansas.
m (1) Lucy Jane PEARSON...[and had 3 children]...
md (2) Martha M. ____? in Arkansas and had:
4. Israel W. PICKENS - b 1863 in Ark.) David PICKENS moved to Jackson Co.
Ark 5. Robert B. PICKENS - b 1866 in Ark.( 1850, Enlisted in Confed. Army
in 6. Alvey S. PICKENS - 1869, in Ark. ) in Claiborne Co. 1861. Died in
7. Calvin F. PICKENS - b. 1873 in Ark( White Co. Ark.
UPDATE: 1996-02-09
UPDATE: 1996-02-09
UPDATE: 1996-02-10
Could this be the same as:
A. L. PICKENS md 5 Oct 1890 , Cleburne, Arkansas
Spouse: Mary J. BENTLY SS: 23 May 1990 PROVO Ba: M586471 So: 1033446
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UPDATE: 1998-02-07
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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. 29-30;
copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
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UPDATE: 1998-02-07
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DIRECT LINE OF: Kitty Eastwood; Lynne Ramsaur; Mary Alley; Frank Pickens; Larry
Allen; Olivia Andem;UPDATE: 1998-03-04
!MARRIAGE: 1994 IGI.
Robert PICKENS md 25 Dec 1773 , Pendleton, South Carolina
Spouse: Dorcas HALLUM Ba: 7208006 73 So: 820259
ALSO:
Robert PICKENS* md Abt 1774 Pendleton, Anderson, SOUTH CAROLINA Spouse:
Dorcas HALLUM* F#: 458134
ALSO:
Capt. Robert Jr. PICKENS md 25 Dec 1773 , Abbeville Dist, South Carolina
Spouse: Dorcas HALLUM F#: 1760967Married Abbeville or Pendleton Dist?
UPDATE: 1995-12-11
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Barbara Pace to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ; ; ; FILE:
Enc #529 and Enc #P-191.---------------------------------------------------------------
TIME LINE:
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1747 - born Frederick Co MD [prob. should be Frederick Co VA]
1754 - approx: moved with his father to Waxhaws [N/S Carolina] bef 1773 - moved
on to Long Cane Settlement in Abbeville Dist, SC
---------------------------------------------------------------GEORGIA GENEALOGICALL MAGAZINE, Vol. 28.
p. 139. "DEED BOOK F. PENDLETON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
p. 260. 27 Jan 1799: Edward REESE, Sheriff of Pendleton Co., SC to Samuel BARR.
...sold (1) 47 acres on the NE branch of Twenty Three Mile Creek of Keowee
River adjoing lands NE by Christopher CURTIS, SW by John OLIVER, and other land
unknown; (2) 150 acres being part of 640 acres granted Robert PICKENS who
conveyed 2 Sep 1789 to Jacob GILHAM. [signed] E. REESE, S.P.C.
Wit: Robert PICKENS, Alexander BOYCE who swore by oath 21 Apr 1801. Recorded 5
Jul 1801"
[NOTE: not sure if the above record refers to this Robert PICKENS - tmc.]Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 85-86. "Robert PICKENS, son of Robert Pike PICKENS, was born in Frederick
County, Maryland, November 26th, 1747. When he was about seven years old, his
father moved from Frederick County to the Waxhaw settlement in South Carolina,
then on to the Long Cane Creek section of Abbeville County. Here Robert grew to
manhood, and married. He settled on a farm in Abbeville County, where he was
living [until the outbreak of the Revolution]... he became a member of the
personal staff of General Andrew PICKENS, and ranked as Captain.
While on an expedition against the Indians he was carried up to the
Northwestern part of his State, and became very favorably impressed with the
beauty of the county and the fertility of the land. After the close of the War,
he moved up into the section, perhaps following the trail of the Indians, to
within about thirty or thirty-five miles of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and
settled on the head waters of the Three and Twenty Creek, in what is now
Anderson County.
Robert PICKENS [known as Captain Robert PICKENS]... was an elder in the Long
Cane Presbyterian Church and when he moved to his new home, assisted in
organizing the Three and Twenty Presbyterian church, the name of which was early
changed to Richmond, and afterwards to Carmel, and at first stood on the ground
on which the Pickens Methodist Church now stands. In 1790 the congregation at
Carmel consisted of about sixty families. In 1788 or 1790, the PICKENS families
became Methodists and Carmel was removed to its present site on the PICKENS
county side of the line.
... Captain Robert PICKENS died July 19th, 1830, and was buried in the family
graveyard which had been located on his place.
Captain Robert PICKENS married Dorcas HALLUM in Abbeville County, SC, December
25th, 1773.... [names of 9 children follow]"
DIRECT LINE OF: Kitty Eastwood; Lynne Ramsaur; Mary Alley; Frank Pickens;
Larry Allen; Olivia Andem;UPDATE: 1998-03-04
!MARRIAGE: 1994 IGI.
Robert PICKENS md 25 Dec 1773 , Pendleton, South Carolina
Spouse: Dorcas HALLUM Ba: 7208006 73 So: 820259
ALSO:
Robert PICKENS* md Abt 1774 Pendleton, Anderson, SOUTH CAROLINA Spouse:
Dorcas HALLUM* F#: 458134
ALSO:
Capt. Robert Jr. PICKENS md 25 Dec 1773 , Abbeville Dist, South Carolina
Spouse: Dorcas HALLUM F#: 1760967UPDATE: 1995-10-09
=============================================================================
Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 86. "Captain Robert PICKENS married Dorcas HALLUM in Abbeville County, SC
December 25th, 1773. Her long life was one of devotion to her husband and
children, and of usefulness to her community. She was born February 1st, 1760
and died February 5th, 1828, and lies buried by the side of her husband in the
PICKENS graveyard."
DIRECT LINE OF: Rev. E. M. Sharp; Sarah Brooks;
UPDATE: 1998-09-28
!FATHER-SPOUSE-CHILD: Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, Combined
Edition; ; Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1981; p. 253; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.
CHILD: named in this source is Andrew.UPDATE: 1997-12-05
!FATHER-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memephis TN, 1963; p. 13-15; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.
CONFLICT: has d/o marriage as 5 Feb 1810.=============================================================================
E. M. Sharp records found in the Mississippi Archives:
"Thomas M. HENRY was the son of Patrick and Mary CHAMBERS HENRY of Scott
County, Miss. Patrick HENRY was the son of John M. HENRY and Jane PICKENS
HENRY who were married in Livingston Co., KY in 1810 and moved first to
Alabama and then to Neshoba Co., MS..."PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 23. "James DOWDLE, son of Robert and Mary GIVENS DOWDLE of Pendleton
Dist. SC ... was born in York Dist. SC and died in Livingston Co., KY ca. 1808.
His widow Ann DOWDLE, then moved to Franklin Co., AL, and about 1835 to
Lawrence Co., Missouri, with her daughter Anna Jane GIBSON."
p. 62. "James DOWDLE, who married Ann PICKENS, dau. of Capt. Joseph PICKENS
came in the party with William Gabriel [PICKENS - to Livingston Co., KY in
1803]. He died there in 1808, his family later going to Franklin Co., AL."
Samuel HENRY, who sold his land in Pendleton Dist. SC in 1803 arrived in
Livingston Co., [KY] in 1804 and settled on Crooked Creek. His youngest son
married Jane PICKENS....
Robert DICKEY, whose wife was Mary HENRY, sister of Samuel HENRY, came from
York Dist. SC and settled on Crooked Creek. His son, Rev. William DICKEY was
one of the first pastors of Bethany Presbyterian Church which was on Crooked
Creek 1805..." [note: there is a HILLHOUSE and WILSON connection w/this family
that is mentioned on this page].
