RESOURCES and LINKS of INTEREST
to PICKENS researchers.
part of the Pickens Genealogy Information Group
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Terry McLean Last updated 17 Jan 2001
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DISTRICTS AND TERRITORIES
JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT....
Finger Lickin" Pickens' B-B-Q Sauce by Thomas Pickens http://soar.Berkeley.EDU/recipes/sauces/pickens1.rec
Zesty Pickens Crispix Mix Recipe - http://kellogg.marketlocator.com/Kelloggs/US/Kelloggs.nsf/376bf6716e6a2f03862569670073e1ee/ac3338c9fbbbec3a86256823006f65aa?OpenDocument
There appears to be a marine slug named for a PICKENS - I stumbled across the photo of the lovely creature, but cannot find any information yet - http://siolibrary.ucsd.edu/slugsite/pan/pickens.html
Mini Pickens Donkey Ranch - Located in central Oregon, they raise and sell Miniature Donkeys http://www.minipickensdonkeys.com/
Palmetto Home builders of South Carolina have a home style option called 'The Pickens' - see it at: http://www.palmettotraditional.com/pickens.asp
Buy a real cowboy hat in the 'Pickens' style from Tonto Rim- http://www.tontorim.com/pickens.htm
See a photo of Pickens Nose Mountain in North Carolina - http://www.turnstonecabins.com/picknse1.htm
PICKENS OF NOTE
- this is for historical PICKENS only, and does not include links to those celebrities now living with the name PICKENS.
General Andrew Pickens - some photos, bios, etc, can be found at:
Governor Israel Pickens - third Governor of Alabama - portrait & biography
Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805-1869) - elected Governor of SC 1860 - Governor of the Secession
Ruby Pickens Tartt (1880-1974) - internationally known folklorist. Member of the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame Biography and photo - http://home.judson.edu/extra/fame/tartt.html
Alton Pickens (1917-1991) surreal-satirical artist; member of Fine Arts Faculty, Indiana Universitiy - summary of his works at - http://askart.com/artist/P/alton_pickens.asp. Faculty photo at: http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/homepages/1025/1025text/hope.htm
AMERICAN INDIAN - FREEDMEN - AFRICAN AMERICAN – SLAVES
The BLACK INDIANS; BLACK AND FREEDMEN and Slaveholder Connections:
Links to sites with connections and / or resources for those PICKENS who have Black/Freedman heritage - many of these also have American Indian heritage also.
Many of these lines are difficult to prove and records are non-existent or full of discrepancies and inconsistencies. Many families have extremely strong traditions of their PICKENS heritage. In most cases, the 'preponderance of evidence' is all there is to support these family lines, but it may be all there will ever be. Strong family tradition, tied to time, locality, known slaveholders, and family association, offer the best evidence available in many cases.
- Pickens/Roberts Genealogy - Eleanor Wyatt's Pickens lines - Eleanor is researching the Freedmen of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations. Surnames of Roberts, Pickens, Stevenson, Colbert, Wilson, Harris, Denson, Moore, Wyatt, Abrams, Christian, Clay and others. http://familytreemaker.com/users/w/y/a/Eleanor-Wyatt/index.html
List Of Chickasaw/Choctaw Slave Owners And Their Known Slaves http://www.rootsweb.com/~mspontot/chick.htm
MAP - Slavery and Emancipation in the United States, 1777-1865 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/map.asp?ImageID=427
Afro-American Sources in Virginia - A Guide to Manuscripts. Michael Plunkett, Editor, University Press of Virginia. This site is a comprehensive listing and brief description of manuscripts containing information on African-Americans, slaves and freemen, at the Virginia Historical Society. Please note - the documents themselves are not online to my knowledge - just a description of their contents - tmc. http://www.iocc.com/~swright/vasource.html
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The following resources were listed in Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 6- February 5, 2001 and is copyright 2001 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author.
* "African American Family Research," an excellent article by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan, Ph.D.: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/2052.asp
* "The Challenge of African American Research" by Curt B. Witcher, another excellent article: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/1586.asp
* African American Lifelines: http://pages.prodigy.net/cliffmurr/aa_life.htm
* African-American Genealogy Research Resources: http://www.libraryofmichigan.org/genealogy/abramscghnov99.html
* Afrigeneas, probably the best-known Black American genealogy site: http://www.afrigeneas.com/
ESTELUSTI FOUNDATION - for descendants of Oklahoma Freedmen to discover their heritage. http://www.estelusti.com/
- THE HEIR OF SLAVES - William Pickens, 1881-1954 - The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography. - Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1911 Online version is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill project - Documenting the American South: First-Person Narratives of the American South - Collection of Electronic Texts http://docsouth.unc.edu/pickens/menu.html
INDIAN NATIONS
CIVIL WAR
MAP - Slavery and Emancipation in the United States, 1777-1865 http://www.ancestry.com/rd/map.asp?ImageID=427 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID=427
- Mississippi Civil War Rosters - "Original Roster of Those Men Who Enlisted Within the Boundaries of Old Tishomingo County [MS] Which Now Consists of Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo County in Mississippi and Part of McNairy County, Tennessee. These Men Fought for the South in the Civil War" - link not working - if anyone has an update, please let me know - tmc.
