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Andrew Pickens 1739-1817, American Revolutionary soldier, b. near Paxtang, Pa. He moved (1752) to South Carolina and took part (1761) in frontier warfare against the Cherokee . During the American Revolution , Pickens rose in rank from captain of militia to brigadier general. He took part in the victories at Kettle Creek (1779) and at Cowpens, Augusta, and Eutaw Springs (all in 1781). Prominent in local politics, he served (1781-93, 1800-1812) in the state legislature, was (1793-95) a U.S. Congressman, and frequently served as commissioner for Native American relations in the South.

Bibliography: See A. N. Waring, The Fighting Elder: Andrew Pickens (1962).

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Pickens, Andrew (1739–1817) Revolutionary War army officer. Pickens was born in Pennsylvania, but his family moved to Virginia in the 1740s. Marriage into a prominent local family of independence-minded gentry established him in the area and helped form him into an ardent patriot. As an important militia leader, he helped defeat area Tories and thus thwarted the British plan to solidify their position in the South.

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