DIRECT LINE OF: Joe Lineberger; Nita Delano;
UPDATE: 1998-05-20
!PARENTS-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 41-42; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.
DIRECT LINE OF: Joe Lineberger; Nita Delano;
UPDATE: 1998-05-20
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH-RESIDENCE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 41-42; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.
BIRTH: her son Robert stated on the 1880 census that his mother was born in
Ireland.====================================================================
E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis - notes accompany letter dated Oct 1953:
"...Elizabeth HARKNESS, who was born in Ireland and died in Georgia at the
ripe age of one hundred and ten years... Her grave is said to be at Sardis
Church, seven miles from Marietta, GA., near which place she moved with one of
her children after the death of her husband.
The story is left us that in coming over from Ireland the vessel in which
she was crossing the Atlantic was wrecked, and that she was fourteen weeks in
crossing. Then it is said that a sister who was crossing with her died and and
was buried at sea because the sharks began to follow the vessel...."
UPDATE: 1998-05-20
UPDATE: 1997-12-05
UPDATE: 1997-12-05
UPDATE: 1995-10-09
UPDATE: 1996-12-27
!MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 6; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.-------------------------------
University Publications of America.
Copyright 1996 by University Publications of America.
Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the
Civil War
Series J: Selections from the Southern Historical Collection
Part 6: Mississippi and Arkansas
Chiliab Smith Howe Papers, 1814-1860, Chickasaw County, Mississippi; also
Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee
Description of the Collection
The Howe family were residents of Marengo County, Alabama; Okolona,
Mississippi; and Memphis, Tennessee. Prominent family members include Chiliab
Smith Howe (1809-1875), soldier, planter, and merchant; his wife Julia Pickens
Howe (1815-1898), daughter of U.S. congressman and Alabama governor Israel
Pickens (1780-1827); their daughter Ellen (1839-1921), who married John
Richardson (d. 1862), editor of the Prairie News and Confederate soldier;
their daughter Laura (1841-1927), who married J. Byrd Williams (d. 1864),
merchant and Confederate soldier; and their daughter, Joanna (fl. 1851-1899).
The collection chiefly comprises family correspondence. The earliest letters
are from Israel Pickens to his brother-in-law about congressional activities,
his move to Alabama, and family events. Also included are a number of letters to
Julia Pickens Howe, before and after her marriage, from Lenoir family relations
at Fort Defiance and elsewhere in North Carolina, including love-letters from
her husband-to-be. Between 1836 and 1838, most of the items are military papers,
compiled while Chiliab Smith Howe was serving with the U.S. army forces removing
Cherokee Indians from North Carolina and Tennessee. The rest of the collection
consists chiefly of letters among members of the Howe family. Ellen and Laura
wrote while they were away attending school in Aberdeen, Miss., and at the
Columbia Female Institute in Columbia, Tenn. During the Civil War, both Ellen
and Laura followed their husbands to various camps in Virginia and Georgia and
described their experiences, including a meeting with William C. Falkner. Both
men served in the 11th and 41st Mississippi regiments and died during the war.
After the war, Ellen and Laura taught school to support themselves at the Lamar
Female Seminary in Paris, Texas. Also included are an 1863 diary of Ellen Howe
Richardson and materials relating to the military careers of John Richardson and
J. Byrd Williams.
The collection is arranged as follows: Series 1. Loose Papers--Subseries 1.1.
1814-1827, Subseries 1.2, 1828-1835, Subseries 1.3, 1836-1838, Subseries
1.4, 1839-1850, Subseries 1.5, 1851-1860, Subseries 1.6, 1861-1867 (not
included), Subseries 1.7 1868-1899 (not included), and Subseries 1.8, Undated;
Series 2. Volumes (not included); and Series 3. Materials about the Military
Careers of J. Byrd Williams and John Richardson (not included).
Biographical Note
The chief figures in this collection are Chiliab Smith Howe (1809-1875), his
wife Julia Pickens Howe (1815-1898), and their three daughters: Ellen
(1839-1921), Laura (1841-1927), and Joanna (fl. 1851-1899).
Chiliab Smith Howe was born in Massachusetts in 1809. He attended grammar
schools in Massachusetts and the U.S. Military Academy, graduating as a 2nd
Lt. in 1829. He was assigned to duty in North Carolina and Tennessee in
connection with the relocation of the Cherokee Indians. After leaving the army
in 1838, he became a planter and settled first in Marengo County, Alabama, from
1838 to 1844, and then moved to Okolona, Mississippi, from 1844 to 1866.