- OLD FORT PICKENS at Duffy, West Virginia stood 1861-1863 - erected on the lands of James Pickens Sr, near the southern extremity of Lewis County, WV. This site has a sketch and history of the Fort, as well as a roster of men and officers of Co A. 10th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers. . http://www.walkersvillewv.com/rusticroots/pickens.html
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Revolutionary War Letters, diaries, and orders: South Carolina Historical Society - includes correspondence of Gen. Pickens http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/archives-online/
MAJOR BATTLES: Cowpens, Kings Mountain, etc.
The Battle of Kings Mountain, by George F. Scheer - a short summary of the Battle, and links to local events, from Kings Mountain, North Carolina website: http://kmfire.com/kmbattle.html
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail - Battle of Kings Mountain - from National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/battle.htm
The main OVNHT Index has other listings and info for tourists - "The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVNHT) follows the Revolutionary War route of Patriot militia men from Virginia, today's eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to the battle of Kings Mountain..." http://www.nps.gov/ovvi/home.htm
BATTLES AT KINGS MOUNTAIN & COWPENS - This site has 4 major pages: Related mostly to the Battle at Kings Mountain; Related mostly to the Battle at Cowpens; Common events schedule; Material common to both battles. There are also a lot of great links for media and printed resources, events, other sites with Revolutionary War info: http://www.jrshelby.com/kimocowp/
70th Congress, 1st Session House Document No. 328 - Historical Statements Concerning The Battle Of Kings Mountain And The Battle Of The Cowpens South Carolina, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/revwar/KM-Cpns/AWC-KM-FM.htm
ALABAMA
Alabama Newspapers on Microfilm - inquire about interlibrary loan.
ARKANSAS
THE HEIR OF SLAVES - William Pickens, 1881-1954 - The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography. - Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1911 Online version is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill project - Documenting the American South: First-Person Narratives of the American South - Collection of Electronic Texts http://docsouth.unc.edu/pickens/menu.html
FLORIDA
Civil war letters - including a brief letter from Fort Pickens
- link to a brief history and map of the location Fort Pickens of Florida from the above Latner site http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Pickens.html
- GORP site [Great Outdoor Recreation Pages] - Fort Pickens from a recreational perspective - a place to visit: http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/us_ns/fl/his3_gul.htm
- National Park Service official site description http://www.nps.gov/guis/FortPick.htm
GEORGIA
Census Links for Pickens County, Georgia: 1860 census, 1860 slave schedule, 1880 mortality schedule. Also set up for more current events like obits, but not much posted yet http://censuslinks.com/Georgia/Pickens/
MISSISSIPPI
Northeast Mississippi Museum Association - links to historical information
- Mississippi Civil War Rosters - "Original Roster of Those Men Who Enlisted Within the Boundaries of Old Tishomingo County [MS] Which Now Consists of Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo County in Mississippi and Part of McNairy County, Tennessee. These Men Fought for the South in the Civil War" - link not working - if anyone has an update, please let me know - tmc.
OKLAHOMA
ESTELUSTI FOUNDATION - for descendants of Oklahoma Freedmen to discover their heritage. http://www.estelusti.com/
SOUTH CAROLINA
- THE HEIR OF SLAVES - William Pickens, 1881-1954 - The Heir of Slaves: An Autobiography. - Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1911 Online version is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill project - Documenting the American South: First-Person Narratives of the American South - Collection of Electronic Texts http://docsouth.unc.edu/pickens/menu.html
- Revolutionary War Letters, diaries, and orders: South Carolina Historical Society - includes correspondence of Gen. Pickens http://www.schistory.org/displays/RevWar/archives-online/
TEXAS
The Handbook of Texas Online has several short biographies on PICKENS family members - a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu). http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/index.new.html
WEST VIRGINIA
OLD FORT PICKENS at Duffy, West Virginia. Civil War era, it stood 1861-1863 - erected on the lands of James Pickens Sr, near the southern extremity of Lewis County, WV. This site has a sketch and history of the Fort, as well as a roster of men and officers of Co A. 10th West Virginia Infantry Volunteers. . http://www.walkersvillewv.com/rusticroots/pickens.html
MISCELLANEOUS
Life Histories - Library of Congress - WPA project - on-line search by keyword "These life histories were written by the staff of the Folklore Project of the Federal Writers' Project for the U.S. Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration (WPA) from 1936-1940. The Library of Congress collection includes 2,900 documents representing the work of over 300 writers from 24 states"
- CENSUSLINKS.COM - has links to every state. A work in progress, each state has a variety of vital records available which include census, mortality, marriages, slave schedules, obituaries, etc.
- Mesa Inc - The Home Page for T. Boone Pickens' company
- DistantCousin.com has queries, census records, lists of casualties from Vietnam and the Korean conflict.
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