HARDIN COUNTY, TN - BIBLES - Hezekiah Pickens Family Bible ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the Tennessee USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Pickens Foster EBERFOSTER@aol.com ============================================================================ These are the records contained in the Bible of Hezekiah Middleton Pickens, who was born in S.C. in 1796 and moved to Hardin County, TN around 1830. The Bible was printed and published in 1818 in Philadelphia by M. Carey and Sons and was probably given to Hezekiah as a wedding present. Upon his death in 1869, it was passed on to his son David Crockett Pickens (1833-1912), then to his grandson Jesse Walker Pickens (1868-1940), who took it with him when he moved to Gainesville, Ga. It was water-soaked during the tornado that hit Gainesville in the 1920's. The Bible would have then gone to his son (my grandfather), Charles Pickens, but as he died in 1941 it was passed to his sister, Gretchen Chandler (1898- 1969) and her son, Charles Chandler. Upon Charles' death in 1980, his widow felt it belonged with a male heir who bore the Pickens name and presented it to my father, Robert Pickens, who still owns it today and gave me permission to share the records with interested relatives who sought the records for genealogical (non-profit) purposes only. All entries are typed as they appear in the Bible. Barbara Pickens Foster ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 677 Marriages John Carr and Ann Middleton was married August 1st, 1806 Samuel Wilson and Ann Carr was married December 24, 1818 George Wilson and Susan Carr was married the 25th of January, 1832 John M. Pickens and Barbary Strawn was married March the 25th 1852 David Pickens and Jane Sowel was married July the 28th 1853 George W. Pickens and Marget Mccan was married 22 October 1857 Hezekiah M. Pickens and Rebeckah Wells was married the 26th of October 1819 William S. Higgins and Polly ann Carr was married February 17, 1825 John M. Carr and Nancy Stanly was married the 1836 Samuel Pickens and Patsy Bell was married the 14th of December 1840 John Pickens and Mary W. Bell was married the 21 of October 1847 Wm. Pickens and Mary J. Robertson was Married the 29th of October 1848 Page 678 Births Hezekiah Middleton was born January 16th 1796 Arabella Carr was born July 13th 1807 Polly Ann Carr was born December 9th 1808 Susanna Carr was born July 20th 1811 Elizabeth Pickens Carr was born August 21st 1813 John M. Carr was borned the 20th of Oct. 1815 (listed twice in a row) Samuel Pickens was born the July 29th 1820 John M. Pickens was born March the 8th 1822 William Pickens was born March the 5th 1824 Elizabeth P. Higgins was born May 20th 1825 Mary Higgins was born Feb. 27th 1827 Anna Higgins was born February the 23rd 1829 Susan R.F. Pickens was born Oct. the 9th 1869 Page 679 Births Rebeckah Pickens was born the 16 of January 1801 William Higgins was born May 11, 1809 (1825--corrected below) George Wilson was born January the 29th 1812 Elizabeth Ann Carr was born the 1st Oct. 1837 John Carr was born the 7th March 1839 Andrew Pickens was born Jan. 30, 1826 Matthew Pickens was born November 23th 1827 Deaths John Carr deceased February 28th 1815 Samuel Wilson deceased September the 25th 1829 William Higgins deceased December 19th 1840 Andrew Pickens deceased May the 15th 1841 Lucinda Pickens departed this life March 15th 1846 Mary W. Pickens departed this life October the 9th 1848 Mary E. Pickens departed this life the 12 of October 1855 Page 680 Susan E. Pickens departed this life the 30th of September 1854 Rebeckah D. Pickens departed this life April the 6th 