DIRECT LINE OF: Jane Alford; Bill Anderson; Louise Ault; Cary Bailey; Olen
Brown; Sylvia Brown; AnnMarie Chappell; Jeanna Perry Chowning; Ann Davis;
Jamieson Davis; Barbara Giddens; Kenneth Henderson; Laney Littlejohn; Terry
McLean; Jeanette Meinecke; Steve Meservy; Roger Mitchell; Vera Niemiec; David
Pickens; Ginny Reynolds; Tom Richardson; Jack Rowe; Blake Smith;NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
REFERENCE NOTE: the following is given for geographical reference only:
From Kay Borden's CARLILE family website:
"The Charleston, S.C. Court of Ordinary recorded the proceedings as follows:
'Citation granted to Samuel Paxton and Jane Carlile daughter of James Carlile of Long Canes to Administer the Estate and Effects of James Carlile late of Long Canes, Prince William Parish, Craven County as nearest of kin. To be read in the Parish Church aforesaid and returned certified (by the minister), granted 6th December 1770.'
This statement shows that in 1770, the area of Long CAnes in Abbeville was
considered to be in Prince William Parish, Craven Co. - tmc.BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Lois K. Nix and Mary Kay Snell, THOMAS
BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS; ; Wolfe City Texas, Hemington Publishing Company, 1989; p. 13; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: LDS Archive Records; FILE: Enc #263.
BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: R. M. Bell, (Gen Helper Dec 1959); ; ; ; FILE: Enc #157
BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: E. M. Sharp letters to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA;
FILE: Enc #168, Enc #177, and Enc #180.UPDATE: 1996-02-09
PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 3, 65; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: Jeanette Meinecke to Terry McLean; FILE: Enc
#323.BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: Jack Reynolds, Okmulgee OK to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; SOURCE: Linda Pickens Hamers, 'Pickens Families'; FILE: Enc #487.
SPOUSE: Rose Bell, Orem UT, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; SOURCE:
records of her deceased husband, Wm. L. Bell; FILE: Enc #559.PARENTS-BIRTH-SPOUSE-DEATH: Tom Foley, Granger IN, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; pedigree chart; FILE: Enc #P-226.
RESIDENCE: Augusta Co VA (1740-1764); Abbeville Dist SC (1764-death?).
MARRIAGE: 1994 IGI.
Gabriel PICKENS md Abt 1744 <, of Augusta Co., Virginia>
Spouse: Mrs. Zerubiah PICKENS F#: 455386
ALSO:
Gabriel PICKENS md Zerubiah SMITH F#: 1761110TIME LINE:
AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA records:
1740 - transported to August Co VA by brother John.
1742 - in Augusta Co militia, in company of Capt. John SMITH. John RAMSEY and Robert POAG in same company (Day, p. 25)
1745, 13 Aug - daug. Margaret baptised in Augusta Co VA, Old Stone Church.
1749, 1 Mar - Gabriel PICKENS, a farmer, appears as surety on a guardian bond
[Chalkey's Annals]
1749, 27 Apr - son William baptised in Augusta Co VA, Old Stone Church.
1749, 17 Nov - Gabriel PICKENS signs petition for road
1751, 18 Mar - obtained land warrent on Howells Branch
1751 - appears in various other civil records.
1755 - owed note to estate of Benjamin Copeland.
1755, 12 May - Gabriel PICKENS and Abraham SMITH were sued by Thomas MOORE and his wife, Phoebe
1755 - Vol II, p. 416, Gabriel PICKENS, Constable (Day)
1756 - March, Gabriel was one of 17 to signs petition for protection against a troublesome neighbor [VA - see below for transcript]
1759 - 12 May, received land patent for 200 acres, Va.
1760 - appointed appraiser of two estates, in VA. Also had land processioned *
1761 - received payment on settlement of an estate.
1762, 18 May - sold 200 acres to Abraham Smith in VA.
1762, 19 May - examination of Zerubiah, regarding dower rights release, Augusta Co VA. (this is last appearance of Gabriel in Augusta Co records according to Chalkey)----------------------
SOUTH CAROLINA records:
1764, 17 Apr - obtained patent to land on Great Rocky Creek in what is now
Abbeville Dist SC. He probably moved a bit earlier [Sharp]. Son William stated
in his pension app. that he was b in 1749 and moved with his parents to SC when he was 15. (See Appendix IV - Sharp). Gabriel'b brother John also rec'd land on Great Rocky Creek.