After the Civil War, he became a merchant in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1866 to
1875.
Julia Pickens Howe was the daughter of Israel Pickens (1780-1827) and Martha
Patsy Lenoir (d. 1823). She married Chiliab Smith Howe at Fort Defiance,
North Carolina, in 1836. Her father, Israel Pickens, was born in what is now
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and moved to Burke County, North Carolina.
He graduated from Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1802, and
practiced law in North Carolina. He was a member of the state senate in 1809; a
Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina,
March 1811 to March 1817; register of the Land Office of Mississippi Territory
(Alabama), 1817 to 1821; and governor of Alabama, 1821 to 1825; and he filled
the unfinished term of Henry Chambers in the U.S. Senate, February through
November 1826. He died in 1827 and is buried near Greensboro in Hale County,
Alabama. Julia's mother, Martha Lenoir, was the daughter of General William
Lenoir. After Martha's death in 1823, Julia was put in the care of her aunt,
Eliza Mira Lenoir (1789-1835), who lived in Fort Defiance, North Carolina.
Ellen and Laura Howe, daughters of Julia and Chiliab, attended school in
Aberdeen, Mississippi, and at the Columbia Female Institute in Columbia,
Tennessee. Laura married J. Byrd Williams (d. 1864), a merchant in Okolona,
Mississippi. Williams enlisted in the Confederate army on 25 April 1861 in
Okolona. He served as Captain of Company C, "The Prairie Rifles," 11th
Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to Colonel of the 41st
Mississippi Infantry Regiment and was killed at Jonesboro, Georgia. Ellen
married John Richardson (d. 1862), editor of the Prairie News of Okolona.
He also enlisted in the Confederate army on 25 April 1861 in Okolona and
served as 2nd Lieutenant in Company C, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. He
was promoted to captain, Company L, 41st Mississippi Infantry Regiment and was
killed at Corinth, Mississippi.
After the Civil War, both Ellen and Laura taught school to support themselves.
Both of them taught at different times at the Lamar Female Seminary in Paris,
Texas. Laura eventually remarried, to a Mr. Stobaugh of "Honey Grove" in Paris.
Jo Howe, the youngest of the three daughters, apparently remained single.
Series 1. Loose Papers (1814-1899 and undated) Subseries 1.1. (1814-1827) This
subseries chiefly comprises letters from Israel Pickens to his brother-in-law,
William Ballard Lenoir. Israel wrote to William in 1815 and 1816 when
he was serving in Congress in Washington about congressional affairs
and family activities. In 1816, he mentioned a trip into Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Tennessee to look at lands. He decided to move to Alabama,
and wrote about his plans for the move from Burke County, North Carolina,
and about negotiations with the Cherokees and Chickasaws over North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia lands. Later, he wrote about his journey with
his family and slaves to Alabama, where he intended to become a planter. In
1823, his wife and son died, and Israel wrote to William about his plans for the
remaining three children. He sent Julia back to North Carolina to live with her
Aunt Mira, but wanted to keep his two sons with him in Alabama.
Also included in this subseries is a letter from Martha Lenoir Pickens while
on a journey to Washington, to her mother at Fort Defiance, and a letter from
Israel Pickens to his wife Martha about personal affairs.
Subseries 1.2. (1828-1835) This subseries chiefly comprises letters to Julia
Pickens from her friends and family while living at Fort Defiance, North
Carolina, at school in Salem, and on a trip west to Alabama. Included at the end
of the subseries are numerous letters from Chiliab Smith Howe, her future
husband.
Many of the letters are from Mira Lenoir, Julia's aunt in Fort Defiance, who
took care of Julia after her mother's death. She wrote about personal matters
and family activities. Other correspondents include Selina and Laura Lenoir, her
cousins, who apparently lived with her in Fort Defiance. In 1830 and 1831, Julia
was attending school in Salem, North Carolina, with Laura. They received
numerous letters from home, and from other cousins and girl friends. In 1832,
Julia was chiefly in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and, in 1833, she was in Fort
Defiance.
In 1834, Julia traveled to Greensboro, Alabama, probably on a trip to visit
her father. Selina and Laura wrote to her giving news of family and friends.
Julia also spent some time in Mobile where she apparently met Chiliab Smith Howe
and fell in love with him. In 1834 and 1835, there are many love letters from
Howe to Julia and a few from Julia to Howe. The letters indicate that Julia's
family opposed their marriage and wanted the couple to wait several years before
going forward with it. Also included are letters from Julia's cousins and
friends giving her advice on her situation and other news. There are also a
couple letters to Howe from friends, one of which advised him on the Julia
affair.
