Larry Anderson - Families and Individuals
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Thomas Alexander ORR
DIRECT LINE OF: Cary V.
Minerva Elizabeth VINCENT
DIRECT LINE OF: Cary V.
John Patterson GILLESPIE
UPDATE: 1998-07-30
!PARENTS-BIRTH-SPOUSE: Donald Gillespie; ; information posted on GILLESPIE
genforum; ; ;
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Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July 30, 1998 at 23:39:39:
In Reply to: Re: JAMES L. GILLESPIE- GA posted by Mark Adkinson on May 22,
1998 at 20:35:41:
"... My great great grandfather was John Patterson GILLSEPIE, a son of Lowry
and Frances PATTERSON GILLESPIE. He married Ann Henley GARRISON in Georgia.
From what info I have, John Patterson was born in 1802. The family moved first
to Alabama, then to Arkansas. My great grandfather, John Michael Gillespie,
served in the 19th Arkansas during the War between the States, then moved to
Texas. I live in North Carolina and would very much appreciate a follow-up on
this..."
Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July 31, 1998 at 00:28:34:
"... Lowry GILLESPIE and Frances PATTERSON GILLESPIE...were the parents of
my great great grandfather, John Patterson GILLESPIE... I have lots of info
about the GARRISONs after Ann married John, but nothing so far on the
GILLESPIE line. They had 12 children, of which my great grandfather, John
Michael, was about eighth. John Michael migrated to Arkansas with the CHRISTIE
family and fought in the War between the States with the 19th Arkansas
Regiment. After the war, they moved to Texas and are buried in Riesel, TX.
Would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who can help fill in the blanks.
Ann Henley GARRISON
UPDATE: 1998-07-30
!SPOUSE: Donald Gillespie; ; information posted on GILLESPIE genforum; ; ;
UPDATE: 1998-08-05
!FATHER: Donald Gillespie; ; information posted on GILLESPIE genforum; ; ;
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Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July 30, 1998 at 23:39:39:
In Reply to: Re: JAMES L. GILLESPIE- GA posted by Mark Adkinson on May 22,
1998 at 20:35:41:
"...John Patterson Gillespie... married Ann Henley Garrison in Georgia..."
Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on August 05, 1998 at 22:10:05: In Reply to: Re:
Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA posted by Linda Ramzinski on August 05, 1998 at
01:51:08:
"...A Mr. Ross in Texas put together and published a very complete book on the
descendants of Josiah GARRISON, who was the father of Ann Henley GARRISON.. ."
Posted by: Richard H. Wilson
Date: April 12, 1999
In Reply to: Re: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA by Donald E. Gillespie
Donald, My information shows Ann Henley Garrison born May 17, 1804 in Franklin
County, Georgia died July 28, 1851 in Auburn, Alabama married to John Patterson
Gillespie Feb 1, 1821 probably in Carroll County, Georgia to be the daughter of
Caleb and Sarah Fleming Garrison. This would account for one of their sons being
named Fleming. John Patterson was born September 10, 1802 in Georgia and died
September 9, 1867 in Houston, Texas.
Fleming Laurie GILLESPIE
DIRECT LINE OF: Phyllis Horne;
UPDATE: 1998-09-10
!PARENTS-DEATH: Donald Gillespie; ; information posted on GILLESPIE genforum; ;
;
UPDATE: 1998-07-30
!PARENTS: Donald Gillespie; ; information posted on GILLESPIE genforum; ; ;
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Posted by Phyllis (Gillespie) Horne on September 09, 1998 at 21:49:12: In Reply
to: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July 31, 1998 at
00:28:34:
John Patterson GILLESPIE is my Great Great Great Grandfather. Fleming Laurie
GILLESPIE is my Great Great, Frank Asbury GILLESPIE, then to Philip S.
(Grandfather)...
John Patterson is as far back as I go right now, would love to stay in touch,
and share info. We seem to have some of the same info on John Patterson but you
have more. Please let me know if I can help or if you get anything else. My
information comes from photo copies of some pages in a book that my aunt made. i
will try to track down the book. Please let me know if I can help you and look
forward to hearing from you...
Posted by Phyllis (Gillespie) Horne on September 09, 1998 at 22:10:51: In Reply
to: Re: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA posted by Linda Ramzinski on August 05, 1998
at 01:51:08:
"... I am a descendant of John Patterson GILLESPIE and you've given me several
direct links prior to him. His son was Fleming laurie GILLESPIE, my great
grandfather is Francis Asbury GILLESPIE, Philip (Grandfather), Philip Sharon (My
Dad), and me..."
Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on September 10, 1998 at 14:02:28: In Reply to:
Re: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA posted by Phyllis (Gillespie) Horne on September
09, 1998 at 21:49:12:
"...Your ggggrandfather, Fleming Laurie, went to Arkansas with my
gggrandfather, John Michael GILLESPIE. Fleming was killed in the WBTS and
Fleming's widow petitioned for John Michael to be released in order to provide
for her and her children. John Michael and Anna Christie GILLESPIE moved to
Texas ca 1876 and lived and died in Riesel, about 20 miles east of Waco. I will
E-mail you tonight with a follow-up. Would love to know more about your family
since I never knew about any of them. I did know Fleming's namesake, a son of
John Michael, named Fleming L. GILLESPIE, also lived in Riesel. He was an older
brother of my grandfather. Henry Patterson Gillespie..."
Mary Eliza GILLESPIE
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 09:30:46
From: Midge Garza
Subject: BAXTER, Eliza-1820-30-Carroll/Fayette Co. GA
Mary Eliza GILLESPIE, daughter of Ann H. GARRISON and John Patterson
GILLESPIE, b. 1833, Carroll Co. Georgia, was named for a spinster neighbor,
Eliza BAXTER, who would lend the Gillespie children books from her
"excellent" library.
If anyone knows of this woman, I would be interested to know more about
where she lived. Was she a relative, or simply a friend and neighbor?
Ann and John's eldest daughter, Frances Patterson GILLESPIE b. Fayette Co.
GA, 1826, was my gg-grandmother. She married Joseph M. BAKER in Macon Co.
Alabama in December 1848.
Thanks,
Midge Garza
http://www.specent.com/~mgarza/
Lowery GILLESPIE
UPDATE: 2000-02-14
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Cindy Young; ; genforum post dated 19
Dec 1999; ; ;
UPDATE: 1999-03-01
!BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILD-RESIDENCE: J. W. Nichols, Odessa TX; ; query in Buncombe Co
NC magazine; ;
CHILD: named in this source is son, Pickens.
UPDATE: 1995-09-12
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Susan Gillespie to Terry McLean; ; email dated 9 Dec 1995; ; ;
FILE: Enc #P-203.
