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Pickering County was one of the original counties of
Pickering County was one of the original counties of Mississippi Territory
The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that was created under an organic act passed by the United States Congress, Congress of the United States. It was approved and signed into law by Presiden ...
in the United States. Together with Adams County, Mississippi Territory, Pickering County was a first-level subdivision of the land that had been known as the Natchez District
The Natchez District was one of two areas established in the Kingdom of Great Britain's British West Florida, West Florida colony during the 1770sthe other being the Tombigbee District. The first Anglo settlers in the district came primarily fro ...
under the British and Spanish. The dividing line between Pickering and Adams was at Fairchilds Creek. Established in 1798, and originally named for Cabinet member Timothy Pickering
Timothy Pickering (July 17, 1745January 29, 1829) was the third United States Secretary of State, serving under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. He also represented Massachusetts in both houses of United States Congress, Congress as ...
, the county was subdivided into Claiborne County and Jefferson County in 1802. The original Pickering County also included some of the land that was later to become Warren County, Mississippi
Warren County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Its western border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 44,722. Its county seat is V ...
. Pickering County was the seat of power of Natchez Junto, the Green
Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by a com ...
family–Cato West
Cato Charles West was an American military officer and politician. He was Secretary of the Mississippi Territory and served as an acting territorial governor of Mississippi in 1804 and 1805. He corresponded with U. S. President Thomas Jefferson.
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faction in territorial politics.
Timothy Pickering was a member of the Federalist political party, who had been "bitter in their denunciations of the ouisiana Purchase for the expanding West could be expected to draw off their population, rival their trade, and some day dominate the Union."
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