DIRECT LINE OF: Joyce Reagan;
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From Joyce Reagan:
"M C Capbell, husband of Rebecca Jane PICKENS, was killed in a fight with
Parson ORR, husband of one of Becky Jane's sisters in 1901. I have a copy of
the newspaper article telling of the fight. Campbell lived several weeks with
a bullet in the head, but eventually succumbed to infection...."
UPDATE: 1996-11-05
UPDATE: 1996-11-05
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
DIRECT LINE OF: David McCabe;
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TIME LINE:
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VIRGINIA RECORDS:
1765, 28 Sep - marriage license (first appearance in Augusta Co. records)
[Bell]
NOTE: this mg is also shown by Mr Bell in some records as taking place in
SC.
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SOUTH CAROLINA RECORDS:
1764, 6 Dec - took up land Abbeville Dist SC.
1767 - executor of John's will
1768, 6 Dec - land on Long Cane [Abbeville Dist SC] [Bell] 1790 - estate adm
[Bell]; census - Prudence, widow 1-3-2 [Bell]
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DIRECT LINE OF: David McCabe;
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
!PARENTS-SPOUSE-DEATH: Don Fink to Terry McLean, Feb 1998; ; GEDCOM file; ; ; ;
DEATH: location only, no date given.
UPDATE: 1998-02-28
DIRECT LINE OF: David McCabe;
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TIME LINE:
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VIRGINIA RECORDS:
1765, 28 Sep - marriage license (first appearance in Augusta Co. records)
[Bell]
NOTE: this mg is also shown by Mr Bell in some records as taking place in
SC.
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SOUTH CAROLINA RECORDS:
1764, 6 Dec - took up land Abbeville Dist SC.
1767 - executor of John's will
1768, 6 Dec - land on Long Cane [Abbeville Dist SC] [Bell] 1790 - estate adm
[Bell]; census - Prudence, widow 1-3-2 [Bell]
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UPDATE: 1995-06-12
MESSAGE FORWARDED TO TERRY MCLEAN BY JACK REYNOLDS, Jun 10, 1995 (Enc #P-191).
From: Jane Gillespie To: John Pickens Msg #383, Jun-02-95 21:40:24
Subject: GILLESPIE/PICKENS
...From Abstracts From Mississippi DAR Applications Records Submitted by
Henrietta Morton in Old 96 Chapter of SC Genealogical Society GRAB Quarterly:
BASKIN James LT SC b. ca 1739 d 1790 m wf (1) Sept 28 1765 Margaret PICKENS
(2) Apr 3 1782 Mrs Prudence REID CRAWFORD.
Ch 1st wf: William b. ca 1768: Ellander, m Patrick CALHOUN: James, b 1772 m
Anna GILLESPIE: John b Aug 24 1774: Robert b ca 1776 m Mary DOSS.
Ch 2nd wf: Thomas b Sept 2 1782: Hugh b Jul 3 1785...."
UPDATE: 1995-08-16
!BIRTH: Jane Gillespie - Enc #P-191 (source: ABSTRACTS FROM MISSISSIPPI
DAR APPLICATIONS - Records submitted by Henrietta Morton in Old 96 Chapter
of SC Genealogical Society GRAB Quarterly).-------------------
From: Shirley Hull (GmaMike@aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998
To: tmclean@earthlink.net Subject: Margaret Pickens Baskin
"...In entering info on my Gillespie bunch, I am finding a descrepancy between
the Baskin family line info and the Pickens info on Margaret Pickens Baskin.
The Pickens info from your database shows her as the dau. of James Stuart Baskin
and Anna Gillespie - no b. or d. date given. The Baskin list I copied from
Carol Giles shows Margeret as the dau. of Thomas Stuart Baskin and Elizabeth
Harris Long. The dates show Margaret b. 1/9/1833 in Fayetteville, AL, died
12/17/1863 in Fayetteville, and married to Richard Mixon Kirkland on 1/1/1856.
This dovetails exactly right with the other Baskin family members. No documents
are furnished to back this up. Are these different Margaret Pickens Baskins?...
Best regards, Shirley Hull
[COMMENT: James Stuart and Thomas Stuart BASKIN both have daughters named
Margaret Pickens BASKIN - tmc]MESSAGE PASSED TO TERRY MCLEAN BY JACK REYNOLDS, Jun 10, 1995 (Enc #P-191).
