Henry Pickett lived in Essex County, Virginia. He was married to Sarah and secondly to Elizabeth. He had children named John, Henry, Sarah, Hannah, and William. [1] Henry Pickett settled on Piscataway Creek, which flows to the Rappahannock River, in Essex County, Virginia. The creek is a few miles inland, in the Tidewater section of Virginia. [2] [3] Documents suggest that Henry Pickett had two wives: Sarah and Elizabeth. Henry Pickett first appears in documents in Virginia in 1665. Henry died in 1702.
1665 At a Vestry held September 26, 1665, "It was Ordered That Henry Pickett have Foure Hundred pounds of Tobacco paid him to Cure a Scald head of a Childe now in his Keeping, of William Baldwin's dec'd and that ye next Vestry the said Childe being Cast on the P'rish be bound to ye Said Pickett according to Law." [4] [5]
1650-1667 Both Mattaponi Native Americans and English colonists were moving to Piscattaway Creek, close to Tappahannock, Virginia on the Rappahannock River. [6]
By the early 1650s, the Mattaponi Indians had also left their homeland bordering the Mattaponi River and settled at the head of Piscataway Creek in what was then Old Rappahannock County, later Essex. In 1657, Tupeisens, the chief of the Mattaponi, and their council made a treaty with the justices of Old Rappahannock County, acknowledging that some of their people had trespassed or stolen livestock. The group’s leaders agreed that if any Mattaponi did so in the future, they would be tried under English law. In return, county officials promised that colonists who committed offences against the Mattaponi would be prosecuted. The Mattaponi had the right to hunt and gather outside of the colonists' fenced ground as long as they didn’t disturb the settlers’ livestock. The Indians agreed not to harbor fugitives and, if they surrendered fugitives to the authorities, they were to be rewarded with arms' lengths of roanoke. If the Mattaponi were to trespass or commit other offences, they were to be brought to the house of Owmohowtne, where they would be tried and made to forfeit some arms' lengths of roanoke (Old Rappahannock County Deeds &c. 1656-1664:28).
For a while, the Mattaponi seemed to have maintained a working relationship with the local justices and some of their European neighbors. In fact, in 1660, the Mattaponi chief and council, who met with the justices at the tribe's quiocassin house (or mortuary temple), testified that Francis Brown, who had patented land near their acreage on Piscataway Creek, had not disturbed them. However, the relationship seems to have soured within a relatively short time and, in 1661, Brown, James Vaughan, and Thomas Cooper were summoned to appear before the justices of Old Rappahannock County, where they agreed to pay the chief of the Mattaponi 50 matchcoats for the land in the Indians’ "old town." Moreover, Browne and three other settlers were ordered to give the “King of the Mattaponi” six matchcoats in compensation for the "Severall skins stolen from the Quiouhise house" (Old Rappahannock County Deeds &c. 1656-1664:111, 142, 249-250).
In 1662, the Mattaponi chief filed a legal complaint against Colonel Thomas Goodrich, who reportedly had set the chief’s English-style house ablaze in an attempt to drive him from his land at the head of the Piscataway Creek. Although the governor and his council ordered Goodrich to appear before the next session of the Quarter Court (the colony's highest ranking judiciary body), little seems to have been done in the way of legal redress. Goodrich, who had begun patenting land on the lower side of the Rappahannock River in 1657, enlarged his holdings until he owned literally thousands of acres in what became Old Rappahannock County. Between 1671 and 1680, Goodrich sold off the portion of land containing the old Mattaponi (“Pattipany”) Indian town, but he kept part of the property, which his heirs retained until 1686 (Old Rappahannock County Deeds &c. 1671-1676:7-8; 1677-1687:124; Essex County Deeds and Wills 1695-1699:50; McCartney 2012:175).
By 1667, the Mattaponi Indians had abandoned their town on Piscataway Creek. Francis Brown, who failed to make his court-ordered payment to the Mattaponi, sold his 750 acres that the Indians purportedly had deserted to Thomas Goodrich in March, 1667. A year later, Thomas Cooper conveyed his portion (1,100 acres) of what he called "Old Matapony … part of the Lands where formerly & lately the Mattapony Indians did Inhabit" to Goodrich, who was supposed to pay the Indians the matchcoats Brown owed (Old Rappahannock County Deeds &c. 1663-1668:381-383, 425-426; Hening 1901:II:274-275).