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Nichols Query:
GILLESPIE-PATTERSON. Interested in Lowery GILLESPIE (b. 25 Feb 1771, SC) who
md. Frances PATTERSON (b. 4 Jul 1779, SC). Lowrey in Carroll Co., GA, living
with son Pickens N. [H.?] GILLESPIE and wife Nancy GILLESPIE, 1850"
Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July 30, 1998 at 23:39:39:
In Reply to: Re: JAMES L. GILLESPIE- GA posted by Mark Adkinson on May 22,
1998 at 20:35:41:
"...My great great grandfather was John Patterson GILLESPIE, a son of Lowry
and Frances PATTERSON GILLESPIE. He married Ann Henley GARRISON in Georgia. From
what info I have, John Patterson was born in 1802. The family moved first to
Alabama, then to Arkansas. My great grandfather, John Michael GILLESPIE, served
in the 19th Arkansas during the War between the States, then moved to Texas. I
live in North Carolina and would very much appreciate a follow-up on this."
Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on July 31, 1998 at 00:28:34:
Seeking information about Lowry GILLESPIE and Frances PATTERSON GILLESPIE.
They were the parents of my great great grandfather, John Patterson GILLESPIE,
born approximately 1802 and later married Ann Henley GARRISON. I have lots of
info about the GARRISONs after Ann married John, but nothing so far on the
GILLESPIE line. They had 12 children, of which my great grandfather, John
Michael, was about eighth. John Michael migrated to Arkansas with the CHRISTIE
family and fought in the War between the States with the 19th Arkansas Regiment.
After the war, they moved to Texas and are buried in Riesel, TX. Would greatly
appreciate hearing from anyone who can help fill in the blanks.
Posted by Donald E. Gillespie on August 05, 1998 at 22:10:05: In Reply to: Re:
Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA posted by Linda Ramzinski on August 05, 1998 at
01:51:08:
UPDATE: 1998-02-28 I have a fair listing of the John Patterson Gillespie line
if I can help in any way. A Mr. Ross in Texas put together and published a very
complete book on the descendants of Josiah Garrison, who was the father of Ann
Henley Garrison, John Patterson's wife.
Let me know if I can help in any way. Thanks!!
Posted by Shirley Gillespie Hull on September 04, 1998 at 17:27:43:
From "The Tinkling Spring..." book by Howard McKnight Wilson-Presbyterian
church baptism records - (All are GILLESPY's here listed by father/Child,
bap.date):
Alexander/Elisabeth, 1746; Jacob/Martha & Mary,1749; James/Margaret,1741, &
Elisabeth,1743; Thomas/James,1744 & William,1747; Matthew/James,1749.
Are these people related to each other? Any info appreciated. sgh@mail.utexas.
edu
E-mail From: Susan Gillespie (TARBABY52@aol.com) to Terry McLean (SGDD15b)
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...."
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."
Posted By: Thomas Patterson
Email: tompat@nr.infi.net
Subject: Gillespie/Patterson Connection
Post Date: August 11, 1999 at 18:48:01
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/messages/926.html Forum:
Gillespie Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/
I'am looking for any information on the marriage of Lowry Gillespie to Francis
Patterson. Any information on their kids and spouses. Thanks! Tommy Patterson
Posted By: Phyllis (Gillespie) Horne
Email: texasphyl@aol.com
Subject: Re: Gillespie/Patterson Connection
Post Date: August 12, 1999 at 13:51:27
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/messages/927.html Forum:
Gillespie Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/
This is also my family. I have some info on this couple. I show 7 children all
born Franklin County, Ga. Also, most died and buried there. Census 1830.
Others you may get infor from are:
Don1904@nr.infi.net
Mgarza@specent.com
or write to me and I'll give you what I have
Posted By: Mark Adkinson
Email: madkinson@juno.com
Subject: Re: Gillespie/Patterson Connection
Post Date: August 30, 1999 at 14:11:44
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/messages/986.html Forum:
Gillespie Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/
The children of Lowry and Frances are as follows:
John Patterson Gillespie (1802-1867)
William B Gillespie (1804-1881)
James Lowry Gillespie (1806-1886)
Malinda Gillespie (1809-1852)
Pickens Hargrove Gillespie (b. 1809)
Patterson R Gillespie (b. 1811)
Milton W Gillespie (1814-1872)
Hope this helps.
Posted By: Rachael Coffee
Email: rcoffee105@aol.com
Subject: Re: Gillespie/Patterson Connection
Post Date: September 05, 1999 at 11:58:35
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/messages/1003.html
Forum:Gillespie Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/
Lowry Gillespie's parent were James Gillespie, d 1795, and Elizabeth Baskin, d
1818. They were in Abbeville, South Carolina
Posted By: Mark Adkinson
Email: madkinson@juno.com
Subject: Re: Gillespie/Patterson Connection
Post Date: September 10, 1999 at 13:11:44
Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/messages/1020.html Forum:
Gillespie Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/gillespie/
The information provided about Lowry's parents is in dispute. Some sources
have his mother as Elizabeth Lowery. None of the correspondence I have seen can
cite a source for either contention, so I have never listed his mother as a
proved item
Frances PATTERSON
UPDATE: 2000-02-14
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Cindy Young; ; genforum post dated 19
Dec 1999; ; ;
UPDATE: 1999-03-01
!BIRTH-SPOUSE-CHILD: J. W. Nichols, Odessa TX; ; query in Buncombe Co NC
magazine; ;
CHILD: named in this source is son, Pickens.
UPDATE: 1995-09-12
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Susan Gillespie to Terry McLean; ; e-mail messaged dated 9 Dec,
1995; ; ; SOURCE: family bible of James Lowery GILLESPIE, in possession of Clara
Gillespie in Sep. 1995; FILE: Enc #P-203.
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Patterson Family Genealogy Forum msg #2998
Re: Pattersons--Elbert Co., GA
Posted by: C. B. Young Date: December 19, 1999
In Reply to: Re: Pattersons--Elbert Co., GA by C, Holem
I am also from this line of Patterson's. William Baskin Patterson (son of John
and Margaret Baskin Patterson) had a sister named Frances Patterson, b. 4 July
1779, South Carolina, d. 30 Jan 1853, Carroll Co., Georgia, m. 1801 Lowry
Gillespie, b. 25 Feb 1771, d. 3 March 1857.
My line is as follows:
1. Frances Patterson & Lowry Gillespie
2. John Patterson Gillespie & Ann Henley Garrison
3. Fleming Laurie Gillespie & Nancy A. Lewis
4. Joseph Crawford Gillespie & Claudia Avesta Thigpen 5. Len Randolph Gillespie
& Carrie Judith Storland 6. June Wanda Gillespie & Clarence Wesley Buhler 7.
Cynthia Beth Buhler (me) & James Joseph Young
I would love to share information with you. Please contact me at: cbyvbs@aol.co
Thanks, Cindy Young
Nichols Query:
GILLESPIE-PATTERSON. Interested in Lowery GILLESPIE (b. 25 Feb 1771, SC) who
md. Frances PATTERSON (b. 4 Jul 1779, SC). Lowrey in Carroll Co., GA, living
with son Pickens N. [H.?] GILLESPIE and wife Nancy GILLESPIE, 1850"
Posted by Shirley Hull on September 04, 1998 at 17:51:31:
In Reply to: Re: Frances Patterson - Va, Carolinas, Ga posted by Wes Patterson
on September02, 1998 at 10:26:13:
Info I've been given says Lowry Gillespie was b. Feb, 1771; d. 27 Mar., 1851
in GA. Frances Patterson was b. 4 July, 1779; d. 30 Jan., 1853 in GA. Don't know
marriage date. Same info source says Frances was dau. of John Patterson (b.