1768, 2-1 - Gabriel granted 200 a Granville Co SC on E side of Great Rocky
Creek, surveyed 5-4-1767. Recorded 3-15,1768 (Source: Warren, CITIZENS AND
IMMIGRANTS, SC 1768, (Heritage Papers, 1980) ABQ Special Collections, 975.7
W291C (Enc #315) [book also found at Los Angeles FHC].
1776 + - obtained grant for land in Abbeville and Pendleton Dist, SC.
1782, 22 Feb - Gabriel listed as a buyer at estate sale of Francis King [not
sure it could be this Gabriel - tmc] (Source: Holcomb, CAMDEN DIST. SC WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS 1781-1787 ABQ Spec. Coll. 975.7 H725c) - Enc #316.------------------------------------------------------------------
Joy Beneman to Terry McLean 4 Oct 1998:
From a Search USGENWEB. CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: court02.txt) JUDGMENTS
AT RULES. MARCH, 1756 (A).
KING vs. O'NEAL.--Petition as follows:
"To the Worshipful Court of Augusta County.
The petition of sundry inhabitants of this County by this North Mountain, in
Captain HARRISON's and Captain LOVE's Companies, humbly sheweth:
That your petitioners are daily troubled by John O'NEAL, a person of evil
fame, who, being ill natured, evil, designing, citigious, wicked man, he often takes occasion to come to the houses of some of your petitioners and then designedly raises and foments disputes with them in which he makes use of the most opprobrious and abuseful words he can invent, and as he is bound to the peace, dares any one to strike him, therefore, should any of us strike or beat him we know not what might be the consequences as we are unacquainted with the law and his usual manner threatens to shoot us if he sees any of us out of our own plantations, that he will do us all the damage he can by killing our horses, cattle, &c., and when reproved of his misbehavior he tells us that if he does any action, be it ever so bad, that he will be cleared by this Court for two pieces of eight. His behavior is such that your petitioners are afraid to leave their families to go about their lawful affairs, not knowing but he may fulfill his threats before our return by killing our wives or children, burning our houses, or doing some other irreparable damage, and, as doubtless your Worships is well acquainted with the behavior of this malicious man, we hope you will take our case into consideration and fall upon some method to hinder him from being guilty of such outrages and irregularities for the future. That we, being subjects to his Majesty and the laws of the Dominion, may be no longer abused by such a person in the above manner, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall
ever pray.
-- Daniel HARRISON, James MAGILL, Daniel SMITH, John MCGARRY, Robert HARRISON, Gawin BLACK, John LONKILL, Patrick CAIN, Aaron OLIVER, (erased), Robert GRAY, Henry SMITH, Benjamin KINLEY, John SMITH, John MCCLEWER, **** Gabriel PICKENS, John HINTON and Robert PATTERSON.
Scire facias on recognizance, November 8th, 1754. Patrick CAIN and Robert
PATTERSON denied signatures. Gawin BLACK says he has nothing to say vs. John
O'NEAL, but was over-persuaded by some of the petitioners.
O'Neal found guilty."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 PICKINS, Margret, Eleanor, Margret, Ye Younger, and Gabriel PICKEN; 24 Jul 1740; O. Bk II, 218.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]...
... Rev. John CRAIG, Presbyterian, was pastor of Old Stone Church, Augusta
County, VA. From church records I personally got his baptisms between 1740 and 1749; Israel PICKENS, a child baptised named Margaret, Dec 18, 1740. Gabriel PICKENS' child, Margaret, baptised Aug 13, 1745. Gabriel PICKENS child William, baptized Apr 29, 1749....
The Waxhaw settlement was thought strictly to be a North Carolina settlement and did everything possible to remain that way. About fifty or sixty families came there and the line was run and put them in SC. 200 petitioned the General Assembly of NC sitting at Newberg (Newberry) against being put in SC but could do nothing. Nearly all came from Penn. down through Shenandoah Valley, Virginia." [END]Letter dated 30 Apr 1994 from Jamieson Davis. (Enc #P-117)
"Gabriel PICKENS youngest son of William and Margaret PICKENS. He was born
about 1720 - died around 1775-1780 in SC. Gabriel went to Augusta Co. VA with
his older brother John and is listed by John as one he had imported into the
colony. Gabriel was not married when he joined the county militia in 1742.