"Mrs. Andrew PICKENS, widow of a son of Capt. Joseph PICKENS (formerly
Margaret DOWDLE) arrived in the part with William Gabriel PICKENS [who came to
Livingston Co. KY from Pendleton Dist. SC in 1803]. She lived on Crooked
Creek as a next door neighbor of Samuel HENRY. Her daughter Jane married John
M. HENRY in 1810."Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 18. "... John HENRY who married Jane PICKENS was living in Madison
County, Alabama as early as 1813 when his second child and oldest daughter was
born in Alabama. He enlisted in Capt. Peter PERKIN's Company from Madison
County for the Creek War. He was also one of the purchasers in 1815 at the
sale of the effects of Joel LEDBETTER [husband of his sister-in-law, Ann
PICKENS LEDBETTER]. He was also a purchaser at the sale of the estate of Henry
HARLIN on Aug 23, 1815 and was a purchaser at the sale of the estate of Levi
BYRAM in 1818"Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, COMBINED EDITION:
p. 253-254: "Andrew Pickens HENRY... was the son of Rev. John Madison HENRY
and his wife, Jane PICKENS. John M. HENRY was a pioneer Baptist preacher in
Alabama, coming there with Andrew JACKSON during the Creek War of 1812-1814
and remained. Settled first in Jones Valley where the city of Birmingham now
stands, organized a church there called Canaan and was pastor of Ruhama
Baptist Church which is still a strong church in Birmingham. Later he moved to
Greene County, Alabama, and about 1840 to Neshoba County, Mississippi where he
died in 1845...
John Madison HENRY was the son of Samuel HENRY and his wife whose name is
not known...."
DIRECT LINE OF: Rev. E. M. Sharp; Sarah Brooks;
UPDATE: 1998-09-28
!SPOUSE-CHILD: Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, Combined Edition; ;
Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1981; p. 253; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.
CHILD: named in this source is Andrew.UPDATE: 1998-02-20
!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Sarah Brooks to Terry McLean; ; family group
records; ; ; FILE: Enc #P-315.
CONFLICT: gives year of birth as abt 1795.=============================================================================
E. M. Sharp records found in the Mississippi Archives:
"...Patrick HENRY was the son of John M. HENRY and Jane PICKENS HENRY who
were married in Livingston Co., KY in 1810 and moved first to Alabama and then
to Neshoba Co., MS. Jane PICKENS HENRY was the daughter of Andrew PICKENS and
Margaret DOWDLE PICKENS of Anderson Co., SC...."From Roy Duckett, Prodigy transfer of CDROM files (Enc #P-151):
CD 229, KY Marriages, Livingston KY Marriages from 1799 to 1828
H560 HENRY, John
P252 PICKINS, Jane 5/11/1810PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 23. "Samuel HENRY, who sold his land in Pendleton Dist. SC in 1803
arrived in Livingston Co., [KY] in 1804 and settled on Crooked Creek. His
youngest son married Jane PICKENS....
"Mrs. Andrew PICKENS, widow of a son of Capt. Joseph PICKENS (formerly
Margaret DOWDLE) arrived in the part with William Gabriel PICKENS [who came to
Livingston Co. KY from Pendleton Dist. SC in 1803]. She lived on Crooked Creek
as a next door neighbor of Samuel HENRY. Her daughter Jane married John M.
HENRY in 1810."Anderson/Shue, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, COMBINED EDITION:
p. 253-254: "Andrew Pickens HENRY... was the son of Rev. John Madison HENRY
and his wife, Jane PICKENS...[eventually moved] about 1840 to Neshoba County,
Mississippi where he died in 1845. His wife, Jane PICKENS HENRY died in Scott
County Mississippi in 1851. They were parents of 9 children..."Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 17. "...the oldest daughter is Jane PICKENS who was married to John M.
HENRY in Livingston Co., KY in 1810 later moved to Alabama. ...."
p. 18. Margaret PICKENS was in Livingston County KY in 1810, and in
Madison County, Alabama by 1815 when she bought at the sale of Joel LEDBETTER.
Where she was in the meantime we do not know. Tradition in the Joseph PICKENS
family states that he enlisted at Strawberry Plains, in Tennessee with East
Tennessee volunteers and fought under Andrew JACKSON in the Creek War in
Alabama.
Whether the family had moved back to Strawberry Plains, in East Tennessee, or
whether Joseph went there to enlist, we do not know..."
DIRECT LINE OF: Rev. E. M. Sharp; Sarah Brooks; Dr. Andrew T. Pickens;
UPDATE: 1999-07-27
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Dr. Andrew Trice Pickens to Terry McLean; ; email message dated
26 Jul 1999, outlines his PICKENS descent; ; ;UPDATE: 1998-02-07
!PARENTS-DEATH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-WILL-RESIDENCE: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY;
; author, Memphis TN, 1961; p 13, 15-18; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.
RESIDENCE: in his will he states he lives in Pendleton District.
WILL: dated 18 Oct 1801, Anderson Co, SC.
NOTE: will mentions 3 daughters but census and family records seem to support
the fact that there were 4 daughters. Speculation is that the fourth daughter
may have been born after his death.UPDATE: 1997-01-12
!FATHER-SPOUSE-DEATH: Bud Rogers to Terry McLean; ; Gedcom file; ; ; SOURCE:
research of Marjorie Parsly; FILE: Enc #P-251.
CONFLICT: gives place of death as Madison Co., AL.--------------- TIME LINE:
1770 - b. Ninety Six Dist, SC
1801 - d. Pendleton Dist SC
-----------------------------PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 12-13. "Andrew PICKENS left a will, recorded in Anderson Co., SC signed Oct
18, 1801, in which he named his wife, son Joseph, and mentioned three daughters,
naming Robert DOWDLE and John WARNOCK, as executors, with wife Margaret. A
fourth daughter was born after his death...[childen are] 1. Jane PICKENS m.
Rev. John M. HENRY; 2. Joseph PICKENS md. Selina BRAZLETON; 3. Ann PICKENS md.
Buford LEDBETTER; 4. Nancy PICKENS md. Daniel MAYKES; 5. Elender PICKENS md.
Samuel M. NEWTON."E. M. Sharp records found in the Mississippi Archives:
"...Jane PICKENS HENRY was the daughter of Andrew PICKENS and Margaret DOWDLE
PICKENS of Anderson Co., SC. The said Andrew PICKENS was a brother of William
PICKENS of Carroll and Holmes Co., Miss. Both of them were sons of Capt. Joseph
PICKENS and his wife Eleanor (PICKENS) PICKENS, and grandsons of Col. Andrew
PICKENS and John PICKENS of South Carolina...."Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 15. "Andrew PICKENS, a son of Capt. Joseph and Eleanor PICKENS, was born at
least before 1770. He died in 1801 in Anderson Co., SC. [He married] Margaret
DOWDLE, daughter of Robert DOWDLE, SR, of Anderson Co., SC...
We know nothing about the life of Andrew PICKENS except what is revealed in
his will, and the fact that he is proved to be a son of Capt. Joseph and Eleanor
PICKENS. He died in Anderson Co., SC in 1801 and the following is a copy of his
will:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA}
ANDERSON COUNTY }
'In the name of God, Amen. I, Andrew PICKENS of Pendleton District, South
Carolina, Farmer, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and
memory, Thanks be to God, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing
that it is appointed for all ment to die, do make and ordain this my last will
and testament, that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend
my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to
the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial; nothing doubting that at the
general resurrection I shall receive this same body again by the mighty power of
God - and touching such worldly goods wherewith it has pleased God to bless me
with in this life, I give, devise, and dispose in the following manner, and form
after paying all just debts.
First, I will and bequeath to Margaret, my well beloved wife, all my household
goods and movable effects except one young horse during her widowhood, and if
she marrys then each of my three daughters to receive two cows if they be there
for them and if not what is to be divided between my wife and three daughters.