1740(?)in VA;d.before 4 Jul,1808, Elbert Co., GA), and Margaret Baskin (d.after
1808). Does this fit with your information?
Posted by Shirley Hull on August 27, 1998 at 17:56:35:
Frances Patterson m. Lowry (or Lowery) Gillespie. Parents of John Patterson
Gillespie (b. about 1802), William B. Gillespie, James Lowry Gillespie, and
other children. Would like to find information on Frances Patterson's parents,
g.parents, etc. Her father was a John Patterson, we believe.
Please E-mail to sgh@mail.utexas.edu
PICKENS 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.
E-mail From: Susan Gillespie (TARBABY52@aol.com) to Terry McLean (SGDD15b)
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...."
Milton W. GILLESPIE
Re: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA
Posted by: Mary, mary321@uswest.net
Date: November 09, 1999
In Reply to: Re: Gillespie, Lowry-SC and GA by Billie R. Mills
"... My husband is a ggg grandson of Lowry and Francis Patterson Gillespie and
gg grandson of Milton W. and Malissa H Gillespie. He is the great grandson of
Charles Greene and Cordelia Lauretta Gillespie McMurry.
I have little bits of information on this family. I know exactly where many of
them are buried and will have a complete list by next summer of all graves in
the cemetery in Franklin Co. GA...
Mary Barber
Posted by: Rachael
Date: February 22, 1999
In Reply to: Re: GILLESPIE, Martha F m GALLOWAY/1858 GA by April Robbins
I don't have much info on Martha F Gillespie Galloway except that she married
William R Galloway 18 Feb 1858. She was the oldest child of Milton W. and
Malissa Harriet Brawner Gillespie and was born 15 Dec 1838 in Franklin Co., GA.
Died in Franklin Co. but I don't have the date. Hope this is of some help
Posted by: April Robbins
Date: February 20, 1999
In Reply to: GILLESPIE, Martha F m GALLOWAY/1858 GA by April Robbins
Found additional census info that shows Martha, widow of GALLOWAY, living with
her parents I assume as follows:
1870/Franklin Co GA, Middle River Township:
GILLESPIE, Milton 56/gA
Melissa 48/GA
Berthema ? 25/GA
Harriet 23/GA
Asa W 16/GA
Cordelia 14/GA
Jane A 12/GA
William 10/GA
Milton 7/GA
GALLOWAY, Martha 30/GA
Asa N 10/GA
John H 8/GA
William V? 6/GA
Leonidas 5/GA
This is most certainly the same Martha F GILLESPIE who married William R
GALLOWAY, but this census info presents a problem, for if the CSA records are
correct (which we assume they are) then William R GALLOWAY enlisted Sept 1862
and died Sept 1863.
Thus the last two children of Martha may not the the children of William.
William V? b ca 1863 COULD POSSIBLY be the son of WIlliam, but the last one,
Leonidas, b ca 1864 could not be.
Does anyone now recognize these GILLESPIES in GA?
WILLIAMS
UPDATE: 1995-08-22
HISTORY OF VIGO COUNTY INDIANA by Bradsby [pub 1891]:
p. 897-898: James M. PICKENS [married] Mrs. WILLIAMS, who has two children
by her first husband, viz.: Jane, wife of James F. PIERCE (they have two
children, Zella May and Eva), and Josephine, wife of Phelix ROLL (they have
one child, Bert)..."
Ellen PRINGLE
UPDATE: 1995-08-22
HISTORY OF VIGO COUNTY INDIANA by Bradsby [pub 1891]:
p. 897-898: James M. PICKENS [married (2)] Mrs. WILLIAMS, who has two
children by her first husband, viz.: Jane, wife of James F. PIERCE (they have
two children, Zella May and Eva), and Josephine, wife of Phelix ROLL (they
have one child, Bert). Mrs. PICKENS is the daughter of James and Eliza
(HARTLEY) PRINGLE, who were of German and Irish descent, and she was born June
27, 1832. Mr. and Mrs. PICKENS are members of the Christian Church, and he is
a Master Mason. In 1864 he enlisted in the Fifty-seventh Ind. V. I., Company
E, and was in several battles, surviving until the close of the war. Mr. and
Mrs. PICKENS have an adopted son, Fred Lee, who is now in high school."
Jane WILLIAMS
UPDATE: 1995-08-22
HISTORY OF VIGO COUNTY INDIANA by Bradsby [pub 1891]:
p. 897-898: James M. PICKENS [married] Mrs. WILLIAMS, who has two children
by her first husband, viz.: Jane, wife of James F. PIERCE (they have two
children, Zella May and Eva), and Josephine, wife of Phelix ROLL (they have
one child, Bert)..."
Josephine WILLIAMS
HISTORY OF VIGO COUNTY INDIANA by Bradsby [pub 1891]:
p. 897-898: James M. PICKENS [married] Mrs. WILLIAMS, who has two children
by her first husband, viz.: Jane, wife of James F. PIERCE (they have two
children, Zella May and Eva), and Josephine, wife of Phelix ROLL (they have
one child, Bert)..."
Robert WALKUP
KFA: "...4 sons burned to death 7 Feb 1823."
LETTER WRITTEN BY ROBERT WALKUP to his brother Samuel WALKUP (#P-184).
Sent to me by Jean Danielson, Nov 1994.
[Letters that were in the possession of Mrs. J. M. Kinnard, Berea, KY in 1943
when copied by Virginia Engle, Chairman Genealogical Committee, Berea-Laurel
Ridge Chapter DAR - recopied by Wayne S. O'Neal]
"23 Feb 1923
Dear brother and sister, I wonst more take my pen with a very sore hart to
inform you of one of the greatest seans that you ears has heard of or your
eyes has ever beheld that has be folline mee thye poore and unfortunate
brother. On Friday night the eighth of this month a night for ever to be
remembered with me in sorrow. My house caught fire in about one hour after we
all lad down I had a back shade in my house and a chimley in it where it
caught my wife wakened and told me that the shade wa all a fire I jumped up
and run to tha midle door to open it flame came out so I had to shut it again
I run out of the house and a round to the back shade there was two partitions
in the shad and an entry between I found I could not put it out I then
thought of my dear children my girls all three were a liing in the rume in the
back end of the shade I thought them in the most danger I run to a window
and tore and holowed to my oldest girl opened it it was hooked in the inside I
told hir to bring out hir sisters I run in to the house and up stairs to
waken my boys but alas too late
I run to the back part of the loft whare I new some of them was liing and the
smoke and fire burnt me so I never could get to them I found I was gone and
as the Lord wod have it I jumped and fel to gather out of the gabel end window
a bout 16 or 18 feet to the ground. I no sunner lit to the ground til I ran
to the door to go up stairs a gain but to my sad lamentation the midel door
had flew open and tha flame was a coming out as ful as tha door wood let it o
Lord only noes how my feleings were was fore dear suns in the house in tha
flame and I cold not git to them and tha ware all fore consumed with the fire
and a young man old harculas hoeys sun that had came to stay with us all night
he was a bout twinty years of age my sun James was fiteen past the 25 of
October my sun Jonny was thirteen against the 8 of May my sun Joseph was a
leven against the 21 of May my sun Robert was nine against the 27 of May I
rite this to you my brother with a sore and sorrowful hart I am bereved of my
children in a maracules mener so that I may cry with David o my suns my suns
in sorrow all the days of my life be he lord gave them to me his unworthy
servant and he as a rite to take them when and in what way he pleases blessed
by his holy name I wish to be resind to his holy wil and pleasure and pray I
may meet them all in haven where parting wil be no more my two oldest boys
had gone through tha latin and greek language I had fetched them home in
October to give them some more inglash larning before I wood sent them to
college my other two litel suns could read purty wel in the bibel o my
brother it is unposabel for me to tel you how me and my wife feels at this
time I will describe to you how tha were a lien in there bed I had a Mr.