They had come to the county about 1740. By 1745 he was married, as one of his
children was baptised by Rev. John Craig, pastor of Old Stone Church. This was Margaret PICKENS, baptised 13 Aug 1745. There are numbers of references to Gabriel in the Augusta County records, showing that he secured land, bought and sold other land. He sold out in Augusta County on May 18-19, 1762, his 200 acre farm to Abraham SMITH. On April 17, 1765 he was granted 200 acres on Great Rocky Creek, in what is today western Abbeville Co., SC. He lived next door to his brother John who had also come to Great Rocky Creek (or river as it is sometimes called)."CAMDEN DISTRICT SC WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS 1781-1787 (1770-1796), abstracted by Brent Holcomb and Elmer Parker (1978, Southern Historical Press, Easley SC) Los Angeles FHC 975.761 H697 (7 Oct 1995) (Enc #P-
p. 40. KING, Francis, Apt. 38 Pck. 1367.
Thomas KING, 'living at a place called Bullock's Creek", applied for adm. 10 Nov 1781. Citation read 20 Nov 1781 at Bullock Creek by Jos. ALEXANDER, V.D.M.
Bond: Thomas KING, admr., Abraham SMITH and John SMITH, sec., 25 Jan 1782;
Wit: Richard FURMAN.
Accounts current: Richard FOSTER, William CAR [sic], William BYERS, Joseph CAMP, Newbury STOCKTON, Abraham BARRON, John ROSS, Henry SMITH.
Estate appraised by Abraham SMITH, John SMITH and Samuel DENTON, 11 Feb 1782,
for 2657 [pounds] 4 6.
Purchasers at sale, 22 Feb 1782; William SMITH, Henry NEAL, Henry SMITH, Joseph BROWN, Abraham SMITH, John SMITH, Thomas GILHAM, John BURD, ***Gabriel PICKENS, James DERVIN (DARWIN), James BROWN, William STEEN, Jas. POWEL, Thomas KING, John PATRICK, Peter AKINS, Hannah KING, Judah KING, Samuel DENTON, Abraham SMITH."SOUTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1719-1772, Vol I, by C. A. Langley:
p. 123. "P-4, 141-143: 2 Feb 1773, Gabriel PICKENS of Prince Williams Parish, SC, planter, and Saphiah his wife, to James PONDER, planter, of same, for 475 [pounds] SC money, 200 acres on east side of Great Rocky Creek in Granville County. Gabriel PICKENS (LS), Zaruviah PICKENS (Z)(LS), Wit: Robert ANDERSON, John WOODS. Proved 26 May 1774 by the oath of John WOODS before Robert ANDERSON, JP in Ninety-Six District. Recorded 14 Jun 1775."PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 65. "GABRIEL PICKENS, youngest son of William H. and Margaret PICKENS of
Bucks Co. Penn b. ca 1720 - died ca. 1775-80 in Abbeville District, SC.
m. ZERUBIAH_______? She may have been a Miss SMITH. A careful examination of the records of them in Augusta Co. VA shows they had more than common
relationships with the SMITH family. Descendants in Tennessee also were
associated with SMITHS, who served as guardians for their children, and as
administrators of estates. This is the only known reason for assuming she was a SMITH.
"See. p. 137. Gabriel PICKENS, called the youngest of the brothers by Andrew PICKENS in the Draper interview, also says he may have been born in America. If so this date of 1720 would be approximately correct. He was a single man when he was transported to Virginia by his brother John PICKENS in 1740. He was in the Augusta Militia in 1742 showing he had come of age. He must have married about 1744. He remained in Virginia until 1764 when he obtained patent to 200 acres of land in Abbeville District located on Great Rocky Creek. (Appendix XII) His land adjoined that of his brother John who that same year moved there from Lynch Creek in South Carolina's Camden District. Gabriel and his brother JOHN are the only Pickens who obtained land on Great Rocky Creek. Their two families grew up together, entered revolutionary service from there, and all mention Fort Independence in their pension papers later. They each mention being "own cousins to General Andrew PICKENS". After the war they obtained grants for land in Abbeville and Pendleton Districts, and from there moved to Tennessee. There are no extant records of settlement of the estate of Gabriel PICKENS. Many early estates were destroyed in court house fire in Abbeville Court House. Only four
children of Gabriel are known with some degree of certainty. They are:
"Margaret Pickens.. m. William Bole...
