Andrew Pickens

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American Revolutionary War military personnel frontiersman militia officer person

Andrew Pickens was a prominent South Carolina militia leader and frontiersman who became one of the most effective Patriot commanders in the American Revolutionary War.

Aliases (2)

Andrew Pickens Jr. ×3
Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War military personnel → frontiersman → militia officer → person → person →
allegiance	Patriot cause → State of South Carolina → United States →
birthDate	1739-09-13 →
birthPlace	Buckingham County, Virginia Colony →
commemoratedBy	Pickens County, Georgia → Pickens County, South Carolina →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1817-08-11 →
deathPlace	Tamassee, South Carolina →
ethnicGroup	Scots-Irish American →
familyName	Pickens →
givenName	Andrew →
hasRelative	Andrew Pickens Jr. →
honor	Counted among the “Fighting Gamecocks” of the Southern Campaign →
knownAs	The Wizard Owl →
knownFor	frontier leadership in the South Carolina backcountry → negotiating treaties with Native American tribes after the Revolution →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	United States House of Representatives for South Carolina →
militaryAward	presentation sword from the Continental Congress →
militaryBranch	South Carolina militia →
militaryRank	brigadier general →
notableFor	effective partisan warfare against British and Loyalist forces → leading South Carolina militia forces in the American Revolutionary War →
numberOfChildren	12 →
participatedIn	American Revolutionary War → Battle of Cowpens → Battle of Eutaw Springs → Battle of Kettle Creek → Siege of Ninety Six → Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →
politicalParty	Federalist Party →
positionHeld	Governor of South Carolina → major general of South Carolina militia (postwar) → member of the South Carolina House of Representatives → member of the United States House of Representatives →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Hopewell, South Carolina → Ninety Six District, South Carolina →
signed	Treaty of Hopewell →
spouse	Rebecca Calhoun →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fort Pickens → Fort Pickens ("Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens") → Pickens County, Georgia →	namedAfter
Andrew Pickens ("Andrew Pickens Jr.") →	hasRelative
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	notableCommander