flin a working on my house he had a prentace with him flin and hoey and my
sun John ware all thre a liang in one bed and tha prentace and my sun James
and Joseph were a lieng in a nother bed when I wakened me and my wife both
caled to flin and holowed fire flin was a very easy in a genral way to waken
I thought he would waked and a brought all down to my assistance but his
prentace and himself both waked in a scare and suffocated with the smoke tha
never waked one of the boys but both jumped out of tha window and left my boys
and the young man asleep flin broke his thigh when he fel down and his
prentace sprained his foot I was burnt about the head and eyes and hand but
not hurt a tall by tha fall out of the window I came out of tha window some
time after them and my little sun Robert was liing down below with his litel
brother in a litel bed that run under ours and tha ware thre litel negroes
that take out his litel brother and tha bed from under him and left him and
can tell nothing a bout him we do expect he run upstairs to waking his
brothers and perrish with them I never heard any of them say one word but him
as I fel out of the windo and I heard him say o paw I do expect the others
never waked but god only noes I wish you to let ----- (rest of letter lost)"
LETTER WRITTEN BY SAMUEL H. WALKUP to his uncle Samuel (Enc #P-184) Sent to me
by Jean Danielson, Nov 1994.
[Letters that were in the possession of Mrs. J. M. Kinnard, Berea, KY in 1943
when copied by Virginia Engle, Chairman Genealogical Committee, Berea-Laurel
Ridge Chapter DAR - recopied by Wayne S. O'Neal]
-----------------------------
"Mr. Sam'l WALKUP, Richmond Kentucky North Carolina Union County
by the politeness of Rev. S. C. MILLEN 21 Sept 1844 My Dear Uncle
Sam:
.. My fathers family white & black have been very much afflicted with
sickness [the last two years].
... my father has had 21 children and out of that number has now only 8
living, 5 daughters and 3 sons -
He has two sons & two daughters by his first wife and three daughters & one
son by his last wife...
... My brother William is staying with papa & farming with him.
Your nephew affectionaly, Saml H. WALKUP"
-----------------------------
"Mr. Samuel WALKUP, Richmond Union County, NC
Madison County, Kentucky Dec. 20, 1845 Dear
Uncle Samuel:
... I am instructed in the first place by my own dear father to write you
that
he is enjoying excellent health at the present time & has been quite well
since he last wrote you, except an attack of fever he had last fall...
.. he wishes to be affectionately remembered by you his dear brother...
... from your newphew & brother, Yours ... Samuel H. WALKUP & Robt. WALKUP
-----------------------------
Waxhaws NC Sep 28, 1846 My Dear Uncle Sam'l:
I seat myself to communicate bad news to you....you may drop a tear of
respect to the memory of one so near & dear unto you. To one who of all his
brothers had the greatest affection for you. You can perhaps already divine
it is my father Robert WALKUP who is dead. He was your youngest brother but
he had almost reached his "three score & ten". He was in his 67th year. He
died of congestive fever on the 22nd of Sept....
Of 21 children 8 only are living to cherish his memory & deeply lament their
irreperable loss...
.. he always sympathised with the distressed, relieved the wants of the poor
and needy by feeding their hungry and clothing their naked, visited the sick,
buried the dead, consoled & assisted the heartbroken widow & the helpless
orphan...
He had his failings too, but like the school-master in Goldsmith's Deserted
Village, "all his failings leaned to virtues side". He had the one failing
which I am sorry to say all the old men about here & all the WALKUPs that I
have ever seen unfortunately possessed & that was he was too fond of ardent
spirits & was sometimes overcome to his great mortification & sorrow by this
destroyer of the happiness of men...
My father left 4 children by his first wife and 4 by his last wife, his
widow is living where he died & his affairs will all be easily settled.
Your affectionate nephew, Samuel H. WALKUP."
Elizabeth HUEY
UPDATE: 1994-04-21
!MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, p. 5, 10 (1963).
-------------------------
Robert WALKUP wrote a letter to his brother Samuel, dated 23 Feb 1823 to
inform the family of the death of his (Robert's) sons in a fire at the home.
In the letter he mentions "[my sons were]... consumed with the fire and a
young man old harculas hoeys sun that had came to stay with us all night he
was consumed with his cuzzens he was a bout twinty years of age...". [See
Enc #P-184, sent to Terry McLean by Jean Danielson, the letters were originally
in the possession of Mr. J. M. Kinnard, Berea KY in 1943 when they were copied
by Virginia Engle, Chairman of the Genealogical Committee, Berea-Laurel Ridge
Chapter DAR - recopied by Wayne S. Neal, of St Charles MO]
WALKUP
UPDATE: 1994-12-04
Samuel H. WALKUP
UPDATE: 1994-12-04
LETTER WRITTEN BY SAMUEL H. WALKUP to his uncle Samuel (Enc #P-184).
Sent to me by Jean Danielson, Nov 1994.
[Letters that were in the possession of Mrs. J. M. Kinnard, Berea, KY in 1943
when copied by Virginia Engle, Chairman Genealogical Committee, Berea-Laurel
Ridge Chapter DAR - recopied by Wayne S. O'Neal]
-----------------------------
"Mr. Sam'l WALKUP, Richmond Kentucky North Carolina Union County
by the politeness of Rev. S. C. MILLEN 21 Sept 1844 My Dear Uncle
Sam:
Rev. S. C. MILLEN, the bearer of this letter to you is an associate reformed
Seceder minister and is on his way to Lexington to attend the session of Synod.
He preaches in this neighborhood at Tirsah & Shiloh churches & as he passes
near you my father got me to write to you by him, if convenient he will call
on you & stay all night.
