UPDATE: 1998-01-27
name: Reuben Paddock
residence: Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts
page number: 512 nara publication number: M32
nara roll number: 16 film number: 205617
digital folder number: 004440850
image number: 00519
James Dunn 1720 –
Jean Farrell 1720 –Spouse & Children
William Henry Hays 1749 – 1819
Elizabeth Hays 1770 – 1823John N. "James" Hays 1772 – 1860
Henry Hays 1775 –
Benjamin Hays 1777 – 1861
Jane Hays 1779 –
Mary Martha Hays 1782 – 1831
Susannah Hays 1785 – 1815William Henry Hays 1789 – 1869
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Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 106. "It will be noted above that John PICKENS died while on his way to
the Choctaw Towns. The center of the Choctaw Towns was in Winston Co., MS and
they were mostly in Noxubee, Winston, Neshoba and Leake Counties of MS. In John
PICKENS' time this was all a virgin country, the heart of the Choctaw Nation.
Appaently he had first lived among the Choctaws and his children by his first
wife must have been reared in the Choctaw Towns. They are later found living in
the same section of the state.."Nix/Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS:
p. 26. NOTES AND REFERENCES. #4. "Kate PICKENS DAY and Monroe PICKENS were
direct descendants of Robert Pike PICKENS and their account does not mention
John as a member of the family; but they do acknowledge David. John's will names
David as his brother, and other PICKENS researchers (Sharp, p. 104) admit to
John although he was apparently disowned by his family at the time [due to his
Tory sympathies].
p. 34-35. "Apparently [John and his second wife Mary] had not been married
long when John became ill and died. He left a will recorded 22 January 1789 in
Natchez. The circumstances of John's death are recorded with the will as
follows:
'Richard MILLER appeared to inform of the death of John PICKENS who died the
18th of the present month at the house of Justus KING, to which he had removed
by reason of sickness, intending to make a journety to the Choctaw towns, and
the said Richard delivered the sealed will of said PICKENS to the Governor, Don
Carlos de Grand Pre. The Governor opened the will in their presence. de Grand
Pre and his assistants then repaired to the house of Richard ADAMS in which the
widow of said deceased John PICKENS lived, to take inventory.'
John's will requested that 'all debts be paid and the remainder of his estate
be divided into three equal parts. One part to my beloved wife, Mary. One third
to the child that is now in my pregnant wife. The remaining third to my brother,
David PICKENS. Executors to be my friends Robert MILLER and Charles COLLINS.'
The inventory revealed John PICKENS had received a Spanish grant for 240
arpents of land. John's will supports the fact that he was a son of Robert Pike
PICKENS, since he named David as his brother..."
UPDATE: 1998-01-27
UPDATE: 1995-09-30
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Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 106-107. "Captain Joseph PICKENS, believed also to be a son of John
PICKENS. He lived in what is now Noxubee Co., MS on Noxubee Creek. He went to
the Indian Territory at once after the signing of the Treaty. To the shame of
the the white man, much fraud was practiced by scheming speculators and
agents, and many Indian families were cheated out of their rightful possession.
Captain Joseph PICKENS wrote the following letter, which is self explanatory:
'Choctaw Agency West, January 2, 1833.
Sir: Under the last treaty I was entitled to 160 acres of land by
cultivation as will appear by the books retained. I emigrated with my family,
with the first party that came by the government and left home in a great
hurry, and withouth knowing the value of my land, or very little concerning it.
There was standing in the filed between 200 and 300 bushels of corn for which
I received $50 at the time when corn was selling at 50 [cents] per bushell. I
received for the land a wagon, much used, and two yoke of oxen and a horse
which was all I ever received for the land. To you, our great father and
friend of the Choctaws, I look for protection when the conduct of GRANT and
CLEMEN is examined into, not only in my case, but many other poor Choctaws
whom they have deluded. My brother Levi PICKENS who had the same quantity of
land is since dead, sold his land for about $100. He left a wife and children
who are now here. [signed] Joseph PICKENS'."
"Joseph, Levi, and Vicey PICKENS were all three in Mushalatubbe's District
which embraced the lands in the present Nuxubee, Kemper, and Winston Counties.
... The four Choctaw PICKENS families settled in what is today McCurtain
County, Oklahoma, then called PICKENS County of the Choctaw Nation."
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Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 106. "It will be noted above that John PICKENS died while on his way to
the Choctaw Towns. The center of the Choctaw Towns was in Winston Co., MS and
they were mostly in Noxubee, Winston, Neshoba and Leake Counties of MS. In John
PICKENS' time this was all a virgin country, the heart of the Choctaw Nation.
Appaently he had first lived among the Choctaws and his children by his first
wife must have been reared in the Choctaw Towns. They are later found living in
the same section of the state.."Nix/Snell, THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS:
p. 26. NOTES AND REFERENCES. #4. "Kate PICKENS DAY and Monroe PICKENS were
direct descendants of Robert Pike PICKENS and their account does not mention
John as a member of the family; but they do acknowledge David. John's will names
David as his brother, and other PICKENS researchers (Sharp, p. 104) admit to
John although he was apparently disowned by his family at the time [due to his
Tory sympathies].
p. 34-35. "Apparently [John and his second wife Mary] had not been married
long when John became ill and died. He left a will recorded 22 January 1789 in
Natchez. The circumstances of John's death are recorded with the will as
follows:
'Richard MILLER appeared to inform of the death of John PICKENS who died the
18th of the present month at the house of Justus KING, to which he had removed
by reason of sickness, intending to make a journety to the Choctaw towns, and
the said Richard delivered the sealed will of said PICKENS to the Governor, Don
Carlos de Grand Pre. The Governor opened the will in their presence. de Grand
Pre and his assistants then repaired to the house of Richard ADAMS in which the
widow of said deceased John PICKENS lived, to take inventory.'
John's will requested that 'all debts be paid and the remainder of his estate
be divided into three equal parts. One part to my beloved wife, Mary. One third
to the child that is now in my pregnant wife. The remaining third to my brother,
David PICKENS. Executors to be my friends Robert MILLER and Charles COLLINS.'
The inventory revealed John PICKENS had received a Spanish grant for 240
arpents of land. John's will supports the fact that he was a son of Robert Pike
PICKENS, since he named David as his brother..."