Person:Andrew Pickens (5)
Gov. Andrew Pickens, Jr
b.13 Dec 1779 Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
d.1 Jul 1858 Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 19 Mar 1765
  1. Mary Pickens1766 - 1836
  2. Ezekiel Pickens1768 - 1818
  3. Male PickensBet 1770 & 1774 -
  4. Ann Pickens1770 - 1846
  5. Jane Pickens1773 - 1773
  6. Jane Bonneau Pickens1774 - 1848
  7. Margaret Pickins1777 - 1830
  8. Male PickensBet 1779 & 1786 -
  9. Gov. Andrew Pickens, Jr1779 - 1858
  10. Rebecca Pickens1784 - 1831
  11. Catherine Pickens1786 - 1871
  12. Joseph Pickens1791 - 1853
Spouse and Children
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m. Est 1801
  1. Susan PickensAbt 1802 -
  2. Francis Wilkinson Pickens1805 - 1869
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Gov. Andrew Pickens, Jr1779 - 1858
  • W.  Mary Nelson
m. Aft 1810
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Gov. Andrew Pickens, Jr
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 Dec 1779 Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Marriage Est 1801 to Susan Wilingson
Marriage Aft 1810 assumed
to Mary Nelson
Death[1] 1 Jul 1858 Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States
Burial[1] Clemson, Oconee, South Carolina, United StatesOld Stone Presby Ch Cem
Reference Number? Q119539?


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Andrew Pickens Jr. (December 13, 1779June 24, 1838) was an American soldier and politician. He served as the 46th Governor of South Carolina from 1816 until 1818.

Pickens was the son of well-known American Revolutionary general Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), and Rebecca Floride Pickens (nee Colhoun). He was born on his father's plantation on the Savannah River in Horse Creek Valley in Edgefield County, South Carolina.

He was a maternal cousin of fellow South Carolina politician John C. Calhoun. He was also a paternal cousin of Calhoun's wife Floride.

Pickens attended Brown University, graduating in 1801. He served as a lieutenant-colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. After the war, he established a plantation, "Oatlands", in Edgefield County, and took up the practice of law. He also established a residence, "Halcyon Grove", in the village of Edgefield, and married Susannah Smith Wilkinson.

On December 5, 1816, the South Carolina General Assembly elected Pickens as governor by secret ballot. Pickens championed the construction of roads and canals by government, a policy called internal improvements. During his administration, South Carolina began an internal improvements program. The price of cotton rose to the highest point reached 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. Growing up living by Indians, he had a very tight bond with them.

Pickens died June 24, 1838, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, and was interred at Old Stone Church Cemetery in Clemson, South Carolina.

His son, Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805–1869) was a U.S. Representative and the Governor of South Carolina when the state seceded from the Union in 1860.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Andrew Pickens (governor), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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