We have had much sickness here for the last few years & uncommonly much for
the last two falls. My fathers family white & black have been very much
afflicted with sickness both years. About a week since my dear sister Jane
died of fever. She was the most dutiful & affectionate daughter, the most
loved & kind sister, the most agreeable & candid friend & the most meek and
pious Christian; she was 21 years old had never been married though she had
many suitors & was beautiful and amiable. Just two years ago my oldest sister
Elizabeth DUNN died which I think I informed you of. My father has had 21
children and out of that number has now only 8 living, 5 daughters and 3 sons
- He has two sons & two daughters by his first wife and three daughters & one
son by his last wie, his last son born last January he calls Henry Clay for
your gallant statesman, the candidate for the presidency. My father's health
is better for the last two years then it has been before but it is very much
broken. He still goes down to his mill and plantation every day which is about
half a mile from Papa. I am farming to myself & attending to business as a
lawyer. My brother William is staying with papa & farming with him. He is
very industrious, intelligent & affectionate & everybody thinks very highly of
him. Uncle Israel WALKUP's family are all married or dead: 3 sons viz: David,
Samuel, & James are living & doing tolerably well. Davy is very sick at this
time & his family have been a great deal sick for the last two years. He has
six children living and four dead. Samuel lost his 2nd wife last week, he has
five children. James has no children. There are four daughters of Uncle
Israel's family all married, viz: Margaret, Elizabeth, Nancy & Eliza; they are
doing tolerably well. Uncle Joe WALKUP's family consists of two sons Robert &
James, who are in Tennessee somewhere, but we have not heard from them for
several years. There are five daughters of Uncle Joe's family viz: Jane KERR,
Nancy McMURRAY, Elizabeth BELK, Betsy HOEY, & Emeline, all married but the
last who lives with KERR who is clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg
County & tavernkeeper in Charlotte & all are doing very well but the one who
married BELK. Israel DAVIS' widow & children moved off to Tennessee &
Mississippi & father has bought their lands lying west of DAVIS' branch &
joining his plantation. Robert DAVIS and his wife are dead, the latter died
this last winter, they left only four children, one of whom (Israel) married a
daughter of Col. Thos HUEY, who was a son of old James HUEY; young Israel
DAVIS' wife died yesterday. The old stock of HUEYs are all dead & almost
every other old person is dead some of the old MCCAINs, CARNS, NESBITs & old
Sam GIVINS are nearly all who remain yet living... [discussion of crops and
politics]
Your nephew affectionaly, Saml H. WALKUP"
-----------------------------
"Mr. Samuel WALKUP, Richmond Union County, NC
Madison County, Kentucky Dec. 20, 1845 Dear
Uncle Samuel:
Although I have never seen you I feel anxious to hear from you & would be
very much gratified to see you, my oldest uncle & for whom I was named....
I will endeavor to give you what news I can.
I am instructed in the first place by my own dear father to write you that
he is enjoying excellent health at the present time & has been quite well
since he last wrote you, except an attack of fever he had last fall. He looks
fresh and hearty & is able to attend to his daily business; scarely a day
passes that he does not go up to his mill & plantation on the creed. He
wishes to be affectionately remembered by you his dear brother & by your
family & if you are still living he hereby earnestly requests you to write him
a letter ...
The balance of our family I believe I may say are well, my brother William
(Papa's most beloved son & who is most worthy of being loved, for he stays
with him and and is very industrious & affectionate, attends to all his
business, & he not only the most beloved by my father & all the family, but
most esteemed by all the friends & neighbors & acquaintances as being honest,
sensible, prudent, good dispositioned young ma, but he has been sick with
chills & fever most all this fall & winter, but is now recovered all but his
strength - he had an attack of fever the first of September & has had chills
ever since until lately. The rest of the family are all well. I am living
close by & my oldest sister Mary & my niece Eugenia Ingram are living with me.
Sister Mary has been sick this fall & is naturally of delicate health, but is
now well as usual; so are the rest of my family white & black. I am still
unmarried. I studied law & have a pretty fair practice for a young man. I
have also for the past two years been farming & do pretty fair business in
that way...
Thousands have moved to the West because corn was so scarce & dear here, to
avoid want & starvation from famine. The country has been sickly & many have
died & are still dying. My oldest sister Elizabeth died about 3 years ago
which I believe father wrote to you about & last year sister Jane aged 21 died
also. There has been no deathes in the family since, my father we now have a
little negro boy who is very sick of Typhus fever & will probably died in a
day or two & as this disease is catching and very fatal probably some of the
rest of us will take it and die too, but at present except this little negro
we are all in fine health and doing very well.
Uncle Israel WALKUP's family are all married & are doing pretty well. Uncle
Joseph WALKUP's family are also all married, but his youngest daughter & all
are doing very well. We have not heard for three or four years from Uncle
Joe's two sons Robert & James. They were in or about Nashville Tennessee &
were only gettinga long tolerable. If you write we should be glad to hear
what has become of Aunt Polly HARVEY & her family. Uncle Sam HUEY, her
brother, died this fall, a good and pious Methodist, Aunt Nancy WILLIAMS also
and two of her daughters died about a year ago....
[political discussion and questions]...
My dear uncle... [we] do sincerely hope that these lines may find you all
enjoying, in the midst of your families, health, peace, prosperity & happiness
& I am sure all join with me in these good wishes for a Christmas or at least
a New Year's gift, about which time this will reach you from your nephew &
brother, Yours ... Samuel H. WALKUP & Robt. WALKUP P.S. Dear Uncle since the
writing of the within I saw cousin FINDLY, your grandson & he can tell you all
the news... most of the news in this letter will be unecessary as we have seen
Findly WALKUP & he can tell you the balance...
25 Dec 1845"
-----------------------------
Waxhaws NC Sep 28, 1846 My Dear Uncle Sam'l:
I seat myself to communicate bad news to you....you may drop a tear of
respect to the memory of one so near & dear unto you. To one who of all his
brothers had the greatest affection for you. You can perhaps already divine
it is my father Robert WALKUP who is dead. He was your youngest brother but
he had almost reached his "three score & ten". He was in his 67th year. He
died of congestive fever on the 22nd of Sept....
Of 21 children 8 only are living to cherish his memory & deeply lament their
irreperable loss. He was greatly lamented by friends, relations & neighbors,
for he always sympathised with the distressed, relieved the wants of the poor
and needy by feeding their hungry and clothing their naked, visited the sick,
buried the dead, consoled & assisted the heartbroken widow & the helpless
orphan...
He had his failings too, but like the school-master in Goldsmith's Deserted
Village, "all his failings leaned to virtues side". He had the one failing
which I am sorry to say all the old men about here & all the WALKUPs that I
have ever seen unfortunately possessed & that was he was too fond of ardent
spirits & was sometimes overcome to his great mortification & sorrow by this
destroyer of the happiness of men...
My father left 4 children by his first wife and 4 by his last wife, his
widow is living where he died & his affairs will all be easily settled.
