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Andrew Pickens

Andrew Pickens

Male 1779 - 1838  (58 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Andrew Pickens 
    Birth 13 Dec 1779  Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 01 Jul 1838  Pontotoc, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Stone Church Cemetery in, Clemson, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I682501  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2010 

    Father Andrew Pickens,   b. 13 Sep 1739, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1817 (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Floride Colhoun 
    Family ID F348804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Smith Wilkinson 
    Children 
    +1. Francis Wilkinson Pickens,   b. 07 Apr 1805   d. 25 Jan 1869 (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F348808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Oct 2010 

  • Notes 
    • He was raised a Presbyterian and educated at the College of New Jersey. Pickens served as a lieutenant-colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, and returned home to establish a plantation, "Oatlands," in Edgefield County and practice law. He also established a residence, "Halcyon Grove," in the village of Edgefield.

      On December 5, 1816, the South Carolina General Assembly elected Pickens as governor by secret ballot. During his term of office fellow South Carolina politician and cousin of Pickens mother, Rebecca Floride (nee Colhoun), John C. Calhoun, was named U.S. Secretary of War. A program of internal improvements was begun using public funds. Pickens championed the construction of roads and canals. The price of cotton rose to a high point that was not exceeded at any other time in South Carolina during the antebellum period. The city of Charleston was struck with a disastrous yellow fever epidemic. After leaving office, Pickens moved to Alabama and helped negotiate a treaty with the Creek Indians of Georgia. For a period of time around 1829, he lived in Augusta.



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