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Pickens (surname)
Pickens is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Pickens (congressman) (1739–1817), American soldier and politician; US Representative from South Carolina * Andrew Pickens (governor) (1779–1838), American soldier, lawyer, planter, and politician; governor of South Carolina; son of Andrew Pickens (congressman) * Buster Pickens (1916–1964), American blues pianist * Carl Pickens (born 1970), American football player * Claude Pickens (1900–1985),American missionary and photographer in China * Ezekiel Pickens (1768–1813), American politician; lieutenant governor of South Carolina * Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805–1869), American politician; governor of South Carolina * George Pickens (born 2001), American football player * Israel Pickens (1780–1827) American politician; governor of Alabama * James Pickens, Jr. (born 1954), American actor * Slim Pickens (1919–1983), American actor and cowboy * T. Boone Pickens, Jr. (1928–2019), American businessman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pickens (congressman)
Andrew Pickens (September 13, 1739August 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. Early life Pickens was born in 1739 in Bucks County in the Province of Pennsylvania. He was the son of Scots-Irish immigrants, Presbyterians of primarily Scottish ancestry from Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Ireland (in what is today Northern Ireland.) His parents were Andrew Pickens Sr. and Anne (''née'' Davis). But his paternal great-grandparents were ethnic French Huguenots: Robert Andrew Pickens (Robert André Picon) had migrated to England and Northern Ireland; his wife Esther-Jeanne, widow Bonneau, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pickens (governor)
Andrew Pickens Jr. (December 13, 1779June 24, 1838) was an American soldier and politician. He served as the 46th Governor of South Carolina from 1816 until 1818. Pickens was the son of well-known American Revolutionary general Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), and Rebecca Floride Pickens (''nee'' Colhoun). He was born on his father's plantation on the Savannah River in Horse Creek Valley in Edgefield County, South Carolina. He was a maternal cousin of fellow South Carolina politician John C. Calhoun. He was also a paternal cousin of Calhoun's wife Floride. Pickens attended Brown University, graduating in 1801. He served as a lieutenant-colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. After the war, he established a plantation, "Oatlands", in Edgefield County, and took up the practice of law. He also established a residence, "Halcyon Grove", in the village of Edgefield, and married Susannah Smith Wilkinson. On December 5, 1816, the South Carolina General Assembly elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buster Pickens
Buster Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964) was an American blues pianist. Pickens is best known for his work accompanying Alger "Texas" Alexander and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also recorded a solo album in 1960. Life and career He was born Edwin Goodwin Pickens in Hempstead, Texas, to Elias "Eli" Pickens (Turnipseed) and Bessie Gage. In the 1930s Pickens, along with Robert Shaw and others, was part of the "Santa Fe Circuit", named after touring musicians utilising the Santa Fe freight trains. From that time, Pickens described people doing the slow drag to "slow low-down dirty blues" in barrelhouse joints. Following service in the United States Army in World War II, Pickens settled in Houston, Texas. He appeared on his first disc recording on January 13, 1948, providing backing for Perry Cain on his single "All the Way from Texas" backed with "Cry Cry", released by Gold Star Records. Further recording work followed over the next eighteen months, as Pickens play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Pickens
Carl McNally Pickens (born March 23, 1970) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans. Early life Pickens attended Murphy High School in Murphy, North Carolina, a small town in the Smoky Mountains about 100 miles from Knoxville, Tennessee. He played free safety and wide receiver there, intercepting 15 passes in three seasons and catching 71 passes, including 24 for touchdowns, as a senior, when he was a Parade magazine All-American. He also returned punts and kickoffs, and punted. He also excelled at basketball, averaging 27 points per game and attracting the interest of many college programs. College career Pickens played college football for the University of Tennessee from 1989–1991, where he started his career as a safety and was named a Freshman All-American and All-SEC selection. He then moved to wide receiver, where he caught 109 passes for 1,875 yards and 13 touchdowns, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Pickens
Claude L. Pickens, Jr. (born 1900 in Alexandria, Virginia – 1985 in Annisquam, Massachusetts) was, with his wife Elizabeth Zwemer Pickens, an American missionary in northwestern China. Working with the China Inland Mission OMF International (formerly Overseas Missionary Fellowship and before 1964 the China Inland Mission) is an international and interdenominational Evangelical Christian missionary society with an international centre in Singapore. It was founded i ..., his surveys in 1933 and 1936 of the Hui and Tibetan peoples produced important photographic collections. References 1900 births 1985 deaths American photographers American Anglican missionaries Photography in China {{US-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezekiel Pickens
