Francis Wilkinson Pickens
April 7, 1805 - January 25, 1896
From 1858 to 1860 he was
U.S. Minister to Russia. As
Governor, his order to fire on
a Union Ship in Charleston
Harbor led to the start of the
War Between the States. He
lived at Edgewood, one of
Edgefield's greatest homes.
He is buried in Willowbrook
Cemetery in Edgefield.
Marker is on Peachtree Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