1670 Henry Pickett was appointed as a juror in Essex County, Virginia on April 30. [7] [8]
1673 Henry Pickett moved from Middlesex to (Old) Rappahannock county [now Essex county].
1673 Robert Armstrong and Dorothy, his wife, conveyed to Henry Pickett, of Middlesex County, cooper, 100 acres, on Piscatawa Creek in Rappahannock County on December 6. The tract was adjoining the Church road and the lands of William Johnson, John Whitt, and Mr. Pettey. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
1678 Henry (his mark H) Picket witnessed a deed from Thornton to Waters. Dated Ocober 20. [14] [15]
1680 In a list of debts in the account of William Travers, decd., estate, under date of 7ber 13, 1680, we find the item Exer't on Pickett's estate … 0 1400 [16] [17]
1687 Henry may have had a son Henry who was apprenticed as a mariner.
1687 On April 1, "This indenture witnesseth that I Henry Pigott (son of Henry Pigott of Rappa River in Virga. Cooper) of his own free will and with ye consent of his said Father & friends, doth put himselfe an apprentice to Nicholas Ward of the city of Dublin, Merchant, to learn ye art of a Mariner and Navigator & with him after ye manner of an apprentice to serve from ye first day of Aprill one thousand six hundred & eighty seven untill ye full end and terme of seven years next ensuing fully to be compleat & ended dureing which terme ye sd apprentice his said Master faithfully shall serve, his secrets keepe, his lawfull commands every where gladly do, he shall do no damage to his sd Master nor see to be done of others, but that he to his power shall lett or forthwith give warning to his Master of ye same, he not waste ye goods of sd Master nor lend them unlawfully to any, he shall not commit fornication for contract matrimony within ye sd terme, he shall not absent himselfe from his sd Masters service day or night unlawfully, but in all things as a faithful apprentice shall behave towards his sd Master & all his dureing ye sd terme. And ye sd Master his sd apprentice in ye Art of a Marriner & Navigator by ye best meanes that he cann dureing his sd time & for ye true performance of all & every ye sd covenants & agreements herein menconed each of ye said parties bindeth himselfe to ye other by these presents. In witness whereof ye parties above named have to these presents interchangeably put their hands and seales y 5th day of April 1687". [18]
1687 In June, Henry sued the estate of Richard Cauthorne. [19] [20]
1688 Henry was a member of petit juries in October and November. [21] [22]
1692 Henry Pickett recovered a claim against David Loyd. "On ye back of an attach'ent granted to Henry Pickett agt ye estate of David Loyd for three hundred and forty pounds of toc'o & Cash & Cost was writ viz: July ye 30th 1692. Then Executed ye w'th-in attach'ent on a Gray Gelding it being part of ye Estate of David Loyd, attach for amt due to Henry Pickett & Geo Parke Luther (?). Veere Recorded Jost Meriwether." [23] [24]
1692 Henry Pickett was appointed constable in May [Rappahannock county became Essex county in 1692]. [25] [26] [27]
1692 Henry Pickett brought suit against John Waters. "On the back side of an Execution granted to Henry Picket was against the Estate of John Waters (dated) June ye 20th(?) anno Dom 1692 was writt as followeth October ye 17th 1692. then Executed the within precept & seized a barrel & ½ a bushell of Indian Corne in the hands of Mr. Robt. Pley for the account of Henry Picket & Valued & agreed of between the plaintiff and def't at 100 lbs(?) Tob'o Barrele ye said Corne being dd(?) to ye sd Picket." There are multiple entries related to this in the records. [28] [29]
1693 John Waters brought suit against Henry Pickett for improper seizure of goods belonging to Waters, while Waters was out of the country. [30] [31] [32] [33]
1693 Richard Snyder brought suit against Henry Pickett for trespass with force of arms. [34]
1694 Henry Pickett brought suit in the Essex County Court on September 10 against a servant for absence from work. [35]
Henry Picket upon bringing a servant man of his to this Court by name Peter Lander shew'd forth that ye said Lander had been absent from his service from ye 29th of April last till ye 9th of this Instant and upon oath exhibited an acc't of Eight pounds nine shill & six pence for trouble & ex(?)pence in procureing ye sd Lander for which he prayd ye Courts Judgem't on consideration whereof it is ordered that ye said Landers in full of the time he was absent and likewise ye trouble and Expence in procureing him as afore'sd Serve his (?) master or assignes two Compleat years after his time by Indenture is expired, - if he Lander confessing But that he had been absent ye full time as is above menconed.
