Notes for John Pickett and Agnes Woolfolk

Agnes Woolfolk married John Pickett. They and their children lived in Harrison County, Kentucky.

Lewis George, b. 1779, d. 1847; m. Agnes Wilson, daughter of Zachariah Wilson and Catherine Pickett, daughter of John Pickett and Agnes Woolfolk, daughter of Robert Woolfolk and Ann George, who was a daughter of John George, Sr. [1]

Family histories list Agnes Woolfolk (b. circa 1726) as a daughter. She is said to have married John Pickett. [2]

Elizabeth Pickett, daughter of Agnes and John Pickett, married Major Philip Samuel. [3]

Catherine Pickett, daughter of John Pickett and Agnes Woolfolk, married Zachariah Wilson. [4]

1778-79 John Pigott Senr was named on a list for the grand and petit juries for Cheraws District, South Carolina. [5] [6]

1801 John Pickett sold land to John Habday by an indebted deed. After John's death, John Habday complained to the court of Harrison County, Kentucky in 1820. The heirs of John Pickett deceased were named as George Pickett, Thomas Pickett, John Pickett, Wilson Pickett, Nicholas Long [and wife Mary], Zachariah Wilson and wife Catharine, Philip Samuel and wife Elizabeth (Betsyh), James Wilson and wife Agness, Littleton Robinson and wife Fanny, Charles Pickett, Agness Pickett, Sally Pickett. [7]

1808 The will of John Pickett was proved on August 22 in Kentucky. The will named John Pickett, Mary Pickett (Wife), Richard Pickett (Son), Thomas Pickett (Son), George Pickett (Son), John Pickett (Son), Nicholas Long (Son-in-law), James Wilson (Son-in-law), Littleton Robinson (Son-in-law), Zachariah Wilson (Son-in-law), Philip Samuel (Son-in-law), Wilson Pickett (Son), George Pickett (Executor), Thomas Pickett (Executor), and William Brown (Executor). [8]

1809 An inventory of the estate of John Pickett was recorded at the January term of the court of Harrison County, Kentucky. The inventory was ordered in the November term 1808. Land from the estate was on Grays River. A map showed numbered tracts (1 through 9 in the second division) for John Pickett, George Pickett, Thomas Pickett, Wilson Pickett, Littleton Robinson, Zachariah Wilson, Philip Samuel, James Wilson, Nicholas Long. [9]

1811 William Pollock brought suit against the heirs of John Pickett deceased. The heirs were named with their residence: Nicholas Long of Fayette; James Wilson of Pendleton; Littleton Robinson, George Pickett, Wilson Pickett of Harrison; John Pickett of Jefferson; Thomas Pickett of Clarke, all of Kentucky; and Zachariah Wilson and Philip Samuel of Caroline County, Virginia were named. [10]

1812 Thomas … John Pickett and wife Sally, George Pickett … Pickett and wife Hetta, James Wilson … Robinson and Henry(?) his wife and … Kentucky and Philip Samuel and Elizabeth … and Catharinew his wife … of the state of … Pickett deceased of the one part … [signed by] Wilson Pickett, Hettie Pickett, Thomas Pickett, Susan Pickett, L Robinson Fany Robinson, George Pickett, Peggy Pickett, James Wilson … 21st day of February. [There are many unreadable parts of this Scott County, Kentucky deed] [11]

Daughter Agness Pickett and James Wilson:

1787 James Willson and Agness Pickett were married on October 16 in Caroline County, Virginia. [12]

1823 James Wilson and wife Agness of Pendleton County, Kentucky sold land to Nicholas Long of Fayette County for one dollar. The tract was on the waters of Greys Run from the estate of John Pickett deceased. John Pickett was the father of Agness Pickett Wilson. [13]

1829 Pvt James Wilson, spouse of Agnes Wilson, died on August 12 in Falmouth, Pendleton County, Kentucky. He was born on December 10, 1763 in Virginia. [14]