Ezekiel Pickens (March 30, 1768 – May 22, 1813) was an American lawyer and politician; he served as the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804. Pickens was the second of twelve children of General Andrew Pickens (1739-1817) and his wife Rebecca (Calhoun). Ezekiel was born at the family home near Abbeville, South Carolina; the family moved to the Hopewell plantation by 1785 (near the modern site of Clemson University), where Ezekiel was tutored in preparation for college. Pickens graduated third in his class at Princeton in 1790 and gave the valedictorian's address. Returning to South Carolina, Pickens studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1793. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he represented the Pendleton District in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1791-4 and St. Thomas and St. Denis parishes in 1801 and 1802. Pickens served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1802 to 1804 under governor James Burchill Richardson. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Wilkinson Pickens
Francis Wilkinson Pickens (1805/1807January 25, 1869) was a political Democrat and Governor of South Carolina when that state became the first to secede from the United States. A cousin of US Senator John C. Calhoun, Pickens was born into the culture of the antebellum plantocracy. He became an ardent supporter of nullification of federal tariffs when he served in the South Carolina House of Representatives before he was elected to Congress and then the state senate. As state governor during the Fort Sumter crisis, he sanctioned the firing on the ship bringing supplies to the beleaguered Union garrison, and to the bombardment of the fort. After the war, it was Pickens who introduced the motion to repeal South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession, a short speech received in silence, in notable contrast with the rejoicing that had first greeted the Ordinance. Early life and career Pickens was born in Togadoo, St Paul's Parish, in Colleton County, South Carolina. His exact birth da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Pickens
George Malik Pickens Jr. (born March 4, 2001) is an American football wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Georgia and was drafted by the Steelers in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Early years Pickens attended Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama. As a senior, he had 69 receptions for 1,368 yards and 16 touchdowns. He played in the 2019 Under Armour All-American Game. A five star recruit, he originally committed to Auburn University to play college football before changing his commitment to the University of Georgia. College career Pickens earned immediate playing time his freshman year at Georgia in 2019, leading the team in receptions (49), receiving yards (727) and receiving touchdowns (8). In the following season Pickens caught 36 passes for 513 yards and a team-leading six touchdowns in an eight-game season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the spring of 2021, Pickens tore his ACL caus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Pickens
Israel Pickens (January 30, 1780 – April 24, 1827) was an American politician and lawyer, List of governors of Alabama, third Governor of Alabama, Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama (1821 Alabama gubernatorial election, 1821–1825), member of the North Carolina Senate (1808–1810), and United States Congressman from North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives (1811–1817). Biography Born in Concord, North Carolina, Pickens graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1802, studied law and was admitted to the bar. Pickens was a native of North Carolina and represented the "North Carolina Faction" in early Alabama politics, like fellow North Carolina Representative, William R. King, with whom he served Congress during the early 1810s. The main opposition to the "North Carolina Faction" was the "Georgia Faction", who many new settlers to the state viewed them as too aristocratic and elitist, while Pickens was seen as the "spokesman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pickens, Jr
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting and appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows. For much of his career Pickens played mainly cowboy roles; he is perhaps best remembered today for his comic roles in ''Dr. Strangelove'', '' Blazing Saddles'' and ''1941'', and his villainous turn in ''One-Eyed Jacks''. Early life and rodeo work Louis Burton Lindley Jr. was born in Kingsburg, California, the son of Sally Mosher (née Turk) and Louis Bert Lindley Sr., a Texas-born dairy farmer. Young Lindley was an excellent horse rider from an early age. Known as "Burt" to his family and friends, he grew bored with dairy farming and began to make a few dollars by riding broncos and roping steers in his early teens. His father found out and forbade this activity, but Lindley took no notice, went to compete in a rodeo, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pickens
William Pickens (15 January 1881 – 6 April 1954) was an American orator, educator, journalist, and essayist. He wrote multiple articles and speeches, and penned two autobiographies, first ''The Heir of Slaves'' in 1911 and second ''Bursting Bonds'' in 1923, in which he mentioned race-motivated attacks on African Americans, both in the urban riots of 1919 and by lynching in 1921. His works called for the liberty and emancipation of African Americans. He devoted much of his life traveling the world as a spokesperson for the freedom of African Americans, and worked to promote the beliefs of W.E.B Dubois. Biography Pickens, the son of freed slaves and tenant farmers, was born on January 15, 1881, in Anderson County, South Carolina but mostly raised in Arkansas. Before Pickens moved to Arkansas, he received a basic education. The entire first year in Arkansas, he was kept home to help his parents with field work to pay off their debt. In the winter of 1890, Pickens and his family mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
