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1794 Andrew McDowell surveyed 45 acres on Dutchmans Creek [empties into Lake Wateree], Fairfield County, Camden District, South Carolina, for Micajah Pickett on September 5. Also named were Charles Pickett, Jessy Powell, Jonathan Belton, and Edward Minard. [1]

1794 Land (45 acres) was surveyed for Micajah Pickett at Dutchmans Creek, Fairfield, Camden District, South Carolina. Dated October 6. [2]

1796 Stephen Terry sold land to Micajah Pickett, both of Fairfield County, South Carolina, on March 10. Land formerly granted to Richard Griffen to Stephen Terry, deceased. Bounded by Samuel Griffin on the north of Wateree Creek and Nathaniel Latham,on the West by lands of Susannah Stark, and also all that tract of land containing 150 acres formerly belonging to Stephen Terry, now deceased. Witness: John Dick, Reuben Stark, Signed: Stephen Terry and Mary Terry his wife. Fairfield County, South Carolina. [3]

Micajah Pickett reportedly married Rhoda King. [4] [5]

1800 Micajah Pickett (perhaps a son of Micajah and Kizanna Pickett) lived in Fairfield County, South Carolina in a household with free white males: 1 (under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 3 (16 thru 25); and free white females: 1 (45 and over); and 13 slaves. George Beazley was listed nearby. [6]

1801 Micajah Pickett was granted 80 acres of land "in the District of Fairfield on the waters of the north prong of the Wateree Creek" bounded by Reuben Starks, James Wiers, and James Pickett. Dated August 5. [7]

1801 Henry Moore surveyed a plat of 80 acres on Wateree Creek, Fairfield District, South Carolina for Micajah Pickett. Dated July 20. Also named were James Pickett, James Weir, and Reuben Stark. [8]

1802 Henry Moore surveyed a plat of 108 acres on Wateree Creek in Fairfield District, South Carolina for Micaijah Picket. Dated February 5. Donnelly and Edmund Strange were also named. [9]

1802 Micaijah Picket was granted 108 acres of land on the waters of the Wateree Creek in Fairfield District, bounded by Micaijah Picket and Edmund Strange. Dated December 3. [10]

1805 Francis Long surveyed a plat of 52 acres on Wateree Creek, Fairfield District, South Carolina for [brother] William Pickett. Dated August 22. Also named was Micajah Pickett. [11]

1805 The will of John D King was dated September 13, 1805 and was proved in January 1807 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. It named children, including daughters Selah wife of Charles Pickett, Mary wife of William Pickett, and Rodah Pickett wife of Micajah Pickett, and 2 grandsons: John King Pickett and Thomas King Pickett. [12] [13]

1807 A land survey was made for Micajah Pickett Jun for a tract of 10 acres on Wateree Creek in fairfield District, South Carolina. Said Micajah Pickett and John Tilsor? were adjacent landowners. The survey was dated March 28 and was delivered on June 25. [14]

1809 Micajah Pickett was granted 40 acres of land on the waters of the north fork of Wateree Creek in Fairfield District, South Carolina, bounded by Micajah Pickett, John Wickley, and William Lowry. Dated October 18. [15] The land survey was recorded on October 21. [16] [17]

1810 Micajah Pickett was listed in the 1810 census for Fairfield County, South Carolina in a household with Males: 1 (age Under 10), and 1 (age 26 thru 44); Females: 1 (age Under 10), and 1 (age 16 thru 25); Slaves: 12. [18]

1810 Mik Picket was listed in the 1810 census for Orleans, Catahoula County, Louisiana in a household with Males: 1 (age Under 10), 1 (age 10 thru 15), and 1 (age 45 and over); Females: 1 (age 26 thru 44); Slaves: 19. Wm Picket was listed adjacent. [19] [20]

1812 Micajah Pickett purchased a negro boy, George, for $302 from the estate of Thomas Hubbs [in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana]. Dated April 7. [21]

c 1812 Thomas Griffin, Methodist preacher, visited Micajah Pickett, Jr on Sicily Island while traveling the Washita circuit around the Mississippi River and was treated kindly. Note that Frances Griffin is shown as the spouse of brother Charles Pickett, but documentation for the marriage is lacking. [22] [23]