Also I give to my sone Joseph PICKENS my plantation, on which I now live, lying
in the district and state aforesaid, with one young horse as soon as he comes of
age. The plantation to be rented by my wife Margaret from that time to my son
comes of age and applied to the schooling of my children at the Duration [sic]
of the executors.
Also, I appoint my wife, Margaret PICKENS, Robert DOWDLE, and John WARNOCK my
executors of this my last will and testament. In witness thereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one
Thousand Eight hundred and one. Signed, sealed and delivered by the said Andrew
PICKENS as his last will and testament in the presence of us the subscribing
witnesses:
John GEORGE signed: Andw PICKENS
Israel PICKENS [seal]
Robert DOWDLE, Jr."
----------BIRTH: PLAC Ninety-Six,Abbeville District,South Carolina
DEATH: PLAC Pendleton District,South Carolina
UPDATE: 1999-11-20
MARRIAGE: PLAC Pendleton District,South Carolina
DIRECT LINE OF: Rev. E. M. Sharp; Sarah Brooks; Dr. Andrew T. Pickens;
UPDATE: 1998-02-10
!PARENTS-SPOUSE-RESIDENCE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1961; p 13, 15-18; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
RESIDENCE: moved to Livingston Co., KY with relatives about 1840, when a widow.
Later lived in Madison Co., AL with some of her children.UPDATE: 1997-01-12
!SPOUSE-RESIDENCE: Bud Rogers to Terry McLean; ; ; ; ; SOURCE: research of
Marjorie Parsly; FILE: Enc #P-251.
RESIDENCE: states Andrew's widow went to Livingston Co., KY, then back to
Alabama.================================================================== TIME LINE:
---------
1775 - born York Dist SC
1801 - husband died Pendleton Dist SC
1804 - or bef; to Livingston Co KY, lived near present Marion KY 1810 - on
census, Livingston Co., KY, next door to Samuel HENRY 1813 - approx; moved
w/children to Madison Co AL [except Jane who md. in KY]
NOTE: this does not agree with Sharp's statements in THE PICKENS FAMILY,
p. 18, that Margaret was a buyer at estate sales in Madison Co., AL
in 1815 and 1821 [see below]
1830 - approx; died Madison Co AL
====================================================================From: Sarah Brooks (Sgulfport@aol.com)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 To: Terry McLean
"...My Margaret was married to Andrew Pickens. In the 1800 census, Andrew and
Peggy are listed as having 4/5 children. Andrew died in 1801.
In Pendleton Dist, SC Deeds 1790-1806, on 26 Aug 1792, Andrew and Margaret
sold land to William Warren - 200 acres in Abbeville.
...[Margaret left a will, but I can't get a copy because] I do not know the
date of her death. I may be repeating myself, but she is not on the 1830 census
in Madison County or the 1840, I believe it was. She was supposed to be living
with her son Joseph, possibly. Maybe she was living with another child. Either
she died before 1830 or was living somewhere else.From: Sarah Brooks to Terry McLean Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999
"...As for Dowdles, I have the wonderful book by Dr. Robert Dowdle, a Mormon
with whom I have corresponded and have been able to copy the will of the
original Robert Dowdle from there. I don't believe I have ever seen anything as
well documented. However, most of his info on the Henrys and Pickens was gotten
from Rev. Sharp. I went to a nearby town yesterday to search the census records
and did not find Margaret or Peggy Pickens in Madison Co. Al. She was
listed in 1850 Marengo Co., AL, but it showed her age as 45 and the children did
not match. Something is wrong somewhere. I know there are a number of Margaret
Dowdles, but still, I can't quite figure it out..."PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 12-13. "Andrew PICKENS left a will, recorded in Anderson Co., SC signed Oct
18, 1801, in which he named his wife, son Joseph, and mentioned three daughters,
naming Robert DOWDLE and John WARNOCK, as executors, with wife Margaret. A
fourth daughter was born after his death. Margaret PICKENS joined a caravan from
SC to Livingston Co., KY by 1804 and lived near present Marion KY. About 1813
she removed with children to Madison Co., AL where she later died. [childen are]
1. Jane PICKENS m. Rev. John M. HENRY; 2. Joseph PICKENS md. Selina BRAZLETON;
3. Ann PICKENS md. Buford LEDBETTER; 4. Nancy PICKENS md.
Daniel MAYKES; 5. Elender PICKENS md. Samuel M. NEWTON." 1803]. He died there
in 1808, his family later going to Franklin Co., AL."
p. 62. "Samuel HENRY, who sold his land in Pendleton Dist. SC in 1803 arrived
in Livingston Co., [KY] in 1804 and settled on Crooked Creek. His youngest son
married Jane PICKENS.
Mrs. Andrew PICKENS, widow of a son of Capt. Joseph PICKENS (formerly Margaret
DOWDLE) arrived in the part with William Gabriel PICKENS [who came to Livingston
Co. KY from Pendleton Dist. SC in 1803]. She lived on Crooked Creek as a next
door neighbor of Samuel HENRY. Her daughter Jane married John M. HENRY in
1810."Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 15. "Andrew PICKENS ...died in 1801 in Anderson Co., SC. [He married]
Margaret DOWDLE, daughter of Robert DOWDLE, SR, of Anderson Co., SC...
p. 16. "Between 1800 and 1805 William Gabriel PICKENS, John PICKENS, William
PICKENS, James DOWDLE, Margaret DOWDLE PICKENS, and Samuel HENRY, as well as
several families of the DICKEY and HILLHOUSE connection all went to Livingston
Co., [KY] and settled on grants on Crooked Creek in the present Crittenden
County, about six miles northwest of Marion KY.
... William PICKENS was the son of Capt. Joseph and Eleanor PICKENS... James
DOWDLE had married Ann PICKENS also a child of Capt. Joseph and Eleanor
PICKENS."
"Margaret DOWDLE PICKENS, left a widow in 1801 when her husband, Andrew
PICKENS died, cast her fortune with the clan moving to Kentucky and went along
in the emigrant group. She likely arrived in Livingston County about 1803 or
1804. We can find no land grant to her, nor any deeds in the old Livingston
County records to show that she owned land.
The census of 1810 shows her living next door to Samuel HENRY, who had moved
from Pendleton Dist., SC in 1803-4. She is called Peggy PICKENS... between the
ages of 25 - 45..."
p. 18. Margaret DOWDLE PICKENS did come to Madison County Alabama with her
children about 1815-16, and probably died there in later years. We have seen
that four of her children married in Madison County around 1817-1819. Three of
them marrying in Dec 1819.
"Joel LEDBETTER, father of Buford LEDBETTER who married Ann PICKENS, died in
1815... Among the purchasers at the sale [of his estate] we find Peggy PICKENS
... James HANNAH died in 1821 and at the sale of property made on January 8,
1821, Margaret PICKENS [made purchases]"
"The [above] two items that are the only evidence we have ever found in
Madison County records that Margaret DOWDLE PICKENS did actually live in the
County. No doubt she lived quiety with some of her children the rest of her
life. We do know also that her sister, Jane DOWDLE MIDDLETON, also moved to
Madison County, reared a large family there, and died there. Also we know that
James DOWDLE, Jr., youngest son oof James and Andd PICKENS DOWDLE who went to
Livingston Co., KY, lived in Madison County with his 'PICKENS kin' and was
married there later to Frances MORELAND.
Margaret PICKENS was in Livingston County KY in 1810, and in Madison County,
Alabama by 1815 when she bought at the sale of Joel LEDBETTER. Where she was in
the meantime we do not know. Tradition in the Joseph PICKENS family states that
he enlisted at Strawberry Plains, in Tennessee with East Tennessee volunteers
and fought under Andrew JACKSON in the Creek War in Alabama.
