Re: The Pickens Family - Larry Noah
Subject: Re: The Pickens Family
From: Larry Noah
Date: October 07, 1998


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From: Nancy A. Bedell 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: The Pickens Family


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I need help. I have the following information on my Pickens Ancestors and
was wondering if anyone can tell me more about them, or possibly if you
live close to the cemetaries that are listed - can go to them and take
pictures of the headstones and cemetaries for me. Any kind of help that you
can provide would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Pickens, Andrew (1739-1817) Father of Andrew Pickens (1779-1838);
grandfather of Francis Wilkinson Pickens. Born in Pennsylvania. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1793-95; member of South Carolina state
legislature. Interment
at Old Stone Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.

Pickens, Andrew (1779-1838) Son of Andrew Pickens (1739-1817); father of
Francis Wilkinson Pickens. Born November 13, 1779. Governor of South
Carolina, 1816-18. Died July 1, 1838. Burial location unknown.

Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) Grandson of Andrew Pickens
(1739-1817); son of Andrew Pickens (1779-1838). Born in South Carolina,
April 7, 1805. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives,
1832-34; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1834-43; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1844-46; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1858-60; Governor
of South Carolina, 1860-62. Died in Edgefield, S.C., January 25, 1869.
Interment at Edgefield
Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.

Pickens, Israel (1780-1827) Born near Concord, N.C., January 30, 1780.
Member of North Carolina state senate, 1809; U.S. Representative from North
Carolina, 1811-17; Governor of Alabama, 1821-25; U.S. Senator from Alabama,
1826. Died in Cuba, April 24, 1827. Interment in private or family
graveyard.

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        Sometime we (maybe not you) overlook one resource with a family as
well known as the Pickens.  Have you researched historical documents as well
as other document?  It is well worth looking into.

Larry Noah - [email protected]
    My family is at - http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah
    NCOrange mailing list website -
http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah/NCOrange/
    BrickChurchNC mailing list website -
http://members.tripod.com/~lrnoah/BrickCH/

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