1858 Mary F.Pickens departed this life the 19th 1866 April 1866 (as written in Bible) H.M. Pickens departed this life January the 3rd 1869 Rebecca Pickens departed this life October the 16 1874 Jennety Pickens was born November the 22th 1859 R.C. Pickens and E.M. Blanton was maired Oct. 29 1868 (as written) W. C. Pickens departed this life Feb. the 29 1880 Elizabeth H. Bauchum departed this life December the 30th 1881 R.A. Pickens departed this life October the 27 1888 David Pickens died March 15 1912 Page 834 Richard C. Pickens was born July the 30, 1842 Elizabeth Pickens was born July 3, 1840 Lucinda Pickens was born March the sixth 1846 Joseph H. Pickens was born the 30th of August 1848 Matthew Pickens was born February the 22st, 1851 Anny Jane Pickens was born October 30th, 1827 Polly Ann Pickens wasborn December 12, 1831 David Pickenswas born June 26, 1833 Susannah E. Pickens 27 May 1835--sister Page 835--in margin Marget Jane Pickens May 20, 1834 Married July 28, 1853 (Note: This is Jane Sowell, wife of David Pickens,who made many of the entries) Page 836 Elizabeth Pickens was born July the 3, 1840 George Pickens was born August 6, 1837 Andrew Pickens was born the 5 of September 1842 William C. Pickens January the 24, 1853 Mary E. Pickens was born June the twenty fifth 1854 Susan E. Pickens born the 23th of July 1854 Edny C. Pickens was born the September the 15th 1855 Died July 31st 1939 3:40 am (as written) John W. Pickens was born the 12th of October 1855 (Rest of page torn out and missing when Dad received Bible in 1981) Page 880 Mahaly R. Pickens was born September the 8th 1838 Samuel Pickens was born the 5th of October 1860 Susan Virginna Evans was born the 15th of November 1863 Susan E. Pickens was born the John Thomas Baucum was borned September the 25th 1871 Willie D. Pickens and Etta Jones was married May 1st 1890 Willie D. Pickens died May 1, 1941 9 P.M. John M. Pickens and Lucy E. Parrish was married November 30th 1890 John M. Pickens died Oct. 1931 Jesse W. Pickens and Susie E. Pettigrew was married Oct. 14th 1891 Jesse W. Pickens died Oct. 10 1940 2:10 A.M. Susie E. Pickens died Sept. 5 1959 6:10 PM Gretchen Pickens Chandler died Jan. 22, 1969 Page 882 W.J. Phillips died July the 26th 1893 Susie E. Pettigrew was born May 3(0), 1873 Jesse W. Pickens was born July 1, 1868 Died Oct. 10, 1940 was married to Susie E. Pettigrew Oct. 14, 1891 Charlie Lee Pickens was born July 21, 1893 Died June 13, 1941 Fri.-13 Lucille Ernestine Pickens w born July 22, 1896 Margaret Emeline (Gretchen) was born Sept. 16, 1898 Levin Pettigrew Pickens was born Aug. 9, 1907 Died Aug. 30, 1911 Charles L. Pickens and Lucile Still married Oct. 9, 1922 Lucille E. Pickens and Edgar E.C. Suratt married Oct. 14, 1918 Gretchen Pickens and Fred M. Chandler married April 5, 1921 (Other listings for living family members omitted) Page 930 Susan Elizabeth Pickens was borned July 23, 1854 Edney C. Pickens was borned Sept. 15, 1855 Rebecca D. Pickens was borned Sept. 19, 1857 Mary J. Pickens was borned January the 22 1859 William D. Pickens was borned August 29, 1862 Died May 1941 John Matthew was borned Sept. the 20 1864 Died Oct. 1931 Jesse Walker Pickens was borned July the 1868 R.A. Pickens was borned Jan. the 20th 1871 William R. Baucum was borned May the 31st 1853 John Thomas Baucum was borned Sept. the 25th 1871 William R. Baucum and Betty H. Evans was maried November the 19th 1870 William J. Phillips and Edna C. Pickens was married Sept. the 29 1878 Virgil D. Phillips was born May the 20th 1881 Zula Winona Pickens was born Sept. 1891 Married McReynold Margin, page 931--Evora born March 1891 married Kenneth Reed, La.