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	Andrew Pickens - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		ANDREW PICKENS (1739---1817), American soldier in the War of Independence, was born in Paxton, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on the 19th of September 1739.
		His command (about 150 men) joined General Daniel Morgan immediately before the battle of Cowpens, in which Pickens commanded an advance guard (270-350 men from Georgia and North Carolina) and twice rallied the broken American militia; for his services Congress gave him a sword.
		Their SOD., Andrew Pickens (1779-1838), served as a lieutenant-colonel in the war of 1812, and was governor of South Carolina in 1816-1818.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Andrew_Pickens (382 words)

	Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests - About Us
		Andrew Pickens is the namesake for the mountain district of the Sumter National Forest in the northwest corner of South Carolina.
		Andrew Pickens served in the Cherokee War of 1760-1761 and was an officer in a provincial regiment that accompanied Colonel James Grant and British regulars in an expedition against the Lower Cherokee towns in 1761.
		Andrew Pickens was leading a detachment of 25 men to destroy Tamassee when they were attacked by a large Cherokee force estimated at over 150 men and surrounded in an open field.
	www.fs.fed.us /r8/fms/forest/about/andrewpickens.shtml (1133 words)

	Edgefield's Ten Governors
		A tribute to the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of South Carolina who were natives of or at one time residents of Edgefield District of County.
		Pickens died at "Edgewood" at Edgefield and is buried in Edgefield Cemetery.
		He was elected Governor at the age of 31, the youngest man ever to attain that honor in South Carolina.
	www.edgefieldsc.net /tengovernors.htm (1250 words)

	Andrew Pickens (1739-1817)
		Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) was a militia leader in the Revolution and a U.
		They had 12 children, including Andrew Pickens (1779-1838) who later became governor.
		Andrew was captured and later paroled at the Fall of Charleston[?] in 1780.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/an/Andrew_Pickens_(1739-1817).html (209 words)

	Andrew Pickens
		PICKENS, Andrew, soldier, born in Paxton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 19 September, 1739; died in Pendleton district, South Carolina, 17 August, 1817.
		He was conspicuous with the secession movement, demanded of Major Robert Anderson the surrender of Fort Sumter, gave the order to fire upon the "Star of the West," and rendered all the aid in his power to the Confederate cause.
		Governor Pickens was a wealthy planter, gave much attention to scientific agriculture, and enjoyed a reputation in the southern states as an orator before colleges and literary societies.
	famousamericans.net /andrewpickens (800 words)

	Pickens County, Georgia - Genealogy
		Pickens county began existence with the signature of Governor Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia on December 5, 1853, of the legislature act creating it out of the southern part of Gilmer and the northern part of Cherokee.
		Andrew Pickens was born at Paxton, Pennsylvania, September 19,1739, and died at Tomassee, South Carolina, August 17,1817.
		Pickens county's chief industrial and commercial activities are carried on in her three incorporated towns - Jasper, Talking Rock, and Nelson - and two towns that are unincorporated - Tate and Marble Hill.
	www.pickenscountyga.com /wpa.htm (2460 words)

	Andrew Pickens (governor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew Pickens (November 13, 1779–July 1, 1838) was an American military and political leader who served as Governor of South Carolina (1816 - 1818).
		He was the son of the well-known revolutionary Andrew Pickens (1739-1817).
		Pickens served as a lieutenant-colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/a/an/andrew_pickens__governor_.html (89 words)

	galassia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Francis Pickens was the son of South Carolina Governor Andrew Pickens, Jr.
		Pickens ordered the Morris Island battery to fire on the U.S.S. Star of the West as it delivered supplies to the U.S. Army base at Fort Sumter on January 9, 1861, in the first military engagement of the Civil War.
		A bust of Lucy Pickens, created while she was in Russia, is on display at the South Caroliniana Library at USC Columbia.
	www.usca.edu /magazine/women.html (1485 words)

	Florida Timeline
		Out-going governor Park Trammell was elected to the U.S. Senate.
		Governor Haydon Burns announces Walt Disney is opening a theme park in Orlando.
		Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida on 24 August, with the town of Homestead suffering the worst damages.
	www.floridamemory.com /Timeline (2505 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Battle of Kettle Creek
		At the same time 340 South Carolina and Georgia militiamen, under Colonel Andrew Pickens of South Carolina and Colonel John Dooly and Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clarke of Georgia, were preparing to attack Boyd's camp at Kettle Creek.
		Pickens led his 200 men in a direct assault on the rocky hill on Kettle Creek, while Dooly and Clarke attacked the camp across the creek on the left and right respectively.
		Pickens and Dooly lost seven men, and fifteen were wounded.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1088 (1127 words)