Towards the end of 1835, Julia's aunt, Mira Lenoir, died. Around this time
Julia wrote to Howe about making definite plans for their marriage.
Subseries 1.3. (1836-1838) This subseries chiefly comprises military papers of
Lieutenant Chiliab Smith Howe who was stationed at Fort Cass in Calhoun,
Tennessee. Also included are a few letters to Julia Pickens Howe, whom he
married at Fort Defiance in 1836.
These papers relate to the United States Army posts within Cherokee country
between 1836 and 1838. Lt. Howe was stationed at Fort Cass where he was in
charge of obtaining food and supplies for the whole area, and, to some extent,
obtaining weapons and other equipment. His orders came chiefly from Brigadier
General John E. Wool, whose Army headquarters were at Athens, Tennessee,
Valley River, North Carolina, and New Echota, Georgia, successively. Howe's
orders also came from General Nat Smith, Superintendent of Cherokee Removal
at the Indian Agency. There are also communications to Howe from
administrative offices in Washington, D.C., and from an Army subsistence depot
at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and from various posts in East Tennessee,
southwestern North Carolina, and north Georgia.
The papers consist of letters, orders, accounts, requisitions, receipts,
reports, inventories, and quarterly returns. The letters, in addition to
containing specific requests and instructions, provide accounts of the
conditions in the area during 1836, 1837, and 1838, while the Cherokee Indians
were being relocated under the auspices of the United States government.
The locations involved were Athens, Calhoun, Fort Hiwassee, and Red Clay
Council Ground, Tennessee; Valley River, Camp Huntington, and Ross's
Landing (in what was then Macon County and is now Cherokee County), North
Carolina; New Echota, Georgia; and Gunter's Landing, Alabama. They also
communicated with individuals in Augusta, Georgia, Knoxville, Tennessee,
Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Most of the papers relate to provision of supplies to various posts and the
moving of troops and Indians. The correspondence between General Smith and
Lieutenant Howe related to individual cases of civil and criminal clashes
between Indians and settlers, chiefly over disputed ownership or occupancy of
certain cultivated fields.
A chronological listing of the items follows: April-June 1836--Included are a
paper appointing Lt. Chiliab Smith Howe assistant commissary of subsistence,
4th Infantry at Calhoun, Tennessee, and communications from the Office of the
Commissary General of Subsistence in Washington, D.C. Also included are
papers relating to transport of supplies from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to
Nashville, and from Nashville by wagon to Fort Hiwassee in East Tennessee.
July 1836--Included are communications addressed to Lt. Chiliab Smith Howe
at Fort Cass as assistant commissary of subsistence and sometimes as acting
quartermaster. 14 July--Brig. Gen. John E. Wool wrote from headquarters in
Athens instructing Howe to have both forage and provisions for three companies
coming to Calhoun from Athens. Also dated 14 July is a paper relating to
weapons and supplies bound for Fort Hiwassee from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
via Paducah. 16-20 July--General Wood and Major M. M. Payne sent orders to Capt.
Morrow, Lt. Howe, and Col. Byrd concerning arrangements for a movement
of troops from Fort Cass to the mouth of the Valley River in Macon (now
Cherokee) County, North Carolina. Andrew McMillan of the Bank of Knoxville
wrote about arrangements for sending cash. Major M. M. Payne, acting
adjt. general at headquarters, East Tennessee, sent communications to Lt. Howe
commanding at Fort Cass, Cherokee Agency, and also acting assistant
quartermaster. Also included are items relating to General Wool's check drawn
on the secretary of war for subsistence for Indians. Howe was temporarily at
headquarters at Athens. 28 July--Albert S. Lenoir wrote from New Echota to
Lt. Howe at Calhoun, requesting authorization to retain an interpreter to
assist him. He also wrote about other developments in Indian matters and
obtaining beef rations for the Indians. 30 July--General Wool at Valley River,
North Carolina, wrote to Howe requesting flour and saying that he was delayed
because the Indians were delaying decisions. 31 July--Wool wrote to Howe
about supplies not received and other troubles and misunderstandings.
