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1826 William D. Pickett, North Carolina, was a student at the Litchfield Law School, Connecticut and became a Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama. [1]


1835 William D. Pickett, formerly of North Carolina, was elected a judge in Alabama.
North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, January 31, 1835. [2]

"William D. Pickett resided in this county. He was the son of Hon. Wm. R. Pickett of Autanga, and was well educated. Having read law, he practiced for several years at Washington, in Antanga, but came to reside here about the year 1830. The legislature of 1829 elected him solicitor of the circuit court over Hon. Nathan Cook of Butler, and he held the office a short time. He was elevated to the bench in 1834, and died in the flower of his manhood, in November 1837. He possessed a high order of talent, and lent the dignity of a virtuous life to the culture of a jurist and scholar. " [3]

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Footnotes:

[1] Dwight Canfield, The bench and bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1709-1909, 208, [HathiTrust].

[2] North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, January 31, 1835, page 2, [NewspapersClip].

[3] Willis Brewer, Alabama Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872 (Montgomery, Alabama: Barret & Brown, 1872), 452, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[4] Willis Brewer, Alabama Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men From 1540 to 1872 (Montgomery, Alabama: Barret & Brown, 1872), 110, 332, 355, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].