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Colonel William Smith Pickens

Male 1823 - 1907  (84 years)

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  • Name William Smith Pickens  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Title Colonel 
    Birth 26 Feb 1823  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1850  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Eastern Subdivison 
    Residence 1870  Brushy Creek, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence 1900  Brushy Creek, Anderson, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial 1907  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 11] 
    • Pickens Cemetery
    Death 20 May 1907  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 11] 
    Person ID I45488  Rountree Family | Pickens
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

    Father Colonel Robert Pickens,   b. 14 May 1795, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1871, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother 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) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1814  South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F29319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Julia Anne Welborn,   b. 29 Oct 1825, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1857, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1840  South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    >1. Martha Adaline Pickens,   b. 27 Dec 1841, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1931, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Susan Lucretia Pickens,   b. 21 Feb 1847, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1894, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Robert Welborn Pickens,   b. 31 Aug 1847, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1948, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. William Holbert Pickens,   b. 19 Jun 1850, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1903, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. A W Pickens,   b. 1852, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F30891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

    Family 2 Prudence Emiline Oliver,   b. 7 Feb 1823, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1893, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 1858  Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. Nancy Emeline Pickens,   b. 1 Sep 1858, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1937 (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Mary Eugenia Pickens,   b. 29 Jul 1863, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1943, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Ida Lee Pickens,   b. 7 Nov 1865, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1944, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. James Oliver Pickens,   b. Dec 1865, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F30896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

    Family 3 Martha Louisa Rush,   b. 20 Aug 1841   d. 16 Nov 1910, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 1901 
    Family ID F30899  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Feb 1823 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Sep 1840 - South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Eastern Subdivison - 1850 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1858 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1907 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 May 1907 - 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. [S4197] Welborn, Gene, Welborns and Related Families, (Name: Name: Gene Welborn; Location: Greenwood, South Carolina; Date: 1994;;).

    3. [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

    4. [S4199] Ancestry.com, Web: South Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2011, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online.
      Record for Col William Smith Pickens

    5. [S3769] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: Eastern Subdivision,Anderson, South Carolina; Roll: M432_848; Page: 297A; Image: .
      Record for William S Pickins

    6. [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 Robert Welborn Pickens

    7. [S3679] Hunting For Bears, comp., South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;).

    8. [S3405] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Brushy Creek, Anderson, South Carolina;Roll: 1516; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1241516.

    9. [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Prudence Emeline Pickens
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=88972896&indiv=try

    10. [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: 435A; Family History Library Film: 552981.
      Record for W S Pickens
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=4046802&indiv=try

    11. [S4203] Pickens Cemetery, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Anderson, South Carolina, USA;;), Pickens, William Smith Memorial #12912723 Accessed KRM 2 Sep 2018 8:14pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12912723/william-smith-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.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12912723/william-smith-pickens



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