1850 Agnes A Wilson (age 80, born in North Carolina) lived in Norfolk, Norfolk (Independent City) County, Virginia, in a household with William B Lamb (46), Margaret K Lamb (38), Richard Lamb (19), William Lamb (14), Robert W Lamb (10), Margaret S Lamb (6), Welson K Lamb (2), Mary C Lamb (0), Maria Herr (60), and William B Lamb (76). [15]

1856 Agness Wilson, spouse of James Wilson and daughter of John Pickett and Agness Pickett, died on February 22 in Pendleton, Henry County, Kentucky. She had lived at Pendleton, Kentucky. [16]

1856 Agnes Wilson, spouse of James Wilson, died on February 22. She was born on October 1, 1770. [17]

Phillip Samuel and daughter Elizabeth Pickett:

"Archibald Samuel was the son of Phillip Samuel, Sr., and Elizabeth Pickett, the daughter of John Pickett and ?Agnes Woolfolk." [18]

1810 Philip Samuel lived in Caroline County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (10 thru 15), 2 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 1 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), 2 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and 27 enslaved persons. [19]

1820 Philip Samuel lived in Caroline County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (45 and over); and free white females: 1 (10 thru 15), 1 (26 thru 44), and 1 (45 and over); and 27 enslaved persons. [20]

1830 Philip Samuels lived in Caroline County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (10 thru 14), 1 (15 thru 19), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (60 thru 69); and free white females: 1 (60 thru 69); and 32 enslaved persons. [21]

1840 Philip Samuel lived in Caroline District, Caroline County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (70 thru 79); and free white females: 2 (Under 5), 1 (20 thru 29), and 1 (70 thru 79); and 38 enslaved persons. [22]

Archibald Samuel was an executor for Philip Samuel.
Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia, January 22, 1847. [23]

NOTICE hereby given, that application will be made to the President and Directors of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, for the renewal of Scrip, No. 170, dated 10th December, 1834, for two Shares of Stock in said Company, in the name of Philip Samuel, which Stock was transferred on the eighth day of December, 1835, to the undersigned, Joseph M. Sheppard, and the Scrip for which Stock has been lost or destroyed.
ARCHIBALD SAMUEL, JOHN P. SAMUEL, PHILIP SAMUEL, Executors of Philip Samuel, deceased.
Jan. 22 [1847]

1859 The heirs Archibald Samuel were named in a court document. [24]

Zachariah Wilson and daughter Catherine

"Lewis George, b. 1779, d. 1847; m. Agnes Wilson, daughter of Zachariah Wilson and Catherine Pickett, daughter of John Pickett and ?Agnes Woolfolk, daughter of Robert Woolfolk and Ann George …". [25]

1810 Zachariah Wilson lived in Caroline County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (45 and over); and free white females: 1 (45 and over); and 13 enslaved persons. [26]

1820 Zachariah Wilson lived in Caroline County, Virginia in a household with free white males: 1 (45 and over); and free white females: 1 (45 and over); and 18 enslaved persons. [27]

Sons Wilson Pickett and George Pickett:

1800 Wilson Pickett was taxed in Pendleton county, Kentucky. [28]

1810 Wilson Picket lived in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky in a household with free white males: 2 (Under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 2 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44); and 10 enslaved persons. [29]

1831 Hetty Pickett, widow of Wilson Pickett, and some of her children sold land to John C Pickett. The children were William E Head and wife Margaret, Reason Naylor and wife Martha, and Thomas Pickett. Wilson Pickett had inherited the land from his father John Pickett, deceased. [30]

The heirs of Wilson Pickett were named in a document regarding land that Thomas Waggoner had sold to Wilson Pickett. The named heirs were: Wm E. Head and wife Margaret, Reason Nailor and wife Patsy, Juliet Pickett, John Pickett, and Thomas Pickett, and heirs of Francis Coleman (named in the document). [31]