August 1836--Included are almost daily communications relating subsistence
problems in various quarters from Col. A. R. Hunter at Camp Huntington,
General Wool at Valley River, R. A. Ramsey at Ross Landing, N. Harris at
Camp Payne, and A. S. Lenoir at New Echota. Also included are communications
relating to local purchase of fresh beef, soap, and powder, the need for teams
for transportation, and corn. 2 August--A. R. Hetzel at Athens wrote to Howe at
Cass, requesting that gun flints and candles be sent to General Wool. 5
August--A. S. Lenoir, issuing agent at New Echota, wrote to Howe outlining needs
for rations for Indians and troops at New Echota and in transit. 7
August--Maj. M. M. Payne, acting adjutant general, wrote to Lt. Howe, who
was commanding at Camp Cass but was absent when Payne arrived to make
inspection of facilities and inventories. 9 August--General Wool wrote to Howe,
instructing him to see that troops at Ross's Landing and New Echota were
supplied with rations. 10 August--R. A. Ramsey at Ross's Landing wrote to
Howe, describing his needs and asking about procedure. McMillan at the
Knoxville Bank wrote about refunding the exchange and interest fee that he had
previously deducted from General Wool's War Department Account.
September 1836--1 September--Included is a report to Howe, at headquarters
of the Army of East Tennessee and the Cherokee Nation, at New Echota, from
Lt. C. Haskins, acting assistant commissary under Col. Hunter at Valley Town,
North Carolina. Also included is a general order concerning troops gathering at
the Council Ground at Red Clay, Tennessee, and provisions for them, and a
letter from Wool to Howe giving instructions about arrangements. 2 September
--Thos. M. Chandler of the Q.M. Department at the Augusta Arsenal, Georgia,
requested a certificate indicating that S. H. Peck supplied
transportation for baggage recruits from Augusta to Fort Cass in July. Also
included are several communications from General Wool at Red Clay. 20
September--Spencer Jarnagin at Red Clay wrote to Lt. Howe at the Cherokee
Agency, requesting permission for Robt. Hanks & Co. to sell provisions to the
troops at the agency. October 1836--Included are orders and letters from General
Wool at New Echota and at Fort Cass to assistant commissary and acting Q.M.
Howe, including instructions to provide subsistence and forage for six companies
(Col. Smith's and Col. Byrd's) that would arrive at Fort Cass or Calhoun on the
30th for discharge. November 1836--1 November--Thos. C. Lyon, Gen. Wool's
aide-de-camp, wrote to Howe stating that troops remaining at Ross's Landing will
be hutted for the winter, and Lt. Howe must supply tools, nails, and materials
as needed. 12 November--Included is an order to Howe to supply a small
detachment at Gunter's Landing, Alabama, for three months. There are further
communications about supplies from Lt. A. R. Hetzel, A.Q.M. for transportation
at Fort Cass, from Gen. Wool at Headquarters at New Echota, from N. Harris at
Ross's Landing, and from others. Harris described both what he had bought and
what he could get and at what prices. 21 November--Included is Wool's order
relating to clothing, guard duty, leaves of absence, etc.
December 1836--2 December--Included is Wool's request for 8 thousand
musket ball cartridges at New Echota. 8 December--John E. Wool at New
Echota wrote a "private letter" to Howe with various instructions and told Howe
about a commendation from the War Department. 10 December--Included is an
order concerning escorts for paymasters, their lodging and rations.
January 1837--Included is a document from Wool to Howe, requesting certain
books, reporting on the situation at New Echota, and describing plans for the
immediate future. Also included is a paper relating to the estate of John Walker
and a paper relating to an agreement about some property between Mr. Adams and
Mr. Stan. 23 January--Included is a paper from Lt. Charles Haskins at New Echota
requesting certain tools, flour, etc. Also included are other
communications from Gen. Wool and his subordinates, asking for various items
such as cartridges, shovels, spades, axes, etc. March 1836-January 1837--This
item is a personal account for general merchandise, charged to Chiliab Smith
Howe by Lewis Ross. February 1837--Chiefly papers relating to complaints by
Indians against violations of their property rights according to the treaty of
1835-1836, including petitions from Indians to General Nat Smith, Superintendent
of Cherokee Removal at Cherokee Agency East, Smith's reports to Lt. Howe
concerning some of Howe's soldiers, Smith's requests for soldiers to enforce
certain evictions and insure the peace in individual cases, Howe's orders for
the defendants to appear and to show cause (by what right they possessed certain
properties), and requests for military men to subdue unruly characters. Most of
these papers involve cases of disputed ownership of cultivated fields. 3
February--An extract from army regulations concerning mmunition in camp and
leaving camp without permission. 10 February--An order from Wool
to Howe,
requesting him to come to New Echota to discuss the purchase of
flour and
bacon as soon as possible. 11 February--Included are more items on
the flour
and bacon problem. 13 February--Included is a complaint from the
Cherokee
Agency that some of Lt. Howe's men murdered an emigrant Cherokee.
