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.

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Label	Occurrences
Andrew Pickens canonical	16
Andrew Pickens Jr.	2
Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War military personnel ⓘ frontiersman ⓘ militia officer ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ
allegiance	Patriot cause ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ surface form: State of South Carolina United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Federalists ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → notableCommander → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Andrew Pickens → hasRelative → Andrew Pickens self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andrew Pickens Jr.

Fort Pickens → namedAfter → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens

Pickens County, Georgia → namedAfter → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

South Carolina militia → notableCommander → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

The Wizard Owl → refersTo → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

The Wizard Owl → appliedTo → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Pickens County → namedAfter → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

subject surface form: Pickens County, Alabama

Pickens County, South Carolina → namedFor → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Pickens → hasNotableBearer → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andrew Pickens Jr.

Tamassee, South Carolina → hasHistoricalConnection → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Hopewell, South Carolina → notableResident → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Hopewell, South Carolina → associatedWithPerson → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Battle of Kettle Creek → commander → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Carolina campaign of 1780 → opposingCommander → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

Pickens County → namedAfter → Andrew Pickens ⓘ

subject surface form: Pickens County, Georgia

Rebecca Calhoun → spouse → Andrew Pickens ⓘ