	Anderson Genealogy - Septima Anderson Fincher
		General Andrew Pickens' second wife was Eliza Barksdale, who bore him two sons and one daughter, Mary Pickens, who, on reaching womanhood, married Robert Anderson the III, thus uniting two of the most distinguished families of the south.
		Francis W. Pickens, son of Andrew Pickens and grandson of General Andrew Pickens was governor in 1860.
		Joseph Pickens, the youngest son of the General, who, General Anderson was so good as to write to on the 9th ult., (he living with his brother Andrew, a near neighbour) requesting of him, if it won't be inconvenient, to come over and guide to his Father's.
	www.fincher.org /fincher/anderson.shtml (13296 words)

	AllRefer.com - Francis Wilkinson Pickens (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		A lawyer, he served in the state house of representatives and was an ardent supporter of nullification.
		Pickens was a Democrat in Congress (1834–43) and was minister to Russia (1858–60).
		Under his administration as governor of South Carolina (1860–62), the state seceded and demanded the surrender of the federal forts in Charleston harbor.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PicknsFW.html (168 words)

	The Patriot Resource: Andrew Pickens
		Andrew Pickens participated in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina on September 8, 1781.
		In September 1782, he and Elijah Clarke suceeded in forces the Indians to surrender claim to all lands south of the Savannah River and east of the Chattahoochie River.
		In 1782, Pickens was elected to represent the Ninety-Six District in the assembly, serving there until 1793, when he went to Congress for one term.
	www.patriotresource.com /people/pickens/page3.html (179 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Governor Francis W. Pickens was not a native of Edgefield, but he lived so many years of his life in Edgefield District that we can well lay claim to him as one of Edgefield's sons.
		His father, Andrew Pickens, moved to Alabama in 1819, and Francis was first sent to Athens College, in Georgia, and afterwards to the South Carolina College, from which institution he graduated with a high reputation for talents, honor, and energy.
		Francis died in Edgefield, SC and is buried in the Edgefield Cemetery, Edgefield, SC.
	www.researchonline.net /sccw/bios/p225.htm (419 words)

	The History of Education in North Carolina: Electronic Edition.
		Governors, judges, councillors, lawyers, and clergy furnish evidence from their letters and other documents that there was no deficiency of education among the higher classes.
		The early Governors of the province had little desire to promote popular education, and as a rule it was the people, and not the Government, who promoted it to the extent to which it was carried.
		In 1760 Governor Dobbs recommended the subject of education to the Legislature, and proposed that the vestry in each parish should raise a limited sum to pay a parish clerk and register, who should be qualified to act as school-master and, in the absence of the clergyman, as reader.
	docsouth.unc.edu /true/smith/smith.xml (12051 words)

	David Johnson (governor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During his time on the bench, Johnson was a noted Unionist because of his decision to strike down a militia oath to the South Carolina and his view that a violation of a law of the United States was a violation of the law of South Carolina.
		Much discussed was the Wilmot Proviso which would have outlawed slavery in the territory acquired from Mexico as a result of the war and it helped to further push the state towards the brink of secession.
		A Unionist would not become Governor of South Carolina again until the end of the Civil War when Benjamin Franklin Perry was appointed by President Andrew Johnson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Johnson_(governor) (422 words)

	Tour Pickens County - Cultural & Heritage Tour - Other Sites
		Fort Rutledge Monument, Clemson Sometimes referred to as Seneca Fort, the fort was built by Colonel Andrew Williamson and those under his command in August of 1776.
		Their son, Andrew Pickens (SC Governor, 1816-1818) later owned Hopewell, and it was the childhood home of his son, Francis Wilkinson Pickens (SC Governor, 1860-1862).
		Pickens Flea Market and Bargain Exchange Jockey Lot, Pickens The largest continuous shed in South Carolina, it stretches one fourth of a mile, bordering 32 acres of flat open ground.
	www.co.pickens.sc.us /tourpickens/othersites.asp (1357 words)

	More About Mills' Atlas - Steve Coker
		Blackburn was required to submit weekly transcriptions of all his notes, Williams allowed that astronomical observations could be made 'as may be deemed necessary,' but he stipulated that landmarks were to be carefully recorded.
		On 19 December the Legislature asked the Governor to appoint surveyors to prepare district maps which could be used for compiling an accurate map of the State.
		The report a joint committee of both houses called for maps to be based on an actual survey, to have a scale of a mile to half-an-inch, and to indicate '...
	members.tripod.com /coker_forum/c01503.htm (1161 words)

	Pickens Ancestors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Andrew Picken/Picon - He fled from Scotland to France, possibly as early as 1651, when Charles II was defeated by Oliver Cromwell.
		Perry G. McCrary is a Pickens descendant through Gen. Andrew Pickens and his wife Rebecca Calhoun thru their daughter Mary who mar.
		Andrew Pickens mar. Margaret (Pike??) died at the Waxhaws (was N.C.) near present day Lancaster, SC.
	home.comcast.net /~laurawg/pickens.htm (2450 words)

	Index Results
		Born in Edgefield, Governor Andrew Pickens (1779-1838) studied at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton).
		During the War of 1812, he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army and in later stages of the war took command of two regiments raised for defense of Charleston.
		After his tenure as governor, he moved to Alabama where he became a cotton planer and also engaged in banking.
	www.knowitall.org /schistory/IndexResults.cfm?picRefs=C114 (91 words)