It has been very sickly in this county & many old people have died. Perhaps
you may have known the old Revolutionists, Old Andy WALKER died about two
years ago, old Sam GIVENS also died last spring, & old Hugh FORBES about a
year ago, old Thos KIRKPATRICK is dead near Charlotte. Take our relations
generally they are tolerably well. Uncle Israel's only tolerable. My oldest
sister living was married in July to Cousin Joe DOUGLASS, son of Uncle Joe
DOUGLASS who married my mother's sister, the rest of us are about home &
unmarried....
[Discussion of crops and a request for a letter]. Direct your letter to me
at Cureton's Store, South Carolina.
Your affectionate nephew, Samuel H. WALKUP."
William WALKUP
UPDATE: 1994-12-04
!BIRTH: Letter he wrote to his uncle Samuel, Sep 1844, in which he identifies
members of his family - Enc #P-184. One boy survived the fire of 1823, it
could be Samuel or William, or another unnamed son who died before 1844.
LETTER WRITTEN BY SAMUEL H. WALKUP to his uncle Samuel (Enc #P-184).
Sent to me by Jean Danielson, Nov 1994.
[Letters that were in the possession of Mrs. J. M. Kinnard, Berea, KY in 1943
when copied by Virginia Engle, Chairman Genealogical Committee, Berea-Laurel
Ridge Chapter DAR - recopied by Wayne S. O'Neal]
-----------------------------
"Mr. Sam'l WALKUP, Richmond Kentucky North Carolina Union County
by the politeness of Rev. S. C. MILLEN 21 Sept 1844 My Dear Uncle
Sam:
... About a week since my dear sister Jane died of fever... she was 21 years
old had never been married...
Just two years ago my oldest sister Elizabeth DUNN died...
My brother William is staying with papa & farming with him...
-----------------------------
"Mr. Samuel WALKUP, Richmond Union County, NC
Madison County, Kentucky Dec. 20, 1845 Dear
Uncle Samuel:
... my brother William [was ill but is now recovered]...
I am living close by [my father] & my oldest sister Mary & my niece Eugenia
Ingram are living with me... I am still unmarried...
My oldest sister Elizabeth died about 3 years ago .. [and] sister Jane aged 21
died also...
-----------------------------
Waxhaws NC Sep 28, 1846 My Dear Uncle Sam'l:
My father left 4 children by his first wife and 4 by his last wife, his widow
is living where he died & his affairs will all be easily settled.
... my oldes sister living was married in July to Cousin Joe DOUGLASS, son of
Uncle Joe DOUGLASS who married my mother's sister... the rest of us are about
home & unmarried....
Your affectionate nephew, Samuel H. WALKUP."
Jane WALKUP
LETTER WRITTEN BY SAMUEL H. WALKUP to his uncle Samuel (Enc #P-184).
Sent to me by Jean Danielson, Nov 1994.
[Letters that were in the possession of Mrs. J. M. Kinnard, Berea, KY in 1943
when copied by Virginia Engle, Chairman Genealogical Committee, Berea-Laurel
Ridge Chapter DAR - recopied by Wayne S. O'Neal]
-----------------------------
"Mr. Sam'l WALKUP, Richmond Kentucky North Carolina Union County
by the politeness of Rev. S. C. MILLEN 21 Sept 1844 My Dear Uncle
Sam:
... About a week since my dear sister Jane died of fever... she was 21 years
old had never been married...
Just two years ago my oldest sister Elizabeth DUNN died...
My brother William is staying with papa & farming with him...
-----------------------------
"Mr. Samuel WALKUP, Richmond Union County, NC
Madison County, Kentucky Dec. 20, 1845 Dear
Uncle Samuel:
... my brother William [was ill but is now recovered]...
I am living close by [my father] & my oldest sister Mary & my niece Eugenia
Ingram are living with me... I am still unmarried...
My oldest sister Elizabeth died about 3 years ago .. [and] sister Jane aged
21 died also...
-----------------------------
Waxhaws NC Sep 28, 1846 My Dear Uncle Sam'l:
My father left 4 children by his first wife and 4 by his last wife, his
widow is living where he died & his affairs will all be easily settled.
... my oldes sister living was married in July to Cousin Joe DOUGLASS, son
of Uncle Joe DOUGLASS who married my mother's sister... the rest of us are
about home & unmarried....
Your affectionate nephew, Samuel H. WALKUP."
WALKUP
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William PICKENS
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Fink; Jeanette Reynolds; David McCabe; Donna One Star;
ALSO AF# HP67-LM; LJLK-CS
Amcestral File lists a Thomas (b. abt 1731) and Benjamin (b. abt 1733) as sons
of William. Gives their birthplace as Ireland in one reference, their residence
as Washington Co., VA in another. Also given as a son of William and Elizabeth
is John PICKENS who md. Letitia HANNAH.
UPDATE: 1998-02-98
!PARENTS-SPOUSE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: Don Fink to Terry McLean, Feb 1998; ; GEDCOM
file; ; ; ;
---------------------- TIME LINE:
AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA records:
1740-1749 - approx; he arrived in Augusta Co., VA near the same time as his
brothers, Gabriel and John. William had 2 small children at this time
1746 - in Augusta Co., VA
1749, Oct 23 - Land entry, Book #1, Augusta County, James CLAYPOOL 200 acres
near Cedar Branch, "joining William PICKENS' survey" Vol LL, p. 377 (Day,
THE PICKENS FAMILY, p. 26, Easley SC, 1951).
1752 - Vol 1, p. 321. William PICKENS married widow of Samuel SCOTT, of
Augusta, who died in 1749 (Day, as above).
1756 - John SCOTT to John PICKENS, Mtge. on 400 acres on Cub Run, witnessed by
Arnold KUSTER and William PICKENS. (Day).
1762 - appt. guardian of step-son, Samuel SCOTT, Augusta Co., VA
1765 - William and Thomas PICKENS signed a petition for road from Court House
to Conenant's Road (Day, p. 27).
1783, 19 Nov - will, Montgomery Co, VA. Named a son, Thomas. Wit: Joseph HONE
and John CECILL. (Anderson/Shue, p. 41)
---------------------------------------------------------------
E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 109. "William PICKENS, believed to be a son of William and Margaret
PICKENS. We have no proof whatever that he was a son of William and Margaret
PICKENS who came to Bucks County, Penn. [from Ireland about 1720 through New
Castle, Delaware to Paxton Township, Lancaster Co., Penn, then to Augusta Co.,
VA. - see p. 113]
However circumstances indicate that if he was not, he was closely attached to
that family and belongs here as one of the PICKEKNS of the South. Evidence
indicates that he was a widower with small children when he came to Augusta
County, or his wife died soon after he came. He then married a second time in
Augusta County/
Ann (OLIVER) SCOTT, widow of Samuel SCOTT became his second wife in 1752...
The records of Augusta Co., VA and Montgomery Co., VA give some outline of
this family:
July 16, 1746: William PICKENS was a witness in a law suit between EWELL and
BRIANT in Augusta County. This is the earliest known appearance of William.
Sept. 20 1748: William had a tract of land patented to him on this date.
Mentioned in a deed he made Nov. 17, 1772 as land patented to him in 1748.
