Col William Raiford Pickett the Weekly Standard Raleigh, NC 23 Oct 1850
The Weekly Standard, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 23, 1850. [7]
"Colonel Pickett was born in Anson county, North Carolina upon the Pedee river, where his parents, James Pickett and Martha Terry, had removed sometime before the revolutionary war, from their place of nativity, near Bolling Green, in Caroline county, Virginia. Their ancestors, whose extraction was Scotch, English, and French, were among the earliest colonists of Virginia." [1]
1795 James Pickett conveyed land to sons Joseph, Martin, and William R and daughter Frankey Hanes. [2]
1818 William Pickett moved from North Carolina to Autaugua County, Alabama.
1821, 23, 24 William R was representative for Autauga County.
1828, 1831 William R was senator for Autauga County.
1837 William R Pickett was one of the electoral voters from Alabama in the election of Martin Van Buren. [3]
1850 On Tuesday, October 22, 1850, the Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, N.C.) reported the death in Autauga county, Ala. on the 20th, of Col. William R.Pickett, aged 73 years. A native of Anson county… [4]
1850 Col. William Raiford Pickett died. "In Autauga Co, Ala., on the 28th ult., Col. Wm. R. Pickett ... a native of Anson Co, N.C., aged 73 years. he removed 32 years ago. He had served as Sheriff of Anson, a member of the State Legislature, and Assessor and Collector of direct Taxes, by appointment of President Madison. In Alabama, he was repeatedly elected to both branches of the Legislature, and was three times chosen Presidential Elector." [5] [6]
Research Notes:
"William Raiford Pickett, came to this county as early as 1818. He was a native of North Carolina, and was honored by his native county of Anson with several official trusts. He became a merchant and planter in this county, and served it in both branches of the general assembly. Thrice he was on the presidential electoral ticket of his party. He died in 1850, aged 73 years, leaving an enviable reputation for honor, benevolence, intelligence and sociability. He had a daughter who married (Jen. Moseley Baker of Montgomery, who died in Texas about the year 1855. Hon. "Wm. D. Pickett and Col. A. J. Pickett of Montgomery were his sons." [8]
Louise Augusta Pickett, born 1804 has been named as a daughter by some researchers.
[1] Albert James Pickett, History of Alabama: and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, Volume 2 (Charleston: Walker and James, 1851), 439, [HathiTrust].
[2] Joseph Asbury Groves, The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina (Atlanta, GA: Franklin Printing, 1901), 418, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Charles Lanman, Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During Its First Century (Washington: James Anglim, 1876), 525, [HathiTrust].
[4] Albert James Pickett, History of Alabama: and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, Volume 2 (Charleston: Walker and James, 1851), 439, [HathiTrust].
[5] USGenWeb Archives, [USGenWeb].
[6] Newspaper, The North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, North Carolina), October 26, 1850.
[7] The Weekly Standard, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 23, 1850, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[8] Willis Brewer, Alabama Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872 (Montgomery, Alabama: Barret & Brown, 1872), 110, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].