1845 Micajah Pickett lived near Yazoo City. William was his son.
The Yazoo Herald, Yazoo City, Mississippi, August 18, 1899. [7]
1812 Micajah Pickett was born on November 29 at Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. [1] [2]
1833 Micajah Pickett of Mississippi was in the first class, at the School of Natural History at the University of Virginia. [3]
c 1835 Micajah Pickett of Meadville, Mississippi was named as a graduate of the University of Virginia with a degee in Natural Philosophy. [4]
1836 Nathan and James and Micajah Pickett [perhaps sons of William Pickett and Mary King] were early settlers in Webster Parish, Louisiana. [5]
The first entries in Township 19, Range 10, were made by Reuben Drake and John Bauskett on Section 1, John W. Hughes on Section 3, Nathan Pickett and William Ferriday on Section 7, 5 James Surget on Section 9, Solomon High and Emilius P. Bry on Section 15, Robert Davis on Section 17, James M. and Micajah Pickett on Section 20, Andrew Lawson and Peter G. Thompson on Section 26, Algernon S. Robertson on Section 29, Harrison Presnall, Duncan McDougall and John Stamps on Section 36, in 1836.
1844 Micajah Pickett married Jane Elira Clark (b 30 October 181? in Pitts, NC) on February 1 in Jackson County, Mississippi. [6]
1847 Douglas S. King and Mariah E. King of Yazoo County, Mississippi sold land to Micajah Pickett, guardian of Livingston J.M.P. King a minor, and Mary King and Sarah Virginia King. The land was in section 4, township 13, Holmes County, Mississippi. The deed was dated February 22. [8]
1850 Micajah Pickett (age 38, born in Louisiana) lived in Yazoo County, Mississippi, in a household with Jane E Pickett (age 35). [10]
1854 Micajah Pickett built brick cabins for servants.
1860 M Pickett (age 47, born in Mississippi) lived in Yazoo County, Mississippi, in a household with Jane E Pickett (age 44), Jessie Kirpatrick (age 13), Lou Kirpatrick (age 11), L H Jones (age 26), M A Jones (age 21), A H Jones (age 2), J B Aikman (age 17), Lebbie Aikman (age 14), and W W Wilburne (age 45). M Pickett's occupation was planter. [11]
1865 Micajah Pickett, of Yazoo County, Mississippi, wrote a letter to President Andrew Johnson on July 13, to petition for amnesty and restoration of all rights of property except as to slaves. A pardon was granted on July 31, 1865. "Worth over $20,000". [13]
1866 Mrs Jane E. Pickett, wife of Micajah Pickett, of Yazoo County, Mississippi, wrote a letter to President Andrew Johnson on February 28 to petition for amnesty. A pardon was granted on April 11, 1866. "Worth over $20,000". [14]
1867 Micajah Pickett (by order of the President), W.M. Pickett (by order of the President), and Mrs Jane E. Pickett (Governor Humphries), received pardons as "persons engaged in the late rebellion who have been pardoned" through exemption under amnesty proclamation of May 29, 1865. They were all of Mississippi. The listing indicated "Worth over $20,000". [15]
1870 Micajah Pickett (age 57, born in Louisiana) lived in District 3, Yazoo County, Mississippi, in a household with Jane C Pickett (age 53). Micajah Pickett's occupation was farmer. [16]
1878 Mrs. Jane E. Pickett, wife of Micjah Pickett, died on December 2 in Jackson County, Mississippi. [17]
1880 Micajah Pickitt (age 67, born in Louisiana) lived in Deasonville, Yazoo County, Mississippi. John K Pickitt (age 32), wife Louisa Pickitt (age 28), son John K Pickett (age 1y 6/12, Feb), and daughter Jane C Pickitt (age 1/12, May) lived with him. Micajah Pickitt's parents were both born in South Carolina. Micajah Pickitt's occupation was farmer. [19]
1889 Micajah Pickett married Harriet Amanda Rucker on December 8, in Yazoo, Mississippi. [20]
1897 Micajah Pickett, of Yazoo County, Mississippi, made his last will. The will was witnessed on May 11, 1897. The will was in probate court on May 2, 1898. The will mentioned the marriage contract with his wife; John K Pickett Jr (under age 21, but likely close to that age), son of John K Pickett and Louisa K Pickett; the family graveyard deeded to the state of Mississippi which is centered at the grave of his mother Mary; William R and Thomas K Pickett, sons of John K Pickett and Louisa K Pickett, who must relinquish all claims in their mothers estate to their sisters, daughters of their mother & father; Jane E Pickett, Mary G Pickett, Minnie R Pickett, Jennie B Pickett, and Eliza A Pickett, daughters of John K Pickett and Louisa K Pickett. William A Pickett was named executor. [22]
1898 Micajah Pickett died on Apr 29 and was buried at Pickett Cemetery, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi. [23] The stone reads:
Micajah Pickett born on Sicily Island Nov. 29 1812. Died Apr 29, 1898 aged 85 years and 5 months (illegible)
1898 M. Pickett, of Yazoo County, Mississippi, made his last will which was proved on May 3d, 1898. Letters testamentary were issued to W.A. Pickett. [24]
A biosketch reports [25]:
M. Pickett, Redmondville, has for many years been identified with the history of Yazoo county, and the following space will be devoted to a brief sketch of his personal career. He was born in Sicily Island, La., November 29, 1812, and is the youngest in a family of nine children. His parents, William and Mary (King) Pickett, were natives of South Carolina. The family is descended from English ancestors, who emigrated to America and settled in Virginia. The father came with his family to Mississippi in 1807, making the journey by a flatboat down the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers to Franklin county; there he and his wife spent the remainder of their days with the exception of a few years passed in Sicily Island, La. Mr. Pickett, received his early education in the primitive log schoolhouse with a dirt floor and slab seats. At the age of fourteen years he was sent to Franklin, Tenn., and afterward to Danville, Ky., and finished his education at the University of Virginia. He then took up agriculture in Franklin county, Miss., which he continued until 1839. On Christmas eve of that year