1696 Henry Pickett purchased land from John and Sarah Camell on January 20. The land was in Farnham parish in Essex county on Pascalaco Creek. [36]
1696 Henry Pickett purchased land from John and Sarah Camell on January 26. The land was in Farnham parish in Essex county on Pascatacon Creek. [37]
1697 Henry Picket brought suit against Jane Clark in court on January 10. "The suit between Henry Piket & Jane Clark for Two hundred pds of tob:c by bill is dismist if defend't discounting ye same upon oath". [38]
1697 Henry Picket brought suit against Samuel Parsons in court on January 11. "The suit between Hen: Picket & Sam'l Parsons is dismist for want of prosecution". [39]
1697 John (X his mark) Cam[p]ell, and Sarah his wife, of Southfarnham Parish, Essex County, for 2700 pounds of tobacco, convey to Henry Pickett, of the same parish and county, 100 acres in said Farnham parish, Essex county, back in the woods and on the branches of Piscalacon Creek [Pascatacon, later known as Cox's Creek] being part of land formerly belonging to John Killman, father of the said Sarah Camell, and which descended on death of said John to his son George Killman, by whose death it descended to his sister the said Sarah Camell; said land adjoins John Mitchell's land, a branch called the Greene Swamp and the Beverdam Swamp. One of the witnesses to this deed was Sarah Pickett. Dated January 20, 1696/97. Acknowledged May 10, 1697. [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
1697 A judgement was granted to Ralph Nell against Henry Pickett at cort on June 10. [47]
Judgem't is granted to Ralph Nell for two thousand pounds of sweet scented Tobacco and Cash & Costs against Capt John Battaile late sheriff of this County for the non appearance of Henry Picket at ye sd (?) provided ye sd Picket do not appear at the next Court and deliver the same.
having this day past against Capt Jn'o Battaile late Sheriff of this County for two thousand pounds of sweet Scented Tobacco and Cash & Coste for the non appearance of Henry Picket at the Suit of Ralph Nell, the sd Capt Jn'o Battaile by Geo: Parke his late (?) Sheriff mov'd for an Attachm't against the said Pickett Estate for the time and Tobacco and Casks(?) & Costs which is granted him returnable(?) to ye next Court.
1698 Henry Pickett, of Southfarnham Parish, Essex County purchased from John Amiss and Sarah, his wife, of Sittingborn Parish, Essex County, for 300 pounds tobacco. The land was 500 acres in said Sittingborn Parish on the branch of the Cockelshell Creek, adjoining Deane and Clapham, a march of Portobago [Creek], and James Coghill's land. Dated December 12. Acknowledged January 10, 1698/99. [48] [49] [50]
1698 Grandson William Pickett of Fauquier County sold, in 1761, part of the tract purchased in 1698 by Henry Pickett, to James Kay. The land was bounded by a branch of Cockelshell Cr, a patent granted to William White now Dishman's line, Capt. Robert Rennolds, Thacker's line, Portobacco Swamp & Carter's line. [I have not found Cockleshell Creek on a map. Other deeds naming Robert Payne, John May, and Cockleshell Creek also name Occupation Creek, which is very close to Piscataway Creek, the original homestead of Henry Pickett.] [51][52] [53]. Note that grandson Henry Pickett inherited land on Cockleshell Creek from son William Pickett in 1743.
This indenture made this fifteenth Day of October … One Thousand seven Hundred and sixty one Between William Pickett of the County of Fauquier in the Colony of Virginia of the one part and James Kay of the County of Essex & Colony aforesaid … doth grant … two hundred sixty & seven acres of Land being part of a Tract of Five Hundred acres of land which was sold & conveyed by and from John Amiss and Sarah his wife unto Henry Pickett by Deed bearing date of Record in Essex County Court the 10th day of January 1698 … in the county of Essex and a smaller part thereof in the County of Caroline … bounded as followeth beginning at a red oak standing by a Branch of Cockelshell Creek and standing in a line of a Patant for land formerly granted to William White now Dishmans line thence running with Capt Robert Rennolds Line South … thence with said Thackers Line North … to another gum tree standing in a branch of Portobacco Swamp thence … to a marked white oak standing in Carters Line thence … to the beginning. … Wit. Robt Rennolds, Edward Vawter, Joseph Petterson, Wm Gibson, John Carter Junr. Proved 19 Oct 1761 & recorded. Attest: John Lee Junr clerk.