Whether the family had moved back to Strawberry Plains, in East Tennessee, or
whether Joseph went there to enlist, we do not know. We also have evidence that
John HENRY who married Jane PICKENS was living in Madison County, Alabama as
early as 1813 when his second child and oldest daughter was born in Alabama.
...."Prodigy message dated 10 Apr 1992, from Peggy Koenig (JCKX97B), Tulsa OK: Enc
#P-086.
"Robert DOWDLE, Sr. was my GGGGGF, a Revolutinary War Soldier who lived in
Pendleton District, Anderson Co., SC. His children were Eleanor; John; Margaret
DOWDLE b. 1774-76 md Andrew PICKENS - son of Capt. Joseph PICKENS and his wife,
Eleanor off Anderson Co., SC - Capt PICKENS was a brother of Gen. Andrew PICKENS
of the SC Revolutionary Army.; Jane DOWDLE b. 1777 d. in AL aft 1820 (have it
but forgot when) m. John MIDDLETON (my direct ancestor - John d. 1820 AL);
Robert DOWDLE, Jr.,; Ester DOWDLE; Samuel DOWDLE; James DOWDLE, birth date
unknown m. Ann PICKENS daughter of Capt. Joseph PICKENS - and a sister of Andrew
PICKENS who was husband of Margaret DOWDLE; Rebecca DOWDLE..."
DIRECT LINE OF: Joseph Fleming; Onda Cain; Bob Thompson;
ALSO AF# JG98-LM
CONFLICT: some sources give dob as 1730, Scotland, and date of death as 27 Sep
1821. Bob Thompson's records give dob as 1717/1727 and dod as 1781.UPDATE: 1998-05-12
!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-OCCUPATION: Bob Thompson to Terry McLean; ;
gedcom file; ; ;
DEATH: place may be Abbeville Dist. SC?
OCCUPATION: Minister, Teacher
RELIGION: Presbyterian
EDUCATION: Probably University of Edinburgh---------------------------
Abbeville SC genweb site:
http://members.aol.com/scgenweb/abbeq96.htm
MILLER - Who were the parents of John MILLER, blacksmith, b in Pa 1748 and died
in Abbeville Co, 1812? John served in the SC militia. His brother/halfbrother
Capt. Andrew was killed at Cowpens. His
sister/halfsister was the wife of John JOHNSTON believed to be from Paxson Twp
PA. The MILLERs and JOHNSTONs settled in 96 District about 1766. John MILLER’s
first married Lucinda? STEPHENSON/STEVENSON, said to have been a Tory, about
1770 in SC; he second married Rachel
Thompson LIDDELL, widow of George LIDDELL. Rachel was the daughter of Matthew
THOMPSON and his wife Rachel Allen, b VA. I am descended from Rachel and John’s
oldest son, Allen THOMPSON. I have information about many of John MILLER’s
descendants. Family tradition says
the MILLERs are closely related to the Calhoun and Pickens family. My research
indicates John MILLER, blacksmith, while single, received 50 acres of land
adjoining that of Rev. Robert MILLER, twice defrocked minister who was the
brother-in-law of Andrew Pickens. Any help?
Richard A. Miller : ramiller@alaskalife.net Posted : 9/23/1998PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (priv. pub. 1963).
p. 31. "Rev. Robert MILLER, born in Scotland in 1730, graduated from
Edinburgh University, came to America about 1755, became first pastor of Waxhaw
Presbyterian Church in Lancaster Co., SC. In this community he met and married
Jane PICKENS about 1756. Howe in his HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN
SOUTH CAROLINA states that some families had settled in the Waxhaws as early as
1751. He states that there is a plantation there known as 'Pickens Old Field'.
We know that Andrew PICKENS, Esq., received a grant in this locality as early as
1751 from NC (then considered Anson Co.). Waxhaw church was built on the
plantation of Rev. Robert MILLER, who sold his land to a Mr. BARNETT, reserving
four and a half acres for the church. On March 9, 1758 Robert and Jane MILLER
transferred this four and a half acres to the trustees for the Waxhaw
congregation. They were named as: Robert DAVIS, Robert RAMSEY, John LINN, Samuel
DUNLAP, Henry WHITE. Witnesses to the deed were: Robert MCCLENACHAN, John
CROCKETT, and Andrew PICKENS. The MILLERs moved to Abbeville County SC and
descendants to Mississippi Territory around 1800. Records of this family may be
found in Copiah, Claiborne, Jefferson, Adams, Covington, and Pontotoc Counties
in Miss."Nix and Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; Hemington Publishing
Company, 1989.
p. 48. "..Reverend MILLER graduated from Edinburgh University and came to
America in 1755. Reverend MILLERs great-great-great grandfather married into the
STEWART family of King James I of Scotland. This MILLER family in Scotland has
been traced back to King Edward I of England (1254 A.D.). Reverend MILLER built
the first meeting-house, which later became the Waxhaw Church, on his land and
was the first pastor [Waxhaw settlement, North/South Carolina]. He was a popular
and spirited preacher, but about a year after the church was founded, the
Reverend was discredited... as a consequence he was excommunicated. On 9 March
1758, Robert and Jean MILLER deeded four and one-half acres to the trustees of
the church, containing the church house and four acres for a burial ground. They
moved from the Waxhaws to the Long Cane area in Abbeville District, South
Carolina. Their youngest son, John, married one of General Andrew PICKEN's
daughters. Reverend MILLER also served in the Revolution..."Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 75. "...When the PICKENS families moved to the Long Cane Settlement [of SC
from the Waxhaw settlement], Rev. Robert MILLER and his family moved there also.
Rev. Robert MILLER was a Presbyterian minister and came from Scotland....
[He was pastor of the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, and] during one of General
Andrew PICKENS' expeditions against the Indians, in the Revolutionary War
period, he was serving as Chaplain of the Army.
Upon one occassion [when a portion of Gen. Andrew's army had been surprised by
a group of Indians and were in great danger, a few men held the Indians in check
while waiting for the main body of the army. While waiting for the advance of
the army Gen. Andrew and members of his staff retired to a private place for
prayer] led in their devotions by their chaplain, the Rev. Robert MILLER."Bob Thompson to Terry McLean:
"many [of the names included in this file] are derived from two books on the
descendants of Anne Miller Simmons, The Book of Raulstons and The Book of Jared.
--------------
Robert MILLER's birthplace and birth date are not known. One can assume that
since he stated in an autobiographical sketch that he attended Patrick Reid's
school in Aberdeen, that he was born in Aberdeenshire. His father (whose name is
unknown), was "posssessed of a small fortune in land." At age eighteen, he
apprenticed to a physician, but soon went back to college. It is believed that
he attended the University of Edinburgh, but the records for the years of his
likely attendance have not been published. While in college, he switched from
the study of Philosophy to Divinity, and ultimately was ordained, apparently in
the Associate Presbytery of Edinburgh. According to Simpson, he was ultimately
deposed in Scotland for familiarity with a woman in his congregation.
Robert MILLER came to the United States about 1754, perhaps with one or more
of his brothers. In November 1755, Rev. SIMPSON mentions that Robert MILLER, who
"has been for some time a schoolmaster," was taken on trial as a minister. By
May 1756, he had accepted a call to be the minister at the Waxhaw congregation
on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. On June 16, 1756 he was ordained at
Pon Pon by the independent (Old Scotch) Presbytery in Charleston.
Robert MILLER apparently served about a year as minister of the Waxhaw and
Fishing Creek congregations, the first to be organized in Upper South Carolina.
In March 1757 he purchased a tract of land, which included an old cabin, from
James BARNETT. He met the family of Andrew PICKENS, who had moved to the Waxhaw
community in approximately 1751 from Augusta County, Virginia. Andrew PICKENS,
who was one of the trustees of the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, died in late
1757.
