Gilmer County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pickett, Joseph July 1893
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Atlanta Constitution, 30 July 1893
Death of Colonel Pickett at Ellijay.
Ellijay, Ga., July 29-
Colonel Joseph Pickett, aged eighty-nine years, is dead.  He was born in 
Greenville county, South Carolina.  From there he went to Henderson county, 
North Carolina, where he married and was elected to the legislature.  He came 
to Gilmer before the Indians were removed, was once elected clerk of the 
superior court and represented Gilmer county in the Georgia legislature for 
fourteen years.  He was one of the originators of the movement which resulted 
in the building of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad.  Colonel Pickett 
was a high-toned and honorable gentleman and leaves a large family and many 
friends to mourn his death.

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