18
February--Included are orders to Asst. Surgeon Hitchcock, medical
inspector,
to inspect all the hospitals in the Cherokee country and to make a
report. 24
February--Wool wrote to Howe, clarifying Dr. Hitchcock's position
in the army
organization and other army matters.March-June 1837--Included are more papers relating to Indian
complaints that
settlers intruded on their property. Smith requested Howe to put
the proper
owner in possession. Also included is steady correspondence
between Smith
and Howe regarding individual Indian cases, such as property
disputes and
miscellaneous crimes. Also included are miscellaneous
requisitions, receipts,
reports, ordnance papers, and requests for subsistence. 14 and 21
March--Wool wrote to Howe about rations needed for several
detachments
going out to collect Creek Indians scattered through the Cherokee
country, and
the need for hard baked bread. 27 March--Wool sent Howe $8,000 on
account
for supplies and described rounding up scattered Creeks in
Cherokee territory. 3
April--Included is Wool's order regarding the collection for
emigration of the
refugee Creeks scattered through Cherokee country, under Lt.
Edward Deas,
and Wool's letter to Howe in connection with supplying this
expedition. 1
May--Wool wrote to Howe on various matters of business, on Lt.
Hoskin's
illness, and on a mysterious importation of arms. 5 May--Wool
ordered Howe
to take dispatches to Governor Dudley of North Carolina and to
explain to him
the state of affairs of the Cherokee people and their feelings
about removal, and
also to go to Salem and inves-tigate the influx of arms that were
coming from
there. 27 June--An office in Washington D.C. acknowledged receipt
of Howe's
request for relief from his job.July 1837--Included is a letter commenting on Creek affairs in
Florida and
Alabama.August 1837--Lt. W. H. Betts at the Augusta Arsenal in Georgia,
wrote to Asst.
Q.M. at Fort Cass about clothing and equipment being sent from
Augusta to
Calhoun.September-December 1837--Included is scattered correspondence
between
Fort Cass and Gen. Smith relating to individual Indian
cases--complaints by and
complaints against Indians handled by the Agency--and routine
ordnance and
supply business.January 1838--Lt. H. L. Scott received from Chiliab Smith Howe
lists of
weapons turned over at Fort Cass, evidently upon Howe's departure.Subseries 1.4. (1839-1850) This subseries chiefly comprises
correspondence
from relatives and friends to Chiliab and Julia Howe. During this
time, Julia
received a number of letters from her cousin Selina Lenoir at Fort
Defiance, and
other relatives in North Carolina, about the family members there.
Julia's brother,
Israel Pickens, was also in North Carolina in 1839 and 1840,
attending the
University of North Carolina. He wrote a few letters about college
life and other
activities, and his plans to study law at the College of William
and Mary. There is
only one letter from Julia's cousin Laura, who had married and had
several
children. It is dated 1843 and described Laura's family and a
severe depression
she went through after the birth of one of her children.Chiliab also received letters from his family describing their
activities. His sister
Jane was married and living in Putnamville, Indiana. His sister
Kate apparently
lived at their family home in Albany, New York, and was still a
child. She wrote
several times to Chiliab.There are a few letters between Chiliab and Julia, chiefly during
the period when
they were moving from Alabama to Mississippi in 1844. Chiliab was
still in
Alabama arranging the final details of the move, while Julia was
already in Prairie
Mount, Chickasaw County, Mississippi. In 1847, they were living in
Okolona,
Mississippi, which is also in Chickasaw County.Also included are a few letters from friends and letters about
business matters.
Included are several letters about the death of James Pickens who
was Julia's
uncle. In his will, he had left her and her daughters some slaves.
There are
several indentures for purchases of land made by Howe, and a few
bills for
merchandise he purchased.Subseries 1.5. (1851-1860) This subseries chiefly comprises
correspondence of
the Howe family, particularly to and from Ellen and Laura Howe who
were away
at school during these years. Ellen went first to a school in
Aberdeen,
Mississippi, that was run by the Rev. J. H. Ingraham, a friend of
the family's.
Later she attended the Columbia Female Institute in Tennessee.
Laura also
attended both schools.The girls wrote letters to their parents describing their studies,
friends, and
teachers at school. Both girls frequently were homesick and wrote
about their
desire to come home. Julia's and Chiliab's letters contained
family news.In December 1853, Ellen wrote about a disturbance at the Columbia
Female
Institute. A Mr. Weber, who taught German to Ellen and music to
some of the
other students, was dismissed due to his uncontrollable temper.