Robert MILLER apparently courted Andrew's daughter, Jean or Jane PICKENS, and
married her in January or February 1757, since Jean is mentioned as the wife of
Robert MILLER in their February 22, 1758 deed of all but 4-1/2 acres of the land
he had purchased the year before, which are described as containing " a house
for divine worship and a retiring house."
Shortly thereafter, on March 9, 1758, Robert and Jean deed the remaining 4-1/2
acres to Robert DAVIS, Robert RAMSEY, John LINN, Samuel DUNLAP and Henry WHITE
as Trustees "for the use of the Presbyterian Congregation of the Waxhaws ... to
be used & applied only for divine service conform to the practice of the Church
of Scotland established by law & no otherwise used." Robert MILLER and his wife
reserved a seat "within the North door of sd. house upon the left hand at
entering."
However, Robert MILLER's courtship of Jean PICKENS offended the strict
teachings of the church. In late May, 1758, Rev SIMPSON reported as follows:
"Mr. Robert MILLER was deposed and laid under the sentence of excommunication
for uncleanness with a woman of his own charge. It seems he had once been
deposed already by the Associate Presbytery in Scotland for the same iniquity
and has been too too often guilty. At this time he has married the woman."
MILLER was replaced as minister by Rev. William RICHARDSON.
Robert and Jean remained at Waxhaws until 1765, when Jean's brother Andrew
married Rebecca CALHOUN, who was the daughter of Patrick CALHOUN of the Long
Canes Settlement. CALHOUN had briefly fled to Waxhaws in 1760 after the Cherokee
Indians had raided Long Canes and killed several settlers. Shortly before Andrew
PICKENS married Rebecca CALHOUN, Robert MILLER petitioned for 100 acres in Long
Cane on February 5, 1765. This land was adjacent to land owned by Andrew
PICKENS. After two years, Robert sold this property to his brother-in-law, John
PICKENS and moved to the Parks Creek area of Upper Long Cane River. In May 1770,
several people from the Long Cane area petitioned to Charleston Presbytery for
Robert MILLER's reinstatement to the ministry. William RICHARDSON, who had
replaced MILLER at Waxhaws (and who later committed suicide there), protested in
writing against this reinstatement request, and it was rejected "without any
debate," according to Howe.
Robert MILLER is named as owning land adjacent to property of Robert HADDIN on
the North Fork of Parks Creek 30 Oct 1771. In November 1774 he is stated as
owning 300 acres adjacent to Alexander MCALPIN and Samuel MARKS, also in the
Parks Creek area. In 1779, William BULL, Lt. Governor of South Carolina, in
exile in London, deeded away his property, including "a tract of land on a brook
near the Long Cane Creek about 500 acres adj. land of Robert MILLER."
Robert MILLER was listed as a witness to the organization of a volunteer
company led by Captain David HUNTER in September 1775. However, unlike his
PICKENS in-laws, Robert MILLER was not a native-born American. Many of his
neighbors remained loyalists. While at least one report states that he was a
chaplain to Andrew PICKENS' troops in their 1776 actions against Indians led by
Alexander CAMERON, he was also reported as a Tory by another source.
Indeed, this latter source characterized his son Robert MILLER, Jr. as a leader
of a band of Tories in the Abbeville area during the period of intense fighting
in the backcountry in 1780 and 1781:
"Bob MILLER was at the head of all this and as he figured much at these times
I think will not be amiss to give you a bit of his history. He was General
PICKENS' nephew [his?] sister's son. His father was a cecoder preacher but had
been silenced, but as soon as the war came off both he and his son fought for
the King. The older man went off with the British and on the retreat of the
British from Ninety Six to Charleston, he was taken by some of the Whigs and
hung up to a tree without judge or jury. I have often heard Father say he helped
to hang him. Bob MILLER stayed in the country at the head of a company of
bandits, plundering everything they could lay their hands on, committing a great
many murders. He at last had to run away with the British. He went to the
Spanish in what is now Louisiana and there raised a family. About two years
after the war was over he came back, but had to be concealed three months on the
beams of his mother's house to keep from being murdered. Gen. PICKENS frequently
sent out scouts to drive his sister and her family out of the country. They
always took pity on her and let her stay. She died on the same place."
If this source is accurate, Robert MILLER was hung by Whigs during the period
immediately following the siege of Ninety-Six, probably in July 1781.
-------------------------------
HIST The information showed in derived from Anne Scabery Anderson DAR
Application National No. 651,950-616, which is the most recent research on
Robert MILLER and Jean PICKENS. For marriage date it has "after Nov 1756,
probably March 1758 at Waxhaw NC/SC (on state line)."
HIST Sources listed on this generation are "Printed source of Robert Miller's
Bible Record; Land records on Robert Miller & Jane, his wife, of Anson Co. N.C.;
Will of Andrew Pickens, written 4 Nov 1757, Anson Co. NC; Plats & land records,
showing migration from NC to SC; Complete survey & overview with copies of
originals, abstracts of such & comments, proving Robert Miller's grant became
the property of Ebenezer Miller & death date of Robert Miller as seen in
description of land owners on the plats.
HIST Abbeville County SC had a great loss of records, due to a fire in 1872.
Because of this, it is necessary to amass a vast collection of records and
census records (taken geographically) to substanuate the family documentation."
HIST NB: DAR review made certain changes, including crossing out "Rev.,"
wherever appearing on the application, changing birth date to "ca 1730",
changing death location to "Pendleton Co." and death date to "bef 1790",
changing death location for Jean to "Pendleton Co. " and marriage date to "ca
1757".
HIST (From booklet, "Genealogical Notes of Interest to Descendants of Robert
and Mary Black Price, Compiled by Beverly Price Carter, Birmingham, AL, 1932 --
Jackson, MS, 1953)
HIST Robert Miller, the founder of our American Miller family, was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1730, according to research in that country by a
descendant, Charles Gill of New Orleans. Mr. Gill's investigation also verified
the family legend that Robert Miller was a graduate of Edinburgh University.
The "Compendium of American Genealogy", vol V, P. 542, in an article on Andrew
Pickens, says "His sister Jane married Rev. Robert Miller, the Colonial Divine
of South Carolina", "educated in Edinburgh University and taught in upper South
Carolina."
HIST There is no available record as to when he came to America, but it is
evident that he joined the colony of Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania who came to
America in 1729 to escape persecution and who later gradually migrated down the
Shenandoah Valley to the Carolina region. Dr. Walter Lingle, many years
prominent in the Southern Presbyterian Church writes interestingly of this group
of Scotch-Irish. For the most part they were Lowland Scotch, many of them
originally Huguenots from France, who went over to North Ireland and lived about
a hundred years, then moved on to America. ...
HIST The early Scotch-Irish settlement in Carolina was Waxhaw, 1751, which was
part of a grant of 800 acres to Captain Andrew Pickens, father of General Andrew
Pickens, and Jean, who married Rev. Robert Miller. Robert Miller was the first
pastor of the Waxhaw Church, and also taught the school. The deed to the land,
upon which the church was built was made May 9, 1758, by "Robert Miller and
Jean, his wife," their gift to the church.
There is no record at hand of this marriage, but the will of Andrew Pickens,
Sr. (dated November 1756) names his "daughter Jean, wife of Rev. Robert Miller.
"
HIST The original bible of Rev. Robert Miller was owned by the Ballard family
in Edwards, Miss., who also had the Joseph Miller family bible.
HIST (Howe, "History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina" (Columbia,
S.C. 1870), p. 289-290) "The inhabitants of Fishing Creek were now forming
themselves into a congregation, and being contiguous, we entered into union with
them in 1756, and built hourses for worship. We found ourselves far distant
from any of the northern presbyteries, and probationers under their care
exceedingly few. It appeared to us advisable to put ourselves under the care of
the Charlestown presbytery, South Carolina, with a view of obtaining a preacher
from Scotland.
