1743 Henry Pickett, son of John Pickett Sr was named as a cousin in the will of uncle William Pickett, who named no children in his will. Henry inherited the plantation that William had purchased of Thomas May, and wearing apparel. A deed, dated 1737, from Thomas May to William Pickett described land on the head of Cockle Shell Creek. [Cockle Shell Creek is close to Occupation Creek and Piscataway Creek, the original homestead of Henry's father Henry Pickett.] [1] [2] Note that in 1761 brother William Pickett sold land on Cockleshell Creek which Henry Pickett had purchased in 1698.
1742-45 Henry Pickett purchased and sold land on the Rapidan River near Little Fork in St. Thomas Parish, Virginia. St. Thomas's Parish in Orange County was partitioned from St. Mark's Parish in 1740.
1742 Henry Pickett purchased 200 acres of land from Thomas Lachary, both of [parish of Saint Thomas, perhaps] Orange County, on June 13. The tract was on the Little Fork on the branches of the Rappadan River beginning on the southeast side of the Road that goes from Caves ford. [3]
1745 Henry Pickett of Augusta, Orange County, Virginia, sold 200 acres on June 27, in St. Thomas parish in the Little Fork branch of the Rappadan River. [4]
1766 Henry Pickett, of Augusta County, sold a 100 acre tract that had been given to him in the will of William Pickett, deceased. The land was adjoining lands of James Roy, David Dishman, Robert Carter, William Ayers, and William Noell. Dated November 20. This land was perhaps at Cockle Shell Creek. [5]
Research Notes:
Concerning Henry Pickett at Little Fork on the Rapidan River near Caves Ford:
This could be east of Madison Mills, Virginia. Caves Ford Ln is shown on a topographic map east of Madison Mills with Spicers Mill Rd on the other side of the Rapidan. Madison Mills in on US Highway 15 between Orange and Culpepper. [See VA_Madison_Mills_20160720_TM_geo.pdf at [6]]
If so, it is different from the great fork 12 miles above Fredericksburg [William Picketts ordinary] and Little Fork at the Hazel River and Hedgeman River confluence.
https://books.google.com/books?id=GQsrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1239 Mentions the great and the little fork of the Rappahanock
https://books.google.com/books?id=GQsrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1240 1717 Robert Carter, Esq received 2 grants for land at the Fork, 12 miles above the Falls.
The South Fork/Rappahanock River is now called the Rapidan River.
The North Fork/Rappahanock River is fed by the Hedgeman and Thornton Rivers.
Where is the Hazel River? Where is Little Fork?Letters from Robert Carter concerning Little Fork, which appears to be the fork between the North Rappahanock and the Rapidan Rivers, is confused in footnotes concerning the Little Forks River upstream from there.
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C29f02e.html
https://christchurch1735.org/robert-king-carter-papers/html/C29f02c.mod.htmlLittle Fork Church: Apparently this is at the Fork of the Hazel and the Hedgeman Rivers. There is an "Indian Run" nearby
https://books.google.com/books?id=81
https://germanna.org/2013/09/11/history-of-the-little-fork/
https://www.ieterna.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=351:the-little-fork-colony Little Fork is about 22 miles from the Great Fork (near Germanna) toward the Potomik.Little Fork by Indian River:
https://books.google.com/books?id=JLdOl_cGF2UC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25 See deed G-62 adjacent to Col Carter.
https://books.google.com/books?id=Xyv91vPq_voC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76 See deed A-72
https://colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I032674&tree=Tree1Road orders:
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r2.pdf 1734-1749 mentions little fork and caves ford, page 51 and 54. Little Fork on Rapidan, p 81.
Micajah Pickett and James Pickett are named.
https://books.google.com/books?id=I7E6Huw3-JkC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/90-r6.pdf 1750-1800 Mace Pickett
Cockleshell Creek:
https://books.google.com/books?id=fnEbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA311&lpg=PA311 grant to Robert Payne.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1919747?seq=1
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I089773&tree=tree1
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.gaines/565
https://essaydocs.org/supplement-to-jackson-tinsley-rucker-timeline-the-early-allied.html?page=2
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~lksstarr/knreports/JacksonRuckerTinsleyTimeline1.htm John May on Little Tuckahoe. Mattapony, Occupation Creek.
https://chesapeakeconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/RappahannockReport-Final.pdf Map with Piscataway Creek and Occupation Creek and Mattaplni River.