From: Jane Gillespie To: John Pickens Msg #383, Jun-02-95 21:40:24 Subject:
GILLESPIE/PICKENS
...From Abstracts From Mississippi DAR Applications Records Submitted by
Henrietta Morton in Old 96 Chapter of SC Genealogical Society GRAB Quarterly:
BASKIN James LT SC b. ca 1739 d 1790 m wf (1) Sept 28 1765 Margaret PICKENS (2)
Apr 3 1782 Mrs Prudence REID CRAWFORD.
Ch 1st wf: William b. ca 1768: Ellander, m Patrick CALHOUN: James, b 1772 m
Anna GILLESPIE: John b Aug 24 1774: Robert b ca 1776 m Mary DOSS.
Ch 2nd wf: Thomas b Sept 2 1782: Hugh b Jul 3 1785...."
DIRECT LINE OF: Gene Boggess; Joe Lineberger; Elwin T. Pickens; David McCabe;
Nita Delano; Michelle Akin; Ed Pickens;Probably the William BASKIN whom John PICKENS imported into Augusta Co., VA in
1840.
Quite possibly related to the PICKENS family by marriage?UPDATE: 1998-05-20
!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE: E. M. Sharp PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 94; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.-------------- TIME LINE:
RESIDENCE:
From Ireland to Chester Co PA; Paxton Twp in Lancaster Co, (now Dauphin Co.) PA;
Augusta Co., VA; [possibly into New Castle DE originally, before PA. This is
probably the William that was imported by John PICKENS into VA 1740. John stated
William had come with him from Ireland]-----------------------------
PENNSYLVANIA/VIRGINIA RECORDS:
1732-36 - tax list E Nottingham Twp, Chester Co PA [Bell]
1740 - to Augusta Co VA [Bell; Sharp; Day; Orange Co., VA records]
1741 - son Charles baptised, Augusta Co, VA [Bell; TINKLING SPRING...]
1742 - soldier on muster roll Cap SMITH, Augusta Co VA [Bell] 1745 - resigned
as constable, Augusta Co. , VA [Bell]
1747 - road overseer Augusta Co; bought land on Lewis Creek, Augusta Co.
from John PICKENS [Bell]
1749 - bought land on Buffalo Run from John CRAWFORD, Augusta Co. [Bell]
1750 - adm. estate of Robert BASKIN, Augusta Co. [Bell]
1752, 1761 - mentioned in civil records, Augusta Co [Bell]
1765 - sold land to George CRAWFORD; sold land to Hugh DONAGHY, Augusta Co
[Bell]
1765 - to Abbeville Dist, SC.-------------------------------------------
BASKIN(S): THE BASKIN FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA -- PENNSYLVANIA WITH STEPHENS AND
MARTINS NOTES by Raymond M. Bell (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington PA,
1975)
p.1-2. "... the William and John BASKIN who settled in Pennsylvania in the
1730's came from Ireland - possibly County Donegal...
... the spelling of the name has remained BASKIN in some branches - in others it
has become BASKINS. Today the name BASKIN is also carried by members of another
faith and origin.
"...William BASKIN of Augusta Co., VA came from Ireland, according to a 1749
court record;
The first record of William BASKIN is in 1732 when his name appears on the tax
list of Nottingham Twp, Chester Co., PA. It is also listed 1733, 1734, 1735,
1736. John BASKIN is listed for 1735 and 1736. John pd [1/3 lb?] and William
[1/9 lb?] in taxes. Both names are gone in 1737. They likely moved to the Paxton
(PA) region just then opening. They had landed in Philadelphia.
After a few years many settlers moved from Paxton southwest to Augusta (then
Orange) County, Virginia. William BASKIN likely did this for his name appears in
the Virginia records in 1740. The Orange Co. VA Order Book 2, p. 218 has the
following entry:"
"At a court held for Orange County on Thursday the 24th day of Jul 1740...
John PICKENS made oath that he imported himself, Margaret, Eleanor, Margaret the
younger, Gabriel PICKENS and William BASKIN from Ireland into Philadelphia and
from thence into this Colony at his own charge and that this is the first time
of proving his and their right in order to obtain land which is orderd to be
certified."
John PICKENS was in Paxton in 1735. Tradition says that William BASKIN moved
from Paxton to Virginia. He may have been related to John PICKENS. In 1765
William BASKIN moved from Virginia to Abbeville County, South Carolina. (There
is no further record of John BASKIN of Nottingham. He may have died at Paxton
about 1740, leaving sons William, James, Francis, and possibly Thomas. William's
son, John was in South Carolina in 1774.)