William Pickens ... m. Jane Hamilton, died in Maury Co. Tenn.
Jonathan Pickens... died in Hardin Co. Tenn. after 1830.
Abraham Pickens... m. Elizabeth Patterson, died in Maury Co. Tenn. 1815..."A COLLECTION OF UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY RECORDS, Vol I
(Wooley, 1979, So. Historical Press) also found at SLC FHL 975.7 D2c.
p. 148. "GILLISPIE. James GILLISPIE. Estate of James GILLISPIE. Box 40, Pack 882. Probate Judge Office. Abbeville SC. Est. admr. 10 Nov 1795 by Elizabeth GILLISPIE, widow, Lowry GILLISPIE, Andrew PICKENS, John HARRIS of Flatwoods are bound unto Judge at Abbeville Court in the sum of one thousand pds. sterling. Est. appraised 5 Dec 1795 by James CALDWELL, Joseph LEMASTER, Andrew PICKENS. Byrs. John ROBISON, *** Abraham PICKENS, ****Gabriel PICKENS, **** Lowry GILLISPIE, *** Jonathan PICKENS ***, Margret and Elizabeth GILLISPIE, Joseph VERNON, Stuard [sic] BASKIN, Capt. LINTON, ***David GILLISPIE, John ALLISON, Phanny GILLISPIE, John MORE, John MCNEIL, Thomas WILSON, John CAMPBELL, Harris JONES, Cary EVANS, Lewis HOWLIN, Nehemiah VERNON, Mason IZARD, Patrick CAIN, Wm. WALKER, Robert SMITH, Wm. LOVE, Francis CUMMINS, Wm. DUNLAP, Samuel GREEN, Francis DRINKARD, Robert DENNOMN, Francis SUTHERLAND, Hugh BASKIN, Wm. HARRIS, Wm. GILLISPIE. Cit. published at Rocky River Church."
Zerubiah (traditionally) SMITH
UPDATE: 1996-03-02
!SPOUSE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963;
; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.-----------------------------------------------------------------
Old Pendleton site, link to Surnames:
http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/trees/agallowa/d44168.htm#P44168
" Gabriel Pickens was born in 1715 in North Ireland. He died about 1775 in
Abbeville District,SC.
He was married to Zerubiah Smith (daughter of David Smith and Elizabeth
Stevenson) in 1744 in Augusta Co., VA. Zerubiah Smith was born in 1715 in
Ireland..."GENFORUM: Posted by Young on June 03, 1999 at 20:36:55:
In Reply to: Gabriel & Zerubiah (?SMITH) PICKENS - VA to SC c. 1760's posted
by Terry Pickens McLean on March 07, 1998
Gabriel Pickens-Zerubiah Smith
Zerubiah Smith was born in Ireland. 1715 married 1744 Augusta County,GA
Daughter of David Smith of England
This information is all i have and is undocumented.prodigy mail: Personal Message 10/11/1995
From: RACHEL SYKES (BPES54A) To: Terry McLean (SGDD15B) Terry, I am descended
from Abraham's brother, Henry [SMITH]. These people are in York Co., S.C. but
Abraham lived in Union Co. and I believe that there are people around
Sharon...York Co.
today descended from him. Could you tell me your connection and maybe we can
share information here? Thanks, Rachel SykesTo: SGDD15B TERRY MCLEAN Date:10/10 From: HWEJ21A HELEN SKIPPER The Index to
the County Wills of South Carolina does not list a will for either of these
persons prior to 1853 [Gabriel PICKENS, Abraham SMITH]. Union Co. records list a
record in the Court of Common Pleas for Abraham Smith, deceased, wife Mary and
admin. by James Martin who is listed as an heir. No date given in abstract, but
prior to 1800. A will for Abraham Smith is given in Union Co. probate records
Vol. 1 1777-1814 , bk. A , pg.210.--------------------------------------------------
Howard McKnight Wilson, TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF FREEDOM; ; The Tinkling
Spring Presbyterian Church, Fisherville VA, 1954, 2nd ed. 1974; p. 428 'Record
of Importations; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
"John SMITH, 20 Jul 1736; O. Bk I, 93.
John SMITH, Margret his wife, Abraham, Henry, Daniel, John and Joseph SMITH; 23
May 1740; O Bk II, 205.
William SMITH and Elizabeth his wife; 28 Feb 1739; O. Bk II, 114.