French and Indian War (1754-1753) Henry Pickett, age 19, was listed in Major Andrew Lewis' Company as a sawyer of Augusta County, Virginia of height 5 feet 7½ inches tall. [7]
1744 Henry Pickett stole a horse and was tried in Orange County. [8]
Henry Pickett a prisoner at the Barr Committee to the gaol of this county by warrant under the hand of George Taylor Gent. dated this twenty fourth day of December 1744 for felonious stealing a horse Bell(?) from Mr. Duncan Bohannan being brought before this court and examined and all witness and circumstances of that fact being duly heard and considered this court are of opinion that the said Henry Pickett is guilty of the fact layed to his charge and that he ought to be tryed for the same by the grand jury in May Court next and thereupon the said Pickett prayed that the court would then inflict the punishment due for his offence therefore its considered by the court that the sherrif take the said Pickett and carry him to the common whipping post and give him thirty one lashes on his bare back well laid on and that he be discharged he paying all costs. Ordered that Henry Pickett pay Sam'l Boundree twenty five pounds of tobacco according to law for one day's attendance as an evidence for our sovereign lord the king against him.
1747 Henry Pickett and Henry Price were summoned to give testimony on behalf of Matthew Stauton at the suit of Isaac Smith but they did not appear and were to be fined by the court of Orange County. [9]
1747 Henry Pickett (with lawyer Zachary Lewis) brought suit against Thomas Coleman. Their lawyers prayed to wait until the next court to plead. Dated July 25 in Orange County. [10] Thomas pleaded not guilty of the trover and conversion complaint. The suit was referred to the next court. [11] The case was continued again. [12] Thomas Coleman was found guilty by a jury (which included John Gough, among others) and was to pay damages and costs. The witnesses for Henry Pickett included William Jackson, Susannah Adams, and Samuel Bird. [13]
1748 George/Henry Pickett was tried in Orange County, Virginia for horse theft from Henry Downs. Dated February 2. [14]
1748 Henry Pickett was awarded damages from Thomas Coleman. William Jackson, Susannah Adams, and Samuel Bird testified for Henry Pickett. Dated February 26. [15]
1749 The attachment of William Hunter against Henry Pickett was dismissed in Orange County, Virginia. Dated August 25. [16]
1775 Mace Pickett posted a newspaper notice stating that he had purchased from Henry Pickett (deceased), and was the owner of, 400 acres of land on the north east side of Madison's gap. [17] [18]
1809 The inventory of Henry Picket was recorded in Orange County. A weaver's loom was listed. [19]
A biosketch is given in [20]
[1] "Essex County Wills, 1743-1747," The Virginia Genealogist 15 (1971), 137-48, 222-9, at 146, [AmericanAncestors].
[2] Clayton Torrence, "Pickett Family of Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 49 (1941), 80-86, 186-190, at 186, [JSTOR(UM)], [JSTOR(UM)].
[3] Orange County, Virginia Deeeds and Court Records from 1734, 8-5, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[4] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia, (1743-1759) (The Antient Press, 1985), 37.
[5] Mary Marshall Brewer, Essex County, Virginia, Land Records, 1761 - 1772 (2006), 90, citing Essex county deed book 30-125.
[6] topographic maps of Virginia, [URL].
[7] "Virginia Troops in French and Indian Wars," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 1 (1893-4), 378-, at 382, [HathiTrust].
[8] Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 4-245 image 401, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[9] Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 4-515, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[10] Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 5-24, image 29, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[11] Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 5-43, image 38, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[12] Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 5-64, image 49, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[13] Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 5-96, image 65, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[14] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Virginia Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 1748-1749 (The Antient Press, 1997), 29-30.
[15] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Virginia Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 1747-1748 (The Antient Press, 1997), 70-71.
[16] Ruth and Sam Sparacio, Virginia Court Records, Orange County, Virginia, Orders, 1748-1749 (The Antient Press, 1997), 87.
[17] Newspaper, Virginia Gazette, October 27, 1775, page 2, col 3.
[18] Virginia Gazette Archival images online, October 27, 1775, page 2, column 3, [VirginiaGazette Image], [VirginiaGazette Browse].
[19] Orange County, North Carolina, Estate Folders, Henry Picket, [FamilySearchImage].
[20] Rosemary B. Hill and Dixie J. Clark, A Gathering of Picketts, Vol. 1 Virginia & Kentucky (self-published, 1998), 145-150, [GoogleBooks].