1813 Micajah Pickett, in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, sold a negro boy slave, George, about 9 years old, to Josiah Cockran for $325. [24]

1815 Micajah Pickett paid $834 to Philip Caldwell for a plantation, 970 acres, in the Prarie Jacob [in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana]. Dated December 27. Witnessed by Micajah Pickett Jr. [25]

1816 Micajah Pickett, Jr lived in Franklin County, Mississippi. [26] [27]

1820 Micajah Pickett lived in Franklin County, Mississippi. John K Pickett was listed nearby. [28]

1822 [Son] Hiram L. Pickett and Susannah C. [or Eliza P.] Knox were married on November 15 in Franklin County, Mississippi. [29] [30]

1823 William Pickett and Micajah Pickett Jr, of the state of Franklin County, Mississippi, appointed James Pickett of Greenfield District, South Carolina as their attorney to recover any assets due to them in the states of North and South Carolina. [31]

1828 Micajah Pickett Jr of Franklin County, Mississippi, residuary claimant on bond of Micajah Pickett to his wife Kissanah Pickett, wants to close the matter, so he agrees to payment of $1,500 to James Pickett for care of Kissanah. Rufus K Pickett and William Pickett, heirs to the estate of William Pickett sr deceased, late of Franklin County, Mississippi agreed to the same. Dated September 8. [32]

1830 Micajah Pickett lived in Franklin County, Mississippi in a household with free white males: 1 (50 thru 59); and free white females: 2 (Under 5), 1 (15 thru 19), and 1 (30 thru 39); and 7 enslaved persons. [33] [34]

1833 Micajah Pickett petitioned the Mississippi State Legislature concerning the estate of son James Pickett. [35]

Micajah Pickett, guardian of his grandson James Knox Pickett and administrator of the estate of James's late father, Hiram S. Pickett, asks permission to sell two slaves from the estate: "one a very old negro man aged about 70 years named Peter - and a negro woman named Christian more than forty years of age." They would be sold to James's maternal uncles, Nathan and James C. Knox, who own Peter's wife and Christian's husband, as partial credit for debts owed to them by Hiram's estate. Nathan and James Knox live in Louisiana.

1838 Micajah Pickett Jr and John King were appointed executors of the estate of James M, Pickett, deceased, of Franklin County, Mississippi. [36]


1838 Micajah Pickett and John King were appointed administrators for the estate of James M. Pickett.
The Mississippi Free Trader, Natchez, Mississippi, Jun 06, 1838. [37]

1838 Micajah Pickett Junior and James M Pickett, both of Franklin County, Mississippi were granted land patents by President Martin Van Buren for land in section 20, township 19, range 10 west, Bienville, Louisiana. [38] [39]

1840 Micajah Pickit lived in Franklin County, Mississippi in a household with Males: 2 (age Under 5), 1 (age 20 thru 29), and 1 (age 60 thru 69); Females: 2 (age 10 thru 14), 1 (age 20 thru 29), and 1 (age 40 thru 49); Slaves: 9. [40] Micajah and William Pickett, age 20-30 and Rufus K Pickett age 30-40 were also listed in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

1843 Eliza, wife of Micajah Pickett, was named in the will of David Read Evans in Fairfield District, South Carolina. Bonds and mortgages that they had received from David Evans were assigned to John D Winn, nephew to David Evans. [41]

1847 Micajah Pickett (Mar. 5 1777 - Nov. 14, 1847) died and was buried at Beam Cemetery, Franklin County, Mississippi. [42] [43]

1850 Eliza Picket (age 56, born in South Carolina) lived in Franklin County, Mississippi, in a household with Eli D Bennett (age 37), Cassandre Bennett (age 40), James P Bennett (age 13), Mikajah Bennett (age 10), Hariet Bennett (age 8), and Jesse Bennett (age 5). [44]