	Pickens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pickens is the name of several places in the United States of America:
		Andrew Pickens (governor) (1779–1838), War of 1812 and Governor of South Carolina
		Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805–1869), governor of South Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pickens (155 words)

	Ch. 1 - Butler County, Kansas
		Andrew Pickens Butler lived from 1796 to 1857.
		Governor Medary from Ohio was the ninth, or next to the last territorial governor.
		Governor Carney was the second governor after the State was admitted to the Union.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/genweb/archives/butler/history/1916/01.html (2658 words)

	Search Results 'pickens' » Netscape.com
		The Pickens County School System is located in Pickens County, a small rural...
		Pickens County has a population of 20699 concentrated in the four towns of...
		Israel Pickens was inaugurated as Alabama's third governor on November 9, 1821.
	www.netscape.com /search/4/?s=pickens (378 words)

	XII. THE SOUTHWEST TERRITORY AND THE MCCORDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Governor Blount was sworn into office by one of the original U.S. Supreme Court Justices, James Iredell of North Carolina.
		The first governor of Tennessee when it became a state in 1794 was Colonel John Sevier, colorful hero of The Battle of Kings Mountain South Carolina in the American Revolution.
		In the early 1940's, Governor James McCord (Democrat), one of David McCord's descendants, was elected Governor of Tennessee after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives.
	www.mccordfamilyassn.com /southwes.htm (1337 words)

	South Carolina SC - Andrew Pickens - 1816-1818
		Governor Pickens was the son of Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens
		On December 5, 1816, the South Carolina General Assembly elected Pickens for governor by secret ballot.
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	www.sciway.net /hist/governors/apickens.html (274 words)

	THOMASSUMTER
		Governor John Rutledge appointed him Brigadier General in command of all state militia.
		His troops were crushed by Banastre Tarleton at Fishing Creek in 1780, but fought back strongly at Blackstocks three months later.
		Sumter had difficulties subordinating himself to Continental Army commanders, and eventually shared military leadership with two other partisan leaders, Francis Marion and Andrew Pickens.
	www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/SumterThomas.html (196 words)

	Gulf Islands National Seashore-People
		A number of influential Pensacolans asked their congressman to petition the War Department to have Fort Pickens designated as the place of confinement.
		Hero of Horseshoe Bend, the Battle of New Orleans, and seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837, Andrew Jackson was also the first provisional governor of the Territory of Florida in 1821.
		Revolutionary War hero, Andrew Pickens born in Bucks County, PA in 1739, distinguished himself as a formidable leader.
	www.nps.gov /guis/extended/FLA/History/People.htm (821 words)

	Gulf Islands National Seashore - Military Influence (U.S. National Park Service)
		Acting for his adopted state of Florida in 1861, Chase presented the demand to Lt. Slemmer for the surrender of Fort Pickens.
		The residents were just as interesting, a melting pot in which whites were the minority, all spoke Spanish and French, and some spoke four or five languages.
		The Continental Congress awarded him an honorary sword for his military valor and as a tribute to his accomplishments, Fort Pickens was named after him.
	www.nps.gov /guis/historyculture/military-influence.htm (690 words)

	George McDuffie — FactMonster.com
		Columbia co., Ga. He was a member of the South Carolina legislature and served (1821–34) in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he quickly became noted as an ebullient debater.
		He was (1834–36) governor of South Carolina and served (1842–46) in the U.S. Senate.
		Andrew Pickens BUTLER - BUTLER, Andrew Pickens (1796—1857) Senate Years of Service: 1846-1857 Party: Democrat BUTLER,...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0830886.html (147 words)

	Pickens Sentinel - Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Named after Revolutionary War Hero, General Andrew Pickens, the county’s history is rich in culture, including that of the Cherokee Indians.
		At one time, Pickens and Oconee Counties were part of a single district.
		Pickens County has municipalities, including Pickens, Easley, Liberty, Central, Clemson, and Norris.
	www.pickenssentinel.com /community.html (107 words)

	Murrah's Genealogy Page
		Austin Bearse (9th GGF) was reportedly a gypsy who emigrated to Plymouth when he was expelled from England and according to legend married Mary Hyanno, the daughter of Iyannough, sachem of the Matachee band of Wampanoag Indians on Cape Cod.
		Thomas Prence (9th GGF) was governor of Plymouth.
		Robert Anderson served under Gen. Andrew Pickens and fought in the Battle of Cowpens.
	www.murrah.com /gen (1668 words)

	ArnoldWatch.Org
		Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for governor with a pledge that "I don't need to take any money from anybody" because "I have plenty of money myself." Arnold's about-face on his promise to accept no campaign contributions brought millions of dollars into his campaign chest.
		Below is a list of the "Top 100" donors to the various campaign committees that the Governor controls*.
		BP Capital / Clean Energy / Boone Pickens, CEO/Board of Directors
	www.arnoldwatch.org /special_interests (416 words)

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