1736 Martin Pickett was born on Christmas Day.
1747 Ann Blackwell was born to Joseph and Lucy Steptoe Blackwell in Prince William County, Virginia. [1]
1759 Martin Pickett was taxed in the household of William Pickett (likely his father) in Fauquier County, Virginia.
c 1759 Martin Pickett, born in Kings County to William and Elizabeth (Cooke) Pickett, presented himself to the court in Fauquier County and was sworn as sheriff. [2]
1761 Martin Pickett was lieutenant to William Edmonds of the Fauquier Militia in the French and Indian War. [3] [4]
1764 Martin Pickett, of "Paradise" and Lucy Blackwell, daughter of Joseph Blackwell, were married on May 31 in Fairfax County, Virginia with bondsman William Blackwell. The license, dated May 31, named her as Ann Blackwell, spinster. Her father Joseph Blackwell gave consent. Paradise is a home located at 426 Winchester Street in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
1767 Martin and Ann (wife) Pickett purchased land from Joseph Duncan in Fauquier County, Virginia. Witnessed by J Blackwell. [11].
1767 Martin and Ann (wife) Pickett leased land from R.H. Lee in Fauquier County, Virginia. Witnessed by Jos Blackwell. [12].
1771 Martin Pickett, a merchant of Fauquier County, Virginia, gave an account of goods that had been sent to him from England, contrary to the merchant's agreement. George Washington and others signed the article [13]
1775 Martin Pickett ran a store which offered "stiff competition" to the "Red Store" in Fauquier, Virginia. The finest house in Fauquier was "Paradise", home of Martin Pickett and Ann Blackwell. [14].
1776 Martin Pickett and James Scott esquires were named as delegates representing Fauquier County, Virginia. [15]
1776 Martin Pickett represented Fauquier County in the convention at Williamsburg declaring Virginia to be independent of England and a sovereign state. [16]
1776 Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Pickett served in the Revolutionary War in the 3rd Virginia Regiment under Colonel Thomas Marshall.
1776 In the Fall, Lieutenant Colonel Martin Pickett succeeded Colonel Edmonds in command in Pennsylvania. [17]
1777, 79 Martin Pickett was listed on the rent rolls for Fauquier County, Virginia.
1777 Martin Pickett and Hugh Nelson esquires were named as delegates elected for Fauquier County, at the general assembly in Williamsburg, Virginia. [18]
1777 Major Martin Pickett was an executor for the will of Captain John Chilton in Fauquier County. [19]
1778 On 22 January, "Pickett, Martin, for guns, &c., for sundry persons, &c., p acco't 5.17.6" [20]
1779 Martin Pickett was named as a member of the House of Delegates in Virginia. [21]
1780 Martin Pickett was granted 243 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia. [22] [23]
1781 Colonel Martin Pickett succeeded Colonel William Edmonds in command of a militia regiment in Virginia. [24]
1782 Martin Pickett was tax commissioner for Fauquier County, Virginia. [25]
1783 Martin Pickett was coroner for Fauquier County, Virginia. [26]
1785 Martin Pickett was high sheriff for Fauquier County, Virginia. [27] [28]
1786 Martin Pickett was granted 798 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia. [29]
1787 The will of Joseph Blackwell of Fauquier County, Virginia named son-in-law Martin Pickett. [30] [31]
1787 Martin Pickett and others built Warren Academy on land given by Richard Henry Lee at Warrenton. [32]
1788 Martin Pickett was the colleague of Humphrey Brooke from Fauquier, in the Virginia Convention which met in Richmond to consider and accept the "New" (1787) constitution of the United States. Martin Pickett was sheriff of Fauquier county. Martin voted "Aye". [33] [34]
1788 Martin Pickett was granted 150 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia. [35]
1789 Martin Pickett was granted 183 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia. [36]
1792 Martin Pickett, Thos. Keith and Chas. Chilton were granted 93 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia. [37]