Accordingly, Mr. Robert Miller, a probationer, made us a visit in the spring,
and we forwarded a call to the presbytery in May, which he accepted and was
ordained a minister. He was a man of popular talents and a lively preacher, but
in little more than a year, a charge of to much familiarity with a young woman
put a stop to his preaching and left us vacant."
...At the meeting of the Charleston presbytery, in November, 1755, at which
Mr. Simpson acted as moderator, a Mr. Robert Miller, a man "well advanced in
years," who had followed the occupation of a schoolmaster, was put on trial for
licensure at the request of the people on the Waxhaws. On the 7th of February
he was licensed to preach, and was appointed to go as soon a possible to the
Waxhaws for settlement. He was to be ordained at Pon Pon on the 16th of June,
1756, with a view to his officiating at Waxhaw, and for a season was to supply
at Wilton and Pon Pon. The people at Pon Pon, however, shut the doors against
him. He was prevailed upon by Mr. Simpson to preach under the trees.
There was reason for this opposition. At the meeting of the presbytery in
Charleston, Jun 22nd, 1758, Mr. Miller was deposed and was laid under the lesser
sentence of excommunication for violating the seventh commandment. It appeared
that he had once been deposed by an associate presbytery in Scotland for the
same crime....It is believed that Mr. Miller repented sincerely of this his sin,
and lived afterwards a virtuous life of a private Christian. Intercession was
afterwards made for his restoration to the ministry by the people of Long Cane
[the settlement in Abbeville District to which Calhouns, Millers, Reids moved
after leaving Waxhaw], who testified to his sincere repentance and regular life,
but without success.
[Same source, page 386-] "[Thursday, May 17, 1770] "The next business was a
petition from some people in a quarter of the Long Canes, where Mr. Miller,
formerly deposed and excommunicated, lives, requesting his being restored to the
ministry. Mr. R [ichardson] produced a writing against it, but without any
debate it was rejected. I was requested to give an account of his affairs,
being the only member living where they happened. I declined it, and referred
them to the books, which it was thought best not to read. Poor creature! he was
present, though not seen...." [quoting from diary of Mr. Simpson]
HIST (Presbyterians in the South, by Ernest Trice Thompson (John Knox Press,
1963) p. 65) "The Scotch Irish Settlements in the South Carolina Piedmont were
supplied with ocassional iteinerants from the North, as were the settlements in
North Carolina and Virginia. Robert Miller, ordained by the Independent
Presbytery of Charleston in 1756, served the Waxhaw and Fishing Creek
congregations for little more than twelve months when he was deposed for
adultery. William Richardson, who set out to be a missionary to the Cherokee
but found little opportunity to be of service there, accepted a call to the
Waxhaw Church in 1759, identifying himself with the Charleston Presbytery..."
-----------------------------
HIST Exerpt from a letter to Anne Scabery Anderson (date unknown, author
probably Lee Corley Hendrix, Greenville, SC, who apparently did genealogical
research for ASA):
HIST "And now for the subject that has totally engulfed me - The Millers. I
have become so involved with Robert that I have decided to publish a paper on
him in his behalf. It has been 223 years since his persecution AND HE DID NOT
DESERVE IT. It is time some one took up for him. I should not have said
someone, because his neighbors did, but the Power struggle was in full force
then, even as it is today and the two men responsible for events that took place
should be shown up in the public, just as they did Robert Miller. I should
explain my findings.
It was said of Robert Miller in Nov 1755 that he was "well advanced in years"
The man who made the statement was all of 21 years old, so I don't know what he
meant by well advanced in years. He could have been 40 and seemed old to a 21
yr. old. Anyways, Robert Miller made advances to a young lady in his
congregation. One place says he broke the 7th commandment (adultery), but
knowing how pious they were that could have been lusting. I believe that Robert
Miller's attentions were to none other than Jane Pickens. My reasoning is this.
Jane Pickens was single when her father wrote his will in Nov 1756. [note
conflict with information above concerning this will] His inventory was made in
1757 (month not known) so he could have died in Dec 1756 or early 1757.
From the time he wrote his will in Nov 1756 to Feb 1758 (which would have been
a year or even less) Robert Miller had married Jane Pickens and the two of them
were giving land to the Waxhaw congregation. Seems to me the two are saying...
yes we did, but we have married and to make things right and show our
intentions... we want to give you people land for the church and hope in some
small way this will amend
[END] -----------------
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file; ; ;=============================================================================
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]
W. V. MONTGOMERY was a descendant of Israel PICKENS, brother of Captain
Andrew and his wife, Martha...
In the will of Andrew PICKENS, Sr., he names only four children. Andrew
(General); John, Joseph; Jean, who married Robert MILLER. Israel PICKENS,
Governor of Alabama was of this line.
[END]From Bob Thompson:
Jean PICKENS was the fourth child of Andrew PICKENS and Nancy DAVIS.
According to Sharp, she was born circa 1740, which would make her about
eighteen at the time of her marriage to Robert MILLER in early 1758. She was
still alive at the time of the 1790 census and was listed as a head of
household. She is not listed in the 1800 census and is presumed to have died
before then.
--------------------
HIST See "Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina," article by
Alice Noble Waring.
--------------------
HIST Diary of Rev. Archibald SIMPSON at the Charleston Library Society, as
copied by Edward G. Lily in letter dated 27 Mar 1969 to Mrs. Charles Thompson,
Jr.:
"Sabbath [May-month omitted in the diary] 21. 1758 ...On Tuesday 23 I went
down to Charlestown where the presbytery met and did business. And truly very
melancholy business. Mr. Robert MILLER was deposed and laid under the sentence
of excommunication for uncleanness with a woman of his own charge. It seems he
had once been deposed already by the Associate Presbytery in Scotland for the
same iniquity and has been too too often guilty. At this time he has married
the woman. My soul was much weighted with the melancholy affair. ...On
saturday I returned to Pon Pon and preached there on the sabbath following...
In the afternoon after sermon read Mr. MILLER's sentence which is to be read
in all our pulpits through the province...."
[Information shown is based on Anne Scabery Anderson DAR Application National
No. 651,950, which is the most recent research. For Jean Pickens death date
it has "prob. af. 1800" at Abbeville District SC. See Robert MILLER for
Research shown on this application. - bt]
---------------------------
HIST NB: According to COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, General
Andrew PICKENS (Jean's brother) was born in Paxton, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, September 13, 1739. Before Andrew grew to manhood his father
moved to Virginia and from there to Waxhaw settlement in Lancaster County
South Carolina. In 1763-1764 the PICKENS family moved to the Long Cane
settlement, where in 1765 he and Rebecca CALHOUN were married.
---------------------------
HIST 1790 S.C. Census for Abbeville District lists Jane MILLER at p. 061:
Shown with 1 male 16 years or older (Ebenezer-26), two white males under 16
(Joseph 15 and John Henry 13) and three white females (Mother Jane, daughter
Jane-21 and daughter Margaret 19). Andrew MILLER is also shown in Abbevile
District, with wife (Elizabeth) and one son. Andrew died before 1800.
In 1790, Robert was in Mississippi. [END]
UPDATE: 1998-05-12
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;UPDATE: 1998-05-13
!BIRTH: Joseph Fleming, Atlanta GA, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; PAF GEDCOM;
; ;Is this the Jane who md a CALHOUN?
=============================================================================
From Bob Thompson:
Believed to have moved to Mississippi with brother Ebenezer. Never married.
Birthdate shown as 5 Feb 1769 one source.
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Sally Brown; Onda Cain; Cathy Daniel; Mitch Fincher; Joseph Fleming; John Floyd;
P. C. Halt; Kathryn Harris Hines; Charles Jordan; Paul L. Kines; Jan McFarland;
Don Noble; Marjorie (Norwood) Parsley [deceased]; T. Boone Pickens; Rev E. M.