1699 Henry Pickett and Sary Pickett his wife of Essex county conveyed land to Thomas Hinds by a deed witnessed by Hannah Hinds [wife of Thomas Hinds and daughter of Henry and Sarah Pickett]. [54] The deed was dated on November 10, 1699. This deed is recorded immediately after a copy of the 1696 deed (acknowledged in 1697) from John Camell to Henry Pickett for land on beaverdam swamp. The 1696 deed was witnessed by Sarah Pickett. The 1699 agreement appears to refer to the land in the 1696 deed. [55] The will of Thomas Hindes, dated September 16, 1699 and proved on November 10, 1699, is immediately before these two deeds. [56] [57] [58]
Bee it Known unto all men to home it may consarne that I Henry Picket and Sary Pickett his wife ye County of Essex do wth asure over all our rites and tytells of this within menchened Cove(?)naance unto Tho: Hindes Juner from me and my ares [heirs] to Tho: Hindes and his ares for Ever to have and to hould for Ever I ye sd Henry Picket douth Warrent ye Sale of this Land from all Parsons or person whatsoever that shall rase any Justly and likewise afarme over to the said Tho: all ye full preveledges that is within menchened as formly as it is to me afarmed as witness my hand & seale this 9th day of November: 1699. the mark of Henry Picket "H":
acknowledged & right of dower relinguished in ye Essex County Court ye 10th day of November 1699
(witness) Tho: Boatson (and) mark "H" of Anah Hindes
1699 By deed dated November 10, Henry and wife Sary Pickett transferred land to son-in-law Tomas Hinds. This deed has been cited incorrectly to say that Elizabeth [Henry's second wife] was named and to conclude that Sarah was deceased by this time.
1699 Henry Pickett and Sary Pickett his wife of Essex county conveyed land to Thomas Hinds by a deed witnessed by Hannah Hinds [wife of Thomas Hinds and daughter of Henry and Sarah Pickett]. The deed was dated on November 10, 1699. This deed is recorded immediately after a copy of the 1696 deed (acknowledged in 1697) from John Camell to Henry Pickett for land on beaverdam swamp. The 1696 deed was witnessed by Sarah Pickett. The 1699 agreement appears to refer to the land in the 1696 deed. [59] Two secondary sources incorrectly report that wife Elizabeth relinquished dower rights on this deed. Both sources cite the Essex County Order Book for the year 1699, page 17, which clearly names Sary (Sarah), not Elizabeth, as the wife of Henry.
1700 Henry Pickett and Elizabeth his wife relinquished right, title and interest to John Pickett, in 100 acres of land which Robert Armstrong and Dorothy, his wife, had previously conveved to said Henry Pickett. Dated March 4. [60] [61]
1701 Henry Pickett received a patent for 80 acres of Rogue's Island at the mouth of Perry's Creek, on Rogue's island in the Piscataway River in Essex County. Dated October 24. The land had been granted to Jonathan Fisher on October 28, 1697 [62] [63] but had been deserted. It was granted to Pickett on 15 April for transporting two persons into the colony: Ellinor Corne and Peter Lander. This was conveyed by son John Pickett to Richard Wise in 1709. [64] [65] [66] [Photocopy, Land patent page 1] [Photocopy, Land patent page 2] Note: see ante, deed Apr. 10, 1709 by which John Pickett (who was son of Henry Pickett, the patentee, who died in 1702) conveyed this 80 acres to Richard Wise. [67]
1701 The last Will and Testment of Henry Picket was dated on August 10, in Essex County, Virginia. [68] [69] [70]
In the name of God, amen, I Henry Pickett being sick and weak of body but in parficte sinse and memory, Blessed be God for it, I doe ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in a manner and form as followeth first rendering my soul to Almighty God my Creator next my body to the earth from whence it was taked, to be decently buryed as my executors as hereafter named shall see fite and as for that total estate it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I give as followeth:
Item: I give unto my tew (two) daughters, Hanah Spencer and Searah Fullerton each of them one shilling being a full part of their passession out of this my estate.