1814 Wilson Pickett brought suit against the other heirs of John Pickett in a case related to the "sacred" burial place of John Pickett, deceased. [32]

1810 George Picket lived in Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky in a household with free white males: 1 (Under 10), 1 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 1 (16 thru 25); and 11 enslaved persons. [33]

1811 Thomas Pickett and Wm Brown, administrators, reached an agreement with George Pickett concerning the estate of John Pickett deceased. [34]

1811 George Pickett sold his share of the inheritance from father John Pickett to Wilson Pickett, except for the burial place of father John Pickett. [35]

1819 George Pickett and wife Peggy sold part of lot 10 on the south fork of Licking in the town of Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky. [36]

1821 Peggy Pickett, administratrix, and George Pickett were named as heirs of George Pickett deceased in a court record dated June 21. [37]

Harrison County Court Order index (1794-1921) for "Pi". [38]

1820 Littleton Robinson lived in South Side of Licking River, Harrison County, Kentucky in a household with free white males: 1 (Under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44); and free white females: 1 (Under 10), 2 (10 thru 15), 1 (16 thru 25), and 1 (26 thru 44); and 2 enslaved persons. [39]

Footnotes:

[1] Marshall Wingfield, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, from its formation in 1727 to 1924 (Richmond: Press of Trevvet Christian & Co., 1924), 433, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[2] Elizabeth Carrow Woolfolk, Pioneers, Patriots, and Planters: A Narrative History of a Woolfolk Family (Wynnton Pub., 2004), 40, [GoogleBooks].

[3] Dorothy Stanaland Samuel, Taliaferro Leslie Samuel, The Samuell/Samuel Families of Tidewater Virginia (Southern Historical Press, 1997), 435.

[4] Marshall Wingfield, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, from its formation in 1727 to 1924 (Richmond: Press of Trevvet Christian & Co., 1924), 433, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[5] The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779, [AncestryImage].

[6] The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779, [AncestryImage].

[7] Harrison. Court Records 1812, image 350, [FamilySearchImage].

[8] Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[9] Harrison County, Kentucky. Court Records pages 100-103, image 304-306, [FamilySearchImage].

[10] Harrison. Deeds 1818–1820, 1816–1818, image 80, [FamilySearchImage].

[11] Scott. Deeds 1806–1817, 1807–1815, 1818–1820, 1806–1813, image 451, [FamilySearchImage].

[12] Jordan Dodd, Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, [AncestryRecord].

[13] Harrison County, Kentucky. Deed 9-22, image 14, [FamilySearchImage].

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

[15] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[16] Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

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

[18] Marshall Wingfield, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, from its formation in 1727 to 1924 (Richmond: Press of Trevvet Christian & Co., 1924), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

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

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

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

[22] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[23] Richmond Enquirer, Richmond, Virginia, January 22, 1847, page 3, [NewspapersClip].

[24] Minute Book, 1858-1861, Caroline County, Virginia: Caroline. Court Minutes 1858–1861, image 176, [FamilySearchImage].

[25] Marshall Wingfield, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, from its formation in 1727 to 1924 (Richmond: Press of Trevvet Christian & Co., 1924), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

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

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

[28] Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799-1801, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

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

[30] Pendleton. Deeds 1824–1830, 1830–1835, image 379, [FamilySearchImage].

[31] Harrison. Court Records 1794–1921, image 675-679, [FamilySearchImage].

[32] Harrison. Court Records 1813–1815, 1809–1813, image 431, [FamilySearchImage].

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

[34] Harrison. Court Records 1813–1815, 1809–1813, image 153, [FamilySearchImage].

[35] Harrison. Court Records 1794–1921, image 442, [FamilySearchImage].

[36] Harrison. Deeds 1818–1820, 1816–1818, image 453, [FamilySearchImage].

[37] Harrison. Court Records 1823–1826, 1820–1823, image 115, [FamilySearchImage].

[38] Harrison. Court Records 1794–1921, image 463, [FamilySearchImage].

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