Ellen also
mentioned that he had lectured her on what she termed
"pantheistic" notions and
that he appeared to be a follower of Spinoza. The combination of
these
circumstances led to his dismissal.Ellen and Laura spent the fall of 1854 and the spring of 1855
living at home.
Ellen received a number of letters from school friends,
particularly Sue Watts,
who was still at the Columbia Female Institute. Sue wrote chiefly
about their
friends at school and her own activities. In 1856, Laura returned
to school in
Aberdeen, Mississippi.After Laura went back to school in Aberdeen, she corresponded with
her
parents and her sister Ellen at home. Laura expressed some
dissatisfaction with
the other girls at school and with her teachers.Ellen received letters from other friends. The Rev. Ingraham, her
former teacher,
periodically wrote to her. She also received a few letters from
other individuals
who were apparently teachers or in some way were connected with
her
schooling. A few girls, probably school friends, continued to
write to her. Also
included are letters from her cousin Laura Norwood in North
Carolina and other
North Carolina relatives.Towards the end of the series there are a number of notes to Ellen
and a few to
Laura from friends in the area about social activities. Ellen was
elected the Queen
of the May by the Young Gentlemen of Okolona in April of 1860.Ellen wrote pieces that were published in magazines and
newspapers. In July
1860, there is a letter to Ellen from the editor of Field and
Fireside accepting a
review that she had written of a book by the Rev. Ingraham. The
editor
complimented her on her writing style.Also included in this subseries are business papers of Chiliab
Smith Howe.
Beginning in 1856, many of them are letters from his cotton
factors, Walsh,
Smith & Co., in Mobile, Alabama, advising him on the amount of
cotton he had
sold. Also included is scattered correspondence from his friends
and from his
family in the north. A few items indicate Howe's involvement in
church affairs,
such as a letter to Howe from John Parker responding to Howe's
request that he
be the preacher in Howe's area and a confirma-tion certificate for
Howe.Also included are a number of letters to Julia Howe, chiefly from
relatives. Her
brother Andrew died in March 1854 after a long illness. His wife,
Carrie, wrote
a few times about his illness and her sorrow after his death.
Julia's brother Israel
continued to write occasionally, as did her cousin Selina Lenoir
in Fort Defiance,
North Carolina.Subseries 1.8. (Undated Papers) This subseries comprises undated
letters and
writings of the Howe family. They are organized chiefly by
recipient. Included are
numerous letters to Julia Pickens Howe both before and after her
marriage, and
letters from the Howe daughters while away at school.Omissions
Omitted materials from the Chiliab Smith Howe Papers include
Subseries 1.6,
Loose Papers, 1861-1867; Subseries 1.7, Loose Papers,1868-1899;
Series 2,
Volumes; and Series 3, Materials about the Military Careers of J.
Byrd Williams
and John Richardson. Descriptions of these materials may be found
in the
introductory materials provided at the beginning of this
collection. A list of
omissions appears on Reel 23, frame 0448.N.B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern
Historical Collection
include the Lenoir Family Papers I and the Lenoir Family Papers
II.
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!BIRTH-PARENTS-BAPTISM-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 6; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.--------------------------------------------------------------
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 10 'Greene Co AL, Deed Book O, pg 786: ... Andrew L. PICKENS, and wife
Caroline; Israel PICKENS and wife Eliza; Chiliah S. HOWE and wife Julia A. M.;
heirs at law of John C. PICKENS, deceased, that is to say: ... Andrew L.
PICKENS, Israel L. PICKENS and Julia A. M. HOWE the nephews and nieces of said
decedent, representing their deceased father, Israel PICKENS, make deed to
Samuel PICKENS, 31 acres of land in Sec. 31, Township 20, Range r east. Date
1846' (Sharp, pg 10)
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DIRECT LINE OF: Berta Fletcher; Carl Scott Shannon;
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DIRECT LINE OF: Berta Fletcher; Carl Scott Shannon;
DIRECT LINE OF: Donna One Star;
UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE(1)&(2)&(3)-CHILDREN-MILITARY: Kate Pickens Day,
COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; Hiott Press, Greenville SC
1951; p. 224-226; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
MILITARY: Enlisted 1 Jul 1864, Co B, 29th MO Volunteer Infantry.UPDATE: 1998-08-03
!BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE(1),(2)&(3)-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF
THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 118; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
Day, p. 225-226:
"David R. PICKENS, son of John and Nancy PROFITT PICKENS was born August
15th 1832 in Sullivan County, Tennessee and died March 6th, 1913, nearly
eighty-one years old. In 1855, he with a number of residents of Sullivan
County moved to Missouri. Traveling with teams they were thirty-five days on
the way. On July 1st, 1864, he enlisted in Company B, 39th Missouri Volunteer
Infantry, in which Company he served one year, mostly in Missouri. His Company
was sent to Nashville, Tennessee but reached that place just too late to take
part in the last engagement there. He was married three times. First, on July
14th 1853 to Martha BRAGG who died April 3rd 1874. Second in October 1877 to
Mrs. Louisa BALLENGER, who died October 1878. His third marriage was on
December 6th 1878 to Catherine MORELOCK, who was born July 28th 1858.