A Robert BASKIN died in Augusta County before 1749, William BASKIN was named
administrator Nov 29-1750. His widow owned land adjoining John PICKENS 1749-59;
in 1761 it was owned by Thomas, son of William. Andrew BASKIN appears in Augusta
in 1752; later in Kershaw and Lancaster Co.s SC. The relation of William BASKIN
to Robert and Andrew is not known.
There are many records of William BASKIN in Augusta County. His son, Charles,
was baptised Mar 15-1741 by Rev. John CRAIG. William's name appears on a 1742
muster roll. In 1745 he resigned as constable. In 1747 he became road overseer.
In 1747 he bought 212 acres on Lewis Creek; in 1749 232 acres on Buffalo Run. He
had a servant in 1752 and in 1761. William BASKIN, Sr. had married Mary STUART.
There were a number of STUARTs in Augusta Co. William had six sons. All are
listed in Virginia, except Hugh, the youngest. John is first listed in 1756 and
Charles and James in 1765.
... The land of [John] PICKENS adjoined both Widow BASKIN and William BASKIN.
About 1745-55 Andrew BASKIN and John PICKENS went south to the NC-SC border. In
1764 John PICKENS applied for land near Andrew BASKIN, before moving to
Abbeville Co., SC - where William BASKIN was to go in 1765.
The Journal of the South Carolina Council, Oct 10-1746 tells of the receipt of
a petition "from Sundry Inhabitants of the back parts of Virginia" asking
whether there was land at Ninety-Six (later Abbeville) on which they could
settle. There were thirty some signatures, headed by William BASKIN, James
LESSLIE (LESSLEY) and John PICKENS. These men lived on adjoining farms in
Augusta Co. (LESSLEY died in Augusta 1780). The other two got to South Carolina
about 20 years later. In 1746 the petitioners said that they had "fully
resolved to remove their families"; that they wanted to settle in the back parts
of South Carolina.
... In 1746 [William] BASKIN [John] PICKENS and others asked the governor and
council of South Carolina to purchase from the Cherokee Indians the land around
Ninety-Six and Long Cane and make it available for settlement. This was done in
1747, but Indian trouble discouraged settlement. William BASKIN gave up the
idea of going to South Carolina and in May 1747 bought 212 acres from John
PICKENS [in Augusta Co., VA].
John PICKENS got restless and left Augusta in 1754. By 1763 he or his sons
had taken land on Rocky River and Little River in District 96. On Jun 7-1763
John, eldest son of William BASKIN Sr. of Virginia, took up land on Long Cane,
now waters of Little River..
[the BASKIN family attended the Rocky River Presbyterian Church in So.
Carolina - it is likely that is where the PICKENS also attended?]
... James T. BASKIN wrote in 1914 from Lowndesville:
William BASKIN, the head of the family, came from Ireland to Juniata Valley,
PA, thence to near historic Stone Church [Augusta Co., VA] and on to SC. William
BASKIN married Mary STUART in Ireland. ....PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963):
p. 36. "In October 1746, John PICKENS, William BASKIN, James LESLIE, and about
30 others signed a petition to the Governor and Council of South Carolina. The
following is an abstract of the petition found in the Journal of the S.C.
Council, Oct. 10, 1746:
'His Excellency laid before the Board the following petition he had received
from sundry inhabitants of the back parts of Virginia, humbly showing the
petitioners had great expectation to hear by John TURK that the land granted at
Ninety-Six was purchased as Thomas TURK had informed them. The the petitioners
fully trusting his word resolved to remove their families... if the Governor
will make a real purchase of that land... so they may be informed of the truth
thereof...they will remove and come there.'
Merriwether in his EXPANDING SOUTH CAROLINA p. 124, mentions this petition but
for some reason the Scotch-Irish settlers did not come, most likely due to
Indian troubles, and failure of the council to ensure safety..."
DIRECT LINE OF: Gene Boggess; Joe Lineberger; Elwin T. Pickens; David McCabe;
Nita Delano; Michelle Akin; Ed Pickens;UPDATE: 1995-08-15
!BIRTH-MARRAIGE: E. M. Sharp PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author, Memphis
TN 1963; p. 94; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.=============================================================================
c 1737 Chester Co PA
c 1765 to SC.BASKIN(S): THE BASKIN FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA -- PENNSYLVANIA WITH STEPHENS AND
MARTINS NOTES by Raymond M. Bell (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington
PA, 1975)
p. 2. " William BASKIN, Sr. had married Mary STUART..."
p. 3. "William BASKIN, the head of the family, came from Ireland to Juniata
Valley, PA, thence to near historic Stone Church [Augusta Co., VA] and on to
SC.
