branch lieutenant death_date allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession battles order term_start spouse rank name predecessor birth_place party office successor article_title
united states army john a. cuthbert 1 july 1838 united states of america 13 december 1779 december 1 , 1818 college of new jersey pontotock , mississippi soldier , attorney war of 1812 46th december 1 , 1816 susan smith mary willing nelson lieutenant-colonel andrew pickens david rogerson williams edgefield county , south carolina democratic-republican governor of south carolina john geddes andrew pickens -lrb- governor -rrb-

andrew pickens -lrb- governor -rrb-

andrew pickens , jr. -lrb- december 13 , 1779 -- july 1 , 1838 -rrb- was an american military and political leader who served as the 46th governor of south carolina from 1816 until 1818 .
pickens was the son of the well-known american revolutionary general andrew pickens -lrb- 1739 -- 1817 -rrb- .
he was born on his father 's plantation on the savannah river in horse creek valley in edgefield county , south carolina .
through his mother , rebecca floride -lrb- `` nee '' colhoun -rrb- , he is a cousin of fellow south carolina politician john c. calhoun , who served as u.s. secretary of war and vice president of the united states .
calhoun was also married to floride calhoun -lrb- née colhoun -rrb- , a niece of pickens ' father .
he was raised a presbyterian and educated at the college of new jersey .
pickens served as a lieutenant-colonel in the u.s. army during the war of 1812 , and returned home to establish a plantation , `` oatlands , '' in edgefield county and practice 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 pickens as governor by secret ballot .
during program of internal improvements was begun using public funds .
pickens championed the construction of roads and canals .
the price of cotton rose to a high point that was not exceeded at any other time in south carolina during the antebellum period .
the city of charleston was struck with a disastrous yellow fever epidemic .
after leaving office , pickens moved to alabama and helped negotiate a treaty with the creek indians of georgia .
for a period of time around 1829 , he lived in augusta .
growing up living by indians , he had a very tight bond with them .
pickens died july 1 , 1838 , in pontotock , mississippi , and was interred at old stone church cemetery in clemson , south carolina .
his son , francis wilkinson pickens -lrb- 1805 -- 1869 -rrb- was a u.s. congressman and the governor of south carolina when the state seceded from the union in 1860 .