[then names 10 children by the three wives]"Donna One Star to Terry McLean, 2 Aug 1998, e-mail, Enc #P-337:
"... My great grand mother was Sarah Amanda Adeline PICKENS ... Her mother
was Martha Jane BRAGG, born 1832, married David R. PICKENS in Sullivan Co.,
Tenn...."IGI shows a John PICKENS, Jr, of Kirksville, Adair, Missouri md Abt 1864
Elizabeth MORELOCK OR MORLOCK
"FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE
PICKENS FAMILY; ; Hiott Press, Greenville SC 1951; p. 224-226; copy in
possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!MARRIAGE-DEATH-CHILDREN: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE
PICKENS FAMILY; ; Hiott Press, Greenville SC 1951; p. 224-226; copy in
possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.UPDATE: 1996-03-02
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 118; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim
CA.
UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS
FAMILY; ; Hiott Press, Greenville SC 1951; p. 224-226; copy in possession of
Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.UPDATE: 1996-03-02
!BIRTH-PARENTS-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 118; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!PARENTS: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY; ;
Hiott Press, Greenville SC 1951; p. 224-226; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.1998-02-
!PARENTS: Don Fink to Terry McLean, Feb 1998; ; GEDCOM file; ; ; ;UPDATE: 1996-03-02
!BIRTH-PARENTS: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis
TN, 1963; p. 118; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!PARENTS: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY; ;
Hiott Press, Greenville SC 1951; p. 224-226; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.UPDATE: 1996-03-02
!BIRTH-PARENTS: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis
TN, 1963; p. 118; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
UPDATE: 1999-02-10
!PARENTS: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONORE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY; ;
Hiott Press, Greenville SC 1951; p. 224-226; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.UPDATE: 1996-03-02
!BIRTH-PARENTS: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis
TN, 1963; p. 118; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
UPDATE: 1996-02-09
UPDATE: 1996-10-26
DIRECT LINE OF: Mary Alley.
===============================================================================
TIME LINE:
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1814 - b in SC
1820 - approx., moved to TN with his parents. Lived his life at the old John
Pickens homestead, nine miles east of Calhoun, eight miles from Riceville,
and twelve miles southeast of Athens TN.
1836 - on tax list, Dist 16, McMinn Co., TN
1846 - was acting as guardian of orphans of Joseph SMITH of McMinn Co., TN
father of his wife, Malinda.
1860 - is this the C. A. PICKENS that was Commissioner, McMinn Co., TN this
year?
===============================================================================CENSUS:--------------------
1850 CENSUS INDEX: (Enc #P-141a)
p. 121. PICKENS, Charles 36, Malinda 28, David 9, Sarah 7, Mary 4, Susan 1,
SC T, Mc-1387-645 [McMinn Co.].1860 CENSUS INDEX: (Enc #P-142a)
p. 246. PICKENS, C. A. 46 (m), Melinda, 40, David C. 18, Sarah Jane 16,
Mary E. 14, Susan L. 11, John A. 9, Julius R. 7, Robert 5, Mc-119-329 [McMinn
Co.]Prodigy post dated 9/13/94 from Roy Duckett (VDJJ79A), Enc #P-151: CD 229 TN
MARRIAGES, McMINN TN MARRIAGES FROM 1820 TO 1850
P252 PICKINS, Charles A.
S530 SMITH, Malinda 19/08/1840From Mary Morris (Love) Alley to Terry McLean
27 Oct 1996 [FILE: Enc #P-207]:
"... William McAmis LOVE ... first married first Sarah Jane PICKENS (9 Jan
1843 - 16 Jan 1879) in Coghill, McMinn County, TN, on 30 Jul 1867. She was the
daughter of Charles A. and Malinda (SMITH) PICKENS.."
"... Charles A. PICKENS (b. 4 Nov 1814 Pendleton District, South Carolina; d.