William BASKIN married Mary STUART in Ireland. ...." [note. If they md. abt
1730 as estimate, I believe they were already in PA by that time. Tmc]
UPDATE: 1995-08-16
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-CHILDREN: Raymond M. Bell; ; Washington & Jefferson
College, Washington PA, 1975; BASKIN(S): THE BASKIN FAMILY SOUTH CAROLINA --
PENNSYLVANIA WITH STEPHENS AND MARTINS NOTES; p. 15; copy in possession of Terry
McLean, Anaheim CA.
UPDATE: 1998-05-05
Could he have md. first Catherine HENDERSON? There is record of a Joseph
PICKENS of Anderson Co., SC md in 1815 to Catherine HENDERSON [1994 IGI].
This Joseph would be the right age to have had a previous marriage.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS, by Nix and Snell:
p. 68. "Joseph PICKENS b. 30 Mar 1792; d. 4 Feb 1853; m. 28 Jul 1828 ...
Joseph and his wife moved first to Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, then to
Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama. Joseph's will was written 3 Jul 1846, but a
codicil dated 3 Feb 1853, leaves to son Joseph Alexander "a pair of pistols
which were taken during the American Revolution from a British Officer at the
siege of Augusta in Georgia. The are marked on the butt 'J. HAMILTON'. "
Further in his codicil he states the pistols are to go to son Andrew since
daughter Sarah Elizabeth has married. He leaves to a son, John Henderson, "a
horse taken by my father from the Cherokees on the Hitower River in their
former wars with the United States".
Joseph died in Feb 1853 [sic]; that horse would be a very old horse! The
Indian wars mentioned in this codicil occurred around the turn of the century.
Indications are that Joseph was in poor memory when this was written. Another
interesting item states "Samuel W. Shelton and his heirs to have no part of my
estate". Both Joseph and his wife are buried in Eutaw, Alabama. They had six
children."Enc #399. Sent to me by Cathey Talley-Daniel, from research done by her
father:
From NEGHR. Vol 63 p. 196. ... Gen. Andrew PICKENS b. 19 Sep 1739 Paxton PA.
Rebecca CALHOUN b 18 Nov 1745, d. 9 Dec 1814.
Ezekiel PICKENS b. 39 Mar 1763, d. May 1813
Mary PICKENS b. 19 Feb 1766
Ann PICKENS b. 12 Apr 1770
Son b. 12 Feb 1772 died as infant
Jane PICKENS b. march 1773, died 27 Oct 1773
Jane PICKENS b. 9 Nov 1774
Margaret PICKENS b. 13 Jul 1776
Andrew PICKENS b. 13 Nov 1779, d. 7 Dec.
Son b. 13 Nov 1782, d. infant
Rebecca PICKENS b. 8 Jan 1784
Katherine PICKENS b. 9 Jun 1786
Joseph PICKENS b. 30 Mar 1791
Gen. Andrew PICKENS d. 11 Aug 1817
John HUNTER married Catherine PICKENS 5 Jan 1808"VALLEY LEAVES (Tenn. Valley Gen. Society, Huntsville AL) Dec 1974
p. 55. PETITION OF SUNDRY INHABITANTS OF MADISON COUNTY IN THE MISSISSIPPI
TERRITORY. 3 Jul 1813.." one of the signers is a Jos. PICKENS...unknown if it
might be this Joseph [see Enc #P-069 - tmc]
AF# N7KV-KF - name given as Catherine.
UPDATE: 1998-01-27
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, THE PICKENS
FAMILY; ; author, Memphis TN, 1961; p. 46; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim Ca.============================================================================
THOMAS BOONE PICKENS - HIS ANCESTORS, by Nix and Snell:
p. 68. "Joseph PICKENS b. 30 Mar 1792 ... m. 28 Jul 1828 Caroline HENDERSON
b. 12 Feb 1807 Newberry District, South Carolina, daughter of John D. and
Elizabeth HENDERSON; d. 21 Mar 1853, Mobile, Alabama.Joseph and his wife moved
first to Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, then to Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama.SOME SOUTH CAROLINA RECORDS.
p. 7. List of names of early pioneers or their families who migrated to
Alabama from the Ninety-Six District of South Carolina between the years 1780
and 1850....
