Colonel Robert Pickens

Male 1795 - 1871  (76 years)


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  • Name Robert Pickens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 14 May 1795  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Eastern Division 
    Residence 1860  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Regiment 42 
    Residence 1870  Brushy Creek, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial 1871  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 12
    • Pickens Cemetery
    Death 1 Nov 1871  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 12
    Person ID I43211  Rountree Family | Pickens
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2024 

    Father Captain Robert Pickens,   b. 26 Nov 1747, Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1830, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Dorcas Hallum,   b. 15 Feb 1760, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1828, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1773  Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 13, 14
    Family ID F29318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha Smith,   b. 9 Aug 1798, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1835, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1814  South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Pickens,   b. 27 Jan 1816, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jun 1905, Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Colonel William Smith Pickens,   b. 26 Feb 1823, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1907, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Martha Ann Pickens,   b. 31 Oct 1827, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1859 (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Reverend James Madison Pickens,   b. 9 Apr 1830, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1892, Crawford, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F29319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 Nancy J Pegg,   b. 14 May 1810   d. 12 Oct 1873 (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 11 Apr 1837  South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Andrew Monroe Pickens,   b. 1839, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1862, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Adison Gamewell Pickens,   b. 23 Sep 1849, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1872, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Lavinia Jane Pickens,   b. 26 Mar 1851, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1918, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F29320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 May 1795 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Nov 1814 - South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Apr 1837 - South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Eastern Division - 1850 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Regiment 42 - 1860 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1871 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Nov 1871 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3911] Day, Kate Pickens and Monroe Pickens, Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family, (Name: Hiott Press; Location: Easley, South Carolina, USA; Date: 1951;), P 207,208, 211-215 Chapter 6 See file Pickens.pdf, 51048263.
      Pickens Family Genealogy (The)
      Note error of Marriage of Hannah Pickens


    2. [S3481] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Database online.
      Record for Colonel Smith Pickens

    3. [S3943] DAR Ancestor A090978, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), Robert Pickens.

    4. [S3661] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Regiment 42, Anderson, South Carolina; Roll:M653_1212; Page: 330; Image: 665; Family History Library Film: 805212.

    5. [S3777] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Source number: 262.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number ofPages: 1; Submitter Code: TJ1.

    6. [S3454] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 98793.

    7. [S3369] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Brushy Creek, Anderson, South Carolina;Roll: M593_1482; Page: 453A; Image: 112; Family History Library Film: 552981.

    8. [S3531] Ancestry.com, Web: South Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Helen P. Howard
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=websearch-4109&h=403933&indiv=try

    9. [S3481] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Database online.
      Record for James Madison Pickens

    10. [S3769] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Eastern Subdivision, Anderson, SouthCarolina; Roll: M432_848; Page: 301A; Image: 608.

    11. [S3911] Day, Kate Pickens and Monroe Pickens, Cousin Monroe's History of the Pickens Family, (Name: Hiott Press; Location: Easley, South Carolina, USA; Date: 1951;), pp 085-86 Chapter 5 Pickens, Robert and Hallum, Dorcas See file Pickens.pdf, 51048263.
      Pickens Family Genealogy (The)
      Book available at California Genealogy Society

    12. [S4203] Pickens Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Anderson, South Carolina, USA;;), Pickens, Robert Memorial # 42049944 Accessed KRM 22 Jul 2018 1:30pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42049944/robert-pickens.
      Pickens Cemetery
      Also known as Pickens Chapel Cemetery
      Three and Twenty Road
      Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/71015/pickens-cemetery
      Pickens Cemetery is approximately 3 miles inside Anderson County on Three & Twenty Road. It is not in Pickens County. Please do not add a cemetery in Pickens County for these burials.
      This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Anderson County, and this land was part of the Cherokee territory until 1777. It became the final resting place after the American Revolution for early pioneers who settled the area. A number of soldiers of the Revolution are buried here, including Robert Pickens, who served in the state militia and was related to General Andrew Pickens. It also contains the gravesites of many patriots of each war up through the Vietnam era.
      Pickens Cemetery is approximately 3 miles inside Anderson County on Three & Twenty Road. It is not in Pickens County. Please do not add a cemetery in Pickens County for these burials.
      This is one of the oldest cemeteries in Anderson County, and this land was part of the Cherokee territory until 1777. It became the final resting place after the American Revolution for early pioneers who settled the area. A number of soldiers of the Revolution are buried here, including Robert Pickens, who served in the state militia and was related to General Andrew Pickens. It also contains the gravesites of many patriots of each war up through the Vietnam era.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42049944/robert-pickens

    13. [S3777] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Source number: 10028.023; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number ofPages: 25.

    14. [S3679] Hunting For Bears, comp., South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online.
      Record for Robert Pickens