1792 Martin Pickett was granted 139 acres in Fauquier County, Virginia. [38]
1778 On 28 September, Martin Pickett was a Lt. Col in the Fauquier County Militia with Capt. Francis Triplett. [39]
1800 Lucy [Blackwell] Pickett had died in Fauquier County, Virginia by this time.
1804 The will of Martin Pickett was dated May 4 with probate date April 25. The will named daughters, Lucy Marshall (hus. Charles), Letty Johnson, Milly Clarkson, Judah Slaughter (hus. Stanton), Betsy, Nancy Brooke (hus. Francis). Sons George Blackwell Pickett and Steptoe Pickett. Brothers John and William Pickett. All land in Kentucky bequeathed to five daughters. Executors: Son George Pickett, Gen. John Blackwell, Stanton Slaughter. (p. 510). [40]
1804 The Fredericksburg Gazette reported on April 20 (Friday) that Martin Pickett had died on Saturday (likely April 14) in Fauquier. [41]
1804 The Chancery Court of Fauquier County commanded the appearance of John Blackwell Jun, Stanton Slaughter, and George B Pickett, executors of Martin Pickett deceased to answer a bill brought against them by John Blackwell, guardian for minors Charles Marshall and wife Lucy, Francis Brooke and wife Ann, William Clarkson and wife Milley, Stanton Slaughter and wife Judy, and Steptoe Pickett and Elizabeth Pickett and by Charles Johnson, father of minors Charles, Lucy, and Edward Johnson. Dated November 28. [42]
Research Notes:
Colonel John Pickett and Ann Blackwell were named as parents of Letitia Pickett, wife of Mr. Charles Johnston in a biosketch. [43] [44] [45] [46]
See also [47] [48] [49] [50] [51]
A lineage by the Daughters of the American Revolution names Martin Pickett m. Ann Blackwell (1761-?). Martin Pickett (1740-1804) was a member of the Virginia Convention, 1776, and colonel in the Virginia militia. He was born in King George County; died in Fauquier County, Va. [52]
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[3] T. Triplett Russell, John K. Gott, Fauquier County in the Revolution (Heritage Books, 2008), 223, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Albert Sidney Edmonds, "Edmonium ... Elias, William and John Edmonds, Pioneers in Fauquier County, Va," William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series 17 (1937), 295.
[5] Fauquier County, Virginia Marriage bonds and returns, 1759-1854; marriage register, 1854-1906, 1-14, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] "Marriage Bonds in Fairfax [sic Fauquier]," William and Mary Quarterly 12 (1903-1904), 256-258, 257, [GoogleBooks].
[7] Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Virginia marriage records: from the Virginia magazine of history and biography (1984), 181, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Stella Pickett Hardy, "The Blackwell Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 23 (1915), 436-8 at 437, [HathiTrust].
[9] "Chilton Family," William and Mary College Quarterly 15 (1906), 89-92, at 92, [HathiTrust].
[10] Junie Estelle Stewart King, Abstracts of wills, administrations, and marriages of Fauquier County (Clearfield, Baltimore: 1939, reprinted 2001), 54, [GoogleBooks].
[11] John K. Gott, Fauquier County Virginia Deeds 1759-1778 (Heritage Books, 1988), 69, [GoogleBooks].
[12] John K. Gott, Fauquier County Virginia Deeds 1759-1778 (Heritage Books, 1988), 79, 81, [GoogleBooks].
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[14] T. Triplett Russell, John K. Gott, Fauquier County in the Revolution (Heritage Books, 2008), 7, [GoogleBooks].
[15] Virginia Gazette Archival images online, April 26, 1776, page 2, column 3, [VirginiaGazette Image], [VirginiaGazette Browse].
[16] Stella Pickett Hardy, "The Blackwell Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 23 (1915), 436-8 at 437, [HathiTrust].
[17] Albert Sidney Edmonds, "Edmonium ... Elias, William and John Edmonds, Pioneers in Fauquier County, Va," William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series 17 (1937), 295.
[18] Virginia Gazette Archival images online, May 9, 1777, page 2, column 3, [VirginiaGazette Image], [VirginiaGazette Browse].
[19] Ann Chilton McDonnell, "Chilton and Shelton: Two Distinct Virginia Families," William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series 10 (1930), 59.
[20] "Virginia Militia in the Revolution," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 12 (1904), continued, 181, 310, 368, at 311, [HathiTrust].
[21] Virginia Gazette Archival images online, October 9, 1779, page 2, column 2, [VirginiaGazette Image], [VirginiaGazette Browse].
[22] William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records, Vol. 6 (New Jersey: 1909), 90, [InternetArchive].
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[26] Stella Pickett Hardy, "The Blackwell Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 23 (1915), 436-8 at 437, [HathiTrust].
[27] Stella Pickett Hardy, "The Blackwell Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 23 (1915), 436-8 at 437, [HathiTrust].
[28] H. C. Groome, Fauquier During the Proprietorship (Richmond: 1927), 178, [HathiTrust].
[29] William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records, Vol. 6 (New Jersey: 1909), 91, [InternetArchive].
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[31] Will Abstracts of Fauquier County, Virginia, 25, Will 2-116, [AncestryImage].
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[36] William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records, Vol. 6 (New Jersey: 1909), 91, [InternetArchive].
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[38] William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records, Vol. 6 (New Jersey: 1909), 92, [InternetArchive].
[39] William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records, Vol. 6 (New Jersey: 1909), 235, [InternetArchive].
[40] Junie Estelle Stewart King, Abstracts of wills, administrations, and marriages of Fauquier County (Clearfield, Baltimore: 1939, reprinted 2001), 43, [GoogleBooks].
[41] "Historical and Genealogical Notes and Queries," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 13 (1906), 425-434, at 433, [HathiTrust].
[42] Library of Virginia Archives, Chancery Records, [VA Archives].
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[51] Thomas Marshall Green, Historic Families of Kentucky (1889), 168, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
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