PICKENS, Mrs. Caroline (HENDERSON), wife of former Governor PICKENS [sic]."
UPDATE: 1998-05-05
UPDATE: 1997-12-07
UPDATE: 1997-12-07
UPDATE: 1993-05-04
!PARENTS-BIRTH-BURIAL-MARRIAGE: Joyce Reagan to Terry McLean; ; email message
outlining her desc. from Hezekiah and Rebecca. Family group sheet Malcolm and
Rebecca; ; ; FILE: Enc #P-011.
UPDATE: 1993-05-04
!MARRIAGE: Joyce Reagan to Terry McLean; ; email message outlining her desc.
from Hezekiah and Rebecca. Family group sheet, Malcolm and Rebecca; ; ; FILE:
Enc #P-011.
DIRECT LINE OF: T. Boone Pickens; Don Noble; Mitch Fincher; Robin Bratton;
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Posted on PICKENS GenForum by Judy ( on May 15, 1998 at 16:05:47:
"I just found my 2nd gr-grandmother's obituary and it states she was the a
descendant of Gen. Andrew PICKENS. Her father was Ezekiel Pickens SPEED and his
father was Michael SPEED. Michael had one wife named Leah Elenor (last name
unknown). He was possibly married prior to Leah Elenor...don't know which is the
PICKENS. Michael was a witness in 2 of Ezekiel Pickens (s/o Andrew & Rebecca)
land deeds. Leah Elenor died before 1840. If Michael had a first wife, she died
before 1820. Michael's children were: Leah (m: S. Pachael), Jane, Wm. Gaston,
Samuel D., Sarah Elizabeth, Mary Ann, James M., John B., George, and Ezekiel
Pickens Speed. Any help?
JudyPICKENS FAMILES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (Memphis, 1963).
p. 138. (from Andrew Pickens Interview with Lymon Draper) "...two of the
General's sons, Ezekiel and Andrew, were Governors of South Carolina...".Cathey Talley-Daniel to Terry McLean - SOURCE: research done by Cathey's father
(Enc #399):
- From NEGHR. Vol 63 p. 196. ... Gen. Andrew PICKENS b. 19 Sep 1739 Paxton PA.
Rebecca CALHOUN b 18 Nov 1745, d. 9 Dec 1814.
Ezekiel PICKENS b. 39 Mar 1763, d. May 1813...
- From DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY:
p. 1359. "Ezekial PICKENS b. Dec 1794 Charleston SC died August 30 1860 in
Jasper Co., Mississippi, son of Ezekial PICKENS who married a Miss BONNEAU of
Huguenot descent..."
[END]
UPDATE: 1997-05-04
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Noble;
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Noble.
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Enc #399. Sent to me by Cathey Talley-Daniel, from research done by her
father:
SC Mag Vol. 21, p. 154. Married on Monday Evening Ezekial PICKENS Esq. to
Miss Elizabeth BONNEAU (City Gazette, Wed. Feb 6, 1793). Marriage date Feb 4,
1793.
From DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY:
p. 1359. Ezekial PICKENS b. Dec 1794 Charleston SC died August 30 1860 in
Jasper Co., Mississippi, son of Ezekial PICKENS who married a Miss BONNEAU of
Huguenot descent, grandson of Gen. Andrew PICKENS and Rebecca (CALHOUN)
PICKENS...
[END]
UPDATE: 1995-09-29
CONFLICT: some sources give date of death as 22 Jul, others as 30 Aug.
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To Terry McLean, Anaheim CA, from Cathy Daniel;
" Ezekial PICKENS b. Dec 1794 Charleston SC died August 30 1860 in Jasper Co.,
Mississippi, son of Ezekial PICKENS who married a Miss BONNEAU of Huguenot
descent, grandson of Gen. Andrew PICKENS and Rebecca (CALHOUN) PICKENS, the
former of Revolutionary War fame for whom the county of that name in Alabama
was called; nephew of Andrew PICKENS. Moved to Alabama in 1820, practiced law
at Linden, Marengo Co. Later at Greensboro and Selma. Samuel B. PICKENS of
Dallas Co. and the first wife of Gov. NOBLE of SC were his only brother and
sister. He never married".
UPDATE: 1995-10-09