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ALABAMA NOTES, VOL II, by Flora D. England:
p. 93. "Estate of Andrew PICKENS of Butler Co., AL. From minutes of Probate
Court, Vol. 1: p. 28. May 28, 1853. About October 1852, Ezekiel M. [sic]
PICKENS was appointed admr. of the estate of Andrew PICKENS, dec'd.
p. 440-441: Final settlement of this estate was April 26 1854 ... heirs named:
... The heirs of John C. PICKENS, to wit:
Elizabeth, wife of Richard THOMPSON
Isabella, wife of John HAMMONDS
Statira, wife of Matthew HAMMONDS
Sarah, wife of John PERRY, Jr.
John A. PICKENS
Compiler's note: each of the heirs of John C. PICKENS received $136.96"
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UPDATE: 1995-10-09
DIRECT LINE OF: Don Noble.
UPDATE: 1998-03-15
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ALSO AF# 1DG7-QH5
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Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 97. "About the year 1800 [Martha PICKENS] married John SMITH, the son of
Jeb SMITH, and her father gave them a plantation near his, on which they lived
and died...
John SMITH was a farmer and blacksmith, an energetic, honest, and successful
businessman. He joined the Methodist Church as soon as it was organized in his
community and lived a consistent religious life. He died September 26th, 1848.
The SMITHs had several daughters, one of whom was Martha SMITH who married
Robert PICKENS (son of Captain Robert PICKENS). Israel SMITH and Joseph SMITH
married daughters of John PICKENS (son of Captain Robert PICKENS)..."
UPDATE: 1998-02-07
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Day, COUSIN MONROE'S HISTORY OF THE PICKENS FAMILY:
p. 97. "Martha PICKENS, daughter of Captain Robert and Dorcas HALLUM
PICKENS, was born June 15, 1776. Little is known of her girlhood days, but
when she was about seven years old her parents moved from Abbeville county to
Three and Twenty. About the year 1800 she married John SMITH, the son of Jeb
SMITH, and her father gave them a plantation near his, on which they lived and
died...
Martha PICKENS SMITH died March 17th 1818..."
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See Enc #802 for some GRIFFIS records from Giles Co. Chancery Court records.
Robert & Josie moved to TX. 2 children are named MCHQ XVI.2 PG 52.
Is this the Josie Pickens enrolled in McClure Institute 1874, Marshall Co TN?
(MCHQ VI.2 pg 63).
UPDATE: 1997-06-12
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TIME LINE:
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1852/53 - settlement of estate of Andrew M. PICKENS, Butler Co., AL, naming
Elizabeth, wife of Richard THOMPSON, as heir of John C. PICKENS.=======================================================================
ALABAMA NOTES, VOL II, by Flora D. England:
p. 93. "Estate of Andrew PICKENS of Butler Co., AL. From minutes of Probate
Court, Vol. 1: p. 28. May 28, 1853. About October 1852, Ezekiel M. [sic]
PICKENS was appointed admr. of the estate of Andrew PICKENS, dec'd.
p. 440-441: Final settlement of this estate was April 26 1854 ... heirs named:
... The heirs of John C. PICKENS, to wit:
Elizabeth, wife of Richard THOMPSON
Isabella, wife of John HAMMONDS
Statira, wife of Matthew HAMMONDS
Sarah, wife of John PERRY, Jr.
John A. PICKENS"
UPDATE: 1997-06-12
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TIME LINE:
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1852/53 - settlement of estate of Andrew M. PICKENS, Butler Co., AL, naming
Elizabeth, wife of Richard THOMPSON, as heir of John C. PICKENS.=======================================================================
ALABAMA NOTES, VOL II, by Flora D. England:
p. 93. "Estate of Andrew PICKENS of Butler Co., AL. From minutes of Probate
Court, Vol. 1: p. 28. May 28, 1853. About October 1852, Ezekiel M. [sic]
PICKENS was appointed admr. of the estate of Andrew PICKENS, dec'd.
p. 440-441: Final settlement of this estate was April 26 1854 ... heirs named:
... The heirs of John C. PICKENS, to wit... Elizabeth, wife of Richard
THOMPSON..."
UPDATE: 1998-05-26
They changed their last name to Barcomb and she was known as RoseBarcomb.
He was buried in the St. Joseph Cemetery at Windsor, Conn.
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PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH, by E. M. Sharp (1963).
p. 90. "...came of age in 1828. Deeds show that he purchased part of the
family homesite and also owned some land in Bedford Co., which he sold."ANASEARCHIN', Vol 29.3
p. 133. A John P. Pickens did some surveying in Shelby Co TN.
(source: Survey Book A, Shelby Co TN).
UPDATE: 1995-08-31