Sharp [deceased]; David Thrasher; Dr. Andrew T. Pickens; John Key Williams;UPDATE: 1999-07-27
!PARENTS-BIRTH: Dr. Andrew Trice Pickens to Terry McLean; ; email message dated
26 Jul 1999, outlines his PICKENS descent; ; ;UPDATE: 1998-08-17
!SPOUSE-CHILD: Debbie Bosworth; ; email post to Mitch Finchers PICKENS HOME
PAGE; ; ; FILE: PICKENS COUSINS LIST.
CHILD: named in this source is Joseph.UPDATE: 1998-02-01
!CHILDREN: All seem to agree that Jane, Joseph, John and Andrew are children of
this family - they are named in Andrew's will. Katherine is named as a daughter
by several researchers. Some name a son James, others name a son William, one
names a son Robert. (see notes for Ann DAVIS).
Sharp states: "Tradition asserts that there was a daughter Catherine who
married William DAVIS, who was appointed as the executor, with Nancy, of the
will. Tradition has also attributed another son William, though there is nothing
to prove it. If there was one named William, he likely died young.
There is some evidence that there was another daughter. Private Andrew PICKENS
of Fayette Co., TN told Lymon C. Draper in 1832 that General Andrew PICKENS had
two sisters, one of whom was the mohter of Dr. John MILLER of Pontotoc, MS. we
know that Jean was the mother of Dr. John MILLER. Likely Catherine who married
William DAVIS was the other..."
(E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY, author, Memphis TN 1961, p. 5)======== PENNSYLVANIA RECORDS:
1727 - Bucks Co PA [Day, p. 37, states he appears as plaintiff in civil cases
in the Court of Common Pleas this year]
1735 - Paxton Twp PA.========= VIRGINIA RECORDS:
1739 - approx, moved to Orange Co VA (part that became Augusta Co in 1745) 1745
- Augusta Co VA. (near Staunton - ref Enc #399)
FROM Chalkey's Annals
1745, Dec 9 - Order Book No. 1 County Court formed, Andrew and John PICKENS
named as Justices of the Peace.
1745, Feb 11 - Deed Book 1. Andrew PICKENS deeded land to William MCPHEETERS.
1745, Feb 11 - Andrew PICKENS signed bond of James KNOX as guardian for Jenny
USHER.
1746 - Andrew PICKENS named as administrator of estate of Joseph MARTIN.
1746, Aug 20 - Andrew PICKENS on committee to report on a road from top of
North Mountain.
1747, Jan 15 - Andrew PICKENS and Elizabeth PICKENS mentioned in Augusta
Parish Book.
1749, Mar 22 - Andrew PICKENS appraised land for Andrew MARTIN. 1751, Nov 2 -
Andrew PICKENS deed to John MCPHEETERS for 400 acres in Beverly
Manor. The dower was signed by Ann PICKENS.
1751, Aug - Andrew PICKENS to William MCPHEETERS, power of attorney.=========== NORTH/SOUTH CAROLINA RECORDS:
1749 - approx; moved to Waxhaw Colony.
1752, 13 Apr - rec'd land grant for 551 acres in Anson Co NC on north side
of Waxhaw Creek.
NOTE: this land was part of the Waxhaw settlement - Nix & Snell report that
his land was very near the disputed border of North & South Carolina - his
home apparently on the North Carolina side where he was involved in legal
and military transactions, but he attended church on the South Carolina side
where records show he was an elder in the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church.
Day, p. 37, states that about 50 grants were made on 1 Oct 1751, the date
Andrew's was allowed, indicating that the preparation for these grants
had been in the making for a long time, therefore, 'we believe that the
statement usually made that Andrew PICKENS moved to the Waxhaw Colony in
1749 is correct]
Sharp states: "The land now appears to have been in Lancaster Co., SC, but at
that time before the extension of the boundary line all the Waxhaw section was
believed to be in North Carolina. Anson County, NC was constituted about the
time of PICKENS' arrival and Andrew PICKENS was named as one of a committee to
locate the site of the first court house for the county. He was Captain of a
militia Company of Colonial Troops for Mecklenburg County... [p. 11] 1756/57 -
died Mecklenburg Co NC, left will dated 5 Nov 1756, recorded in
Anson Co., NC, 1757.========================================
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."WILL OF ANDREW PICKENS: ated 5 Nov 1756, recorded in Anson Co., NC, 1757
. . 'In the name of God, Amen. The last will and dying testament of Andrew
PICKENS... I do hereby constitute and appoint William DAVIS and my dearly
beloved wife Nancy to be my lawful and sole executors... I do give and bequeath
the plantation I now live upon containing five hundred and fifty one acres in ye
manner following: ... three hundred acres to my son Andrew PICKENS to be
surveyed off ye upper end of plantation, and ye remainder to my son Joseph
PICKENS. But allow my son Andrew to procure two hundred acres of good land for
my son John PICKENS at ye first and best opportunity or in five years after date
to pay him a Ten Pound piece; also I give to my son John a meare called Cathline
and her colt and to my beloved wife I give and bequeath a bay mare called Bonney
with al ye benefits of ye plantation and all ye movables thereon during her
life: and after her departure to be ye porperty of my son Andrew. And to my
daughter Jean, a black meare called Bonney and a saddle and bridle with all theh
other things called her property; allowing this to be my last will and testament
... this 5th day of November 1756. Signed Andrew PICKENS, Wit: Robert
MCCLENACHAN, John PICKENS."
(Raleigh NC, State Archives, NC, NC Wills, Vol XXIV, pg 42, extracted by E. M.
Sharp).SALE OF ANDREW'S PLANTATION:
'Deed: Andrew and Joseph PICKENS, both of Mecklenburg Co NC, convey to Robert
and Joseph CRAFORD of the same county and state...Andrew and Joseph PICKENS,
heirs of the estate of Andrew PICKENS, Esq. deceased...for 30 pounds .
.. 551 acres, by virtue of the last will and testament of the above mentioned
Andrew PICKENS, Esq. beginning at a hickory on the north side of Waxhaw Creek,
etc... with house, orchards, fields, meadows, water and water courses, etc...
signed Andrew PICKENS, Joseph PICKENS,
Wit: Robert MCCLENACHAN, John BOGG' dtd 4 Mar 1763
(Mecklenburg Co NC deed book 2, pg 213)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):
PICKENS FAMILY
Andrew PICKENS, Sr. m. Anne DAVIS. Children: Kathryn, m. William DAVIS; Andrew,
b. 1739, m. Rebecca CALHOUN; Captain Joseph, killed at Battle of 96; John;
William G.; Jean (Jane), m. Rev. John MILLER."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]
... In the will of Andrew PICKENS, Sr., he names only four children. Andrew
(General); John, Joseph; Jean, who married Robert MILLER..."Nix and Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; Hemington Publishing
Company, 1989.
pp 45-50. "...the records reflect that Andrew was preparing to move [from
Augusta Co., VA to NC] as early as August 1751 and sold his land in November of
that year.
"Andrew received a grant for 551 acres of land on the north side of Waxhaw
Creek on 13 Apr 1752. This land was in that portion of North/South Carolina that
was the subject of a boundary dispute because of an eleven-mile surveyor's
error. The PICKENS land records appear in early Anson County, North Carolina
where Andrew was named to a committee to locate the site of the first court
house for the county. Andrew was captain of a milita company of Colonial troops
and his name appears in connection with the history of the Waxhaw Presbyterian
Church. The Waxhaw Church is on the South Carolina side, so his land was very
near the disputed border. His daughter, Jean, and her husband gave the lot on
which the church and cemetery are located...