William SMITH, Jean, his wife, Mary, Margret and John SMITH; 24 Jul 1740; O. Bk
II, 212."
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DIRECT LINE OF: Berta Fletcher;
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DIRECT LINE OF: Berta Fletcher;
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DIRECT LINE OF: Larry Allen; Jane Alford; Olivia Andem; Bill Anderson; Louise
Ault; Cary Bailey; Richard Baker; Wm. L. Bell (dec'd); Gene Boggess; Debbie
Bosworth; Robin Bratton; O. J. Brittingham; Sarah Brooks; Olen Brown; Sally
Brown; Sylvia Brown; Whitfield Bryant; AnnMarie Chappell; Jeanna Perry Chowning;
Cathy Daniel; Jean Danielson; Ann Davis; Jamieson Davis; Kitty Eastwood; Mitch
Fincher; Joseph Fleming; Berta Fletcher; Doris Foley (Mrs. Tom); Barbara
Giddens; Jay Glidewell; P. C. Halt; Kenneth Henderson; Kathryn Harris Hines;
Harriett Jackson; Toni James; Charles Jordan; Paul L. Kines; Laney Littlejohn;
Joe Lineberger; Kaaren Linton; David McCabe; Jan McFarland; Terry McLean;
Jeanette Meinecke; Steve Meservy; Roger Mitchell; Vera Niemic; Don Noble; Donna
One Star; Marjorie Parsley (dec'd); Dr. Andrew T. Pickens; Charles R. Pickens;
David M. Pickens, Knoxville, TN; David M. Pickens, Florissant MO; Ed Pickens;
Frank Pickens; T. Boone Pickens; Mike Pope; Lynne Ramsaur; Ginny Reynolds; Tom
Richardson; Jack Rowe; Carl Scott Shannon; Rev E. M. Sharp (dec'd) [author,
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH]; Blake Smith; Christine Smith; David Thrasher;
Chuck Williams; John Key Williams; Ron Williams;Possible migration dates: to Ireland 1685, to PA 1719, to Paxton PA before
1735, to VA 1740.====== TIME LINE:
1719 - on records Duth Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co PA, 1719.
1719-1722 - William PICKENS and wife on records of Dutch Reformed Church,
Bensalem, Bucks Co PA (Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, p. 2)
REF: Gen. Soc. of PA publications, Reformed Church, (Neshaminy), Bensalem,
Bucks Co: No. 5 1912-14, pg 35, 36; HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by J.
H. Battle, pg 473; and records of Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co.,
PA, under heading "Entries made by Elder Christophel Van-Zandt, during the
Ministry of Rev. Malachi Jones, 1719-1722" (list of "Newcomers from Earlandt
[Ireland]"); Bolton 'Scotch-Irish Pioneers'.=================================
Letter from Lynn Ramsauer to Terry McLean, 1994, include the following she
received from 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....
There is evidence which seems to prove that there were five brothers;
Israel PICKENS
Andrew PICKENS
John PICKENS
William PICKENS
Gabriel PICKENS. These five were the sons of William PICKENS who settled in
Bucks Co., PA in 1719....NOTES OF E. M. SHARP, as found in the Mississippi Dept. of Archives.
Provided to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA by Elwin T. PICKENS of Collinsville, MS.
I. "In the records of the Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem, Bucks Co PA, under
the heading "Entries made by Elder Christophel Van-Zandt, during the
Ministry of Rev. Malachi Jones, 1719-1722" there is a list of 'Newcomers from
Eerlandt' who joined the church in which we find,
'1719 William PECKINS and his wife by certificate' and further down in the
list is:
'1720 Isrell PECKINS by profession'
'1722 Margaret PICKEN by profession'
From the fact that William PECKINS (PICKENS) and his wife joined the church by
certificate we believe that he was the head of the family and father of about
half a dozen teenage children, the oldest of whom Israel PICKENS joined the
church by profession when he became of age.
The records of Bucks County Penn., show the death of a William PICKENS in
1735.
II. Lancaster County Pennsylvania was formed from Chester County in 1729. Just
before or shortly after 1729 several PICKENS young men moved to Paxtang Parish,
or Township in Lancaster County, which is in that part of the County which in
1875 was cut off to form Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Between 1729 and 1739 there are many records of Israel PICKENS, Andrew
PICKENS, John PICKENS, William PICKENS, and Gabriel PICKENS. All of these were
brothers, we believe, and sons of William PICKENS who joined Bensalem Chruch in
Bucks County in 1719.