Signed by Ann, his wife.
Aug. 1753: Robert HOOK and Robert SCOTT, executors of Samuel SCOTT, in law-
suit versus William Pickens and Ann his wife, former SCOTT.
Dec. 5, 1754: William PICKENS purchased at the sale of estate of Richard
TICTOM in the Gap of the Mountain of Shenando.
Dec. 1, 1756: John SCOTT made a deed to John PICKENS, a mortgage on 400 acres
adjoining Cub Run with Col. WOODS on one side and James BUSETER on the other.
William PICKENS witnessed this deed.
Nov. 19, 1783: WILL OF WILLIAM PICKENS: Leaves property to wife Ann PICKENS.
Names his son Thomas PICKENS as executor.
..."
p. 110. "Of the children of William PICKENS we have proof of only two of
them: Thomas who was executor of his father's will, and Margaret who married
James BASKIN and moved to Abbeville Co., SC. We have have no direct proof that
William and Ann SCOTT PICKENS had any children, but we believe they did, and it
may be they were Aaron..., Samuel..., and James PICKENS...
...The author places these men as sons of William PICKENS because they all
seem to be associated with him, and were in the same locality in Virginia.
It is possible that the Abram PICKENS who iwtnessed the will of Aaron OLIVER
was a son of William. Also the John PICKENS... who made a mortgage deed with
John SCOTT in 1756. There is an account of one John PICKENS who marreid Jane
SCOTT. This Jane is not the daughter of Mrs. Ann SCOTT, for proof is available
that she married James THOMPSON. But there are other SCOTTs in Augusta at the
same time...."
From Don Fink:
Book: "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" Vol. XXVI (Dec. 31,
1918) by the Virginia Historical Society
p. 378: "William PICKENS lived in Augusta (Co. VA) in 1746 and in 1753 his
wife was Ann SCOTT".
------------------
[to Don Fink from Dale Fink]:
.. William arrived ... in Montgomery County, VA about 1750.... [and] was
probably born in Ireland..."
[extracted from PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH - tmc]
Elizabeth
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
DIRECT LINE OF: David McCabe;
William PICKENS
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Fink; Jeanette Reynolds; David McCabe; Donna One Star;
ALSO AF# HP67-LM; LJLK-CS
Amcestral File lists a Thomas (b. abt 1731) and Benjamin (b. abt 1733) as sons
of William. Gives their birthplace as Ireland in one reference, their residence
as Washington Co., VA in another. Also given as a son of William and Elizabeth
is John PICKENS who md. Letitia HANNAH.
UPDATE: 1998-02-98
!PARENTS-SPOUSE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: Don Fink to Terry McLean, Feb 1998; ; GEDCOM
file; ; ; ;
---------------------- TIME LINE:
AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA records:
1740-1749 - approx; he arrived in Augusta Co., VA near the same time as his
brothers, Gabriel and John. William had 2 small children at this time
1746 - in Augusta Co., VA
1749, Oct 23 - Land entry, Book #1, Augusta County, James CLAYPOOL 200 acres
near Cedar Branch, "joining William PICKENS' survey" Vol LL, p. 377 (Day,
THE PICKENS FAMILY, p. 26, Easley SC, 1951).
1752 - Vol 1, p. 321. William PICKENS married widow of Samuel SCOTT, of
Augusta, who died in 1749 (Day, as above).
1756 - John SCOTT to John PICKENS, Mtge. on 400 acres on Cub Run, witnessed by
Arnold KUSTER and William PICKENS. (Day).
1762 - appt. guardian of step-son, Samuel SCOTT, Augusta Co., VA
1765 - William and Thomas PICKENS signed a petition for road from Court House
to Conenant's Road (Day, p. 27).
1783, 19 Nov - will, Montgomery Co, VA. Named a son, Thomas. Wit: Joseph HONE
and John CECILL. (Anderson/Shue, p. 41)
---------------------------------------------------------------
E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 109. "William PICKENS, believed to be a son of William and Margaret
PICKENS. We have no proof whatever that he was a son of William and Margaret
PICKENS who came to Bucks County, Penn. [from Ireland about 1720 through New
Castle, Delaware to Paxton Township, Lancaster Co., Penn, then to Augusta Co.,
VA. - see p. 113]
However circumstances indicate that if he was not, he was closely attached to
that family and belongs here as one of the PICKEKNS of the South. Evidence
indicates that he was a widower with small children when he came to Augusta
County, or his wife died soon after he came. He then married a second time in
Augusta County/
Ann (OLIVER) SCOTT, widow of Samuel SCOTT became his second wife in 1752...
The records of Augusta Co., VA and Montgomery Co., VA give some outline of
this family:
July 16, 1746: William PICKENS was a witness in a law suit between EWELL and
BRIANT in Augusta County. This is the earliest known appearance of William.
Sept. 20 1748: William had a tract of land patented to him on this date.
Mentioned in a deed he made Nov. 17, 1772 as land patented to him in 1748.
Signed by Ann, his wife.
Aug. 1753: Robert HOOK and Robert SCOTT, executors of Samuel SCOTT, in law-
suit versus William Pickens and Ann his wife, former SCOTT.
Dec. 5, 1754: William PICKENS purchased at the sale of estate of Richard
TICTOM in the Gap of the Mountain of Shenando.
Dec. 1, 1756: John SCOTT made a deed to John PICKENS, a mortgage on 400 acres
adjoining Cub Run with Col. WOODS on one side and James BUSETER on the other.
William PICKENS witnessed this deed.
Nov. 19, 1783: WILL OF WILLIAM PICKENS: Leaves property to wife Ann PICKENS.
Names his son Thomas PICKENS as executor.
..."
p. 110. "Of the children of William PICKENS we have proof of only two of
them: Thomas who was executor of his father's will, and Margaret who married
James BASKIN and moved to Abbeville Co., SC. We have have no direct proof that
William and Ann SCOTT PICKENS had any children, but we believe they did, and it
may be they were Aaron..., Samuel..., and James PICKENS...
...The author places these men as sons of William PICKENS because they all
seem to be associated with him, and were in the same locality in Virginia.
It is possible that the Abram PICKENS who iwtnessed the will of Aaron OLIVER
was a son of William. Also the John PICKENS... who made a mortgage deed with
John SCOTT in 1756. There is an account of one John PICKENS who marreid Jane
SCOTT. This Jane is not the daughter of Mrs. Ann SCOTT, for proof is available
that she married James THOMPSON. But there are other SCOTTs in Augusta at the
same time...."
From Don Fink:
Book: "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" Vol. XXVI (Dec. 31,
1918) by the Virginia Historical Society
p. 378: "William PICKENS lived in Augusta (Co. VA) in 1746 and in 1753 his
wife was Ann SCOTT".
------------------
[to Don Fink from Dale Fink]:
.. William arrived ... in Montgomery County, VA about 1750.... [and] was
probably born in Ireland..."
