Andrew Pickens | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |
Preceded by | District established |
Succeeded by | Samuel Earle |
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Born | Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British America | September 13, 1739
Died | August 11, 1817 Tamassee, South Carolina, U.S. | (aged 77)
Political party | Anti-Administration |
Spouse |
Rebecca Calhoun (m. 1765) |
Profession | Military officer, surveyor, slave-owner, planter |
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Nickname | "The Wizard Owl" "The Fighting Elder" |
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Years of service | 1760–1761 (Britain) 1775–1783 (United States) |
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Commands | Salisbury District Brigade (North Carolina militia), Upper Ninety-Six District Regiment (South Carolina Militia) |
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Andrew Pickens (September 13, 1739 – August 11, 1817) was a militia leader in the American Revolution. A planter and slaveowner, he developed his Hopewell plantation on the east side of the Keowee River across from the Cherokee town of Isunigu (Seneca) in western South Carolina. He was elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives from western South Carolina. Several treaties with the Cherokee were negotiated and signed at his plantation of Hopewell.