Letter dated 7 May 1994, from Charles Munat (Ramsey Repository), 11702 NE Sunset
Loop, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110: (Enc #P-118).
There's a PICKENS bible record in the NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL
REGISTER, vol 63, p. 196.
I'll put my copy of your ... query in my Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
file ... If you write, please mention that file."KITH AND KIN, Genealogical Bulletin, Vol 1, #2:
Dorothy Fox Whitfield, "The Pickens Family".
The PICKENS are on record in Paxton (Harrisburg) known as Lancaster, which is
now Dauphin Co., PA. John PICKENS and Andrew signed a petition on May 21, 1735
asking that a road be laid out from Harris (Paxton) to Lancaster (PA archives
V1, 14,273.)....From Helen Luckett to Terry McLean [Enc #515]
"We have read that Robert's father, William, moved to Bucks Co PA in 1719 or
1720... Last April we went to Doylestown and found absolutely NO entries in tax
records, NO entries in either grantee or grantor indices, and NO entries in
records of the Courts of Quarter Session & Common Pleas...."
Margaret traditionally surnamed PIKE
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
UPDATE: 1995-11-07
ALSO AF# FJHX-8C; HP6H-DP
MARRIAGE: Archive Records, Sharp, Reynolds, Bell, as above; Sharp, PICKENS
FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, pp 2-3 (1963) (believes them to have md in Ireland);
Shule/Anderson, THE JOHN PICKENS FAMILY, p. 35 (Gateway Press, Baltimore
1981).SPOUSE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCE: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author, Memphis
TN, 1961; p. 1-3; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.SPOUSE: Tom Foley, Granger IN, to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; pedigree chart; FILE: Enc #P-226.
PENNSYLVANIA VITAL RECORDS:
p. 108-111: RECORDS OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, BENSALEM, BUCKS COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA:
Jun 6th 1724. Communicants.
... Margrat PICKINS [is this the mother or daughter?]
DIRECT LINE OF: Larry Allen; Jane Alford; Olivia Andem; Bill Anderson; Louise
Ault; Cary Bailey; Richard Baker; Wm. L. Bell (dec'd); Gene Boggess; Debbie
Bosworth; Robin Bratton; O. J. Brittingham; Sarah Brooks; Olen Brown; Sally
Brown; Sylvia Brown; Whitfield Bryant; AnnMarie Chappell; Cathy Daniel; Jean
Danielson; Jamieson Davis; Kitty Eastwood; Mitch Fincher; Joseph Fleming; Berta
Fletcher; Doris Foley (Mrs. Tom); Barbara Giddens; P. C. Halt; Kenneth
Henderson; Kathryn Harris Hines; Harriett Jackson; Toni James; Charles Jordan;
Paul L. Kines; Laney Littlejohn; Joe Lineberger; Kaaren Linton; David McCabe;
Jan McFarland; Terry McLean; Jeanette Meinecke; Steve Meservy; Roger Mitchell;
Vera Niemic; Don Noble; Donna One Star; Marjorie Parsley (dec'd); Charles R.
Pickens; David Pickens; Frank Pickens; T.
Boone Pickens; Mike Pope; Lynne Ramsaur; Ginny Reynolds; Jack Rowe; Carl Scott
Shannon; Rev E. M. Sharp (dec'd) [author, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH]; Blake
Smith; Christine Smith; David Thrasher; Jay Glidewell; Dr.Andrew T. Pickens;
Chuck Williams; John Key Williams; Ron Williams;PARENTS: Robert's parents may be William PICKENS of Edinburg Scotland md. Isobel
MATTHISONE? (see Peggy Mitchell post, below - tmc).--------------------------------------------------------------
Letter dated 8 Mar 1994 from Lynn Ramsaur, Rt 1, box 1432, Clarkesville GA
30523, included information she received from Idus Davis. The following was
part of that material (Enc #P-104):
Easley SC, Route 4
July 26 [?], 1943
M. W. B. Smith,
Dear Sir,
In answer to your first question we have no complete family tree. The PICKENS
family can be traced back to the massacre of the Huguenots August 1572.
Robert escaped to Scotland and his son Andrew raised a family there. His
grandson Robert migrated to La Rochelle, France about 1660. After the revocation
of the Edict at Nantes, 1685 he returned to Scotland for a short time. England
and Scotland were still in a row about their church doctrines and he then moved
to Limerick on the Shannon river in Ireland where his sons, John, Robert and
Andrew were born who moved to America.