Item: I give unto my loveing son, William Pickett, all my deventdet of Land being in the freshes of Rappahannock River to him and his heirs forever.
Item: I give unto my loveing son, John Pickett all my debts which is owing of me and paying my debts which I owe.
Item: I give unto my loveing wife, Elizabeth Pickett the lands where I now live on during her life also the half of my personal estate between her and the child that she now goeth with all the other half of my estate my son William Pickett ordaining my loving wife and my two sons John and William executris and executors of this my last will and testament aft witnessing my hands and seale this 18th day of October 1701. Henry (H) Pickett. Teste. William Johnson, William (X) Wilson, Richard (X) Edwards. Prov'd by the oathes of William Wilson and Richard Edwards in Essex County Court ye 10th day of Aug't 1702.
Henry died in March of 1702. At the April court, Henry's widow, Elizabeth, brought the Will in for Probate, but she didn't present the Will until the August court. It was then recorded 10 August 1702. The names of two of the witnesses to Henry's Last Will & Testament, William Wilson and Richard Edward, are not known and were not associated with Henry in previous records. They were possibly friends or relatives of Elizabeth. [71]
1702 John Pickett was appointed guardian of William Pickett, orphan of Henry Pickett. Bond was posted by Jno Picket, James Boughan and James Fullerton of Essex County, Virginia on November 12. [72]
1702 John Pickett and William Pickett gave bond as executors. Dated on 10 9ber (November). [73] [74]
1703 Inventory of the estate of Henry Pickett, deceased; total value 200:19:08; returned by William Johnson and Elizabeth, his wife, and John Pickett. Dated January 11, 1702/3. [75]
1702 Elizabeth, widow of Henry Pickett, married William Johnson, possibly one of the witnesses to Henry Pickett's will and an adjacent landowner of Henry Pickett. [76] [77] [78]
1703 Son James Pickett of Essex County died. Administrators of his estate were considered. [79] [80] [81]
At a court held for Essex County ye 11th day of Feb: anno dom 1703 …
Thomas Spencer and Sarah wife, James Fullerton & Sarah his wife, petitioning this Court for Administration on the Estate of James Pickett late of this County Dece'd, as being nearest of Kind But it being signified to the Court that ye Mother of the s'd Dece'd is now alive. It is therefore ordered and the same be referred to the Consideraton of ye next Court.
Richard Covington Gent. Present
1713 Land of Henry Pickett, deceased, and of (son) John Picket was mentioned for a land transaction in Essex County, near Piscataway Creek. [82]
Notes about widow Elizabeth and newly born son James:
1701 Henry Pickett's will mentioned that wife Elizabeth was pregnant. [83] [84] The child was named James and he died before August 10, 1702 in Essex County, Virginia.
Elizabeth, the second wife and widow of Henry Pickett, married William Johnson after Henry died. [85]:
James was born in 1702 after Henry, his father, died.
James died as an infant in 1703/4.
It was arranged for James' estate to be transferred to the nearest of kin, his mother, Elizabeth who had married William Johnson in 1702. [citing Essex County Order Book for 1703-08, page 56][citing Caroline County, Virginia Deed Book 10, page 127]
1704 The administration of the estate of James Pickett, deceased, was granted to William Johnson and Elizabeth, his wife, nearest of kin of the deceased. Dated March 10, 1703/04. [86] [87] James was the unborn child mentioned in the will of Henry Pickett. Elizabeth Johnson, remarried, was the mother and had been Henry Pickett's widow.