1860 Eliza Pickett (age 68, born in South Carolina) lived in Franklin County, Mississippi, in a household with E D Bennett (age 47), Cassandra Bennett (age 49), James Bennett (age 22), Micager Bennett (age 20), and Harriette Bennett (age 17). Eliza Pickett was a servant. [45]

1870 Eliza Pickett (age 77, born in South Carolina) lived in Franklin County, Mississippi, in a household with E D Bennett (age 57), C M Bennett (age 59), M H Pickett (age 27), and T M Pickett (age 8). [46]

1870 Eliza M S Winn (Aug 30, 1792 - Dec 5, 1876) died and was buried next to Micajah Pickett at Beam Cemetery, Franklin County, Mississippi. [47] [48]

Research Notes:

There is substantial uncertainty about the birthdates of the children of this Micajah Pickett. The birthdates reported here for the children of Micajah Pickett are undocumented. The birthdate reported for son Hiram S Pickett is inconsistent with the birthdates of his children. The children listed in the 1800 and 1810 census records cited above are inconsistent with the birthdates shown for the children of Micajah Pickett and Eliza Winn.

The notes above are for Micajah Pickett, son of Micajah Pickett and Kizanna Hinson. 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)

1816-1820 Micajah Pickett Senior (age 45+), Micajah Pickett Junior (age 26-45), and Micajah K Pickett (age 16-24) were all listed in the 1820 census for Franklin County, Mississippi, (Amite County, according to Ancestry.com). The margin is labeled as Franklin County, so Amite County is an error. 1816 Micajah Jr and Sr were named in an 1816 listing of Franklin County. I suspect that: Micajah Pickett Senior was a son of Thomas Pickett; Micajah K Pickett was a son of Thomas Pickett and Selah King; and that Micajah Pickett Junior (age 26-45) might be the spouse of Rodah King.

There were two, largely duplicative, records made for Micajah (Sr) Pickett:

1820 Micajah Pickett Senior lived in Franklin 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. [49] [50] John K Pickett (26 thru 44), perhaps a son of Charles Pickett, was listed nearby.

1820 Micajah Pickett lived in Franklin County, Mississippi. John K Pickett was listed nearby. [51]

Micajah K and Micajah Jr were listed on the same page as each other:

1820 Micajah K Pickett lived in Franklin 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 (perhaps a brother of Micajah K Pickett). [52]

1820 Micajah Pickett Junior lived in Franklin 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. [53] [54]

Micajah, Jr. and wife reportedly helped to found Ebenezer Methodist Church in Franklin County, Mississippi.


Footnotes:

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[19] United States Federal Census, 1810, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

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[29] Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, [AncestryRecord].

[30] Mississippi, Compiled Marriages, 1800-1825, [AncestryRecord].

[31] Greenville County, South Carolina Deed, Q-157, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[32] Greenville County, South Carolina Deed, Q-158, two deeds, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].

[33] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[34] United States Federal Census, 1830, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[35] Race & Slavery Petitions Project, Petition 11083307, [SlaveryProject].

[36] The Mississippi Free Trader, Natchez, Mississippi, June 6, 1838, page 3, [NewspapersClip].

[37] The Mississippi Free Trader, Natchez, Mississippi, Jun 06, 1838, page 3, [NewspapersClip].

[38] United States Bureau of Land Management Patent, [US_BLM Abstract], [Website Image].

[39] United States Bureau of Land Management Patent, [US_BLM Abstract], [Website Image].

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[42] Find A Grave Memorial 115516622, [FindAGrave].

[43] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[44] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].

[45] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].

[46] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].

[47] Find A Grave Memorial 32971349, [FindAGrave].

[48] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[49] Dunbar Rowland, The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4 (1917), 97, 1816 top right column, [GoogleBooks].

[50] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[51] Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[52] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[53] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[54] Dunbar Rowland, The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, Volume 4 (1917), 97, 1816, near bottom left column. William and Thomas K Pickett were named in the right column, [GoogleBooks].