he arrived on the plantation which he has made his home since that time; it then covered nine hundred acres, the greater portion of which he opened to cultivation; he added to the first purchase until he owned at one time seven thousand acres. At the beginning of the Civil war he owned one hundred and ninety-six slaves, and livestock enough to carry on his farm. He raised meat and provisions for two hundred and twenty-five people, and milked as many as sixty-four cows. The plantation was one of the best improved in the county, and was carried on in the most systematic and approved manner. Eight hundred and thirty bales of cotton were produced annually, and fifteen thousand bushels of corn. Owing to ill health, Mr. Pickett was unable to enter the Confederate service. He now owns about twenty-five hundred acres of land. He was married at Jackson, Miss., in 1844, to Miss Jane E. Clark, a daughter of Gen. William and Louisa (Lanier) Clark. Mrs. Pickett was born in Pitt county, N. C. Two sons were born of this union, both of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Pickett was taken from this life in December, 1879. Ten years later, in the month of December, Mr. Pickett was again united in marriage to Miss Harriet Amanda Rucker, a daughter of Col. John W. Rucker, of Tennessee. He has always taken an active interest in the politics of his county. He is a member of the Christian church, while his wife belongs to the Baptist church. They are both people of unusual attainments, and of refined, cultivated tastes. Mr. Pickett is a widely traveled man, having visited almost every portion of the United States. He has witnessed the development of the South from the destruction of the war to its present advanced position, and takes a just pride in the courage of the Southern spirit.
Research Notes:
These are notes for Micajah Pickett, son of William Pickett (son of Micajah Pickett and Kizanna Hinson) and Mary King. We have attempted to identify notes regarding this person. However, there were several men named Micajah Pickett who may have been living in Mississippi and/or Louisiana at the same time. I would appreciate receiving clarification, if you have information.
Micajah Pickett (1777-1847), son of Micajah Pickett and Kizanna Hinson.
Micajah Pickett (1812-1898), son of William Pickett (son of Micajah Pickett and Kizanna Hinson) and Mary King.
Micajah K Pickett (1789- after 1710), son of Charles Pickett (son of Thomas Pickett (son of John Pickett and Mary Mess)) and Selah King.
Micajah Pickett (1765-1833) of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, son of Thomas Pickett (son of John Pickett and Mary Mess)
1820 Micajah Pickett Senior (age 45+), Micajah Pickett Junior (age 26-45), and Micajah K Pickett (age 16-24) all were listed in the census for Amite County, Mississippi. I suspect that: Micajah Pickett Senior was this Micajah, spouse of Rodah King; Micajah K Pickett, was a son of William Pickett and Mary King; and that Micajah Pickett Junior (age 26-45) might be a son of Thomas Pickett.
1820 Micajah Pickett Senior lived in Amite County, Mississippi in a household with free white males: 4 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 18), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over); and free white females: 3 (10 thru 15) and 1 (26 thru 44); and 42 slaves. John K Pickett (26 thru 44) was listed nearby. [26]
Micajah K and Micajah Jr were listed on the same page:
1820 Micajah K Pickett lived in Amite County, Mississippi in a household with free white males: 1 (16 thru 25); and free white females: 1 (under 10) and 1 (16 thru 25); and 4 slaves. The adjacent listing was for Thomas K Pickett. [27]
1820 Micajah Pickett Junior lived in Amite County, Mississippi in a household with free white males: 1 (16 thru 25) and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 1 (10 thru 15) and 1 (26 thru 44); and 16 slaves. [28]
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[2] Find A Grave Memorial 5693849, [FindAGrave].
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[4] Edmund Ruffin, Farmer's Register a monthly publication devoted to the improvement of the practice...agriculture, Vol. II (1835), 252, [GoogleBooks].
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[7] The Yazoo Herald, Yazoo City, Mississippi, August 18, 1899, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[8] Mississippi, Holmes County, Land records, 1824-1959; indexes, 1832-1903, 1824-1959, I-180, [FamilySearchImage].
[9] The Weekly Mississippian, Jackson, Mississippi, December 8, 1848, page 4, [NewspapersClip].
[10] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] The Weekly American Banner, Yazoo City, Mississippi, May 12, 1854, page 2, [NewspapersClip].
[13] Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[14] Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[15] Executive Documents of the House of Representatives, 1867 (1868), 78, [HathiTrust].
[16] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[17] The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, December 10, 1879, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[18] The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Mississippi, Dec 10, 1879, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[19] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[20] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[21] The Yazoo Herald, Yazoo City, Mississippi, August 28, 1896, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[22] Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982, Yazoo County, Mississippi, Will B-361, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[23] Find A Grave Memorial 5693849, [FindAGrave].
[24] Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[25] Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol. 2, (Chicago: 1891), 597, [GoogleBooks].
[26] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[27] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[28] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].