1703/04 On 10 March, William and Elizabeth Johnson co-signed a bond of 200 pounds sterling as administrators of the estate of James Picket of Essex County, Virginia with co-signors John Games and Jas Boughan. Witness Richard Buckner. [88] [89] [90] [91]
The following entry suggests that the William Johnson who Elizabeth married, after Henry died, probably was a neighbor:
"William Neale, Planter of South Farmingham Parish sells William Johnson, planter of the same parish part of 600 acres formerly patented to William Johnson 6 October 1656 on the N.W. side of Piscotaway Creek, along the line of Robert Young's land, now called and known by the name of Arigill Blackston's line to a corner of John Pickett's land and William Johnson's land and from hence along the said Johnsons land by the side of a white oak swamp until it comes to the line of Henry Pickett dec'd which was formerly a division between Henry Pickett and Ralph Neale, the father of William Neale aforesaid signed William Neale, his mark. Witnessed by William Smith, John Gaines, John Chamberline. Recorded 14 January 1713/14." [citing Fleet, Beverly, Virginia Colonial Abstracts Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1988. (Essex WB 1711-1748)]
William Johnson was a witness to Henry's will.
1706 A survey map was made of Tappahanock Town. [92]
1713 Land of Henry Picket, deceased, on Piscataway Creek in So. Farnham Parish was described as adjacent to lands of Wm Johnson and Ralph Neale. [93]
Research Notes:
Several reputable sources indicate that Picataway Creek was the same as Piscatacon and Pascatacon Creek, which was sometimes also called Cox's Creek and Crooked Creek.
1686 George Kilmon, of Rappahannock County conveyed land to Andrew Pudding. The land was on Piscatacon Creek bounded "west south west upon the land of Captain Josias Pickett." and land of John Lacy. [94] [95] [96]
Many of the court and deed records for Henry Pickett cited above have been indexed by FamilySearch. The index entries are not easy to find in the books filmed by FamilySearch. We seek help finding the original documents. [97] [98]
A published Pickett lineage agrees with several of the items reported here. [99]
The ancestry for Henry is not known. William Pickett and Ann Sanford (born 1630, incompatible with Henry's birthdate), of England, have been suggested as his parents. William Pickett and Sarah Stone have been suggested as his grand-parents. The spelling of the name may have been originally French-Picquett, then in England became Picot, then came to America and became Piggott, Pickett, Pickette. The original name was used as late as 1681. Henry has been listed as born about 1636 in Middlesex County, Virginia or as born 1641 in Lancaster, England.
Bill Putman listed several Piggot families in Virginia [100]:
In the early records of Passengers to Virginia, I find that a William Piggott, age 50, sailed from
London on May 15th, 1635 on the sailing ship Plain Joan. William Piggott married Ann
Langford, the daughter of James Langford.A Walter Piggott, age 19, sailed from London on October 24th, 1635 on board the ship Abraham.
One must keep in mind that in those days, Virginia included everything south from the
Massachusetts and New Haven Colonies, so they could have landed anywhere from Jamestown
to Philadelphia.There was a Henry Pickett or Piggott who had a wife named Sarah and a son John born about
1640 in Essex County Virginia.There was a James Pigot who signed a petition in Virginia in 1676.
There was a Captain Francis Pigott who came to the eastern shore of Virginia from England in
the late 1600s. His will was filed in Northampton County, Virginia.There was a Captain Ralph Pigot who married Mary Bullock in Northampton County Virginia on
October 21, 1724.In the list of Virginia taxpayers from 1782 to 1787, there were three Piggott families living in
James City County of Virginia.There was a John Piggot who married Peggy Nottingham in Northampton County Virginia on
September 17, 1787.
1609 Captain Pigot signed the second charter for the Virginia Corporation and first Colony of Virginia. [101]
The George Harrison Sanford King Papers include a speculative genealogy tree of descent from Henry Pickett. [102] [103]
A self-reported lineage names Henry Pickett and Sarah as an ancestor. [107]
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[3] Henry Faithorne, Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year 1670, [LibraryOfCongress], [LibraryOfCongressCatalog].
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[9] Wills and Deeds Book 10, 1699-1702, Essex County, Virginia, about page 74, image 84, [FamilySearchImage].
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[13] Clayton Torrence, "Pickett Family of Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 49 (1941), 80-86, 186-190, at 80, [JSTOR(UM)], [JSTOR(UM)].
[14] Old Rappahannock County Record, Vol 1677-82, p. 241.
[15] Clayton Torrence, "Pickett Family of Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 49 (1941), 80-86, 186-190, at 80, [JSTOR(UM)], [JSTOR(UM)].
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[21] Old Rappahannock County Record, Vol 1686-92, p. 91,96.
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