Andrew Pickens

1739-1817

Partisan General, American Revolution for whom this county and town is named.

Marker is on North Lewis Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Andrew Pickens Ranger District / Oconee County

Andrew Pickens Ranger District Side

The Ranger District was named for Andrew Pickens, an able commander of South Carolina's rebel militia during the American Revolution. Born of Scots-Irish immigrants near Paxtang, Pennsylvania, Pickens served in the state legislature and became a ...

Andrew Pickens

Backcountry Revolutionary General and Legislator

Andrew Pickens

The county and its county seat are both named in honor of General Andrew Pickens, hero of the American Revolution, state legislator and Congressman. The Pickens family arrived in the Carolina backcountry in ...

Andrew Pickens

November 13, 1779 - July 1, 1838

The son of General Andrew

Pickens, he served as a

Colonel in the War of 1812.

During his term as Governor,

there was considerable

focus on building roads and

canals in the state. His

son, Francis W. Pickens, was

also Governor of ...

Andrew Pickens

In Memoriam

Andrew Pickens

1739-1817

Partisan General American

Resolution for whom

This County is Named.

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 178) and Pendleton Street (U.S. 178) on East Main Street.

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Major General Andrew Pickens

1739-1817

This statue of Major General Pickens is built in memory of Ellison Smyth McKissick, Jr., 1925-1998, Korean War veteran and former chief executive officer of Alice Manufacturing Company, Inc. Ellison Smyth McKissick, Jr., enlisted in the United States Marine ...

General Andrew Pickens

The man most responsible for opening up the northwestern part of South Carolina by driving out the Cherokee and the British, during and immediately following the American Revolution War, was General Andrew Pickens. deeply religious but a fierce warrior, ...