18 Feb 1875 McMinn Co., TN) married Malinda SMITH (b. ca 1822) .... a
daughter of Joseph SMITH. Charles was her guardian after her father's death.
He filed a report as guardian of the orphans of Joseph SMITH on 5 May 1846.
Joseph SMITH had died 9 Aug 1840. According to Wills and Estate Records of
McMinn County, Tennessee 1820-1870 by Reba Bayless Boyer 1966, one of his
daughters was Malinda, who was the wife of Charles A. PICKENS by 18 Feb 1858.
"..John Pickens' will -- McMinn Co, TN -- dated 3-4 Dec 1827, named his wife
Nancy an administrator with Rees [sic] and Robert Pickens. Buyers at the
estate sale of John Pickens on 3 Mar 1828: Nancy, Robert, Reese [sic],
Rebecca, and Andrew Pickens. Orphans of John Pickens over the age of 14 on 1
Dec 1828: Andrew, Rebecka [sic], William K., Charles A., Nancy, and Martha
Pickens. They chose Nancy Pickens and George Bowman as guardians. Settlement
by Nancy of his estate occurred 12 Sep 1838. Receipts from heirs Reece,
Robert, Andrew, Nancy, and William K. Pickens. [Wills and Estate Records of
McMinn County, TN 1820-1870 by Reba Bayless Boyer, 1966] -------------------
The following Pickens were on McMinn Co. tax lists for the years 1829-32
and 1836:
PICKENS:
Andrew 1829-32
Canady 1836 District 17
Charles A. 1836 District 15
Nancy 1836 District 5 & 15
Reece 1829-32
Robert 1836 District 15
-------------------
These Pickens/Pickins were in McMinn Co. between 1820-1870 [Wills and Estate
Records of McMinn County, Tennessee 1820-1870 by Reba Bayless Boyer, 1966]:
C.A. Pickens--commissioner in 1860
Reece Pickens--witnessed the will of Archibald Cameron 24 Feb 1832 Andrew and
William C. Pickins [sic] witnessed the will of John Queener 2 Nov 1832
----------------------------[END]----------------------------------------------
UPDATE: 1996-10-29
DIRECT LINE OF: Mary Alley.
==============================================================================
Mary Alley to Terry McLean [FILE: Enc #P-207]:
"... Charles A. PICKENS (b. 4 Nov 1814 Pendleton District, South Carolina; d.
18 Feb 1875 McMinn Co., TN) married Malinda SMITH (b. ca 1822). She was a
daughter of Joseph SMITH. Charles was her guardian after her father's death.
[Wills and Estate Records of McMinn County, Tennessee 1820-1870 by Reba
Bayless Boyer 1966]. One of [the daughters of Joseph SMITH] was Malinda, who
was the wife of Charles A. PICKENS by 18 Feb 1858.
Charles and Malinda were on the 1850 McMinn Co. dated 7 Oct 1850 federal
census as follows:
PICKENS, Charles 36 m farmer $2,000 S.C.
Malenda [sic] 28 f
David 9 m
Sarah 7 f -- my ancestor
Mary 11 f
Au?an 1 f [Susan??]
--------------[END]-------------------------------------------------------------------------CENSUS:
1850 CENSUS INDEX: (Enc #P-141a)
p. 121. PICKENS, Charles 36, Malinda 28, David 9, Sarah 7, Mary 4, Susan 1,
SC T, Mc-1387-645 [McMinn Co.].1860 CENSUS INDEX: (Enc #P-142a)
p. 246. PICKENS, C. A. 46 (m), Melinda, 40, David C. 18, Sarah Jane 16,
Mary E. 14, Susan L. 11, John A. 9, Julius R. 7, Robert 5, Mc-119-329 [McMinn
Co.]1870
1880
--------------------------[END]Prodigy post dated 9/13/94 from Roy Duckett (VDJJ79A), Enc #P-151: CD 229 TN
MARRIAGES, McMINN TN MARRIAGES FROM 1820 TO 1850
P252 PICKINS, Charles A.
S530 SMITH, Malinda 19/08/1840From Mary Morris (Love) Alley to Terry McLean 27 Oct 1996 [FILE: Enc #P-207]:
majie@sava.gulfnet.com
"... William McAmis LOVE ... first married first Sarah Jane PICKENS (9 Jan
1843 - 16 Jan 1879) in Coghill, McMinn County, TN, on 30 Jul 1867. She was the
daughter of Charles A. and Malinda (SMITH) PICKENS.."
UPDATE: 1995-10-09
UPDATE: 1995-10-09