Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-26
Gen. Andrew Plckens.

in'iS, us lsproprs"d, the claims OF Gen. Au-
drew Pickens should not be disreyarded.
lie says while "ucn. Marion and Sumter
should havea place in the Capitol, so should
Gen. lickens, an up.corntryman, have
one assigned him also agree will
Cp-Couutry" that the H., tant scryi.
ces which Gen. Pickens rendered during
the Revolution fully entitlc him to this dis
tincton.
We make the following extract, giving
information in reference to the life and
services Of Gen. Pickcns, which will prove
interesting to our readers:
beg leave to bring to the view of tho
good people of South Carolina, Gen. An
drew PcEcns and some of his military SER
vices during onr Revolutionary struggle.
He was of Irish descent, born in Pennsyl.
vania, aud emigrated to South Carolina
with his parents when Il boy, and settled
first in the Waxhaws.
"ln 1TG0, before ho was twenty ono
years of age, he volunteered in Grants ex
pedition against the Cherokee Indians,
where he received his FIRST lessons ill mill.
tany discipline, With Laurens, Marion,
Nloutric and lIuSer. he, eqrly in the
Revolutionary contest, took sides with the
Wings, and became leader of the patri-
ots In 1779 Col Pickens, who then
commanded Regiment of about three
hundred and sixty men, persucd Col. BOYD,
who had under him eight hundred Tories.
He overlook them at Kettle Creek, where
severe battle cnsued. Boyd was mortal
| ~ wounded, seven of his men killed, and
about seventy five made prisoners, the re-
mainder scattered to the winds. This was
thp first CrIn of L l. II
Tories met with, and of course proved to-
be of great service in the causc of the pa
triots.
"Gen. Pickens was wounded in tho
breast by muskct ball, while at tho head
OF his men at the battle of Entaw,. and
knocked off his horsc-a wound he carried
with him, in its effects, to the grave, in
1871. He captured Augusta from the
British after they had held it two years, as
Lees Memoirs of the Southern Cam
pagn " will prove, 1Ie fought at the siege
OF Nmcty-SiX, and lost two brothers there.
lie fought at Grmby. lie cut Plies men
all to pieces one night, on Ilaw River, n.
O., and was elected in that State a Bripa-
dier General to succeed Gen Dawson (who
was killed at Cowap's Ford on the Cataw-
by) and was thus actually Brigadicr Cen
eruli i'll both the Carolnas at the same time.
General Pickcns, with his men, stood the
onset of the British at the great ba.tlc of
the Cowpens.
!" In fourteen days he conquered the great
Cherokee nation without the loss of man
and made the celebrated treaty of Hope
we'll, in Pendeton, by which Anderson,
Pickens and .Grocuyillc were obtained.-.
lie also fought the great ring fight, which
perfectly subdued the Indians ever after
wards v
!" Gen. Pickens is ono of the few officers
who never drew a cent of pay for his Rev
olutlonary services, rs the roll of the
Comptroller's office will prove.
"Aftcr the war, Gen. pickens held tbc
ilrst County Court that sat under the new
laws, near Abbevile G. III :, at the old Block
llouse, and his son, Gov Pickcns, then n
boy of five years old, drew the first Jury.
lie was appointed by President Washing
ton, with Gen. Wayhc, to conquer tho
great north western tribes of Indians, but
declined the honor. 1Ic ran the line 1e.
tween North Carolina and Tennessee. by
an appointment from President Jefferson.
lle was also appointed to hold the Treaty
OF Milledgcvillc, likewise at Matchcz, and
indeed almost all the treaties held with the
Southern Indians, and was constantly in
service until 1894, I, when he was elected o
Congress, which then sat in Philadelplia,
At that time there were neither Railroads
nor Stage coaches---a1l travelling was done
on horse back. Picture then, to yourscl-
vcs, man who is approaching his three
score years, OF martial figure and dignified
demcanor, mounted on spirited milEwhite
stccd, of pure Andulusian breed, whip in
hand, and holsters filled with a brace of
pistols, the silver mounting of Which gilt
tered in the sunlight A three corncrcd
hat, from beneath which grows che silycrv.
grey hair, put smoothly back and tied in n
queue, an undrcss military coat, rufiled
shirt, and small clothes and fair top boots,
with massive silver spurs Following at
ittie distance, on stout draught horse, is
his Atricap. attendant, Pompey, in livery
OF Blue, with scarlet facings, carvings
ponderops portmantcau, with eonscoucn-
tial and dignifed air., showing in every
! movement the pridc'ef body servant in
his rcvercd master. Paint this in sour
minds cyes and youhoSe before you gen.
tlcman of the eighteenth century, with lis
servant on his way to Congress. Such WIS
Gen. Andrew Pickens as he passed ehroueI,
| our village in 1904.
+" Congress, on the 9th of Feb. 1881.
passed vote Of thanks ~ the, oficers and
men who fought in the battle of the Cow
pens, and voted General Andrew Pickcrs
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