[extracted from PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH - tmc]
Ann OLIVER
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
ALSO AF# HP6H-TX
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Fink; Jeanette Reynolds; Donna One Star;
COMMENT: If Ann was born in 1828 and had two children by the time she reached
Augusta Co., VA in 1740, she was a very young mother, or perhaps the first two
were twins? When her first husband died in 1748, he named 3 children - still
making Ann a very young mother to have had three children by the age of 20.
Could the Jane and John SCOTT that came with Ann and her husband to VA be a
brother and sister to Samuel, rather than his children?
===========================================================================
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH:
p. 109. Mrs. Ann (OLIVER) SCOTT, widow of Samuel SCOTT became [the second
wife of William PICKENS] in 1752. We believe she was a daughter of Aaron
OLIVER, who died in Augusta County in 1768 leaving a will in which he named
his daughter Ann PICKENS. The will was witnessed by Abram PICKENS. Because of
this some have made Ann PICKENS the wife of Abraham PICKENS who died in Maury
Co., Tenn. in 1815. This has been proven not to be true, and indeed it is
doubtful if the Abraham PICKENS who witnessed the will was the one who was son
of Gabriel PICKENS for he was too young even to be in the revolution.
Ann SCOTT, was the widow of Samuel SCOTT who made his declaration before the
Orange County [VA] Court in 1740 naming his wife Ann, son John and Jane. The
will of Samuel SCOTT signed March 16, 1748 names wife Ann, son John, Daughter
Mary, Daughter Jean. Ann refused to abide by the will and the estate was
administered later, with her husband William PICKENS serving as guardian for
her minor children."
TINKLING SPRING: HEADWATER OF FREEDOM:
p. 428. Importations [into Orange/Augusta Co., VA]
1740, 22 May - Samuel SCOTT Ann, Jane, and John Scott. Orange Co Order
Book II, pg 158.
From Don Fink:
Library: Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA
Book: "RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA "1745-1800" vol. 1 by Lyman
Chalkey
p. 321: SCOT vs. SCOT (February, 1761)
Jane SCOT, an infant, by Daniel SMITH, her guardian, daughter of Samuel SCOT
of Augusta, deceased in 1749. Jane had a sister and brother. The widow SCOT
intermarried with William PICKENS. Jane's oldest sister was Mary.
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Book: "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" Vol. XXVI (Dec. 31,
1918) by the Virginia Historical Society
p. 378: "William PICKENS lived in Augusta (Co. VA) in 1746 and in 1753 his
wife was Ann SCOTT".
Samuel PICKENS
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
!PARENTS: Don Fink to Terry McLean, Feb 1998; ; GEDCOM file; ; ; ;
John PICKENS
NOT PROVEN TO BE A CHILD OF THIS FAMILY.
Sharp places him as a possible son of Aaron PICKENS of Shelby Co., but his age
would make him more likely to be Aaron's brother or cousin.
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
!RESIDENCE: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN,
1963; p. 116; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
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1810 - census, Shelby Co., KY
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PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp:
p. 116. "John PICKENS of Shelby County, Kentucky was likely a son of Aaron
PICKENS. Shelby county was formed from Jefferson County in which Aaron was given
his land grant in 1784. The census of 1810 for Shelby Co., KY shows the family
of John PICKENS as follows:
1 male above 45 - John PICKENS himself
1 female 26-45 - his wife
1 female 16-26
1 male 16-26
2 females 10-16
2 females 0-10
owned 1 slave
Records of Shelby County give the marriage of Jane PICKENS to John DAVIS, on
November 25, 1806. She may have been daughter of John PICKENS.
The ... family of Lemuel PICKENS of Orange County Indiana seems without much
doubt to be from John PICKENS of Shelby County, and likely descendants of Aaron
PICKENS..."
I think the John PICKENS mentioned in the following land grants is most likely
to be the son of this family - the records of land grants to Samuel and James
seem to be consistent with John's as to time and place - tmc.
!SOURCE: Anderson/Shule, 'The John Pickens Family' pg 28, (Gateway Press,
(Baltimore 1981).
LAND TRANS: from Dept of State, Raleigh NC dtd 18 May 1951: John Pickens rec'd
the following land grants: Washington Co TN, #128, 250 acres, 23 Oct 1782, on
the Big Limestone Creek; #394, 200 acres, Oct 13, 1783, on the waters of Lick
Creek; #469, 100 acres Oct 13, 1783, on the waters of Lick Creek.
William CROFT
SPOUSE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCE-DEATH: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 40, 47; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
RESIDENCE: moved to Tuscaloosa Co., AL in 1819. He died soon after.
Rebecca PICKENS
NOTE: "FILE: Enc #___" refers to personal record system of Terry McLean.
UPDATE: 1998-05-20
DIRECT LINE OF: Christine Smith;
PARENTS-SPOUSE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: Christine Smith to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA;
BIRTH-MARRIAGE(1)&(2)-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH;
author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 40, 47; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
PARENTS-DEATH: Kate Pickens Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY, compiled by Monroe Pickens, Revised and Published by Kate Pickens Day; Easley SC, 1951; p. 83-86; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA. DEATH: assumed dead by 1829 as she is not named in her father's will, but her children are mentioned. "I do bequeath to my grandchildren, the offspring of Dilly and Rebecca..."
SPOUSE-RESIDENCE: Susan Norwood Pickens, THE PICKENS FAMILY; ; author; p. 2;
copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.
FATHER: E. M. Sharp to Fannie Inglis; ; notes accompany letter dated Oct 1953; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; FILE: Enc #P-298-5. Named in father's will.
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PRODIGY POST dated 7/27/95 From: Wynell Simpson (DQUL99A) To: Terry McLean
(SGDD15B). (Enc #P-201)
"Pickens, Dejarnette, Hall, Brown...Terry, This is for your PICKENS database.
Sarah HALL married ... second to Isreal PICKENS. They moved to Pend. Dist. SC. [they married] on: 11 Mar 1790 at: PEND. SC died: 23 Feb 1814. Their children: Deliah; Rebecca."
THE PICKENS FAMILY, by Susan Norwood Pickens:
p. 2. "Rebecca md.. Moses...they lived in Alabama"
PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963)
p. 47. "In his will of 1829, Israel PICKENS stated, " I do bequeath to my
grandchildren, offsprings of Dilly and Rebecca, the tract of land where I
formerly lived on Rocky River.'
On Dec. 11, 1845, John HALL petitioned concerning his interest by purchase of 100 acres on Rocky River, land of Israel PICKENS, willed to heirs of Rebecca and Dilly..."
...Rebecca PICKENS... md (1) William CROFT. They moved to Tuscaloosa Co.,
Alabama in 1819. William CROFT died soon after this move. Left Rebecca a widow with five small children. [She] md (2) Moses MEREDITH, of Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. who reared the CROFT children..."
Delilah J. Pickens CROFT
UPDATE: 1996-10-05
Edward D. CROFT
UPDATE: 1996-10-05
Israel Pickens CROFT
UPDATE: 1996-10-05
Teressa CROFT
UPDATE: 1996-10-05
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