Andrew Pickens (congressman)
| Andrew Pickens | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
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| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Earle |
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| Born |
September 13, 1739 Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 11, 1817 (aged 77) Tamassee, Oconee County, South Carolina |
| Political party | Anti-Administration |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Calhoun |
| Profession | Military officer, Surveyor |
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| Nickname(s) | "The Wizard Owl" |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Great Britain United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 South Carolina state militia |
| Years of service | 1760–1761 (Britain) 1775–1783 (USA) |
| Rank |
 Brigadier general
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| Battles/wars | |
Anglo-Cherokee War
American Revolutionary War
Andrew Pickens (September 13, 1739 – August 11, 1817) was a militia leader in the American Revolution and a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Pickens was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Scots-Irish immigrants, Andrew Pickens, Sr. and Anne (née Davis). His paternal great-grandparents were Huguenots Robert Andrew Pickens (Robert André Picon) and Esther-Jeanne, widow Bonneau, of South Carolina and La Rochelle, France.
His family traveled the Great Wagon Road in hopes of finding a new home. Records show they first settled in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, and later in 1752, his family moved to the Waxhaws on the South Carolina frontier. He sold his farm there in 1764 and bought land in Abbeville County, South Carolina, near the Georgia border. It was there that he would marry and begin a family. In addition to raising cattle and farming, like most other Scots-Irish immigrants, he became acquainted with his Native American neighbors and built a blockhouse as a base for training.
He established the Hopewell Plantation on the Seneca River, at which several treaties with Native Americans were held, each called the Treaty of Hopewell. Just across the river was the Cherokee town of Isunigu ("Seneca").
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