John settled in Virginia, Andrew in Pennsylvania where his son, Gen. Andrew
PICKENS was born. My ancestor Robert settled in Maryland. Andrew and Robert with
their families moved to the Waxhaws in 1755; thence to Long Cane in Abbeville,
S.C., where the massacre by the Indians occurred in 1761. Ezekiel CALHOUN's wife
was killed and scalped by the indians in sight of her daughter Rebecca who was
in hiding in a thicket of bushes nearby.
Patrick CALHOUN, born in Ireland came to Penn. with his father when quite a
youth. He married Catherine CALDWELL. Their boys [sic?]: William Patrick
CALHOUN, Catherine CALHOUN married Moses WADDELL, John C. CALHOUN married
Florida CALHOUN, Ezekiel CALHOUN (this seems to be brother of Patrick) wife not
known) and daughter Rebecca who married Gen. Andrew PICKENS.
Col. John Erving CALHOUN married Martha DAVIS. Their daughter Florida married
John Caldwell CALHOUN. [The old man must be mixed up a little in his arrangement
as this must be the same as Florida CALHOUN mentioned above - id].
Gen. Andrew's uncle Robert, born in Ireland, married Miriam DAVIS, a sister to
Samuel DAVIS, a Rev. soldier and father of Jefferson DAVIS, the only Confederate
president. So you see the general was much mixed up with the CALHOUNs, DAVISes
and WADDELLs.
Unless Ezekiel CALHOUN had more than two children, Hugh McCANE could not be a
brother-in-law to General Andrew. His sister Susan married James CALHOUN.
Margaret married Isaac BOLE. Jane married John MILLER.
Gen. Andrew and Rebecca had four sons and six daughters. He was married only
once.
The half has not been told but when I have to scribble I can hardly make it
sensible. The PICKENS history is here in abundance and a graveyard in sight of
my dwelling with seven generations buried in it of the PICKENS family. There are
twenty four Revolutionary soldiers buried here. General Andrew's uncle Robert
was the first to be buried in it. There are six generations of Roberts in it and
the land surrounding it has belonged to Robert all the time, having been passed
down from one Robert to the next. The first church in old Pendleton district
was built in this place in 1765.
I am 96 years old and trying to write this without the aid of glasses. Served
8 months as a confederate soldier. Did not receive a cent of pay or draw a
thread of clothing or shoes, lived mostly on coarse corn meal and black sorghum.
I came into the world when U. S. was engaged in war (Mexican), got into a war
myself, and it appears I will have to be in a war when I leave the world.
But back to your inquiry my opinion is Hugh McCANE was in the crowd that moved
from Penn. to VA., thence to S.C. and was in the Rev. War perhaps in the command
of Gen. Andrew PICKENS, and liked him as an officer and named his sons for him.
Just as the Pickens family have named children LEE for three generations for
they think Robert E. LEE the greatest general America ever produced. Sincerely,
R. W. Pickens, Route 4, Easley"
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Prodigy post to Harriett Jackson (VXAY22A) 8/14/96 From: Peggy Mitchell
(YBER27A) [FILE: Enc #P-238]
"... (my husband is...) Roger Dale MITCHELL m. Peggy KIMERY His PICKENS
line is:
William PICKENS m. I. MATTHISONE
Robert PICKENS m. Ester J. BONNEAU
William PICKEKNS m. Margaret PIKE
Gabriel PICKENS m. Zerubiah SMITH
Jonathan PICKENS, Sr. m. Mary ?
J. PICKEKNS, Jr. m. Lydia HARRISON
Hannah PICKENS m. Archibald DAVIS
Roger's grandmother, Emma Earle DAVIS, was born in Alcorn Co., MS. I don't have
all her family information yet, but she had a brother named Monroe DAVIS.
Familiar? PeggyProdigy post To: JOYCE REAGAN (HJJN21A) Date: 08/07/96 From: Peggy Mitchell
(YBER27A): [FILE: Enc #P-240]
"Do you know anything about the MATTHISONEs? William Pickens married I.
MATTHISONE (b. 10/27/1626 Edinburgh Parrish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Her parents were supposed to be David MATTHISONE and Marian ANDERSONE.
Marian's mother was supposed to be Isobel ?..."