"Andrew died soon after [his] will was made [will signed on 5 Nov 1756]. It is
filed in Anson County, North Carolina, Will Book I, 1757, page 115. He is buried
in the cemetery of the Waxhaw Presbyterian Church where he was an elder".PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (priv. pub. 1963).
p. 11. Andrew PICKENS, Sr, one of the pioneer brothers, son of William and
Margaret PICKENS from North Ireland to Bucks Co., PA. He may have been the
second son. According to Private Andrew PICKENS' interview with Draper. (see
Appendix No. II) He and his wife came from Ireland but probably married in
Pennsylvania. He lived in Lancaster Co., PA. (See Appendix No. I) Moved to
Augusta Co., VA, and later to anson Co., NC where he obtained a land grant
April 13, 1752. He died in Meclenburg Co., NC, in 1756....
Andrew PICKENS removed to Virginia and settled in Orange County, in that
portion that was cut off to form Augusta County in 1745. He was made one of the
first justices for Augusta County in 1745. [Ref. Chalkey's Annals]...
He was Captain of a Milita Company [in Meclenburg Co., NC] in which company
appeaars his sons Andrew, Joseph and John (See: NC State and Colonial Records,
vol 22, p. 381).
Andrew PICKENS died in 1756 and left a will... [see will extract]"
p. 31. "Howe in his HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN SOUTH CAROLINA
states that some families had settled in the Waxhaws [then Lancaster Co., SC] as
early as 1751. He states that there is a plantation there known as 'Pickens Old
Field'. We know that Andrew PICKENS, Esq., received a grant in this locality as
early as 1751 from NC (then considered Anson Co.). Waxhaw church was built on
the plantation of Rev. Robert MILLER [Andrew's son-in-law], who sold his land to
a Mr. BARNETT, reserving four and a half acres for the church.
On March 9, 1758 Robert and Jane MILLER transferred this four and a half acres
to the trustees for the Waxhaw congregation."Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 37. "The first we have located the name of Andrew PICKENS in American
records is in Bucks County, Pennsylvania about 1727, when his name appears as
plaintiff in civil cases in the Court of Common Pleas. About 1739, he moved to
Augusta County, VA.
On October 1st, 1751, Andrew PICKENS was allowed a grant of land consisting of
eight hundred acres. The deed was recorded in Anson County, NC, but it appears
that the land was in South Carolina. About fifty other grants were made on the
same date, which indicates that the matter of making these grants had been in
process of preparation for some time. Therefore, we believe that the statement
usually made that Andrew PICKENS moved to the Waxhaw Colony in 1749 is about
correct.
Andrew PICKENS was Captain of a Company of Militia in Mecklenburg District in
1755 and 1756, which was about the time of the French and Indian War. In a
report concerning his Company, he gives the names of his men, and among them
appears the names of Andrew PICKENS, private and married, John PICKENS, William
PICKENS, and Joseph PICKENS, all single men.
North Carolina State and Colonial Records show that 'Andrew PICKENS was one of
the first building commissioners for Anson County, he living in the territory of
this county before its formation. He had two brothers, Israel PICKENS and John
PICKENS and probably others. John lived in what was once known as Craven County,
NC, now extinct.'
There is a will on file in Raleigh NC made by Andrew PICKENS, the only date it
bears being November 4th, 1756. He left his plantation to his sons, Joseph,
Andrew and John, and a saddle horse to his daughter, Jean. He appointed his wife
executrix, and the witnesses to the will were Robert McCLENACHON and John
PICKENS. The lapse of time makes it appear that the will was made by the pioneer
Andrew PICKENS, who came from Ireland.
North Carolina records show that 'Ann PICKENS, widow of Col. Andrew PICKENS,
Sr., and Maj. William DAVIS presented an inventory of the estate of Col. PICKENS
for record in the office of the Clerk of Court of Anson County in 1757.
Col. PICKENS owned eight hundred acres of land along what is now the line
between the two Carolinas. [text of inventory follows]"
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P. C. Halt; Kathryn Harris Hines; Charles Jordan; Paul L. Kines; Jan McFarland;
Don Noble; Marjorie (Norwood) Parsley [deceased]; Dr. Andrew T. Pickens; T.
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PAGE; ; ; FILE: PICKENS COUSINS LIST.
CHILD: named in this source is Ann.UPDATE: 1998-02-01
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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...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):
PICKENS FAMILY
Andrew PICKENS, Sr. m. Anne DAVIS. Children: Kathryn, m. William DAVIS; Andrew,
b. 1739, m. Rebecca CALHOUN; Captain Joseph, killed at Battle of 96; John;
William G.; Jean (Jane), m. Rev. John MILLER."From Lynne Ramsaur, Enc #P-107 - source unknown.
William PICKENS, born c 1670, md Margaret PIKE ...
Issue: ... Andrew PICKENS born c 1699 in Ireland, married c 1725 to Nancy Ann
DAVIS died 1756 in Lancaster Co., SC (Inventory recorded Brunswick Co VA?)...
ISSUE OF ANDREW AND NANCY ANN (DAVIS) PICKENS:
Andrew Jr., b Sep 19, 1739 in Bucks County PA - married March 19 1765 to Rebecca
CALHOUN - died Aug 11, 1817 in Pendleton County SC; Joseph, md Eleanor PICKENS,
his cousin; John, md Mary CALDWELL; Katherine md 1747 in VA to William DAVIS;
Jane, md Robert MILLER; William."Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 38. " There is a will on file in Raleigh NC made by Andrew PICKENS, the
only date it bears being November 4th, 1756. He left his plantation to his sons,
Joseph, Andrew and John, and a saddle horse to his daughter, Jean. He appointed
his wife executrix, and the witnesses to the will were Robert McCLENACHON and
John PICKENS...North Carolina records show that 'Ann PICKENS, widow of Col.
Andrew PICKENS, Sr., and Maj. William DAVIS presented an inventory of the estate
of Col. PICKENS for record in the office of the Clerk of Court of Anson County
in 1757...
Ramsey's HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA mentions a severe whirlwind in 1761, which
formed near King's Mountain, North Carolina, moved in a Southeasterly direction,
passing through the Waxhaw Settlement doing much damage in its path.
A house of Mrs. PICKENS was so completely destroyed that hardly a shingle was
ever found. (The HISTORY says Mrs. PICKENS and not Mr. PICKENS, which possibly
indicates that Andrew PICKENS had passed away at that time). Note: this story
was handed down in a family tradition for more than a hundred years, and was
related to the writer of this account in his boyhood days, but had been
forgotten until the record was found in Ramsey's HISTORY. It is said that the
house was torn off the pillars and completely demolished. None of the several
women in the house were badly injured, although one or two of them were very
aged. The house is said to have been located in about two miles of where Robert
PICKENS was living)."E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 11. "Nancy (Ann) DAVIS, born in Ireland, according to Gen. Andrew PICKENS,
survived her husband, and probably died about 1760 or 1763. Andrew PICKENS' will
stipulated that the home place could be sold after her death. It was sold in
1763."
UPDATE: 1998-02-9=01
!PARENTS-BIRTH-SPOUSE: Ancestral File.
UPDATE: 1998-02-01
Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 79. "James PICKENS, a son of the pioneer Andrew PICKENS, it is claimed
was lost early in the Revolutionary war, or just before it commenced, during
some uprising at or near Ninety-Six. Others claim that he was lost at the
seige of Ninety-Six during the war but we have not located any record showing
any payments for his services during the war.
We have no record showing whether he left any family or not."Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 137. [Lymon Draper interview with Gen. Andrew's cousin, Andrew of Fayette
Co., TN].."General PICKENS was eldest son of Andrew, then Joseph and John, and
two daughters..." NOTE: this statement given by a contemporary of Gen.
Andrew's and his siblings, makes me believe that James does not belong in this
family - TMC]