1793 James Chamberlayne Pickett was born on February 6 in Fauquier County, Virginia. [1]
1796 John and Elizabeth (Chamberlayne) Pickett, the parents of James Chamberlayne Pickett, moved to Mason County, Kentucky. [2]
1818 James Chamberlayne Pickett and Ellen Desha were married on October 6 in Mason, Kentucky. [3] [4]
1829-33 James Chamberlayne Pickett was secretary of the United States legation to Columbia. [5]
1838 James Chamberlayne Pickett was United States minister in Ecuador. [6]
1838-45 James Chamberlayne Pickett was United States charge d'affaires in Peru. [7]
1872 James Chamberlayne Pickett died on July 10 in Washington, DC. [8]
Research Notes:
A biosketch reports [9]:
Pickett, James C. — Was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, February 6, 1793 ; removed with his parents to Mason County, Kentucky, in 1796 ; received a superior education ; and was fitted for public service at an early age ; in the war of 1813 he was an officer in the United States Artillery ; served also in the army from 1818 to 1831 ; resigned, and returned to Mason County, where he commenced the practice of law ; was editor of the Maysville Eagle in 1815 ; was a member of the Legislature in 1823 ; Secretary of the State from 1825 to 1828; was Secretary of Legation to Colombia from 1839 to 1833 ; a portion of that time acting as Charge d'Affaires ; was Commissioner of the United States Patent Office in 1835 ; Fourth Auditor of the Treasury from 1835 to 1838 ; Minister to Ecuador in 1838; Charge d'Affaires to Peru from 1838 to 1845 ; and was for a few years editor of the Congressional Globe, at Washington ; in which city he died July 10, 1872.
A biosketch reports [10]:
Pickett, James Chamberlayne, was born in Fauquier county, Virginia, February 6, 1793. son of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Chamberlayne) Pickett: grandson of Captain William S. and Elizabeth (Metcalfe) Fickett. and a descendant of William and Anne Fickett. In 1795 removed with his parents to Mason county, Kentucky, where his father served in both branches of the state legislature. He was appointed from Ohio third lieutenant in the Second United States Artillery, August 4, 1813: was promoted second lieutenant. April 19. 1814. transferred to the corps of artillery, May 12, 1814, and left the service at the close of the war in 1815. He edited the "Eagle" at Maysville. Kentucky, in 1815 ; studied law. and on June 16. 1818, entered the United States army as captain and assistant quartermaster-general, serving until June. 1821. He settled in the practice of law in Mason county in 1821; was representative in the Kentucky legislature in 1822. and secretary of the state 1825-28. By appointment of President Jackson, he was secretary of the United States legation to Columbia, 1829-33, acting for a time as charge d'affaires. He was a commissioner of the United States patent office in 1835; fourth auditor of the United States treasury, 1835-38; United States minister to Ecuador in 1838, and charge d'affaires to Peru, 1838-45. In 1845 he removed to Washington, D. C, where he was editor of the "Congressional Globe" for several years. He was married, October 6, 1818, to Ellen, daughter of Governor Joseph Desha, of Kentucky. Their son, Joseph Desha Pickett, was a minister of the Christian church, professor in Bethany College, Virginia. chaplain in the Confederate army, and professor of English literature and sacred history in Kentucky University. Another son, Col. John T. Pickett, was United States consul at Vera Cruz, 1853-61, special envoy extra-ordinary of the Confederate states to Mexico in 1865. and in 1870 sold the diplomatic correspondence of the Confederate States, known as the "Pickett Papers," to the United States government for $75,000. James Chamberlayne Pickett died in Washington, D. C. July 10. 1872.
A biosketch reports [11]:
Mr. [Thomas] Pickett was one of the sons of Colonel John Pickett, an early settler in Mason county, which he acceptably represented in both branches of the state legislature. Colonel James C. Pickett, the elder brother of Thomas J., was distinguished as a legislator, as a diplomatist, and as a man of letters. William, the father of Colonel John Pickett, a native of Fauquier county, was a Revolutionary soldier, a valued captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall, and a member of the Burgesses.
A biosketch reports [12] [13]:
Pickett, James C. commissioner of patents, b. in Fauquier county, 7Va., 6 Feb., 1793; d. in Washington. D. 0., 10 July, 1872. He removed with his parents to Mason county, Ky., in 1796, and received a good education. He became 3d lieutenant of U.S. artillery in 1813, and was promoted 2d lieutenant in 1814, but left the service at the close of the war with England. He served again as deputy quartermaster-general from 1818 till 1821, when he resigned. returned to Mason county, and practised law. He edited the "Maysville Eagle " in 1815, was a member of the legislature in 1822, secretary of the state from 1825 till 1828, and secretary of legation in Colombia from 1829 till 1833, acting part of the time as charge d'aflaires. He was commissioner of the U. S. patent-office in 1835, fourth auditor of the treasury in 1835—8, minister to Ecuador in 1838, and chargé d'afiaires in Peru from 1838 till 1845. For a few years he edited " The Congressional Globe " in Washington, D.C.
[1] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[2] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[3] Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[5] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[6] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[7] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[8] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[9] Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During Its First Century (Washington: James Anglim, 1876), 334, see also 593, 594, 604, 605, [HathiTrust].
[10] Lyon Gardiner Tyler, ed., Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 2, (Lewis Publishing, New York, 1915), 211, [HathiTrust].
[11] Thomas Marshall Green, Historic Families of Kentucky (1889), 61, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[12] James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, eds., Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Pickering-Sumter, (New York, 1898) Vol. 5 5, [GoogleBooks].
[13] Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, V-5, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].